Chapter 16 Mutual Invitation

  To cope with potential dangers and obtain more spiritual medicine, most cultivators travel in groups. However, even so, all cultivators can only stay in the Shadow Swamp for at most half a month, as staying too long will result in damage from the yin energy, which has nothing to do with one's level of cultivation; it is not that those with higher cultivation can stay longer.

  The Yinsheng Swamp is only a few hundred miles away from the Qingdan Gate, and the Qingdan Gate is also a giant in alchemy, so the number of disciples who enter the Yinsheng Swamp every day is the largest. Other sects or families may be farther away, but their disciples can't resist the temptation of those spiritual medicines either, so they often go in groups to explore.

  The Qingdanmen's Grand Convention is about to take place, and although they started preparing the wild spiritual herbs several months ago, the quantity was far from enough. Later, Qingdanmen publicly announced that they would purchase at a high price, but the quantity still couldn't meet their needs. In desperation, they had no choice but to send a large number of disciples into the Yinxie Swamp.

  Normally, cultivators who enter the Shadow Swamp are at least in the Qi Refining stage or above. Those in the Rotation and Illumination stage are extremely rare, unless they are particularly bold or led by a high-ranking cultivator; otherwise, going to the Shadow Swamp is undoubtedly seeking death.

  However, at the moment, Qingdanmen is in a critical period of using people, and they have some spiritual pills that must be refined as soon as possible to trade during the Dan Conference. The problem is that some spiritual pills just need this or that kind of wild spiritual grass, otherwise, it can't be refined at all.

  So, apart from the inner disciples of Qingdan Gate, even external miscellaneous disciples like Lin Feng were encouraged to enter the Yinsheng Swamp to collect spiritual herbs. Moreover, in order to stimulate the disciples to obtain more wild spiritual grasses, Qingdan Gate had just issued a notice.

  On that notice, the first detailed list of the purchase price of a certain spiritual grass was listed, and then it was specifically noted that after gathering several specified spiritual medicines, Qingdanmen would also give more generous rewards, including high-quality artifacts or high-value spirit stones!

  Finally, the announcement also clearly stated that outer disciples or miscellaneous servants like Lin Xiao, if they could also find the spiritual grass specified in the regulations, would not only receive a large amount of spiritual stones but also have the option to stay in Qingdanmen as an inner disciple!

  Lin Feng was secretly delighted when he received the news. Although he knew that the Yin Shui Marsh was full of dangers, this was still an opportunity to stay in the Qing Dan Sect, and if he could seize it, it would be greatly beneficial for his future cultivation path!

  However, Lin Feng thought again and realized that entering the Yin Swamp alone would have terrible consequences. But he also didn't have any close friends in Qingdan Sect to form a team with, so it was probably going to be very difficult.

  Just as Lin Feng was in a dilemma, footsteps came from outside the cave. Lin Feng went out to take a look and found that the person who came was Sun Liang, accompanied by another miscellaneous disciple named Zhu Yun.

  Sun Liang had always been mediocre in Lin Feng's impression, while Zhu Yun was different. His pair of cunning eyebrows and piercing eyes seemed to think out a plan with just one blink, and he was very good at flattering people, which made Yu Bo appreciate him quite a bit.

  Two people saw Lin Feng come out of the cave, Zhu Yun first smiled and walked up to greet him: "Hehe, Lin's brother's place is really hard to find, I and Sun's brother have been searching for half a day, and finally found it here."

  Lin Feng knew that Zhu Yun was telling a lie, and if the two of them didn't know where he lived, it would be strange. Because all the miscellaneous disciples of Qingdan Gate live in the same mountain valley, with only a few rows of caves, and asking around would reveal his whereabouts.

  However, before figuring out their intentions, Lin Feng did not expose the lie and simply echoed: "The two junior brothers are rare guests, I don't know what they want to find me for?"

  In the Cultivation Realm, those in the Foundation Building stage and below are all on an equal footing. Whoever has a higher cultivation level is considered the senior brother, otherwise they are junior brothers. Lin Feng was at the ninth layer of the Rotation Illumination stage, while Sun Liang and Zhu Yun were at the eighth and seventh layers respectively, so Lin Feng referred to them as his junior brothers.

  Sun Liang still didn't speak, and Zhu Yun smiled and said: "Brother Lin, haven't you heard that the Qingdan Sect needs a large amount of wild spiritual grass? Without wild spiritual grass, the large quantities of cultivated spiritual medicine piled up in the dan room can't be refined into spiritual dan at all."

  Zhu Yun spoke while staring at Lin Feng's cave with narrowed eyes, but except for a simple stone bed and stone table, there was nothing else in the cave. Zhu Yun didn't see any valuable clues and seemed to be slightly disappointed.

  Lin Feng despised Zhu Yun's methods, but didn't show it: "The notice I read just encourages all disciples to go to the Yin Shui Marsh to collect spiritual herbs, doesn't it?"

  Zhu Yun hastily said, "Yes, that's exactly why I and Brother Sun came. We've formed a medicinal herb gathering team, so we can look out for each other when the time comes. Are you interested in joining us?"

  Lin Feng: "Without a foundation period or higher cultivator leading us, we rotation period cultivators entering the Dark Marsh is almost equivalent to going there to die!"

  "Ha ha, Lin Shixiong is right! Our little team of medicine gatherers was led by a senior fellow from the foundation-building period! He's an elite disciple of our Qingdan Gate, and now he's already at the sixth level of the foundation-building period. His strength is absolutely top-notch among his peers!"

  Lin Feng was taken aback: "Oh? The Foundation Establishment period seniors are leading the team personally? Do we, these externally hired miscellaneous disciples, also have the qualifications to participate? How will the obtained spiritual medicine be distributed?"

  Zhu Yun: "Hehe, this senior from the foundation period is very familiar with the Yin Ze Swamp. He knows that there's a place where a large number of wild spiritual herbs grow, but it's guarded by a very fierce demon beast."

  At that time, this senior fellow apprentice of the foundation-building period will be responsible for luring away that demon beast. We disciples will take advantage of the opportunity to pick the spiritual medicine. The more people there are, the greater the harvest will be. Because the time cannot be too long, a large number of people are needed to go and collect the medicine, even miscellaneous apprentice can participate.

  As for the distribution of spiritual medicine, whoever picks it will own it, and whoever picks more will get more. However, in the end, half of the picked spiritual medicine needs to be given to that Foundation Building cultivator senior.

  Lin Feng: "If it's really like this, then it's indeed a good opportunity. I wonder how many people will sign up?"

  Zhu Yun: "Yes, we, these temporarily hired miscellaneous disciples, have almost all signed up. If we're lucky and pick the few kinds of spiritual herbs that Qingdan Gate needs, we can become inner gate disciples of Qingdan Gate!"

  Lin Feng asked again: "Did Sun Shidi also sign up?"

  Sun Liang finally spoke up, "Hehe, I'm the first to sign up! Lin Shixiong, why don't you come along too? With more people, we can take care of each other, and it's a great opportunity for us."

  "Okay, I'll sign up too!" said Lin Feng, nodding his head.