The giant mountain in front of him vanished without a trace in an instant, as if it had never existed.
Zhang Ling's eyes blurred, and the whistling cold wind brushed past his ears. Although it wasn't strong, he felt a chill in his heart.
Looking ahead, a huge sky pit appeared where the giant mountain had been, with dust swirling in the air.
As the bright moonlight shone down, the dust scattered everywhere like white, luminous mist.
A rumbling sound suddenly echoed again. Listening carefully, it was the sound of a huge torrent of water, coming from the other side of the sky pit.
At the same time, a moist, watery aura swept over rapidly, forming a large patch of water mist.
As his divine sense spread out, without the mountain obstructing his view, Zhang Ling noticed that the water vapor in front of him was actually transformed from moisture.
Then, a strong sea breeze blew over, dispersing a large amount of Yin energy in the vicinity.
Before long, the view suddenly opened up. It turned out that this was already the edge of the area, and the sea was only two or three hundred miles to the north.
Previously, Sect Leader Yan said that this was somewhere on an island in the South Sea. It seemed he wasn't lying.
It was just that the giant mountain had previously hindered everyone's observation.
At this moment, Zhang Ling turned his head to the right, where more than a dozen rays of遁光 were flying over.
"Little friend Zhang, it seems we were all teleported out by that force." The leader was actually Fire Old Man, who smiled when he saw Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling nodded, and with a flash of yellow light, flew over. He glanced at the people behind Fire Old Man, all of whom were Golden Core cultivators, including Bai Xinyao.
These people were the Golden Core disciples who had stayed outside the mountain when everyone went up the mountain, including three Golden Core cultivators from the different Demon races.
These people had obviously heard the voice of the Three-Headed Underworld Serpent earlier and had retreated to the vicinity.
"The giant mountain in front of us actually disappeared into thin air like this. It's really amazing. Hehe, little friend, it's good to run into others."
"Zhang also just retreated to this place and has not yet seen Senior Brother. According to the previous situation, we were randomly teleported outside the mountain. Others may also be nearby."
Afterward, Zhang Ling followed these people and searched the vicinity briefly. Before long, they ran into Senior Brother Tianfeng, Dongfang Ya, and Old Devil Baihua.
In addition to them, they also saw several other Nascent Soul old monsters, including Old Man Yinguang, Taoist Ziyun, Elder Sima, Daoist Wei, and two Nascent Soul cultivators from the different Demon races.
Old Man Yinguang and the others hadn't been encountered before everyone went up the mountain, but after a brief exchange, Zhang Ling learned that they had arrived later. They had also gone up the giant mountain, but none of them had reached the top, and had only made it to the mountainside at most. The mountain had suddenly trembled violently, teleporting them all out.
These people, after hearing that many old monsters had fallen, revealed expressions of shock. Coupled with the existence of the suspected Deity Transformation stage being, everyone naturally did not dare to stay here any longer and flew directly north towards the sea.
And so, they left this strange place.
This vast island was shrouded in Yin energy, and unstable spatial cracks existed outside, just as Sect Leader Yan had described.
Fortunately, the area of spatial cracks outside was not large, and everyone carefully passed through it.
Outside was indeed a vast sea. This was very likely in the southern sea area. Therefore, it would still take a lot of time to return to the mainland.
Fortunately, most of them were Nascent Soul cultivators, and even if the journey was quite far, it would not be difficult for them.
Of course, everyone did not act together. As soon as they flew out to sea, the different Demon races and High Priest Luo Ming left directly.
After all, the two sides were still enemies.
Old Devil Baihua also left silently on his own, choosing a direction and disappearing. At the same time, Daoist Wei also said goodbye and left alone.
"Everyone, how about we travel together? It will be less risky along the way."
In the end, Fire Old Man, Old Ancestor Tianfeng, and the others, plus Bai Xinyao and a few other Golden Core cultivators, traveled together.
This did not include Zhang Ling. While these people were discussing, he told Senior Brother Tianfeng that he still had some trivial matters to deal with and left alone.
Old Ancestor Tianfeng naturally did not stop him, but just told him to be careful.
After everyone left, Zhang Ling reappeared near the coastline. Of course, he did not leave this place, nor did he have any important matters to deal with.
He just wanted to wait for Blue Sparrow and his second Nascent Soul.
After flying hundreds of miles along the coastline, Zhang Ling passed through the spatial crack area again and returned to the island. On the periphery of the island, in a secret cliff, he opened up a simple cave dwelling, set up a concealment formation, and temporarily rested.
He went directly into the Sumeru Cave.
