Zhang Ling shook his head with a wry smile, took out a map, and instantly found an island called Wuling Island.
Wuling Island was located in this sea of flowing clouds, the place Ye Zimei had just arranged to meet via voice transmission. It wasn't far from here, only a day or two away.
This real sea of flowing clouds was extremely vast, basically encompassing the areas where the human and demon races lived, as well as the desolate region.
The endless sea of clouds was not suitable for the survival of the human and demon races, not only because of the constantly changing environment, but also because there were basically no land islands.
It was said that there were originally a small number of continental fragments, forming some floating islands. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, coupled with the frequent strong winds in the sea of clouds, these islands were all destroyed into flowing rubble, with only a few windless areas retaining a few floating islands.
Wuling Island was one such floating island in a windless area in the sea of clouds.
Zhang Ling identified a direction and turned into a ray of light, intending to leave directly. But just as he flew two or three hundred feet away from the colorful mist, he suddenly noticed two Nascent Soul cultivators'遁光 not far away.
He glanced at them indifferently, but those two rays of light seemed to have noticed him as well, and their speed suddenly increased as they sped towards him, seemingly taking him as their target.
Zhang Ling's expression changed. Could they be rogue cultivators who specialize in robbing other cultivators? But he quickly dismissed the thought.
These were two Nascent Soul cultivators. Why would they lower themselves to become rogue cultivators? Moreover, even if they were two Nascent Soul cultivators, robbing another Nascent Soul cultivator would not be beneficial to them.
At their level of cultivation, even if they couldn't defeat their opponent, it would be difficult for two or three cultivators of the same level to stop them if they were determined to escape.
While Zhang Ling was thinking, he also increased his speed, deciding to ignore the two and leave directly.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait."
The two rays of light actually increased their speed again, closing the distance with him, and a loud voice came from one of them.
"What do you two mean by this?"
Zhang Ling's heart sank, and he snorted coldly.
"Haha, fellow Daoist, don't misunderstand. We are the law enforcement elders of Myriad Manifestation City. We would like to ask you some questions. Would you mind sparing some time?" A pleasant voice came from the other ray of light, sounding like a young woman.
Zhang Ling scanned the two rays of light with his divine sense and saw the figures inside clearly: a man with a big beard and a middle-aged beautiful woman in colorful clothes, both of whom were at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
"Even if you two are elders of Myriad Manifestation City, it's not justified to stop me for no reason, is it?"
After hearing that they were elders of Myriad Manifestation City, Zhang Ling also stopped his escape and sized up the two. The colorful-clothed woman's cultivation was slightly higher, not to be ignored.
But he was not afraid, looking at the two and sneering slightly.
"Fellow Daoist, please forgive us. Please allow us to apologize to you first, but we really have something to ask you. If you don't trust us, this is the elder token of Myriad Manifestation City, which can prove our identity. We have no malicious intent, but we are tracking down a cultivator of the same level. I wonder if you can reveal your true appearance."
The beautiful woman bowed politely and said courteously. At the same time, she took out a bronze token.
Zhang Ling glanced at the token and recognized that it was indeed the elder token of Myriad Manifestation City.
The big-bearded man also cupped his fist at him and laughed. "Fellow Daoist, do you believe us now? As long as you reveal your true appearance and let us check, we will never make things difficult for you."
Zhang Ling's expression became extremely ugly upon hearing this man's words.
At the same time, spiritual power surged within him, and two flying swords appeared in front of him, emitting a low hum. Blue sword light flowed on the sword bodies, as if he would strike at the slightest disagreement.
The colorful-clothed woman and the big-bearded man's expressions also changed slightly upon seeing this, and they also manifested their spiritual light, adopting a vigilant stance.
The atmosphere between the three became tense.
Zhang Ling looked at the two, wondering what their purpose was. From what they said, they seemed to be tracking down a cultivator. Could they be looking for an enemy?
The two were also elders of Myriad Manifestation City, so it seemed that the cultivator they were looking for was not simple. But regardless of whether what they said was true or false, Zhang Ling would not inexplicably allow them to check his identity.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, the colorful-clothed woman glanced at the big-bearded cultivator beside her. She secretly cursed her companion for speaking so directly, angering the Nascent Soul cultivator in front of them. Perhaps the atmosphere would have been much better if they had been more tactful.
