At Elder Wang's suggestion, the group began to distribute the spiritual herbs in the medicine field.
As for how to distribute them, an equal division was the most appropriate.
Among the three demon cultivators, one was a ninth-order demon cultivator, the strongest of them all. However, they had five Nascent Soul cultivators on their side, making the strength of the two sides roughly equal.
Although there was still some dissatisfaction, there was only a simple dispute. The two sides fairly divided the spiritual herbs in a relatively harmonious manner.
Zhang Ling obtained two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, as well as twenty to thirty eight-to-nine-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.
For him, such gains were only minor. At most, he might be fortunate enough to find several spiritual herbs that he had not collected before.
But for Elder Wang and the others, the gains were not small. Thousand-year-old spiritual herbs are not easy for Nascent Soul cultivators to collect.
After the distribution of the spiritual herbs, everyone's faces showed joy. They continued forward along the small path in the vegetation.
There were not many discoveries next.
After half an incense stick's time, the group arrived at the most core area of the small mountain. Below an iron-black cliff wall, a gold-black stone door was half-open. In front of it was a small square paved with green jade stones.
A faint white mist blew out from the crack in the door, and vaguely, one could see some colorful streamers flowing in the mist, which seemed a bit mysterious.
When approaching thirty zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length) away from the stone gate. Suddenly, the Frost Ice Lion King seemed to have discovered something. His eyes flashed coldly, and he sternly shouted, "Who's there? Get out of here!"
At the same time as he shouted, the demon king waved his palm fiercely, and struck out a rapidly rotating white wind.
With a whoosh of wind, the white wind turned into two huge wind blades and slashed out, heading straight for the half-open stone door.
With two loud bangs, the wind blades directly shattered the stone door, except for a cloud of dust, nothing happened.
However, in the crowd's divine sense, they clearly sensed a strange spiritual power fluctuation behind the stone door, which disappeared in a flash.
Obviously, other cultivators had been hiding there just now, spying on them. They were discovered by the Frost Ice Lion King.
"Where are you going?"
After the Frost Ice Lion King launched the attack, he did not hit the enemy. The sound of wind rang on his body. He was wrapped in a ball of wind and chased after him.
In the space of a breath, he crossed a distance of twenty to thirty zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length) and rushed into the stone cave.
Zhang Ling and the others also reacted and quickly chased after him.
Zhang Ling fell behind, frowning slightly. Although the hidden aura flashed by, judging from the aura, it seemed to be the yellow-shirted old man he had encountered when he was swept into this place by the golden wind.
He had been guarding against this mysterious cultivator, but he had not found any trace of him along the way. He did not expect to encounter him here.
The group turned into escaping lights and rushed into the cave one after another.
What they did not notice was that as soon as they entered, the shattered fragments of the stone door actually rolled up and pieced together into two complete stone doors again, and then closed with a bang.
Subsequently, a strange scene appeared.
The entire mountain shook, and strange cracks appeared on the square ice wall below. Strange popping sounds came from it.
The huge demon beast that was frozen in the ice seemed to have come alive. It gently shook its huge body. A wisp of golden spiritual light emerged from its mouth.
These spiritual lights were emitted through the ice, and entangled in the air to form strands of white silk thread, as if they were conscious, and wrapped around the mountain above.
At the same time, the gold spirit stones contained in the rock walls of this space seemed to be summoned. Many spirit stones exploded directly, and a strong gold spirit energy erupted, which was all swallowed by the demon beast in the ice.
This produced dense white silk threads, which wrapped the entire mountain in the blink of an eye.
"Gold-devouring beast, there is a rare alien beast sleeping here."
A faint firelight flew over from a distance, revealing a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl, staring in surprise at the demon beast in the ice.
This girl was Lan Que, who was looking for top-quality spirit stones, and was attracted by the movement here.
With a thought, Lan Que sensed that Zhang Ling's current location was inside. "This is troublesome. This kind of alien beast is extremely difficult to eliminate."
Let's talk about Zhang Ling and others, they don't know what's going on outside.
At this time, they had trapped the hidden aura in a stone cave and confronted each other.
The stone cave was not big, less than a hundred zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length) in size. It was like the main hall in a cultivator's cave.
There was a figure wrapped in white mist, turning into a stream of light and scurrying around, trying to escape from this place. The figure in the white light could not be seen clearly and was still in a hidden state.
"That little thing, don't show your true colors, you're really looking for death." The Frost Ice Lion King unceremoniously attacked the figure, constantly attacking the figure.
