"Although I am a demon clan, my lifespan may be longer than yours. But in terms of knowledge, how can I compare with your human race's vast power? My understanding is not much greater than yours."
The round-faced female demon blinked her eyes, revealing a look of sadness.
"There are not many transformed demon cultivators in the Icefield. This time, even the Frost Lion King has fallen here. I am fortunate to have escaped with my life. What are your plans next? It seems we have escaped."
As she spoke, the round-faced female demon regained her composure, her face becoming indifferent again as she looked around.
The surrounding environment was quite familiar. After a few glances, the three of them realized that they had not left far. They were still in the large mine with countless gold spirit stones where they had been before.
However, compared to before, the gold spiritual energy in this place had decreased by several levels.
They appeared here because of the intense wind pressure caused by the suspected demon spirit that suddenly appeared next to the Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator) in that golden space, which swept them out.
"Can you sense the aura of Fellow Daoist Zhang(道友: Taoist friend) ? He doesn't seem to be nearby. Could it be that he wasn't blown out?" Jade Fairy asked with a frown.
The round-faced female demon shook her head, and Fellow Daoist Ning's black flying sword also swayed, indicating that it had not sensed anything.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang may have escaped and left, or perhaps he is still trapped in that golden space. However, the huge golden ball is also gone, and I don't know what dangers still exist. Ning was lucky enough to escape with his nascent soul, but my junior sister died tragically. I am powerless to deal with any further situations."
On Fellow Daoist Ning's black flying sword, his nascent soul spirit body emerged. He cupped his fist at Jade Fairy and the round-faced female demon, and without waiting for the two women to answer, he transformed into a ball of spiritual light, wrapped the flying sword and shot away, disappearing in a few flashes. A sigh came from afar.
"Ning takes his leave."
The round-faced female demon watched the flying sword disappear and also shook her head. Blue light rose from her body. She glanced at Jade Fairy but said nothing more, and left quickly in the same way.
Seeing these two fellows leave, Jade Fairy also smiled bitterly at her complicated background. She pinched a magic seal in her hand, and the jade tablet magic weapon lit up, releasing a fire dragon that wrapped around her, transforming into a ball of fire and leaving in a few flashes.
This time, both the human cultivators and the demon cultivators suffered heavy losses.
They were fortunate to have escaped with their lives after encountering an enemy in the late Nascent Soul stage.
As for the life or death of Zhang Ling, they had no intention of concerning themselves. After all, they were only temporary partners, having known each other for only a day, so naturally, they would not stay here to take risks.
After the three of them left, the huge mine returned to silence.
Until a quarter of an hour later, a shocking loud noise occurred. Another extremely violent golden storm swept around. The entire mine was cracked with large and small fissures, and large chunks of boulders fell down.
In an instant, the entire mine collapsed. This tremor spread in all directions.
At the same time, Jade Fairy, who had just left not long ago, had just flown out of the mine and arrived outside. She was standing in mid-air, taking a deep breath, celebrating her survival.
Suddenly, a loud noise startled the woman.
She quickly looked behind her. Behind her was the ten-thousand-zhang(丈: unit of length) ice mountain they had descended from. Below the ice mountain was the abandoned spirit mine.
At this moment, countless cracks appeared in the ice mountain, and a huge rumbling sound came from underground. In the blink of an eye, most of the ice mountain collapsed, and a vast expanse of white ice and snow spread around.
As if a chain reaction had occurred, the seven or eight small and medium-sized ice mountains nearby also shattered with cracking sounds. The entire Ice Orchid Mountain Range was affected.
Jade Fairy's expression was solemn. Not daring to stay any longer, she quickly transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the sky.
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Let's talk about Zhang Ling, what is he doing now?
He is experiencing a life-and-death crisis. The collapse of the ice mountains in the center of the Ice Orchid Mountain Range was caused by the commotion on his side.
Underneath the ten-thousand-zhang(丈: unit of length) ice mountain, deep underground, in the collapsing mine, Zhang Ling was sent flying while holding up the Yellow Luo Umbrella.
The black energy of the Saint Demon Armor on his body surged greatly, and his entire body was wrapped in black light. On the outside, there were also several layers of earth walls formed by Heavenly Star Sand.
A terrifying blood-colored wave of energy impacted his body. The earth walls formed by the Heavenly Star Sand instantly disintegrated into sand grains, scattering in all directions.
The energy wave struck the Saint Demon Armor on his body, causing it to be constantly damaged. Zhang Ling's face was pale. He quickly stabilized his body and spat out several mouthfuls of essence blood, constantly repairing the Saint Demon Armor.
At the same time, with a flick of his hand, he slapped several fifth-order defensive spirit talismans on his body, forming several layers of spiritual light protection.
The spiritual light flickered on and off, and his body was constantly pushed back by the impact.