"Fellow Daoist, why be so nervous? We have no intention of offending you. How about this, as long as you remove the spiritual light of the Mixed Spirit Wood on your body, this bottle of White Jade Pills will be our apology to you, what do you think?"
Sighing inwardly, the beautiful woman also flipped her hand and took out a white porcelain bottle. The bottle cap was instantly opened, and a full ten white jade-like pills floated out from inside, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.
Zhang Ling sneered inwardly. He didn't expect the beautiful woman to suddenly take out ten White Jade Pills. Ordinary cultivators would probably agree to this condition.
But he was not lacking in this kind of pill. The Purple Jade Pills he usually took for cultivation were much better than this kind of pill. White Jade Pills were also fourth-grade pills, which were also a kind of pill to improve mana for cultivators in the early stage of Nascent Soul. Ten White Jade Pills were worth tens of thousands of spiritual stones.
But this made Zhang Ling's expression even gloomier. Seeing this posture, the two would not simply let him leave. If he refused, they might fight.
This was not his intention. Although he was not afraid of the two, being entangled by two Nascent Soul old monsters would inevitably attract some trouble.
Just as Zhang Ling was hesitating, suddenly, a light chime sounded from the big-bearded man's body.
The man's expression changed, and with a wave of his hand, a square piece of white jade appeared, only the size of a thumb, with some spiritual patterns engraved on it. It seemed to be a special magic weapon. At this moment, the jade stone was trembling slightly, and a few light spots appeared on it.
The big-bearded man quickly reached out and pointed at the jade stone, sensed it, and then said to the colorful-clothed woman with great joy. "Senior Brother Linghe seems to have a situation over there. He seems to have tracked down that cultivator. He's calling us to join forces and besiege that person."
"Hehe, that's great, let's hurry up and join them. By the way, fellow Daoist, I'm sorry, we were a little abrupt just now. This bottle of White Jade Pills is all our apology." The colorful-clothed woman smiled and nodded, and also threw the jade bottle in her hand towards Zhang Ling, saying apologetically.
Then the two ignored him and, with a flash of spiritual light on their bodies, drove their escape light and quickly flew towards the other side.
Watching the two leave, Zhang Ling felt a little inexplicable. Within a few breaths, the two flew to the horizon, turning into two small dots and disappearing.
But within the range of his divine sense, the two were circling the colorful mist where the Cangyun Pavilion was located, flying towards the other side.
It seemed that their companions had found their target and were calling them for support. And the Spirit Crane Daoist mentioned by the big man just now, could it be that Spirit Crane True Person?
A trace of ferocity appeared in Zhang Ling's eyes. These two were also elders of Myriad Manifestation City, so it seemed that the Spirit Crane Daoist they mentioned might really be this Spirit Crane True Person.
This reminded him of some bad memories. Before, he met Madam Cao in the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, as well as the strange Nascent Soul who controlled his corpse bear. Later, during the escape process, he originally planned to use the teleportation array to leave the secret realm, but at that time he met Spirit Crane True Person and another elder of Myriad Manifestation City, and was almost killed.
Although he successfully activated the teleportation array, he was mistakenly teleported to the fifth level of the Heavenly Abyss, the Green Spirit Sea, and was teleported to a ruin at the bottom of the sea. It took him a lot of effort to leave, and later he encountered the Xuan Turtle, which was another life-and-death situation, and he almost couldn't get out of the secret realm.
It could be said that he had some grudges with this Spirit Crane True Person.
Zhang Ling's eyes flashed coldly. It wasn't until the big-bearded cultivator and the colorful-clothed woman had left more than ten miles away that he withdrew his divine sense and snorted coldly.
Now he was also a Nascent Soul cultivator, so naturally he was no longer afraid of Spirit Crane True Person. If he followed him now, he might be able to find trouble with this person.
Zhang Ling suddenly had this thought in his mind, but after thinking about it, he gave up this plan.
After all, judging from the posture of these Myriad Manifestation City elders, they seemed to be besieging some cultivator, which would inevitably lead to a fierce battle. Maybe there was some danger, so it was better to leave this place first.
He didn't know who it was, but he actually made several elders of Myriad Manifestation City wait outside the Cangyun Pavilion to check the cultivators who came out.
Zhang Ling sneered, glanced at the jade pendant floating in front of him, and with a flick of the flying sword, a sword light shattered the jade bottle, and the White Jade Pills inside instantly turned into powder.
He no longer hesitated, turned into a yellow light, and quickly left this place.
