After traveling for a while, Zhang Ling was not far from the Blackwater Pool. According to his connection with the Xuan Turtle, he was only a thousand miles away from the Blackwater Pool.
At this moment, he was flying through a white mist. Passing through this mist, he would reach the Blackwater Pool. After crossing the Blackwater Pool, he would arrive at Mount Qionghua in about half an hour.
Sensing that the Xuan Turtle had followed Jin Yu and other demon cultivators into the water, Zhang Ling used his mind to instruct his second Nascent Soul to act cautiously and leave immediately if anything went wrong.
Originally, the main purpose of letting the Xuan Turtle follow these demon cultivators was to scout the way. Following them would reduce a lot of trouble for him.
Unexpectedly, these demon cultivators had dispersed in the罡 wind layer outside. Not long ago, he saw Old Man Wan and the mysterious woman heading to other areas, not joining up with Jin Yu.
Zhang Ling felt that something was not right. Moreover, through observation over the past few days, the Xuan Turtle had also discovered that Jin Yu and the other demon cultivators were not simple people.
The Xuan Turtle was seeking treasures with Jin Yu and the other demon cultivators in order to obtain the Xuanming Turtle's inheritance. But it was necessary to be cautious when seeking treasures with these old monsters.
Zhang Ling pondered the current situation with a blank expression. Before long, he saw the mountains where the Blackwater Pool was located in the distance.
At this time, the water in the pool was flowing extremely fast, and a huge roar could be heard. The water was churning, and the waves were higher than the others. The water level of the entire pool had risen a lot. The water flow was extremely turbulent.
This was naturally caused by Jin Yu and other demon cultivators breaking the restrictions below. Now that he was so close to the Xuan Turtle, Zhang Ling could clearly sense the situation there. They were struggling to dive two thousand feet below the water.
The Blackwater Pool was extremely strange. From the outside, it didn't seem unusual, but when diving underwater, one would be surrounded by endless currents. The currents were controlled by ancient restrictions, forming a strange kind of restriction. Like the legendary sinking water, the deeper one dived, the greater the resistance.
If Jin Yu and the others were not transformed demon cultivators and did not have the Water-Separating Pearl in their hands to clear the way, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would be in danger after diving a thousand feet, and even be trapped in the water, unable to escape.
Zhang Ling circled the entire Blackwater Pool for half a circle, lingering for a moment. Finally, he flashed into a nearby low mountain.
He landed in the dense forest on the mountainside, took out more than a dozen array flags and three circular array disks, and began to set up an array.
A full cup of tea time later, the array flags and array disks were placed in specific positions. Finally, Zhang Ling clapped his hands and took out a verdant spiritual wood that was as thick as an arm and three zhang long.
With a flash of sword light, the spiritual wood was split into three identical wooden sticks. One of the wooden sticks shook and merged into an ancient tree in front of him, disappearing.
After casting a few spells on the other two wooden sticks, they flew quickly towards the left and right directions under the control of his divine sense. The two wooden sticks reached the edge of the low mountain and merged into a large tree.
The vegetation on the entire mountain swayed rapidly, as if a gust of wind swept through. After a while, a thin mist enveloped most of the mountain. This change was not obvious and could be seen on the nearby mountains. It was like a cloud of dust.
After doing all this, Zhang Ling did not delay any longer and flew directly towards Mount Qionghua.
He set up a triple Illusion Wood Array here, using a thousand-year-old, third-grade spiritual wood, Azure Light Wood, as the array core for this array.
Anyone who entered the low mountain would be trapped in this array and temporarily confined. The Illusion Wood Array was not very powerful, it was just an illusion array to trap enemies.
It could trap Golden Core cultivators, but it could only interfere with Nascent Soul cultivators for a moment. If a cultivator proficient in arrays, they might see through the flaws in a short time, or even escape instantly.
Zhang Ling set up the array here suddenly for the sake of the Xuan Turtle. If something really happened to the Xuan Turtle, leaving this array here would be a backup plan.
Of course, it would be best if this array was not needed.
Half an hour later, Zhang Ling saw a ten-thousand-zhang-high mountain shrouded in clouds and mist. This high mountain had a large area, with a main peak and more than a dozen low peaks, forming a small mountain range. This was Mount Qionghua.
These peaks were all shrouded in a purple-gray mist, and only part of the top of the mountain was hidden in the clouds and could not be seen clearly.
Zhang Ling took out the map jade slip he had prepared, circled Mount Qionghua, first observed the surrounding environment, and after confirming that everything was correct, he flew directly towards the ten-thousand-zhang-high main peak of Mount Qionghua.
According to the information Ye Zimei had given him, the sixth-grade Clear Spirit Flower needed to refine the Awakening Spirit Pill was in a valley below the main peak.
As he approached within ten miles of the main peak of Mount Qionghua, Zhang Ling suddenly felt a sinking feeling all over his body, and his figure involuntarily descended towards the ground. He quickly controlled his body and formed a layer of protective light shield on his body to offset the downward trend.
At the same time, the purple-gray clouds and mist around him suddenly rotated rapidly, and a rumbling sound came from within.
Restriction!
Zhang Ling immediately realized that there was also a restriction in this area. He kept falling and landed on the ground in an instant.
There were many restrictions left by ancient cultivators in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm. Some of the restrictions were dilapidated and could not trap a Nascent Soul cultivator like him.
But some restrictions were extremely powerful, layer upon layer, and could not be easily ventured into. He didn't know much about this Mount Qionghua, so it was better to be careful.
Sure enough, after descending to the ground, the gathered gray-purple mist made no other movement except for a roaring sound.
In the blink of an eye, the mist gradually became thinner. Zhang Ling also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was just an air ban restriction.
In order to verify this, he patted the spirit beast bag on his waist. He released twenty or thirty earth spirit bees. These spirit bees spread out in all directions and flew upwards.
After a while, more than a dozen earth spirit bees flying upwards reached more than thirty zhang high, and the nearby purple-black mist suddenly rolled over. Within a few breaths, it turned into strands of strange gray-black threads, flickering dimly.
Zhang Ling quickly controlled the earth spirit bees to return, but the earth spirit bees flying upwards made a few buzzing sounds, and then they were pierced into pieces by the gray threads, turning into a cloud of powder and scattering in the wind.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling frowned a few times. There was indeed some kind of restriction in the sky. Judging from this situation, it was quite powerful, not a simple air ban restriction.
Fortunately, the earth spirit bees that spread out in all directions were safe and sound, flying to a hundred zhang away without any accidents. Zhang Ling identified the direction and flew close to the ground towards the foot of the mountain.
