At this moment, what Zhang Ling was using was precisely the secret method for pupil techniques given by Azure Sparrow, the Illusion-Breaking Eye.
This was a profound pupil technique, and naturally, it was impossible to master it in a short period. To cultivate this technique, one also needed many spiritual elixirs and herbs as assistance. Most importantly, one had to find a rare beast called the Myriad-Eyed Beast and obtain its spiritual pupils to achieve great mastery.
Currently, Zhang Ling was only using his spiritual power to display some superficial effects. Although it was extremely simplified, it would lose the primary power of the Illusion-Breaking Eye.
But it would still possess some illusion-breaking power.
He had never cultivated pupil techniques before, and he forcibly used his spiritual power to transform into runes and inject them into his eyes. Doing so placed a strong burden on his eyes, and he estimated that he could only endure it for about fifteen minutes.
But to escape, he couldn't care less about this burden now.
After a moment, Zhang Ling finished inspecting the rooms on the first floor and went up to the second floor. When he checked the fifth room, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he noticed something.
Earlier, he had opened the doors and windows of all the rooms in the pavilion. At this moment, in this room, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a flash of purple light behind the opened window.
The purple light was slender, like a small purple snake. It disappeared in a flash without a trace.
He didn't see clearly whether it was a snake or not, but regardless, Zhang Ling was delighted. As expected, he had observed something according to Azure Sparrow's secret recipe.
That was enough.
Zhang Ling inconspicuously checked all the rooms again. In a room on the sixth floor, he observed that purple light again.
It was still a fleeting glimpse. This time he saw clearly that it was indeed a snake, a purple snake as thick as a finger. It was highly intelligent. It seemed that this was what was trapping them.
After checking all the rooms, Zhang Ling returned to the hall on the first floor and sat down on the ground with a sigh, as if deflated. With a wave of his hand, he took out a cyan gourd.
He shook the gourd, poured out a mouthful of spiritual water from it, and swallowed it. Then, he placed the gourd at his feet and sat down cross-legged to meditate.
As if he no longer cared about anything else.
Time passed by little by little, and in the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour had passed. Zhang Ling seemed motionless, but he was anxious in his heart.
He pointed at the gourd at his feet again, and the gourd shook slightly. A rush of water sounded, and a large mass of water splashed out of the gourd's mouth and was swallowed by him.
The gourd was filled with a gourd of spiritual water, and it was the spiritual spring water from the high-grade spiritual spring in the Divine Light Hall, of which he had taken away a considerable amount.
As for why he took out the spiritual spring water, it was naturally to attract the thing that was trapping them.
Although Zhang Ling had seen the little snake earlier, he still didn't sense any fluctuations of water spiritual power. This was because he was only using the pupil technique superficially.
The little snake was likely the spiritual object that Azure Sparrow mentioned. Since it was formed from spiritual water, using other spiritual water to attract it would have the highest success rate.
At this moment, Zhang Ling was secretly observing his surroundings, but the purple little snake never appeared again. Could it be that this high-grade spiritual spring water had no attraction?
He didn't have any other spiritual water on him. If the Black Tortoise was nearby, he could use the heavy water in Azure Sparrow's black gourd to attract it.
But now he couldn't sense where the Black Tortoise was.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes and smiled silently. How could he forget that the yellow spring water in the round bowl he obtained from killing the corpse infant not long ago was also a spiritual water no weaker than heavy water?
Using it as bait seemed very suitable.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ling flipped his hand and took out the black round bowl. The yellowish yellow spring water inside exuded an aura of decay.
With a flash of spiritual light, the black round bowl floated in front of him and slowly rotated.
Zhang Ling spat out a mass of essence blood and began to refine it.
He hadn't refined this treasure when he first obtained it. Now, he could refine it while seeing if he could attract the thing that was trapping them.
The black round bowl was surrounded by a strong corpse aura. This was the corpse infant's aura. Obviously, this treasure had been refined by the corpse infant before, and it seemed that it had been for quite some time. It was already equivalent to the corpse infant's natal magic weapon.
If it were at another time, he would slowly wear away the corpse aura on it with spiritual power, but now Zhang Ling didn't want to be trapped here all the time. If it took too long, there might be changes. After all, there were still many cultivators outside.
Therefore, he directly used the demonic blood refining method to refine this treasure. It wouldn't take long to wear away the corpse aura on it.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and Zhang Ling let out a long sigh. He had finally completed the refining.
