"Clatter~"
The white banner flew into the air, immediately unfolding in the wind, revealing the brilliant stars scattered across it.
With a soft "plop," the banner landed precisely at one corner of the orchard.
At the same time, a white shadow swiftly darted over, using the nearby stones and fruit trees to leap and bounce continuously.
Finally, the white shadow jumped to the top of the white banner and bounced a few times, as if trying to make the banner more secure.
After finishing the jumps, the white shadow revealed its true form—a cute little girl with three white tails!
She raised a small hand, excitedly waving towards the straw-hat-wearing panda, as if greeting it or urging it to throw another banner.
At this moment, eight foxes of different ages, divided into two rows, each carrying a long white banner, walked in unison to the side of the giant panda.
The straw-hat-wearing panda raised its head, looking at the little girl with a gentle smile in its eyes.
It continued eating bamboo shoots, then casually used one finger to pick up another white banner.
One team of strong foxes suddenly felt their shoulders lighten, and along with the other four foxes, they all looked up.
They saw the banner they had just been carrying rolling into a "circle" as it flew into the sky.
"Wow~"
The little girl, seeing the banner flying toward her, immediately cheered and leaped forward, soaring above the banner and following it as it descended to the ground.
With a soft "plop," the banner planted itself at another corner of the orchard, fluttering in the wind, the stars on it rippling loudly.
The little girl stood atop the banner, just like before, bouncing twice and revealing a bright smile.
The eight foxes' pupils reflected the little girl's figure, and they couldn't help but show a doting smile.
Then they all turned their heads in unison to look at the straw-hat-wearing panda...
The group of foreigners watching this scene all widened their eyes, feeling as if their brains couldn't keep up, and even experiencing shortness of breath.
A few of the foreigners, unable to contain their shock, began to scream.
"Shit! Are those really animals? They're obviously a bunch of monsters!"
"What are they doing? Why are they throwing those white banners?"
"I've read in some related books that in ancient times, Dragon Kingdom's cultivators needed to throw flags when arranging formations..."
"WTF???"
The foreigners were all dumbfounded, their faces showing shock and disbelief!
Monsters setting up formations?
This was just too absurd, too far-fetched!
But, aside from this explanation, what other reason could there be for the incredible scenes unfolding in the orchard?
After being stunned for a while, the group of foreigners finally came to their senses.
They quickly exchanged glances, nodded, and began to crouch down, slowly retreating.
They decided to take a detour, avoiding disturbing the monsters, lest they bring unnecessary trouble upon themselves.
After all, they had only one goal for this trip.
And that was to get their hands on the cube before the Dragon Kingdom cultivators!
In the orchard, white banners were now planted at all four corners.
Ah Li was happily jumping around on the last white banner, playing to her heart's content.
Below, eight foxes, some strong and some old, all looked up at her.
Two large foxes even half-squatted, stretching out their front legs, ready to catch Ah Li in case she fell.
At that moment, Meng Gun Gun suddenly stopped munching on bamboo shoots and looked up in the direction where the foreigners had left, gently shaking its head.
The pandas sitting to its right also stopped, raising their heads in unison to look, but saw nothing, showing puzzled expressions.
A few little pandas scratched their heads, not understanding why the chieftain was looking in that direction. They could only continue eating bamboo while pondering.
"Yaa~"
Ah Li, of course, also saw the foreigners' figures.
She leaped down from the banner, quickly jumping onto Meng Gun Gun's lap, and in a childish voice asked, "More outsiders have entered, should we throw them out?"
Meng Gun Gun extended its smallest finger, gently stroking Ah Li's head, and shook its head with a smile, "No need, Chi Zi and Guai Guai haven't come out yet. If we go back now, maybe we'll get to watch a good show."
Ah Li's eyes lit up, and she nodded, "Okay~ Let's go back then! I also need to submit my homework to the teacher~"
...
The group of foreigners who had secretly infiltrated the Kunlun Mountains continued their advance.
Along the way, they encountered more than one group of monsters.
Almost every time they crossed a mountain ridge, they would see groups of three or five monsters, all doing the exact same things as the first group of monsters they had encountered.
This only solidified their suspicions and made them feel even more horrified and afraid!
They even began to suspect that, deep within the Kunlun Mountains, there was a world-shaking secret.
Otherwise, why would there be so many monsters?
And these monsters appeared to be highly intelligent, as if they could understand human language.
Especially at the end, when they encountered a young girl with the body of a human and the tail of a snake. Without saying a word, the girl commanded a horde of small snakes to form a massive wave and charge at them wildly.
The foreigners' faces turned pale in an instant, and they fled in panic.
They didn't even dare to glance back, afraid that the snakes would pounce on them, resulting in their instant death.
However, after running a great distance, they seemed to hear a faint sound of silver bell-like laughter coming from behind them...
"Fuck! It's an illusion! This must be an illusion!!"
One foreigner angrily cursed.
The other foreigners were also deathly pale, their lips purple, and some of their legs were still trembling.
Clearly, they had never imagined that one day they would be chased by a white snake.
And they had fled in such a pathetic state!
A few of the foreigners even had their clothes torn by thorns, along with their skin, which was now bleeding.
"Don't move! Let me heal you first."
A woman with purple hair and green pupils raised her hand, releasing a flash of white light that sprinkled over the wounded areas of the injured foreigners.
Instantly, the wounds healed, leaving only shallow scars.
"OK! Let's keep moving, we're not far from the target now!"
So the group of foreigners pulled themselves together and continued forward.
This time, they didn't encounter any more monsters and smoothly entered a dense forest.
The ground was covered in dead branches and fallen leaves.
As the foreigners stepped on them, crisp cracking sounds filled the air.
After cautiously advancing a few hundred meters.
The blond-haired, blue-eyed young man suddenly brightened his eyes and cried out again in surprise.
"Oh my God! How can there be such a huge crater?"
The other foreigners' faces immediately changed, and following the young man's gaze, they saw the massive crater before them.
The sight left the foreigners stunned for a moment before they exchanged excited and thrilled looks.
Then they all began shouting and rushed toward the crater.
"We found it! We've finally found where the cube fell!"
"Hurry! Find that cube quickly! The Dragon Kingdom cultivators might arrive at any moment..."
Amid this urgent shouting, a voice suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh NO! What am I seeing? A bamboo shoot shell???"
At the same time.
Two monsters, a lazy sloth and a little rabbit, each carrying a white banner, emerged from a small village.