Half an hour later, on an inconspicuous mountain wall in the nameless valley, there was a small hole the size of a fist.
If someone were to look through the small hole, they would only see a faint spiritual light flickering within.
This small hole looks very small from the outside, but it was opened by him using earth spiritual power. The small hole is a ventilation opening, and the space inside is about two to three zhang in size.
Zhang Ling was sitting in the cave meditating with a slight frown. His physical condition was not very good at the moment.
Whether it was maintaining the formation or fighting against Elder Chen, he had used a lot of spiritual power. If he hadn't swallowed a few pills to quickly restore spiritual power, his spiritual power would have bottomed out long ago.
However, the consumption of spiritual power was secondary. At this moment, a faint throbbing pain came from his divine sense, which was the reason for his difficult expression.
This was because he had used the bronze lamp during Elder Chen's attempt to seize his body. The lamp oil in it was prepared by him a few days ago. Although it was not as powerful as directly using blood essence to activate it.
But it also increased Zhang Ling's divine sense by more than half in a short period. In addition, he had been practicing the nameless soul refining technique, although it was not as good as the divine sense of a Golden Core cultivator, it was not much different.
With the ancient lamp's amplification of his divine sense, he was able to use all of his soul power to attack Elder Chen's soul within his sea of consciousness.
This situation was still very dangerous. Even if Zhang Ling's divine sense was increased by one or two times, it would not be comparable to a real Golden Core cultivator.
Fortunately, Elder Chen's soul was weakened, whether it was because of his previous serious injuries or other reasons. His soul was not much stronger than his.
Therefore, Zhang Ling was able to achieve the final victory.
Seizing one's body is a special method used by cultivators, often only used when they are forced to do so.
This method is harmful to the natural order and can only be used once in a lifetime. If a cultivator who has already seized a body wants to seize another, his soul will directly collapse.
This is the iron law of the cultivation world.
The cultivation world is a place where the strong prey on the weak, and the stronger the strength, the more methods one has. The reason why they were able to kill Elder Chen was firstly because of Huang Ying's betrayal, which injured Elder Chen, and then they used a formation to temporarily trap Elder Chen.
In addition, Elder Chen had fought with a high-level monster before, and his strength was not at its peak.
Finally, there was Tu Fei, a powerful man whose ability was comparable to a Golden Core cultivator. Of course, Zhang Ling himself also used a talisman and two powerful sword talismans.
This series of methods combined to kill Elder Chen.
And all of this was Huang Ying's plan. This woman dared to attack a high-level cultivator, so she was not an ordinary cultivator.
The reason for her betrayal of the Golden Core cultivator seemed to be that strange girl. Zhang Ling roughly speculated about these things in his mind.
Zhang Ling guessed that the identity of that girl must be very special. Moreover, he had observed before that the girl had a special spiritual power, not weaker than a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, these things were none of his business. Now that he had escaped danger, this matter was no longer within his consideration.
Zhang Ling sat in the stone cave and meditated for a whole day and night. It was not until the night of the second day that his complexion improved.
Although his head was still a little dizzy, it no longer hurt.
This was a side effect of the ancient lamp. He could not use the ancient lamp for a long time, otherwise his own soul would be damaged.
Fortunately, he did not use the ancient lamp for a long time this time, and he could fully recover after resting for a few more days.
After Zhang Ling calmed his mind for a while, he took out a black storage bag from his arms. It was embroidered with some gold thread patterns, which looked very exquisite.
This was a high-level storage bag, and it was the second high-level storage bag in his hands.
Before, when he was trapped in the underground Yin River, he obtained a high-level storage bag of an ancient cultivator in the secret place of the Ghost King Sect.
Although storage bags are very common in the cultivation world, ordinary storage bags are low-level, and only low-level storage bags can be mass-produced. Intermediate storage bags are also very valuable, often several times the price of low-level ones.
When he was in the Haoyuan Sect, he had checked some relevant classics. This involved spatial formations, and the material of the storage bag was special.
In the Northern Plains cultivation world, storage bags are commonly made from the stomach of a special monster called the Dudu Beast.
A first-level Dudu Beast can only make low-level storage bags, and intermediate storage bags require the stomach of a second-level or higher Dudu Beast.
High-level storage bags are even more special. Not only do they require higher-grade materials, but they also need to be fused with a special material to be refined.
High-level storage bags are very valuable. At least 50,000 spiritual stones are needed to buy one.
The space inside this black leather storage bag is not as good as the ancient cultivator's storage bag, but the space inside is not small. Huang Ying did not take anything from it. It can be said that all of Elder Chen's wealth belonged to him.
The wealth of a Golden Core powerhouse naturally made Zhang Ling excited.
He shook the storage bag in his hand, and many things appeared beside him, instantly filling the entire stone cave.
These were only a small part of the things in the storage bag.
Zhang Ling carefully checked these things. The easiest to distinguish the value of were naturally the spiritual stones. There were about four to five thousand low-grade spiritual stones, but there were about one hundred and fifty middle-grade spiritual stones. The spiritual stones alone were a considerable fortune.
After putting the spiritual stones into another yellow storage bag, Zhang Ling continued to look at other things.
After more than an hour, Zhang Ling checked everything once.
There was also a pile of boxes of various sizes on the ground, and some spiritual mines of various colors. Zhang Ling frowned a few times. These things seemed to be materials related to refining weapons.
Zhang Ling only recognized some of them, but they were already of considerable value. These materials alone were worth more than 100,000 spiritual stones.
He couldn't help but guess in his heart, did Elder Chen plan to refine a magic weapon? Could it be that this person had not yet refined his natal magic weapon?
Zhang Ling had a thought and thought of this possibility.
When he fought against Elder Chen before, this person only used a blood-colored flying knife, and eventually the flying knife also shattered.
Thinking of this, it was really possible that it was not his natal magic weapon.
Even high-level cultivators like Elder Chen, whose physical bodies were destroyed, would bring their natal magic weapon with them when their souls left their bodies, even if they did not have time to bring a storage bag.
This was not only out of helplessness, but also because the natal magic weapon was connected to the mind of the high-level cultivator. If the magic weapon was damaged, the cultivator's mind would also be greatly affected.
The natal magic weapon was refined by the cultivator with all of their essence, energy, and spirit. It was the most important treasure of the high-level cultivator.
Once a cultivator loses their physical body, the primordial spirit has no support and is very fragile. It cannot maintain its intelligence for a long time.
Even if there are other secret techniques, they only delay the dissipation of the soul.
This is the cycle of heaven, and no one can escape it.
Of course, the stronger the cultivator's strength, the longer the soul can remain. This is why cultivators who have lost their physical bodies have time to find a suitable person to seize their body and be reborn.
Just now, after Elder Chen's physical body was destroyed, he chose Zhang Ling to seize his body. If he did not succeed in seizing the body within a certain period of time, his soul would continue to weaken until it dissipated and returned to reincarnation.
