"The rules of the secret realm state that allocation is based on strength, but I don't believe this rule is fake. If it's based on strength, then this little one's strength is actually that powerful?" Feng Mingxi looked at Xiao Changge in disbelief, "It actually requires accumulating a million gold coins."
Everyone's faces showed complex emotions.
After a moment of surprise, Qi Yu had already regained her composure.
She collected all the notices from everyone's hands and laid them out on the ground, beginning to ponder which treasure on the notices was the most valuable.
Feng Mingxi squatted beside her, "It seems the treasure notice that Sui You took, called the Dream Butterfly, is the most valuable."
Sui You leaned over to compare, "Indeed, it seems that among all the notices, the treasure on the one I took is the most valuable. Although I don't know what this Dream Butterfly is used for, judging by the estimated price of the treasure, it should be between twenty thousand to thirty thousand gold coins."
"Let me see," Qi Yu took Sui You's treasure notice and read softly, "Dream Butterfly, a mythical creature produced on an unknown island, it likes to inhabit the boundary between heat and cold. No one knows what it looks like, only that with a Dream Butterfly, even those who do not cultivate can achieve immortality."
After Qi Yu finished reading the introduction about the Dream Butterfly, she subconsciously looked around, "This thing's name has 'butterfly' in it, so could this so-called Dream Butterfly be related to the surrounding environment? Should we go to a place with more flowers and plants?"
The island they were currently on was entirely covered in jungle.
"We should probably go to a place with more flowers and plants, but I have a question," Feng Yunzui raised her hand, "We need to accumulate a large sum of money to leave this secret realm. What should we do? If we only rely on finding treasures, even if we run until our legs break and die of exhaustion, we won't find that much gold, will we?"
"Yes, even if each of us finds ten treasures, with each treasure valued at at least fifty thousand gold coins, it's still not enough," Feng Siqian felt more and more troubled the more she thought about it.
Before coming to this secret realm, he had always thought that this newly opened secret realm would be similar to the ones he had been to before. He never expected such a big difference.
If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have entered. This way, he wouldn't be worrying about gold coins.
"Don't worry, I already have an idea about how to accumulate gold coins. The most important thing now is for each of us to collect the treasures we want, preferably each of us having one treasure we want to take out. No matter what, we can't come here for nothing, right?"
The rules of this secret realm only stated that enough gold coins must be accumulated to leave, but it didn't say that treasures couldn't be taken out.
Therefore, they should seize the opportunity to reap some benefits.
"I like that Secret Door artifact."
"I like this one too."
"I like that Blazing Flame Tree."
"I like that Light Diamond."
"I like this Dream Butterfly even more."
Led by Feng Mingxi, the group began to discuss animatedly.
Qi Yu listened throughout, taking notes as she listened, and finally tallied up everyone's preferred items, "Two Secret Door artifacts, one Blazing Flame Tree, one Light Diamond, and the rest are all Dream Butterflies."
After the tally was complete, she clapped her notebook shut, "Very good, the basic records are done. Now we will go find them in order. For each item, we need to find double the quantity. That is to say, if one Blazing Flame Tree is needed, we must find two. The same applies to the others."
Feng Yunzui and Feng Siqian nodded. Although they didn't quite understand why each item needed to be found in double quantity, since Qi Yu said so, they would do it.
Yue Zhiyin had no objections.
Sui You listened to Qi Yu entirely.
Qi Nian, Chi Ming, Qi Yan, and Ming Lou nodded in agreement without a second word.
Chen Xi and Yan Hua also had no objections.
Wang Lanqing, Chi Shangming, and Xiao Changge would all follow Qi Yu's arrangements.
Si Qing not only nodded in agreement but had even guessed where the Dream Butterfly might appear, "Looking at that notice, it says the Dream Butterfly likes the boundary between heat and cold. So this boundary refers to the dividing line in the middle of this island."
Si Qing said while taking out a map.
On the map, there was indeed an area in the middle of the island with crossed lines of blue and green.
Qi Yu looked and nodded, "These two lines on the map represent the temperatures of two regions. Although I don't fully understand it, it feels about right. Let's start from this direction. I see that to reach the place marked by the lines on the map, we seem to need to head south."
As Qi Yu spoke, she squatted on the ground, drawing a formation with her blood as a marker, and then walked south with the others.
After the blood seeped into the soil, it did not leave any particularly obvious marks. It looked no different from ordinary soil, but it retained the scent of Qi Yu's blood.
Qi Yu only needed to glance up to see where her spiritual energy was drifting from.
Si Qing pointed the way with a map he took from his embrace.
Chen Xi walked silently forward, asking his doubts as he walked, "Si Qing, I've been wanting to ask you for a while now, when did you get that map? I didn't see you buy a map?"
They had been together the whole time.
"I didn't buy it," Si Qing looked down at the map, "A woman named Pei Sanniang came to cause trouble when we were on the boat. She said a lot of rambling, nonsensical things. I wasn't happy, so when I kicked her overboard, I saw something fall out of her, so I picked it up."
Because the fight was so swift and decisive, Si Qing grabbed the paper that fell out and put it into his sleeve so quickly that Yan Hua and Chen Xi did not see it.
"Pei Sanniang? That name sounds familiar," Yue Zhiyin said, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes widening, "That Pei Sanniang, she seems to be the daughter of Shaofeng's brother, from a collateral branch. When Qi Yu and you were still in the South Sea, Pei Sanniang would have been considered your cousin, though you probably never met."
"We indeed never met, otherwise Pei Sanniang wouldn't have failed to recognize who my sister and I are and deliberately come to sow discord between us," Si Qing said, then suddenly stopped and looked up at the opposite coast, "We're here. Crossing this sea should be the boundary between heat and cold where the Dream Butterfly likes to live."
Qi Yu nodded.
Because the seawater only reached their knees, the group directly waded across the sea to the other side.
Looking at this completely unfamiliar stretch of water, Qi Yu bent down, wiped her feet, and put on her shoes again. Just as she was about to walk further in, she accidentally stepped on some mechanism, and the sandy ground beneath her feet suddenly trembled.
Immediately, the sand in front of them began to sink downwards, and a stone gate and stairs slowly appeared before everyone.