After flying backward for a full hundred zhang(丈: unit of length), smashing into a pile of rocks, Zhang Ling barely resisted the impact of the blood-colored energy wave. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Fortunately, the most violent impact of the blood-colored energy wave had passed, and its power was rapidly weakening.
Zhang Ling resisted the blood-colored energy wave. Time seemed to become extremely slow.
After more than ten breaths of time, the impact finally dissipated, and he was buried in the collapsing earth and rocks.
The violent shaking continued for a few more breaths before completely returning to calm.
"Finally made it through, almost died." Zhang Ling coughed lightly and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. With a shake of the yellow light on his body, he shook off the earth and rocks that had buried him.
He appeared in a cloud of dust. The surrounding space had been buried by countless earth and rocks.
"Blue Sparrow, are you still there?"
With a slight movement of his divine sense, Zhang Ling sensed the aura of the Blue Sparrow. He did not receive a response.
His brow furrowed. Although the strength of this late Nascent Soul stage cultivator was weakened, his self-destruction power almost took him away.
This terrifying blood-colored energy wave was the power of the Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator)'s self-destruction of his Nascent Soul.
The Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is the true essence spirit body condensed from one's own essence, qi, and spirit. The power of self-destruction can be imagined.
He and Blue Sparrow joined forces to fight the Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator). This person used means to break open the huge silk cocoon that the Gold-Eating Beast had trapped him in. He had indeed reached the end of his rope.
If it were in another place, he might have been able to use teleportation and other means to escape.
However, the golden space they were in earlier was originally transformed by the Gold-Eating Beast. The Gold-Eating Beast's backlash against the Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator) naturally would not allow this person to escape.
Zhang Ling could have imagined that this person's temporary counterattack would be extremely difficult to deal with. He did not expect this person to be so decisive, actually self-destructing his Nascent Soul at the last moment. If he had not been prepared for this powerful killing move,
Even so, he almost died.
Zhang Ling took out a jade bottle from his backhand, poured out a few pills and swallowed them. His complexion improved a lot.
At the same time, with a wave of his hand, the Yellow Luo Umbrella that had been knocked away earlier flew out of a pile of earth and rocks and was grabbed by him.
A stream of spiritual power was injected into it. The Yellow Luo Umbrella opened again, forming a layer of yellow light. But in terms of power, it was already considered half-broken.
Many holes appeared on the umbrella surface of this ancient treasure, and the spiritual light was also dimmed by more than half.
Zhang Ling could not help but sigh. He looked around at the collapsing and buried earth and rocks. He called out to the Blue Sparrow in his heart again.
But he still did not receive a response from this guy. Zhang Ling's face darkened. Could it be that the Blue Sparrow did not avoid it?
Just then, Zhang Ling suddenly sensed an extremely cold spiritual energy appearing not far away.
He quickly waved his hand, releasing a yellow light, blasting the earth and rocks in front of him to pieces. A dozen zhang(丈: unit of length) away was a collapsed space.
In the center of the ground was a huge piece of black profound ice, which was rapidly dissipating, sealing a giant turtle inside. It was the Black Tortoise controlled by the second Nascent Soul.
Just seeing the appearance of the Black Tortoise, Zhang Ling's face became extremely ugly.
The two front feet of the Black Tortoise were bloody and blurred, and had disappeared. There were also many bloodstains on its body, especially on the tortoise shell, which was pitted and uneven, as if it had been corroded.
With a thought, Zhang Ling felt the Black Tortoise's injuries. The Black Tortoise's injuries were much more serious than his.
When the Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator) self-destructed earlier, the Black Tortoise was at the front, taking most of the attack power.
After the black profound ice dissipated, it transformed into a stream of black water, which was swallowed into the body by the Black Tortoise.
The Black Tortoise shook its body and opened its mouth to spit out a cloud of blood mist, wrapping itself in it.
It was repairing its injuries. Zhang Ling did not disturb it. He stood beside it and gently waved his hand. A loud noise came from a certain place on the left.
Seven streaks of green light and a streak of black light shot over from there. They circled in front of him and transformed into seven green flying swords and a black and red bone claw.
His flying swords were not damaged, and the black bone giant claws were naturally extremely hard.
Just then, Zhang Ling suddenly sensed something, looked in a certain direction on the right, and asked with a slight expression. "How are you?"
"Hmph, what could possibly happen to me?" The Blue Sparrow's unpleasant voice came from over there.
The girl possessed by the Blue Sparrow came out from behind a pile of earth and rocks with disheveled hair. Her face was covered with dust, and her clothes were a bit tattered. The aura on her body was even more unstable.
Obviously, she was not doing well either.
Zhang Ling thought to himself, this guy really did not fall so easily.
Turning his gaze, Zhang Ling also saw a golden ball lying on the Blue Sparrow's shoulder, emitting a special aura.
