Now, Zhang Ling's strength, compared to before, although not a significant increase, has several more trump cards.
Even without the help of the Xuan Turtle, he himself is not afraid of any early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Facing a mid-stage Nascent Soul expert, he can put up a fight with all his means.
Also worth mentioning is that the two Ice Spirit Silkworms he cultivated have successfully advanced to fifth-tier demonic beasts.
Even so, the two ice silkworms don't provide much help to him, after all, he is already a Nascent Soul cultivator.
But it's not entirely useless.
The two Ice Spirit Silkworms are extremely rare spirit insects. After advancing to high-level demonic insects, the extremely cold power they spew out increases exponentially.
Although it still doesn't pose a significant threat to Nascent Soul cultivators, it has a lot of auxiliary effects on the Xuan Turtle's cultivation. After absorbing the extremely cold power of the Ice Spirit Silkworms, the icy demonic power in the Xuan Turtle's body will be more condensed.
But there is one thing that bothers Zhang Ling quite a bit. His twin-tailed cat spirit beast has not awakened for several years after swallowing that meteorite fire.
He had previously studied the meteorite fire that fell from the space crack and found that it was a ball of extremely Yang spiritual fire. Although it was rare, it was actually just a small ball.
The twin-tailed cat had previously devoured other spiritual fires. It shouldn't have taken so long to refine it after devouring another ball of spiritual fire.
Zhang Ling had specifically inquired about this with Blue Sparrow, but this guy didn't have a good explanation either. He just said that the meteorite fire might be a bit special.
Fortunately, the aura of the twin-tailed cat is steadily increasing, and there are no special circumstances, it is just always sleeping.
Besides these, the Void Insect he valued so much is also a headache.
Zhang Ling naturally carefully cultivated the spirit insect with spatial powers, hoping that this spirit insect would grow quickly.
But after cultivating it for several years, the Void Insect, in addition to devouring a small amount of exotic flowers and herbs and the Earth Spirit Bees in his hand.
It doesn't even look at the specially refined spirit feeding pills, insect breeding pills, and other kinds of elixirs for raising spirit insects.
Zhang Ling has no good solution for this. After all, he doesn't know much about insect control techniques. He can only wait until he has time to specifically collect classics in this area and study them.
However, even so, the strength of the Void Insect has also slightly increased. The temporary space that can be opened in the void is also more stable, and the range has also been expanded.
Although it is still far from being able to hide a person.
But Zhang Ling observed that although the Void Insect itself is weak, because it masters this spatial power, it can play some wonderful roles in battle if used well.
The temporary space opened by the Void Insect is not large, and it has not yet reached the point of truly tearing space.
But it is difficult for ordinary attacks to cause damage to it.
He had specifically tested it. Once the Void Insect opens up a temporary space, most attacks will mysteriously slip away before attacking this spirit insect.
That's right, the original attack will be shifted by a distance.
It's like the released attack suddenly lost its accuracy.
Although it is only a temporary space, it is, after all, a spatial power. It seems to be causing a slight misalignment in the space to avoid the attack.
This made Zhang Ling both surprised and delighted. Think about it, the attack that could have hit was inexplicably slipped away. If used well, it might save his life.
If the timing is right, he can avoid some sneak attacks.
Although, due to the Void Insect's own weakness, the temporary space opened is not large, and at full strength, it can only reach a range of one or two feet.
The range is a bit small, but generally, sneak attack spells or treasures are not very large.
Therefore, letting the Void Insect cooperate with him in battle can avoid this kind of danger.
However, the Void Insect's use of this power is not very stable. If the enemy's attack contains too much spiritual power, it will also have a strong shock force on the temporary space opened by the Void Insect.
But Zhang Ling knew that this was only because the Void Insect itself was too weak. With continuous cultivation, this spirit insect will definitely be able to play a significant role.
Flying like this for seven or eight days.
Zhang Ling finally left the sea and saw a dark mass of land. He entered the Northwest area controlled by the Alien Demon Race.
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Returning to the land, even though it is the territory of the Alien Demons, Zhang Ling is still filled with emotion.
The Alien Demon Race is originally located in the Northwest of the Northern Plains Cultivation World. And he flew back from the outer sea. It can be said that he is now in the most Northwest part of the continent.
