Zhang Ling controlled the azure glow, transforming it into various things, occasionally into phantom images of demon beasts, and sometimes into various extremely flexible magical treasures.
It wasn't until half a cup of tea later, when his face was somewhat pale, that he hurriedly retracted the black-cyan lotus.
"In this form, it seems this Nascent Soul magic artifact is considered complete. As long as I continue to nourish it with the power of my divine soul in the future, it shouldn't disappoint me." Zhang Ling rubbed his slightly dizzy head and sat on the ground without any regard for his image.
However, the color on his face did not diminish; instead, there was a sense of novelty.
The azure glow released by the lotus appeared to be transformed from spiritual power, but it was actually the power of divine consciousness released through the lotus.
Moreover, it was different from the usual release of divine consciousness, as it was tainted with the special cold air of the Mind-Cleansing Azure Lotus. This cold air had the power to freeze a cultivator's divine consciousness.
Using this to unleash divine consciousness attacks, even if he didn't use the Bronze Ancient Lamp, he could still threaten cultivators in the mid to late stages of the Nascent Soul realm.
At least in terms of divine consciousness, Zhang Ling would never be weak.
Divine consciousness is the manifestation of a cultivator's Nascent Soul's soul power. It is originally formless and without appearance, naturally able to transform into various things. This is the transformation of divine consciousness.
The transformation of divine consciousness is also a sign of a Nascent Soul cultivator. However, doing so consumes a lot of divine consciousness power and mental energy.
Unless using a secret divine consciousness technique, otherwise, a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't continuously expend divine consciousness power like him.
At this moment, his divine consciousness power was excessively consumed, his head ached, and his vision blurred. If this were during a battle, such a state would be extremely unfavorable.
Zhang Ling chuckled lightly and closed his eyes to meditate.
In his sea of consciousness, the black-cyan lotus slowly and quietly rotated.
Beneath the lotus, many cyan-black roots grew, taking root in the murky sea of consciousness, absorbing his Nascent Soul power.
If it continued to absorb like this, Zhang Ling's divine soul would inevitably weaken.
But now that he had refined this lotus, after a while, the petals of the lotus would open, spraying out a large amount of azure light spots.
Constantly nourishing himself in return.
In the misty sea of consciousness, large patches of azure light spots would be scattered from time to time. Instead, the originally monotonous sea of consciousness became colorful.
As for this black-cyan lotus, it was that Rootless Lotus, or rather, the Mind-Cleansing Azure Lotus.
It was a combination of him planting three Mind-Cleansing Lotus Seeds into the Rootless Lotus.
Zhang Ling didn't know whether this lotus now belonged to the Rootless Lotus or the Mind-Cleansing Azure Lotus.
However, he easily absorbed this lotus into his sea of consciousness using the Soul Weapon Spirit Control Method. After undergoing soul power transformation, it formed its current state.
However, he felt that this combined lotus was still not as good as the Mind-Cleansing Azure Lotus in the hands of Miss Ruolan.
However, the Nascent Soul magic artifact could grow, so after thinking about it, Zhang Ling didn't care about it. This was just greed in his heart, and he was already satisfied with such a harvest.
Moreover, the time spent refining the Nascent Soul magic artifact was not short. Two months had already passed.
After spending several days recovering the consumed divine consciousness power, Zhang Ling did not leave the cultivation chamber, but instead took out many more jade slips and books to study.
Inside were recorded the puppet techniques of that Wood Puppet Shangren, which he had obtained from Little Phoenix Fairy.
Now, he had to study it carefully.
He hadn't forgotten that he still had a damaged Nascent Soul level puppet in his hand. If he could repair it, it would definitely be a significant battle force.
Time flew by, and another month passed. The stone door of the cultivation room opened with a loud rumble. A loud bang came from inside, and a tall figure walked out of the smoke and dust.
Upon closer inspection, it was a headless body, but it was ten feet tall, covered in golden armor, and holding a scarlet giant axe in its hand. It looked majestic and extraordinary.
Zhang Ling walked behind the golden armored man, looking somewhat tired, frowning, and with an unsightly expression.
The headless puppet stood at the door, motionless like a sculpture.
Although he could already control this puppet, the strength that the puppet could display was not at the Nascent Soul level as he had expected.
At most, it was only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm. This was not the full power of this puppet, as he had not really repaired this puppet.
Or rather, he had not repaired this puppet at all, and had only re-refined a puppet core, which allowed him to temporarily drive this puppet.
