"Damn! Ice Flower Plant! Judging from the veins on the leaves, this Ice Flower Plant is at least a thousand years old!"

Zheng Shanhe was also watching, and his conclusion was slightly different from that of the young man who exclaimed in surprise. He pointed to the almost negligible tender leaf next to the only leaf of the Ice Flower Seed and said in a deep voice, "Only Ice Flower Seeds that have lived for more than 10,000 years will grow a second leaf."

The young man who had just roared leaned closer and indeed saw tiny, tender leaves, which could perhaps only be called buds at this point. He shook his head regretfully, "It seems this Ice Flower Seed is fake."

Wang Jiajia nodded in agreement and casually tossed the herb away. At the same time, she found the enemy somewhat amusing, for dangling such a huge promise in front of them. If it were a thousand-year-old ice flower seed, they might have fallen for it, but a ten-thousand-year-old ice flower seed... there were probably very few ice flower seeds in the world that could live to be ten thousand years old.

To everyone's surprise, Hope was thrilled to see the ice flower thrown on the ground. She squeezed through the crowd, grabbed it, and swallowed it without even chewing it, which startled Mo Shuwan and the others.

"Spit it out!"

Holding the bird upside down by its hind legs, Hope squeaked and shook its body, its two front paws and small wings flapping incessantly, as if trying to explain something to Mo Shuwan.

Mo Shuwan patted Xiwang's head with a grim expression. "You're still young, how would you know these things? You can't just eat anything, you know? Spit it out right now!"

"Chirp chirp chirp!" Hope seemed to be getting anxious too. After waving its two front paws in the air for a moment, it suddenly grabbed Mo Shuwan's wrist and kept chirping excitedly.

Everyone looked at Mo Shuwan's hope with curiosity, "What is it telling you?"

When someone asked, Mo Shuwan looked helpless. “It said that these medicinal herbs are all rare and precious, and not a single one should be wasted. It told me to pick them all and eat them.”

Hearing this, everyone was both amused and exasperated. Looking at the persistent and inquisitive Wang Jiajia, she sighed, "Little one, you can't eat these things randomly. They're all fake."

"grumble!!!"

Mo Shuwan tried to get Hope to vomit by its hind legs for a long time, but to no avail. The only time it almost vomited, Hope, which was originally holding Mo Shuwan's wrist, suddenly covered its mouth and swallowed back what was about to come out.

Left with no other choice, Mo Shuwan had to give up. However, as she walked inside, she held onto hope. Firstly, she was afraid that something might happen to Hope, so she could react quickly while holding it. Secondly, she was afraid that Hope might rush towards any medicinal herbs it saw without thinking.

Afterwards, they indeed encountered many more medicinal herbs. Unexpectedly, each herb appeared to be at least tens of thousands of years old. Hope was so excited that it was howling, but Mo Shuwan dared not let it eat. However, the little guy struggled incessantly in her arms, and she felt tired, so she put all the herbs into her storage bag.

I coaxed it, promising to feed it after we left, and that finally calmed the little guy down.

Along the way, they encountered many similar herbs, among which only a few hundred years old were all put into their pockets. To set up this grand formation, herbs that are hundreds of years old will definitely be consumed. These are probably real, but this is only a guess. Whether they are true or not, we will only know after we leave the illusion.

"We've been walking for almost an hour, and it's still so peaceful."

"The enemy's goal is to capture us alive, and this illusion is probably just a trap for us."

"Haha, then we'd better hurry, otherwise if we fall into the hands of the people they're waiting for, we'll probably only have one way out: death."

Everyone understood this principle and dared not delay. They carefully searched the dilapidated palace they were in. During this time, Mo Shuwan had collected as many as thirty fake medicinal herbs that were tens of thousands of years old from her storage bag.

To find the key to the formation, no place could be overlooked. As a result, half a day had passed and they were still in the dilapidated palace. Judging from the situation, they were still far from the palace exit. However, they could not speed up the process. Zheng Shanhe said that in this legendary illusion, every blade of grass and every tree could be the key to the formation.

Fortunately, this place is rich in spiritual energy and there is no continuous erosion from dark forces. With Wen Zuo's abilities, everyone's injuries have been mostly healed, otherwise, some of them would have collapsed long ago.

"Damn, if only these things were real." Cheng Hua sighed, crushing a vibrant medicinal herb under his foot. He smelled the fragrance wafting up and sneered, "They're pretty realistic."

"Chirp!!! Chirp chirp chirp!!!"

Xiwang saw Chenghua's actions and immediately roared angrily. If she hadn't been held by Mo Shuwan, she would have rushed forward to vent her anger on Chenghua.

Mo Shuwan stared at Cheng Hua with a headache, and the next second, the sound of Hope's wailing like a storm appeared in her mind. Her lips twitched slightly. There was nothing she could do but hug Hope and step forward. Fearing that Hope would eat it indiscriminately, Mo Shuwan used her fastest hand speed ever to quickly take out a box from her storage bag and put the herbs that Cheng Hua had trampled into pieces into the box.

"This box can ensure that its efficacy will not be lost, so don't worry."

Seeing that Hope had finally stopped making a fuss, Mo Shuwan breathed a sigh of relief, but the thought of using such an expensive box to store counterfeit goods gave her another bout of toothache.

While Mo Shuwan and the others were still searching for the array's core in the 'illusion', hundreds of thousands of people had already gathered in just over half a day, thousands of miles away in the Demon Realm. These people all had longing and excitement in their eyes, but they dared not set foot there casually. The terror of the ancient ruins made them dare not go there without any preparation.

The Demon Lord is no longer here; he is rushing to another major city as quickly as possible. The appearance of the ancient ruins must be reported to the High Priest as soon as possible.

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