A few days later, in a stone chamber inside a mountain, Zhang Ling sat cross-legged on a stone bed, holding a storage bag in his hand. Spiritual light flashed on the storage bag, and items inside were released one after another.
A large pile of things filled half of the stone room.
This storage bag belonged to Blood Light Old Demon. Dongfang Ya took the Blood Light Old Demon's Nascent Soul, but she did not covet this storage bag.
After a while, he categorized these things. The ones that were useful to him were stored in the storage bracelet on his wrist. The ones that were not needed for the time being were put back into the storage bag.
Blood Light Old Demon's wealth was considerable. He had as many as six to seven hundred thousand magic stones, including tens of thousands of mid-grade magic stones.
There were also several swords and sabers, and orb-shaped magical treasures. Zhang Ling tested them, and their power was still acceptable.
Although they were all demonic treasures, using his refined True Devil Qi to activate them, the power they exerted was no weaker than in the hands of demonic cultivators.
After dealing with these things, only a floating white jade slip and a rolled-up black scroll about a foot long were left in front of him.
Some black and red spiritual patterns were constantly flashing on the white jade slip, and so was the black scroll. These two things were a bit unusual, with sealing restrictions on them. It was difficult to check the information inside.
Zhang Ling made a hand seal with one hand, and several spiritual lights hit them. The restrictions on these two things were not lifted. Instead, the spiritual power that was sent out was absorbed, making the black and red restriction spiritual light on them even more dazzling.
This made him frown, and he tried several other methods, but none of them could break the restrictions.
Zhang Ling thought for a while, mobilized the power of his divine sense, and planned to forcibly break the restrictions on them to check the information.
"If you forcibly break the restrictions on them, the information inside is likely to be destroyed and become incomplete," Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow)'s voice suddenly came from outside.
A flash of spiritual light appeared at the doorway, and a golden and blue spiritual light rushed in, transforming into a sparrow-sized bird.
"How did Senior get in here?"
Zhang Ling frowned and asked. His tone was not very good. This guy directly passed through the restrictions outside the house without permission. Although Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) had been with him for a few years, and they were in a cooperative relationship, this guy seemed to be getting more and more presumptuous.
He was still a little wary of this expert, and judging from the meaning in his words, he seemed to know how to break the restrictions on these two things.
Zhang Ling didn't get angry and asked in a deep voice, "Oh, how to break the restrictions on them?"
"Hehe, what's so difficult about this?"
Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) glanced at the jade slip and the black scroll, and preened the feathers on its wings.
"Although I've never seen these two items before, the restrictions engraved on them look like Blood Devil Restrictions. This is a kind of demonic restriction that is quite widespread in the spirit world. It is said that the source is also a method of the ancient demon world, used to seal important information. It seems that these two things are very related to that ancient demon."
As Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) spoke, it flew to the jade slip and the scroll. With a flap of its wings, the black feather on its plumage that had absorbed the True Devil Qi fell, seeming like a small black sword, circling around the jade slip and scroll.
It also released a trace of True Devil Qi, which turned into a cloud of black mist and enveloped the two items. Spiritual light flashed in the black mist, making popping sounds.
After a while, two drops of black and red blood dripped out.
Zhang Ling watched this scene with a calm expression, but when his divine sense swept over the two drops of blood, he sensed a familiar feeling coming from them. These seemed to be two drops of Blood Light Old Demon's(血光老魔: Blood Light Old Demon) essence blood.
Could it be that the restrictions above were engraved through two drops of essence blood?
"Alright, the restrictions above have been lifted. Oh, the jade slip actually records several secret techniques, and the scroll seems to be a map," Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow)'s voice came as it retracted its feathers. The jade slip and scroll floated in mid-air.
Zhang Ling also released two strands of divine sense to check the information inside. The jade slip did indeed record seven or eight secret techniques, all of which were demonic secret techniques with considerable power.
The black scroll was made of the leather of some kind of demon beast, and it marked a dozen different locations.
One of the locations was Mount Dayan, next to which was drawn a simple flying sword pattern. It also came with a short piece of text. It meant that there might be a sword-shaped demonic artifact.
The other different locations were similar information.
Zhang Ling glanced at it and roughly understood that this was a special map. It wasn't something like a treasure map. It was a map specifically marked for finding demonic artifacts.
It marked a dozen locations, basically covering the area controlled by the Different Demon Clan. Moreover, most of the marked points were areas controlled by some powerful Different Demon Clan forces.
The most obvious marked point was a giant mountain located in the center, Devil Cloud Mountain, on which there was a Devil Soul Hall. That was the holy land of the Different Demon Clan, next to which was marked a small black drum.
