Then everyone learned some details from Jin Yu and discussed the specific actions. They agreed that they would set off immediately after the arrival of the human race formation mage.
In order not to reveal this matter, everyone also made a mental demon oath.
The demon cultivators have greatly opened their spiritual intelligence, so like the human race cultivators, they will inevitably develop mental demons during the cultivation process. The mental demon oath is a restraint between high-level cultivators. This kind of restraint is actually reliable, but no one will break their promise without reason after making a mental demon oath.
Three days later, in an open space not far from the Red Water Pool, Jin Yu and Dragon Crocodile were already waiting there early.
Soon, Xuan Turtle, Madam Yan, Fellow Taoist Liu, and the hemp-clothed old man also arrived. They chatted casually, occasionally looking up at the sky, as if waiting for something.
They were indeed waiting for the human race formation mage that Jin Yu mentioned. Today was the last time Jin Yu summoned them. If the formation mage didn't come, they would have to go directly.
As for giving up the treasure hunt, naturally no one would mention it.
Xuan Turtle sat cross-legged on a boulder, seemingly closing his eyes to rest. The second primordial spirit in his body was communicating with the main primordial spirit hundreds of miles away, transmitting the situation here back to the other side.
In a vast cloud of mist more than four hundred miles away, Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly and quietly hid in the clouds, also sensing the transmitted information.
According to the news Xuan Turtle had obtained in the past few days, the ninth-order Dragon Crocodile was a giant crocodile with Flood Dragon bloodline and powerful strength. It had many connections with the Flood Dragon clan.
Not to mention Jin Yu, whose strength was also not weak, and even had a trace of true spirit bloodline, making him the fastest among the demons. Even the ninth-order Dragon Crocodile couldn't compare.
In addition, even Jin Yu didn't know what the hemp-clothed old man's true form was, only calling him Old Demon Feng.
The slender Fellow Taoist Liu, who called himself Liu Qing, seemed to be a green snake. Xuan Turtle could sense a strong poisonous aura on him, so he was also not simple.
As for the plump Madam Yan, according to Jin Yu, her true form was a Red-Winged Swallow, who had been cultivating in the fire element valley in the demon race territory for many years, and had developed a kind of Red Flame Divine Power, extremely good at using fire attribute divine powers.
Although their goal was the treasure left by the tenth-order Mysterious Turtle, they would also explore other areas, perhaps with other gains. These situations had been roughly determined before Xuan Turtle discussed with them.
Following a few demon cultivators to break into the Heavenly Palace, even if they encountered ancient restrictions or dangers, as long as they shared the risks, it seemed that nothing could trap these old monsters.
With the addition of a formation mage, such a lineup was indeed qualified to break into the Heavenly Palace, and it was even possible to directly reach the most core area of the Heavenly Palace.
As for why Jin Yu wanted to pull Xuan Turtle into this treasure hunt, Zhang Ling had previously instructed Xuan Turtle to specifically ask about it.
According to this demon, the burial place of the Mysterious Turtle was in the Black Water Pool in the Heavenly Palace. In addition to the ancient formations and restrictions, the Black Water Pool had long been occupied by the Mysterious Turtle and used as a water mansion.
Some of the restrictions had been modified by the Mysterious Turtle. Only those who were also spirit turtles could truly obtain the Mysterious Turtle's inheritance and remains. To break the final restriction, Xuan Turtle, the transformed turtle demon, was naturally indispensable.
Zhang Ling only needed to follow behind them to enter the Heavenly Palace, and the danger would be much smaller. He could also act as a backup to support Xuan Turtle. As for the Azure Spirit Flower he wanted to pick, it grew in the area under Mount Qionghua.
The location of Mount Qionghua was right next to the Black Water Pool. As long as he passed the Black Water Pool, he would be in the area of Mount Qionghua, which reduced a lot of danger. With the Empty Response Bell in hand, Zhang Ling could act alone, and as long as he didn't wander around in the Heavenly Palace, there would be no great risk.
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After Xuan Turtle and the others waited for more than half an hour, they finally waited for a ray of light. The spiritual senses of the demons were not weak. When the ray of light approached Red Water Island, they sensed it.
Xuan Turtle looked up at the sky, and a white light flew out of a cloud, extremely fast. A white jade flying chariot arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye.
"Fellow Taoist Jin, this old man was delayed by some trivial matters, making you fellow Taoists wait for a long time. I'm really sorry..." The flying chariot landed more than ten feet away from the crowd. The white light dissipated, and four cultivators walked out.