After most of the day, Zhang Ling changed into a black robe, covered his face, exuded a layer of black gas, and turned into a black light, flying towards the top of a thousand-foot-high mountain.
Not far ahead, there was another similar escape light, flying past him even faster. The closer he got to the top of the mountain, the more cultivators appeared around him, but most of them were low-level cultivators, flying on various magical instruments.
Many of these people had similar attire to him, all wearing black robes and bamboo hats.
"Refining the True Demon Qi, and then using demonic secret techniques to transform some of my own spiritual power, can indeed hide my identity well." Zhang Ling sensed the surrounding Alien Demon Race's aura and compared it with his own current aura.
Although slightly different, the demonic energy on the Alien Demons can now be imitated well. Even if facing a cultivator of the same rank face to face, it is difficult to detect that he is a Human Race cultivator.
After all, the True Demon Qi he refined was the pure demonic energy that only the Ancient Demon Realm had. Slightly releasing some, from the aura, imitating a demonic cultivator is no problem at all.
Of course, Zhang Ling's current spiritual pressure is not the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but the cultivation base of around the mid-stage Golden Core. Since he is in the territory of the Alien Demons, it is better to act low-key for safety.
Another important reason is that he is not a true demonic cultivator. If he fully operates the True Demon Qi, the spiritual power he mainly cultivates will also dissipate, and then his identity will be exposed.
Using the Golden Core stage cultivation base, there is no such concern.
A moment later, Zhang Ling arrived at the top of the mountain and saw a dark mass of buildings, covering an area of seven or eight miles. Many people were coming in and out. It looked like a small town.
This is a market town near the sea, Black Jade Market Town.
This mountain is also called Black Jade Mountain, which produces a kind of black jade that can be used to refine low-level magical instruments. A market town of this scale is considered a good medium-sized market town in the Alien Demon Race. There are several others within a radius of thousands of miles.
Zhang Ling did not come here to buy or sell things. He just wanted to rest here temporarily and inquire about some news. Then he planned to leave the Alien Demon Race.
Arriving at the top of the mountain, he could feel the cold wind blowing. There were not many cultivators on the road, only a dozen or so. Landing on a wide black stone walkway, Zhang Ling walked forward slowly, intending to enter the market town.
Under his feet was a walkway paved with huge black stones, three zhang wide, with many dark, straight trees growing on both sides. At the end of the walkway was a huge stone archway with the words 'West Market' engraved on it. Several ferocious sea beast statues could also be seen there.
If observed with the naked eye, the scenery behind the archway was a bit blurry, as if covered by a layer of light罩. Obviously, it was the formation restriction here.
However, in Zhang Ling's view, this formation could not stop him at all. His divine sense could easily penetrate it.
Suddenly, with a glance, he noticed that two short-haired cultivators were walking quickly towards him.
These were two middle-aged men, a black-faced man and a man with a full beard, but their cultivation was not bad. They were both late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. They looked like deacons of the market town.
Zhang Ling hesitated slightly, then stood expressionlessly in place and asked coldly, "Do you two have something, or do you want to stop this old man?"
Of course, he didn't think that two Foundation Establishment cultivators could see through his disguise, but he felt a little strange.
The other low-level cultivators were not stopped by these two, so the most likely possibility was that these two were specially receiving high-level cultivators.
But if that was the case, it was still a bit strange. He had been to many market towns and immortal cities, and had never encountered anyone who specifically checked high-level cultivators.
Could it be that something happened in this market town, Zhang Ling guessed in his heart.
The two men heard his question, their faces changed slightly, they no longer stepped forward, stood two zhang away, and respectfully bowed to him, explaining, "Senior, please forgive us, it is not that we two are being disrespectful. We are also acting according to the rules."
"Oh, what rules? Who set the rules?" Zhang Ling still snorted unceremoniously.
Low-level cultivators stopping high-level cultivators is a taboo thing, no matter what the rules are. Even if he directly killed these two, other cultivators would not say much.
Moreover, most of the Alien Demons act very arrogantly.
Although this was his first time contacting these Alien Demons, he had previously searched the soul of that Alien Demon on Wind Demon Island. From that person's memory, Zhang Ling had learned a lot about the temperament of the Alien Demons.
In the area where they live, the spiritual energy has changed due to the magic spring being opened in ancient times. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is a mixed environment of magic and spirit.
