Everything went smoothly along the way.
A few days later, Zhang Ling returned to Yanhsia Immortal City through the teleportation array of Nightglow City. He then hurried back to the sect.
He first went to Senior Brother Tianfeng's cave to inform him of his return. Senior Brother Tianfeng asked about the trip with great concern.
Zhang Ling simply said that he had found what he needed. During this time, he also handed over a list of materials, saying that he wanted to collect a large amount of the items on it.
Old Ancestor Tianfeng readily agreed and immediately arranged for disciples in the sect to purchase them from various places. This kind of thing was nothing, as it was originally one of the rights of the Supreme Elder of the sect.
It was just that he gave a lot of materials on the list, so he informed Senior Brother Tianfeng in advance.
Most of what he wanted to collect were materials for refining treasures. Most of them were used to refine puppets.
During the battle with Bloodfiend Sanren, Zhang Ling took out more than a dozen high-level puppets, all of which were destroyed in the person's self-destruction. Although these puppets did not play a big role, it was still quite painful to have so many destroyed. He planned to refine another batch.
It was not that his puppets were useless, but that Bloodfiend Sanren was too strong. If he were dealing with cultivators in the early to mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, more than a dozen high-level puppets could still play a restraining role.
In the list of materials, Zhang Ling also added a few extremely precious materials, all of which were used to refine the Black Bone Giant Claw, and a few materials that had not yet been collected.
Although the attack power of this treasure was already very high, he had not forgotten that it had not been truly refined completely.
This time against Bloodfiend Sanren, he felt a lot of pressure. Zhang Ling urgently needed to truly refine the Black Bone Giant Claw into a pseudo-spiritual treasure to increase his trump cards.
After staying in Senior Brother Tianfeng's cave for a while, Zhang Ling bid farewell and returned to his Small Cloud Peak cave, planning to retreat for a while.
Back in the cave, he first transplanted some of the spiritual herbs he had obtained into the medicine garden, and then carefully took stock of the gains he had obtained.
The most important thing was to renovate the small mountain in the Sumeru Cave, and then set up some good protective restrictions, as a secret cave of his own.
Zhang Ling estimated that there were probably not many spatial treasures like this small cave in the entire human world. Now that he had obtained this treasure, he naturally could not waste it.
Although most of the mountain had collapsed, the spiritual veins had not been destroyed. Moving some soil and rocks from the outside could repair it well.
Subsequently, the Black Tortoise controlled by the second Nascent Soul was also arranged for a cultivation plan early on.
After Zhang Ling finished dealing with the trivial matters, he also re-planned his cultivation progress.
The usual cultivation remained unchanged. This time, he obtained the Gold-Devouring Beast and the top-level demon refining technique, the Glazed Demon Bone. After considering it again and again, he also planned to practice this technique at the same time.
For high-level cultivators, it is common to practice several techniques at the same time.
Moreover, he already had some knowledge of demon refining techniques. The Fiend Demon Art he bought before was often studied. Cultivating the Glazed Demon Bone would be more effective with less effort.
Zhang Ling was quite envious of the indestructible supernatural power possessed by the Glazed Demon Bone after it was cultivated to great success.
In the following period, he studied this technique a lot and found that many secret techniques in this technique required the power of blood. It was more inclined to blood techniques.
He also saw the Blood Ignition Escape and other blood secret techniques that he had practiced before. This made Zhang Ling even more speculate that Bloodfiend Sanren probably had a close relationship with Snowmoon Tower.
The Blood Soul Cauldron in his hand, which could purify turbid air, and the two pieces of iron inscribed with demon patterns, all proved this speculation.
Speaking of which, he himself had a lot of grudges with Snowmoon Tower. If he had the opportunity, he must get rid of this hidden danger.
Fortunately, he was not in Liuyun Sea now, so he didn't have to worry about this matter.
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Time flies!
Two years later, one day, in a patch of weeds not far from the cave, Zhang Ling was sitting cross-legged on a large rock, holding a golden gourd in his hand, and sensing something with his eyes slightly narrowed.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and cast a magic spell on the gourd. The gourd spun around, and seven rays of cyan light instantly spewed out from it.
The cyan light circulated, circled and danced, turning into seven three-foot-long cyan-edged long swords. It was his seven natal flying swords.
But on closer inspection, the spiritual light on several flying swords became a little strange.
Some golden-white patterns were entwined on the sword body, flickering on and off. With a gentle flick of his finger, the seven flying swords shot out with a whoosh, instantly cutting several boulders not far away into pieces.
The power did not seem to have increased much.
