Chapter 147: Another Conspiracy

When Zong Hao appeared on Bru Star with everyone else, Ye Feng and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally seen living beings other than themselves, which filled them with emotion.
“My services aren’t bad, are they?” Zong Hao said with a mocking smile. “It’s time for you to deliver your goods!”
“Thank you, senior!” Ye Feng took out the Immortal Grass and handed it to Zong Hao.
Without even looking at it, Zong Hao put the Immortal Grass straight into his ring.
“Don’t you even check if it’s real?” Ye Feng was somewhat speechless at Zong Hao’s behavior.
“Do you really think you could fool me with a fake?” Zong Hao retorted.
“Uh… I have another question. Why don’t you ask where I found the Immortal Grass?” Ye Feng raised his doubt as Zong Hao turned to leave.
“Because it’s unnecessary. Where one Immortal Grass appears, no second one will grow within tens of thousands of miles around it. If you want to know why I don’t ask where your Immortal Grass came from, I can tell you—the answer is also unnecessary. I only need to know that you have the Immortal Grass in your hands; that’s enough. I don’t need to know how it came about.” Zong Hao paused briefly and turned to look at Ye Feng.
“I almost forgot to tell you something! Every teleportation array on a cultivation starting planet has a monitoring system for malfunctions. Since most people who go to these planets are youngsters with abilities similar to yours, any malfunction in the teleportation array could cause you to get lost or even die. If the monitoring system detects a problem, repair crews will arrive within an hour to shut down the array and fix it within three days. For one-way reception arrays, repairs are completed within a day. During the time the array is shut down, its name will no longer appear at other connection points leading to it.” Zong Hao said this clearly as a hint to Ye Feng.
“You could say we’re extremely unlucky. We happened to use the teleportation array at a time when it was broken, and during the less than an hour before the repair crew arrived.” After saying that, Zong Hao disappeared into the crowd.
“Is he trying to say that someone knew we were using the teleportation array at that time and tampered with it?” The others around Ye Feng also noticed the hidden meaning in Zong Hao’s words.
“Maybe that’s what he means,” Ye Feng said, narrowing his eyes slightly without giving a definite answer.

“But how did they know we were going to teleport at that time? Although we informed cultivators around the world about our departure, aside from those of us present, no one else could possibly know exactly when we would leave!” Dracula was still upset about almost ending up in a desolate place. “It must be one of those present who informed the people on Origin Planet and destroyed the teleportation array just as we were about to leave. And the messenger couldn’t be any of us who participated in the teleportation, because they would surely be aware of the dangers involved.”

“Are you suspecting Long Tian?” Ye Feng glanced coldly at Dracula. “The messenger could also be someone who was hiding in the shadows, observing us before the teleportation. It’s not impossible that the messenger is one of us, deliberately joining the teleportation to throw off suspicion, since they know how to deal with such dangers…”

Dracula had no argument against the possibilities put forward by Ye Feng.

“Both of you, what you’re saying are just guesses. Though reasonable, they lack solid evidence. Continuing to argue won’t lead to anything!” Empty Taoist stepped in to defuse the situation. “If we want to find out what really happened, why not go to Origin Planet and investigate?”

“I’ll go to Origin Planet! It’s possible they already know our appearances. If we show up together, we’ll be too obvious and attract their attention. Besides, we don’t even know who they are.” Ye Feng volunteered to take on this task.

“Master Ye, don’t be so hasty. Although we’re many and a large target, we can appear in batches. Though your combat skills are the strongest among us, it’s not easy for you to handle everything alone. With our help, you’ll save a lot of effort!” Wu Dao advised.

“Ye Feng, I also think it’s not wise for you to go alone. Don’t forget, this isn’t Earth. No matter how skilled you are in combat, you can’t possibly defeat experts at the Transcendence stage or even at the peak of the Mahayana stage. We don’t even know who our enemies are or how strong they are. We need to be thorough. What if there are indeed experts at the Transcendence stage among them? What will you do then?” Empty also shared his opinion.

Ye Feng couldn’t provide a reasonable answer to the questions posed by Taoist Master Kongxu. After meeting Zong Hao, he was well aware that sometimes the gap caused by different cultivation levels couldn’t be bridged by skills or combat experience. Zong Hao, who was only at the Tribulation stage, already had a speed that made it impossible for Ye Feng to catch up. Moreover, the attack power of a Tribulation-stage warrior was tens of thousands of times that of a Yuan Ying-stage warrior—just one finger could easily kill him. He feared that if he encountered such a person, he wouldn’t even be able to withstand their pressure.

“I know you want to prove Long Tian’s innocence and give us an answer. You’re as close as brothers with Long Tian, and we understand your desire to clear his name. But many here aren’t familiar with Long Tian, and what they say might not be targeted—just unproven speculation, which is understandable.” Kongxu patted Ye Feng’s shoulder. “Right now, the enemy is hiding in the shadows. Acting rashly will only bring disaster! I think you need to calm down and we should work together to come up with a plan!”

“We definitely can’t go together, and I don’t really trust anyone else! That guy who reported us might also be among us.” Ye Feng stubbornly shook his head. “Even if I have a plan, I can’t reveal it in front of everyone here!”

“Alright, out of the ten people here besides you, who do you trust?” Kongxu asked with a helpless sigh.

“I don’t trust anyone!” Ye Feng scanned everyone present one by one before shaking his head.

“Then you insist on going alone?” Kongxu frowned slightly, not expecting Ye Feng to refuse to trust even himself and Wudao.

“I suddenly came up with a good idea!” Ye Feng suddenly shed his previous gloom and regained his confident smile.

“What is it?” Kongxu was delighted and immediately leaned in.