"You go ahead, enter the Tian Que Palace with those demon cultivators. I'll follow behind you, providing an extra layer of safety." Zhang Ling calculated in his mind and immediately instructed the Black Turtle.
The Black Turtle nodded expressionlessly, and spiritual light emerged from its body. It instantly transformed into a streak of black light, flying away from the deserted island and disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Watching the Black Turtle leave, Zhang Ling chuckled and put away his thoughts, playing with the Thunder Spirit Shuttle and the Ying Kong Ling(应空灵: Echoing Spirit). He would take advantage of this time to familiarize himself with these two treasures.
Before long, Zhang Ling's second soul, controlling the Black Turtle, arrived at another island thousands of miles away.
It also seemed to be a deserted island, with an area of about a hundred miles. From a distance, one could see a patch of crimson red on the island.
A scan with divine sense revealed that it was a series of red bamboos, and the second soul instantly recognized them as a first-order Red Spirit Bamboo. In the center of the island, there was also a fiery red pool, which looked quite strange.
"Hehe, this Red Water Island is indeed easy to find."
The Black Turtle chuckled and flew directly towards the pool. This island was the place he had agreed to meet with Jin Yu.
Scanning the crimson pool with his divine sense, it seemed that this strange pool was not large, but as soon as his divine sense entered fifty or sixty feet, it was blocked by a layer of spiritual light.
Before he could determine whether this was a restriction placed by a cultivator, he sensed a wave of divine sense coming from underwater.
Then, a golden lightning bolt shot out from underwater, and a young man with a feathered crown and golden hair emerged. His gaze immediately noticed him, and he laughed, "Fellow Daoist Xuan Ling has finally arrived. You have indeed kept the appointment."
"Fellow Daoist Jin."
The Black Turtle also responded politely, and its escaping light accelerated, arriving above the pool.
"It's been decades since we last met, and your cultivation has increased a lot. Several fellow Daoists have been waiting for a long time below. Let me introduce you." Jin Yu sized up the Black Turtle and smiled, leading the Black Turtle directly into the pool.
The Black Turtle followed Jin Yu into the red pool. As soon as they entered, they could feel a sense of heat. The water was as hot as boiling water.
They were both demon cultivators, so this temperature naturally did not cause them any harm. There was also a group of dark black fish in the water, a considerable number, which were also a type of second-order demon beast. Their aura immediately startled these fish.
In a moment, they reached the bottom of the water. A sweep with divine sense revealed nothing, only sediment and boulders, as if it were just an ordinary pool.
"Fellow Daoist Xuan Ling, this way please. This Red Water Pool has been set up with an illusion by Fellow Daoist Dragon Crocodile, using the Illusion Spirit Pearl, which can easily hide from the senses of most cultivators." Jin Yu pointed in a direction and flew directly towards an uneven underwater stone wall.
Dragon Crocodile, it sounds like a transformed giant crocodile. The Black Turtle thought for a moment.
Approaching the stone wall, Jin Yu waved his hand and shot out a golden light, hitting it. The stone wall rippled like water, revealing an opening of several feet in size.
Without saying a word, Jin Yu walked in, and the Black Turtle scanned the inside with his divine sense and followed.
Inside the stone cave, there were some strange spiritual lights, which looked quite mysterious. One section after another of huge stone steps extended into the depths, looking like an underwater cave dwelling.
The light in the cave was emitted by some fist-sized pearls, scattered and inlaid on both sides of the stone wall, playing a lighting role similar to that of moonstones.
Walking down dozens of feet, a largest karst cave appeared in front of them.
The Black Turtle immediately sensed several divine senses. Turning his head, he found a giant irregular rock of more than ten feet in the center of the cave, like a huge table, with four strange-looking cultivators sitting next to it.
Upon closer inspection, each of them was a transformed demon cultivator, with extraordinary auras. The aura of a black-faced man was the strongest, actually a ninth-order demon cultivator.
This demon wore a black scale armor, was tall, and had a round head without a single hair. Most of his head was wrapped in black scales, with a scarlet tail wrapped around his waist, and a pair of blood-red eyes swept over without emotion.
Meeting this demon's gaze, Zhang Ling's second soul felt like he was being stared at by a giant beast, and a layer of white sweat rose on his back. The gazes of the other demons also looked over.
For a time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed a bit tense.
"Brother Dragon Crocodile, this is Fellow Daoist Xuan Ling that I mentioned before." Jin Yu smiled and introduced the Black Turtle to the demons.
"Not bad, judging by the aura of fellow Daoist, it is indeed a spiritual turtle transformation. With the addition of fellow Daoist Xuan Ling, it will save us a lot of trouble entering there." The Dragon Crocodile stared at the Black Turtle for a few glances, nodded with a chuckle. Then he glanced at the other demon cultivators, and his gaze fell on Jin Yu's face and asked.
