Two months later, on a thousand-zhang peak in the northwestern region of the Demon Wind Mountains, a tremendous roar echoed on this day.
The sound resembled the cry of a dragon and the howl of a tiger, instantly reverberating throughout the entire mountain peak.
It seemed to contain some kind of power, and wherever the sound passed, the entire forest seemed to fall into a silence.
If there were cultivators present, they would have noticed that the demons in the mountains were lying prone on the ground under the coercion of the sound, as if sensing something, trembling with fear.
After a few breaths, the roar disappeared, and the second-order and higher-level demons in the mountains seemed to receive some kind of order, rushing out of the mountain peak, fleeing from it.
For a time, all beasts stampeded, and numerous demons fled in a chaotic manner.
"Haha, transformed demons indeed have the ability to deter low-level demons."
Two figures stood in a patch of white mist at the summit, none other than Zhang Ling and the Xuan Turtle.
Sensing the demons in the mountains fleeing in panic, Zhang Ling chuckled, while the Xuan Turtle stood silently beside him, looking rather dull.
At this moment, he held a yellow animal skin in his hand, with many simple symbols of mountains, rivers, and other features drawn on it, which was a map.
However, compared to the maps made by human cultivators, it was quite simple, with only a few special areas marked with demon characters, and large areas without detailed descriptions.
Nevertheless, this map covered a vast area, basically encompassing the entire Demon Wind Mountains.
This map was given to him by the Golden Feather demon cultivator.
Of course, to be precise, it was given to the Xuan Turtle.
There was also a special location marked with a spiritual light spot, located on an isolated deserted island at the southwestern edge of the entire mountain range.
If the Xuan Turtle wanted to obtain the complete inheritance of the Xuanming Turtle in the future, he would have to go there in a few decades to meet with this demon and help him accomplish some things.
The mountain peak they were currently on was not marked, and was a desolate mountain.
There was a decent mid-grade spiritual vein on the mountain, which was originally occupied by a group of Golden-backed Giant Bears, including three high-level giant bears.
They had all been easily dealt with by the Xuan Turtle.
At this moment, the position he was standing in was the place where the spiritual energy of the entire mountain peak gathered.
The level of spiritual energy on the summit was several times higher than that of a mid-grade spiritual vein.
Although it had not yet reached the level of a high-grade spiritual vein, it was still the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy he had found in more than a month.
The Demon Wind Mountains were extremely large, and even though they had been to the demon race's inheritance site not long ago, they had only traveled through a very small part of the area.
The entire demon race's territory was also very large, with many spiritual veins, and the simple map alone marked twenty or thirty high-grade spiritual veins.
Among them were several vast spiritual vein areas.
For example, a large area of swamps in the south near the Sea of Clouds, called Azure Cloud Marsh, was the controlled area of the Jiaolong (Flood Dragon) race.
Although their numbers were not large, the Jiaolong race had a tenth-order peak Black Jiaolong King sitting in command, and the entire Jiaolong race also controlled many waters.
A million-li region of Fire Element Valley was the hiding place of many fire-attribute demon kings.
Geothermal fires burned there all year round, and it had existed since ancient times.
It was said that a tenth-order Fire Phoenix King was also hidden inside.
In addition, there were also several areas such as Rainbow Mist Canyon and Galewind Grassland, where many demon kings also lived in seclusion.
Zhang Ling wanted to find a high-grade spiritual vein to cultivate in seclusion, but these places were quite dangerous for him.
Although the Xuan Turtle had also become an eighth-order demon cultivator, he still didn't want to have too much contact with other demon cultivators.
The Black Jiaolong King, the Fire Phoenix King, the Thunder Peng King behind the Golden Feather, and the old man he saw in the Blazing Demon Mountain were all great demon kings of the demon race whose strength had reached the tenth order.
It was said that there were also several hidden great demon kings, all of whom were incredibly powerful.
In addition to other eighth and ninth-order demon cultivators, the entire demon race's power was extremely vast.
All of this information was told to the Xuan Turtle by the Golden Feather.
Zhang Ling was quite surprised after learning about it.
In his estimation, the number of transformed demons in the entire demon race was not as large as the number of Nascent Soul old monsters in the human race, but these demon kings would never fear the human race and would act even more recklessly.
It was also because of this that the human and demon races could maintain superficial harmony.
Of course, turbid Qi and desolate beasts were also important reasons.
In ancient times, when the Flowing Cloud Sea had not yet undergone changes in the world, the human and demon races often fought.
Zhang Ling didn't want to provoke these demon cultivators, so he had no choice but to settle for second best.
He couldn't find a high-grade spiritual vein, but there were many mid- and low-grade spiritual veins in the entire demon race's territory.
That was why he found this desolate mountain, drove away the demons entrenched here, and planned to cultivate in seclusion here for a period of time.
As for why he didn't return to Fire Cloud Island to cultivate, it was naturally because he had a better choice.
Of course, it was also because it was difficult to find a high-grade spiritual vein cave for him to cultivate in the human race's territory.
Originally, he had planned to rely on resisting desolate beasts to obtain a large number of merit points in exchange for a high-grade cave.
But this plan had fallen through because of the Xuan Turtle's advancement.
Now that the turbid Qi had receded and the desolate beast tide had basically been resolved, this opportunity had also disappeared.
It would be extremely difficult to find a high-grade spiritual vein in the human race's territory.
It would be better to stay in the Demon Wind Mountains for now.
Half an hour later, there were no more second-order or higher-level demons on the mountain.
Zhang Ling clapped his hands and summoned the Yin-Yang Gourd.
He cast a spell on it, and the gourd spun around, spraying out cyan and white Qi, which enveloped a sparkling stone, which was the spiritual eye stone he had brought out from the Abyss of Heaven.
At the same time, more than a dozen glittering array flags appeared in front of the Xuan Turtle.
"Spirit Gathering Formation.
With this spiritual eye stone, plus your current strength, the chances of successfully setting it up are very high.
Let's begin."
Zhang Ling whispered as he looked at the spiritual eye stone, and he and the Xuan Turtle began to set up the formation on the summit.
This spiritual eye stone came from a high-grade spiritual vein in the Abyss of Heaven.
It had already separated from that high-grade spiritual vein and was an independent spiritual object of heaven and earth.
Wearing it on his body was equivalent to carrying a mid-grade spiritual vein.
However, he already looked down on mid-grade spiritual veins.
One of the important reasons for choosing to cultivate in seclusion here was because the spiritual eye stone, plus a set of Spirit Gathering Formation, could increase the level of spiritual energy in an area.
However, the Spirit Gathering Formation was not an ordinary formation, and setting it up would create quite a commotion.
Choosing the Demon Wind Mountains, where there were few people, was the most suitable.
The Spirit Gathering Formation could connect to the earth veins and seal the nearby spiritual energy within a small area to increase the level of spiritual energy in this area.
After successful deployment, it could often make the spiritual energy in a small area several times richer.
However, few people used this formation, because it was a sealing formation.
It was said to connect to the earth veins, but in reality, it was cutting off the earth veins.