Living in this area for a long time, Alien Demons are born with demonic energy. Of course, the Alien Demon Race was originally transformed from Human Race cultivators, and cultivation also depends on spiritual root qualifications.
Those without cultivation qualifications are naturally mortals, but what is different from ordinary mortals is that the lifespan of Alien Demon mortals will be slightly shortened, and their ability to reproduce is not as good as ordinary mortals.
Many children die as soon as they are born. These are all hidden dangers for the survival of the Alien Demon Race. However, adult Alien Demons are mostly strong and healthy.
His current display of mania is more in line with the temperament of the Alien Demons.
"Senior, please forgive us, this is not a rule of our Black Jade Market Town. It is an order jointly issued by the Blood Heaven Tribe, the Shadow Fiend Tribe, the Black Cloud Tribe, and more than a dozen other forces in our Northwest region. We have to comply, and our Saint Hall is also involved this time." The two Foundation Establishment men felt the aura of a high-level cultivator emanating from Zhang Ling's body, and their backs were covered in cold sweat, but they still explained with a dry laugh.
In the past few days, the two of them had received several high-level cultivators, not only did they not get any benefits, but they also felt a lot of fear in their hearts.
Many experts have strange tempers, and almost started fighting. This is really not a good job, and the two are very uneasy.
A few days ago, two fellow cultivators from the East Market suddenly died inexplicably.
It was said that they had received an unknown late-stage Golden Core expert that day, and seemed to have angered that senior. Although that person did not attack at that time, he inexplicably rewarded the two of them with a few magic stones before leaving the market town.
As a result, the next day, the two fellow cultivators died suddenly in their residences. Seeing the expert in front of them, the two were terrified, but had to deal with him carefully.
Zhang Ling frowned slightly. The several tribes mentioned by the two were the large tribes in the Northwest region of the Alien Demon Race, the actual controllers of this area.
This Black Jade Market Town is attached to the Black Cloud Tribe, and there is an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator sitting in the market town.
If it is an order jointly issued by more than a dozen tribes, it seems that it is really not an ordinary thing. And the Demon Soul Hall is also involved.
Saint Hall is a name used by the Alien Demons for the Demon Soul Hall, which is their largest force.
While Zhang Ling was thinking, the two people in front of him looked at each other, and one of them took out a round plate-like thing from his arms and handed it over.
"Senior, please take a look, this is the Saint Hall token. We don't know much, but there is information left by the elders on it. Only high-level cultivators can view it. As long as Senior checks it, he will naturally understand the situation."
Zhang Ling didn't say a word, and with a light wave of his hand, the round plate flew in front of him.
This was a round plate the size of a palm, which seemed to be refined from brass. But with one glance, Zhang Ling was a little surprised in his heart. The style of this round plate was very similar to the Demon Sealing Plate.
However, this is definitely not the Demon Sealing Plate, just a token with the same style. There are no words on the front of the token, only some patterns that cannot be understood, and the ancient immortal characters 'Saint Demon' are engraved on the back.
As his divine sense swept over the two characters 'Saint Demon', Zhang Ling immediately sensed that there was indeed information left on it. He quickly increased the strength of his divine sense, and the token made a buzzing tremor. Instantly breaking the restrictions on it, he saw a piece of information.
The two of them did not lie. The information on the token could indeed only be scanned by high-level cultivators with powerful divine sense.
A moment later, he finished checking the information. But this piece of information made Zhang Ling even more strange, it was actually a wanted order.
The information introduced that something happened in the Blood Heaven Tribe three years ago. A suspected Human Race cultivator sneaked into it and stole a treasure from the Blood Heaven Tribe.
Blood Heaven Tribe, Zhang Ling sneered in his heart. Wasn't it the Blood Light Old Demon of this tribe who stopped him under the magic spring?
But looking further down, similar incidents occurred in more than a dozen other large and small tribes in the Northwest region within half a year.
This is why these forces jointly issued a wanted order, but for three years, they have not found any trace of the thief.
Attached was a piece of information about the thief's appearance and approximate information about the technique. It said that the thief was a Human Race demonic cultivator with a cultivation base of only around the late-stage Golden Core, but could use powerful demonic techniques.
It seemed to be just an ordinary wanted secret order, but after three years, they still couldn't find a Golden Core cultivator. How is this possible?
