The attic was a bit dim. Zhang Ling tossed out a moonstone with one hand, and the soft white light illuminated the space inside.
The first floor wasn't large. As soon as you entered, a huge screen blocked the view. On the left and right sides, there were also a few chairs and two withered potted plants.
He scanned the interior with his divine sense, and all he found were ordinary decorative objects, nothing of value.
Only the screen in front of him caught Zhang Ling's attention. The patterns on it were bright and vibrant, and even after so long, it still looked as good as new, depicting a magnificent landscape painting.
Clouds and mist swirled around, and several large mountains were hidden in the mist. A layer of golden light fell from the clouds, shining directly on a mountain peak. It was a very large green mountain with lush vegetation.
But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was not a mountain peak, but a towering tree that blotted out the sky. This tree was exceptionally tall, at least a thousand zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length), and it did indeed look like a tall green mountain bathed in sunlight, appearing majestic and magnificent.
Such a large ancient tree, could it be a kind of divine wood?
Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of some of the divine woods recorded in ancient books.
Like the legendary spiritual divine wood that can communicate with heaven and earth, allowing one to travel to many worlds. There is also a Da Chun wood, with eight thousand years as spring and eight thousand years as autumn, imperishable for eternity. There is also the widely spread Fusang divine wood, the place where the Golden Crow resides, said to be the birthplace of the sun.
In addition, there are also the immortal tree, ghost peach tree, Da Wu wood, dragon blood tree, etc., all of which are divine woods that can grow endlessly.
Previously, in the Northern Plains cultivation world, ancient books recorded that there was a divine wood in the Endless Sea, but few people knew what kind of divine wood it was.
The towering tree depicted on the screen, Zhang Ling carefully scanned it a few times and found that it looked very much like the Da Chun wood recorded in the classics. This may be the divine wood enshrined by the Shen Hao Sect.
There are quite a few sects that enshrine such spiritual roots of heaven and earth.
Legend has it that before humans were enlightened, they often sacrificed to the spiritual objects of heaven and earth, treating them as ancestral gods to worship. There were also beliefs in sacrificing to various mountains, rivers, etc.
Afterwards, the human race explored the mysteries of heaven and earth and practiced longevity, which gradually led to the prosperity of the Immortal Dao.
There are many versions of such ancient legends.
Zhang Ling reached out and touched the screen, and suddenly the screen shook slightly and turned into a cloud of flying ash, leaving only a wooden frame.
He smiled wryly, shook his head, and walked directly to the second floor. The space on the second floor was smaller, but there were also three or four rooms.
One of the rooms was decorated quite elegantly, like a study. Several rows of bookshelves leaned against the walls on both sides, filled with many books. However, they were all covered with dust. He walked to a bookshelf and picked up a yellowed book. The cover said, "Wan Ling Lu(万灵录: Wan Ling Record)" in three ancient immortal characters.
Before he could flip through it, the book in his hand shattered into paper scraps and fell to the ground.
Zhang Ling sighed inwardly with regret.
These books might contain some valuable information. It would be best if he could find some secret technique classics of the Shen Hao Sect. But the era was too long ago, and they could no longer be read.
However, it seemed that these books were randomly placed by their owner, and there didn't seem to be any spiritual light restrictions guarding them, so they were probably just ordinary books, and their value might not be great. There were no jade slips on them, which could store information for a long time.
In the room, there was also a large rosewood incense table, on which there was only a delicate incense burner. As soon as he approached, he smelled a strange fragrance.
Zhang Ling didn't step forward, but flicked his finger, and a yellow light hit the incense burner.
With a light clang, the lid of the incense burner flew open, and there was only a pile of ashes inside, but he immediately sensed that the strange fragrance in the air was even richer. He carefully took a breath, and his whole body felt refreshed.
It seemed that what was originally lit inside was some kind of sandalwood for calming the mind and gathering the spirit.
Besides that, there were no other discoveries. Zhang Ling shook his head and walked directly out of the room, and went up to the third floor along a staircase on the left.
There was only a large, simply decorated room on the top floor, and its layout looked like the master's bedroom. But at the very back, there was also a quiet room for cultivation.
Zhang Ling walked directly in, but as soon as he pushed the door open. Before he could see the things inside clearly. A cold light came head-on, and with a flash of green light under his feet, he dodged this attack with a somersault.
He saw a flash of black light, and a long spear pierced the place where he was standing just now with a sound of breaking wind. Then the spear flower trembled, and a tall figure stabbed straight at him. With a loud bang, the long spear pierced in front of Zhang Ling, but was blocked by a flying sword.
With a sweep of his eyes, he immediately noticed that this figure was not a real person, but a humanoid puppet. Judging from the spiritual energy aura on its body, it was a second-order puppet.
With a flick of the flying sword in his hand, the puppet was knocked away by the sword light and smashed into the wall on the side, making a loud bang.
But then, another whooshing cold wind came from in front of him. Zhang Ling snorted and moved his figure horizontally in the opposite direction. A flash of golden light, a golden feather arrow stuck on the ground, and punched a big hole in the ground.
If it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I am afraid that he would not be able to avoid this blow. Zhang Ling quickly turned around and saw two more humanoid puppets.
The three puppets looked similar, tall and burly, with black armor all over their bodies reflecting metallic light, like gods. One puppet held a scimitar in both hands, one held a long spear, and one held a red sandalwood longbow.
At this moment, the puppet with the double knives suddenly came to the front, the knife light in his hand flickered, and a large piece of knife light was transformed and slashed fiercely.
At the same time, the spear puppet that was knocked flying also stood up with a click. The puppet holding the longbow flickered with spiritual light, and pulled the bowstring, and wisps of golden spiritual light condensed, turning into a golden arrow.
These three puppets seem to be able to cooperate in battle.
Zhang Ling sneered, and with a wave of his hand, a yellow light scattered out, covering the three puppets. Suddenly the three puppets stopped moving.
The Chongyuan Profound Light he cultivated has a good suppressing power against monks of the same rank, let alone these second-order puppets. At this moment, these three puppets were suppressed to death.
Then he walked to a puppet and groped around.
Before long, he found a small hole under a palm-sized armor plate on the back of the puppet. There was a circular groove inside, and a middle-grade earth attribute spirit stone was placed in it. This is the source of the puppet's spiritual power.
Zhang Ling took away the driving spirit stones from the three puppets in the same way, and the puppets became real dead objects.
Then he carefully looked at the three puppets.
The twin-tailed cat beside him also looked curious, jumped onto a puppet and climbed up, and meowed at him, seeming very interested.
The three puppets are all second-order strength puppets, but in the brief battle just now. Zhang Ling noticed that these three puppets are much stronger than the second-order puppets he refined.
He released his divine sense and scanned the puppets several times, and found that the puppet parts were engraved with dense spiritual patterns. This is the driving spiritual pattern meridian, and the puppets he refined also have it.
Zhang Ling waved his hand and put away the three puppets.
This ancient puppet refining method is different from his refining method and has a lot of research value.
Afterwards, he entered the quiet room, which was not very big, and he could feel the rich spiritual energy as soon as he entered.
Looking down, the ground was paved with bluestone slabs, and a set of spirit gathering arrays commonly used in ancient times was engraved on it. Zhang Ling smiled and searched in this quiet room.
