Regarding the identity of that cloaked person, besides knowing that their strength is at least at the Nascent Soul level, even who they are is unknown.
Even if he knew who this person was, he wouldn't be able to avenge today's hatred with his current cultivation.
It was already extremely lucky that he escaped this calamity. If that cloaked person had carefully examined him at the time, it would have been questionable whether he could have avoided this calamity. Now, surviving by chance can only be considered good luck.
After Zhang Ling swallowed the medicinal pill, he meditated in place for a quarter of an hour to slightly recover from his injuries and then got up and left. He was more careful on the road ahead to prevent encountering other cultivators again.
...
Beneath the ten-thousand- unit of length deep abyss, an area shrouded in Yin Mist.
Green light shuttled back and forth in the mist, and suddenly this escaping light stopped, revealing a figure wearing a bamboo hat and a black robe.
"Eh!"
The cloaked person suddenly exclaimed softly in surprise, and the cloak on his body moved without wind, and a few strands of black air rushed out towards a boulder not far away to attack.
The black air landed on the boulder with a bang, and the boulder exploded directly. Then a white light flashed behind it, and a white ghastly skull staff with a mass of gray light sped towards another direction.
But those few strands of black air took the first step, quickly entangling in the air, like black chains, and immediately entangled the skull staff in place.
The gray air on the white bone staff suddenly solidified, emitting specks of spiritual light, and the white bone staff whimpered and trembled, and the skull on it spewed out a large mass of Yin Sha cold wind, but no matter how he used means, the strands of black air entangling on the bone staff remained motionless.
The gray air on the skull staff transformed into a hazy figure, this figure was only palm-sized, and as soon as it appeared, it quickly loudly shouted. "Ah, Senior, spare me."
"Hehe, it's actually a kind of spirit. It just so happens that I have some things to ask you."
The cloaked person ignored the figure's shout. With a wave of his hand, the skull staff was caught in his hand. Several paths magic seals were cast on the skull staff, and the spiritual light on the skull staff dimmed down.
Then the cloaked man flicked with one hand, and the gray figure on the skull staff was directly pulled out.
The gray figure immediately felt a powerful spiritual consciousness shrouded around his body. The figure transformed a grayish face, full of horrified expression.
Then the powerful spiritual consciousness invaded into his soul, and the hazy figure also emitted a scream, and the transformed face was both terrified and ferocious.
If there were other cultivators here, they would definitely recognize that this cloaked person is using the Soul Searching Technique that only Nascent Soul-level cultivators can use.
Soul Searching Technique is the ability to directly explore the memories in the minds of low-level cultivators by relying on a powerful spiritual consciousness. The greater the difference in cultivation, the more comprehensive the information that can be obtained.
Although it is not certain that one will obtain the information they want, most of the people who are soul-searched will lose their intelligence and become idiots. With this person's cultivation, soul-searching a strand of cultivator essence is naturally easy.
After more than ten breaths of time, the face of the gray figure became empty and lifeless, and even more illusory, as if a gust of wind could make it disappear into nothing.
"It seems that I really came to the right place. The grade of the Yin Vein here is indeed not low, but there are still a few small fries to deal with inside..."
The cloaked man laughed softly and with a slight grab of one hand, the gray figure was crushed at once, scattered into specks of starlight and dissipated.
Then he flicked his sleeve robe, and the white bone staff was also stored up. The cloaked man transformed into a spiritual light and disappeared into the ghost mist.
If Zhang Ling were here, he would definitely recognize that this cloaked man was the Nascent Soul old monster who almost killed him, and he also recognized the gray figure attached to the white bone staff. It turned out to be the Yin Wind Old Monster who had appeared not long ago when he snatched the treasures in the White Jade Tower.
This person has a Golden Core late-stage cultivation. At that time, he was greedy and rash in taking the treasure, and was blasted by the White Jade Tower to the point where his life and death were unknown. He didn't expect to leave behind a spirit and attach to his natal magic treasure. If he could escape from this place, he might be able to seize the body of other cultivators and be reborn.
But now this Yin Wind Old Monster has completely disappeared from the world.
It can be said that the world is impermanent, and a careless move will lead to a death and disappearance ending.
...
Let's talk about Zhang Ling. At this moment, he is already approaching the entrance of the valley. He has not encountered any danger along the way. Even the low-level demon ghosts and some demon beasts that originally lived in the valley have not been encountered. This makes him feel worried, as if something has changed again.
Soon after, he came to the valley entrance, but the scene he saw was indeed a bit astonished.
The formation originally arranged outside the entire valley had actually been broken. On the ground, one could still see remains of battered corpses, and the ground was full of potholes, obviously after a great battle.
The ghost mist in the valley, without the confinement of the formation, has spread to the entire mountain forest.
Could it be that the cloaked person who attacked him just now did it?
Zhang Ling couldn't help but guess in his heart. With that person's Nascent Soul-level cultivation, it would be easy to break the formation guarded by only some Foundation Establishment cultivators.
But after carefully examining the battlefield several times, judging from the remaining spiritual power fluctuations, it didn't seem to be that person's doing.
Then Zhang Ling didn't think much about it. Since the formation had been broken, it saved him from wasting that precious formation breaking pearl, and he directly drove his escaping light and soared into the sky.
In fact, his guess was correct. A few hours ago, a great battle had taken place here. The ones who attacked were three Golden Core cultivators.
Two of them attacked the formation from inside the valley, and another one cooperated from outside the valley, which broke the great formation that the four great families had arranged again.
At this moment, he is fully escaping in the sky. Not long after, he approached the market on Water Light Island, but he stopped when he approached the market.
From a distance, one could see thick smoke billowing in the market, and there was a large area of firelight. The market was already in chaos, and one could still see some low-level cultivators fleeing and fighting, which seemed extremely chaotic.
Zhang Ling frowned slightly and took a few more glances, then changed direction and escaped towards another direction, intending to fly directly away from this island.
Not long after he left, two black-robed people, whose figures and faces were not clear, stood in the sky, looking at the direction Zhang Ling left and talking in low voices.
"Fellow Daoist Wen, another cultivator of the same level appeared here just now. Judging from the remaining spiritual power, the direction this person came from seems to be the valley where the Yin Vein is sealed. This person is likely to have come out of the Yin Vein, and may have a large number of treasures on him. Is Fellow Daoist interested in chasing and kill this person with me? How about we split the treasures on him equally?"
The black-robed man on the left looked at the direction Zhang Ling left and suddenly asked.
"I didn't expect that Real Man Wang's Qi Observation Technique is so profound that he can determine such detailed information based on the weak spiritual power remaining here."
The black-robed man standing on the right hesitated for a moment and said again. "If Brother Wang is interested, he can go after him himself. I won't participate."
