In recent years, Zhang Ling naturally paid attention to materials for repairing the Yellow Canopy Umbrella.
Although Yellow Jade Crystal wasn't a top-tier material like Geng Metal, it was still a valuable spiritual ore. He didn't expect Third Elder Qin to have a piece.
Zhang Ling immediately walked over and began to communicate with him.
After some discussion, he ultimately spent three Rank 6 magic crystals and one Rank 7 magic crystal to exchange for the Yellow Jade Crystal material in Third Elder Qin's possession.
Zhang Ling didn't linger and left the trade fair.
He directly left the Ghost Market and immediately found a place with earth fire in the market, entering it to start repairing the Yellow Canopy Umbrella.
Inside the earth fire room, with a wave of his hand, the damaged Yellow Canopy Umbrella and a bright yellow crystal stone the size of a child's fist appeared in mid-air.
This Yellow Jade Crystal was smaller than the one used to refine the Yellow Canopy Umbrella initially, but fortunately, it was only for repairing the umbrella, so it was enough.
Speaking of which, the Yellow Jade Crystal in Third Elder Qin's hand was a spiritual ore from his private collection.
Zhang Ling also had a doubt in his mind, wondering why this Third Elder of Sky Curtain City would collect so many magic crystals.
Among the exchange conditions for the things this person took out, several items were specifically for exchanging high-level magic crystals.
Collecting his thoughts, Zhang Ling activated the earth fire in the room with a hand gesture, and clusters of scarlet flames enveloped the Yellow Jade Crystal, beginning to melt it.
Two days later, a small, golden umbrella floated in front of Zhang Ling. With a gentle tap, the small umbrella opened instantly, and a thick layer of golden light fell, illuminating his entire body.
"Not bad, this treasure has been completely repaired."
Zhang Ling waved his hand and put the Yellow Canopy Umbrella into his storage bag, took a long breath, and walked out of the earth fire room.
Over the next day, he continued to wander through the major markets in Sky Curtain City, collecting materials.
This time, the materials he collected were no longer those for refining puppets. He also occasionally entered shops selling cultivation technique books to consult some classics.
It wasn't until dusk that he found an inn to stay in temporarily.
Inside the room, Zhang Ling sat on a grand chair, with several jade slips and books placed on the table next to him.
Suddenly, he chuckled softly. "This Bone Tempering Cold Liquid and Rank 4 Black Bone Pill should be collected. I think they will have a lot of auxiliary effect on cultivating the Glazed Demon Bone."
The materials he collected and the classics he consulted that day were mostly related to body refinement techniques. He even spent five or six hundred thousand spirit stones to specifically purchase several body refinement techniques.
Although he had the Golden Devouring Beast's released Golden Fiend Evil Wind to assist in cultivating the Glazed Demon Bone, the Golden Fiend Evil Wind was too overbearing. With his current Blood Bone Demon Body, he couldn't temper it for a long time.
So, finding some relatively gentle auxiliary spiritual liquid or pills would better assist in cultivation. Since he had come to Sky Curtain City, this large immortal city, he had also put this matter in his heart.
Of course, understanding more about body refinement techniques could also cross-reference and benefit his own cultivation.
He sat there for several hours. It wasn't until noon the next day that Zhang Ling put away these things, calmly meditated for a while, and recovered his consumed spirit before walking out of the inn.
Today was the time to trade with the cultivator who possessed the supreme-grade fire spirit stone, so he couldn't miss it.
Soon after, Zhang Ling arrived on a remote street. Walking to the end, he saw a three-story small pavilion, which was the agreed location.
"Ink Cloud Pavilion"
The entire small building was built with some kind of black wood material. Many low-level cultivators were sitting and talking on the first floor. It looked like a teahouse.
Zhang Ling walked in. As soon as he stepped inside, he sensed a divine sense power, and a voice came to his ear. "Fellow Daoist has indeed come as agreed. Please go to Room Tian Zi Number One on the third floor."
Zhang Ling expressionlessly scanned his surroundings. His powerful divine sense immediately explored the entire small building. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, he went up to the third floor along the stairs.
The third floor was very quiet, with only two rows of rooms. Zhang Ling felt a force of restriction, but fortunately, it wasn't too strong. Nascent Soul cultivators could easily break it. The door of one of the rooms was half-closed, and there were two auras inside.
One of the auras was indeed the cultivator who possessed the supreme-grade fire spirit stone. But the other aura stunned him. It was also a Nascent Soul mid-stage guy, and he had seen him once at the trade fair three days ago.
It was none other than the black-robed female cultivator who had also taken a fancy to the Purple Essence Copper. How were these two together? It seemed they knew each other.
