Chapter 283: Suspicions Grow Stronger

"It's not impossible." Yun Lintian finally said. In his heart, it was more than ninety percent there was a traitor among the group. However, he couldn't think of anyone at this moment. The only one person he could rule out was Yang Chen and no other. As for the rest… it was difficult to prove themselves. He could only wait until this traitor showed his tail.

Qin Yuyan and Qin Yiran glanced at each other. Their faces filled with solemness. If it was the case, the plan they were executing right now might become useless. And at that time, no one would survive until the end of the test period.

Yun Lintian saw through their thoughts and tried to calm them down. "It is wasting our time to think about it. We don't have a choice, anyway. We could only continue our plan."

Qin Yuyan and Qin Yiran nodded their heads slowly and increased their pace.

When the three of them arrived at the north area where the formation node was located. They didn't surprise at all seeing the empty land without any sign of life. Still, they didn't relax their vigilance and continued to guard Yun Lintian with caution.

This time, Yun Lintian only used ten minutes to completely set up the formation. After doing the final check, he immediately headed toward the west area.

Originally, the rendezvous point was halfway between the west and north area. Since he discovered the potential of having a traitor in the group, Yun Lintian thought it was better to directly go to Tian Jiuyi's side. He could use this chance to check on Tian Jiuyi's work and see whether someone had messed with the formation in secret.

On Tian Jiuyi's side, he had just arrived and started arranging the formation right away. The situation in this west area was completely different from the south region. There wasn't anyone except for his group. Although Tian Jiuyi had so many questions in his head, he had to finish the work in front of him first.

Yang Chen and others didn't say anything during the entire process. They took this chance to recover their strength.

Among them, Yang Chen had spent the most effort during the previous battle. He gave the guarding duty to others entirely and closed his eyes, replenishing his strength. At the same time, he had the urge to contact Yun Lintian and asked him for the opinion regarded the abnormal behavior of the profound beasts, but he gave up the idea as he thought Yun Lintian might be busy right now.

"Please take some water, Brother Yang." Suddenly, Chu Mi approached Yang Chen and handed him a cup of water.

Yang Chen looked at the sweating Chu Mi and felt warm in his heart. Somehow, he started to miss his sister, Yang Mengli. He gratefully accepted the cup of water from Chu Mi and said. "Thank you. Sister Chu should take a rest too."

Chu Mi wiped the sweat out of her forehead and smiled sweetly. "It's fine. I'm not that tired… I'll go back first." Seeing Yang Chen drink the water, she then returned to Chu Heng's side and calmly rested.

Meanwhile, Bai Qingyi stood guarding the place while fanning himself with the jade fan in his hand. 

Suddenly, his Spiritual Sense captured a movement in the north direction. Bai Qingyi quickly notified everyone through sound transmission and prepared to enter a battle.

However, what came to his sight was Yun Lintian and the two women. Bai Qingyi was surprised and called. "Brother Yun? Sister Qin?"

Yang Chen and others were taken aback when they saw Yun Lintian's group approach them… Shouldn't they stay in the north area right now?

Yun Lintian arrived outside the defensive formation and said. "I have already finished the task, and come here in case there's something I can help." As he finished his sentence, he briefly cast his gaze on everyone, trying to find a clue. Sadly, he didn't see anything unusual.

Behind him, Qin Yiran and Qin Yuyan had done the same. They were trying to find the potential traitor but found nothing in the end.

Tian Jiuyi tilted his head back and saw Yun Lintian. He was surprised slightly and opened the formation, letting Yun Lintian's group in.

Yun Lintian said nothing and went straight to Tian Jiuyi's side. In order to make everything look normal, Yun Lintian didn't check the formation directly and asked Tian Jiuyi. "Do you need my help, Brother Tian?"

Tian Jiuyi paused his movement and said. "Sure."

Yun Lintian stared at Tian Jiuyi briefly and quickly arranged the formation.

"Where are the profound beasts?" Qin Yuyan asked Bai Qingyi while looking around. She didn't seem to see any movement of the profound beast in this place.

Bai Qingyi shook his head. "I have no idea what happened. They were suddenly given up midway."

Qin Yuyan and Qin Yiran glanced at each other, and the conjecture about a traitor in their minds had become stronger. Although they didn't truly understand the reason behind the profound beats suddenly stopping after Tian Jiuyi's group, they had at least confirmed the profound beasts were acting according to someone's instruction. Otherwise, with their nature, they wouldn't give up on the prey easily.

Yun Lintian heard the conversation between Qin Yuyan and Bai Qingyi. A strange light flashed across his eyes. If the purpose of letting the profound beasts attack Tian Jiuyi's group was to delay them, why did they stop halfway?… It was simple. The enemy had already achieved their goal. But how?

Yun Lintian racked his brain thinking of the possibilities. He turned to Tian Jiuyi and asked in a low voice. "Brother Tian, are you sure there's nothing wrong with the formation on the south area?"

Tian Jiuyi was taken aback and looked at Yun Lintian questioningly. It wasn't because he felt offended by Yun Lintian's question. Rather, he wanted to know Yun Lintian's true intention of asking this. 

"There's nothing wrong. I have done a careful check twice before leaving." He replied.

Yun Lintian nodded and continued to set up the formation.

Unknowingly, there was a pair of eyes secretly staring at Yun Lintian, and Tian Jiuyi's back all this time, and heard everything they said….