"Now that we have gathered almost enough people, but the Tian Que Palace is full of dangers, and there are restrictions set by ancient cultivators. Even if our strength is not weak, it will not be easy to get any benefits from entering it. Will the human formation master that Fellow Daoist Jin said would come, really come."
"I have already contacted the human Nascent Soul cultivator. He will join us in two or three days at most, but when I contacted him before, he said that he would bring another human cultivator before he would cooperate with us." Jin Yu's words made Zhang Ling's heart move, it seemed that there were also human cultivators involved.
"Hmph, what if another human cultivator is added? Are we afraid of those two human cultivators?" A slender, cold-faced young man sitting next to him snorted disdainfully. He seemed to dislike human cultivators quite a bit.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, what if I say that person will bring a Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator?" Jin Yu said with a strange expression.
"Nascent Soul mid-stage, that's a bit troublesome." Fellow Daoist Liu's face darkened when he heard this.
The faces of the other demons also changed slightly, only the Dragon Crocodile had no expression on his face. He clapped his hands suddenly, making a muffled sound.
"Hehe, what is there to fear about two human cultivators? Even if they are two Nascent Soul mid-stage, we don't have to be afraid. If they want to join our treasure hunting, it is best to be a little keep their place, otherwise it will not be difficult for me to keep them here. Let's discuss the specific matters of treasure hunting."
Jin Yu glanced at a few people, seemingly not caring about an extra Nascent Soul mid-stage human cultivator, and said leisurely.
"Brother Long(龙: Dragon) is right, everyone was recruited by me, even if there is one more human Nascent Soul cultivator, they can't make any waves. The purpose of gathering everyone this time is to explore treasures. We are going to enter the Tian Que Palace to explore the treasures left by a Great Demon King thousands of years ago."
"Great Demon King, could it be the Black Underworld Turtle just mentioned, is this the tenth-order demon king suspected of fusing part of the essence of the True Spirit Black Tortoise? This demon king is extremely powerful, and it is rumored that he is qualified to impact the True Demon realm. But he mysteriously disappeared thousands of years ago, leaving only a inheritance on the Huang Yao Mountain, and no one knows where his true place of death is. Could it be that Brother Jin(金: Gold) has found the Black Underworld Turtle's(玄冥龟: Black Underworld Turtle) place of death?" A fat woman suddenly asked.
The Black Turtle also glanced at this woman. Although this woman was fat, her face was beautiful, with a strange sense of incongruity. He could also smell a floral fragrance emanating from her body, not knowing what kind of demon beast she had transformed from.
In addition, there was also a hemp clothing old man with a large nose sitting on the other side, holding a green jade wine pot in his hand, pouring and drinking by himself without saying a word, as if he did not care about the topics everyone was talking about.
But this old man was the second strongest among the demons present, besides the ninth-order Dragon Crocodile. It seemed that he was at the peak of the eighth-order demon cultivation, and it seemed that he was only one step away from breaking through.
"Madam Yan(燕: Swallow) is right, what I am talking about is the Black Water King." Jin Yu explained with a chuckle.
"In fact, this Black Underworld Demon King did not die because his lifespan was about to end. Once we demon cultivators successfully transform, our lifespans are basically much higher than those of human cultivators of the same rank. What's more, this demon king belongs to the spiritual turtle, which is even more long-lived, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the tenth order, so it is possible to survive for eight or nine thousand years. As far as I know, the Black Underworld Turtle was only more than five thousand years old when he disappeared. It is absolutely impossible to die of old age, and it is possible to leave a inheritance in Huang Yao Mountain, which may be intentional. As for his true place of death, it was more than a hundred years ago that my master entered and exited the Tian Que Palace once and accidentally discovered it. A broken turtle shell was found in the Black Water Pool of the Tian Que Palace, which can prove that it is the true place of death of the Black Underworld Turtle."
As Jin Yu spoke, a piece of black turtle shell fragment, as large as ten feet, fell on the stone platform in front of everyone with a bang.
It immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the Black Turtle also looked at this turtle shell. The second soul in his body was stunned. He did not expect that Jin Yu had such a complete turtle shell in his hand.
Decades ago, before separating from this demon, he gave him a piece of turtle shell, which seemed to be a small piece knocked off from this complete turtle shell.
This turtle shell looked huge, but the demons present immediately recognized that it was just a piece of turtle shell from a giant turtle.
This turtle shell was ink black, and it also emitted a layer of phosphorescence. The surface of the entire turtle shell also showed circles of strange patterns like eyes, adding a bit of mystery.