First, he checked on Meng Jin and Meng Ying'er, the two newly accepted disciples. They had been knocked unconscious with secret techniques and had not yet woken up.
Calculating the time, it had only been less than three days since they went up the giant mountain. It had only been about a day since he met the two disciples.
After arriving at the cave dwelling opened up in the Sumeru Cave, he saw the two people placed by the Mysterious Tortoise in a stone room.
Zhang Ling's hand flashed with green light, and he flicked out two magic seals, which landed on Meng Jin and Meng Ying'er. After a few breaths, the two little fellows woke up.
As soon as Meng Jin woke up, he looked around and asked, "Master, where is this?"
"This is Master's cave dwelling," Zhang Ling said with a smile.
"Could it be that we have already come out?" Meng Ying'er exclaimed in surprise.
"You girl are quite clever. That's right, we have already left that space."
"Ah, then can I still see Grandpa?" Meng Jin asked again.
Hearing this, Zhang Ling frowned and did not answer. That space had spatial collapse and might no longer exist. He had seen many mortals fall from the spatial cracks and die.
Even if it still existed, the humans and monsters inside were probably dead or injured.
"Alright, you two shouldn't think too much. Since your relatives wanted me to bring you out, they wanted you to survive well in the outside world," Zhang Ling said after a moment of silence.
At the same time, with a flick of his hand, he took out a piece of yellow paper, and with a few flicks of his finger, more than a thousand words were written on it.
With a flash of spiritual light in his hand, a white jade bottle also appeared.
"Since I have accepted you as disciples, you must cultivate well. This is also the wish of your relatives." The paper and the white jade bottle gently floated and landed in front of Meng Jin.
"Meng Jin, the above records a 'Transformation of Yin' method. You stayed in that space for a long time and have been contaminated with a lot of Yin energy. Your spiritual root aptitude is not suitable for cultivating Yin energy, so first use this method to wash away the Yin energy on your body. The jade bottle contains some Yang Qi Powder. Taking one pill every day can also quickly remove the Yin energy from your body. After a while, Master will pass on a cultivation method to you."
Meng Jin quickly took the yellow paper and jade bottle, "Thank you, Master."
Zhang Ling looked at Meng Ying'er, thought for a moment, and asked, "Ying'er, you are now at the third level of Qi Refining. I see that you have water spiritual energy. Are you cultivating a water attribute technique?"
"Answering Master, Ying'er cultivates a 'Yin Water Art' technique passed down by Grandpa," Meng Ying'er said with a blushing face, and quickly took out a black leather manual from her arms and handed it over.
Zhang Ling took the black leather manual and flipped through it. Inside was recorded a water attribute technique, but it was slightly different from ordinary water attribute techniques. Cultivation also focused on absorbing a small amount of Yin energy, hence the name 'Yin Water Art'.
This technique was not bad and could be cultivated to the early Golden Core stage.
For Meng Ying'er's Dark Spiritual Root aptitude, this 'Yin Water Art' was quite suitable.
"Not bad, this technique is very suitable for your current cultivation. You can cultivate it first. If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask Master." Zhang Ling nodded, took out a cyan jade bottle, and placed it directly on the stone table next to him.
"Master doesn't have any suitable pills for you for the time being, but this contains some Condensed Water Liquid, which is effective for washing your bones. You should take one drop every day to assist in cultivation. But don't be greedy and take more. You can only take one drop each day. Otherwise, your current bodies won't be able to withstand it and your meridians will be damaged," Zhang Ling pointed to the jade screen and instructed.
The two disciples were only at the Qi Refining stage. The pills he had on hand were basically third-grade or higher. They couldn't take them.
Even the Yang Qi Powder and the bottle of Condensed Water Liquid he had taken out were not finished pills.
They were all refined from ordinary auxiliary medicinal materials that he usually needed when refining pills.
But for these two little fellows, they could play a significant role in assisting cultivation. Especially the Condensed Water Liquid, which could play a role in washing the bones, and its medicinal power was basically equivalent to a first or second-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill.
"Alright, you can cultivate in the cave dwelling with peace of mind first. After a while, Master will take you to see the outside world."
After Zhang Ling settled the two disciples, he went to another stone room to sit and cultivate. He spent two days adjusting his body's spiritual power and restoring himself to full condition.
Nothing happened during this period, and there was no news of Blue Sparrow.
This made his heart always shrouded in a cloud.
After another day, he couldn't help but come to the area around the sky pit formed after the giant mountain disappeared.
In three days, the sky pit had disappeared and had been replaced by a black water lake.
