After Zhang Ling finished refining the Black Bone Giant Claw, he spent another half month managing several spiritual herbs and some trivial matters.
He also arranged for two junior disciples.
After Meng Jin and Meng Ying'er returned to the sect, Zhang Ling released them from the Sumeru Grotto and officially had them join the Haoyuan Sect.
He also opened two small cave dwellings on a spiritual vein not far from the cave dwelling, so that they could practice in peace.
With the help of the elixirs he gave them, their cultivation levels have increased a lot in the past three years. Meng Jin has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining(炼气六层: Qi Refining stage 6). Meng Ying'er has even reached the seventh level of Qi Refining(炼气七层: Qi Refining stage 7).
As long as they practice diligently, with their aptitude, they will definitely be able to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage within twenty years.
As Zhang Ling went into seclusion, not asking about worldly affairs.
The development of the Haoyuan Sect, however, was in full swing. A batch of disciples is recruited every three years.
Originally, the sect recruited disciples once every ten years, but suddenly it frequently recruited disciples because the sect lost a lot of elite disciples in the war with the alien demons.
Fifty or sixty Foundation Establishment Stage disciples were lost, and three Golden Core Stage elders were also lost. That's why they widely recruited disciples to absorb fresh blood.
In fact, it's not just their Haoyuan Sect. After every war with the demons, many sects widely recruit disciples.
This time it was particularly serious. Yanhxia City was destroyed, and more than 20 sects in six or seven countries in this area suffered heavy losses, so they were naturally eager to recover.
The Haoyuan Sect's(昊元宗: Haoyuan Sect) recruitment of disciples is the largest, and another important reason is that the Twelve Immortal Cities Elders Council has announced the reconstruction of Yanhxia City in three years.
The rebuilt Yanhxia City is jointly managed by the Elders Council and the Haoyuan Sect. Some sect forces were dissatisfied and wanted to compete, but were suppressed by the Immortal City Elders Council.
Currently, Yanhxia City is under reconstruction, and some spiritual mines and other resources within a ten thousand mile area of Yanhxia City have been returned to the Haoyuan Sect.
The power of the Haoyuan Sect has at least doubled compared to before.
During this period, the Immortal City Elders Council also announced the situation of Yanhxia City being destroyed overnight, with a large number of monks killed and injured, including many Nascent Soul old monsters.
Many monks also knew that it was the Ghost King Sect from ten thousand years ago that was behind it. Taking advantage of the war between the two races, they calculated both sides at the same time, which led to the fall of a large number of Nascent Soul old monsters.
As for the situation of the Ghost Mist Island in the South China Sea, and the Three-Headed Underworld Serpent and Rakshasa Woman, it only circulated among the Nascent Soul monks. Ordinary monks were not informed.
However, there were still many rumors spreading out, mostly related to the sudden appearance of the Ghost King Sect, which actually had two great monks.
During this period, Zhang Ling also became famous and some rumors spread.
Some say that although he is a Nascent Soul Stage Initial Phase cultivator, he has killed a Nascent Soul Stage Intermediate Phase expert, and his strength has exceeded that of ordinary Nascent Soul Stage Intermediate Phase old monsters.
There are also rumors that he can drive an eighth-order demon cultivator.
And the biggest rumor about him is that he has a powerful spiritual insect in his hand, which saved the alien demon's High Priest Luo Ming and the Old Demon Baihua in this disaster.
Of course, he was not the only cultivator who became famous in a few years. In addition to several great monks, several Nascent Soul cultivators who were originally unknown also showed great strength in the siege of alien demons.
The Red Cloud Sect's Little Phoenix Fairy fought against two alien demon cultivators in the middle stage of Nascent Soul with her own strength. In the end, she also killed one person.
The Demon Luo Sect's Demon Yuan Zhenren, who cultivated the Giant Demon Divine Power, also showed great power. Under his leadership, he broke through the Black Wind City, which was occupied by the alien demons at that time.
There is also the Old Man Kuzhu, who originally had no name among casual cultivators, who used an ancient great divine power, Illusory Wood Divine Light, in this battle. He used his own strength to trap two demonic beasts comparable to ninth-order demon beasts driven by alien demons.
