This was a truly embarrassing question.
Can Xue stood before Qi Yu, and after a moment of silence, she turned to Qi Yu with a serious look. "How about we try another way?"
Qi Yu: "...So you really got lost, didn't you?"
How could a celestial attendant of the Qilin clan get lost?
Even if they were new, they should have a token.
Can Xue responded with a question instead of an answer. "Let's find some cloth and tie it to a tree every time we pass by?"
"Sure, I have no problem with that," Qi Yu replied, then annoyingly added, "So we really are lost, aren't we."
It seemed this Can Xue had infiltrated.
But her purpose was unknown.
Qi Yu was curious, but she didn't show it on her face or in her words, deciding to observe her secretly for a while.
Can Xue, unaware of this, silently squatted down and tore off strips of cloth.
...
After that, a full hour passed.
Qi Yu and Can Xue ran out of cloth strips, and the only thing they could be sure of was that they had been going in circles within this small area.
As for how to get out, no solution had been found yet.
Qi Yu had never imagined that she would get so lost in a forest. She finally began to consider external factors and looked at Can Xue. "Is there some kind of formation in this forest of the Qilin clan? Or some kind of spell? If not, is there some kind of curse here?"
"...I, I'm not sure," Can Xue, who had been calling herself "this little celestial attendant" for a while, was tired. "I just arrived."
Qi Yu swallowed her breath.
She glanced at the tree in front of her, jumped to the top in a few steps, and prepared to look into the distance.
As a result...
All the trees were about the same height, and she couldn't see anything.
...Huh.
Qi Yu climbed down dejectedly, reporting her findings to Can Xue.
Can Xue was not surprised. She stared blankly at the big tree. "My lady, what should we do now?"
Qi Yu didn't know what to do either. She casually found a patch of grass and lay down on it. "Let fate decide. Someone will come looking for us sooner or later."
Can Xue sighed.
But she still walked over silently.
She squatted down and picked up firewood. While Qi Yu was dozing, she built a small fire for Qi Yu.
Qi Yu sat up.
She looked back at the fire Can Xue had built and, after thinking carefully, had a sudden inspiration. She turned and squatted down under a large tree, digging and digging, eventually unearthing spiritual ginseng and lingzhi.
When Can Xue saw Qi Yu hugging these two items, a hint of doubt crossed her mind.
When she saw Qi Yu preparing to roast the lingzhi like she would roast mushrooms, her expression finally changed. "My lady, are you going to roast the lingzhi and eat it?"
"Don't you want to try and see what roasted lingzhi tastes like?" Qi Yu could actually break through using her magic. She just wasn't mentally prepared to be chased and beaten by Feng Si Qian afterward, so she was stalling for time.
"...Actually, I think if there's lingzhi here, there should be mushrooms nearby too," Can Xue tried to stop her. "Roasted mushrooms would probably taste much better than roasted lingzhi... My lady, I'm telling the truth, believe me."
Most importantly, could lingzhi be roasted?
Could it be eaten after roasting?
Qi Yu agreed verbally, asking Can Xue to go find mushrooms, while she herself was foolishly experimenting with roasting lingzhi.
However, although the Qilin clan's mountains were full of treasures, not everything was good; some things were bad.
For example, the lingzhi Qi Yu was roasting.
This lingzhi was commonly known as "fills the valley," meaning it grew all over the valley.
It wasn't very poisonous, nor did it have any special spiritual energy. Its only characteristic was that it reproduced very quickly; as soon as it touched heat, it would spread widely.
When Can Xue returned with the mushrooms, she happened to witness this scene. It was too late to stop her.
As the lingzhi touched the campfire, a powerful spiritual energy suddenly erupted, and then...
With a bang, it turned into powder and spread onto the ground, growing into small lingzhi.
A dense patch.
"Holy crap!" Qi Yu jumped up, startled, and quickly patted the clothes on her body.
Can Xue looked shocked. "My lady, didn't we agree not to roast lingzhi, only mushrooms? I've already brought back the mushrooms."
"..." Qi Yu felt too embarrassed to admit that she had acted on impulse, so she quickly changed the subject. "You picked so many mushrooms. What are their names?"
Can Xue was stumped and asked Qi Yu uncertainly, "I don't know. Speaking of which, my lady, are there poisonous mushrooms in the Qilin clan..."
Qi Yu: "..." How would I know?
The two looked at each other, their eyes wide, and the atmosphere fell into silence again.
Just then, there was a rustling sound from the grass not far away.
Qi Yu looked back.
A furry, large tiger head poked out from the low bushes.
"Qi Yu!" Ming Lou trotted over, rubbed against her, squatted on the ground, and licked his paw. "Why did you run so far? We've been looking for you for a long time."
"I got lost," Qi Yu walked over and leaned against him. "This is Can Xue, a new celestial attendant I met from the Qilin clan."
Ming Lou looked in the direction Qi Yu indicated.
Indeed, he saw a pretty girl.
Can Xue bowed to Ming Lou.
Ming Lou raised his chin and snorted. He grabbed the hem of Qi Yu's skirt and tugged it, pulling the conversation away from Can Xue. "Qi Yu, you look really beautiful in your women's clothes."
If Qi Yu was a handsome young man in men's clothes, then in women's clothes, she was a flawless, stunning beauty with an irresistible charm that made one's heart skip a beat.
"Is that so?" Qi Yu loved Ming Lou's white fur so much that while listening to him, her hands were sneakily touching and stroking.
Ming Lou lay on the ground, resting his head on Qi Yu's lap. "Ever since Feng Si Qian found out you are the楼主 of Ming Cang Lou, she's been driven almost crazy. She finally realized how she tricked you into charging her a lot of money and gold back then. She's been looking for you while cursing, so when you appear before her like this later, act pitiful so she won't have the heart to settle the score with you."
"Okay, alright," Qi Yu nodded.
Ming Lou pulled her. "Then let's go quickly."
The Winged Tiger clan lived in the jungle from a young age and had keen senses of smell. Unless their heads were cut off, they wouldn't get lost easily.
Therefore, Qi Yu had an extraordinary trust in him.
Hearing Ming Lou's urging, she stood up.
Ming Lou let Qi Yu sit on his back, chattering incessantly, while casting wary glances at Can Xue, who was walking not far behind them.
Sensing Qi Yu sitting on his back, Ming Lou noticed that she had fallen asleep, hugging his head. So, he gradually slowed down.
Can Xue saw Qi Yu's head swaying, her hair almost touching the ground, and instinctively reached out to support it.
Ming Lou turned his head and immediately bared his teeth at her.
Can Xue silently withdrew her hand. Recalling her recent experience with Qi Yu, and then looking at Ming Lou, she inexplicably felt a pang of annoyance.
Tsk, it was so fun just now.
Suddenly having a tiger appear was so annoying.
Long hair dragging on the ground would get dirty!
Ming Lou glanced at Can Xue, then turned his head and held Qi Yu's long hair in his mouth, walking along and huffing angrily.
Who was this woman, meddling so much, wanting to touch her junior sister's hair...
It was fortunate that her junior sister was in disguise as a woman now. If she were in men's clothes, wouldn't she be pestered?
Can Xue/Ming Lou:
"This tiger/This woman suddenly appearing is so annoying..."
Meanwhile, on the Thirteenth Heaven.
Xue Mo Sha looked at Xie Zu in front of him and said in a faint voice:
"The time is ripe. Starting tomorrow, have Feng Mian throw these demon seeds into the Yellow River in the human world. Remember, have him go with Feng Ming Qi's face."