In the Sacrificial Spirit Palace, the teleportation array shimmered with light as Zhang Ling, Huang Ying, and two other half-demons stepped down.
At that moment, many cultivators and several demon beasts were gathered in the palace, all having just returned from the Hundred Spirit Pool via the teleportation array.
Including the demon beasts, there were fewer than thirty people who came out, and many of them were injured.
Everyone walked towards the outside of the palace. At the palace gate, besides the two high-level minotaur half-demons they had seen upon entering, there were also several cultivators standing, led by the white-robed young man from the demon race.
He held a stone that emitted white light in his hand, hovering at the entrance, and everyone had to pass through his inspection.
The faces of the people who had just been teleported out from the dangerous place were not very good, but they did not dare to be presumptuous here and could only accept the inspection one by one.
However, the inspection was also very fast. The stone in the young man's hand seemed to be a strange treasure. It flashed a burst of spiritual light every time someone passed through. It shone on the cultivators and demon beasts a few times before letting them pass.
There seemed to be nothing unusual happening.
When it was Zhang Ling and Huang Ying's turn, the young man nodded at them with a smile, but his eyes lingered on Zhang Ling for a few more glances. However, the young man did not say much and let them leave.
Not long after, all the cultivators in the Sacrificial Spirit Palace left. Only the white-robed young man frowned slightly and took out a red jade slip, recording a piece of information on it.
"Reporting to Great King Bai Rong, the Sacrificial Spirit Palace competition is over. Five human cultivators, eight demon beasts, and sixteen half-demons came out. There was an accident during this treasure hunt. There was a Nascent Soul..."
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Zhang Ling and Huang Ying left the East City together, and then chatted in a quiet room of an inn for more than half an hour before they separated.
Walking on the street, looking at the half-demons and some human cultivators in the Myriad Demon City, they did not seem to know what happened in the Hundred Spirit Pool. They were still holding trade fairs as lively as before.
Zhang Ling wandered around this street for a while and returned to Elder Yunfeng's small shop. He did nothing in his room, sitting cross-legged on the bed, staring blankly ahead.
At this time, only seven or eight hours had passed since they participated in the treasure hunt. But they had experienced a lot of danger, fighting not only with cultivators and demon beasts, but also with the strange tree vines, and they had also seen the fights between the transformed demon beasts.
But all in all, it was quite satisfactory. Not only did he get the Blood Wood Heart, which was now in Huang Ying's hands, but he also felt at ease taking the top-grade Yao Stone, not letting down Qinghu Wang.
And what impressed him the most was seeing no infighting between the transformed demon beasts. This gave him a deeper understanding of Nascent Soul cultivators and further strengthened his determination to pursue the Dao.
In addition, Zhang Ling also had a trace of doubt in his heart.
The occurrence of this change seemed to be the work of the Nascent Soul cultivator in the suddenly appearing golden cloud. The purpose of this expert seemed to be to release the great demon under the Hundred Spirit Pool.
That was a wood demon even more powerful than a transformed demon beast.
Moreover, he saw that golden cauldron again this time. Although Zhang Ling did not see whether the cultivator in the golden cloud was the white jade skeleton he had encountered before, it was most likely that old monster.
At the same time, the white-robed woman he and Huang Ying had seen gave him a strange sense of familiarity. This woman was the culprit who destroyed the teleportation array. If he was not mistaken, it was likely Ding Ruozhao.
How could Ding Ruozhao be related to the Nascent Soul old monster in the golden cloud, and even the white jade skeleton who almost killed them both?
How did they get involved? And when he walked out of the Sacrificial Spirit Palace just now, he had carefully scanned the cultivators who came out, but did not find the white-robed woman who resembled Ding Ruozhao.
These doubts made Zhang Ling's heart a little confused. He could not help shaking his head and chuckling a few times. "Why think so much? Let's take care of our own affairs first."
Then Zhang Ling gently waved his hand, and several treasures appeared in front of him. A jade slip recording the Weak Lightning Technique, a white bottle the size of an inch, and a rhombus-shaped fiery red jade token.
These three things were all treasures he had obtained in just a few hours.
Zhang Ling immediately picked up the jade slip of the Weak Lightning Technique and carefully examined it. It recorded several kinds of lightning techniques. And they were all rare methods of refining Yin Lightning.
Although he did not have a Lightning Spiritual Root, it was not to say that he could not cultivate Lightning attribute supernatural powers.
In the world of cultivating immortals, Spiritual Roots were the standard for measuring a cultivator's aptitude. But some secret methods or forbidden techniques could also allow others to use such supernatural powers through special means.
Especially Wind, Lightning, and Ice, and other special spiritual powers, were very useful in certain situations.
To allow cultivators without corresponding Spiritual Roots to display this special spiritual power, they often had to cultivate secret methods or directly borrow strange treasures. It just so happened that the stone mirror in his hand that could release Water Astral Divine Lightning was this type of treasure.
As long as he absorbed the Water Lightning spiritual power inside and refined it through secret methods, he could display Lightning attribute means.
It seemed that these types of treasures were mostly auxiliary treasures. The stone mirror could gather Water Astral Divine Lightning, which could be considered to meet this requirement.
However, Zhang Ling was not sure whether he could successfully cultivate it. After all, the Yin Lightning refining method recorded on the jade slip was not only quite harsh, but it also took a very long time to cultivate.
He had not yet decided whether to cultivate it.
After Zhang Ling put down the jade slip, he summoned the white jade bottle into his hand, gently opened the stopper, and a emerald green spiritual light lit up inside. He could see several emerald green rays as thin as hair gathered inside.
He could also smell a strong fragrance of flowers and grass, and Zhang Ling could not help but take a deep breath. At the same time, the vine parasitic on his body reappeared.
Zhang Ling did not control the vine at this time. Seeing this scene, he whispered, "It seems that this wisp of spiritual energy is really useful to me."
The rays in the bottle were very spiritual, constantly twisting and changing. This was a wisp of Yi Wood spiritual energy. It was what the male cultivator who intercepted him earlier wanted to snatch. It was also one of the ten treasures.
Zhang Ling had paid attention when he heard the name of this treasure. He happened to grab this item during the chaotic treasure grab.
This was a special spiritual power. Although it looked like only a wisp, it contained great vitality. It could be used to refine a sacred healing medicine, which was said to be able to grow flesh from bones, revive dead corpses, and easily heal broken hands and feet.
Moreover, if this item was absorbed by a cultivator who cultivated Wood attribute techniques, it could condense their own mana and greatly increase their cultivation.
At the same time, Yi Wood Qi could also be used to promote the growth of spiritual plants, greatly shortening the maturity time of spiritual medicines.
This function was similar to the mysterious little bead in his hand, but Zhang Ling was certain that the mysterious little bead's growth-promoting function was much stronger than Yi Wood Qi, and they were incomparable.
But this did not affect the value of Yi Wood Qi at all. This item could also be used to refine Wood attribute magic weapons, which was his purpose.
On his left arm, black-green vines grew out and approached the Yi Wood Qi in the jade bottle.