There are also several demon heads in the alien demon clan, whose magic attacks are powerful and whose fierce names are well-known, killing many human monks.
Zhang Ling is not very conspicuous among these people.
As time passed, the Northern Plains Cultivation World gradually fell into a period of peace.
Although there are often some sects or hostile forces fighting for various reasons such as the division of territory and the division of resources, the noise is not too big. Nascent Soul level cultivators rarely participate in it.
In a blink of an eye, another full ten years have passed, and the Yanhxia City that was originally destroyed has been rebuilt.
The new Yanhxia City is built on a mountain, and its scale is exactly the same as the original one. The only difference is that there are several crimson pillars standing in the city. The location has not changed and is still at the original site, because the original spiritual vein of Yanhxia City was not destroyed.
What other cultivators don't know is that the Immortal City Elders Council deliberately moved a source of fire from another place and sealed it underground, arranging a set of Heavenly Yang Great Array to suppress the underground Yin Water River.
At that time, the Ghost King Sect arranged an evil formation in the city, triggering the Yin Water River. The main purpose was to teleport their batch of Nascent Soul old monsters to the island in the South China Sea. Hunt them down and use their Nascent Souls(元婴: Nascent Soul) to sacrifice blood.
The army of monks fighting on both sides did not die or injure many in the city, but were teleported to Ghost Mist Island and killed by the monsters and ghosts living on the island.
Only a few Golden Core monks survived.
These situations were inferred by the Immortal City Elders Council after discovering a stable space crack in the Yin Water River under Yanhxia City.
And the space crack leads to the Ghost Mist Island in the South China Sea where Zhang Ling and the others were teleported.
The Yin Water River under Yanhxia City is also a tributary of the huge Black Water River on that island, flowing through the space crack.
It is inferred that the Ghost King Sect ten thousand years ago had already discovered the space crack in the Yin Water River. That's why there was this plan.
The new Yanhxia City is still on the original site, and an important reason is to seal the space crack below.
As for the situation of the Three-Headed Underworld Serpent and Rakshasa Woman, Lei Guang Sanren and other great monks, in a few years, also joined forces with Luo Ming, the high priest of the alien demons, and others to check it out several times.
But they all returned without success and did not reach the island.
Because when they rushed over, they found that the space crack area outside the giant island in the sea had become more chaotic, making it difficult to approach. Moreover, observing from a distance, the Yin Sha Qi on the island became more intense, covering the entire island.
This situation made Lei Guang Sanren, Dong Yangzi and others sure that the Three-Headed Underworld Serpent and the red-clothed woman were really existences in the God Transformation Stage. Naturally, they did not dare to approach rashly.
Therefore, the Immortal City and the alien demons each sent two Nascent Soul elders, leading a small number of Golden Core monks to monitor there at all times.
This matter is over.
Zhang Ling is now in Yanhxia City, sitting in a large stone hall, participating in a large trade fair. This information was learned from his senior brother Tianfeng two days ago when he came to this city.
And his current realm has also successfully broken through to the middle stage of Nascent Soul. He successfully broke through the realm in the eighth year of his seclusion.
The trade fair he is participating in now is the first large-scale trade fair held in the newly built Yanhxia City. It has attracted many large business alliances to join, and has the special support of the Immortal City, so the scene is very large.
There are as many as a thousand monks sitting in the stone hall, and their cultivation levels are not low. The lowest are in the early stage of Golden Core, and there are more than 30 Nascent Soul old monsters.
Zhang Ling was also attracted by this trade fair. Now that his strength has greatly increased, he naturally began to consider refining a wind and fire attribute supplementary spiritual treasure to control the power of wind and fire and thus control the wind and fire ball.
He happened to catch up with this trade fair to see if he could collect the materials he needed.
As for how to refine the supplementary spiritual treasure, when Blue Sparrow talked about this matter, he asked for the refining method. As long as he finds the right materials, he can refine it immediately.