The Dragon Crocodile, who had the highest cultivation level present, saw the turtle shell, his eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth and sprayed out a ball of strange black mist, which turned into a miniature crocodile and fell on the turtle shell in a flash.
Suddenly, the entire turtle shell trembled, and the miniature crocodile was instantly squeezed out. The spiritual pattern patterns on the turtle shell seemed to come alive, and a vague shadow of a giant turtle emerged in an instant.
The giant turtle shadow was extremely spiritual. It stared at the miniature crocodile at once, sucked it in with a big mouth, and the miniature crocodile was directly swallowed. The giant turtle shadow roared silently, and a special spiritual pressure suddenly rose.
Fellow Daoist Liu(柳: Willow) and Madam Yan(燕: Swallow) were both shocked by the giant turtle shadow, and protective spiritual light involuntarily appeared on their bodies.
The Black Turtle's sense was even more real, and he stood up all of a sudden. The feeling that this giant turtle shadow gave him was exactly the same as the Xuan Ming Turtle(玄冥龟: Black Underworld Turtle) statue he had touched in Huang Yao Mountain before.
"The head is like a true dragon, the tail is like a spiritual snake, it is indeed a turtle snake. The remaining aura has such a spiritual pressure." The hemp clothing old man, who had not spoken all the time, also stared at the giant turtle shadow with golden light in his eyes and laughed.
Finally, the old man looked at Jin Yu and asked with a sneer.
"It seems that what brother Jin(金: Gold) said is true, but I have a question. Since Senior Lei Peng(雷鹏: Thunder Peng) had discovered the burial place of the Black Underworld Turtle before, why didn't he explore the treasure directly, but asked brother Jin(金: Gold) to summon me? Could it be that Senior Lei Peng(雷鹏: Thunder Peng) will also go this time?"
The hemp clothing old man's doubts made everyone come back to their senses, and their eyes fell on Jin Yu again, waiting for his answer.
Jin Yu smiled helplessly, shook his head and explained.
"If fellow Daoist Feng(风: Wind) doesn't ask, I will also explain it to you. My master entered and exited the Tian Que Palace that time to find other things. It was an accidental discovery to find this turtle shell and determine the place of death of the Black Underworld Turtle. Therefore, he was also seriously injured and is still recuperating. I gathered a few people this time for this matter. If we really find the remains of the Black Underworld Turtle, I want to give priority to obtaining the Black Underworld Turtle's(玄冥龟: Black Underworld Turtle) demon core to heal my master. As for other treasures, how about we divide them equally at that time? The Black Underworld Turtle has roamed for thousands of years and is quite proficient in artifact refining. He has killed many powerful enemies in his lifetime, and the treasures left behind will definitely not disappoint you."
"Senior Lei Peng(雷鹏: Thunder Peng) also suffered injuries with his tenth-order cultivation, so even if we find that place, it will not be without dangers." Madam Yan(燕: Swallow) keenly noticed some information in Jin Yu's words and exclaimed.
The cultivators present who were able to gather here all knew Jin Yu's identity. Not to mention how strong this demon's strength was, the Thunder Peng Demon King behind him was a tenth-order Great Demon King.
The tenth-order demon king was injured in the Tian Que Palace, and everyone couldn't help but worry.
"Fellow Daoists, rest assured, my master was injured because he was unprepared and mistakenly entered there, and was backfired by the ancient restriction existing there. After returning, my master consulted a lot of classics and recognized that the restriction there was the Evil Water Formation set up by ancient cultivators. This time, the formation master I specially invited happened to have a treasure that can break this formation, so we don't have to worry too much about safety."
Hearing this, everyone understood the purpose of Jin Yu gathering them.
Although some ancient formation restriction handed down are extremely powerful, as long as they are prepared, with the cooperation of these old monsters, they naturally do not have to worry too much.
The cultivators present have all lived for hundreds of years, and basically all except the Black Turtle are demon cultivators who have lived for thousands of years. Since they knew the place of death of a Great Demon King, they would naturally not retreat.
For their level of cultivation, whether it is demon cultivation or human Nascent Soul cultivation, it takes a very long time to break through their cultivation through ordinary meditation.
They are all calculated in hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years.
It is possible that they will not be able to break through a small realm in hundreds of years.
The speed at which the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by Nascent Soul cultivators during meditation is basically equal to the medicinal power of many pills.
Even if Zhang Ling has the auxiliary of mysterious small beads and does not lack three or four grade pills, with the current cultivation progress, it will take at least a hundred years to touch the peak of the early stage of Nascent Soul.
Therefore, they will not easily give up this kind of profitable opportunity. This little risk will naturally not scare them away.
