"Alright, third and fourth brother. Haven't we already discussed this matter? Now, there's no room for maneuver," the gray-haired old man said calmly at this time.
"As long as we keep a close watch on those five and collect the resources in the spiritual vein, we can settle accounts with them later. Second sister, have you scouted clearly whether there are any other high-level cultivators on the island?"
"Brother, you also know that when we reach this level of cultivation, it's hard to be discovered if we truly hide," the beautiful woman shook her head and said softly.
"Forget it, this matter is always a hidden danger. Our four families also have some foundations. It's not a problem to deal with a few petty thieves."
"What eldest brother said is true. We four are not just loafing around."
"Instruct the low-level disciples in the clan to be vigilant and keep the guardian formation activated at all times."
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As time passed, foundation building cultivators were gathered in half a day. These recruited cultivators were basically rogue cultivators, all very excited, dreaming of finding a large number of spiritual objects from the Yin Sha spiritual vein and becoming rich overnight.
Three days later, a team of nearly a hundred cultivators marched mightily towards the Yin Sha spiritual vein on Water Light Island.
The destination was in the southernmost forest of the entire Water Light Island, not too far from the market. Everyone's cultivation was not low, and it only took them two hours to reach the destination.
In addition to the many rogue cultivators above the middle stage of foundation building, the four major families naturally dispatched a lot of manpower. The leaders were naturally the golden core level ancestors of the four major families, and the other five foreign golden core experts.
Zhang Ling was naturally hidden in the team, suppressing his cultivation with secret techniques. As long as those golden core cultivators didn't carefully check him, he had enough information to hide himself well.
At this time, the crowd landed in front of a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides.
This valley also seemed unusual, covered by a layer of thick gray-white mist.
These mists were not ordinary water mist, but ghost mist formed by the gathering of Yin Sha energy. As soon as they arrived here, everyone felt the temperature in the air drop by more than half. Ordinary mortals could not stay here even for a moment.
Even if cultivators enter it for a long time, they will feel uncomfortable.
Zhang Ling's eyes flashed with spiritual light. He observed the surroundings with the Spirit Eye Technique for a while, and instantly found a layer of red spiritual light spreading around the periphery of the valley.
The ghost mist in the valley was not spreading out due to the obstruction of this layer of light.
After carefully checking for a few breaths, he saw that these red spiritual lights rising from the ground from time to time emitted a trace of fire spiritual power, which had a strong suppression effect on the ghost mist. Presumably, this was the formation jointly arranged by the four major families.
On the left and right sides of the valley entrance, there were also a dozen tall stone houses built, and a scarlet pillar was erected at intervals, with runes flashing on it. This was the formation equipment of the formation here.
From his attainments in formation, the formation blocking the ghost mist was a set of fire formations, and its power was not small. It was just right to suppress the Yin Sha ghost mist.
Next to these scarlet pillars, some low-level cultivators were guarding. Judging from their clothes, these people were all cultivators from the four major families.
While he was observing the surrounding environment, other rogue cultivators were also looking around.
In front of the team, the golden core experts were discussing something.
However, they were also divided into two groups. One group was the four ancestors of the four major families, and the other group was the five foreign golden core cultivators gathered in one place.
Looking at the appearance of the two sides, the relationship was not very harmonious.
The ancestors of the four major families were three males. One was a gray-haired old man with a youthful appearance, one was a brocade-robed man, and the other was wearing a feather crown and a white robe like a middle-aged scholar.
These three were the Han family ancestor, the Wang family ancestor, and the Lin family ancestor respectively.
The only Tang family ancestor was a middle-aged woman. This woman was wearing a blue dress and a snow-white fox fur shawl, with a charming appearance. Her cultivation had also reached the middle stage of the golden core, which should not be underestimated.
The other five foreign golden core cultivators were all male cultivators. Zhang Ling hid in the team and used the spiritual light in his eyes to see the cultivation of these five people at a glance.
Except for a red-robed Taoist priest known as Old Freak Yin Feng who had a golden core late-stage cultivation, the remaining four were all golden core early-stage cultivation.
They were all separated by a distance and did not seem to know each other. They were just a temporary team.
This was not surprising. Most high-level cultivators were lone wolves. Even those cultivators from large sects were roughly the same.
Temporary teams are all cultivators with the same purpose. This kind of alliance has no guarantee. It is only united for the sake of profit.
Zhang Ling only observed the cultivation of these high-level cultivators and stopped paying attention. He waited quietly to enter the spiritual vein.
Once inside, as long as he found a chance to separate from these people, he could search for spiritual objects on his own.
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Soon after, under the auspices of several high-level cultivators, a gap was opened in the restriction sealing the valley.
Zhang Ling and other foundation building cultivators were divided into several teams. The squad leaders of each team were all from the four major families, and their cultivation had reached the late stage of foundation building. Under their leadership, they entered the valley one after another.
As soon as they entered the valley, they felt that the temperature in the air had dropped a few points again, and all they could see was a thick gray-white mist. A layer of white frost had condensed on the ground under their feet, and some plants were still hanging with ice.
This kind of ghost mist formed by Yin Sha energy has an impact on any cultivator. The biggest impact is that in this kind of place, any cultivator's divine soul will be disturbed.
Some people with weak minds may even have some hallucinations when they enter it. The biggest impact is that it has a lot of suppression on the cultivator's divine sense.
Fortunately, Zhang Ling didn't have to worry about these. He wasn't a low-level cultivator either. In this environment, as long as he kept his mind clear, the ghost mist wouldn't have much impact on him.
In this way, a team of hundreds of people entered the valley, and only the tumbling ghost mist could be seen, and no sound could be heard.
In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed since entering it.
The deeper they went, the thicker the ghost mist became, and the surroundings quickly rotated to form gusts of Yin wind, with the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling from time to time.
Zhang Ling held a red wooden long sword in his hand and followed the team slowly.
Suddenly, the Yin energy beside him rolled over. A pair of dark ghost claws stretched out from above his head. The ghost claws were like eagle claws, and the five sharp hooks came towards his face with the sound of breaking wind.
Without turning his head, Zhang Ling shook the flying sword in his hand and split out two sword lights, which cut the ghost claws in half with an intersection.
The wailing sound of ghosts came from behind the ghost claws, and a black creature half a person tall fell to the ground.
This was a rather terrifying monster. It had gray wings on its back and looked a bit like a bat. What was strange was that it had a head like a child on its neck. To be precise, it was not a child's head, but more like a white-faced monkey's head, and it had a pair of thick claws under its armpits.
This was a ghost-faced bat with the strength of the late stage of the first level, a rare Yin-cold attribute monster.