Staring at the small drum pattern, Zhang Ling remembered the information he had inquired about before. The holy land of the Different Demon Clan, Devil Soul Hall, had a long inheritance. It was said that there was a treasure of the clan, called Crimson Sound Drum.
Could it be that the pattern above is the Crimson Sound Drum, also a demonic artifact?
Zhang Ling finished reading the dozen or so markings, except for the sword-shaped pattern on Mount Dayan, and the small drum pattern of the Devil Soul Hall.
There was also a place marked with a pattern, which was a disc pattern, like a mirror, or like a formation pattern. It was vaguely unclear, as if the person marking the information did not understand that thing.
The disc pattern was located on the northeast side of the scroll, in an ice field that did not seem far from the Twelve Immortal Cities on the human race side.
This ice field was the northernmost part of the Northern Origin Cultivation World. The area was not small, but it was sparsely populated and the environment was harsh. Except for some ice-attribute demon beasts, few cultivators entered the depths.
The marked location was also not clear, just a general location.
In addition, the seven or eight markings above were marked with red crosses, as if they had already been explored. The northwest area was marked with four locations.
The sword-shaped pattern engraved at the location of Mount Dayan was the broken sword that had appeared at the auction. However, the marked pattern was complete, but what appeared was broken.
However, before he left the auction, he saw that the broken sword was powerful. If it were a complete demonic artifact, its power might not be inferior to a spiritual treasure.
This scroll seemed to be specially marked by Blood Light Old Demon for the purpose of collecting demonic artifacts.
The guy who looked like an ancient demon who glanced at him before leaving Mount Dayan must have had a close relationship with Blood Light Old Demon.
The broken sword was extraordinary and had fallen into the hands of the ancient demon. The Crimson Sound Drum inherited by the Devil Soul Hall must be even more terrifying.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Ling smiled. Even if he coveted these treasures, he couldn't snatch them with his current strength.
The ancient demon was extraordinarily strong, and the Devil Soul Hall was also permanently guarded by Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators.
According to the information he had learned before, there were four great cultivators in the late stage of Nascent Soul in the Different Demon Clan. He couldn't afford to provoke them.
Thinking in his heart, Zhang Ling flicked his finger and put away the scroll.
This map was not very useful to him. Even if there might be demonic artifacts at other marked points, it would inevitably provoke the forces in the Different Demon Clan.
For these uncertain factors, it was not worth taking the risk.
Zhang Ling valued more the several demonic secret techniques recorded in the white jade slip. Several of the demonic secret techniques did not meet the requirements and could not be cultivated.
But a secret technique called Holy Demon Armor and a secret technique called Demon Light Slash were very suitable for him to practice.
Holy Demon Armor uses one's own spiritual power to form a spiritual power armor on the surface of the body to protect oneself.
Different from a simple spiritual power shield, the Holy Demon Armor uses True Devil Qi to activate, and the resulting defense is naturally stronger, and there are some changes in magical powers.
According to the introduction above, it is not easy to cultivate.
The True Devil Qi must be made to travel throughout the body, and stimulated to the outside of the body through essence blood, condensing into the Holy Demon Armor.
The Holy Demon Armor is a defense formed by True Devil Qi plus a small amount of essence blood. The cultivation index also has certain requirements for the physical body. If the physical body is too weak, the Holy Demon Armor cannot be formed, and it will damage oneself instead.
This kind of defense is very overbearing. It looks very much like the magical power of a true ancient demon.
Generally speaking, defensive measures are very gentle.
Zhang Ling's physical body has been baptized by the parasitic vines and is much stronger than ordinary cultivators, which can meet the basic requirements for cultivating the Holy Demon Armor.
Moreover, he remembered that when fighting against Blood Light Old Demon, the old demon had formed a blood-light armor on his body, which greatly increased his defense and resisted many attacks from him and the Black Turtle. It seemed to be the Holy Demon Armor.
Such a powerful defense is rare.
Since it meets the requirements, and he has refined the True Devil Qi, it should not be a problem to cultivate it.
The Demon Light Slash secret technique is even more overbearing. But it is not difficult to cultivate, but there are certain hidden dangers.
This technique is to quickly compress more than 60% of one's own spiritual power to form a one-time attack method. It is extremely powerful when used and can achieve a fatal blow.
But because of this, it puts a lot of burden on oneself. It also has certain requirements for the physical body, and one's own spiritual power must also be strong. After using this attack, one's own spiritual power is basically exhausted.