The most suitable material is naturally a spiritual object with both wind and fire attributes. In this way, only one supplementary spiritual treasure needs to be refined.
But this kind of material is not easy to find.
According to what Blue Sparrow said, the most suitable is the demon core, at least a seventh-order demon core. If there are eighth-order and ninth-order demon cores, or even tenth-order demon cores, it would be even more suitable.
This guy said that in the spirit world, those God Transformation Stage(化神: God Transformation) cultivators basically start refining supplementary spiritual treasures(补灵宝物: supplementary spiritual treasure) in the Nascent Soul realm to prepare for comprehending the power of the five elements in the future.
If the cultivation level is too low, the supplementary spiritual treasure will take a long time to nurture after being integrated into the body.
Of course, other spiritual mineral materials can also be used.
With the mysterious orb in his hand that can promote spiritual plants, Zhang Ling's first consideration is naturally to use some kind of spiritual wood with wind and fire attributes to replace it.
He has two or three kinds of spiritual wood with wind and fire attributes, and one kind of wind and fire spiritual wood is quite suitable.
It's just not the most suitable, because he studied the supplementary spiritual treasure method given to him by Blue Sparrow and found that the best material for refining the supplementary spiritual treasure is spiritual essence material.
Whether it is spiritual mineral or spiritual wood, it will contain a lot of impurities, which is suitable for refining magic weapons and other things.
But if you use the supplementary spiritual treasure method to integrate into the body for refining, it will take longer. A hundred years for the short term and hundreds of years for the long term. The effect is also unsatisfactory.
And why is the demon core the most suitable? Because the demon core is completely condensed from the essence, energy, and spirit of the demon beast, with the least impurities. The demon core, magic crystal, and even the cultivator's golden core(金丹: Golden Core) born in this kind of creature are spiritual essence materials.
As the auction was held, one treasure after another was auctioned off. Among them, there were many treasures.
During this period, Zhang Ling also made a move and spent nearly a million spiritual stones to buy a material called Earth Cloud Stone.
Although a few demon cores also appeared in the auctioned items, they were all fifth and sixth order, and there was not even a seventh-order demon core.
It is even more impossible to encounter this kind of wind and fire dual attribute demon core.
And most of the demon cores with this dual attribute are strange beasts.
In the Northern Plains Cultivation World, demon beasts are already scarce. Except for the sea demon beasts in the ice field and sea area, there are very few high-level demon beasts in other places.
Most of the demon beasts in the two places are still water and ice attributes. There are very few demon beasts of other attributes.
Soon the auction ended, and Zhang Ling returned to a mountain cave in the inner city of Yanhxia City to recuperate.
Speaking of which, the spiritual vein grade of this cave is not low, and it is almost catching up with the top-grade spiritual vein. This is his cave in Yanhxia City.
The newly built Yanhxia City has five Nascent Soul elders sitting in town on the surface. He is one of them.
The three Nascent Soul cultivators of their Haoyuan Sect are now considered elders of this city. Moreover, the old ancestor Tianfeng is also serving as the city lord of Yanhxia City.
Before, Senior Brother Tianfeng even wanted him to be the city lord, but Zhang Ling naturally declined. This city has just been established, and there are many trivial matters. He doesn't want to be distracted by this.
The other two elders, one is the original Elder Sima of Yanhxia City, plus an Elder Li newly sent by the Immortal City Elders Council, jointly manage Yanhxia City.
The auction in the city lasted for seven days. Zhang Ling participated every day and spent more than three million spiritual stones to collect several rare materials.
With his current strength, it is not difficult to take out these spiritual stones. Moreover, during this period, he also sold several thousand-year-old spiritual medicines and exchanged them for a lot of spiritual stones.
After the auction ended, Zhang Ling did not stay in Yanhxia City for long. He told his senior brother and returned to the sect.
Although he is now looking for the wind and fire demon core, he is also doing another thing that is beneficial to his greatly increased strength, repairing the headless puppet.
This matter will naturally fall on the Kui Ling Old Monster who was captured before. During this period of coercion and inducement, the Kui Ling Old Monster also softened and agreed to help him repair the headless puppet.
