I'm caught in the cycle of endless competition, you're waiting for me in the apocalypse.

"Then I'll have to trouble Xinxin. My hands are really starting to give out." Fang Yinuo felt a little guilty and rubbed her sore arms.

"It's really nothing. How about Ino gives me a massage tonight as payment?"

As An Xin spoke, she picked up her suitcase and carried it away. Everyone watched as the petite figure among them effortlessly carried two large suitcases ahead. When she encountered fallen trees or small potholes, she leaped over them... The exhaustion and envy of the young lady's skillful maneuvers deeply stung the hearts of the young master and young lady, and their desire for power reached its peak.

After walking for another 45 minutes, An Xin stopped, put the box on the ground, pointed to the mark on a tree, and turned to everyone, saying, "It seems we've returned to where we started."

"Mingxuan, you guys rest here for now, I'll go scout ahead."

"Let me go with you. It's getting dark, and I'm worried about you."

“No need, you know I’ll be fine. These are the ones who should be worried, aren’t they?” An Xin smiled reassuringly, took the small suitcase from him, and gave each of them a bottle of water. “Drink this water. It’s a new energy water developed internally by the An Group. Because the ingredients are scarce, it’s only available internally. Drink it sparingly. I only have a few bottles myself. Now I’ll go scout ahead. If it gets too late and we can’t get out, it will be dangerous.”

"Then you must be careful! Come back soon." Fang Yinuo was exhausted, sitting on a box, and gave her these words of advice with great concern.

"Okay, I'll be back in a minute."

After saying that, she nodded to Qi Mingxuan and ran off in another direction.

"How come she's not tired at all? And she's so agile?" Lei Yao looked at the petite and nimble figure and patted Qi Mingxuan. "And she seems very familiar with this kind of environment... Isn't she a rich second-generation? How does she know about wilderness survival?"

“She is very capable, and many of her abilities are beyond our reach.” Qi Mingxuan gazed in the direction where the figure had disappeared, then turned around and sat on his suitcase after a moment. He opened his water bottle and took a sip. “You should all have a sip of this water, but don’t drink too much. Save it.”

The group was puzzled, but for some reason they obeyed Qi Mingxuan's words. Even the troublemaker Gu Shuohan endured his thirst and only drank a sip of water.

After drinking the water, they understood what An Xin and Qi Mingxuan had said. A warm feeling spread through their bodies, their fatigue and hunger vanished, and their strength slowly returned. Sensing the changes in their bodies, they all glanced at An Xin's small suitcase, shook their heads, and carefully kept the water bottles close to their bodies.

Only Qi Mingxuan knew that the small suitcase couldn't possibly hold that much water; the little girl must have some other treasure or backup plan. But what did it matter? Letting others know would only increase her danger. He had to become stronger to better protect Xinxin.

On the other side of the mountains and forests

"Xiao Jiu, is this a ghost wall?"

"No, I sense a formation."

"A formation? Set up by those people on the mountain?"

"Yes, it's a simple trap, probably made up of the natural plants and rocks here."

"Oh, are you trying to give us a hard time? Because we're all young ladies and gentlemen? To deflate our arrogance?"

"Very likely~"

"I'm bored. Why don't I find the edge of this formation, cut down a couple of trees, and move a few stones to break it?"

"The method you suggested is not very feasible and is too time-consuming and laborious. Actually, there is a simpler method: open your third eye. Before your third eye, all illusions will dissipate. Just find the core of the formation and destroy it."

"I see, Xiao Jiu is really amazing~"

"There are many formations, but they all follow the same principle. The simplest way to break a formation is to find the core of the formation."

After speaking, An Xin activated her third eye and increased her speed to the maximum. With Xiao Jiu's guidance, she ran and jumped quickly through the forest. In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she found the key to the formation—a camellia.

An Xin pursed her lips, closed her Heavenly Eye, and then found a hoe (yes, you read that right, a hoe; An Xin brought a whole set of farming tools, intending to cultivate a vegetable and fruit garden of her own in the Taoist temple when she had nothing to do) and flower pots from the Qiankun World, and started digging.

"Xinxin, all we need to do is destroy the array's core. Why are you digging it up?"

"Hehe~ They're trying to intimidate me, trying to trick me, so I'll give them a gift in return! Hehehe~"

Di Ting heard An Xin's increasingly twisted laughter and shuddered: Heh, never mess with An Xin...

An Xin dug up the camellias, arranged them properly, and threw the hoe and the flowers into the Qiankun World.

"Xiao Jiu, turn on the navigation, let's find the young masters and young ladies."

"Why isn't that little girl back yet?" Looking at the completely dark sky, Gu Shuohan said impatiently, "She might have abandoned us and left..."

"Even if I abandon you, I will never abandon my Miss Ino~"

The sudden sound came from above, startling the group.

Qi Mingxuan looked up and saw the little girls leap down from the big tree that Gu Shuohan was leaning against. He then got up and walked towards An Xin.

"How about it?"

"All done!"

"Xinxin, you're amazing!" Fang Yinuo ran over, hugged An Xin, and then said, "Xinxin, how much further is it? It's getting dark..."

"Depending on our pace, it will take us 1 to 2 hours if we're fast, and 3 to 4 hours if we're slow."

"Then let's hurry up and go, who knows what's in this damn forest at night..." Lei Yao spoke first.