Even if there is still residual spiritual power, due to the great burden on the body after performing this attack, the operation of spiritual power in the body will be much more difficult, and the strength will be greatly reduced.
Moreover, the instantaneous consumption of a large amount of spiritual power also causes a great loss of one's own vitality. It may even cause the blood to flow backwards and damage the meridians.
This is a desperate measure.
This method has certain hidden dangers, and whether to cultivate it or not needs to be carefully considered.
As he entered the Nascent Soul stage, many of his previous methods were no longer anything to Nascent Soul cultivators.
Now, Zhang Ling's Earthly Fiend Earth Spirit Divine Power is not yet complete. The re-refined natal magic weapon, Five Lights Treasure Gourd, now only has the Golden Origin Gourd and the Earth Origin Gourd. There are still three other Yin-Yang Gourds missing.
Even if the Five Lights Treasure Gourd is successfully refined, it will take a long time to cultivate five spiritual treasures. It will help long-term cultivation in the future. But the increase in his current strength is very slow.
The few ancient treasures in his hand can only be considered barely suitable. It is okay to deal with ordinary cultivators. However, if he encounters some powerful cultivators, it will be insufficient.
Blood Light Old Demon's(血光老魔: Blood Light Old Demon) magical powers were not small. Before, he was only fighting against Blood Light Old Demon's(血光老魔: Blood Light Old Demon) true body. This old demon also has a Nascent Soul-level incarnation.
If it weren't for Dongfang Ya and the ghost-faced man destroying Blood Light's(血光: Blood Light) incarnation, causing Blood Light Old Demon's(血光老魔: Blood Light Old Demon) strength to suddenly drop, thus creating an opportunity, he would not have been able to win so easily.
In short, Zhang Ling's current methods are still too few. Cultivating more secret techniques will be of great benefit in future battles and life-saving.
Currently, his trump cards are only the Soul Shocking Thorn, a special soul attack, and the Black Bone Giant Claw. The Four Directions Flag is not weak.
Then there is the occasional use of the Thunder Light Mantra in his body to activate the Thunder Spirit Shuttle and perform a few Thunder Escape Techniques.
Of course, there is also the Black Turtle controlled by the second soul, which is his greatest helper. With the Black Turtle, Zhang Ling will never be weaker than any Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator when he really fights desperately.
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The sound of the fluttering cloth entered his ears, interrupting Zhang Ling's thoughts.
Coming back to his senses, he saw that Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) had taken out the mysterious piece of cloth that he had obtained by chance. This object floated in mid-air, and under Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow)'s spell, some strange words appeared.
These words were gold and silver in color, and they were interspersed with many strange bird, beast, and fish patterns. There were not many words, only about a hundred.
But each one was extremely profound. Zhang Ling identified them a few times, and he did not recognize a single word.
"This is... you have unlocked the use of this thing." He was stunned and asked in surprise.
"Sort of."
Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) glanced at him unhappily and said like an old man, "This is Earth Immortal Text. It is rarely seen in the spirit world, and not many cultivators recognize it. Fortunately, I know something about it."
Hearing this, Zhang Ling's eyes lit up. Although he didn't understand what Earth Immortal Text was, it was obviously an incredible immortal text.
The news that can be recorded with this kind of immortal text that is rarely seen even in the spirit world, could it be a top-notch technique or some secret technique?
He immediately took out a jade slip, stared at the immortal text appearing on the cloth with his eyes unblinking, and carefully checked it with his divine sense while engraving it in the jade slip.
"Heavenly Astral Text, Earth Immortal Text, it is said that they are the true immortal texts passed down from the True Immortal Realm. They are the most primitive immortal texts created by true immortals to comprehend the world. It is said that only true immortals can fully master them. The other texts in the spirit world and the human world are mostly derived from those few most primitive immortal texts.
I didn't expect to see Earth Immortal Text in your human world. This seemingly ordinary piece of cloth can directly record this kind of immortal text. It is not an ordinary material either." Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow) also stared closely at the constantly changing text on the cloth.
The words he said seemed to be explaining to Zhang Ling, and also seemed to be talking to himself. Lan Que(蓝雀: Blue Sparrow)'s expression also changed a little.
Zhang Ling quickly engraved the text and patterns appearing on the cloth. But as soon as he finished engraving, he was stunned again.
Because a very strange thing happened.
These Earth Immortal Text were constantly changing. Each word flashed and changed into a strange pattern, some like flowers, birds, insects, and fish, and some like some kind of rune.
It seemed that each immortal text had infinite changes, as if they were alive.
This made it difficult for him, so he could only stare at one word first and record the changes of a single word first.
