Zhang Ling roughly scanned the treasures within the treasure cave.
He observed that whether it was the items on the shelves or the boxes, they all radiated spiritual light, even the piles of demonic beast materials were the same, seemingly with restrictions placed upon them.
What truly shocked him wasn't this, but rather that the piles of demonic beast materials were all from high-level demonic beasts. A rough estimate suggested there were over a hundred demonic beasts.
The materials alone were worth a fortune.
Afterward, Zhang Ling began to examine the piles of items. The boxes were mostly filled with spiritual medicines and plants, about half of which were spiritual herbs over five hundred years old.
The stone shelves held mostly spiritual ores and other materials for refining tools.
The contents of this treasure cave seemed to be mostly raw materials; there were no finished products.
But this still excited him; no one could resist being envious of so many things.
However, since it did not contain the Yao Stone he needed, Zhang Ling left the stone cave and headed towards another.
The second stone cave was also filled with piles of materials. He passed through five treasure caves in this manner, all filled with materials.
In the fifth treasure cave, he saw a piece of yellow rock on a shelf. Seeing this, he was immediately overjoyed.
The rock was about the size of a watermelon and did not emit any spiritual light, but a thick layer of stone powder had fallen beside the shelf where the rock was located.
The entire yellow rock was also irregularly shaped. As soon as Zhang Ling saw it, he recognized it as the Yao Stone he needed.
Zhang Ling immediately walked to the rock, reached out to grab it, and a layer of spiritual light suddenly appeared on the shelf, knocking him back a few steps.
He shook his numb arm, smiled, and thought to himself that he was too impatient.
Then, he activated the Azure Fox Jade Talisman again, covering his hand with a layer of azure light. When he reached for the rock again, there was no resistance.
After obtaining the yellow rock, spiritual light flickered in Zhang Ling's hand, and the earthy-yellow rock was crushed into fragments. A fist-sized, oval amber appeared in his palm, which was the true form of the Yao Stone.
The rock that had covered it earlier was just a stone formed by the accumulation of nearby earth and stone power because the object had not been moved for a long time.
The oval amber in his hand was generally ochre in color, with traces of golden and white spiritual patterns constantly changing within it, sometimes turning into earth and rocks, and sometimes manifesting into plants and trees.
Suddenly, the golden and white spiritual patterns intertwined, transforming into a small white deer running happily within it. The figure of the white deer inside was somewhat blurred, looking very unreal, its shape sometimes growing larger and sometimes shrinking.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling was first stunned, and then overjoyed.
This was actually a top-grade Yao Stone.
This special material, Yao Stone, also has grades. Generally, it is divided according to the degree of manifestation of the spiritual patterns on it.
The most ordinary Yao Stone can only simplify some stones and earth, while the higher grade can simplify plants and trees. Only the most top-grade Yao Stone can transform into some animal phantoms.
This kind of Yao Stone is often not a mountain spirit born from ordinary mountain rocks, but a top-grade Yao Stone that may be born in some spiritual veins or special spiritual mines.
He rubbed the top-grade Yao Stone in his hand, gazing at the white deer outlined by the spiritual patterns inside, unable to hide his excitement. He observed for a good while until the white deer inside became blurred again, transforming into earth, rocks, plants, and trees. Only then did Zhang Ling put away his excitement.
He took out a yellow jade box, put the Yao Stone inside, and put it into his storage bag. Zhang Ling walked out of the treasure cave and left through the constantly rotating water vortex.
What he had just stayed in was only the first level of the treasure cave. There were seven or eight treasure caves for storing materials and items. It is said that there are several levels of treasure caves here. It can be seen that the treasures sealed are more than he imagined, and the treasures included in it are afraid that it is difficult to estimate.
Although most of the people living in the city are half-demons and their strength is not very strong, there are many transformed demon kings in this Hidden Demon Valley, which also reflects the power of this Ten Thousand Demon City.
Afterwards, under the leadership of the Turtle-backed Old Man, he left the Demon King's Palace, and then left with Huang Ying. Then the two separated and prepared to participate in the Spirit Offering Palace competition the next day.
Returning to the shop of Yunfeng Shangren, Zhang Ling did nothing, quietly closed his eyes and meditated, so as to cultivate his energy and prepare to participate in the competition.
...
Time passed quickly, and the next day arrived in a blink of an eye.
This day was the same as the previous days, and most of the human race cultivators who came here gathered in the central square of Ten Thousand Demon City, shuttling between the shops or trading with high-level cultivators.
But today is different. In a place in the east city of Ten Thousand Demon City, a large number of cultivators are also gathered, 80% of whom are half-demons, including many high-level half-demons.
At this time, there are still many cultivators surrounding the periphery, including both low-level half-demons and some human races who have just come here. These people are all around a huge altar, witnessing a sacrificial activity.
This is a circular altar, with a diameter of thirty to forty feet, surrounded by stone pillars, carved with dragons and phoenixes and some monster images.
On the sacrificial platform, a dozen male and female cultivators in distinctive costumes are dancing sacrificial dances, while chanting strangely melodic tones.
Some of these men and women held white bones, some held different colored flags waving, and some held copper bells, copper drums and other instruments. These men and women are all half-demon cultivators.
Zhang Ling is also standing in a corner position next to the altar at the moment, leaning against a stone pillar and watching this scene. Huang Ying is standing next to him.
The woman is also wearing a tight-fitting suit today, and her hair is tied high, which has a heroic feeling. Only listen to this woman said.
Fellow Daoist is watching this weird sacrifice for the first time, I am also the first time. It is said that the Spirit Offering Palace was originally established by these half-demons, and is held once every hundred years. Only half-demons will participate in this kind of sacrifice activity. Until someone in the half-demon breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, after that, this kind of activity will be popularized in the Ten Thousand Demon City. Some transformed monsters will also let their younger generations participate.
"Fellow Daoist is talking about that White Fluff King." Zhang Ling asked.
Huang Ying shook her head, "No, there is not only one Nascent Soul level half-demon in the Hidden Demon Valley. I don't know exactly how many there are."
This made Zhang Ling quite surprised. He had heard that these half-demons mostly had some kind of defect. Although they were born with demon power in their bodies, the proportion of entering high-level monks was lower than that of the human race monks, and even fewer half-demons broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.
This special group of half-demons can gain a foothold in this Hidden Demon Valley, it seems that they still have a certain power.
Thinking in his heart, he suddenly heard a high-pitched chant in his ear.