When driving it, Zhang Ling felt that the puppet's spiritual power circulation was somewhat sluggish. It seemed extremely dull. This was because the puppet core was too poor.
Because the jade slips left by Wood Puppet Shangren did not contain the repair methods for this type of puppet.
It only recorded many experiences and driving methods for refining puppets. From it, he did see some information about Nascent Soul level puppets.
But these were all notes recorded by this puppet master, and there were many unproven guesses and some conceptual things.
Like complete refining methods and repair methods, there was no record at all.
It only occasionally mentioned that refining Nascent Soul level puppets required a large number of rare materials.
The most important thing was that refining a special puppet core was the most crucial.
The headless golden armored puppet was indeed originally owned by Wood Puppet Shangren. It was called the Golden Armored Wood Puppet.
The materials used for this puppet were mostly wood-attributed, and it was a wood-attributed puppet.
The golden armor on its body was just a defensive magic treasure worn on its body.
This person was the Great Elder of the Celestial Pole Sect a thousand years ago, and Zhang Ling was sure that he must know the refining method of Nascent Soul level puppets.
However, this kind of secret technique would certainly not be recorded in ordinary jade slips or books.
This was the inheritance of the Celestial Pole Sect, how could it be casually carried on the body.
This puppet could move now. The puppet core installed on its body was just a temporary replacement using the high-level puppet core he usually practiced.
The original core of this puppet was the jade statue of a child that he had previously found in the secret compartment on the puppet's body.
At that time, he sensed the aura of the Nascent Soul level on it, but it was currently broken into three pieces, completely shattered, and could no longer be used.
To fully exert the power of this puppet, he could only re-refine a puppet core.
But without the refining method, Zhang Ling was helpless. Unless he went to the Celestial Pole Sect and tried to obtain this method.
But thinking about it, it would definitely be full of difficulties. Currently, the Celestial Pole Sect's power was not small, and there were several Nascent Soul old monsters in the sect. Even if he could sneak in, it would be difficult to obtain this core secret technique.
The Celestial Pole Sect was not a small force, and Zhang Ling did not want to provoke them now. This matter could only be put aside for now and seek other opportunities.
However, in these jade slips of Wood Puppet Shangren, it was not that there were no gains. Among them, there were many puppet control methods that could be used for reference.
In addition to this, there was also an unexpected gain, one of which was a jade slip with restrictions.
Breaking the restrictions on it, it also recorded a refining method for a high-level puppet, the Azure Wood Wolf Puppet. It was introduced above that it could exert the strength of the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. It was also a wood-attributed puppet.
It was better than the Iron Lion Puppet and the Xuan Turtle Puppet that he could currently refine.
Zhang Ling had also seen this kind of puppet. It was the wolf-shaped puppet he had seen in the ruins on Divine Light Mountain before.
Speaking of this wolf-shaped puppet, it was still a kind of puppet that this Wood Puppet Shangren had independently researched.
Moreover, judging from the information revealed in the jade slips left by this person, it was not just a single high-level puppet that was independently researched. There were four or five other types of high-level puppets.
Each high-level puppet was different, and there were subtle differences in the materials used, the engraved spirit patterns, and the puppet core.
Being able to research different types of high-level puppets. The talent and effort spent in this area were not small.
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This day, Zhang Ling flew out of the sand sea and headed towards the Immortal City.
Calculating the time, he had stayed in the Black Cloud Desert for more than half a year. He originally only wanted to rest temporarily and leave after taking the Mind-Bewildering Fruit.
Unexpectedly, he stayed for such a long time.
Fortunately, this time, his cultivation base increased slightly, and he also refined a Nascent Soul magic artifact.
In addition to the top-grade Fire Spirit Stone he had previously exchanged from Dongfang Ya.
This time, the harvest from going out was very satisfactory. After returning, Zhang Ling planned to retreat and break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop.
A few days later, he returned to the territory of the Twelve Immortal Cities and saw the Yellow Sand Immortal City from afar.
Yellow Sand City was built in a mountain depression. In front of the huge city gate, a layer of sand mist lingered all year round, looking very desolate.
Zhang Ling was about to enter the Immortal City when suddenly his eyes flashed, and he saw a purple escape light flying out of the Immortal City.
This escape light did not fly out from the gate, but flew directly from the sky above the Immortal City. It was extremely fast. Although he did not release his divine consciousness, he could tell at a glance that it was a Nascent Soul old monster.
Immediately afterwards, two more escape lights chased out. There was also a roar. "Demon Pattern Old Monster, stop."
