Zhang Ling understood the situation after observing his surroundings.
It seems the pavilion they saw was likely an illusion created by the purple water snake. Entering the pavilion was actually entering this pond.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, was it you who broke the illusion just now? What treasure were you holding just now? Was it related to the illusion we encountered?" A gloomy voice entered Zhang Ling's ears. It was the black-faced old man from the Ghost King Sect, Elder Wang.
This person clearly saw the treasure pearl in his hand and walked over with a dark expression.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, what do you mean? Do you intend to covet my junior brother's treasure?" Old Ancestor Tianfeng flashed in front, blocking the man.
"This old man is not coveting your junior brother's treasure. I just want to inquire about the situation we were trapped in," the black-faced old man said calmly, stopping his steps.
Zhang Ling walked forward a few steps, nodded to his senior brother Tianfeng, and replied, "The treasure pearl in my hand is indeed related to the situation we encountered.
When we were trapped in the pavilion, I used several secret methods and happened to see a clue. That treasure pearl is the array eye of the illusion array that trapped us."
Zhang Ling spoke half-truthfully. Although he could mention the purple water snake, he directly attributed it to the array restrictions to avoid trouble.
The situation they were trapped in indeed resembled an illusion array.
"Haha, so that's how it is. This old man was trapped inside and couldn't see any flaws. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Zhang, we would still be trapped inside," Old Man Fire Spirit also walked over with a smile.
A white shadow flickered to the front on the left. It was Fairy Leng. This woman also glanced at Zhang Ling, but didn't say anything.
Xuan Gui also stood not far behind Zhang Ling. The black-faced old man's eyes flickered a few times, and he didn't ask any further questions.
With a flash, this person walked out of the pond and stood on the corridor, looking back at the others. "Since we are all fine, let's continue exploring this place. What do you all think? Hehe." He laughed and walked forward on his own.
"This person is really a bit strange."
Old Man Fire Spirit stroked his beard and followed. Fairy Leng glanced at Zhang Ling again and also moved again.
Zhang Ling and Senior Brother Tianfeng exchanged a few words via voice transmission and also lagged behind. Xuan Gui followed closely beside him.
The five of them searched other areas again. After this delay, more than an hour had passed.
He didn't know if the other teams had found the Golden Chicken Hammer that could pick the ghost peach.
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At the same time, Sect Leader Yan, High Priest Luo Ming, and Old Demon Baihua finally joined forces to break the golden light outside the inverted black tower.
The three directly arrived at the bottom of the black tower and circled it once. Sect Leader Yan smiled and said, "Now that the restriction is broken, we can enter it. But we have to make it clear in advance that if there are other treasures inside, this sect will choose one first."
"That won't do. We broke the restriction together, and you didn't contribute more, so how can you choose first?" Old Demon Baihua shook the flower fan in her hand and said unceremoniously.
"Why talk so much nonsense? The treasures inside will naturally depend on the situation. If they are just ordinary treasures, you can choose first.
If they are useful to us, these verbal agreements have no constraints on any of us. It still depends on our abilities," High Priest Luo Ming also said with a cold face and snorted expressionlessly.
"Hehe, the High Priest is insightful," Old Demon Baihua echoed.
Sect Leader Yan's face sank, and he didn't say anything more. With a wave of his hand, he summoned a cloud of Yin wind, and with a loud bang, he directly pushed open a black wooden door on the first floor of the black tower. It was pitch black inside. When divine sense was probed into it, it was swallowed and couldn't see the situation inside.
However, Sect Leader Yan didn't hesitate. He walked in with a layer of spiritual power shield covering his body.
High Priest Luo Ming and Old Demon Baihua didn't fall behind and followed in one after another.
The three of them had profound cultivation. Even if there were any restrictions inside, it was impossible for them to retreat before the door.
Passing through the darkness, there was a light in front of them. The environment in the tower was not dim, but extremely bright, with golden mist lingering everywhere.
Moreover, the inside of the black tower was different from other tall towers. It was divided into several floors when viewed from the outside, but there were no floors inside. It was a whole, but it presented a funnel-shaped space that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
As soon as the three entered, they stood on a wooden platform that was more than twenty feet wide. Golden lights were scattered all around, and lights like fireflies floated everywhere.
In the center of the wooden platform, there was a huge, crooked tree root with several thick chains wrapped around it, leading all the way to a hundred-foot-sized golden cloud at the top.
This section of the tree root was thick and looked like a section of the ghost peach tree root outside. It just looked more withered and yellowish-gray. There were no leaves or ghost peaches on it.
