After fusing with the blood essence of the Xuanming Turtle, the Xuan Turtle's size surged dramatically, and a strange layer of black-brownish hard scabs covered its entire body.
An unfamiliar surge of blood essence continuously merged with the Xuan Turtle's own bloodline, causing it to roar incessantly.
In Zhang Ling's perception, the Xuan Turtle was undergoing astonishing changes. Its entire body was surging with blood essence, and its bones and meridians were cracking and groaning.
Much of its flesh and blood was being shattered, but it was rapidly being reconstructed.
This scene persisted for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and the Xuan Turtle's aura had already strengthened to the peak of an eighth-order demon cultivator, seemingly just one step away from breaking through to a ninth-order demon cultivator.
This sudden surge in cultivation both excited and worried Zhang Ling.
At the same time, he sorted through the memory fragments that his second soul received from the Xuanming Turtle, gaining insight into a great deal of information.
This information caused his expression to change several times. After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ling stared strangely at the Bird Spirit and suddenly asked,
"If this information is accurate, then you are truly not a cultivator from our human realm, and this Xuanming Turtle is actually a spiritual beast you brought down here."
The Bird Spirit, watching the changing Xuan Turtle, did not look at Zhang Ling, and seemed to be talking to itself.
"I never expected that I would have casually taken in this spiritual turtle with true spirit bloodline, and before I had a chance to cultivate it much, such a long time would have passed, and this little fellow would still remember me."
The Xuanming Turtle's memories were vast and complex, basically encompassing the life story of this tenth-order Great Demon King, including many ancient secrets.
These secrets were closely related to the Xuanming Turtle itself, or rather, the Xuanming Turtle's master. The Xuanming Turtle's memory of its master was quite vague.
This was because the Xuanming Turtle's intelligence had not yet fully developed at the time, and its strength was only equivalent to a third or fourth-order demon beast.
In the Xuanming Turtle's memory, its master was powerful, and in a special secret realm, it encountered a giant of equally powerful strength. During the struggle, they encountered a change in the heavens and earth and were swept into a spatial storm. Since then, there has been no trace of the master.
In its subsequent cultivation, the Xuanming Turtle had been searching for its master's whereabouts until it became a tenth-order great demon.
And the image of its master shocked Zhang Ling greatly. It turned out to be the winged humanoid who fought against the towering Primordial Giant during the cataclysm in the Flowing Cloud Sea in ancient times.
As for why it is said that the Bird Spirit in front of him is the Xuanming Turtle's master, that winged humanoid...
Because in the Xuanming Turtle's memory, the winged humanoid could transform into a huge bird, and the image of that bird was exactly the same as the Bird Spirit in front of him.
It's just that the bird was incomparably huge, and it was impossible to connect it with the sparrow-like Bird Spirit in front of him. The two could be said to be worlds apart.
Another reason was that the Xuanming Turtle strongly sensed the aura of its master in the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, judging that the master had not fallen.
The Xuanming Turtle had entered and exited the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm many times. The last time it entered the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm, it forced its way into the deepest part of the secret realm, and even passed through the Ten Directions Pure Turbidity Array in the core.
But in the end, it was still trapped in the restrictions set by the ancient cultivators, suffered heavy injuries, and damaged its origin. This is why it left a legacy in the demon race.
At this moment, the Xuan Turtle is accepting the Xuanming Turtle's inheritance. After sorting out this information, Zhang Ling's expression became quite complicated.
The Xuanming Turtle's inheritance is not so easy to take.
The Xuanming Turtle does have the bloodline of a true spirit. If it hadn't damaged its origin, it would have been very likely to advance to become a God Transformation-level Heavenly Demon.
The Xuan Turtle's acceptance of the Xuanming Turtle's inheritance will inevitably lead to a surge in its strength, and it may even be able to rely on this bloodline power to easily reach the tenth-order demon cultivator level.
But at the same time, it has also been planted with shackles. The Xuanming Turtle left a special restriction in the inheritance. The demon cultivator who accepts the inheritance must help him rescue his master.
Otherwise, it will suffer the backlash of bloodline power, its physical body will collapse, and its spirit and soul will perish.
Now that the Xuan Turtle has accepted the inheritance, it is too late even if Zhang Ling wants to stop it.
Moreover, the inheritance seems to be only aimed at turtle demons.
At the same time, in his perception, the consciousness of the second soul controlling the Xuan Turtle did indeed show a subtle suggestion, giving him a feeling of obeying this restriction.
