After cultivating the Corpse Demon Art for so many years, Zhang Ling's Corpse Bear had already stepped halfway into the ranks of high-level cultivators.
However, due to its own zombie body, ordinary advancement methods were somewhat difficult. Therefore, upon hearing this news, Zhang Ling decided to go there to collect materials with yin-cold attributes to assist the Corpse Bear in advancing.
As long as the Corpse Bear advanced, he would have an additional thug with Golden Core strength. His strength would greatly increase.
Flying north all the way, after another two days, Zhang Ling entered Waterlight Island.
Walking on the streets of a valley market, Zhang Ling was slightly surprised as he watched the hurried pedestrians passing by.
These pedestrians were all in a hurry, mostly wrapped tightly, looking unapproachable, but their cultivation levels were not weak.
At this time, he was also wearing a black robe and a hat, concealing his original appearance, and suppressing his cultivation to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
He did this to avoid attracting the attention of other high-level cultivators.
The immortal cultivation forces on Waterlight Island were not weak either. Unlike other islands, it was neither controlled by a sect nor by loose cultivator forces, but by four family-based immortal cultivation families.
They were the Wang family, the Han family, the Lin family, and a family surnamed Tang.
The Golden Core cultivator in the Han family was a late-stage Golden Core expert, followed by the Tang family's ancestor who also had mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, and the other two families each had an early-stage Golden Core expert.
These four immortal cultivation families jointly controlled the entire Waterlight Island in the form of an alliance. A large number of mortals and many loose cultivators also lived on the island.
There was also a good spirit stone mine that was divided among the four major families. Once foreign high-level cultivators came here, these four families were very exclusive.
The market where Zhang Ling was located was a medium-sized market jointly operated by these four families on the island.
In normal times, the loose cultivators in the market were mostly at the Qi Refining stage, but now, along the way, Zhang Ling discovered that many cultivators had strength above the Foundation Establishment stage.
With Zhang Ling's powerful divine sense, he could sense the yin-cold spiritual power on these loose cultivators, and many of them exuded yin-fiend energy.
Most of these cultivators practiced yin-cold attribute techniques. There were even some ghost cultivators.
Zhang Ling could roughly guess the reason why these people came here. They were probably here for the yin-fiend spiritual vein like him.
He strolled around the street for a while and entered several teahouses, where he inquired about a lot of current news about this place.
From the information obtained, Waterlight Island was currently a mixed bag.
It was said that several batches of cultivators had come here not long ago, and their cultivation levels were not weak. They wanted to enter the yin-fiend spiritual vein, but they were jointly killed by the four major families.
During this period, several foreign Golden Core experts also appeared on the island.
The purpose of these Golden Core cultivators was also the yin-fiend spiritual vein, and they had some friction with the four immortal cultivation families on the island because of this.
The yin-fiend spiritual vein was not attractive to most cultivators. But it was very attractive to cultivators who practiced yin-cold attributes.
Now, the spiritual vein was temporarily sealed by the formation jointly arranged by the four major families on the island, strictly prohibiting other cultivators from entering.
After hearing this news, Zhang Ling couldn't help but sneer. Now the power of this island had gradually changed, and it was difficult for the four major families to control it.
It was estimated that it would not be long before the yin-fiend spiritual vein would be opened. At that time, he would have the opportunity to sneak in and search for materials with yin-cold attributes.
Afterwards, Zhang Ling found a small inn to stay in.
In the following days, he was in the market, paying attention to the news of the yin-fiend spiritual vein at all times. This wait lasted for more than half a month.
On this day, a major event occurred in the market. The four immortal cultivation families on Waterlight Island, together with five other high-level cultivators, jointly issued a call-up order.
The people from the four major families and the several Golden Core cultivators would enter the yin-fiend spiritual vein together in three days. Now they wanted to recruit sixty loose cultivators above the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to enter with them.
So many Foundation Establishment cultivators would be difficult to gather in a few months on other small islands.
But now there were at least hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered in Waterlight Island. If the four major families had not controlled the spiritual vein, these people would have entered it long ago.
Although this news was beyond Zhang Ling's expectations, it was also within his plan. This so-called call-up order was probably suspicious. So many Foundation Establishment cultivators were needed, and the yin-fiend spiritual vein must have many dangers.
What kind of danger made even Golden Core cultivators afraid? The biggest possibility was that there were many powerful ghosts in the vein.
Just like the previous rumors that a high-level demon ghost had appeared here.
As for whether it was as he guessed, judging from the collected information, there was a great possibility.
The only purpose of needing so many Foundation Establishment loose cultivators was probably to use these people as cannon fodder.
After all, including the several foreign cultivators, there were at least nine Golden Core cultivators here. Their combined strength was definitely enough to deter all the low-level cultivators. Why bother?
As long as you think carefully about the pros and cons of this kind of thing, most cultivators can understand it.
However, wealth comes from danger. An undeveloped yin-fiend spiritual vein was definitely fatally attractive to the Foundation Establishment cultivators who came here.
Maybe they could find several yin-fiend spiritual objects suitable for breaking through to high-level cultivation. This was also Zhang Ling's purpose.
In addition to these obvious dangers, there would definitely not be only a few Golden Core experts on Waterlight Island. There were definitely some experts hidden in the dark.
Although there were these dangers, Zhang Ling carefully considered the pros and cons and decided to participate in this so-called call-up order.
With his current strength, as long as he mixed in, it would be easy to collect a large number of yin-cold materials.
He had now refined his natal magic weapon. Not to mention how much his strength had increased, he also had some confidence in dealing with mid-stage Golden Core cultivators.
Even if he really encountered danger and couldn't beat them, he would just run away. He had a Restriction Breaking Bead in his hand, and more than a dozen drops of thousand-year spiritual liquid, which could instantly restore the consumed spiritual power. With these things, Zhang Ling didn't have too many worries.
It was worth taking this risk to advance the Corpse Bear.
When Zhang Ling came to the market square, many cultivators had already gathered here. These people were lined up in two teams to register for the call-up.
Those whose cultivation levels did not meet the requirements were directly driven out, because the registration speed was very fast.
In order to successfully respond to the call-up, Zhang Ling directly suppressed his cultivation to the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
Soon it was his turn. The person who received him was an ordinary gray-haired old man, who only had mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation.
The old man's eyes scanned Zhang Ling up and down, and he showed a kind smile, seemingly very satisfied with him. Then the man opened his mouth and asked.
"Since fellow Daoist has come to participate in the call-up order of our four major families, you must know the rules."
Zhang Ling smiled lightly at the old man and replied, "That's natural." As he said that, he waved his hand and took out ten fist-sized spirit stones and handed them over.
