He pursued closely, passing through countless tunnels.
Finally, in a mine cave about twenty to thirty zhang in size, he and the Twin-Tailed Cat caught up with the Ice Wraith.
During the fight with the Ice Wraith, Zhang Ling also witnessed the supernatural powers of this type of spirit creature. Once its aura decreased, it would quickly absorb the ice spiritual power from the ice-fire ore to restore its strength. Moreover, this Ice Wraith was very cunning; if it couldn't defeat him and the Twin-Tailed Cat, it would quickly retreat.
However, after its strength rapidly recovered, it would transform into a phantom again and fight Zhang Ling.
If ordinary cultivators encountered this, they would only be constantly worn down. Fortunately, the Twin-Tailed Cat was able to restrain it. The Twin-Tailed Cat immediately rushed forward and entangled with the Ice Wraith, not giving it a chance to absorb ice spiritual power to recover.
After fighting like this for a quarter of an hour, the Ice Wraith couldn't recover, and the cold aura on its body continuously weakened. Eventually, it was trapped by the demonic fire spewed out by the Twin-Tailed Cat.
Subsequently, Zhang Ling didn't stand on ceremony and used the ancient jade talisman in his hand, releasing flame needles that directly shattered the black ice crystal within the Ice Wraith's body, finally killing this spirit creature.
At this moment, looking at the three or four pieces of black ice crystal in his hand, he pondered.
This was the black ice crystal inside the Ice Wraith's body, which looked like a demon beast's core but was different.
Although it had been shattered, the spiritual power on it had only decreased slightly, and it still contained powerful ice cold power. He didn't know what it could be used for.
However, he had no doubt about the value of this item. The thing inside a monster like the Ice Wraith must be more valuable than an ordinary demon core.
He took out a jade box, put the broken ice crystal inside, and stored it in his storage bag, planning to study it after he got out.
Then, he looked around at the environment. Because of chasing the Ice Wraith, he didn't know where he was now.
However, Zhang Ling wasn't too worried. Even if he couldn't find the teleportation array they came in through, it wouldn't be difficult to spend some time and use brute force to open a passage out.
According to his estimation, this ice-fire jade mine extended at most several hundred miles. This kind of place couldn't trap a Golden Core cultivator; at most, it would just take some effort.
Afterward, he began to look for a way out, and the Twin-Tailed Cat followed beside him, acting as a thug.
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Not long after, Zhang Ling was walking in a tunnel about ten feet wide when suddenly, he flashed and hid in a corner on the side, reinforcing the spiritual power shield on his body.
Immediately afterward, he heard the whistling wind again, and the entire tunnel was filled with smoke and dust. A strong yin-yang wind swept over again.
The cold and hot sensations attacked his whole body again, which made Zhang Ling frown, thinking that this time the yin-yang wind was three times stronger than the previous one.
He couldn't help but whisper; why was this yin-yang wind so frequent? Calculating the time, the interval was only a little over an hour.
Fortunately, like the previous two times, the yin-yang wind came and went quickly, and after a dozen breaths of time, it gradually weakened.
But if this place really had such frequent yin-yang winds, it would probably not be easy to mine ice-fire jade. Foundation Establishment cultivators would easily die if they were caught in it.
It blew once every hour, and even Golden Core cultivators couldn't stay here for a long time. Although there wasn't much danger, the consumption of spiritual power was considerable.
Zhang Ling thought to himself, and then set off again to find a way out, but after only a few steps, his brow furrowed again, and he discovered that a large group of ice-fire insects had floated out after the yin-yang wind.
He stopped again, and then a flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, and a piece of white gauze about ten feet long appeared. This gauze was very thin, and it felt like nothing in his hand.
Zhang Ling flicked his hand and wrapped the gauze around his body, and immediately his figure disappeared without a trace.
Meow meow.
Then, the Twin-Tailed Cat beside him called out to where he was, and its eyes also showed a human-like surprise, seemingly asking him why he had disappeared.
However, Zhang Ling didn't disappear but stood in place. After communicating with his mind and eardrums, he saw the Twin-Tailed Cat call out again, suddenly turn into firelight, and be taken back into his spirit beast bag.
At this time, the thin clothing he was wearing was the Spirit Concealing Gauze, made from the silk spun by mature Ice Spirit Silkworms, which could conceal his body and isolate the detection of cultivators' divine sense.
Zhang Ling had just hidden his figure and heard the sound of insects buzzing. A blue light flashed before his eyes, and a large group of ice-fire insects appeared in the tunnel ahead.
These ice-fire insects gathered together, flapping their wings and flying forward continuously. When they passed by where he was, they didn't stop at all and didn't notice him.
Zhang Ling was relieved. It seemed that this treasure was really used correctly.
After the ice-fire insects passed, he directly draped the Spirit Concealing Gauze over himself, turned into a faint shadow, and continued to look for a way out.
Time passed in the blink of an eye for another half an hour. Zhang Ling stood at a low fork in the road and sighed. It seemed that he could only leave by force.
During this time, he had passed through nearly a hundred tunnels, but he hadn't found the original tunnel. He was really lost.
Now he planned to directly break open a passage to leave.
A flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, and blue light flickered on the flying sword. He looked up at the stone wall above, planning to open a hole in the top.
Just as he was about to act, he heard some subtle noises in his ear again. Zhang Ling immediately put away his flying sword, hid in the tunnel entrance, and held his breath to conceal himself.
For a moment, the entire tunnel was silent.
After a while, he heard a burst of footsteps, along with two people talking. He was very familiar with both voices. After listening carefully, it turned out to be Old Taoist Yangshan and Madam Cao.
Zhang Ling was puzzled, wondering how these two people got together. Before, Madam Cao snatched the scroll, and the old Taoist and others were chasing after her.
Could it be that they had reconciled, or had they already determined the winner? He thought to himself and listened carefully.
He only heard Old Taoist Yangshan say impatiently, "Madam, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?"
"Fellow Daoist, why be anxious? Aren't we going there now? As long as you help me open that restriction, I'll only take one thing from it, and the Core Formation Pill inside will be yours," Madam Cao said unhurriedly.
Zhang Ling didn't care what the two were talking about at first, but suddenly he heard the three words 'Core Formation Pill'. His heart jumped wildly.
"I hope so. Madam, just don't break your promise. If there isn't a Core Formation Pill inside, don't blame me for turning against you," Old Taoist Yangshan sneered, seeming not to trust Madam Cao.
"Don't worry, how could I deceive you, Fellow Daoist? I still have to thank you for your help just now, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to defeat Old Man Shen and the others."
"It's good that you know. The reason why I betrayed my friend this time was for the Core Formation Pill. Now, of those three people, only Old Man Shen has half a life left to escape. I don't think he'll have the guts to follow us again."
"That's good, but when we were fighting just now, that Zhang kid didn't follow. Could he be hiding in the dark?"
As the two were talking, they suddenly mentioned Zhang Ling.
