(First update)
"Let's go back to the woods!" Li Xiaoya suddenly told the others, then swiftly flew down toward the woods below.
"All right!" At his words, everyone hurried back to the great tree where they had hollowed out a shelter earlier. An activated formation still surrounded the tree, naturally the one Mother Li had set up to protect them. Strangely, however, these woods were eerily devoid of demon beasts, let alone ordinary birds, animals, or insects. This left everyone rather puzzled.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The moment they entered the formation, they discovered vast clouds of pink illusion mist surging toward the woods.
"Ah! It looks like this swamp is what's behind the illusion mist!" Blue Ice sighed and said.
"Yes!" The others nodded in agreement. Having spent over a month traveling through the Enchanted Forest, however, they understood the illusion mist quite well and were not afraid of it.
"Hmm! By the way, little sister Xiao Ya, how's your recovery coming along?" Li Xiaoya suddenly asked Zhou Xiaoya.
"I used up quite a bit of magic power. It'll still take some time to recover completely," Zhou Xiaoya replied flatly after a moment's hesitation. Her manner was rather cold; perhaps she still held a grudge against Li Xiaoya.
"Oh!" Naturally, Li Xiaoya did not press her. He turned to the others and asked, "Then the rest of you should be more or less recovered, right?"
"More or less!" everyone quickly answered.
"Good! Since we're nearly ready, let's wait for little sister Xiao Ya to recover a little more magic power and discuss what to do next before moving on!" Li Xiaoya nodded, then suddenly addressed Qu Long Scholar. "What do you think, Fellow Daoist Qu Long?"
"I certainly have no objections!" Qu Long Scholar promptly nodded.
"Then let me share