Then Lin Shiqi chatted with her parents and grandfather about family matters.

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to grow so big in just a few months. I almost didn't recognize you," Lin Shiqi's mother said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiqi felt something was wrong. "What do you mean a few months? Mom and dad, you've been missing for three or four years, haven't you?"

"No way, it hasn't been that long," Lin Yuanshan quickly denied. "We've only been here for three or four months at most, not several years."

"That's not right, you disappeared several years ago, didn't you, Sister Qin Yandie?" Lin Shiqi said.

"That's right, I remember that incident was even reported in the news back then, it can't be wrong," Qin Yandie agreed.

Dream Butterfly also added, "Shiqi is right, maybe Dean Lin, you remembered it wrong."

"What's going on?" Lin Yuanshan was confused, muttering, "It can't have been that long, could my memory be confused? It's impossible, I might have a confused memory, but it's impossible for everyone to have a confused memory, right?"

Lin Shiqi's parents also insisted on Lin Yuanshan's version, saying they had only been here for a few months, not for several years, leaving everyone puzzled.

Suddenly, Qin Yandie thought of a possibility and said, "Could it be that the time in these two worlds is different?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Dream Butterfly said solemnly, "It's very possible, maybe the flow of time in this world is slower than in our original world. When one month passes in this world, at least a year has passed in our original world, causing this situation to occur."

Lin Shiqi exclaimed, "So we've been in this world for over a month, which means that at least a year has passed in our original world."

"It seems so," Dream Butterfly said in a serious tone.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiqi couldn't help but feel a bit flustered. "If we stay in this world for too long, and return after a few years, by the time we get back, decades may have passed in our world, and Ice Sister and the others may have become old."

Qin Yandie said in a serious tone, "It seems like we need to hurry. If we delay here for too long, when we return to our original world, it may have undergone significant changes."

Lin Shiqi looked at her grandfather and parents with some reluctance. She didn't expect to reunite with them just to part ways again, which made her feel uneasy.

Lin Yuanshan saw the expression on Lin Shiqi's face and understood her thoughts. He said with a heavy heart, "It's okay. It's already lucky enough for me to see you again, Shiqi. You don't need to worry about us. Just focus on what you need to do."

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Lin Shiqi nodded, and finally decided to stay overnight here and set off to find the ancient tomb the next morning.

The time of reunion passed quickly, and the next morning, Qin Yandie, Lin Shiqi, and Dream Butterfly arrived at the entrance of the underground cave, ready to set off. Lin Shiqi's parents and grandfather, as well as some other people in the cave, came to see them off.

"Little Brother Qin Yandie, I entrust Shiqi to you in the future," Lin Yuanshan looked solemnly at Qin Yandie. In this short time, he had already seen the deep relationship between Lin Shiqi and Qin Yandie.

"I understand," Qin Yandie nodded. "Shiqi is an important person to me, and I will protect her."

"Grandpa, you can rest assured. I'm very powerful now, ordinary monsters can't hurt me at all," Lin Shiqi said proudly, summoning a fireball with her magic abilities and then summoning a chilling cold wind, making everyone shiver.

"Alright, my Shiqi is the most amazing." Lin Yuanshan smiled and hugged Lin Shiqi, then Lin Shiqi's parents also embraced her, and then they started to sob quietly, seemingly feeling very reluctant to part ways.

But no matter how reluctant they were, the moment of parting was still approaching. Just as Qin Yan and the others were about to set off, Qin Yan suddenly remembered something and said, "Hey, where are Yitian Chou and Yujie? I don't see them."

"Yeah," Lin Shiqi also noticed something was wrong. "Those two are usually following us silently, how come they suddenly disappeared?"

"Miss Shiqi, are you talking about your two companions from yesterday?" Aunt Juan seemed to know something and continued, "They left here last night, saying they had something to take care of."

"So, they went ahead of us?" Lin Shiqi was taken aback.

Qin Yan pondered and said, "Maybe they planned to reach the ancient tomb before us, like finding the sword first, so they left early."

"Those cunning guys," Lin Shiqi shivered and quickly grabbed Qin Yan and Dream Butterfly's hands, heading towards the open cave entrance. "We need to hurry, if they get there before us, it will be bad."

"Take care, Shiqi—" Lin Yuanshan and Lin Shiqi's parents waved goodbye to Lin Shiqi and the others who had already left the underground cave.

"Grandpa, mom, dad, take care. I'll be back soon." Lin Shiqi waved goodbye to her grandparents and parents, and left the underground cave with Qin Yan and Dream Butterfly.

After that, Qin Yan, Lin Shiqi, and Dream Butterfly followed the map given by the Queen Mother and embarked on the journey to find the ancient tomb with the Emperor's sword. They crossed desolate deserts, passed through forests, climbed mountains, and repelled countless attacks from unknown beasts along the way. Finally, after ten days, they arrived close to the location of the ancient tomb.

The area was quite desolate, with fewer trees and wild animals than other places, surrounded by rolling hills as far as the eye could see.

"Uh oh, with so many mountains here, which mountain does the ancient tomb actually lie in?" Lin Shiqi looked at the map, with the location of the tomb marked in one of the large mountains. With so many mountains around, it was impossible to determine which one the tomb was in.

"In that case, we'll have to search one mountain at a time," Qin Yan said.

Lin Shiqi immediately objected, "Ah, search one mountain at a time? The mountains here are all high and steep, if we search them one by one, I'll be exhausted."

Qin Yan thought Lin Shiqi made a valid point. If Dream Butterfly and Lin Shiqi had to climb mountains one by one, their bodies would not be able to handle it, and the efficiency would be very low.

Thinking of this, Qin Yan immediately used his ability to change the direction of gravity on his body. With a whoosh, his body rose up and floated in the air.

"Wow, Qin Yan, are you flying now?!" Lin Shiqi looked at Qin Yan floating in mid-air, showing a surprised and amazed expression.

"Yes, it seems that during this time, my ability level has improved a lot." Qin Yan floated in the air, looked around, and said, "How about this, Shiqi, Dream Butterfly, you two stay in a safe and hidden place nearby, I'll go to the nearby mountain to find the ancient tomb by myself."