Several days later, Zhang Ling passed through a sizable mountain range and spotted a golden mountain in the distance.
It was a massive mountain tens of thousands of feet high, covering a vast area, resembling a celestial mountain.
The lower half of the mountain was lush and verdant, a dense forest, and on one side of the mountain, there were several shimmering silver waterfalls. At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and the mountain peak was bathed in sunlight, as if emitting ten thousand rays of golden light, inspiring a sense of awe.
Zhang Ling slowed his escape speed and flew slowly, remarking inwardly that this Golden Goose Mountain formed a stark contrast to the dark and gloomy peaks nearby. This mountain was also a famous giant mountain within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
The closer he got to Golden Goose Mountain, the more he felt that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was superior to the demonic energy.
This was not surprising. Several demonic springs in the territory of the alien demons had been unsealed, constantly affecting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, with the spiritual energy containing demonic energy.
But after all, this was in the human realm, and the territory they controlled only accounted for less than one-third of the overall map of the Northern Plains cultivation world.
The remaining area was mostly controlled by the human race.
In addition, there was a large ice sea environment in the northernmost part of the northwest region, which had not been contaminated by demonic energy. Many ice sea monsters lived there, and there had also been demon cultivators at the transformation level.
However, there were not many demon cultivators of this level, and they could not achieve much. The large and small tribes within the northwest of the alien demon race, the Heavenly Yin Sect, and several other special sects were enough to deal with them.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth was constantly changing, but overall, it was superior to demonic energy. Places like Wind Demon Island, which were completely contaminated by demonic energy, were not many.
Many spiritual veins in their territory, after tens of thousands of years of changes, although some had been transformed into demonic energy spiritual veins, most of them, like Golden Goose Mountain, had not been completely transformed, presenting a mixed environment of demonic and spiritual energy.
As he approached Golden Goose Mountain, he encountered more and more cultivators. In addition to low-level cultivators, he also saw several Golden Core stage cultivators.
But he did not encounter a single Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
He recalled the information he had obtained from soul searching a few days ago. The Golden Goose Mountain trade fair was not small, but it was only aimed at Golden Core cultivators.
Although it would also attract some Nascent Soul cultivators, not many would come each time, roughly only five or six.
The location of this Golden Goose Mountain was right at the border between the Shadow Fiend Tribe and the Black Cloud Tribe.
Although the spiritual veins above were mixed with demonic and spiritual energy, the overall spiritual veins had reached the top grade. It was said that two tribes' Nascent Soul elders were stationed there all year round, and many disciples were also practicing on it.
After a while, Zhang Ling entered the mountainside of Golden Goose Mountain and saw a mountain stone city of considerable size.
This city was built from the mountainside, surrounding most of the mountain, extremely magnificent. But in Zhang Ling's eyes, it was nothing, far inferior to the Myriad Manifestation City and other super immortal cities in the Flowing Cloud Sea.
But the mountain immortal city in front of him was eye-catching.
Because half of the buildings in the city were dark and gloomy, built with black boulders. The other half of the buildings were cast with gray boulders, appearing distinctly.
At the intersection of the two types of buildings, there was a straight stone staircase leading to the sky, extending all the way to the top of the mountain. The entire top of the mountain was also covered by clouds and mist, making it impossible to see clearly.
Divine sense scans would also be blocked, so the city's formation was not weak. Zhang Ling had never seen an immortal city of this style before. He landed directly on a square below the stone steps to the sky.
Looking up, he saw an arched city gate more than twenty feet high, and many cultivators were entering it one after another.
"Twin Towers City"
After walking a few steps, he found that this stone city was not called Golden Goose City, but Twin Towers City. It seemed a bit strange.
He had only glanced at it from afar in the air, and he had not found any buildings similar to twin towers in the city. This thought only flashed through Zhang Ling's mind before he dismissed it.
He came here only because a trade fair was being held, and at most, he planned to collect some special spiritual objects from the alien demon race. What the place was called was not what he was concerned about.
There were two teams of cultivators queuing up under the city gate, and the number of people was not large. The longest team had only sixty or seventy people, all of whom were Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The other team had even fewer people, only seven or eight. However, each of them was a Golden Core cultivator. Zhang Ling was currently exuding the strength of the Golden Core mid-stage, so he naturally stood behind the Golden Core team.
Glancing at it, he found that there was still a team of cultivators checking, just like the Black Jade Square City before.
