Chapter 228 The Artifact is Right Under Their Noses
Zhang Lanhua's angry curses were clearly heard by Su Chenyin and others who were in the hidden formation.
Su Chenyin had a sarcastic smile on his lips and looked at the ferocious-looking Zhang Lanhua and the angry Lin Feng and others with a playful look.
"Bitch! Bitch! Come out here quickly and give me back my weapon." Zhang Lanhua was still cursing in anger.
"Zhang Lanhua, restrain yourself!" Lin Feng shouted, stopping Zhang Lanhua from cursing.
His eyes were like lightning as he scanned the surroundings. "The most important thing for us now is to find the whereabouts of the artifact, not to waste time here!"
Lin Feng's words calmed Zhang Lanhua and others down a little.
They suppressed their anger and disappointment and began to search around the lake, trying to find any clues left by the artifact.
However, no matter how hard they looked, there was nothing on the lake except slight ripples.
Apart from them, there was no one else by the lake.
The concealment formation cleverly concealed the figures and auras of Su Chenyin and others, making them impossible to be discovered.
They could never have imagined that the artifact they had fought so hard for was right under their noses.
At this time, in the hidden formation where Su Chenyin and others were, the contract ceremony of Yu Rong, Lu Ziche and Mu Xin had entered the critical moment.
The connection between the artifact and them became closer and closer, and the light around them became brighter and brighter.
The contract ceremony between Leng Yue and the Dark Purple Wind Sword has entered its final stage.
The dark purple Youfeng sword in Leng Yue's hand trembled more violently. The purple light expanded instantly, then quickly converged, and finally completely merged into Leng Yue's body.
The contract is successful!
Leng Yue slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of purple light flashed in his cold eyes.
He stood up, his expression calmer than ever, and a powerful aura emanating from him, like an unshakable mountain.
"Okay." He said calmly, and the dark purple wind sword in his hand, which had transformed into an ordinary dark purple long sword, rang softly, as if responding to his words.
"Leng Yue, congratulations, the contract is successful!"
Su Chenyin cast a congratulatory look towards Leng Yue, while Jun Yijue and Yu Zhiyan also congratulated Leng Yue.
"Thank you." Leng Yue nodded slightly, his expression still calm, but his eyes could not hide the joy.
Then, Leng Yue turned his gaze directly to Mu Xin who was in the process of contracting the Akagi Soul Whip.
The Akagi Soul Whip was seen circling around Mu Xin, and the red light enveloping her became increasingly intense, like a burning red sun.
Leng Yue pursed his lips slightly, walked to Mu Xin, squatted down, and quietly guarded Mu Xin, with both happiness and worry in his eyes.
Outside the hidden formation, Lin Feng and others by the lake were still searching hard for the whereabouts of the artifact, but to no avail.
At this moment, the thousands of figures fighting for the artifact finally arrived at the lake.
They only saw ripples on the lake, and the artifact had disappeared without a trace.
The noise of the crowd rose one after another. Lin Feng and others by the lake were also hit by the sudden influx of the crowd, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Disappointment and anger filled the air.
The crowd by the lake began to get noisy. Some cursed, some sighed, and some searched around unwillingly.
"What is going on? Where did the magical weapon go?" A burly cultivator grabbed his hair anxiously, his face full of confusion and unwillingness.
"Where is the artifact? Where is the artifact? Where did the artifact go?" someone shouted angrily.
"We ran all the way, but all we see is this empty lake?" another man in white roared unwillingly.
"We're late!"
"Damn it! Someone actually dared to snatch the artifact before us." The purple-robed woman gritted her teeth and stomped her feet in anger.
"Who is it? Who stole my artifact?"
Zhou Zhichun, a young man who called himself the young master, looked at the empty lake and his greed was instantly replaced by anger.
"It seems that the three artifacts have recognized their master. We have no chance." Someone shook his head and sighed, his voice full of helplessness.
Lin Feng stood in the crowd, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.
He looked around, trying to find a clue, but to no avail.
"Even if the artifact was really seized by someone first, it takes a long time to contract an ancient artifact. It's only been a short time, and they must not have completed the contract yet. We just need to find them, kill them, and snatch the artifact." A young man in blue said calmly.
"Yes, yes, let's all find them together. In such a short time, they must still be hiding nearby." Another man in green nodded in agreement.
Just like that, the thousands of people by the lake completely lost their minds. They searched around the lake like a group of headless flies for traces of the artifact.
The scene was chaotic.
But they never noticed the teasing gazes hidden in the formation.
The noise and chaos at the lakeside could be heard clearly by Su Chenyin, Jun Yijue, Yu Zhiyan and Leng Yue who were hiding in the formation.
The four of them were not in a hurry. Each of them sat leisurely on a soft chair, even drinking spiritual juice, and happily enjoying the commotion caused by the artifact.
At this moment, they were not afraid of being discovered the existence of the hidden formation by those people outside.
Even if they were discovered, they were not worried at all that those people would attack the hiding formation like crazy.
Because just when he saw thousands of people coming to the lake, Jun Yijue made special modifications to this concealment formation.
Now this concealment formation can not only hide their breath and figures, but also has an additional defensive function. Anyone with a cultivation level lower than that of a Spirit Venerable cannot break it.
In addition, Jun Yijue also set up eighteen levels of concealment formation, each level is more powerful and more difficult to unlock than the previous one.
Even if those people outside were lucky enough to discover the existence of the concealment formation, and one of them happened to be a master-level formation master and had the ability to break the concealment formation.
However, it might take several days for them to crack all eighteen levels of the concealment array.
"Ajue, your formation is truly amazing." Su Chenyin took a sip of the spiritual juice, smiled and gave Jun Yijue a thumbs up in praise.
Jun Yijue smiled dotingly and raised his hand to help Su Chenyin wipe the water stains from the corners of her mouth from drinking the spiritual fruit juice.
"Are you hungry, Yinyin?" Jun Yijue asked softly, "Do you want to eat something?"
Su Chenyin smiled and shook her head: "No, Ajue, I'm not hungry. But you have been busy setting up the formation, you must be tired, right?"
"I'm fine." Jun Yijue smiled and shook his head.
Yu Zhiyan held her chin up, looked at the crowd by the lake with a slightly playful look, smiled gently, and said:
"They could never have imagined that the artifact was right under their noses."
"Yes." Su Chenyin nodded, and reminded: "However, we can't take it lightly. After all, some of those people have high cultivation bases."
At this moment, the noise from the lake seemed to become more deafening.
Some people in the crowd began to accuse and suspect each other, and some even started fighting, and the scene became increasingly chaotic.
Especially Lin Feng and others, because they were the first group to arrive at the lake, many people directly suspected that Lin Feng and others had hidden the ancient artifact.
At this time, Lin Feng and others who were beaten black and blue were surrounded in the middle. Facing the doubts and hostility of the practitioners around them, their faces looked very ugly.
"You were the first to arrive at the lake. Did you hide the artifact? Hand it over."
A burly man in gray, who was at the seventh level of Spirit King, pointed at Lin Feng and the others, accusing them with a gloomy expression.