Along the way, he also searched for a large number of books, but the useful information, though not much, gave him a general understanding of where he was. This was really not the Northern Yuan cultivation world anymore.
"Flowing Cloud Sea" was the name of this area.
What shocked Zhang Ling was that the Flowing Cloud Sea was not a sea area as he imagined, but a general term for islands of various sizes floating in the clouds.
It was unknown how long ago this was once a whole continent, but one day, the world changed, and the entire continent rose into the sky, eventually splitting and turning into countless islands.
Large islands floated in the sea of clouds out of nowhere, and the Flowing Cloud Sea was formed in this way, already tens of thousands of years old.
He is currently on Black Stone Island, which is one of the islands. It is called Black Stone Island because of the Black Stone City.
There is no concept of a country here, and these islands are mostly inhabited by both immortals and mortals. Black Stone City is the only cultivator force on this island, and it governs the entire island.
As for the size of the island, Zhang Ling also bought a few simple maps. Overall, Black Stone Island is an irregular circle, with large areas of dense forest in the southwest, where many monsters exist, occupying 70% of Black Stone Island.
Mortals are gathered in the east, in the form of villages and towns, and there are also several large cities, but their scale is not comparable to the mortal towns in the Northern Yuan cultivation world.
Only Black Stone City in the north is the official force here.
After learning about the general situation here, Zhang Ling was worried. He still couldn't believe that he was no longer in the Northern Yuan cultivation world.
"It's a pity for those more than two thousand Immortal City merit points."
Zhang Ling sighed. There were still many merit points on his Immortal City token, which he had accumulated to exchange for spiritual objects to increase the chance of forming a core, but now it was all in vain.
Now he didn't know how far he was from the Northern Yuan cultivation world, and it was obvious that he couldn't go back.
He couldn't even be sure whether this was a part of the original continent that was divided.
He had read many books, and the Northern Yuan was a part of the ancient continent that split, but none of the other places matched this place.
It seemed that he could only get to Black Stone City as soon as possible to learn more information.
After traveling for more than thirty days, Zhang Ling arrived at his destination.
A town built on a mountain came into Zhang Ling's eyes. The whole city didn't look big. The whole city was built with a kind of black giant stone, which also seemed simple and grand.
Zhang Ling observed for two days around, and also saw many monks entering and leaving this Black Stone City. The cultivation of these monks was not high, most of them were monks in the Qi Refining period. From this, it can also be judged that this Black Stone City is not a powerful force.
Zhang Ling was relieved about this. At noon on the third day, he also followed a few Qi Refining monks into this Immortal City.
At this moment, he suppressed his cultivation to the late stage of Qi Refining. When he entered the city, no monks checked him. The control here seemed very lax.
After entering the Immortal City, Zhang Ling first strolled around a few streets. Soon after, he came to a shop located on the corner of the street.
"Green Bamboo Pavilion" were the three ancient characters of the shop's name. Zhang Ling walked in. This was a bookstore. He came here to better understand the environment he was in.
"Greetings, Immortal Master. I wonder what kind of books Immortal Master needs? I can recommend one or two for you." A boy wearing fur and coarse cloth greeted him with a smile when he saw someone entering the store.
Zhang Ling glanced at the boy. This man was only eleven or twelve years old, and he didn't have any spiritual power. He was a mortal, and then he swept over the situation in the store.
The furnishings inside were simple. Except for a mahogany counter at the door, the remaining space was a dozen rows of bookshelves. But besides this boy, there was no one else, not even a monk.
"Are there any books related to elixirs?" Zhang Ling asked casually.
"Illustrated Handbook of Spiritual Herbs, Alchemy. The shop has some collections. Immortal Master, please come this way." The boy smiled and invited Zhang Ling into the store when he heard his request.
The boy took him to a mahogany shelf in the fourth row and pointed to the books on it. "These are all books related to elixirs."
Zhang Ling nodded and picked up a yellow book and flipped through it. The cover was written with the words "Fire Spirit Rhyme Pill Formula". After looking at it, the first page introduced the purpose of this book.
After a few glances, this was a spell to control spiritual fire. Then he turned to the second page, but it was empty, without a single word. Zhang Ling moved his spiritual sense and noticed a layer of blurred aura on it.
It seemed that there was a restriction. This was a secret method used to prevent others from stealing through the back door. Zhang Ling closed the book and picked up another one to read.
"Okay, you can go down first. If I see something I like, I will call you."
"Then Immortal Master, please check slowly. I'm at the counter at the door." The boy pointed in the direction of the door and retreated.
Zhang Ling looked at the book in his hand without any expression. At this moment, the book in his hand was something he picked up casually, but the information on the first page immediately attracted his attention.
It was written with some elixir name lists. He then looked at the title of the book. It was written with "Water Spirit Pill Formula."
Turning to the second page, he saw the names of spiritual herbs, Clear Water Lotus, Morning Dew Liquid, Ice Water... In a blink of an eye, this was actually recording the spiritual herbs needed for the Water Rhyme Pill. This was a kind of water attribute spiritual pill, suitable for Qi Refining monks who practice water attribute exercises.
Looking at these elixir name lists, the more than ten kinds of elixirs above were all water attribute elixir formulas. The first one was suitable for the late stage of Qi Refining, and the later elixirs were probably more precious. This was what attracted Zhang Ling's attention.
Zhang Ling looked through the books on the bookshelf with great interest. He looked at it for half an hour.
There were twenty or thirty books and jade slips on this row of bookshelves. Most of them were books on spiritual herbs and spiritual plants, as well as a few books on elementary alchemy and a few alchemy experiences. Of course, he also found some elixir formula books.
Then he walked to another row of bookshelves. The books above were all books related to refining weapons. Zhang Ling skipped them directly. In the following hour or so, he learned about all the books in the shop.
After a long time, Zhang Ling walked to the front of the boy with more than a dozen books and a few jade slips. Seeing that he had taken so many books, the boy was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Immortal Master, do you want all of these?"
"Why, are these not for sale?"
"That's not the case. It's just that there are not many Immortal Masters who buy so many books at once like Immortal Master. I will remove the restrictions on these books for you."
"How many spirit stones are these books worth?" Zhang Ling casually asked without any expression.
"Senior, please forgive me. I forgot to say, this Flowing Cloud Travel Notes is three spirit stones, and the Earth Spirit Pill Formula is twenty volumes, worth six hundred and thirty spirit stones. This book..."
Zhang Ling listened to the boy's price one by one. When he heard the value of the elixir formula, he was stunned. It was not because the value exceeded his expectations, but because it was more than half lower than the price in his mind.
Could it be that the elixir formulas here are so cheap? Zhang Ling thought in his heart.
