"It's me."
Before Chu Tianle could attack, the person seemed to sense it and spoke from a distance.
Bai Shengyi and Feng Wuya had not yet seen anyone, but a graceful figure in white appeared in their vision.
It was Xun Meng.
As her feet moved slightly, though she only took one step, she was instantly in front of the three of them.
"Daoist Bai, Daoist Chu, Daoist Feng, we meet again." Xun Meng semi-cradled a jade abacus in one hand and cheerfully greeted everyone with the other.
Feng Wuya crossed his arms. "Daoist Xun, you must have calculated in advance that we would be here, right?" He didn't believe that the heir of the Xun family lacked such abilities.
Xun Meng smiled and did not answer.
She turned to look at Bai Shengyi. "Daoist Bai, may I travel with you?"
Bai Shengyi smiled. "I personally have no objections."
Although she didn't know why Xun Meng asked her, she still gave a positive answer, while also indicating that she wouldn't represent Chu Tianle and Feng Wuya.
Xun Meng pursed her lips, her dimples appearing and disappearing. "Then they should have no objections either."
As expected.
Chu Tianle nodded. "You may."
"Then you'll have to use your skills to calculate where the next place to put the box is," Feng Wuya said with a grin. "Daoist Xun, those who can, should do more. I'm sure you don't mind, right?"
Xun Meng patted her bun and good-naturedly replied, "Of course, I don't mind. I just calculated that the closest place to put a box is to the east. If we hurry, we might even run into Hua Xueji."
"Hua Xueji? The one carrying the zither?" Bai Shengyi couldn't help but ask.
Chu Tianle: "I've never heard of him. Sister Li even teamed up with him earlier. Could there be some connection to the Li family?"
"Not really. When you mentioned his name, I remembered. Elder Hua Ye of the Beast Taming Peak in the academy has an adopted son named Hua Xueji."
After Feng Wuya finished speaking, he noticed everyone staring at him blankly and couldn't help but wipe his face. "What's wrong? Did I spray saliva on your faces when I was talking?"
"No, how do you know so much about the academy?"
Bai Shengyi was truly surprised. If Feng Wuya didn't go into intelligence work, it would truly be a waste of his talent.
Feng Wuya: "What's so difficult about that? You just need to pay attention normally."
Bai Shengyi: ... She felt things were not that simple.
With Xun Meng's addition to the team, the exploration of the secret realm progressed much faster.
It was precisely because of this that Bai Shengyi fully experienced the miraculous power of the Xun family's divination techniques; it could be said that she was a prophet.
Xun Meng spoke little, liked to pat her bun, and occasionally fiddled with her abacus, but every time she spoke, it was crucial.
"Go up the mountain path to the left."
"That third-tier spirit grass is guarded by a fifth-tier demonic beast."
...
With Xun Meng, it was like having a human GPS.
"You're too useful!" Bai Shengyi praised directly, clapping her hands.
Xun Meng's face finally showed a significant change, and she smiled shyly. "These are actually quite simple."
Bai Shengyi was " Versaillesed" for the second time today and couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.
"But none of us can do it. You are very capable," Bai Shengyi said.
They walked for a while longer and finally found the place to put the boxes, but they didn't see Hua Xueji.
"After he placed the box he was holding, he left," Xun Meng paused and added, "There are two places here that require boxes to be placed."
"What exactly is inside these boxes? The spiritual energy in each placement location is chaotic and mixed, looking very unstable." After managing to place the box, Feng Wuya couldn't help but mutter.
Bai Shengyi was also quite curious. The exterior of the box looked like wood, yet it also resembled jade. The joint had no lock but was sealed tightly. The contents inside had no scent and made no sound.
However, Bai Shengyi could control her curiosity.
After her trip to the Nether Valley, she had already keenly sensed that something was amiss with the Divine Revelation Continent.
A hint of unfathomable depth flickered across Xun Meng's delicate face. "You wouldn't want to know."
"Putting on airs," Feng Wuya scoffed lightly.
Fortunately, Xun Meng had a good temper and didn't argue with him.
The three of them traveled for another five days and then placed three more boxes.
Xun Meng: "Now, besides the box we have, there is another one in Xi Menhong Chun's possession, but I can no longer calculate the locations of these two boxes."
"We've only been here for a few days and have achieved this much. The progress is quite good, after all, this mission has a deadline of one month. So, why don't we just search as we go?" Bai Shengyi suggested. "We haven't properly explored this secret realm these past few days."
"Then let's head west. Your opportunity should be there." Xun Meng had been praised by Bai Shengyi several times these past few days and had quickly become familiar with her, so she didn't hesitate to show her goodwill.
"You can even calculate that? You're too amazing!" Bai Shengyi exclaimed.
Xun Meng: "It's nothing, just a little prediction. Actually..."
She paused, hesitating. "I can't calculate you."
"I can only infer your situation through the people around you."
Xun Meng's voice seemed to come from very, very far away. Bai Shengyi heard it somewhat indistinctly but understood the meaning. Just as she was about to ask why, she heard Feng Wuya shouting.
"Going west is great! I wanted to say earlier, that peach blossom forest to the west looks so romantic, but you all were only thinking about the mission."
"Don't you want mission points?" Chu Tianle retorted.
Feng Wuya scoffed. "How could I not!"
"Then why are you saying that? The mission is clearly more important," Chu Tianle said, moving to the front to lead the way, clearly agreeing with heading west.
The peach blossom forest Feng Wuya mentioned was something they all remembered, a place they passed when going to place the fourth box.
A vast expanse of peach trees, with peach blossoms filling the sky, fallen petals swirling everywhere, it looked like a dreamlike wonderland at a glance, like a beautiful fairyland.
"This is Golden Wood Peach!"
The Chu family was famous for forging and refining artifacts. Although Chu Tianle had not inherited his family's talent for refining, he had been exposed to it since childhood, allowing him to recognize the variety of these peach woods at first glance!
"Golden Wood Peach, used to make Profound Tier spirit artifacts?" Feng Wuya was astonished.
Golden Wood Peach, also known as Ten Thousand Gold Wood, was named so because its properties were extremely special. Although it was a wood-element spirit plant, it contained abundant gold element power within.
When forging artifacts, if three to five drops of Golden Wood Peach juice were added, the hardness and attack power of the entire spirit artifact would be elevated by one level.
However, an entire Golden Wood Peach tree could only yield about four to five drops of Golden Wood Peach juice. Thus, over time, due to the excessive felling by artifact refiners, Golden Wood Peach gradually became extinct.
"It's so beautiful."
Feng Wuya said, picking up the fallen petals from the ground, placing them in a handkerchief, and then wrapping them in the handkerchief before putting them into his storage bag.
"Feng Wuya, this is the first time I've realized you're not only refined in your living, but also truly elegant," Bai Shengyi said, twitching her lips at his actions.
Feng Wuya: "You don't know, these flowers can also be sold for spirit stones, and Golden Wood Peach blossoms can be used in medicine."
"Oh?" Bai Shengyi immediately squatted down and took a few handkerchiefs from Feng Wuya, imitating his actions.
Chu Tianle was not interested in these things. He walked around the peach blossom forest. "I don't see any problems. Why don't we rest here for a while before leaving?"
The other three had no objections.
Bai Shengyi and Feng Wuya were engrossed in picking petals, and as they picked, they walked further apart in two different directions.
Xun Meng felt something was wrong and quickly called out, "Daoist Bai, Daoist Feng, don't keep going forward."
"Okay!"
Bai Shengyi and Feng Wuya replied.
But when Xun Meng and Chu Tianle looked up and focused, where were the two of them to be seen?