Outside the wooden platform where the three were standing, there was a golden wall with many evil ghost carvings on it, including green-faced and fanged evil ghosts, human-bodied horse faces, and bull-headed ghosts. There were various more ferocious carvings.
But in the golden light, the evil ghost carvings seemed a bit sacred. Besides that, it was empty and there was nothing.
Old Demon Baihua scanned it several times and still didn't find anything. She couldn't help but look at Sect Leader Yan. "This is the spirit tower you said stores treasures? Fellow Daoist, are you deliberately playing with us?"
"How dare I deceive the two of you? This is exactly the place we are looking for. I have already sensed that the Golden Chicken Hammer is here," Sect Leader Yan said with excitement, staring at the thick golden clouds above his head.
Hearing this, Old Demon Baihua and High Priest Luo Ming both looked up into the sky.
However, their powerful divine senses swept through it, and there was nothing but golden mist.
"The Golden Chicken Hammer is an extremely special treasure. The golden clouds above our heads are transformed by the Golden Chicken Hammer. As long as it is attacked, this treasure will immediately appear," Sect Leader Yan glanced at Luo Ming and the others with a smile that was not a smile.
A faint light flashed in his hand, condensing into a dark green light ball, and he waved his hand to strike towards the sky. With a loud bang, the green light ball exploded in the sky, creating a huge hole.
After this attack, the originally calm and floating golden clouds quickly flowed and instantly rolled into a huge golden vortex.
A strange cackle came from it, and a huge phantom appeared in the golden clouds. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a phoenix. With its wings spread, it was more than ten feet wide. A pair of golden phoenix eyes coldly looked down at the three people below.
"Defeat this beast, and it will turn into the Golden Chicken Hammer."
Sect Leader Yan's Ghost King Banner floated out, releasing a large area of black Yin wind. In the wailing ghost laughter, strips of emerald green chains wrapped out.
The golden phoenix tilted its head, seemingly knowing that there were enemies. With a violent flap of its wings, the scattered golden mist gathered into golden light balls, and rained down.
The green chains transformed by Yin energy had not yet approached, and were all turned into green smoke.
Sect Leader Yan's methods were naturally more than that. He sneered, shook the Ghost King Banner wildly, and more than a dozen green-faced and fanged flying skull ghosts floated out from the banner, spitting out a large area of gray Yin fire to meet them.
With a series of loud bangs, golden light and Yin fire collided, and strong air waves spread rapidly around.
Part of the power hit the surrounding walls, and there was a muffled sound. The power was amazing. But it didn't damage the surrounding walls. The golden light flowed on the walls of those evil ghost images, and it only shook a few times before returning to normal.
The golden phoenix screamed again, and its two golden iron claws grabbed in the void under its abdomen. The sound of crackling explosions continued, and golden wind blades scattered down.
The space in the black tower was not small, but it was not large. And it was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The dense wind blades slashed over, and the three people had nowhere to hide.
This place was indeed a bit small for Nascent Soul cultivators, and it was a bit difficult to use.
However, the three great cultivators did not panic at all. High Priest Luo Ming and Old Demon Baihua also made their moves.
He saw High Priest Luo Ming directly sacrificed the Chi Ming Drum, a muffled drum sound. A red sound wave rushed up. Instantly shattered a large number of golden wind blades.
Sect Leader Yan was even hidden in the Yin wind. The golden wind blade sank into it, only a muffled sound came, and it didn't have much effect.
On the contrary, the wailing Yin wind was strong, and a ten-foot-tall red-faced ghost rushed out of the Yin wind.
Old Demon Baihua shook the flower fan in her hand, and countless colorful petals protected her whole body. Two slender flying swords, one blue and one red, flew out like streamers.
The two sword lights crossed each other and slashed fiercely.
Jin Feng seemed to know how powerful it was, and quickly flapped its wings wildly, trying to avoid it.
However, a red sound wave rushed on its body, causing its body to stop involuntarily.
At the same time, the red-faced evil ghost spewed out a large area of Yin fire, impacting on Jin Feng's body.
Following closely, Old Demon Baihua's Fengluan double swords slashed down without hindrance. The sword light flashed, and Jin Feng was split into several sections.
The aura exuded by this golden phoenix also had the level of a Tier 9 demon cultivator, but under the attack of three great cultivators, it couldn't last for a moment and was beheaded.
If it was really a Tier 9 demon beast, it would definitely die. However, this matter was not over.