The black round bowl had now turned light green. This was the original appearance of this treasure. The half-bowl of yellow spring water inside hadn't changed much.
With a thought, the water flowed, and all the yellow spring water rushed out under his control, gathering into a huge water ball. Then, it turned into a water snake more than twenty feet long.
Afterward, it turned into a huge water fish, swimming around.
In this way, Zhang Ling constantly controlled the changes of the yellow spring water as if he was testing a new magic weapon. But his eyes were constantly observing his surroundings.
When he was refining this treasure just now, the purple little snake had appeared twice. It seemed to be quite interested in the yellow spring water.
At this time, the purple water snake even turned into a transparent water snake, constantly approaching him, looking like it was testing the waters.
"It's good if it can be attracted out."
Zhang Ling remained calm and maintained the status quo, only waiting for the purple little snake to approach within ten feet of him, then he would be confident in using thunderous means to capture this thing.
However, after waiting for a long time, the little snake played hide-and-seek, occasionally appearing at a certain position on the left, and occasionally appearing above his head. It stayed twenty feet away and didn't move closer.
This guy is very fast. If he doesn't succeed with one strike, he's afraid there will be no more chances.
Zhang Ling's eyes were also a little sore. Fifteen minutes had passed, and the burden of using the pupil technique on his eyes had already appeared. If he delayed any longer, he wouldn't be able to see this water snake.
He couldn't continue like this. Zhang Ling cursed and made up his mind, changing the magic seal in his hand.
The yellow spring water gathered into a large water ball again. With a soft bang, drops of water, large and small, scattered everywhere.
The sound of the water splashing immediately startled the purple little snake, and it instantly darted into a room and disappeared.
After waiting for a long time, the little snake reappeared, poking its head out and staring at him.
Zhang Ling walked around casually in place as if he hadn't noticed anything.
At this moment, he turned his back to the purple little snake. He was still unhurriedly controlling the changes of the yellow spring water. He gathered a mass of yellow water into two water fish, swimming around him.
A black light flashed in the purple little snake's eyes, and it shot out like an arrow, quickly opening its mouth and swallowing a drop of yellow spring water that was floating not far from it.
Then, it instantly returned to the room and disappeared again.
After a few breaths, it appeared again, wagging its tail a few times and tentatively swallowing another drop of spiritual water.
Seeing that Zhang Ling didn't react, the purple little snake became bolder. It successively swallowed several drops of yellow spring water.
"Closer, yes, get closer."
Zhang Ling turned his back to the little snake and couldn't see its tracks. He scanned the location of the purple little snake with his divine sense, but it was empty, as if it didn't exist at all.
He was always wondering what this thing was that could evade the divine sense detection of cultivators.
Although he couldn't see the purple little snake, he could roughly judge the distance of the little snake from him based on the reduced position of the yellow spring water.
Although attracted by the yellow spring water, the purple little snake kept approaching, but it was also very cautious, occasionally retreating a certain distance, cautiously staring at him.
After delaying for a while, when the purple little snake excitedly swallowed a thumb-sized yellow water drop and looked at another water drop about a zhang away from it.
The water drop suddenly shook and slid a distance to the left. The purple little snake instantly sprang up and swallowed the water drop.
At the same time, Zhang Ling tapped the ground lightly without hesitation, and a cloud of dust rose up, turning into a layer of gray air waves, surrounding the little snake.
The purple little snake raised its body all of a sudden, realizing that something was wrong. Its whole body arched, turning translucent, and ejected outward.
Seeing that this snake was about to rush into a room behind and disappear.
A cloud of smoke and dust also rose up at the door of that room. It looked thin, but there were yellow lights, which were transformed by countless yellow sand grains.
This was naturally the Heavenly Star Sand. When he re-examined the rooms layer by layer, he scattered a part of the Heavenly Star Sand on the ground.
He was waiting for this moment.
The sound of sand rustling loudly, and the surrounding yellow light shone brightly. Countless yellow sands flew out of each layer of the seven-story pavilion, surrounding the center.
Seeing this scene, the purple little snake roared and was also angered.
Suddenly, the seven-story pavilion shook violently, collapsed, and countless rubble fragments fell in mid-air, turning into a piece of black water droplets.
It was like it was raining.
The purple water snake swam quickly, and wherever it passed, the water droplets all merged into its body.
Under the impact of the water droplets, a lot of the Heavenly Star Sand was washed away.
The dark environment outside the pavilion also flashed with purple light, shooting out a large number of water flows.
