Inside the cave dwelling, Zhang Ling was cultivating in the quiet chamber.
He sat cross-legged on a futon, a fist-sized orb floating before him, shimmering with strange light. With the change of his hand seals, the orb danced up and down, emitting a burst of purple-yellow spiritual light.
Zhang Ling rhythmically absorbed this spiritual power, the purple-yellow light, like fireflies, adhering to his body, turning him a bizarre purple-yellow color.
But after a moment, the purple-yellow light transformed into a bright yellow, gradually merging into his body.
He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of essence blood, which transformed into a blood mist, enveloping the purple-yellow orb. The orb spun around a few times, gradually shrinking until he swallowed it into his stomach.
Zhang Ling closed his eyes to sense the situation within his dantian. The orb was now in his dantian, cradled in the arms of his nascent soul, constantly absorbing the spiritual power from it.
A look of joy couldn't help but appear on his face. This purple-yellow orb was the inner core of the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast. Now, it had been refined using the blood refinement method.
A pure stream of spiritual power constantly filled his dantian.
Indeed, it was as described in the red jade slip he had obtained earlier, capable of significantly increasing the cultivation speed of nascent soul cultivators. It could be said that he could clearly feel his cultivation increasing bit by bit every day.
For nascent soul cultivators, the increase in cultivation was extremely slow. It might even take several months or years to sense any increase.
In Zhang Ling's estimation, it would probably take four or five years to completely absorb the spiritual power from this orb.
But such a clear increase in cultivation, once he finished absorbing the spiritual power from the orb, he estimated that it would be roughly equivalent to forty or fifty years of arduous cultivation.
Zhang Ling was delighted for quite a while before calming his mind and entering into arduous cultivation. Time flowed slowly in this peaceful cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed since his return to the Hao Yuan Sect.
In the past three years, Zhang Ling rarely left his cave dwelling. Besides occasionally exchanging insights with Senior Brother Tian Feng, he had spent all his time in cultivation.
On this morning, a middle-aged cultivator driving a black escape light hurriedly entered the small Cloud Mountain range where Zhang Ling's cave dwelling was located.
This person was named Qian Ang, and he was a disciple of a declining immortal cultivation family in his early years. He cultivated in the family as a young man, and with his good spiritual root aptitude, he entered the peak of Qi refining early on. However, his family was in decline and had no resources to provide him for foundation establishment.
Qian Ang left the family and became a rogue cultivator who was not quite a rogue cultivator, wandering around in some areas.
Two hundred years ago, when the alien demon race invaded, Qian Ang also took on several important tasks, thus exchanging for the Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully establishing his foundation. He also made some cultivator friends, and after a series of adventures, he reached the late stage of foundation establishment.
A hundred years ago, he deeply felt the hardships of rogue cultivation and wanted to join a sect to become a sect disciple, after all, it was good to enjoy the shade under a big tree.
Fortunately, one of his close friends was an inner disciple of the Hao Yuan Sect. After an introduction, he successfully joined the Hao Yuan Sect.
The Hao Yuan Sect was originally just a small force, but unexpectedly, it has developed rapidly in the past hundred years, and many of its disciples have benefited.
He, Qian Ang, was one of the beneficiaries. With some brains and luck, he successfully formed the golden core fifty or sixty years ago, becoming an outer elder. He also supported his originally dilapidated family.
Although he did not have any real power in the sect, he was like an ancestor in the family, and he could be considered carefree.
Three years ago, the Hao Yuan Sect suddenly had another Supreme Elder with the surname Zhang. The sect's power further expanded, and he, the outer elder, had more trivial matters to deal with. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, but during this time, he was fortunate enough to get a good management task.
He often traveled between the sect and several immortal cities, managing several large shops and gathering points newly established by the sect, making his life more comfortable.
And today, coming to the cave dwelling of this Uncle Zhang, may be another opportunity for him.
Qian Ang drove the escape light and thought beautifully, because he had just learned a piece of news not long ago, which could be used to please this Uncle Zhang. Maybe he could climb up to the third nascent soul elder in the sect because of this.
The benefits are self-evident. The nascent soul cultivator can quickly increase his cultivation with a little guidance. Even if he slightly borrows the reputation of this Uncle Zhang, he can be more comfortable in the sect.
As he approached the small Cloud Mountain where Uncle Zhang was located, Qian Ang unknowingly entered a strange gray mist. At this time, he realized that his divine sense was being strongly interfered with.
This was obviously some kind of restriction formation. Qian Ang did not dare to rush in, and quickly stopped the escape light. He took out a sound transmission jade talisman and threw it out.
After waiting quietly for a full half an hour, when Qian Ang was a little impatient, he finally heard a voice. "Junior Nephew Qian, follow this puppet in."
The voice was extremely unfamiliar, as if it came from all directions. The fog rolled for a while, and an iron bird about ten feet in size flew out. It looked like an iron-black giant eagle, hovering over its head for half a circle, and then flew back into the fog.
Qian Ang was overjoyed, and quickly responded, and followed the iron bird.
At the same time, he also carefully looked at the iron bird, and found that it was a second-order puppet beast. It was also a rare flying puppet on the market.
This kind of puppet is extremely flexible and can also be used as a means of transportation, and the value is not low.
After a while, he arrived at the middle of the small Cloud Mountain, and Qian Ang saw a stone gate. The iron bird leading the way made a clear cry, and a gray light flashed on the stone gate, and it opened with a bang.
Qian Ang carefully entered inside. First, he saw some simple decorations, which looked a bit shabby, not as good as his own cave dwelling.
But then, he saw a young man in thin clothes. Although young, he was Uncle Zhang, whom he had met once at the sect entry ceremony.