An ice blade condensed from a cold wind was thrown out unceremoniously, causing the white light figure to jump up and down.
Zhang Ling and the others also assisted from the side, releasing flying swords and other attacks to besiege this person so that he could not escape.
Although the white light person did not show his figure, Zhang Ling had already determined that the figure inside was the yellow-shirted old man.
This person's methods were not small, and his escape speed was extremely fast. Although he was besieged, he was not injured for a while. But there was no possibility of counterattack, and he gradually fell behind, gradually being trapped to death.
This person seemed to know this, and only wanted to escape, and did not face them head-on. But at most, he could only support for a moment, and he would be beheaded or even captured alive by everyone.
At this time, Zhang Ling's heart moved slightly, and he received a voice transmission from Lan Que in his divine sense. His face immediately became suspicious.
Because Lan Que actually transmitted a message saying that something had happened outside, and the small mountain where they were located had been trapped.
How could this be? He didn't feel anything at all.
Could it be this guy's fault? Staring at the white light figure scurrying around in the field.
Zhang Ling searched for a moment, and with a flash, he landed on the ground. A yellow light flashed under his feet, and he used the earth escape technique, intending to leave this place first.
Since Lan Que transmitted a message saying that something had happened outside, that was a bad situation.
Wrapped in yellow light, most of his body instantly sank into the ground. Zhang Ling was overjoyed. The earth escape technique could still be used, so he could leave quickly.
But then, he sensed something again, and quickly stopped sinking into the ground and jumped out of the ground again.
His strange behavior attracted the attention of the others. Fairy Yu gave him a strange look, not knowing what he was doing.
Zhang Ling was about to explain and remind everyone that something was wrong here. But before he could speak, an astonishing scene happened in the field again.
The white light person who was being chased by the Ice Snow Lion King, the hidden figure emerged, it was the yellow-shirted old man.
However, what was different from before was that this person's eyes were now blood red, with a crazy look.
After letting out a roar, a layer of strong blood light burst out from his body. This layer of blood light was filled with blood evil aura, forming a powerful shock wave, spreading to the surroundings.
The Ice Snow Lion King, who was closest to this person, was knocked back a dozen zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length) away at once.
The others also quickly resisted, and had no intention of paying attention to Zhang Ling's actions just now.
Zhang Ling flicked his hand, and a blue-light rhomboid shield blocked him in front of him. The blood light hit it, and there was a muffled bang.
The blood light was not weak, but the duration was only a moment, and the shield resisted it after shaking a few times.
Although the others were a little embarrassed, they were not seriously injured.
Looking closely, the yellow-shirted old man became even more bizarre. His entire body had actually grown half a head taller, and the clothes on his body were burst open.
I saw that the blood light on the upper body of this person flickered, revealing a pattern. It was actually a blood leopard tattoo pattern.
A beast roar came out of the yellow-shirted old man's mouth, and the blood leopard tattoo on his body came alive, jumping from the pattern form into the air, turning into a solidified leopard phantom.
In another flash, it disappeared into the old man's body, and suddenly this person's breath became much stronger.
Many gray-white hairs also grew on his body, and the nails on his hands became dark and shiny, like blades, looking like an upright leopard, glaring at everyone with blood-red eyes.
"What's wrong with this person? Is he also a demon race?" Fellow Daoist Ning exclaimed when he saw this scene. Obviously, he had never seen this kind of situation.
The others also had a look of astonishment, and the three demon cultivators were also slightly surprised.
Only Zhang Ling had no expression on his face. He was very familiar with this situation.
The old man's current form looks very much like a demon race, but in fact, he is only using the demon transformation secret technique to become a half-demon form.
This is the core secret method of cultivating the demon refining master's technique. There is no such technique in the Northern Plains cultivation world, and others can't help but be surprised.
"Humph, devouring demon spirits and symbiosis with demon spirits are somewhat peculiar. It seems that you are not practicing the human race's technique." The silver-haired old man, the Frost Ice Lion King, narrowed his eyes, and also saw some tricks, grinning.
The Frost Ice Lion King seemed to be provoked and aroused his ferocity. He slapped his chest fiercely with one hand, and his body also changed.
A cloud of misty ice mist swept through his body, and the demon also turned into a half-demon form in a moment.
With a shake of his silver hair, the demon's head also turned into a furry lion's head, and his body also grew to a height of two zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length). With a soft sound, a pair of frost-covered wings grew out of his back.
