Chapter 229 We were fooled!
Hearing this, the already chaotic crowd became even more in an uproar, and everyone cast suspicious eyes at Lin Feng and others.
"That's right, Lin Feng, you were the first to arrive at the lake, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
In the crowd, a young man with a thick face who knew Lin Feng and the others looked at them angrily and questioned loudly.
Lin Feng's face turned pale. He never expected that he would become the target of public criticism.
He clenched his fists and tried to suppress the anger in his heart.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, Zhang Lanhua, who was standing beside him, covered her red and swollen face and angrily retorted: "What nonsense are you talking about! We didn't hide anything."
"That's right. If we had obtained the artifact, why would we still stay here? This groundless accusation is too ridiculous." Lin Feng defended in the same cold voice.
After hearing this, a few people around became a little quieter. After all, what Lin Feng said made sense.
However, more people have been blinded by greed and suspicion and would not listen to his explanations or buy them at all.
Greed and suspicion spread like a plague in the hearts of many people.
"In that case, let's all search and see if you are the one hiding the artifact!" An eighth-level Spirit King shouted in the crowd.
Lin Feng and the others' faces changed. They naturally did not want to agree to such a search. This was not only an insult to them, but it was also likely to expose their cards.
However, the one with the highest cultivation among them is Lin Feng, who is at the fifth level of Spirit King. But many people in this group have cultivation levels of the fifth level of Spirit King or above. Their strength is simply vulnerable in front of this group of people.
Moreover, if these people were blinded by greed and killed them in rage, the consequences would be disastrous.
Lin Feng and the others looked at each other. In order to save their lives, they had no choice but to agree to the body search.
"Okay! We'll let you search it thoroughly." Lin Feng said loudly and frankly.
"Humph, you are smart, otherwise you would have died here today."
As soon as Lin Feng finished speaking, a young man in white clothes at the eighth level of Spirit King walked out from the crowd. He had a sneer on his face, and it was obvious that he was gloating over the plight of Lin Feng and others.
He walked up to Lin Feng, glanced at him unkindly, and then sneered, "Okay, let's start with you."
Lin Feng gritted his teeth, suppressed the anger in his heart, and stretched out his hands reluctantly.
The young man in white searched his entire body, even checking his storage ring, but apart from a few high-level magical instruments, elixirs, rare spiritual medicines, etc., there was no trace of any magical weapon.
Immediately afterwards, other practitioners also searched Zhang Lanhua and others, but naturally found nothing.
Hidden in the formation, Su Chenyin and others watched this scene with great interest and couldn't help but smile at each other.
Those people by the lake came forward one after another, but no matter how carefully they searched, they found no trace of the artifact.
In the end, everyone had to admit that Lin Feng and others did not hide the artifact.
"It seems that we really wronged them." Someone sighed, his face full of guilt.
The practitioners by the lake began to feel embarrassed, while Lin Feng and others were filled with anger and humiliation.
The suspicion and anger among the crowd gradually subsided, replaced by disappointment and helplessness, but the greed for the artifact did not dissipate.
Suddenly, a young man in green with a keen sense of smell shouted loudly: "I can smell the breath of the artifact!"
Everyone was stunned and stopped what they were doing, looking at the person who was speaking.
"Where is it? Where is it?" everyone asked impatiently.
The man took a deep breath and pointed in a certain direction of the lake. "It's right there! It's faint, but it's there!"
Everyone immediately rushed in that direction, but soon discovered that this was just a misjudgment by the man.
The aura of the artifact by the lake has long disappeared.
Su Chenyin and others who were hiding in the formation couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Chen Yin, I suddenly feel that they are a little stupid." Yu Zhiyan covered her mouth and chuckled.
Su Chenyin's eyes flashed with cunning, "Ajue, why don't we give them some more roles?"
Jun Yijue smiled knowingly and threw a stone casually.
The stone drew an elegant arc in the air and landed precisely somewhere by the lake.
The originally calm water surface there suddenly showed a slight ripple, as if some mysterious power was awakened.
"Look! There's movement over there!" A sharp-eyed person discovered the place where the stone fell and immediately shouted.
Everyone rushed to display their skills in an attempt to gain the upper hand.
The noise by the lake reached a climax again, and everyone opened their eyes wide, trying to find traces of the artifact in the center of the fluctuations.
However, when everyone arrived at the spot where the stone fell, they found nothing except a few fish that jumped out of the water because of the stone.
Some people were unwilling to give up and jumped into the lake to look for artifacts that might be hidden underwater.
However, no matter how those people in the lake searched in the water, stirring up the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake, they still found nothing.
The boiling lake gradually calmed down, and the excitement of the crowd died down.
Confusion and embarrassment were also revealed on everyone's faces.
"What is going on? Is this another illusion?" Someone couldn't help but question.
Others were also confused.
Su Chenyin and others who were hiding in the formation couldn't help but burst out laughing when they saw this scene.
"Ajue, your trick is really effective." Su Chenyin said to Jun Yijue with a smile.
Jun Yijue curled his lips and smiled faintly, then threw another stone.
This time, the stone landed on the other side of the lake.
Immediately, a more obvious wave of water appeared there, as if something was about to break out from under the water.
Upon seeing this, the people by the lake immediately shifted their targets and rushed towards this new change.
"Haha, they are like a group of monkeys being played with." Yu Zhiyan laughed so hard that her body shook.
Leng Yue glanced coldly at the crowd hiding outside the formation, but couldn't help but curl up a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth.
Just as the people by the lake were busy, Jun Yijue threw a few more stones in succession.
Every stone that falls will cause a new wave of fluctuations and chaos.
The crowd by the lake was led by the nose, running from one end to the other, but still got nothing.
Finally, someone discovered the weirdness.
"No, we've been fooled!" Zhou Zhichun suddenly realized something was wrong and shouted angrily.
Everyone was stunned, stopped, and looked at each other, with expressions of regret and anger on their faces.
"Yeah, how could we be so stupid that we were fooled by a few stones!" Another person slapped his head angrily.
The practitioners by the lake finally realized that their emotions and behaviors were being cleverly manipulated.
"Damn it! Who dares to play tricks on us?"
"We must find out who is teasing us!" someone shouted angrily.