However, the cultivation level was no longer at the Foundation Establishment stage, but two Golden Core mid-stage elders. One of them held a circular token in his hand, and the other held a treasure pearl.
It looked exactly like the Black Jade Square City's inspection.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling only frowned slightly and did not care too much. With his cultivation, it was easy to hide from the two Golden Core cultivators.
The inspection speed was very fast, and soon it was his turn. Like the Black Jade Square City's process, he first checked the circular token, and the information inside had not changed. He was still tracking down the treasure-stealing cultivator.
Then, the treasure pearl checked his aura.
Zhang Ling passed easily, and before entering the city, one of the elders handed him a jade slip and said with a smile.
"Welcome, fellow Daoist, to our Golden Goose Mountain to participate in the exchange meeting. This thing will be of some help to you. Please keep it safe. By the way, private fights are prohibited in the city. Please remember not to violate the city rules."
"Thank you"
Zhang Ling took the jade slip and said two words calmly before entering the city. After passing through the city gate, his eyes lit up, and he saw several wide streets.
Opposite the street was the long sky staircase, which could not be seen to the top at a glance. Below the sky staircase was a square area. The left and right sides extended extremely long, like two long streets.
Now, more than a dozen huge tents were set up there. Among them, there were many cultivators coming and going, setting up stalls and hawking, a lively scene.
Zhang Ling was a little surprised. This kind of scene was usually only seen in the less prosperous areas of the city. He did not expect to see this scene as soon as he entered the city.
Slightly scanning with his divine sense, he also found several Golden Core cultivators setting up stalls in it. Counting the time, there were only two days left before the trade fair started. Slightly spreading his divine sense, the elder also found many Golden Core cultivators. He thought that there were hundreds of Golden Core cultivators gathered in the city at this moment.
Maybe he could see some good things in it. Zhang Ling hesitated for a moment and walked towards that side.
While walking, a wisp of divine sense fell into the jade slip and checked it.
"It's actually a partial list of spiritual objects for the trade fair. Oh, I didn't expect someone to auction this kind of spiritual object." Zhang Ling suddenly stopped and showed a hint of surprise.
"What? Could it be that the Golden Core cultivator's transaction also has treasures that you like?" Lan Que's voice entered his ears. This guy noticed his expression.
Zhang Ling smiled and flipped his hand, and the jade slip turned into a stream of light and disappeared into his sleeve. "Senior, take a look and you'll know. There are a few things on it that are really not ordinary treasures."
"What treasures can a group of Golden Cores have? Let me see." Lan Que sent a contemptuous laugh.
But in an instant, Lan Que's tone changed. "There is actually a spirit eye jade, no, the picture of this broken sword seems to be a magic weapon, how can there be this kind of thing for auction."
"Magic weapon, senior, are you talking about the last broken sword." Listening to Lan Que's voice, Zhang Ling asked back.
He asked Lan Que to look at the spirit eye jade on the auction list. This guy seemed to care more about another treasure.
"Magic weapons are treasures refined by those ancient demons. They are difficult to drive, and if used improperly, they will suffer from demonic energy backlash. But the power is generally not weak, and some are even comparable to spirit treasures."
"What, comparable to spirit treasures."
Zhang Ling was shocked. If it was really a treasure of this power, how could it appear at a trade fair aimed at Golden Core cultivators.
"Hehe, whether it is a magic weapon or not, I can't confirm it with just a picture. I just think it doesn't look like a magic weapon refined in the human world. Since you have come here, you can judge when you see the real thing. But looking at the picture, the sword is already broken, and the power may not be left much. Maybe it has been destroyed."
A flash of light in front of him, Lan Que threw the jade slip back. Zhang Ling grabbed the jade slip, rubbed it while walking slowly.
This jade slip recorded some of the auction items that were about to be held at the trade fair.
Although only seven or eight items were recorded, each one was accompanied by a picture, including thousand-year-old spirit medicines and ancient treasures. This method is actually a common means for trade fairs to attract high-level cultivators.
Zhang Ling was also interested at this time. Not to mention whether the broken sword recorded above was the so-called magic weapon. He was quite fond of the spirit eye jade, and if he had the opportunity, he would auction it off.
Because this kind of spirit eye treasure is generally rarely auctioned.
He has a spirit eye stone obtained from a top-grade spirit vein, which has helped a lot in his cultivation in recent years. Moreover, he has a spiritual object in his hand, which needs spirit eye objects to nourish.
