This Blood Soul Cauldron was clearly a blood-path magical treasure. Such treasures are generally quite sinister and belong to demonic cultivators. Now that it had fallen into his hands, Zhang Ling was both delighted and somewhat worried.
He hadn't doubted Madam Cao when she said it belonged to the Snow Moon Tower's Master.
After all, these types of treasures were even harder to refine than ancient treasures, and it was clear that the Blood Soul Cauldron held other secrets. The gray nascent soul possessing the corpse bear seemed to value this treasure highly.
Taking this Blood Cauldron would certainly offend the Snow Moon Tower. The Snow Moon Tower was no ordinary power; it was comparable to the Ten Great Sects, and even more secretive.
Zhang Ling sighed inwardly, resolving to be cautious when using the Blood Cauldron in the future, to avoid attracting trouble.
Then, with a flip of his hand, he put away the real Blood Cauldron. At the same time, two copper rings, one gold and one silver, appeared in his hand. These two copper rings were ancient treasures, and their power when used by Madam Cao earlier was quite impressive.
The gold and silver copper rings vibrated lightly in his palm a few times, revolving around him, transforming into a myriad of ring shadows.
With a thought, the two copper rings shot out with a whoosh, and with a flash of gold and silver light, a thick stalactite snapped in response. Then, they continued forward, shattering several thick stone pillars before he retrieved them, turning them back into two copper rings, each about ten feet in size.
This treasure's attack speed was extremely fast, and its power was no weaker than his flying sword magic weapon. But no matter how he urged them afterward, the two copper rings would no longer expand, as if this was their limit.
However, the size of a treasure did not represent the strength of its power. The two copper rings looked identical, but the gold ring was a circle larger than the silver ring. The silver copper ring could fit perfectly inside.
Zhang Ling flicked his finger, shooting out several streams of spiritual power onto them. Immediately, the two copper rings snapped together, transforming into a gold and silver ball of light, instantly emitting a dazzling spiritual light. Even looking at it caused a stinging sensation.
In battle, suddenly doing this could obscure the enemy's vision, or even make them dazed, creating an opportunity to eliminate them.
At the same time, the two copper rings could also be worn around the body, rotating rapidly for defense. It could be considered an ancient treasure that integrated offense and defense.
Having obtained the Blood Cauldron and these two copper rings, Zhang Ling felt somewhat comforted. It could be considered that the previous danger was not experienced in vain. It was just that the corpse bear would probably never return to his side.
But at this moment, using a secret technique to sense, he could still sense the corpse bear. Clearly, the corpse bear had also escaped a few hours ago. He just didn't know how the gray nascent soul possessing it had managed to do it.
However, since it could escape using the teleportation array before, the gray nascent soul was probably some old monster, so it was reasonable for it to escape.
Zhang Ling pondered these things while searching for a way out. Suddenly, his divine sense stirred, detecting some movement ahead. He quickly put away his thoughts and flew forward.
Soon, he saw dozens of collapsed stalactites ahead, next to a pool of water more than twenty feet in size, with the corpse of a desolate beast lying inside.
The desolate beast was huge, filling the entire pool. Crackling sounds came from under the desolate beast's corpse. Upon closer inspection, there were actually three blue-green things wriggling underneath.
He directly waved his hand, and a yellow light shot out, transforming into a yellow wind, instantly flipping the corpse over, revealing the wriggling things underneath. They were actually three crab-like creatures the size of millstones, looking very much like blue-armored crabs.
Sizzling cries came from the mouths of these crabs, seemingly dissatisfied with his actions. Their bodies quickly sprang up, brandishing their claws as they pounced straight at him.
Zhang Ling was expressionless, not even moving. The green flying sword beside him shook quickly, transforming into more than a dozen sword lights. With a few swift slashes, the three blue-armored crabs were chopped into seven or eight pieces.
Judging from the turbid aura on these crabs, they were all fourth-order desolate beasts.
Zhang Ling flashed and landed beside the huge corpse of the desolate beast, carefully examining it. He discovered that this desolate beast had been dead for some time.
This desolate beast looked quite strange, its entire body was semi-transparent and gelatinous. He could only see a huge, flat, round head about ten feet in size, with purple-black tentacles growing underneath. It looked like a giant jellyfish.
However, several thin cracks had opened on its gelatinous head. The cracks were smooth. With a glance, Zhang Ling recognized that the cracks seemed to have been cut by magical treasures like swords. Judging from the residual spiritual power and turbid aura, this was a fifth-order desolate beast. The demon core had obviously been taken away.
Moreover, the nearby broken stone pillars were also very smooth. It seemed that someone had killed this fifth-order desolate beast with a single blow.
Zhang Ling frowned. Someone with such strength was at least a Golden Core late-stage cultivator, or directly a Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, this also indicated that others had been here, and they hadn't left long ago. At most, only a day had passed. Then this place was not a barren land, and finding a way out would be much easier.
Zhang Ling searched for traces along the way, flying forward.
Not long after, he discovered some traces in another place. He stopped under a stone wall, looking at a broken fish tail on the ground.
This was the tail of a black fish. The break was also clean. Only this half of the fish tail was nearby, and the other parts were nowhere to be seen.
However, a crack several feet long was left on the stone wall. Obviously, it was formed by a cultivator's attack on it.
Following the traces all the way, more than half an hour passed. After traveling hundreds of miles, he finally walked out of the purple crystal stone area. The surrounding rocks also turned blue-black, and a faint layer of water vapor diffused under his feet.
Continuing to advance, Zhang Ling discovered that the terrain was constantly rising. During this time, he also encountered some desolate beasts, mostly low-level desolate beasts that posed no threat to him.
But he also keenly discovered that the shapes of these desolate beasts were all fish, shrimp, crabs, and other aquatic beasts.
Zhang Ling vaguely guessed where he was now. He might have reached the other side of the Nine Dragon Wall, which was a large Qingling Lake. Although it was called a lake, the area shown on the Heavenly Abyss Token's map was extremely large.
Thus, after walking another distance, he heard a huge sound of water. Two miles ahead, he saw a flowing curtain of water.
There was a cliff formed by a crack in the mountain, and it seemed to be the end.
Arriving there, Zhang Ling discovered that it was indeed an underground cliff. The water below was pitch black. His divine sense probed downwards for forty or fifty miles without reaching the bottom. Similarly, he could not see the top above. But he could see the stone wall on the other side. This cliff was not wide, only thirty or forty feet apart.
His divine sense probed left and right, and he found a stone bridge spanning the cliff about ten miles to the left. The bridge was entirely blue-black, seemingly carved from a single huge piece of black stone. It was more than ten feet wide and led all the way to the other side.
Arriving at the stone bridge, Zhang Ling noticed that this bridge was not made of stone, but was refined from an entire piece of black iron stone. It was a real iron bridge. He could see some spirit patterns engraved on it, flashing with a strange black light.
The entire bridge surface had some pitted and uneven traces, and many places were covered with rust. It looked like it had been around for a long time.