Zhang Ling frowned. Two Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, he had to be careful.
"Fellow Daoist, don't be surprised. This fairy is my close friend. We are only here to trade peacefully and will never harm you."
With a creak, the half-closed door opened, and a clear, cold voice came out. Zhang Ling hesitated for a moment and then walked in.
This was Sky Curtain City. Even if the two of them had designs on him, they would never do anything here. Half of the worry in his heart was gone, so he didn't need to worry too much.
The interior of the room was ordinary, with only a few tables, chairs, and vases. Two cultivators were sitting at a table behind a layer of gauze curtains, staring blankly at him.
The two of them also didn't show their true faces. Zhang Ling was the same. He casually cupped his hands at the two of them. "Greetings, Fellow Daoists."
"Fellow Daoist is too polite, please."
Zhang Ling directly sat down on a chair near the door, stopped talking, and quietly sized up the two of them.
The scene was quiet for a moment, and the two cultivators were also looking him up and down. After a moment of silence, the cultivator in black light broke the silence. "Fellow Daoist has come as agreed. This concubine is extremely grateful."
Hearing this voice, Zhang Ling knew that this person was also a female cultivator. After saying a few polite words, this woman took out a scarlet jade box and placed it on the table.
"Fellow Daoist, please take a look. The supreme-grade fire spirit stone is inside."
Zhang Ling nodded and looked at the red jade box. A spirit talisman was pasted on the jade box, but with a sweep of his divine sense, he still sensed that it contained an extremely pure fire spiritual power.
While observing the jade box, he also waved his hand, and a cyan jade bottle landed on the table. "The Calamity Breaking Pill in my hand is called the Mind Awakening Pill, and it is a Rank 6 pill."
"What, a Rank 6 Calamity Breaking Pill?" The black-robed female cultivator on the opposite side immediately exclaimed, seemingly in disbelief.
"This pill is refined using the Rank 6 spiritual medicine, Clear Spirit Flower…" Zhang Ling simply added.
"Clear Spirit Flower, so that's it."
The two black-robed female cultivators exchanged glances, and the black-robed female cultivator nodded, seemingly knowing this spiritual medicine. The female cultivator shrouded in black light trembled slightly and said eagerly. "Can I check this spiritual pill?"
Zhang Ling nodded in agreement. The black light on this woman flashed, releasing a slender spiritual light that shone on the cyan jade bottle. She directly opened the jade bottle and took out a white pill with purple patterns from it.
As soon as the pill appeared, it still had a layer of seven-colored spiritual light on it, emitting a refreshing medicinal fragrance. With a gentle inhale, it was as if one had taken a breath of cool air, making one's consciousness a little clearer.
Seeing the two female cultivators checking the pill, Zhang Ling smiled inwardly, thinking of Ding Ruozhao and the two women. Back then, he refined the Mind Awakening Pill to solve the spiritual abnormalities caused by Ding Ruozhao being parasitized by the Blue Sparrow.
He wondered how those two sisters were doing now.
Whether they were still on Mount Qionghua in the Heavenly Defect Palace. These two women only had Golden Core strength. Although he left behind several high-level puppets before leaving,
The Heavenly Defect Palace was not a good place, with spatial rifts everywhere. If one trespassed randomly, it would be very dangerous.
It's just that now he was in the Northern Origin Cultivation World, so it was not easy to return there.
Although he knew that there was a super-long-distance teleportation array on an island in the Demonic Wind Sea on the side of the Different Demon Clan.
When he left, he had also marked it, hoping to return to the Flowing Cloud Sea through that teleportation array one day.
But Zhang Ling knew that even if he returned through that super-long-distance teleportation array, it would only be to a certain spatial rift in the Heavenly Defect Palace. With his current strength, he could not break that space.
Moreover, even if he broke the spatial rift, he did not know whether he was still within the scope of the Heavenly Defect Palace.
He had long planned in his heart that when his cultivation reached the Nascent Soul later stage, he could go back and take a look.
Moreover, helping the Blue Sparrow to regain the body sealed in the Abyss also required returning to the Flowing Cloud Sea. And all these things required him to reach the Nascent Soul later stage to be sure.
Now he could only improve his cultivation as soon as possible. Zhang Ling was thinking wildly in his heart when he heard the joyful voices of the two women opposite him.
"Senior Sister Yun, I feel that this pill can indeed solve the problem on my body."
"Haha, that's good."
"The two fellow Daoists have finished checking the pill, so I also want to take a look at this supreme-grade fire spirit stone," Zhang Ling said with a smile.
