The potato was suddenly met with a pair of clear, bright eyes. Still a little dazed, before his mind could even process what was happening, his mouth had already blurted out, "Hi, how are you!"

After saying that, Shushu realized what he had just done. His expression turned awkward for a moment, but he quickly recovered and continued to dig the hole with huff and puff.

The person outside probably didn't expect that there would be a person inside, and a living person at that. After a moment of stunned silence, he smiled and replied, "Hello."

Seeing that Shushu had continued working, he hesitated for a moment, but ultimately came up to help.

After digging for another quarter of an hour, the two finally managed to pry open the giant python's belly, making it big enough for a sorghum seed to emerge, before she slowly crawled out.

Then, she became the focus of everyone's attention, surrounded by a group of people, both sides looking at each other with wariness.

The group of people surrounding the millet and sweet potatoes still had curiosity and scrutiny in their eyes.

Despite being under so many gazes, Shushu wasn't intimidated and generously allowed them to look her over.

Anyway, she has many disguises, and what she doesn't want people to see, these people can't tell.

For a moment, there was an inexplicable sense of silence between them. Finally, the person who had helped pry open the python's belly spoke first: "How did you end up inside the giant python's belly, fellow Daoist?"

What could the sorghum say? It could only answer truthfully: "It was swallowed."

Although everyone knew she was telling the truth, for some reason, the conversation had a strange feel to it, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, the same person broke the silence: "My name is Ming Gaoyi. May I ask how you should address me?"

Shushu replied without any hesitation: "Friend Mingdao, my name is Lu Chu."

As for the people behind him, none of them seemed inclined to introduce themselves, so Shushu didn't ask any further questions.

Ming Gaoyi, on the other hand, had already said quite a few words, and not minding continuing to be the one to start the conversation, he took the initiative to take over the conversation and continued to ask questions.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, why are you here alone? Where are your teammates?"

Shushu gave an awkward laugh and made up an excuse on the spot: "Hehe, we ran into a giant python and we accidentally got separated."

As soon as she finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of the opposing team. Someone in the team had a calculating look in their eyes, and guessed that the other team might be up to something bad. Shushu quickly added.

"But I've already contacted them, and they should be here soon." The implication is: I'm not alone; my teammates are nearby.

Sure enough, with her addition, the scheming in that person's eyes turned into regret.

Shushu sighed silently in his heart, knowing that he definitely could not associate with these people, so he said without hesitation, "Fellow Daoist Ming, I'm going to meet up with my teammates. Farewell."

As for the giant python, Shushu didn't want it.

Firstly, Ming Gaoyi had indirectly helped him, and giving him the giant python was a reward.

Secondly, the other side had a large number of people, which she couldn't defeat, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Ming Gaoyi understood that Shushu didn't want the giant python, and his smile became even more genuine, but he didn't stop Shushu: "Then, Fellow Daoist Lu, farewell."

Upon hearing this, Shushu cupped his hands in greeting and quickly flew away. Even after flying a long distance, he could still feel a strong gaze behind him. He knew without a doubt that it was the person whose eyes had been filled with scheming just now.

Just as Shushu had guessed, the man didn't look away until Shushu was completely out of sight, which was a bit of a pity.

"The opponent is only at the Nascent Soul stage, and he's alone. Why won't you let me make a move?"

Ming Gaoyi rolled his eyes at the man, and while tidying up the giant python, he casually replied.

"A person only has one stage of the Out-of-Body stage, yet it was able to stay in the giant python's stomach for so long and still come out alive and kicking. Do you think you can afford to mess with it?"

The man smacked his lips, the regret in his eyes lessening somewhat: "That's true, the giant python's stomach isn't so easy to please."

The female cultivator who had initially guessed that the yam might be a snake egg added, "I just looked closely, and she doesn't have a single injury on her body, so she's definitely not an ordinary person."

Ming Gaoyi nodded: "That's right. If it were you or me, that thing would probably be reduced to ashes by now. If things went any faster, it might have already turned into snake poop and been excreted."

Upon hearing this, the female cultivator turned green and immediately gave Ming Gaoyi a sharp rap on the head: "If you can't speak properly, then shut up."

Ming Gaoyi stubbornly insisted, "What do you mean I can't speak?" Seeing that the female cultivator was about to hit him on the head, he quickly stepped back, not forgetting to retort, "Just tell me if what I said is right or wrong."

The female cultivator was speechless. She glared fiercely at Ming Gaoyi, then turned around and chose a place nearby to meditate. Her spiritual power hadn't recovered yet, so she wasn't going to argue with a fool.

Seeing her sit down, Ming Gaoyi rushed back and continued to deal with the giant python. When he saw the python's abdomen, which had been ripped open, he looked regretful: "Why isn't it a snake egg!"

Meanwhile, Shushu was unaware of what would happen to them after they left that place. Instead of flying, she descended into the forest.

Having chosen a quiet and safe place, he threw out several isolation arrays and then took out the communication jade tablets of the people from the Azure Demon Realm, hoping to contact any of them.

Unfortunately, all the tokens were grayed out and unable to connect.

Shushu wasn't particularly surprised and accepted it calmly.

He threw the token back and then planned to take out the map of the Wuhua Secret Realm that he had obtained from Mo Xin, to see where she was and what good places there were nearby.

Unexpectedly, one of her communication jade tokens was lit up.

This means that they can contact each other. Without the slightest hesitation, Shushu took the communication jade tablet in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, lo and behold, it was actually her second senior brother, Gu Borong's.

In an instant, a million guesses flashed through Shushu's mind, but that did not stop her from trying to make contact.

Unfortunately, despite waiting for a long time, there was no response from the other side.

"It must be an error message," Shushu thought, his eyes filled with disappointment. He reluctantly touched the communication jade tablet one last time before carefully putting it back and taking out the map.

He called out to a group of friends, and together they peeked out to examine the map.

But after looking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out where she was.

Finally, I simply closed the map, randomly chose a direction, and sent everyone back into the space. I only took Xuejie and Yaoguangding with me, and then leisurely continued on my way.

Unbeknownst to her, just a second before she took out the communication jade tablet, at the other end of the Wuhua Secret Realm, Gu Borong had just stepped into a natural isolation array.

The fellow disciples who should have been able to contact each other were rendered unable to communicate due to the isolation array, but none of them knew this.