"Junior Nephew, pay respects to Uncle Zhang." Qian Ang did not dare to neglect, and immediately paid respects when he saw Zhang Ling.
"No need to be polite, Junior Nephew Qian, right? Tell me what you know. If it is useful, you will naturally get your benefits." Zhang Ling waved his hand casually and asked straight to the point.
"Yes, I heard that Uncle is inquiring about the news of top-grade spirit stones. Junior Nephew recently accidentally heard a rumor, which may be related to top-grade spirit stones." Qian Ang smiled embarrassedly, and quickly told the news he knew.
After listening to this person's news, Zhang Ling was silent for a moment, and asked some details. Finally, he gave Qian Ang a few bottles of pills to improve his mana, and a good magic weapon, and sent him away.
After staying in the cave dwelling for a while, he hurriedly left the cave dwelling. First, he went to Senior Brother Tianfeng's cave dwelling and stayed for a while, and then turned into a light and left the Hao Yuan Sect.
"I thought you had forgotten about my business."
Zhang Ling flew in the sky, and a slightly magnetic voice sounded in his ear.
"Hehe, I will naturally not forget what I promised. It's just that top-grade spirit stones are really not ordinary spiritual objects. There has been no news for the past few years, and only today there is a little news, so I am planning to rush over there immediately." Zhang Ling smiled helplessly and responded.
"Is the news accurate? What is the attribute of the top-grade spirit stone?" The slightly magnetic voice came again, and a black light flashed, and a black gourd appeared next to him. A golden light emerged from the mouth of the gourd, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old blue-robed girl appeared in front of him.
The girl had a bit of childishness on her face, but her expression was cold. She wore a simple blue robe, revealing a lazy expression. She stretched out her hand and gently pointed at the black gourd, and the gourd suddenly swelled to the size of two feet.
The girl's figure blurred, and she sat on the gourd, also revealing a pair of snow-white beautiful legs, and small feet without shoes.
"Why did you come out?" Zhang Ling was stunned for a moment when he saw the girl.
The girl was none other than Lan Que. The body she occupied was the girl's corpse in the red coffin.
"Do I have to stay in it all the time?" Lan Que snorted with a very bad tone.
"Haha, it is Senior's freedom to stay outside, it's just that you didn't say that there was something wrong with this body?" Zhang Ling laughed dryly.
"I don't need you to worry, I have already solved some problems."
Looking at Lan Que's current appearance, Zhang Ling always had a strange feeling. However, after this guy occupied the body, the spiritual power fluctuations on his body became much thicker. Although his cultivation did not increase much, he still remained in the fake nascent soul realm.
But with a body, after all, it is much more convenient to move. Presumably, his strength is definitely not weaker than a nascent soul cultivator. It's just that Zhang Ling always has doubts about the fact that Lan Que is a woman.
"You haven't answered my question yet, what attribute of top-grade spirit stone can you get this time?" Seemingly sensing that Zhang Ling's eyes were a bit strange, Lan Que snorted again.
"This cannot be determined yet, but it is likely to be a top-grade spirit stone of the metal attribute." Zhang Ling responded and replied.
"Oh, metal attribute, that is the most difficult top-grade spirit stone to find." A golden light flashed in Lan Que's eyes, revealing some other expressions.
"Senior, don't be too happy too early. The truth of the news cannot be determined, and it may have been snatched away by other cultivators. We may return without success." Zhang Ling shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice.
After joining the Hao Yuan Sect, he specifically issued several tasks, all of which were to collect some rare spiritual objects. The most important thing was to let the sect disciples pay attention to the news of top-grade spirit stones.
Today, that Junior Nephew Qian really brought a piece of news about top-grade spirit stones. This is also the reason why he is leaving the Hao Yuan Sect in a hurry now.
Speaking of which, Qian Ang's news also came from a friend surnamed Chen.
This Junior Nephew Qian has been active in the immortal city recently. He has made a lot of cultivator friends, and learned a rumor when talking with a friend.
Qian Ang's friend surnamed Chen has been active in the Night Light City recently, often hunting monsters in the ice field. The rumor about top-grade spirit stones that this person said happened in the Northern Territory Ice Field.
It is said that recently, some cultivators discovered an abandoned spirit mine in the ice field. There is nothing surprising about this. Some mines in the immortal cultivation world that have been mined for a long time will be exhausted, and then they will naturally be abandoned.
But the abandoned spirit stone mine that was discovered has been around for a long time, and may have been abandoned by ancient cultivators. It seems that many spiritual objects have been born again, so it has attracted some cultivators to go there to find treasures.
Seven or eight days ago, it is said that someone found a top-grade spirit stone. Although the truth is unknown, this news is not groundless.
Although the news is currently limited to the Night Light City, it has not been widely spread. But it has been a long time, if a top-grade spirit stone really appears, it may indeed be obtained by some cultivators.
So Zhang Ling is now flying in a hurry, also planning to go there to check it out. He doesn't need to hide his cultivation now, flying at full speed, it took him two days to come to Yixia Immortal City again.
Zhang Ling did not delay, and went directly to the teleportation array. This time he did not see Mu Xiaoyan. He directly passed through the teleportation array, and teleported to Night Light City again.
This rather remote Twelve Immortal City, he originally estimated that he would not come again for a long time. Unexpectedly, in just three years, he came here again.
He first wandered around a few workshops, and with his powerful divine sense, he easily detected some sound transmissions of high-level cultivators. From this, he did hear some news about top-grade spirit stones.
But most of them were vague and did not have any accurate answers.
Fortunately, the location of the discovered spirit mine is quite certain. It is said to be located between a certain mountain range in the depths of the ice field.
Zhang Ling did not delay too much, and after buying a few detailed maps of the ice field, he flew directly towards the depths of the ice field.
