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The group continued walking for most of the day, and still nothing happened.

Out of boredom, Cao Jun pulled out a waist-high weed and rubbed it in his hands.

"Alas! I have seen many swords along the way, but I haven't seen a single good spiritual sword."

"Do you think good spirit swords are the cabbages that are sold everywhere?"

"But this map is not accurate. We went to several places but came up empty-handed."

"Don't you think that maps are time-sensitive? Besides, everyone has the same idea. They will definitely go directly to the target location when they come in. By the time we arrive, we will naturally be a step late."

As for why they were a step late, both of them knew it very well. Luo Yiyi treated this secret realm trip as a spring outing, walking, stopping, looking around and playing along the way. They were almost the most leisurely of all the teams, and that was why they did not encounter any trouble.

Among the five people, Qi Guile is a spoiled child, Mu She is indifferent to the sword search, Cao Jun has already obtained his own natal sword, and the only ones left are Nangong Xue and Zheng Huaian.

Worried that his friend might be unhappy, Cao Jun asked carefully: "Huai'an, do you mind? If you mind, I'll talk to my uncle-master and ask him to speed up the trip."

Zheng Huaian glanced at him with amusement, fanning himself leisurely, looking like a graceful young man.

"If I really came here for the sword, I would have acted alone a long time ago. Now it is my own decision to follow my uncle-master. As for the reason, my master told me before I left, just go with the flow."

"Your master is... Peak Master Duanmu? Everyone says he is a non-confrontational person. It seems you have learned a lot from him."

"It's not that he doesn't fight with the world. Cultivation is all about fighting with the heavens. But Master is indeed introverted. He always believes that self-cultivation starts with cultivating the mind, so he is naturally more calm than ordinary people."

Cao Jun nodded vaguely, and thinking of his unreliable master, he inexplicably felt that he had boarded the wrong ship and followed the wrong person.

Just as they were sighing at the peace in the world, Nangong Xue, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and reached out to stop them.

Seeing her serious expression, several people became alert and spontaneously formed a circle, protecting Luo Yiyi in the middle.

Cao Jun looked around and asked softly, "Senior Sister Nangong, what's wrong?"

Nangong Xue held the sword across his chest, alert to his surroundings.

"I feel something is wrong. Don't you notice how quiet it is? And the position of the sun hasn't moved at all."

Several people subconsciously looked up at the sun in the sky, but only Qi Gui and Zheng Huaian immediately looked down at the shadow under the tree nearby, judging the position of the sun from the shadow.

After confirming that the position of the shadow had indeed not changed, Zheng Huai'an felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

"Senior sister is right, this is too abnormal, it's like time has stopped."

Cao Jun was surprised: "Time stopped? Are you kidding?"

"No, he's telling the truth."

Qi Gui reminded: "Look at the flowers, plants and leaves around you, are they all still?"

Several people looked around as he said, and just as he said, the leaves that should have swayed in the wind were fixed in the same place, as if they were fake.

Luo Yiyi curiously reached out and fiddled with the nearest grass. The bent grass automatically returned to its original shape the next second after she let go.

"Ghost, look, this will automatically restore itself, eh?"

Qi Gui clenched the disciple sword in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he raised his hand and swung a sword energy carrying golden spiritual power at the tree beside him.

Under everyone's attention, the sword energy hit the tree trunk. The thick tree trunk that several people surrounded was cut by the sword energy he casually swung, leaving a deep crack that was one-third deep and almost cut in half.

But even such an obvious and deep scar was healed in the blink of an eye, as if the sword had never existed at all.

Cao Jun was shocked: "Is it really restored?"

He wanted to go forward and take a closer look, but Zheng Huaian grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Don't move! We don't know if we are trapped in some kind of formation or spell. It is safest to stay together. If you leave a certain distance from us, who knows what will happen."

Thinking that he would be dead if he was separated from everyone, Cao Jun shrank his neck in fear. As a novice formation master, he couldn't even protect himself, let alone judge whether it was a formation.

The six people were alert for a long time, but nothing happened.

Cao Jun swallowed hard. He was so nervous that he could hear his heart beating like a drum. "What should we do? Should we just stay alert like this?"

Zheng Huaian tightly grasped the disciple sword in his hand. His treasure had been carefully put into the storage bag as soon as he discovered the problem.

Nangong Xue hesitated. According to her own way, she would definitely move forward bravely, no matter what traps were ahead, she would follow them without hesitation. This was the spirit of a sword cultivator who was fearless and indomitable. But now there were a few little tails waiting for her to take care of, and she couldn't leave them behind and go forward to find a way out.

Mu She stood obediently beside Luo Yiyi. Although he had ways to protect himself, now was not a critical moment when his life was in danger, so it would be useless even if he took them out.

Qi Gui's face showed a relaxed expression, as if he didn't care about the danger at all.

But Luo Yiyi knew from his darkened eyes that he was constantly thinking and deducing in his mind. Perhaps in a few years, when the boy grew into a young man, even his eyes would not be able to tell what he was thinking.

Luo Yiyi, who was caught off guard, grabbed Qi Gui's hand, but he held it tightly in the next second. Qi Gui smiled gently as if to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid, Senior Brother. I will never let anything happen to you. The same goes for Xiao Huan and Xiao Lu."

Qi Gui was hinting that his contracted beasts were still under control, which at least ensured the rescue force. However, these two contracted beasts, especially the Nine-tailed Illusion Fox, should not be made public, and it was best not to expose them until the critical moment.

This is not because he does not trust Cao Jun, Nangong Xue and others, but it is a means to avoid many troubles. After all, everyone knows that it is a crime to possess a treasure.

Luo Yiyi nodded to show that she understood. As she glanced at other people, she was suddenly attracted by a flash of light in the woods not far away.

"Butterfly?"

Several people heard her exclamation and looked in the direction of her finger.

A blue butterfly fluttered in the air, scattering blue starlight wherever it passed and dragging a shining arc, which was both dreamy and beautiful.

Cao Jun was surprised: "Blue... butterfly? What the hell?"

Zheng Huaian frowned: "Don't worry about the ghost, there must be a ghost."

Qi Gui answered everyone's questions: "This is a blue morpho butterfly, which usually appears deep in the humid forest and feeds on nectar."

Cao Jun was simply confused: "How do you know?"

"When I was studying medicine at Tianmiao Peak, Sister Ding gave me books that I had to memorize. One of the books about various animals that can be used as medicine had a record of the blue morpho butterfly."

Cao Jun was curious: "How many animals did you memorize? Dozens? Hundreds?"

Qi Gui was silent for a moment: "There should be tens of thousands of them."

Cao Jun almost couldn't catch his breath: "Tens of thousands? You memorized them all?"

Qi Gui said as if it was a matter of course: "Isn't this the most basic thing? Otherwise, how can we learn medical skills?"

Cao Jun and Zheng Huaian both looked at him with admiration, while Nangong Xue on the side had a complicated expression.

She had heard from Ding Yurou that Qi Gui had the talent to become a medical practitioner, and if he devoted himself wholeheartedly, he might be able to surpass his master Xiang Qing one day in the future.

The five spiritual roots, the talent for sword skills, the talent for medicine, the gradually added talents of Qi Gui have made her feel more and more terrifying.