Zhang Ling had refined this corpse monster into a Corpse Fiend clone. Without using any spells, with just a thought, Zhang Ling could command the Corpse Bear to use its innate corpse energy to sense the Yin energy in this area.
There was no better way to find the densest Yin Fiend spiritual vein in this area than to have the Corpse Bear sense it. In these Yin energy-rich environments, the Corpse Bear's strength could also increase significantly.
Before long, the Corpse Bear seemed to have made a discovery, roaring and rushing towards a certain direction. Zhang Ling's eyes also lit up, and he followed closely.
Soon after, they arrived in front of a strange rock wall. The howling of the wind mixed with echoes reverberated all around.
This rock wall was grayish-black, but for some reason, it had countless large and small holes, the small ones only the size of a fist, and the large ones as big as several Zhang.
The edges of these holes were very smooth, as if they had been carefully polished. Zhang Ling observed carefully and found that these holes seemed to be formed naturally.
In these holes, one could feel gusts of Yin wind blowing outwards. The Yin chill of the Yin wind was more than ten times stronger than on the ground, and even Foundation Establishment cultivators were in danger of being frozen to death here.
He probed these holes with his divine sense for a while, but found nothing special, except that the Yin Fiend power gathered inside was unusually dense.
Zhang Ling hesitated for a moment, then led the Corpse Bear into one of the largest holes.
The space inside was also very large, and most of these holes were connected. After walking for a while, Zhang Ling also felt a chill.
At this moment, he was wearing the Spirit Concealing Talisman, so he couldn't use too much spiritual power to hide his figure. With a flip of his hand, a palm-sized fiery red jade pendant appeared in his hand.
This jade pendant was also a top-grade magical artifact that Zhang Ling refined when he was studying the art of refining. It was an auxiliary magical artifact refined with Fire Spirit Jade.
It had a very good effect of resisting the cold. Wearing it on his body could resist Yin chill and Fiend energy without using too much spiritual power. It was perfect to take out this jade pendant at this time.
He hung the Fire Spirit Jade around his waist, and immediately felt the cold on his body dissipate for the most part. Zhang Ling continued to walk along the hole passage.
As he went deeper, with the Corpse Bear leading the way, Zhang Ling searched for the place with the densest Yin energy.
Before long, a stone cave about thirty Zhang in size appeared in front of him. This was not formed naturally, but there were traces of human activity. Inside, apart from some messy tables and chairs, there was nothing else.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling's gaze settled on the left corner, where he found a stone platform.
This stone platform was half a Zhang high, like a Dharma platform for cultivators to meditate on. It was also engraved with some ancient spiritual patterns. A statue was also sitting on it.
The statue was of a cultivator wearing a feather crown and a long robe. Judging by the attire, it looked like an old Daoist. An incense burner was placed at the foot of the statue, and one could still smell a faint scent of sandalwood.
The statue looked very old and was covered with dust. Zhang Ling took a few steps closer and gently waved his sleeve. A clear gust of wind swept across the statue, and all the dust on it was swept away.
He carefully scanned the statue a few times. The statue was exquisitely crafted and lifelike, but there were some small cracks on it. It seemed to be carved from ordinary jade, and there was no trace of spiritual power fluctuations on it.
Zhang Ling stopped paying attention to it and focused his gaze on the incense burner at the foot of the statue. This was a magical artifact, and there were still traces of spiritual power fluctuations on it.
He couldn't help but take a closer look, and Zhang Ling's face suddenly lit up. Although this incense burner was only a magical artifact, the materials used were top-grade. It was refined from a whole piece of Copper Essence and only simple spiritual patterns could be engraved on it.
Copper Essence was not an ordinary material. It was Copper Essence that could be condensed from Spirit Copper ore. It was called one of the Five Metal Essences along with Iron Essence and Silver Essence. Only the Nascent Soul stage cultivator's could condense it, and it would take a long time to condense even a little.
Copper Essence was a very good auxiliary material for refining natal magic treasures. The seven flying swords in his natal magic treasure, the Two Elements Gourd, which were refined using gourd seeds as the main material, were mixed with a small amount of Five Metal Essences.
Five Metal Essences could greatly increase the sharpness and toughness of sword-like magic treasures.
With a flash of spiritual light in his hand, the incense burner appeared in his hand. Zhang Ling sensed that the incense burner weighed a full catty. Judging from the value of Copper Essence on the market, the material alone was worth 100,000 spiritual stones.
Zhang Ling chuckled. He didn't expect to find such an incense burner without finding other spiritual objects. With a flip of his hand, the incense burner was put into his storage bag.
He released his divine sense to scan the stone cave again, and when there were no other discoveries, Zhang Ling left.
After he left, the stone cave fell into silence again, but after a dozen breaths, a sudden cracking sound rang out.
If anyone was still here, they would find that the source of the sound was the statue sitting on the stone platform.
At this moment, the white jade statue gradually turned into a stone material. What was even more strange was that the statue twisted as if it were alive, transforming into a bizarre monster with the head of a bull and the body of a human.
The bull-headed monster blinked its scarlet eyes, twisting its body, and the sound of stones breaking came from it. Pieces of gray-white stone fragments also fell from its body.
This monster seemed to have just awakened, and its overall height was only that of a seven- or eight-year-old child.
The bull-headed monster took a deep breath, its eyes widened as if it had discovered something, and instantly turned its head to stare in the direction Zhang Ling left.
It giggled strangely and turned into a black shadow and disappeared.
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Let's talk about the gray-haired old man and his companions, they also encountered trouble.
Amidst the sounds of fighting, they were fighting with a purple-black, translucent humanoid monster.
This monster had no physical body. The black energy on its body turned into black snakes as thick as arms, trapping them in place.
The attacks released by the four people fell on the monster, as if they were empty, directly passing through its translucent body. The monster seemed to be unharmed.
Suddenly, the translucent humanoid monster floated above everyone's heads, opening its mouth as if it was screaming something, but there was no sound at all.
Seeing this scene, the gray-haired old man's expression changed and he shouted, a white bead in his hand released a burst of white light to protect the four people.
“All of you, guard your minds and don't let this Yin Spirit Succubus take advantage of you.”
The other three people did not dare to neglect when they heard this, and moved closer to the old man, their attacks became even more fierce.
The gray-haired old man stared at the translucent humanoid monster with a very gloomy expression.
This was a high-level Yin Spirit. The Yin energy on its body was only equivalent to that of a sixth-level demon ghost, which was not very strong. Unlike ordinary demon ghosts, this was a Succubus, which was transformed from the resentment of a high-level cultivator after death, and was very good at divine sense attacks.
This kind of ghost was extremely difficult to deal with.
