Soul power can probe into the water, but it can only detect a small part. To find out if there is any Demon Eye Grass inside, you still have to go into the water.

The poison in the water won't kill you instantly, but it will accumulate in your body, so even if you can go in to investigate, you can't stay in the water for too long.

Just as everyone was hesitating, Yan Yu stepped forward and said, "Why don't I go down and investigate?"

"What special methods do you have?" Qi Zhiheng looked at Yan Yu. "The toxins in this water are accumulated. Without the Demon Eye Grass, we wouldn't be able to detoxify it."

Yan Yu took out a handkerchief: "This is a magical artifact that can isolate people from the world. Similarly, it can also isolate water. However, there is one inconvenience: since this artifact isolates water, it means that even if you see the Demon Eye Grass, you cannot pick it."

“Then we can go in and explore the situation inside. How about this, you go in and take a look. Once you find the Demon Eye Grass, try to mark its approximate location. That way, we can save a lot of time when we go down to pick it.” Qi Zhiheng didn’t stand on ceremony and said that Yan Yu was a guest and didn’t need him to go down. Since he had joined their group, there was no need for such formalities.

"Okay." Yan Yu felt much more at ease knowing he could find something to do. After all, everyone else here was a happy family, while he was an outsider, and he felt a little guilty if he didn't help.

Yan Yu tossed the handkerchief in her hand upwards, and instantly a thin film descended from the sky, isolating Yan Yu from her surroundings and making her feel as if she were encased in a bubble.

Yan Yu nodded to everyone and said, "Then I'll go down and take a look first."

"thump--"

After a shout, Yan Yu leaped into the water.

While everyone waited for the results, Yang Yitian set up a grill and said, "I guess we won't be back for a while. If you're hungry, come and grill some meat. We just happened to catch a few plump monsters these past few days."

Qi Zhiheng said with some disdain, "You should learn to fast; eating like this is a waste of time." Despite his reluctance, he still came over to grill the meat.

Yang Yitian remained noncommittal about Qi Zhiheng's hypocritical behavior, and even handed the meat in his hand to Qi Zhiheng to handle and roast.

Qi Zhiheng handled the monsters with practiced ease, clearly indicating he had done this quite often before.

So when Yan Yu came out of the pool, the whole family was eating meat and drinking wine, a peaceful scene, without any of the urgency that others felt when entering the secret realm.

Yan Yu fell silent for a moment.

Yang Yitian noticed Yan Yu coming up and greeted him, "You're here! Come and have some barbecue with us. Let me tell you, our homemade spirit wine is especially delicious. You should try some."

Yan Yu's magical artifact transformed back into a handkerchief. Just as he was about to refuse the other party's kindness, the barrier was removed, and a rich aroma of meat wafted over, causing him to salivate uncontrollably.

Yan Yu was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't resist the temptation of the skewers. She took a few skewers from Qi Zhenhao and started eating them.

Once the roasted meat entered his mouth, he couldn't stop eating.

Qi Zhiheng handed him a bottle of spirit wine.

Yan Yu hadn't even started drinking yet, but the aroma alone was incredibly tempting. After taking a sip, he couldn't resist taking another.

Qi Zhiheng began to inquire about the underwater situation, and they discussed it while eating and drinking.

"I wonder if Brother Yan saw any trace of the Demon Eye Grass while he was asleep?" Qi Zhiheng asked, taking advantage of the fact that he was still awake.

Yan Yu finally put down the wine bottle in his hand and said, "I found at least three Demon Eye Grasses under the covers. There are also some places I haven't looked closely at. Those places are guarded by demonic beasts, so I didn't dare to make any rash moves." He was currently relying on his spiritual energy to isolate himself from the poisonous water, so naturally he didn't dare to make any rash moves.

"Let's eat first, then we'll go down and take a look." Qi Zhiheng ate while grilling meat skewers, and an hour later, the meal was finally finished.

Qi Zhiheng said, "I'll go down and take a look first. If there are only three trees, I can handle it by myself."

There were no objections from the group for the time being.

Qi Zhiheng said to Yan Yu, "I'll have to trouble you to lead the way, Brother Yan."

"No trouble at all." Yan Yu used the magic artifact that had isolated the water earlier again, allowing Qi Zhiheng to crawl inside as well.

The two dived into the water together, and Qi Zhiheng indeed saw a Demon Eye Grass at the location Yan Yu had indicated.

The Magic Eye Grass is entirely green, with two circles on its leaves. The outer layer of the circles is white, and the inner layer is black, making it look like the leaves are covered with eyes, hence the name Magic Eye Grass.

Qi Zhiheng was very satisfied with this Demon Eye Grass. Demon Eye Grass cannot survive in water. Fortunately, these Demon Eye Grasses had not been in the water for too long and had not been affected. If they had been soaked for another month, even if the Demon Eye Grasses were still alive, their medicinal effects would probably have been lost.