"Alright, everyone have another sip of water, then we'll be off." An Xin nodded calmly.

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"Is this the place?" Fang Yinuo pointed to the mountain gate behind the long stone steps.

As night fell, the hillside on one side of the stone steps was dark and gaping, like the gaping maw of an abyss, while various rustling sounds came from the towering trees on the other side.

"After passing the mountain gate, there should be another set of stairs... and then we should be there..." An Xinxin listened to the description from Di Ting in her sea of ​​consciousness and was quite speechless, but she cheered up and said, "Come on, come on, it's the last stretch of the road, hope is just ahead!"

So she grabbed two more suitcases and rushed forward.

That day, these people witnessed the girl's terrifying physical abilities and were deeply impressed... Sigh... They couldn't afford to lose face, so they had no choice but to keep up with her pace and continue climbing the mountain.

It was too dark, and the stone steps were ancient, some covered in moss, making them difficult to walk on. An Xin thought for a moment, then gathered some spiritual energy and rushed up the mountain. She placed her suitcase at the entrance of the temple, then turned and jumped down five steps at a time, then ten steps at a time. When she met a few people, she simply told them to be careful of the moss on the stone steps, and then took a suitcase from Lei Yao and Gu Shuohan. Taking a deep breath, she "flew" upwards again.

The group paused for a moment, then shook their heads in unison. They were too tired to speak.

And so, as they stood before the Taoist temple, a sense of anticipation for a new beginning arose within them all…

"Congratulations everyone on arriving at our destination, Qingshan Temple," An Xin said with a smile. "However, don't get too excited yet, there's some bad news... it seems no one is here to greet us. I've been knocking on the door for a long time, but no one has come!"

Qi Mingxuan took out his phone to check the time. It was already past 9 o'clock, but he saw that his phone had a signal here, so he started calling Wei Ran.

"Wei Ran's phone is not being answered..."

An Xin patted Qi Mingxuan on the shoulder, pulled him a few steps away, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "They're testing us today. The place where we got lost at the foot of the mountain has been set up as a trap. I observed that there are no wild animals in or around the trap, and there haven't been any snakes, insects, or rodents along the way. It must have been driven away by someone. Their purpose is to make us spend the night in the trap. After spending the night there, we'll be exhausted and hungry, and we'll definitely look miserable. Then they can easily capture us when they rescuing us."

"I guess they're afraid that we've been pampered since childhood and will become arrogant and unruly, making us difficult to discipline later on. Ha, those old men must have been involved too; none of them were holding back."

"They must be afraid Wei Ran will help us, so it's normal that they can't contact him. I'm exhausted after a long day, I'm not going to beg for mercy, I want to eat well, sleep well, and make them furious!"

An Xin's eyes shone with a kind of excitement and anticipation, as if she was about to do something mischievous. Qi Mingxuan looked at her and found her adorable. He patted An Xin's head and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Hehe... I'll have Xiao Jiu give us directions to the dorms, and I'll go get the food. We shouldn't show up tomorrow morning, let them think our scheme has succeeded, and then we'll surprise them! Hehe~ You just cover for me."

"it is good!"

"Hey, what are you two whispering about for so long?" Gu Shuohan was already on the verge of exploding. Seeing the two of them getting closer, seemingly plotting something, he spoke up in an annoyed tone.

"Shh!" An Xin put her index finger to her lips, walked up to the three of them, and whispered, "Your dads are plotting to make you suffer! They're trying to intimidate us, so let's give them a surprise! Hehe~ Come with me."

The three looked at each other for a moment, then nodded in unison; they loved surprises the most. So the group of five sneaked around to the outside of the wall of the Taoist temple's backyard in the dark.

"Mingxuan and I will climb in first, then you can hand over the boxes, and finally you can come over."

She had barely finished speaking when she nimbly leaped, gripping the wall's edge and landing firmly on top with her hands—a series of fluid movements. She waved, signaling to Qi Mingxuan that he could proceed.

No wonder he's tall and has long legs; he could almost reach the edge of the wall with just a stretch of his hand. With a leap, a push, and a somersault, the man was on the other side of the wall—a perfect wall-climbing move. If you didn't know Qi Mingxuan's character, you'd think he'd honed his skills by scaling school walls countless times.

"Quick, hand me the luggage."

An Xin sat on the wall, passing luggage between the two sides, then helping Fang Yinuo. Finally, after watching the two young masters climb over the wall, she jumped down, clapped her hands, bent slightly, and waved behind her: "Be gentle, come with me."

Several people picked up their suitcases and quietly followed behind her, constantly looking around, afraid of being discovered.

An Xin led the group through the Taoist temple in the darkness and soon found the "dormitory building." She told the others to hide in the shadows under the corridor while she went to investigate.

"Xiao Jiu, are you sure there's no one here?" An Xin asked Di Ting in her mind's eye. "No one on either of these floors?"

"Yes, this small building was probably specially set aside for you. It's the most remote part of this Taoist temple, and it's quite dilapidated. There are two rooms and a public toilet downstairs, and the same goes for upstairs. One room downstairs is a storage room, and there are two bunk beds in each room. Each room upstairs has a small bed, a cabinet, and a table."

"Yeah, the ones upstairs are definitely for the girls, and the ones downstairs are for the boys, haha, the future is going to be really interesting..."