The jade slip also had a simple introduction to the auctioned spirit eye jade, which was found in a medium-grade spirit vein in a demon-forbidden area.
Although it can only be regarded as an ordinary spirit eye treasure, it is also considered a rare thing. Zhang Ling smiled and thought it was no wonder it would be auctioned. It turned out that it was found in a demon-forbidden area.
This kind of pure spiritual power treasure, I am afraid that no one in the human race would auction it.
Perhaps because the alien demons practice demonic skills more purely. They are born with demonic energy. I think this kind of treasure is not of much use to them, so they will auction it.
There are also demonic cultivators among the human race, and the demonic skills they practice are also derived from the inheritance of ancient demons. Many powerful demonic secret techniques are also modeled after the supernatural powers of ancient demons.
But from the ancient times to the present, after tens of thousands of years of evolution. The spiritual energy absorbed during cultivation is also ordinary heaven and earth spiritual energy, but according to the skills, the refined spiritual power is similar to demonic energy.
This is very different from the alien demons' innate demonic energy.
In addition, the jade slip also briefly introduced the situation of the trade fair.
The entire trade fair will be held for three days. The first two days are just free trade. The southeast two square cities in the city will be opened, and you can set up stalls freely after paying a certain amount of spirit stones.
Of course, most of them are aimed at low-level cultivators. Only the last day of the trade fair will hold a large-scale auction, which is aimed at Golden Core cultivators.
To participate in the auction, you must also have a token. That is the black jade piece obtained a few days ago.
Such a black jade piece is worth five thousand low-grade magic stones, which is not a low threshold for the alien demons' Golden Core cultivators.
Thinking in his heart, Zhang Ling entered the stall area at the city gate.
Although the trade fair has not yet started, there are many cultivators gathered at the city gate, totaling thousands of people, mostly cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage. Several stall paths have been formed.
Occasionally, you can also see a few Golden Core cultivators.
Zhang Ling originally did not want to attract attention and wanted to lower his cultivation level further. But seeing that the Golden Core cultivators in the crowd were not eye-catching, he did not deliberately do so and still maintained his Golden Core mid-stage cultivation.
He is not an alien demon cultivator. To be careful, he also slightly changed his appearance under the斗篷, turning into a middle-aged man with a black face.
With his current strength, it is naturally easy to change his appearance.
At this time, Zhang Ling used a demonic thousand illusion shape-shifting technique to make some slight changes to his skin and muscles.
This secret technique does not use much spiritual power, but it has certain requirements for the physical body.
Fortunately, his body is already parasitized by strange vines, and he often practices the Thunder Light Curse. Although he has not practiced a real body refining technique, his physical body is not comparable to ordinary cultivators.
Especially with the enhancement and change of the parasitic vines, the spiritual power on the vines will feed back to itself and constantly practice its own blood energy.
Now Zhang Ling's physical body has reached the point where it is difficult to damage the best magic weapon.
Although he is not a real body cultivator, the techniques he used to sacrifice the vines are all derived from the Fiend Demon Art he collected before.
Although he only slightly兼修 this demon refiner's skill, Zhang Ling believes that with the power of the vines alone, he is no weaker than the Golden Core mid- and late-stage demon refiners.
With this, it is not a problem to use some special secret techniques.
Walking to the stall area, seeing that he was a Golden Core powerhouse. Immediately, someone made way for a small road. Some people also respectfully saluted him.
Zhang Ling smiled and secretly said that high-level cultivators are respected wherever they go. He rarely enjoys this kind of treatment, but today he had a good experience.
He naturally ignored these people and entered it. He also became an ordinary cultivator, scanning the things on the stalls.
There are many cultivators gathered in this city, which is much more prosperous than in the past. Most of the things on the stalls, Zhang Ling can't see, are just ordinary spiritual herbs, magic tools, etc. They are not useful for cultivators above the Golden Core.
But there are many kinds, and there are some things that he can't recognize.
After all, he just arrived in the territory of the alien demons. This area is a mixed environment of magic and spirit, and many never-before-seen things will be born.
For these never-before-seen things, Zhang Ling would take a few more glances, and occasionally ask the stall owner. Sometimes he would also buy some interesting objects.
In this way, Zhang Ling strolled around for a long time with unabated interest. It was not until dusk that he walked towards the center of the city with unfinished interest. He planned to find a temporary foothold.
