"They are too far from them."
Chu Lingwei looked at the resting cultivators and said.
"You mean, we camp with them." An Tao was somewhat unwilling; being with those people made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Yes, if we are too far from them, we will be in danger." Chu Lingwei nodded. At least, if they were with those people, no one would openly cause them trouble.
However, they were currently some distance away from them. If they were ambushed or encountered danger, they would be the ones to suffer.
"Then alright, we'll rest wherever you say." An Tao thought for a moment and nodded, although she didn't have to worry about safety issues herself.
Since she had formed a temporary team with fellow Daoist Chu, sacrificing a little was no big deal.
The two of them found a small area in a place with many cultivators and set up a tent, sitting inside.
"If you don't want to sleep, you can cultivate. No one here would dare to do anything to us," Chu Lingwei closed her eyes and began to cultivate.
An Tao nodded, directly blocking out all the external sounds, and began to cultivate diligently.
When the first ray of dawn appeared, Chu Lingwei and An Tao opened their eyes together.
"Let's go, some people have already left."
An Tao was the first to stand up and walk out of the tent. She saw that more than half of the cultivators had already quietly left.
They all had the same goal; everyone was worried about their resources being snatched by others, so they set off early.
"Mm, let's hurry too."
Chu Lingwei put the tent back into her storage bag and stepped onto her flying artifact, heading towards the swamp.
"Fourth-tier swamp snakes, their speed should be very fast, we must be careful." An Tao stared at the sky above the swamp ahead, where a layer of gray mist was floating.
This was a miasma formed by the swamp over the years. This miasma was poisonous.
"We've arrived."
Chu Lingwei and An Tao dismounted their flying artifact and could already see large areas of swamp in front of them, which were very distinct.
"According to the cultivators who have seen swamp snakes, these swamp snakes seem to be able to sense cultivators' auras and ambush them." When An Tao took on this mission, she had already inquired about the habits of the swamp snakes.
"Okay, let's each be careful."
Chu Lingwei took out her Ice Jade Frost Sword and slowly walked ahead.
They had only just entered the swamp. The swamp snakes here should have already been killed by the cultivators who came ahead, but it was still better to be careful.
"Why don't we go ahead and take a look."
A quarter of an hour later, An Tao had put down her artifact. They hadn't seen a single swamp snake here, and she was a little anxious.
"No rush, let's walk slowly." Chu Lingwei shook her head. All the way here, she had heard many cultivators talking about how clever and elusive the swamp snakes were.
However, they had been walking for so long and hadn't seen a single one. The probability of this was extremely low.
Even if cultivators ahead had cleared out the swamp snakes here, it was impossible for there not to be a single one left.
"Don't you find it eerily quiet here?"
"Here?" An Tao looked around. There was nothing here, so of course it would be eerily quiet. "No, I've been to places quieter than this before. This is already very normal."
An Tao said this, but she raised her artifact again, as if afraid a swamp snake would leap out beside her.
"Why aren't there any swamp snakes here?" Chu Lingwei frowned. She summoned her phantom cat from her spirit beast bag and let it stay by her side. "Mao Mao, pay attention to your surroundings."
"Wow, your spirit cat is so cute." An Tao saw Chu Lingwei summon her spirit beast. Seeing the small, milky phantom cat, she couldn't help but smile, her eyes full of hearts.
"It's not very safe here, be careful."
Chu Lingwei walked forward, involuntarily quickening her pace.
Seeing her quicken her pace, An Tao also quickly followed.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, why don't we join up with the people ahead?" Since they couldn't kill the swamp snakes ahead, there was no need for them to waste time here.
"Wei Wei, I haven't found a single swamp snake here, not even a corpse," the phantom cat transmitted to Chu Lingwei. It could confirm that there were no swamp snakes here.
This was strange.
It didn't make sense.
"Let's go, there are no swamp snakes here, let's go ahead and see." Chu Lingwei and An Tao quickened their pace. Half an hour later, they finally saw the legendary fourth-tier swamp snakes.
The swamp snakes were the same size as normal pythons, but they were very fast.
"Are these swamp snakes?" An Tao looked at the people ahead constantly killing swamp snakes. Their bodies were slightly larger than pythons, but their speed was very slow.
Chu Lingwei raised an eyebrow, looking at An Tao uncertainly. She hadn't told her this on the way.
She still clearly remembered that fourth-tier swamp snakes were incredibly fast.
"From whom did you hear that the swamp snakes' speed has increased?"
Now, it wasn't faster, but slower.
"I heard it from those cultivators. They shouldn't lie to me, right?" An Tao became a little uncertain. The facts were in front of her, and it seemed like whatever she said was futile. Quick Books Pavilion.
"Fellow Daoist Chu."
Lei Tao, who was killing swamp snakes with his teammates, saw Chu Lingwei approaching from a distance and immediately waved to her.
Chu Lingwei and An Tao walked up to Lei Tao. Judging from the blood on him, he had a good harvest.
"Weren't you going to Bei Ming Valley? Why are you here?"
"I was supposed to, but the swamp snakes here are inexplicably slow-moving, so we want to kill some. We can get double rewards when we go back."
As long as they killed a swamp snake and brought back its teeth, it would prove that their mission was completed, and they could directly receive the reward.
The current mission was like picking up tasks, so how could they bear to miss such a good opportunity?
"Fellow Daoist Chu, I heard that the swamp snakes ahead are bigger than these. If you want to exchange for more rewards, you can go ahead."
Lei Tao and his group were only at the Spirit Wheel Realm, while the others were at the Spirit Movement Stage, so they only killed some smaller swamp snakes here.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, why do I feel that this matter is so strange?" An Tao finally felt that something was wrong. She gently tugged at Chu Lingwei's sleeve. "Let's go ahead and take a look."
"Fellow Daoist Lei, then we'll go ahead and take a look." Chu Lingwei nodded and flew directly on her sword. She saw an even more spectacular scene ahead, with everyone frantically killing swamp snakes.
What a strange scene.
"Fellow Daoist An, something is not right here." Chu Lingwei looked at the eyes of those people; they were all somewhat dull.