I saw that one of the fiery red escape lights suddenly increased its speed and caught up with the purple escape light in front.
The fire light flashed and turned into a giant flame sword, directly slashing towards the purple escape light.
With a loud bang, the purple escape light paused and its speed decreased greatly.
It was forcibly intercepted. Revealing a hunchbacked, bald old man inside. This old man was holding a black-purple jar in his hand.
A large amount of purple mist emerged, protecting his whole body. The sword light slashed into it and was bounced away.
The flame sword light shook, and a fiery red long sword landed in front of a white-haired black-robed old man, buzzing and trembling.
A yellow escape light also blocked the bald old man's rear, blocking this person's retreat.
Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes and saw clearly that the yellow escape light was a middle-aged man with a square face.
And this sudden scene was not seen by Zhang Ling alone. This place happened to be in front of the gate of Yellow Sand City, and there were many cultivators coming and going.
"Ah, look, that seems to be the infamous alien demon. He is still a Nascent Soul powerhouse. Could it be that the alien demons have invaded so quickly." A young man in the early stage of the Golden Core realm not far away also looked up at the sky, and exclaimed with a drastic change in his face.
"How could a Nascent Soul alien demon break into Sand City."
"What are you still looking at, hurry into the city, or we will be affected by the fighting of these seniors. How can we have life left."
Zhang Ling also landed on the sand at this time, and also looked up at the three Nascent Soul old men in the sky. He glanced at them and felt that all three were in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
But there were also strong and weak points. The bald old man who was also an alien demon had the highest cultivation base, similar to him, and had reached the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
The other two were slightly inferior.
At the same time, he also heard a lot of people's discussions. Many cultivators entering and leaving the city were seeing Nascent Soul cultivators fighting for the first time, and seemed to be frightened. They were all staring blankly at the sky.
Of course, there were also clever people who ran into the city in a hurry.
But there were also bold people. I saw several Golden Core cultivators flying out of the city, looking at the three Nascent Soul cultivators in the sky with excitement and curiosity.
One of them, a fat man in luxurious clothes, snorted coldly. "What's the fuss, what's there to worry about. The city lord and the deputy city lord have come out, maybe they can kill this alien demon and promote the prestige of my Immortal City."
Hearing this, Zhang Ling also glanced at the fat man. This fat cultivator was quite arrogant, and his cultivation base was not weak, having the late stage of the Golden Core realm.
He did not agree with this person's words. It was not so easy to stop a Nascent Soul old monster, let alone kill him.
But the information in this person's words also let Zhang Ling know the identities of the two Nascent Soul cultivators.
At this time, the three old monsters in the sky had launched a fierce fight.
The middle-aged man with a square face was releasing heavy earth spiritual power. He was holding a golden treasure in his hand. Upon closer inspection, it was a square golden brick.
The golden brick grew in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a huge golden brick more than ten feet high and more than ten feet wide. With a slight shake, it made bursts of piercing sounds in the air. There were also many mountain patterns engraved on it, looking like a powerful appearance.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but take another look. The power of this kind of heavy magic weapon was not bad.
Noticing this person's face, he also recognized that this square-faced cultivator was the current city lord of Yellow Sand City. It was said that he was originally a rogue cultivator named Huang Yun, known as the City Lord of Yellow Sand.
The black-robed old man who was commanding the fiery red long sword was the deputy city lord of Yellow Sand City, known as the Fire Sword Sanren.
These two were the two Nascent Soul cultivators currently guarding Yellow Sand Town.
The fiery red long sword turned into sword lights, constantly blocking the bald old man's path.
Hundreds of sword lights flickered in the sky, constantly shuttling, turning half of the sky into crimson red. The momentum was also quite extraordinary.
The purple-black jar in the bald old man's hand emitted a large amount of purple mist.
It wrapped his whole body, and the dense sword lights slashed into it, like a lost stream entering the sea, without any trace.
The purple mist rolled and reflected arc-shaped color light blades, like a large number of wind blades and sword lights colliding in the sky with a clanging sound.
For a time, they fought inextricably.
A loud rumbling sound came from overhead, and the huge golden brick had grown several times larger, pressing down from above.
With a shocking loud noise, the golden light rotated, releasing a strange earth-yellow spiritual light, pressing the bald old man's figure to keep falling.
"Just relying on the two of you, you want to stop this old man. It's really wishful thinking." However, the bald old man who was pressed below laughed wildly.
The purple weapons turned into two giant mist hands, holding up the golden brick.
This person's originally thin body also rose at the same time. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a bald man with muscles all over his body.
