"Senior Brother, I sense something good ahead."
The moment he sensed the treasure ahead, Shushu explained the situation to Lu Li.
Afterwards, the senior and junior brothers and sisters exchanged a glance, and Lu Li quickly caught up with Wen Jianxi ahead, and unknowingly set up advanced trapping and illusion arrays around her.
They trapped the person firmly in place, leaving a paper puppet to guard them. Only then could the person and the rat get past her and, under the command of the glutton, follow their senses and head into the canyon.
The canyon is lush with trees, and at its bottom flows a winding, turbulent torrent, with water vapor rising from it.
Upon entering, one can immediately sense the vibrant water elemental energy in the air, making it the perfect training ground for water-based spiritual cultivators.
Unfortunately, Lu Li is of the fire element, and water and fire are incompatible. Although this environment does not affect him, he still subconsciously dislikes it, not to mention the many tactless spirit beasts that come to provoke him.
So, after killing several blind spirit beasts in succession, Lu Li lost interest in entanglement with them and directly released his divine sense pressure.
Instantly, the natives, who had initially sensed the intruders and were looking for trouble, were terrified and trembled with fear. They quickly retreated back into their dens and dared not show their faces again.
As a result, their journey became much quieter, and wherever they went, the spirit beasts would retreat in all directions.
Even the newly awakened spiritual plants, with their nascent senses, instinctively felt danger, and each one wished it could bury itself back into the soil.
Fortunately, Lu Li and Shushu were busy looking for Dark Flame Leaves and didn't pay any attention to these ordinary spiritual plants, so they just skipped over them.
Soon, the two siblings, following the guidance, arrived at the entrance to a secluded passage deep within the canyon.
Two towering, smooth stone mountains stand very close together, forming a narrow passage between them. Below, between the two cliffs, a turbulent river rushes and roars towards the distance.
For some reason, Lu Li stopped when he arrived at this place, as if there was some danger ahead, and subconsciously took a distance back.
After creating some distance, Lu Li thought for a moment, then took out a puppet he had previously crafted, placed spirit stones on it, and gave it the order to go forward and scout ahead.
Unlike Rat One Treasure, his puppet did not possess self-awareness and could react flexibly.
It is merely a puppet devoid of emotion: when its master issues a command, it executes the command without any further reaction or thought.
Upon receiving the command, the puppet immediately flew towards the narrow passage ahead.
Lu Li and Shushu stood there, holding their breath and watching the puppet move forward.
The journey ahead went smoothly without any unexpected events, and the puppet arrived at the narrow passage without any problems.
However, just as they flew into the ray of light through the narrow passage...
The puppet, which had been flying steadily, suddenly plummeted from mid-air as if suppressed by something, falling straight into the raging river below.
The river was also quite magical. The moment the puppet fell into the water, it seemed to have a mind of its own, clinging to the puppet and holding onto the Golden Core stage puppet tightly, making it float up and down, unable to escape the water.
Then, the river water that was entangled with the puppet suddenly changed color, turning from clear to black.
Then the black water began to corrode the spiritual energy shield on the puppet's body, and soon it pierced through the protective layer, disintegrating the puppet in no time.
In the end, even the fragments of the puppet were carried away by the black water and sank to the bottom of the water, and the surface of the water returned to its original state.
The river water was clear and surging, as if the fact that they had just swallowed a golden core puppet had never happened.
The scene sent a chill down Shushu's spine. She leaned closer to Lu Li, her small frame shifting slightly, and asked nervously, "Senior Brother, what do we do now!"
Seeing that Shushu was a little frightened, Lu Li patted her reassuringly and said gently, "Don't be afraid, your senior brother has a way to solve this."
Next, Lu Li released the Phoenix Fire and summoned his natal sword, preparing to have the Phoenix Fire protect him as he passed through the Narrow Pass.
His natal sword and the phoenix fire had both come to life. As soon as they appeared, they flew towards Lu Li together, like two children who came to beg for candy when they saw an adult.
The sword was fine, but as soon as the Phoenix Fire Spirit flew over, Shushu remembered the experience of having his fur burned by it last time. He thought about how he had finally grown most of his fur back, and he couldn't let it be burned again.
So, the little potato's body reacted faster than its brain. In a flash, the whole mouse hid inside Lu Li's clothes, holding onto the clothes tightly from the inside, determined not to let the fire spirit slip through any gap.
Her swift and decisive action not only stunned Lu Li, but also made the Fire Spirit and his natal sword, who were about to rush over, stop in their tracks in surprise.
Finally, Lu Li remembered what had happened before, suppressed the urge to smile, comforted Shushu with one hand, and stroked Huoling with the other, signaling it to step back a little, which eased the awkward atmosphere.
After being comforted by Lu Li, Shushu realized that she had overreacted. She silently let go of the claws that were gripping Lu Li's clothes, poked her little head out, and smiled shyly at Huo Ling.
And apologized: "I'm sorry, Little Fire Spirit, it's my fault, please don't be angry."
In the end, she even used her spiritual power to push over a high-grade spirit stone as an apology. She admitted that she had overreacted and regretted it. She just hoped that the fire spirit wouldn't be really angry.
Fortunately, the little fire spirit had a good temper. Seeing that the glutinous rice ball had apologized, it was no longer angry. A wisp of flame swept away the spirit stone that had been pushed over, and the mouse and the fire spirit made up.
Finally, Shushu also gave Lu Li's natal sword a high-grade spirit stone.
Immediately afterward, Lu Li's natal sword, without needing his command, grew larger and floated in mid-air. After Lu Li leaped up, the Phoenix Fire formed a protective circle around it and headed towards the One Line Sky.
Of course, before boarding the flying sword, Lu Li had already set up a defensive barrier for Shushu to prevent the phoenix fire from burning her fur again.
Soon, the group arrived at the narrow pass and felt the oppressive force from the air. The flying swords could only descend, skimming along the riverbank.
The moment they approached the river, the water in the river immediately tried to surge up to them, but before it could cover them, it was evaporated by the phoenix fire and turned into air.
Seeing this, the other river waters seemed to possess a spirit and dared not come up again. In this way, the senior and junior disciples safely passed through the narrow passage and arrived at the depths.
The moment they emerged from the narrow passage, it was as if they had entered another icy world, with a chill rushing towards them.
However, faced with such an environment, the two siblings were not afraid at all; in fact, their faces were filled with surprise and joy, because the Dark Flame Leaf was an ice-attribute spiritual plant.
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