Even Zhang Ling's own main soul was slightly affected.
Fortunately, after all, the second soul and his main soul are separate, equivalent to two souls. As long as he keeps his mind, he will not be affected.
However, it is difficult to say about the second soul. With the influence of this strange restriction, his control over the second soul seems to be somewhat weakened.
"Xuanming, why did you have to do this."
While Zhang Ling's mind was racing and his face was uncertain, the Bird Spirit seemed to have seen the special restriction in the Xuanming Turtle's inheritance and sighed.
The Bird Spirit emitted a childish voice, sighing with this voice. There is a feeling of being pseudo-mature and old-fashioned.
Listening to Zhang Ling's ears, it is another indescribable feeling.
"Looking at your expression, you also know a lot about my situation. Moreover, your soul and the soul aura emitted by this Xuan Turtle's demon spirit are extremely similar. This little turtle is your soul avatar. Being able to cultivate this kind of supernatural power is not an ordinary cultivator, why don't we cooperate."
"Cooperate, what do you mean?"
"It's the literal meaning. I'm not afraid to tell you, I am Xuanming's master. This appearance is just a soul body transformed from a part of my original spirit. Not long ago, a group of cultivators fought in the place where I was sealed. The seal was somewhat loosened, and a part of my original spirit was able to escape. You help me reshape my body, and I will help you eliminate the hidden dangers of the restrictions on this avatar."
The Bird Spirit flew up and down a few times, speaking quickly.
Zhang Ling thought for a moment after hearing this. Looking at the Xuan Turtle, who was still changing, he snorted and replied.
"Since you are a cultivator from the Spirit Realm, and you have the ability to escape the ancient cultivator's seal, why do you need my help? Cooperation is out of the question. You helped me escape from that strange wind area just now, so I owe you a favor. However, you previously parasitized on my companion, causing me a lot of trouble, so let's call it even. Leave this treasure, and you can leave now."
"Ah, that's not right. To talk about gratitude and grudges, I just saved your life. As for parasitizing on your little female cultivator before, it was just a last resort, at most it just put her to sleep for a while, how can it be offset like this. Moreover, this treasure was originally one of my spiritual treasures, how can you rob it."
The Bird Spirit heard Zhang Ling's impolite words and immediately screamed a few times like its feathers were exploding.
The corners of Zhang Ling's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but ask. "This thing is also your treasure."
"Why would I lie to you. This treasure is the Emptiness Spirit Gourd I refined with the Two-Pronged Gourd. It is a veritable space spiritual treasure. There is also a stream of pure white energy in your body, obviously you also have a Two-Pronged Gourd. Maybe your Two-Pronged Gourd was nurtured from the seeds left by the Emptiness Spirit Gourd."
"Although I only have a part of my original spirit left, and I have been sealed for a long time, I have lost a lot of memories."
"But I still remember the general situation of my being sealed. At the beginning, I fought with that Primordial Giant, causing the space to collapse. After that, I was attacked by the Transformation cultivators of this world. They used formations to seal my original spirit and body. So many years have passed, those old guys are probably already dead and gone. The Emptiness Spirit Gourd, Seven Star Sword and other spiritual treasures in my hands have long been lost."
The Bird Spirit called out quite angrily, and at the same time released a spiritual light again and hit the black Two-Pronged Gourd. Suddenly, the black Two-Pronged Gourd glowed with golden and blue spiritual light, and in a breath, it released a large area of pure white energy, instantly illuminating a hundred-zhang range.
Large swaths of pure white energy quickly changed, turning into a huge bird phantom.
This scene shocked Zhang Ling. The Bird Spirit seemed to know how to use the pure white energy better. He immediately believed it a little.
Thinking again that his Two-Pronged Gourd was cultivated from the seeds he obtained from the ancient ruins of the Kunshan Sect, it is very possible that those spiritual seeds were brought down by this person.
Otherwise, this kind of special spiritual plant is basically difficult to nurture in the human world.
But even so, this treasure is in front of him, and it was obtained by Xuan Turtle at a certain risk, Zhang Ling will naturally not give up so easily.
At the same time, he secretly said in his heart that this Bird Spirit must not be judged by common sense. Before it was formed, the blue feathers and the golden feather spirit patterns were very difficult to deal with. In an instant, it could urge the pure white energy in the Two-Pronged Gourd, and he didn't know if there were any other methods.
Zhang Ling always had some fear of this Bird Spirit, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
Roar!
