"If it's not evil spirits, what else could be causing this trouble?"

They walked to the riverbank, focused their minds, and released their divine senses to probe into the riverbed.

When I was focused, I did see a faint, pale green elemental force.

"Such a huge area! It's all of them!" Qin Xi was the first to come to her senses, her eyes widening in disbelief.

Baili Xijiang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "There are too many kinds of spiritual plants below, and many of them don't even seem to be recorded in any books."

In the past, there were no medical practitioners in the Dragon Clan, so he relied on his own guesswork. He read "The Complete Book of Spiritual Plants" and "The Complete Book of Elixir Formulas" no less than ten times.

The fragments of spiritual plants formed from the power of the five elements that he discovered were all extremely unfamiliar.

"Shall we walk along the river?"

Song Tingwan suggested an idea, which the group agreed to: after walking a certain distance, they would take turns using their divine sense to check for traces on the riverbed.

We followed the river all the way, and finally used Qin Xi's pink flying carpet.

Two hours later, as more and more traces of spiritual plants appeared, the group stopped.

The trace abruptly stopped here.

The pale green Five Elements energy, which requires careful observation downstream, condenses here in a way that is visible to the naked eye.

"...Has someone done anything here?"

Baili Xijiang scratched his head in confusion.

"It should be, but it's a bit strange."

Something felt off, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Song Tingwan frowned slightly as she looked at the thick layer of gas that had accumulated on the shore.

strangeness.

Upon closer inspection, the complex gas appeared to have been refined by someone.

Even if only the spiritual energy is refined, the remaining withered spiritual plants show no trace.

Why is that?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. Wan Qiji then used his old trick again, splitting the river with his knife, but there was nothing hidden underneath.

Song Tingwan and the others calmly put away the spiritual energy shield that blocked the water, squatted in a row by the river, and after pondering for a while, Baili Xijiang Ruizhi spoke.

"If we stay here and keep watch, we can catch that person red-handed if he comes again."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xiang'an was the first to agree, but he then provided a reasoned analysis.

“The marks here are clearly broken, but the village chief also said that strange things have always existed in the river, and he guessed that someone is causing trouble here regularly.”

“The surrounding area is deserted, and downstream there is only Sui Village. Below Sui Village is a city with a protective magic array, so only Sui Village was persecuted.”

"But why? Is someone trying to harm the people of Sui Village?"

Qin Xi frowned, feeling even more sympathy for Sui Village.

"I don't think so. With so many kinds of spiritual plants, it would be poisonous to just pick a few at random. There's no need to waste so many spiritual plants." Baili Xijiang crossed his arms and analyzed the situation with an air of seriousness.

Wan Qiji nodded in agreement, “That’s true.”

To harm someone, poisoning is even more swift and decisive.

"But what if the other party wants to torture the people of Sui Village?" Qin Xi suggested another possibility with concern.

After analyzing the situation for a while, the initial suspicions were quite reasonable, but the later ones became so far-fetched that they left people feeling helpless.

Song Tingwan sighed, "Right now, instead of analyzing it, we should just do what Baili said and wait here. We might just find out the reason."

Seeing that she agreed with his idea, Baili Xijiang puffed out his chest slightly, looking proud.

"Yes, yes, let's find a place nearby with a good view and prepare to wait for them to come to us!"

They were in high spirits, as if they were ready to make a big splash.

Pei Xiang'an smiled, "Then let's do as Junior Brother Baili said for now. However, we don't know how long we'll have to keep watch. How about we split into two groups and take turns every two days?"

"I agree!" Qin Xi immediately agreed.

She's not someone who can stay still; if you made her stay in this place for so long, she'd definitely go crazy.

The others had no objections, but Baili Xijiang and Qin Xi started arguing again about who to be in a group with.

"I want to go with my master!"

"Wan'er and I are best friends, we should be together!"

The two were arguing, but unexpectedly, Wan Qiji stood quietly next to Song Tingwan and said honestly and calmly, "I said before we set off that I would protect her."

Those few bottles of pills meant nothing to Song Tingwan, but he remembered them all silently.

Apart from Song Tingwan herself, three out of the four people wanted to be in a group with her, while Pei Xiang'an stood aside with a faint smile.

"Then let's decide by drawing lots."

He came specifically for Song Tingwan, but compared to the other three, his relationship with Song Tingwan was not advantageous.

Rather than being rejected outright, it's better to leave it to fate.

"OK!"

"Can!"

"I have no objection."

Pei Xiang'an tossed the written note into the air, and the others each caught one.

“Mine is number one.” Qin Xi opened the slip of paper and then eagerly moved closer to Song Tingwan.

Song Tingwan slowly opened it, and the word "two" was clearly written on the snow-white paper.

"No way! Why am I so unlucky?" Qin Xi cried, looking miserable.

Seeing that Qin Xi hadn't drawn a number two, Baili Xijiang gleefully opened the slip of paper in his palm.

The next moment, he suddenly clenched the note into a ball, filled with resentment, "I'm the unlucky one, how did I end up in your group?"

Qin Xi was indignant upon hearing this, and the two started arguing again.

Wan Qiji glanced at the note with little concern and sighed.

It is also one.

The two of them were arguing so much that I had to try to break them up every now and then.

That's really putting him in a difficult position.

Song Tingwan smiled and gave him a comforting look, while Wan Qiji closed his eyes in despair.

Pei Xiang'an then opened the note and waved it at Song Tingwan.

"Junior sister, let's be a team."

Song Tingwan raised an eyebrow and smiled.

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