The Heavenly Passage Fog Sea lay in the Inner Sea of the Chaotic Star Sea. Yet the fog obstructed passage and suppressed spiritual sense, so very few people dared venture inside to hunt for treasures. This time, however, rumors of a rare treasure appearing had spread, and a great number of Poison-Repelling Pearl magic artifacts had inexplicably surfaced. The number of cultivators entering the Heavenly Passage Fog Sea had surged. Even the price of the Poison-Repelling Pearls had begun to soar, prompting cultivators to scramble for them and further fanning their enthusiasm for treasure hunting.
When Lin He and Zhou Yuan arrived at Spirit Ape Island, a small island at the edge of the dense fog, several thousand cultivators had already gathered there, with more continuing to arrive from all directions.
"So many cultivators have come here to hunt for treasures?"
Lin He frowned at the sight. Zhou Yuan was equally astonished, then said, "Something about this is strange. Someone must be stirring up the waves behind the scenes. Otherwise, the rumors couldn't have spread so quickly or so widely. I just don't know what the person behind it all is trying to do."
Lin He did not particularly care, so long as whoever was behind it did not target him. He merely said calmly, "Whatever they're trying to do has nothing to do with us. I'm only here to find stellar marrow zhi."
Lin He glanced around and swept the area with his spiritual sense, immediately gaining a clear understanding of the situation. Most of the cultivators here were at Foundation Establishment. After all, Qi Refining cultivators who came to a place like this were simply throwing their lives away.
There were far fewer Core Formation Stage cultivators than Foundation Establishment cultivators, but even a rough count revealed several