The white jade flying chariot also spun around and was collected by one of the red-faced old men with disheveled hair.
The speaker was this old man. The gazes of Jin Yu and the others instantly fell on the four human race cultivators.
The red-faced old man looked unkempt, with messy black hair. Judging from the spiritual pressure on his body, he was also a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Standing next to him was a middle-aged couple, both with late stage Golden Core cultivation.
The gazes of the demons only glanced at them before falling on the last cultivator.
That was a female cultivator wrapped in a black robe. Her face could not be seen clearly, and she wore a strange metal mask of gold and silver that covered most of her face. However, from the exposed skin, it could be seen that this person was not old, but the spiritual pressure on her body was much stronger, and she was a powerhouse in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
"Haha, Fellow Taoist Wan can come as agreed. We are more than happy. Naturally, we welcome you. With the assistance of your formation attainments, the success rate of our trip will be greatly increased. I wonder... how should we address this fellow Taoist?" Jin Yu laughed and waved his hand, asking the masked female cultivator.
The gazes of Dragon Crocodile and the others were also scanning this woman, especially Dragon Crocodile, whose gaze towards this woman was quite unkind.
"Greetings, fellow Taoists." The masked woman also glanced at everyone and replied coldly. Her voice did not contain a trace of emotion.
Swept by her gaze, everyone had a special feeling, as if they had been seen through. Although her face could not be seen clearly, the gaze she swept over was filled with golden light, which was quite strange.
This feeling was only for a moment. Xuan Turtle happened to see the pupils in this woman's eyes change strangely. He seemed to see two pupils in this woman's eyes, one was a normal human pupil, and the other was a strange golden pupil.
But in the blink of an eye, this woman's eyes returned to normal. Looking at her gaze again, it was just a cold and emotionless gaze.
Could this woman have heterochromia and be a double-pupiled person?
The second primordial spirit in Xuan Turtle's body came up with this idea. He glanced at Jin Yu and the other demons. They seemed to have also discovered this woman's unusualness, and some surprised expressions appeared on their faces.
A mysterious Nascent Soul realm cultivator naturally attracted their attention. But this kind of gaze flashed across the faces of the old demons, and they all returned to their normal mentality.
"This is Fairy Yue. She was invited by Wan to assist. You fellow Taoists will not refuse, right?" The old man surnamed Wan also introduced the black-robed woman to everyone.
"So it's Fairy Yue. Hehe, with the addition of the fairy, our strength will be greatly increased. However, Fellow Taoist Wan, why did you bring two juniors here? Are they also going to enter the Heavenly Palace together? I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Dragon Crocodile turned his gaze to the middle-aged couple who only had the strength of the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and asked with a fake smile.
The two Golden Core cultivators were immediately at a loss and dared not meet Dragon Crocodile's gaze.
"Fellow Taoist, don't worry. These two are Wan's personal disciples. Their attainments in formation are not weak. I brought them here to assist this old man in setting up and breaking formations. Wan will take good care of them."
"That's good. Since there is nothing inappropriate, let's set off now. I will tell you the specific matters on the way." Jin Yu greeted a few people, and their team of exactly ten people set off, flying all the way towards the southwest.
Xuan Turtle landed in a position near the rear, and with a slight movement of his mind, he transmitted information to Zhang Ling. Zhang Ling, who was four hundred miles away, received the message and also shook his body, following far behind.
To be careful, he was also wearing a spirit-hiding gauze and a shape-shifting mud.
After Zhang Ling entered the Nascent Soul stage, he could clearly sense the situation on Xuan Turtle's side as long as he was within five or six hundred miles. The situation seen by the second primordial spirit would be synchronized.
Within a thousand miles, as long as he moved his mind, he could accurately give orders to Xuan Turtle. Of course, the farther the distance, the weaker the connection between the two. Once Xuan Turtle was tens of thousands of miles away, the sensing between the two would not be so accurate.
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More than a month later, in the endless sea of clouds, a very large thundercloud storm covered a range of hundreds of miles.
At this moment, in the dark black thundercloud, there was a golden light group more than ten feet in size, quickly shuttling through. Countless lightning flashes outside the light group, and the momentum was extremely terrifying.
However, the lightning bolts that submerged into the light group seemed to be absorbed, without any waves.