It seems that this place is just as he thought. Originally, this should have been land. However, recalling what Yan Yu said about the monsters in the water, there should have been a pool here, but the water level wouldn't be as high as it is now.

Qi Zhiheng emerged from the isolation membrane, picked the Magic Eye Grass, and then went with Yan Yu to pick the other two as well.

"In which direction is the monster you mentioned?" Qi Zhiheng asked.

Go to the monster's lair; there might be something good there.

“It’s a black crocodile. I probably couldn’t handle it on my own, so I didn’t investigate that side,” Yan Yu said.

"It's nothing, I'll take care of it." After Qi Zhiheng finished speaking, Yan Yu led him to the territory of the black crocodile.

Qi Zhiheng saw the black-skinned crocodile and went to deal with it.

After dealing with the black crocodile, Qi Zhiheng said to Yan Yu, "I've found something. Shall we come over?"

Yan Yu walked over, but the scene before him surprised him greatly.

Qi Zhiheng was standing to one side, with the dead black crocodile carcass at his feet and a clump of magic eye grass next to the carcass.

It really is a clump, at least a hundred trees.

Seeing Yan Yu's stunned expression, Qi Zhiheng reminded him, "Brother Yan, come and help me collect them."

Yan Yu snapped out of her daze: "Okay!"

The two of them worked together to pick all the mature magic eye grass.

"Let's go up." Qi Zhiheng returned to the bubble.

The two quickly floated to the surface. Seeing them come ashore, the Qi family members immediately asked, "How was it?"

Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Found it."

The group found a relatively secluded place, where Yang Yao set up an array. They went inside, and Qi Zhiheng and Qi Dong began refining pills.

The Demon Eye Grass isn't of much use. It can only neutralize the poisonous mist here; it's useless against other poisons.

More than 800 pills were refined.

"How many pills are needed to enter the Enigmatic Forest?" Qi Dong asked, picking up a pill.

Qi Zhiheng didn't really know much about this: "Is one enough?"

As one of the heirs of the large family, Yan Yu knew more about this aspect. He explained, "The effect of one antidote pill can last for about three days, so how many we need depends on our speed of progress."

"If you and your original subordinates come, how many days would it take? We have a lot of antidote pills. Wouldn't it be a waste if we didn't use them?" Qi Zhenhao asked somewhat naively.

Yang Yitian said with some regret, "It would be great if some of these could be sold."

Qi Zhiheng said, "It's not impossible. I think the effects of our pills might not only last three days." Half of the pills they refined were top-grade pills, and the effects of top-grade pills would definitely last longer and be better.

"A high-grade pill should last for five days, but obtaining one is not an easy task." Yan Yu didn't really want to say this. If he did, it would be embarrassing for the two alchemists of the Qi family that there were only a few high-grade pills out of hundreds of pills.

He continued to explain, "The high-quality pills can be saved for when we enter the inner area. The deeper we go, the more toxic the miasma becomes, and only high-quality pills can better resist the invasion of the poisonous gas."

Qi Zhiheng nodded: "I see!" As he spoke, he popped a pill into his mouth. He had been poisoned when he entered the poisonous pool, and this pill was just the right thing to do to detoxify.

After he finished eating, he handed one to Yan Yu: "Brother Yan, you were also exposed to that poisonous water in the water before, have one first."

Yan Yu was indeed poisoned, but he could suppress it for now. However, since there were so many pills, he could take one first.

But when he took the pill, he exclaimed in surprise: "This, this is a high-grade pill, Brother Qi. We are still in the outer area and don't need such a good antidote. Just give me a low-grade antidote."

"You eat it, I don't have any low-grade pills on me." Qi Zhiheng waved his hand, indicating that he should take it.

Yan Yu thought he was planning to give her the best pills, and she was touched. She clasped her hands and said, "I will remember this favor."

Qi Zhiheng was somewhat puzzled and explained, "You also contributed to this Demon Eye Grass, so there's no question of personal favors."

Yan Yu swallowed the pill and said, "How can they be the same? Demon Eye Grass and Antidote Pill are not even in the same league. Many people can't even refine a high-grade pill with ten portions of Demon Eye Grass."

Qi Zhiheng took out a medicine bottle and handed it to Yan Yu, shaking his head and saying, "You still have to be paid. This is what you deserve. Although the amount inside is not much, we have done a lot of work, so our family should take the lion's share. Brother Yan, please don't mind."

Qi Zhiheng gave Yan Yu a medicine bottle containing nine pills, which, together with the pills he had just taken, made a total of ten.

Nine out of ten pills are of superior quality, and one is of the highest quality. After seeing the quality of the pills inside, Yan Yu gasped in astonishment. In the past, even the elders of the family who came here did not receive so many high-quality pills.

Yan Yu thanked Qi Zhiheng again, feeling that this family was truly kind.