On the other hand, the colorful-clothed woman and the big-bearded cultivator were flying away quickly. In a short time, they crossed a hundred miles and were constantly approaching a battlefield two hundred miles away.
There, a great battle was breaking out, with two cultivators besieging a strange cloud of yellow.
From the yellow cloud, rays of green light shot out, like sword lights, carrying sharp cutting sounds, spreading around and stirring up a cloud of mist.
Countless green lights shot out, but they were swallowed by a larger mass of broad blue water, only stirring up splashes of water.
The source of the blue water was a black treasure bottle more than ten feet in size.
This treasure condensed a powerful water-attribute spiritual power, constantly turning into water and gushing out, like a stream, gathering into a blue water flow, surrounding the yellow cloud.
And the one controlling the treasure bottle was actually a ninth-order demon cultivator.
This demon revealed a half-demon form, with a human body, but with a ferocious blue dragon head. Its hands were also covered with cyan-black scales. As it danced, it shot out black spiritual lights, which merged into the treasure bottle.
The black treasure bottle slowly rotated, revealing water-like, dark blue spiritual patterns, dyeing the entire treasure bottle dark blue.
On the other side, there was also a fat, blue-robed old Taoist riding a golden fairy crane, who was the Spirit Crane True Person. His whole body was surging with spiritual power, erupting with the strength of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm. He was waving a horsetail whisk burning with red light in his hand.
He sprinkled dense red threads, covering a large area of the sky, all shooting towards the yellow cloud surrounded by the blue water.
Although these threads were red, they were strangely like water droplets, hitting the yellow cloud and making a tinkling sound like raindrops.
The horsetail whisk threads danced wildly, and the yellow cloud was actually shrinking rapidly, shrinking by more than half in a moment, revealing a tall figure inside.
Judging from the situation, they, one human and one demon, had the upper hand, and it seemed that it would not be a problem to solve the cultivator in the yellow cloud.
"Huh, no, this is not that person's true body."
Suddenly, Spirit Crane True Person seemed to have discovered something, his face sank, and with a wave of the horsetail whisk in his hand, countless red light threads condensed together, turning into a red whip more than thirty feet long, with a powerful force of breaking wind, and hit the yellow cloud with a bang.
This blow was extremely powerful, instantly scattering a lot of the yellow cloud that had shrunk by more than half.
And in his eyes, the figure in the yellow cloud also became blurred. The figure smiled strangely, glanced in the direction of Spirit Crane True Person, and sneered.
"You thought you could trap me with this imitation Sea Overturning Bottle pseudo-spiritual treasure, you are really wishful thinking. My true body is already thousands of miles away. If you have the guts, chase after me."
While the figure was speaking, the blurry figure swayed, spitting out a golden light ball. Between the expansion and contraction of the light ball, the scattered yellow mist was instantly absorbed into it, turning into a golden light ball more than thirty feet in size, emitting a dazzling light.
"Not good, retreat quickly."
Seeing this scene, the demon cultivator and Spirit Crane True Person's expressions changed, and they quickly retreated to the back while urging their magic.
Golden light shot out, and a earth-shattering loud noise rang out. The light ball exploded instantly, forming a strong shock wave that swept the surrounding two or three hundred feet. The entire sky shook, and a strong wind pressure, like sword light, swept a large area.
After the golden light dissipated, only the Spirit Crane True Person and the demon cultivator were left with their faces covered in dust.
The demon cultivator's situation was better, surrounded by a stream of water, resisting most of the impact. And as a dragon, his physical body was also extremely strong, and he was not injured.
On the contrary, the Spirit Crane True Person in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm was wearing ragged clothes, and the red horsetail whisk in his hand was inexplicably shortened. His face was extremely ugly.
"Spirit Crane, who did your Myriad Manifestation City offend? This person's clone actually held us two back for so long. It's not a wise move to be an enemy with this kind of cultivator."
The blue dragon demon cultivator's face was also not good-looking. With a flash of spiritual light on his body, the half-demonized body turned into a middle-aged cultivator wearing a high crown and a blue brocade robe. He looked quite handsome.
This demon cultivator cast several spells on the black treasure bottle on his head, and the treasure turned around and was swallowed into his abdomen.
"Cough cough, if possible, how would we want to provoke such a strong enemy? This person's strength is comparable to a great cultivator in the later stage." Spirit Crane True Person coughed a few times, swallowed a pill, and then said with a wry smile after his breath improved.
