Other cultivators are here!
Zhang Ling stood up immediately upon hearing this. He contacted his second soul and learned about the situation outside.
It turned out that several days had passed from the moment he sensed the opportunity for a breakthrough, took the Core Formation Pill, and condensed his Nascent Soul.
Half an hour ago, the natural phenomenon produced by condensing the Nascent Soul was quite significant, changing the spiritual energy in the surrounding hundred miles. Although the phenomenon has now disappeared, it seems that some cultivators have sensed the changes here.
"We're leaving here," Zhang Ling said, his expression becoming serious as he immediately decided to leave.
He had just successfully broken through, and his realm was not yet stable. He didn't want to encounter other cultivators, especially since the newcomers were likely Nascent Soul cultivators or demon cultivators.
Zhang Ling and Xuan Gui acted quickly. Xuan Gui collected the items from the cave, while he directly collected the formation plate and spirit stones of the Spirit Gathering Formation.
Then, without stopping, he transformed into a beam of light, left the cave, and arrived at the top of the mountain, collecting the Cloud Gathering Formation and several other formations he had set up there.
After doing all this, Zhang Ling looked around and noticed the cold wind howling outside, with thick ice and snow accumulated everywhere. It turned out it was already winter. It seemed his seclusion had been short.
Then, he released his divine sense to check the surroundings. His divine sense instantly covered a range of more than ten miles, but he didn't find any other cultivators.
However, Xuan Gui was his second soul and would never lie. As his divine sense continued to expand outward, reaching more than sixty miles away, Zhang Ling's expression changed slightly, and he quickly withdrew his divine sense, transforming into a beam of light and flying away in one direction.
Although his released divine sense hadn't seen any traces of other cultivators, he had sensed two other strands of divine sense more than sixty miles away to the south. Those two strands of divine sense were quite dense, obviously belonging to Nascent Soul-level cultivators.
The next moment, the thousand-foot peak beneath his feet suddenly trembled with a booming sound. Xuan Gui also flew out of the cave and flew away with him.
After a cup of tea's time, a beam of fire and a beam of green light flew from the southern sky, revealing two figures.
The figure in the green light was a refined man, very handsome, with a somewhat demonic look in his eyes. This person looked in the direction Zhang Ling and Xuan Gui had left, and frowned. "Qing Hu, do you recognize the person and demon who just left?"
Next to the refined man was a burly man with a beard. This man was tall, with several claw marks on his face, as if he had been scratched by some kind of monster. He also looked in the direction Zhang Ling had left.
If Zhang Ling hadn't already left, he would have immediately recognized the refined man as Qing Hu Wang, the demon king of Hidden Demon Valley, and the burly man next to him also seemed to be a demon king.
Qing Hu Wang didn't answer his companion's words. The burly man didn't seem to mind and said in a muffled voice.
"The spiritual energy here changed dramatically just now. It looks like it was caused by the actions of that person and demon. Maybe there's some opportunity here."
The burly man narrowed his eyes and looked around, instantly locking onto the thousand-foot peak where Zhang Ling had established his cave. He transformed into a beam of light again and landed in the mountain, beginning to search.
Qing Hu Wang didn't move, still standing in mid-air, only glancing down before ignoring it, seemingly not caring about any opportunities. He continued to look in the direction Zhang Ling had left and whispered something.
"It seems to be that kid Zhang. This kid seems to have condensed a Nascent Soul... Uh, could the commotion just now have been a Nascent Soul phenomenon?"
Although he hadn't seen the two figures who had just left, he had detected a trace of a familiar aura as soon as he arrived here through the remaining aura of this place.
After careful sensing, he instantly determined that the familiar aura was that of the human kid he had had some interaction with.
The kid Zhang was strong and dared to enter the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm and come out unscathed, he was not an ordinary person. He had previously divided four lotus seeds of the Rootless Lotus, if he added some opportunities, it was really possible to condense a Nascent Soul.
It's just that the other aura was obviously an eighth-order demon cultivator. How could this kid be mixed up with a demon cultivator? Could it be that he was protecting him?
Qing Hu Wang had this thought, but it seemed unlikely. After these transformed demon cultivators had their intelligence opened, they were all extremely arrogant. Even they, the demon kings of Hidden Demon Valley, had many who disliked the human race, how could they protect a human cultivator? Moreover, this was still the demon race's territory.
"Hey, Qing Hu, there's a cave in this mountain. It looks like it was left by the person who just left, but it's been destroyed, but according to the remaining spiritual power fluctuations, that person has been in seclusion here for a long time. And just now, his cultivation seemed to have increased greatly. It seems that it may be a human cultivator's Nascent Soul phenomenon. Should we chase after him? Maybe we can get some gains." At this time, the burly cultivator flew out of the mountain and came to some conclusions.
"If Brother Chi Dan wants to chase after him, I won't accompany you. That person has already successfully formed a Nascent Soul, and there's another demon cultivator beside him. Whether we can get any benefits is another matter. Our agreement with Bai Long is coming soon, and there are still many things to prepare."
"Since you're not interested, then forget it. Our agreement is the important thing. This time, we also have to meet those old demons, and time is not abundant."
The burly cultivator heard Qing Hu Wang's words, touched his chin, and gave up the idea of chasing after him. Then they quickly left this place.
Zhang Ling naturally didn't know these things, unknowingly resolving a crisis.
At this moment, he and Xuan Gui were flying quickly, looking like they were fleeing for their lives. His divine sense was constantly spreading behind him, always paying attention to the changes around him, to prevent the two auras he had sensed earlier from catching up.
With the condensation of the Nascent Soul, his divine sense had also greatly increased. At this time, releasing all his divine sense power could cover an area of more than ninety miles.
This was still the case when the realm had not yet stabilized. If the Nascent Soul was more stable, covering an area of a hundred miles would not be a problem. If the divine sense power was used to check in a single direction, it could even reach more than two hundred miles.
Moreover, the divine sense observation was also more subtle, with a qualitative leap compared to before.
At the same time, the flying speed had also greatly increased. In a short period of a cup of tea, he had flown hundreds of miles. Seeing that there were no enemies, Zhang Ling also relaxed.
After changing directions several times with Xuan Gui, until they had flown thousands of miles, they landed in a mountain forest, quickly opened up a secret cave, and Zhang Ling began to consolidate his newly formed Nascent Soul.
Having flown so far, he believed it was safe enough. Now, consolidating his cultivation was the most important thing.
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