The Xuan Turtle roared loudly, the power of blood and energy in his body surged, and two bumps bulged on the huge turtle's head. Between the flashing of blue and black spiritual light, two gray-black giant horns grew.
The entire turtle's head looked more like a dragon's head.
An even more amazing change was that the originally short tail on its back crackled and crackled, and the sound of bone joints came out, and it quickly grew longer. In a blood light, it turned into a blood-red giant snake, which was extremely agile and constantly coiled on the turtle's back.
This image is already seven or eight points similar to the true body of the Xuanming Turtle. The Xuan Turtle has also become a turtle and snake image.
Then the Xuan Turtle roared again, and a dragon's roar was heard, shaking the entire world with a buzzing sound. Circles of air waves visible to the naked eye spread around, and the gray-black clouds in the sky were instantly shaken away.
The Xuan Turtle seemed to have completely accepted the inheritance of the Xuanming Turtle. The aura emitted was even more intense.
Zhang Ling didn't know what expression to make, and didn't know whether he should be happy.
"Little fellow, do you still remember me."
At this time, the Bird Spirit suddenly let out a few bell-like laughs, and quickly flew to the side of the Xuan Turtle's head, circling around the Xuan Turtle.
"You are... Master... No..."
The Xuan Turtle looked at the Bird Spirit in a daze for a moment, and shouted in a muffled voice, uttering human words. But as soon as the voice came out, it suddenly trembled as if it had thought of something, and its huge body instantly shrank. In a few breaths, it turned into a human form again.
It flashed to Zhang Ling's side, staring at the Bird Spirit with an unkind expression.
"What's wrong with me, why do I feel a bit of intimacy with him."
Zhang Ling's mind sensed it, and he immediately sensed the thoughts in the second soul's heart. He quickly comforted the second soul.
"Hehe, it seems that your soul avatar is a little out of control."
The Bird Spirit smiled, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his words.
Zhang Ling's face was as black as iron. Although in his perception, the second soul did not seem to have any serious problems, but it had accepted the memories of the Xuanming Turtle, and it was a bit chaotic for a while.
This kind of memory generally can't affect the demon cultivator at all. But at this moment, it seems that the influence is even greater than he imagined.
Obviously, the restriction in the Xuanming Turtle's bloodline is taking effect. I don't know if directly erasing the consciousness of the second soul and re-assimilating it can remove this special restriction.
Zhang Ling thought in his heart.
"This kind of restriction is a blood soul curse, which is launched relying on the power of blood. It will be planted in the soul and subtly affect it, just like a cultivator's inner demon. If it is not eliminated, it will have a great impact on cultivation. Even if you have a secret method to re-assimilate him, this influence will not be completely eliminated. Moreover, your relationship with this soul avatar is close, and the memories of the original soul are connected, and you will also be affected."
As if seeing through Zhang Ling's thoughts, the Bird Spirit also said in a serious tone.
Hearing these words, a trace of killing intent appeared in Zhang Ling's eyes. But there was no action, just staring at the Bird Spirit in silence.
The Bird Spirit stared at his eyes without any scruples, and for a while the atmosphere between the two was a bit tense.
Although Zhang Ling was not very sure in his heart, but with the memory of the Xuanming Turtle, and the actions of the Xuan Turtle just now. He was already eighty or ninety percent sure that the Bird Spirit was the powerful winged humanoid from ancient times.
If that's the case, this is not an ordinary cultivator. Even if there is only a wisp of original spirit left, I don't know how many methods and secret techniques there are.
Dealing with this kind of cultivator, he is likely to always be at a disadvantage, and the risk is too great.
However, now that the Xuan Turtle has accepted the inheritance of the Xuanming Turtle, it has already been affected. If he is also affected, it will be greatly detrimental to his cultivation.
For a time, Zhang Ling couldn't make a decision.
"Humph, if it weren't for seeing that you have some cultivation, I wouldn't even look at you. You won't suffer if you cooperate with me. Although I only have a trace of original spirit left, and most of my memories have been lost, my previous cultivation was not something you can imagine. I see that your aptitude is not good. If there is no opportunity, you will be at most in the late Nascent Soul stage in this life. It is as difficult as ascending to the sky to enter the cultivation above the God Transformation stage. If you get my guidance, there is still a bit of possibility."
"Oh, then I don't know what realm the senior's true cultivation is in."
"Do you know that if you divide by the human race's cultivation realm, above the Nascent Soul stage, there are God Transformation cultivators who can initially communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. What is above that?"