Xuan Turtle and the others were now in the golden light. Flying at the front was Jin Yu. This demon was originally a demon clan transformed from a thunder attribute heaven and earth spirit beast, and he was even more like a fish in water in the thundercloud.
In his hand, he held a golden orb, like a demon core, but it was engraved with many cyan and purple spirit patterns, and it was more like a refined magic weapon. The golden thunder and lightning circles emitted by the orb, which protected everyone, were woven from the thunder and lightning emitted by the orb.
"Fellow Taoist Wan, we have been in this thundercloud for a long time, and we haven't come out yet. Is the direction wrong?" Jin Yu suddenly looked back at the old man Wan and asked.
"Fellow Taoist Jin, don't worry, just keep going forward. The outer periphery of the Heavenly Palace has a radius of thousands of miles with chaotic spiritual energy, and there is also a strong layer of astral wind. Although the range of this thundercloud that we explored before was not large, it is flowing with us. Now it seems that we have not passed through this thundercloud, but in fact, we have advanced thousands of miles into this area. According to the compass in this old man's hand, the location of the Heavenly Palace is in front, there will be no mistake." The old man Wan shook a black jade compass in his hand and said casually.
"Hehe, as long as the direction is right." Jin Yu responded and did not say anything more. He supported the golden thunder light cover and continued to fly forward. Xuan Turtle and the others naturally followed closely, always within the range of the golden thunder light.
The ten people in the team formed a circle, and every time they passed an area, they changed one person to resist the harsh environment outside. Only the old man Wan, who was a formation mage, and his two disciples were in the center position. This could reduce the spiritual power consumption of everyone.
The compass in the old man Wan's hand was a spiritual power compass that he had specially refined. In this chaotic environment, it could also guide the direction, making it difficult for everyone to get lost.
Xuan Turtle was on the far left side of the team, and he couldn't help but sigh at the unusually chaotic spiritual energy outside.
Of course, although the outside environment was extremely harsh, it would not cause too much trouble for demons and Nascent Soul cultivators like them.
At most, in order to adapt to the changing environment, they had to prop up a defensive shield and consume some spiritual power.
With a slight movement of his mind, the second primordial spirit transmitted the surrounding situation to the main primordial spirit. He would communicate with the main primordial spirit every half an hour.
In the outermost cloud of the thundercloud area, more than three hundred miles away from them, a faint yellow spiritual light was also moving quickly, and a faint figure inside was Zhang Ling.
Sensing the information transmitted by Xuan Turtle, Zhang Ling closely followed the rapidly moving thundercloud in front of him.
Behind him, there was also a large black cloud, but there was no thunder, just a dark cloud, but it was also moving quickly, and there were bursts of strange rumbling and booming sounds. Large swathes of snowflakes, mixed with the sound of rain, were constantly falling, and a blizzard was falling.
Zhang Ling was in the junction area of the thundercloud and the blizzard. The rapidly changing environment around him gave him a sense of novelty. He was covered in a faint layer of body-protecting spiritual light, and the changing environment outside naturally had no impact on him.
Even without the body-protecting spiritual light, the Bodhi rosary he wore on his right hand, with the effect of the beads to avoid cold, avoid fire, etc., was enough to resist the discomfort caused by the rapidly changing environment.
This string of rosary originally only had seven beads strung on it, but now there are eight beads worn on the hand, with an inconspicuous gray-black wooden bead.
The extra wooden bead is actually the most valuable bead on this string of rosary, because it is a bead carved from soul-nurturing wood.
The soul-nurturing wood card that Zhang Ling wore on his body all year round is now worn by Ding Ruozhao. Therefore, he cut off a small piece of soul-nurturing wood and carved it into a wooden bead, which was directly strung on the Bodhi rosary, making this string of rosary into eight beads, greatly increasing its value.
In this special environment, the Bodhi rosary can play the greatest role.
In fact, everyone is now in the outer area of the Heavenly Palace, but they have not yet entered the real secret realm.
Just like what the old man Wan said over there, a large area around the Heavenly Palace has chaotic spiritual energy, such as large thundercloud areas, gale layers, and even special environments such as suddenly emerging sky fire and frost, which are changing every moment.
The biggest reason for the emergence of this special environment is that there are unstable space cracks in this area, which leads to chaotic heaven and earth spiritual energy.
Fighting in this area also requires caution. Sometimes, in a suitable environment, the power of casting spells will be greatly increased, and sometimes, in other environments, it will be extremely consuming to use means.
It may even cause a spiritual power riot in an area, which will hurt oneself.