But Zhang Ling's mind moved, and the golden gourd spewed out a ball of golden light. The seven flying swords seemed to be summoned, all flew back upside down, and directly merged into the golden light.
The cyan sword light and the golden spiritual light intertwined together, making a chi-chi popping sound. The next moment, a tiger roar came out. The two spiritual lights quickly gathered into a white tiger more than ten feet tall.
As soon as the white tiger appeared, sword lights of cyan and gold colors were wrapped around its body. The sound of sword cries was loud, setting off the white tiger's majesty. The tiger's body shook, and the whole body turned into a huge golden, cyan, and white three-color sword light, shooting straight out.
With a hissing sound, the sound of breaking through the air that pierced the eardrums sounded, and the light in front of him flashed. The sword light slashed on a cliff dozens of feet away. The rock cliff was split open with a deep crack.
The power of the sword light had not disappeared, and it directly passed through the cliff, blasting onto a mountain body further away, and there was a loud bang. Dust flew, and a mountain body crack dozens of feet long appeared in the middle of the mountain peak.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling secretly said that it was worthy of being part of the power of the spiritual treasure fragment. The power of the flying sword has increased by at least more than doubled in just two years.
Moreover, I don't know if it is because of the special nature of the five-element spiritual light in the Two Forms Gourd. The White Tiger demon spirit transformed from the three spiritual treasure fragments was also attached to his own flying sword.
This was an unexpected surprise, equivalent to his flying sword merging with a special spiritual body, possessing a weapon spirit.
With a thought, the golden-cyan sword light flew back from a distance. It circled around in front of him, re-disintegrated, turned into seven flying swords, and entered the golden Geng Metal Gourd one after another.
Divine consciousness entered it, and the seven flying swords swam around in the gourd like small fish.
It can also be seen that three groups of golden-white spiritual light are hidden at the bottom of the gourd, emitting dazzling light. It is the three spiritual treasure fragments placed in it.
After this period of practice, the five-element spiritual light has melted out part of the power of the three spiritual treasure fragments, turning it into strands of golden-white fluorescence, all wrapped around his seven flying swords.
These special spiritual lights contain abundant Geng Metal spiritual power, and they are indeed extremely compatible when integrated into the flying sword, thereby greatly increasing the power of the flying sword.
From Zhang Ling's perception, if he wants to completely refine these three spiritual treasure fragments, it will take another thirty to forty years. He now has plenty of time to temper them.
It can be predicted that the power of the seven flying swords can be increased several times.
Now the flying sword, plus the White Tiger weapon spirit fused on it, the power that can be exerted, although not as good as his full urging of the Black Bone Giant Claw, is already similar.
More importantly, the Black Bone Giant Claw consumes a lot of spiritual power every time it is fully urged. But the seven flying swords do not have this concern, and they are more handy to use.
After all, this is his natal flying sword.
As the power of the flying sword greatly increased, Zhang Ling planned to practice several sword control techniques to better exert the power of the flying sword.
The Desolate Cloud Sword Manual obtained from the spiritual vein of Tianque Palace, Qionghua Mountain, records many sword control techniques and sword formations.
He originally wanted to practice one of the sword formations to increase the power of the flying sword.
But after careful study, it is not possible to form a sword formation with flying swords by simply using sword techniques. It is necessary to re-refine the flying swords and add some special materials to exert their power.
Even from the beginning, when choosing the natal flying sword, it needs to be refined with specific materials to form the corresponding sword formation.
For example, the Wind Thunder Sword made of Wind Thunder Stone can form the Wind Thunder Sword Art. The power is extremely great.
Of course, judging from his seven flying swords, there is a Seven Stars Sword Formation that is quite in line. The power seems to be good. It is difficult for ordinary cultivators to escape if they are trapped in it.
But to perform the Seven Stars Sword Formation, a special material of starlight stone must also be mixed in the flying sword. Zhang Ling knows something about this spiritual mineral. It condenses special starlight and is a top-quality material no less than Geng Metal.
He has also searched for it many times, but has not found this material. As for other sword formations, his seven flying swords are not suitable for use.
Of course, there are several other sword formations that can barely meet the requirements, but all of them require re-refining the flying sword. The materials and time consumed are not small.
So all along, he has not really refined a sword formation. Another main reason is that he does not only have seven flying swords, this set of natal magic weapons.
The Earth Metal Gourd also contains a gourd of Heavenly Star Sand.
The Earthly Fiend Earth Spirit supernatural power currently being cultivated is also about to be completed. It can condense eighteen Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits at one time.
