When Shushu's vision returned to normal, she was in a vast swamp, surrounded by dense aquatic plants. Apart from her and Lu Li, whom she was holding onto, there was no one else in sight.

Shushu scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, but couldn't find Dong Hongyuan and the others. He subconsciously tugged at Lu Li's sleeve and asked.

"Senior Brother, should we look for the person first, or go find the Dream Grass first?"

Shushu was actually a little undecided at this moment and wanted to see what Lu Li's plan was. After all, in the past, when she was undecided, she would usually ask Lu Li.

Unexpectedly, Lu Li, who was being questioned this time, did not give her an answer, but instead replied in a surprising way: "I'll do whatever you say."

Upon hearing those four words, Shushu's heart skipped a beat. He instinctively felt something was wrong, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he casually replied.

"Then let's go find the Dream Grass first."

Her response was the same four words she had just heard: "I'll do whatever you say."

It was the same familiar voice, and the person was the same as before. But Shushu's divine sense could no longer resist and quietly probed into the space, touching the jade token that the academy had given him before.

Upon closer inspection, the five red dots were indeed distributed in different locations.

Shushu even tried sending a text message to the person next to him, but the person didn't respond at all.

His suspicions were confirmed. Shushu sighed inwardly, not wanting to alert the creature, but he dared not walk in front of or behind this unknown thing any longer.

So, Shushu had a sudden idea and pretended to be a little scared, saying, "Senior Brother, why don't you go ahead and I'll follow behind you? I'm not familiar with this place, and I'm a little scared."

As she spoke, she took the opportunity to take another step back, creating some distance between herself and the other person, which made her feel a little more at ease.

Of course, Shushu was not letting her guard down at this time. On the contrary, she was on high alert and had even prepared teleportation talismans and thunderstorm talismans.

As soon as the other party makes the slightest move, she will throw the Thunderstorm Talisman at them while simultaneously using a Teleportation Talisman to leave.

However, she did all of this very discreetly, and since it was all done inside her own abdomen, outsiders could hardly notice it.

For example, Lu Li in front of it was somewhat puzzled by Shushu's actions, as they were different from the memories it had extracted.

However, it didn't notice anything unusual on Shushu's face, and since it had many memories of Lu Li protecting Shushu, it ignored this strange feeling.

Choosing to follow Lu Li's instructions, he agreed and walked ahead of Shushu without hesitation.

He acted as if he were protecting and supporting Shushu, and then began to seriously search for Dream Grass in the swamp.

Dream Grass, a sixth-tier spiritual herb, is an essential herb for refining Breakthrough Pills. It grows in swampy areas and is also the herb they are tasking with collecting during this training trip.

Each team must collect one hundred Dream Grass plants to pass the level, and the first three teams to complete the collection task will be the winners.

The first group can train in the academy's trial tower for three months, the second group for two months, and the third group for only one month.

Groups four through eighteen received neither rewards nor punishments. Group nineteen had to do odd jobs at the Department of Instrumentation for a month, and Group twentieth had to do odd jobs for three months.

Shushu didn't know the specifics of this menial task, but since it was being used as punishment, she knew it wouldn't be simple. Therefore, Shushu didn't want to be at the bottom, and she believed her teammates felt the same way.

I originally thought that I could seriously search for Dream Grass after entering, but I didn't expect that something would happen as soon as I entered.

Lu Li, whom she was holding onto tightly, suddenly transformed into something she didn't even realize she was talking about, whether he was friend or foe, good or bad.

Most importantly, Shushu has absolutely no way of sensing the other party's cultivation level.

Generally speaking, there are only three situations where one cannot detect the other party's cultivation level: one is that the other party has no cultivation level, two is that the other party has concealed it, and three is that the other party is much stronger than her, which is why she cannot detect it.

Seeing that the other person was walking in the muddy swamp without getting a single drop of water or mud on their body, this first point can be ruled out.

The remaining two points, either one, are not good for Shushu, especially the third point. If the locals harbor ill intentions, she is genuinely unsure whether she can protect herself.

With this in mind, Shushu became even more cautious, subtly adding various defensive treasures to himself while looking around for a suitable opportunity to slip away.

Meanwhile, compared to Shushu's cautiousness, Lu Li, who was not too far away from them, was much more decisive.

After confirming that the person he was holding was not Shushu, he directly attacked the fake Shushu with a sword strike imbued with sharp sword energy.

The fake sweet potato was chopped up and immediately turned into a wisp of colorless mist, which quickly escaped.

Lu Li glanced at it only once before quickly looking away, taking out the jade token to check Shushu's location, and naturally, he also saw the text message Shushu had sent.

Knowing that Shushu had also encountered that thing, Lu Li first told Shushu to be careful, and then quickened his pace, hurrying towards Shushu.

However, it seemed as if the thing behind him was watching him.

During his journey, Lu Li encountered Liu Yu and Liu Ying, several junior brothers and sisters, as well as Dean Rao and Long Qu from Lingxin Academy.

Lu Li was speechless. Without saying a word, he drew his sword and started slashing and slashing! By the end, he was almost numb.

Before he could even process what was happening, Dong Hongyuan appeared before him, and his sword had already shot out with lightning speed.

At the last moment, his intuition told him something was wrong, and he realized it was a real person. Only then did he hastily sheathe his sword and refrain from actually striking Dong Hongyuan.

Then, the two of them set off together towards the millet fields.

During this time, the two also found Dong Hongming and Dong Hongxuan, but they were unable to catch up with Shushu.

Seeing that Shushu maintained the same distance no matter how much they chased, Lu Li would probably have broken out in a cold sweat if he hadn't received a text message from Shushu saying that he was fine.

However, even though he knew that Shushu was alright, Lu Li, who was still unable to catch up with Shushu, couldn't help but speed up and speed up again, hoping to get to Shushu's side as soon as possible.

Little did he know that the glutton he was so worried about was being led by the fake Lu Li to a patch of Dream Grass in the middle of the swamp without any obstacles.

Looking at the small patch of lush green sedge in front of him, with a rough estimate of at least ten plants, Shushu was momentarily dumbfounded.

Urged several times by the fake Lu Li, she was about to start collecting when, unexpectedly, a sharp whooshing sound came from behind her.