Jin Feng was only transformed by a treasure, not a real body. He saw that the broken Jin Feng body turned into a row of ten-foot-long phoenix-headed golden hammers in a golden light.
The golden light flickered, and countless hammer shadows in front of him surged everywhere. There was a tinkling sound. More than a dozen phoenix-headed golden hammers were entangled with the Fengluan double swords.
More golden hammers hammered down.
High Priest Luo Ming's face sank, and the dragon head crutch hit the Chi Ming Drum, a loud bang. A loud sound wave vibrated out.
The bull head, suspected to be Kui Niu, rushed out of the sound wave again. With a big mouth, the loud wind and thunder filled the air.
The phoenix-headed golden hammers that were struck down were shaken in the air and could not fall for a while.
Taking this opportunity, a cold light flashed in Sect Leader Yan's eyes, and the released red evil ghost grabbed wildly with its ghost hands, and suddenly crushed a large number of phoenix-headed golden hammers.
The crushed golden hammer turned back into golden mist and scattered everywhere.
In the blink of an eye, only a dozen golden hammers were left in the air. Suddenly, one of the golden hammers flashed golden light and turned into a golden phoenix again, screaming and rushing out of the range of the sound wave.
"Found it."
Sect Leader Yan laughed loudly, and the two ghost claws of the red-faced evil ghost suddenly stretched and enlarged, turning into two blood-red ghost claws, and slapped the re-formed golden phoenix in his hand.
The golden phoenix struggled continuously, and countless golden hammer shadows appeared around it. With a few loud bangs, the ghost claws were turned into green smoke.
With a flap of its wings, Jin Feng was about to escape.
But he saw green light flashing around, and countless green chains wrapped around his body. He directly wrapped Jin Feng into a green light ball.
The green light flashed, the light ball continued to compress, and directly fell beside Sect Leader Yan.
Sect Leader Yan stretched his hand into the light ball and grabbed it, his fingers grabbed Jin Feng's body, Jin Feng wailed for a while, and immediately lost the ability to resist. He directly turned into a ten-foot-long phoenix-headed golden hammer. The dazzling golden light that lingered on it flickered a few times and then dimmed.
Sect Leader Yan looked at the golden hammer in his hand, "Once this treasure is caught by us cultivators, it will directly turn into a solid body. Once you let go, it will have resistance." He explained to himself.
High Priest Luo Ming and Old Demon Baihua also retracted their respective magic weapons, staring at the phoenix-headed golden hammer.
This golden hammer is dark gold all over, not straight, and the bird head at the front is curved. The shape looks very much like a jade Ruyi.
"Such a special treasure, it seems to be specially used to pick ghost peaches."
"That's right, this treasure can't be put into storage magic weapons, it can only be held in your hand all the time." Sect Leader Yan held the Golden Chicken Hammer, without any intention of letting go, looking like he regarded it as a treasure.
"Okay, now that we have obtained this treasure. There is nothing else here, we should leave." High Priest Luo Ming looked at the evil ghost images on the surrounding walls and said impatiently.
After speaking, he turned to look at a black light door not far behind him. This light door was the entrance that the three had just entered.
"High Priest, don't worry, there may actually be another treasure here. I just don't know if you two are still interested."
"Oh, there are other treasures." Old Demon Baihua's eyes lit up. High Priest Luo Ming also stopped and looked at Sect Leader Yan.
"Hehe, don't you two fellow Taoists think that this section of the ghost peach tree trunk is a bit abrupt here?" Sect Leader Yan smiled strangely and looked at the crooked tree trunk in the center of the wooden platform.
Although the aftermath of the battle had affected this section of the tree trunk, strangely, the tree trunk was not destroyed, it can be said that it was unscathed.
This was indeed a bit strange. Luo Ming had also discovered this point early on, but he always felt that there was something wrong with this black tower. Since he had found something, he naturally didn't want to stay here any longer.
His lifespan was running out, and the most important thing for him now was to pick the ghost peach that might increase his lifespan.
If the ghost peach on the giant tree outside can really increase the lifespan by a thousand years. It is a fatal temptation for all the monks here, let alone his lifespan is not much.
Other more precious treasures, even spirit treasures, can only be put aside for now.
"Whether there are other treasures, I will try it and I will know." Sect Leader Yan smiled, waved his hand, and the Golden Chicken Hammer in his hand directly shot out a golden light.
"Wait." High Priest Luo Ming felt an extremely bad premonition in his heart and stopped him. But it was too late.