After concentrating on cultivation for a period of time, condensing twenty-four Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits is not a problem. At that time, a set of Fierce Earth Formation with the same extraordinary power can be formed.
This overlaps with the sword formation supernatural power he wants to practice. Therefore, a choice must be made between the two supernatural powers.
After a little consideration, Zhang Ling plans to give up practicing the sword formation. After all, the Earthly Fiend Earth Spirit is a supernatural power in his main cultivation technique, and it is more in line with his own cultivation to use it.
This kind of thing is also very common. Many cultivators with high strength have many extraordinary techniques and secret techniques in their hands. It is impossible to practice all the techniques and secret techniques.
Although it is good to have more skills, there must be a certain trade-off.
After all, even Nascent Soul cultivators are not real immortals, and their lifespan is still limited. Wasting too much time on this kind of thing often puts the cart before the horse.
The strength of a cultivator, in the final analysis, is still the cultivation realm in the first place.
As for how to maximize the use of the seven flying swords.
He might not have thought about it before, but now he can practice another equally extraordinary sword control supernatural power in the Desolate Cloud Sword Manual, the Spiritual Sword Heart Technique.
The Spiritual Sword Heart Technique is the core secret technique in the Desolate Cloud Sword Manual. It emphasizes nourishing the sword with the mind. The higher the spirituality of the flying sword, the stronger the power it exerts.
This technique is not simply a secret technique to increase the power of the flying sword, but a sword nourishing technique.
Now his flying sword has merged with the White Tiger demon spirit from part of the three spiritual treasure fragments. The increase in power is secondary, but the spirituality has increased a lot. It is very suitable for practicing this technique.
I saw that Zhang Ling's mind moved, and a cyan-golden flying sword fell into his hand, and the other hand flicked the flying sword lightly. The flying sword made a sword cry, and the entire sword body became faintly transparent.
With a slight shake, a slender cyan-white sword light flashed out. It looked three points weaker and somewhat dim than ordinary sword light. But the attack speed and flexibility were much higher.
With a clear sound, the sword light instantly slashed towards a big tree fifty or sixty feet away, and the big tree was split in half silently.
This is the mystery of the Spiritual Sword Heart Technique, which can make the cultivator and his flying sword more compatible.
Reaching the level of the Spiritual Sword Heart will also refine the flying sword into a unique spiritual energy, which can be changed at will. Even if attacked, the flying sword can defend and attack on its own.
Zhang Ling estimates that if the flying sword possesses this kind of spirituality, its power will be no less than that of a spiritual treasure.
Thinking in his heart, he put away the flying sword and the Geng Metal Gourd. With a wave of his hand, another similar gourd appeared in front of him.
The gourd spun around and spewed out a cloud of yellow quicksand. On closer inspection, there was also a layer of faint purple strange spiritual light on the quicksand.
In the past two years, the power of the Heavenly Star Sand in the Earth Metal Gourd has also increased by a level.
Previously, the Thousand Jun Stone obtained from the Three Treasures Earth Spirit Beast was a good earth attribute spiritual object. It has been condensed in the sand ball.
I saw him suddenly open his mouth and spit out a golden whirlwind.
The golden whirlwind rolled the yellow quicksand, instantly spreading to the surroundings, forming a layer of fast-flowing sand wall. With a thought, the golden wind and yellow sand turned into a terrifying sandstorm, like a hurricane passing through, crushing all the surrounding vegetation into pieces.
A small number of white light spots also flashed in the wind ball. These light spots looked like sand grains, but as the wind pressure rotated, they turned into strange white short lines, like strange thin needles turning with the storm.
Zhang Ling's fingers flicked gently, and circles of golden-white silk threads were wrapped around the index and middle fingers of his right hand, like spiritual patterns, which were quite strange.
His two fingers slid strangely in the air, and a golden halo appeared in front of him. With a flash of spiritual light, more than a dozen long white silk threads shot out from the halo.
These silk threads were very spiritual and rolled into the wind ball, greatly increasing the power of the sandstorm.
This is a newly practiced supernatural power, without an accurate name. This scene is very familiar, it is the supernatural power used by Bloodfiend Sanren.
Or rather, this ball of golden wind and the white silk threads in it are not supernatural powers he cultivated himself.
It is the supernatural power of the Gold Devouring Beast. According to Blueque, this is the golden evil wind that the Gold Devouring Beast spits out. As for why he can use a small amount of golden evil wind at this time.
Because in the past two years, Zhang Ling has begun to practice the Glazed Demon Bone at the same time and has reached a certain level.