With a fan of the ice wings, the Ice Snow Lion King attacked with countless ice thorns, and his aura also increased a lot. It seemed that the demon had shown all his strength.
For a time, two half-demon monsters were entangled in the field.
The leopard man transformed by the yellow-shirted old man was extremely fast. In addition to carrying a blood evil aura, his body also condensed a powerful ice spiritual power.
In this way, the demon spirit fused on this person's body is also an ice attribute demon spirit. It seems that he has fused a snow leopard's demon spirit.
However, as a ninth-order Frost Ice Lion King, he is naturally even more powerful. With a flash of his wings on his back, he turned into a layer of blue and white cold wind, easily suppressing the yellow-shirted old man.
The leopard man transformed by the yellow-shirted old man kept screaming, and with the rapid waving of his arms, countless blood-colored claw marks appeared in front of him.
The Frost Ice Lion King spewed out a large piece of ice mist, forming a thick ice shield, blocking these attacks.
At the same time, the cold light flashed on the ice shield, and the Lion King rammed into the ice shield barbarously, directly smashing the ice shield into countless ice flakes.
The shattered ice flakes did not disappear directly, but rolled into three or four groups of cold and biting cold wind, whistling past.
The blood-colored claw light and the cold wind ice thorns collided in the air, and there was a burst of loud noise.
The Ice Snow Lion King did not hesitate at all, and fought in close combat.
I saw blood light and ice wind colliding with each other, quickly scurrying in the entire stone cave, fighting fiercely.
This made it difficult for others to intervene.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling's face became more and more gloomy.
He had just intended to use the earth escape technique to leave this place, but as soon as his body sank into the ground, he found that the gold attribute spiritual power hidden in the ground had sealed the ground.
That is to say, they are now indeed trapped as Lan Que said. It is not a good thing to continue to entangle like this.
Thinking in his heart, Zhang Ling flicked his hand, and a yellow light flew out of his sleeve, turning into a yellow umbrella above his head, protecting his whole body.
A black light also fell into his hand, revealing a yellow small flag. Spiritual power was injected into it, and the flag surface rolled, emitting wisps of gray mist.
Sacrificing the Four Directions Flag, he intended to urge this treasure to assist the Frost Ice Lion King to solve the yellow-shirted old man first.
However, the Lion King was extremely powerful and did not intend to fight a protracted war. With a wave of his claws, he turned into two huge ice claws and slapped the yellow-shirted old man away.
Immediately afterwards, a lion roar came, and I saw a substantial sound wave hitting the yellow-shirted old man.
It directly knocked the person upside down.
This voice was dull and loud, but it sounded like a pair of sledgehammers hitting the body.
At some point, a blue long spear also appeared in the Frost Ice Lion King's hand. With a shake of the spear tip, the entire long spear suddenly lengthened and thinned, turning into a blue light of more than ten zhang (丈: zhang, a unit of length), and pierced over with extreme speed.
The yellow-shirted old man was impacted by the sound wave, and his entire body was still in a stalemate state. He did not dodge this blow, and the spear pierced straight through.
The old man could not withstand the attack force, and hit the rock wall behind, and a large piece of the rock wall collapsed, and the entire cave shook.
The leopard man transformed by this person was nailed to the wall by the long blue spear, and his body was pierced, and there was a scream.
After a moment of fighting, the yellow-shirted old man had been seriously injured and was completely suppressed.
The Frost Ice Lion King did not give this person a chance to breathe, and with a movement of his wings on his back, he came to the yellow-shirted old man, reached out and grabbed it fiercely. The big hand that turned into a claw was attached with a layer of white and shiny ice flame, and an extremely cold force broke out.
Once caught, the yellow-shirted old man will surely die. The strength shown by the Lion King made everyone look at him with admiration.
The aura of the yellow-shirted old man after demonization is not weak, and he has already approached the peak of the Nascent Soul early stage.
I didn't expect to be defeated so easily.
However, the transformed demon cultivator is one level higher than the human race cultivator of the same level, and it seems that it is nothing to easily suppress a guy in the early stage of Nascent Soul.
However, at this moment, Zhang Ling's face changed again, and he quickly shouted, "Be careful."
As soon as he said the reminder, he saw a golden light light up on the rock wall behind the old man who was nailed to the wall. Countless white silk threads poured out from it.
In the blink of an eye, the silk threads had covered that wall, and the Frost Ice Lion King had not expected this scene, and suddenly most of his body was entangled by white silk threads.
