My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 463 - 143: [Second Update]

After tossing the Golden Tooth Ants into the water for two quarters of an hour, Gu Qingqing and the other two landed by the pond, letting out a breath of relief upon seeing the ants in the water.

"Thankfully they have this fatal weakness, otherwise it would have been real trouble!" Su Xi wiped the sweat from her forehead and remarked with a sigh of relief.

"That’s right, it’s fortunate there’s a pond here," Rong Ye nodded in agreement.

Hearing this, Gu Qingqing also nodded.

After a bout of intense exercise, the three of them were quite tired. They drank some water and rested well by the pool before continuing on their journey.

"Fifth Senior Brother, haven’t you encountered anyone else on your way here?" Gu Qingqing asked Rong Ye as they walked.

"I certainly have. I met disciples from the Bihai Heavenly Palace and the Moon Shadow Pavilion, but to avoid trouble, I kept away from them and didn’t let them notice me," Rong Ye replied in a nonchalant tone, recalling the people he had encountered.

Gu Qingqing and Su Xi exchanged a look, feeling a bit envious.

"What’s the matter? Did you two not meet anyone else?" Rong Ye asked curiously.

"Aside from running into Song Xinrong and Mu Xingqi from Bihai Heavenly Palace on the second day, we haven’t met anyone else," Gu Qingqing said with a slight flicker in her eyes, feeling a bit dejected.

Despite wandering in such a large Secret Realm for several days, encountering no one but Song Xinrong and Mu Xingqi, Gu Qingqing and Su Xi were at a loss. On the other hand, they had found numerous high-quality herbs; they didn’t quite know how to feel about their luck.

Upon hearing Gu Qingqing’s words, Rong Ye was at a loss for words as well.

"All in all, I guess you’ve had good luck. After all, meeting more people wouldn’t help; it’s the herbs that are useful," Rong Ye reflected on his experiences in the past few days and concluded that Gu Qingqing and Su Xi were indeed fortunate. In terms of gains, his findings over these days probably didn’t even match a single day of theirs.

Gu Qingqing and Su Xi exchanged a look, pondering Rong Ye’s remark before feeling a bit better.

"But meeting you today, Fifth Senior Brother, makes me think that not meeting others earlier was actually a good thing," Gu Qingqing said, looking at Rong Ye with some relief.

In her view, those irrelevant people were certainly not as important as Rong Ye. If she had missed the chance to meet him because of others, she would have regretted it.

"That’s right," Rong Ye nodded in agreement.

Having found Gu Qingqing, Rong Ye also breathed a sigh of relief. Before entering the Secret Realm, he not only took Gu Qingqing’s hair but also other people’s. At this moment, he summoned the Tracking Talisman, using Si Lin’s hair as he did before. The talisman immediately pointed in a direction for them.

"Will we be able to find First Senior Brother by following this talisman?" Gu Qingqing asked curiously, glancing at the complex runes on the Tracking Talisman, which were beyond her knowledge, and promptly gave up trying to understand them. Instead, she turned to Rong Ye to ask.

"Of course, it was with this talisman that I found you, Geng Geng," Rong Ye said proudly after handling his affairs.

In the Sub-immortal Realm, he didn’t even need the Tracking Talisman to contact Si Lin. However, with the complexity of the current situation in the Immortal Realm, most communication tools were unidirectional and only used by sects, making things cumbersome. Thus, he was forced to resort to this method.

"That’s good, then let’s hurry," Gu Qingqing, trusting Rong Ye’s words, especially given the evident fact at hand, eagerly anticipated the Tracking Talisman leading them quickly to Si Lin and the others.

"Let’s go!" Rong Ye nodded, gesturing for Gu Qingqing and Su Xi to follow him as he took the lead.

Su Xi followed behind Gu Qingqing and Rong Ye with curiosity. She noticed that both Gu Qingqing and Rong Ye were quite extraordinary, unlike the other Immortal Sect disciples she had encountered.

Although Rong Ye was also from the Star Sect, she knew a lot about him, especially since he was personally invited back by the Sect Master, making him a legendary figure within the Star Sect. Nonetheless, Rong Ye usually kept to himself, maintaining minimal contact with others in the sect. As a result, few people knew much about him. Before today, she always thought of Rong Ye as someone detached yet courteous to everyone.

Her Su Family had a certain standing in the Star Sect, and her master held a high position there, so she was privy to many secrets as well as Rong Ye’s extraordinary talent. Consequently, she believed such a person would remain lofty and unapproachable.

However, their brief interaction dispelled all previous assumptions about Rong Ye.

At least in front of Gu Qingqing, Rong Ye was entirely different from the image others had of him.

Rong Ye was incredibly gentle with Gu Qingqing, as if he would never get angry no matter what she did. Su Xi had never seen any senior brother treat his junior sister so well, yet both seemed accustomed to it.

Recollecting the way Gu Qingqing’s words had revealed how her senior brothers doted on her, Su Xi found herself surprised to discover the reality was even more enviable than Gu Qingqing’s descriptions.

The three had walked for about an hour when they encountered a gigantic tree. It would take six people to encircle it with their arms, indicating its age with its darkened trunk, expansive canopy, and dense branches. Many vines dangled from above, but what captured their attention was a bioluminescent mushroom-like growth on the trunk.

"Is this Cloud Light Mushroom? I can’t believe there are Cloud Light Mushrooms here!" Rong Ye exclaimed in astonishment, his voice rising in surprise upon seeing the mushrooms.

"It seems like it. I never expected Cloud Light Mushrooms to be so beautiful! It’s my first time seeing them," Gu Qingqing remarked with curiosity and amazement.

According to books, Cloud Light Mushroom is a Grade Six Immortal Ganoderma, but it is essentially extinct in the Immortal Realm, reportedly because the environment there is unsuitable for its survival. They never expected to see it in a Secret Realm.

Cloud Light Mushroom is a magical Immortal Herb. It can be used in refining pills and, when added during Artifact Refining, it makes items and garments vibrant in color. It is also a material used for making talisman paper, greatly enhancing their effectiveness and easing the drawing process compared to other talisman papers.

"These Cloud Light Mushrooms are so beautiful," Su Xi remarked, gazing at the mushrooms in mesmerization.

Cloud Light Mushrooms are white, similar in shape to ordinary Lingzhi, but their bodies emit a faint glow, appearing incredibly dreamy.