Ignoring Xia Youwei’s obsession with wanting to be everyone’s older sister.

They continued their exploration forward.

After leaving their small courtyard, they discovered they were actually on a mountain.

They didn’t know how high the mountain was, but looking down, it was shrouded in clouds and mist, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

"We should first figure out where we are," Li Lingzhen said, recalling how Shang Siteng used to analyze issues in the past.

"Aside from that, our second goal is to find others and reunite with them."

Li Lingzhen paused slightly, as if sensing something.

"Are you able to use your talent abilities?"

Jiang Lingling, Xia Youwei, and Shang Siteng all shook their heads.

"Hmm!" Jiang Lingling said.

"Are you saying that our talent abilities have been sealed? And it’s a seal from the Fruit World that won’t unlock without certain conditions being met?"

This was indeed a problem.

Now, high up in the mountains, with their talent abilities sealed, they couldn’t fly or teleport.

They had no choice but to grit their teeth and head down the mountain.

They didn’t know how long they walked, but they were out of breath by the time they finally reached the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, a large blue rhombic crystal hovered there.

"What is this...?"

They cautiously approached the crystal.

When they got within a zhang of the crystal, the previously dim blue rhombic crystal seemed to light up, beginning to shine brightly.

Soon after, a refreshing surge of spiritual power washed over them.

Not only did it sweep away their fatigue from descending the mountain, but it also restored the spiritual power within their bodies.

"Has the seal on our talent abilities been lifted?"

The group was elated, but soon realized something was wrong.

Their talent abilities could indeed be used, but their realm hadn’t fully recovered.

"Tier One, we now only have the strength of Tier One," Li Lingzhen said, reaching out to feel it.

"The seal is still there, unlocking layer by layer. It seems we need to find more of these crystals to fully restore our realm."

Not disheartened by their realm not fully recovering, at least now they had some means of self-preservation.

Without a word, Xia Youwei summoned the Fu Xi Zither, the Dragon Soaring Zither Tune rang out, first giving everyone a layer of amplification.

Shang Siteng and Jiang Lingling followed suit, summoning their own divine soldiers, standing guard on either side.

Li Lingzhen saw their actions and nodded, prepared to continue forward, but was stopped by Xia Youwei.

"Since our talent abilities have been restored, there’s no need to take such risks." As she spoke, the Fu Xi Zither’s tune shifted, beginning to play the Ancient Resentful Sunset Array.

The Ancient Resentful Sunset Array, a zither tune only unlocked at Tier Three, was somewhat demanding to play given her current realm.

Fortunately, the battle spirit she wanted to summon through the Ancient Resentful Sunset Array was merely the lowest tier Yexieqi Young Snake, not requiring much spiritual power.

As the zither music began, a Yexieqi Young Snake Battle Spirit was summoned, it started slithering forward.

Once the Yexieqi Young Snake Battle Spirit left the crystal area, towering cliff walls flanked both sides, leaving only one path forward.

This saved Xia Youwei a lot of time.

Pressing forward, her vision suddenly filled with thick white mist.

This mist lingered at the exit of the valley, like a fairyland, making it hard to see clearly.

Within this swirling mist, the outline of a massive rhombic crystal appeared!

Seeing this, Xia Youwei had a slight joy in her heart, not expecting to find the second crystal to unlock the seal so soon!

Just as she planned to delve deeper, a harsh reprimanding voice suddenly rang out:

"Where did this demonic snake come from, daring to trespass into a forbidden area!"

"Hah!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Before the voice finished, a silver light fell, and before the Yexieqi Young Snake Battle Spirit could react, it completely lost contact.

Instant kill!

On Xia Youwei’s side, at the first sign of lost contact, she immediately dispersed the Ancient Resentful Sunset Array, panting heavily, some spiritual power exhausted.

At this moment, not far from them, the massive rhombic crystal glowed once more.

This time the light enveloped Xia Youwei precisely.

In no time, her pale complexion recovered.

"This crystal can also help restore spiritual power?" Li Lingzhen, witnessing this, was surprised and delighted.

"Don’t get happy too soon, a big challenge lies ahead," Xia Youwei said gravely once she recovered.

"Earlier, while controlling the Yexieqi Young Snake Battle Spirit and continuing to explore, I discovered the location of the second rhombic crystal."

"Shouldn’t finding the rhombic crystal be a good thing?" the naive Shang Siteng asked.

"Considering this sealing realm and resetting world nature, I doubt it will be easy to reach," Li Lingzhen chimed in.

Xia Youwei nodded lightly, "From the crystal area outward, there’s essentially only one road, virtually eliminating any alternative paths for us."

"At the valley exit, someone is guarding it. I didn’t see his appearance clearly. I only heard him shout ’daring to trespass into the forbidden area’ before he instantly killed my battle spirit."

To instantly kill a Yexieqi Young Snake Battle Spirit, his strength must be at least at Tier Two Peak.

With their current Tier One realm, could they really contend with him?

"Hmm!" Jiang Lingling raised her hand to speak.

"Are you suggesting we try because our four Ancient Divine Soldiers aren’t just ordinary Tier One?"

Li Lingzhen didn’t make an immediate decision and mentally assessed their battle strength.

After a moment, she made up her mind and nodded.

"There’s only one exit. If we can’t break through this barrier, we can’t leave this place. Let’s give it a try!"

There was no disagreement with Li Lingzhen’s words.

Unexpectedly finding herself as the backbone of this small team, she sighed looking at the naive Shang Siteng.

Back to business.

It took less than five minutes from the crystal area to the entrance of the misty valley.

This time, without a reminder, everyone could see the giant rhombic crystal outline through the mist.

As they were about to take another step forward,

a silver light descended from the sky, blocking their path.

It was a silver spear.

And behind the silver spear, emerging from the mist, was a humanoid figure.

"The four fairies, on orders from the Queen Mother of the West, are to be confined here as punishment, not allowed to leave unauthorized!"

The speaker emerged from the mist, clad in brilliant silver armor, intricately carved with complex symbols and patterns, with spiritual power flowing through it, looking majestic.

It was evidently a Celestial Soldier!