"Is that the Gold-Eating Beast?" Zhang Ling asked.
The Blue Sparrow grabbed the golden ball on her shoulder, touched it, and said leisurely. "This is just the Gold-Eating Beast's Yuanhun Zhu(元魂珠: primordial soul bead)."
Yuanhun Zhu(元魂珠: primordial soul bead), Zhang Ling had not heard of it. He could not help but curiously scan this golden ball with his divine sense.
He saw that there were many dark silver-white lines on the surface of this crystal ball. It would be more accurate not to call it a golden ball, because this thing was alive. It shook gently in the Blue Sparrow's hand, and a strange big mouth cracked open from the middle, opening and closing a few times, and the sound of metal colliding came.
Two very small blood-colored spots were still moving on it a few times, and it seemed to be the eyes of this beast.
The Gold-Eating Beast turned its round body and floated in mid-air, also curiously looking at Zhang Ling.
The Blue Sparrow stretched out her finger and pointed at the Gold-Eating Beast, causing the Gold-Eating Beast to quack a few times.
Zhang Ling observed that the aura of this beast was not very strong. It was roughly equivalent to a fifth-order monster of the gold attribute.
But this beast obviously has more than this cultivation, it seems that it is also seriously injured.
"If you really want to talk about it, this abandoned gold spirit mine can be said to be the body of the Gold-Eating Beast. This kind of alien beast has a very large body, swallowing and spitting out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and is most fond of swallowing and spitting out the gold spiritual energy, and has a very long lifespan, and often falls into a deep sleep. Once it sleeps in a certain place for a long time, the nearby earth and rocks will form a spiritual mine due to its swallowing and spitting out the gold spiritual energy."
"So it is this kind of alien beast." Zhang Ling was shocked. Although he had not heard of the Gold-Eating Beast, he had indeed seen this kind of beast in some classics, which could turn its body into a mountain range.
"The Gold-Eating Beast is rare even in interfaces like the Spirit World. I didn't expect to encounter one in your lower realm. If it were in the Spirit World, cultivators above the Void Refinement stage would compete for it. That so-called Blood Demon Sanren(散人: a loosely organized cultivator) did not understand the habits of this beast at all. Wanting to control the Yuanling(元灵: the origin spirit) of this beast, even without you people, this person would not succeed. And it will definitely be backlashed." Blue Sparrow teased the Gold-Eating Beast and explained.
Hearing this, Zhang Ling's eyes lit up. "Listening to Senior's meaning, has he already subdued this beast?"
The Blue Sparrow shook her head, glanced at Zhang Ling, but transmitted a voice. "The Gold-Eating Beast cannot be subdued at all. Any soul control curse, or blood contract, although it can be planted on this beast, will be worn away by the spiritual energy on the beast in a few days. Fortunately, this beast is a bit timid by nature, and it is quite greedy for gold spiritual energy, as long as you feed it some spiritual objects with rich gold spiritual energy every once in a while, you can let it stay by your side like mortals raise pets."
"Oh, this beast is so special, what is the great use for cultivators?" Hearing that Blue Sparrow actually used voice transmission, Zhang Ling was even more curious.
The Blue Sparrow did not reply, but suddenly spread out her hand and said to the Gold-Eating Beast. "Little guy, I have already helped you get rid of that person, should the things you promised me be given to me?"
Hearing this, the red eyes on the golden ball blinked a few times, and flew up and down in the air a few times, seeming a little hesitant.
But in the end, it rotated its body and spat out a golden mist, and the software inside was wrapped in a glittering white spirit stone.
"The best gold spirit stone."
The white spirit stone taken out by the Gold-Eating Beast was emitting a faint golden light, only half the size of a fist, and the shape was like a hexagonal pointed cone.
The spiritual light emitted by this spirit stone is very small. At first glance, it is only equivalent to a middle-grade spirit stone, but the gold spiritual energy is relatively introverted. If you carefully sense that the spiritual energy contained in it is extremely abundant, it is a top-grade gold spirit stone.
"Congratulations to Senior for getting a top-grade gold spirit stone." Zhang Ling could not help but say.
"This trip is not in vain." A flash of spiritual light flashed in the Blue Sparrow's hand, and a strange stone appeared directly.
This is?
Zhang Ling took a closer look. The surface of this stone was very smooth, like a triangular black pebble, with some lines and patterns on it, depicting a landscape painting. But it was blurred and not very clear, and there were many traces of peeling off.
"This is the key to the Sumeru Cave Mansion of the small mountain you entered before." Blue Sparrow explained expressionlessly.
"Sumeru Cave Mansion, there really is such a treasure." Zhang Ling showed a look of surprise. When they entered that small mountain before, they saw some words on it and guessed that it might be a Sumeru Cave Mansion.
But at that time, they were just guessing. I am afraid that no one in the current cultivation world has ever seen this treasure.