Zhang Ling raised his eyebrows when he saw this. This situation was more like he was surrounded.
The little snake opened its mouth wide, and countless water droplets sucked into its mouth, and its size rapidly expanded. It turned into a giant snake more than ten feet long.
Zhang Ling expressionlessly spewed out a mass of yellow light, and the light group exploded above his head, splitting into a dozen streams of light, shooting in all directions.
The scattered Heavenly Star Sand, gathered on the yellow light, turned into more than a dozen earth fiend spirits. Unceremoniously opened their mouths and spit out a mass of yellow light.
Bang bang bang hit the water snake, the purple water snake's body that had just flown up became stiff and petrified.
But the petrified state only lasted for half a breath, and it shattered with a crackling sound. The water snake broke free from the petrified state, but the size was reduced by a circle.
The water snake roared, and countless water droplets frantically gathered towards the body again.
This thing is really not easy to deal with.
Zhang Ling had prepared early, so naturally he would not let it escape. The yellow spring water had already been collected by him to prevent it from being swallowed by the water snake and increasing its strength.
A small yellow flag fluttered in front of him without wind, and a large gray mist emerged from it. It turned into a gray hurricane and wrapped around the surroundings.
The water droplets floating from all directions were all trapped in the air.
The earth element gourd floated out a large piece of yellow sand, turning into a sandstorm, sealing the thirty-ten-foot space.
The purple water snake screamed, its body shrank, and it rushed directly into the sky.
The speed was extremely fast. With a loud noise, it forcibly broke up three or four earth fiend spirits. The yellow sand made a puffing sound and was constantly broken up, revealing a gap.
Seeing that the water snake was about to break through the hole.
Seven flying swords emerged from the sleeves, turning into hundreds of sword lights. The golden cyan sword light flashed, the water splashed, and the water snake was cut into countless water droplets scattered.
The surrounding dozen earth fiend spirits spewed out petrified spiritual light. All the scattered water droplets were petrified and fell to the ground.
In the water, a purple light flashed, and the water snake had shrunk to only a zhang long. With a twist of its body, it immediately changed direction and attacked again.
This guy also knew it was bad and fled everywhere.
But the next moment, the scattered yellow sand, in a yellow light, condensed into a huge yellow hand. With a bang, it directly slapped the giant snake on the ground.
Immediately afterward, the yellow sand puffed and gathered on it one layer after another. A large earth bag was built, and the purple little snake was sealed in it.
The earth bag kept shaking, and water stains seeped out of it. There was a tendency to disintegrate.
But Zhang Ling stood beside it, and yellow lights ejected from his hand, sealing the earth bag of the water snake and gradually petrifying it, turning into a large stone ball.
To be on the safe side, he sprayed out a mass of essence and formed many magic seals and hit it.
At the same time, the earth element gourd sprayed out a piece of five-element spiritual light and directly sucked the stone ball into it.
After the purple water snake was completely sealed, the darkness outside shook like water waves and became transparent.
Following that, Zhang Ling sensed the aura of the Black Tortoise, and his divine sense could also spread out.
The collapsed black water curtain in front of him, with a rustling sound, all gathered in one place, turning into a blue treasure bead, constantly trembling in the air.
A strange color flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he released a yellow spiritual power with a wave of his hand, grabbing the treasure bead in front of him.
This treasure bead was the size of a fist, and its whole body was dark blue, flashing with many black and purple spiritual patterns, but it was not integrated. There was a mass of light purple water swaying inside.
Occasionally gathered into a transparent water snake, exactly the same as the purple water snake that he had sealed just now.
"It seems that the purple water snake is likely to be formed by this treasure."
Zhang Ling's divine sense repeatedly looked at this treasure bead, and he could sense the pure water spiritual power coming from it.
The purple water snake is likely to be a spirit-like existence, and it seems to be more spiritual than the white tiger spirit that he fused on the flying sword.
This treasure bead is definitely not an ordinary product.
Zhang Ling thought in his heart, sensing a few divine sense fluctuations swept over.
"Junior Brother."
Senior Brother Tianfeng's voice came from not far to the left. Zhang Ling put away the treasure bead and turned his head to look over.
The place where they are now is a small pond, surrounded by gray and black water mist.
The pond is a hundred zhang, and there is a piece of black water under your feet. Next to it is a long corridor, which is the area they walked through before.
There are also many eaves, leaves, broken stone pillars and other building ruins scattered in the pond.
As for the pavilion they saw earlier, it seemed to never exist.
