Even though Fire Dragon Taoist had carefully inspected the Flaming Wood at the previous trade fair, he was still excited when looking at the spiritual wood up close now.
“Fellow Taoist can carefully examine this spiritual wood.” Zhang Ling smiled and placed the box on the table.
Hearing him say this, Fire Dragon Taoist unceremoniously waved his hand, and the Flaming Wood in the box was levitated into the air.
Upon leaving the box, the Flaming Wood immediately burst out with a layer of fiery spiritual light, and the surrounding temperature instantly increased significantly.
However, both of them were Golden Core cultivators, and this bit of flame naturally couldn't hurt them. Fire Dragon Taoist, being a cultivator who specialized in fire-attribute spiritual power, was even more unafraid of the flames on it.
He waved his hand, suppressing the flames on the Flaming Wood. Then, Fire Dragon Taoist's eyes narrowed, and he extended two withered fingers, shooting out a few strands of white silk.
As soon as these strands touched the Flaming Wood, they turned into wisps of green smoke and dissipated.
Seeing this, Fire Dragon Taoist grabbed again with one hand, and a small ball of flame on the Flaming Wood was caught in his palm.
After carefully sensing it for a while, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but mutter.
“Not bad, the spiritual power contained in this Flaming Wood is even beyond my expectations.”
Zhang Ling's heart didn't waver at all upon hearing this. He had personally nurtured this Flaming Wood, and its age was around two thousand two hundred years.
Uh!
After Fire Dragon Taoist finished sighing, he came back to his senses. With a wave of his hand, the Flaming Wood fell back into the box. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, three black steel needles flashing with red light appeared in the air.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling's heart tensed, and a flash of spiritual light covered him with a thick spiritual light shield.
“Haha, Brother Zhang, don't be nervous. These are Fire Dragon Needles refined by me using a secret method.” Fire Dragon Taoist said with a chuckle.
The three steel needles were identical, only the length of a finger, and the thickness of only a few strands of hair.
Some red lines flickered on them. Every time they flickered, the steel needles became somewhat transparent. If you didn't look carefully, it would be easy to miss.
“Brother Zhang, these three Fire Dragon Needles are quite powerful. They can easily penetrate the spiritual power shields of Golden Core cultivators and are not easily detected. However, these Fire Dragon Needles are one-time use. Adding these three Fire Dragon Needles to exchange for this Flaming Wood, what does my friend think?”
As Fire Dragon Taoist spoke, he pointed at one of the steel needles, and its tip lit up with red light, emitting a slight sound of wind breaking.
“Okay, since Brother Fire Dragon has brought out such treasures, if I were to be ignorant again, I would be ungrateful. Let's do as Fellow Taoist says.”
“Haha, Little friend, you are too kind.” Fire Dragon Taoist chuckled, and with a wave of his hand, the three Fire Dragon Needles were placed in the box containing the Heavenly Heart Stone Jade Pendant and handed to Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling smiled and took the jade box. “Brother Fire Dragon is generous. It is my honor to make friends with you.”
After the two finished the transaction, Zhang Ling stayed for a while before leaving Qingfeng Teahouse.
Inside the living room, only Fire Dragon Taoist was left. At this moment, he was holding the Flaming Wood, carefully looking at it.
However, he whispered, “This little friend Zhang is indeed not simple. He has a magic treasure to protect himself just after breaking through to the Golden Core stage.”
He had released the Fire Dragon Needles earlier only to deter Zhang Ling, so he wouldn't ask for an exorbitant price.
But this kid reacted instantly and released a spiritual power shield. Although his spiritual power shield was nothing much, he discovered a ball of treasure light beneath this shield.
That was the spiritual light belonging to a magic treasure. If he coveted the Flaming Wood and attacked him, if he couldn't kill this kid with one blow, it would attract the law enforcement cultivators in the city, and he himself wouldn't be able to bear it.
……
At this moment, Zhang Ling returned to the inn with a somewhat gloomy expression.
Sitting at the table, he carefully checked the Heavenly Heart Stone and the three steel needles in the jade box.
After checking that they were intact, there were no problems with these things.
Zhang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the steel needles and pondering.
“It seems that I was still a little careless. These Golden Core cultivators are not ordinary people. They are all cunning old foxes who have lived for two or three hundred years. I have to be more cautious when dealing with these people.”
He had sensed a trace of baleful aura emanating from Fire Dragon Taoist earlier. This person seemed to have had the intention of killing and seizing treasure.
The baleful aura on Fire Dragon Taoist only emitted a trace. He was able to sense it because of the strange vine parasitizing on him. This vine was refined using the Xuan Soul Refining Demon Technique, and it was originally sensitive to baleful aura.
A few days later, Zhang Ling returned to his Fire Cloud Island.
After returning to the cave, Zhang Ling first took stock of his gains this time.
He had stayed in Myriad Manifestation City for more than half a year this time. In addition to searching for cultivation methods, he naturally collected many spiritual medicine seeds.
He planted the seeds of these spiritual herbs in the Good Medicine Field and finally used the mysterious bead to catalyze them. Soon, he would be able to start refining elixirs suitable for Golden Core cultivators.
In addition to this, Zhang Ling began to study a secret technique called “Baleful Soul Silk.”
Zhang Ling has not yet found a suitable cultivation method. The main cultivation method is naturally still the Dry Earth Skill. This cultivation method can be practiced to the middle stage of the Golden Core.
And the matter of the natal magic weapon has naturally been postponed during this time.
In order to increase his combat methods, cultivating some secret techniques is also a good choice. This technique was found in the Netherworld King Art in his mind.
Although he has not cultivated this technique, he has studied it for a long time.
Some of the secret techniques are strange and powerful. Yin Baleful Silk is one of the techniques he can cultivate.
Baleful Soul Silk is a very vicious ghost technique. It is a special method condensed from Yin Baleful power. It can be used to defile cultivators' magic tools and treasures.
This special method can often play a significant role in battle. Just imagine, during a battle, the enemy's magic weapon suddenly suffers a great loss of power, which is very fatal.
For cultivators, most of their methods rely on magic tools and treasures to perform. This is the viciousness of this technique.
It is not easy to cultivate this technique. You must prepare Yin Baleful energy in advance. This kind of thing is not easy to condense. However, it just so happens that his Corpse Bear belongs to a Yin Baleful monster, and the corpse fire in its body is formed by Yin Baleful energy.
After preparing, Zhang Ling took the Corpse Bear into the quiet room to begin cultivating this technique.
Entering the quiet room, Zhang Ling waved his hand, and a section of gray-white wood appeared in front of him. A layer of gray-yellow spiritual light circulated on this wood, looking a little strange. This was a section of five-thousand-year-old Ghost Willow Wood.
Looking at this wood, he pondered for a moment.
He had thought about increasing the Corpse Bear's strength before, but it was a waste of time to train with this kind of spiritual puppet.
After carefully studying the Netherworld King Art, he found a shortcut.
The Corpse Bear can absorb the Yin Cold power of heaven and earth. Only by going to a Yin Baleful place can it increase its strength.
But this kind of place is not common, and he is not willing to spend a lot of time on training puppets. After all, his own cultivation is the most real thing.