He carefully approached the area and spent half a day searching all around. Apart from encountering a few monsters, he found nothing.
Zhang Ling returned to the simple cave dwelling in disappointment. He did not sense the disappearance of the second Nascent Soul, proving that the Mysterious Tortoise had not died.
Blue Sparrow probably wouldn't be in trouble either, but after a few days, he still hadn't appeared. Was he still trapped in an independent space?
He had no choice but to wait again.
During this period, Zhang Ling sorted out the things he had obtained on this trip.
The biggest gain was naturally the spiritual treasure, the Wind Fire Ball. And after killing True Man Hundred Souls, the owl corpse demon he had imprisoned.
In addition, there were the tree gum adhesives obtained from the ghost peach tree, and the white flesh Ganoderma lucidum, which was suspected to be Blood Essence Ganoderma lucidum.
Whether this thing was really Blood Essence Ganoderma lucidum was still in doubt. Zhang Ling could easily guess that these white Ganoderma lucidum were grown from the white fleshy whiskers of that giant eyeball.
He did not dare to take it rashly.
There was also the spiritual purple water snake that had trapped them before, which Blue Sparrow called the Water Spirit. In his opinion, this thing was similar to the spiritual objects such as the Heavenly Earth Spirit Fire.
Of course, the spirituality of the purple water snake was very high and could not be compared to ordinary spirit fire.
And the few corpse pills obtained from killing the Corpse Infant, and the treasure that could control the Yellow Spring Underworld Water.
These gains were all of great value and had to be carefully studied.
Zhang Ling first studied the spiritual treasure, the Wind Fire Ball.
He directly took out the Wind Fire Ball and injected spiritual power into it. This treasure only quickly absorbed his spiritual power, causing the treasure bead to emit wind and fire power, but he could not control it.
He tried several other magic seals to drive the treasure, but none of them could successfully activate it.
Zhang Ling had long expected this situation. The spiritual patterns displayed on the Wind Fire Ball would display a somewhat obscure and difficult to understand magic seal as long as the divine sense fell on it.
It seemed to be the method of driving this spiritual treasure.
Zhang Ling held the Wind Fire Ball and carefully studied the magic seal, hoping to quickly master this treasure.
This research took another two days before he figured out some of the tricks.
To activate this spiritual treasure, one must first master this magic seal. This magic seal has no name, but as he researched, he discovered that to fully activate the Wind Fire Ball, one must simultaneously emit wind and fire spiritual power and cast the magic seal according to this magic seal.
This made Zhang Ling frown. He did not have a fire spiritual root. Although the five elements of spiritual power generate and restrain each other, he could also transform fire spiritual power with his own spiritual energy, and of course, he could also transform wind spiritual power.
But he mainly cultivated earth spiritual power, and it was too troublesome to transform fire spiritual power. Wind spiritual power, a mutated spiritual energy, would be even more troublesome.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ling suddenly had a flash of inspiration. With a flick of his hand, a verdant vine wrapped around his arm. It was troublesome to transform earth spiritual power into wind spiritual power, but it was much easier to transform wood spiritual power into fire spiritual power.
Although he also did not have a wood spiritual root, Zhang Ling had discovered very early on that because he had this parasitic vine on his body, his perception of the wood spiritual energy in the world was not weak.
Especially after he took the lotus seeds of the Rootless Lotus to wash his aptitude, his perception of spiritual energy became more acute.
This could also be considered a kind of opportunity. Also, he was now concurrently cultivating the Demon Refining Master technique, the Lapis Lazuli Demon Body.
When cultivating this technique, he mainly used the wood spiritual power in the parasitic vine to temper his own Qi and blood power.
Even if he did not use earth spiritual energy now, but only used the wood spiritual power in the parasitic vine, although he had not yet reached the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was definitely not weaker than a Golden Core late-stage cultivator who mainly cultivated wood attribute techniques.
Even because the parasitic vine had also been integrated with True Demon Qi, in actual combat, it could exert destructive power no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
As he stimulated the wood spiritual power in the vine on his arm, the verdant vine became even more verdant, and a verdant spiritual light lit up.
Immediately afterward, the verdant spiritual light gradually turned red. The wood spiritual power emitted from it had been converted into fire spiritual power.
With a slight shake of his arm, the red spiritual light on the vine flourished, turning into strands of red silk threads wrapped around his arm.
Zhang Ling's hands danced, manipulating the fire spiritual energy according to the changes in the magic formula, circulating it rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it flowed into the wind-fire ball he held in his hand.
