Chapter 17: Being Deceived

  After Sun Liang and Zhu Yun registered with Lin Feng, they quickly left together. Lin Feng watched their distant figures, but his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He didn't believe such a good thing would come to him voluntarily. However, the conditions seemed very tempting, and Lin Feng really didn't want to miss this opportunity.

  The next day at noon, a transmission talisman arrived in front of Lin Feng's cave, and when he took it down to look, it was indeed from Zhu Yun, indicating that the medicinal herb collection team heading to Yinyue Marsh was about to set off, and asking Lin Feng to hurry to gather at a certain location near Qingdan Gate.

  Generally speaking, Sound Transmitters are very cheap, but no one is willing to spend Spirit Stones to buy these insignificant consumables. Only inner sect disciples can receive a portion from the sect every month.

  However, as an external miscellaneous worker like Zhu Yun, it shouldn't be possible for him to have a transmission token. Lin Feng thought this way not without reason, he just felt that Zhu Yun seemed too enthusiastic, which completely exceeded the scope of communication between unfamiliar disciples.

  Anyway, Lin Feng still went. When he arrived, the team had almost gathered, and the outer disciples who participated in the medicine collection were about 300 people in total.

  Zhu Yun and Sun Liang recognized Lin Feng at a glance, beckoning him from afar. Lin Feng walked straight to their side, Zhu Yun smiling and saying: "Brother Lin, if you were any later, I'm afraid it would have been too late!"

  Sun Liang also said: "Yes, the team is about to set off, and some disciples have been waiting impatiently for a long time."

  Lin Feng exchanged a few insincere words with the two of them, and at this time, the leader of the Foundation Establishment period cultivators also arrived on the scene. However, when Lin Feng looked up, he saw that it wasn't just one leader who had come together, but eight! They were all Foundation Establishment period cultivators!

  Lin Feng looked at Zhu Yun in confusion, while Zhu Yun had already shifted his gaze to one side, it was unclear whether it was coincidental or intentional. At this time, Lin Feng heard someone say loudly:

  "All disciples heading to the Yin Swamp, please follow your initial registration and catch up with the Qi Foundation stage seniors you chose. We're ready to set off!"

  The crowd suddenly dispersed with a loud noise, and after a moment, more than 300 people stood in eight small groups, each corresponding to a high-ranking cultivator of the Foundation Establishment stage. Lin Feng was stunned, if it wasn't for Zhu Yun pulling him, he wouldn't have known which side to stand on.

  After the crowd dispersed, Lin Feng turned around to look at Zhu Yun. Zhu Yun's line of sight was about to shift again, but Lin Feng walked over and stood in front of him, saying: "The leader is one of the eight Foundation Establishment seniors, we can choose freely who to follow, yet you didn't tell me and directly chose for me, did you?"

  "Huh, I thought you knew! So when signing up, I chose for you, but it doesn't matter anyway, following whoever is all the same, right?"

  Lin Feng was about to say something else when someone said: "Alright, our small team is now complete. Let's set off with Senior Yu Tao!"

  Yu Tao? Lin Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, while Zhu Yun took the opportunity to hurry forward. Sun Liang walked up to Lin Feng and simply said, "He's Yu Bo's older brother," before also hurrying off.

  Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. But at this point, there was no turning back, so he steeled himself and walked over to stand beside Yu Tao.

  Eight foundation-building experts didn't say a word from start to finish, but when Lin Feng walked over, Yu Tao glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, then shifted his gaze away.

  After everyone was present, Yu Tao took out a large-capacity flight artifact, and more than 30 miscellaneous disciples rushed to get on. Lin Feng naturally didn't stand out, but before he could steady himself, he saw a familiar figure appear beside Yu Tao, that person being none other than Yu Bo!

  After the ripple arrived, Yu Bo nodded to Yu Tao first, and the two people got on the flight instrument at the same time. Yu Tao urged the technique, and the flight instrument whizzed into the air, then rushed in a certain direction.

  Halfway, Lin Feng learned from the whispers of the crowd that this trip to the Yin Swamp was actually organized by eight foundation-building cultivators themselves, but they had also obtained permission from Qingdanmen. Qingdanmen had other foundation-building cultivators who were originally going to organize a group, but they didn't have large-capacity flying artifacts, so they couldn't make it happen.

  However, these eight foundation stage experts who possess large-scale flight artifacts are also independent. Like Lin Feng and other external disciples, they do not have a clear affiliation in Qingdanmen, so they can choose freely when signing up.

  It wasn't until now that Lin Feng realized why Zhu Yun was being so enthusiastic towards him, all of this must have been orchestrated by Yu Bo, who had gone to great lengths to pull Lin Feng into Yu Tao's squad, and it was clear that he had ulterior motives.

  As for Sun Liang, this person's mind may be even deeper. Lin Feng is now somewhat suspicious that when Sun Liang advised him to pay the spirit stone to Yu Bo, was it Yu Bo who instigated him to do so?

  Lin Feng was deep in thought, when the flying magical instrument suddenly appeared, speeding through the clouds and fog. In about the time it takes to eat a meal, they had already flown hundreds of miles, and arrived at their destination: an endless marsh shrouded in thick, heavy mist!

  The flying artifact slowly descended, and more than 30 people walked down one after another. Yu Tao put away the flying artifact and silently led the way into the fog, with a group of disciples hastily following behind him, while Lin Feng walked at the end of the team.

  Most people are here for the first time, so they're all quite curious at first. But after walking dozens of miles, the faces of all the disciples become increasingly tense, because they discover more and more frequently that there are often withered bones of cultivators who have fallen halfway, as well as various magical instruments that have been corroded away.

  As they went deeper, the thick fog around them grew thicker and more terrifyingly, these fogs had a great hindrance to their divine consciousness, with visibility of no more than one zhang, sometimes less than three feet!

  But despite this, Yu Tao's pace didn't slow down in the slightest, from which it can be seen that he was indeed familiar with this area, so he could be calm and composed, seemingly not putting potential dangers at heart.

  After walking for a while, the surrounding fog began to carry a strange and eerie aura, as if it was filled with the heavy stench of death from countless rotting corpses that had accumulated over the years. This thing would give people a chilling feeling of horror whenever it drew near their bodies.

  At this time, Yu Tao's footsteps also slowed down, and he opened his mouth to say the first sentence: "Be careful! We have entered the outer area of ??the Yinsha Swamp. The yin energy here is very strong. Disciples with insufficient strength should use the Evil-Repelling Pill!"

  However, there were only a few disciples of the Evil-Repelling Pill, and Lin Feng's Mustard Seed Bag happened to have some. He secretly took out an Evil-Repelling Pill and put it in his storage bag, taking one every now and then to greatly alleviate the consumption of his spiritual power.