"Of course, fellow Daoist, please check it."
Zhang Ling was not polite, and with a wave of his hand, the red jade box came to him. He pointed at it, and the spirit talisman on the jade box fell off, and it opened with a snap.
Inside was a black-red spirit stone. Flames were intertwined and changed within it. In the center of the entire spirit stone, there was also a ball of yellow-red flame that was constantly burning.
This spirit stone was very irregular and not smooth. But the pure fire spiritual power it emitted was extremely strong.
Zhang Ling immediately felt a burning force filling his face. He was overjoyed. It was indeed a supreme-grade fire spirit stone. It looked like it had just been produced and had not been consumed much spiritual power.
Most of the five elements spirit stones are quite smooth on the surface after being mined. This is a manifestation of the spiritual power in the spirit stone solidifying and not collapsing.
However, the forms of supreme-grade five elements spirit stones are different, and they can better express the characteristics of the five elements attributes.
Especially the supreme-grade fire spirit stone, the fire spiritual power it emits is violent, which is harmful to ordinary cultivators. Only Nascent Soul-level cultivators are not afraid of the fire spiritual power on it.
The Blue Sparrow's voice also entered his ears at the right time. "Not bad, it is indeed a supreme-grade fire spirit stone. Only wood spirit stone and water spirit stone are missing."
"You are."
Suddenly, the female cultivator in black light shouted. Interrupting Zhang Ling's joy.
Zhang Ling came back to his senses, and noticed that because he was observing the supreme-grade fire spirit stone at close range, the burning fire spiritual power on it filled his face, dispersing the spiritual power that disguised his face, revealing his true face.
"Do you know me?"
Although he was a little careless, Zhang Ling's face did not change much. Instead, he stared at this woman and asked.
This woman was silent for a moment, sighed, the black light on her body flashed and disappeared, revealing her true face.
Seeing this woman's face, Zhang Ling was also stunned. "So it's Fellow Daoist Dongfang." This woman was actually Dongfang Ya, which was really beyond his expectation.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, long time no see." Dongfang Ya smiled slightly, stroking a few strands of beautiful hair in front of her forehead. But her face was a little pale, and she seemed to be injured.
"Dongfang, younger sister, do you know this guy?" The black-robed female cultivator next to her interjected and asked.
"This little sister has met Fellow Daoist Zhang a few times and can be considered an old acquaintance." Dongfang Ya glanced at Zhang Ling and said so.
"There is such a thing." The black-robed female cultivator also turned to look at Zhang Ling. The mist covering her face in the black robe slowly dissipated, also revealing her true face.
"Senior Sister Yun, you." Seeing her senior sister reveal her true face, Dongfang Ya frowned, wanting to say something.
"It's okay, since you and Fellow Daoist Zhang know each other, it would be too rude for me to cover my face." The black-robed female cultivator was quite unrestrained.
Zhang Ling also looked at this woman's face. This woman's complexion was ruddy, and there was some heroism between her eyebrows. From the feeling, she was very similar to Ding Ruozhao. However, he noticed that there was a layer of baleful aura on this woman's body.
And Dongfang Ya's face was pale, but she seemed to have a bit of a little woman's posture.
It's just that Dongfang Ya is a Different Demon Clan person, so this female cultivator surnamed Yun, could it also be a Different Demon Clan person. How did these two women come to Sky Curtain City.
Now the situation between the Different Demon Clan and their side is not good.
Seeming to see his doubts, Dongfang Ya smiled and said. "Fellow Daoist Zhang, my Senior Sister Yun is not a Different Demon Clan person, but is a human cultivator like you."
"Haha, with our strength, there is no need to falsely report any identity. In the Righteous Path, some nosy people call me, Little Phoenix Fairy, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Zhang has heard of it." The black-robed female cultivator waved her hand and said without hesitation.
"Little Phoenix Fairy, and surnamed Yun." Zhang Ling's expression changed, and he immediately knew this woman's identity. "So fellow Daoist is the Little Phoenix Fairy of the Crimson Firmament Sect."
"Hehe, I don't like this title very much, I'm always suppressed by my sister."
Little Phoenix Fairy laughed self-deprecatingly, then her eyes flashed and asked. "Then should you also introduce yourself?"
Zhang Ling laughed dryly and also revealed his identity.
"Hao Yuan Sect, is it the Hao Yuan Sect of Cangyun Country, then Old Ancestor Tianfeng is your senior brother." Little Phoenix Fairy blinked her eyes, seeming to be more interested in him.
"Fairy knows, Senior Brother Tianfeng."
Zhang Ling nodded in acknowledgment. There was nothing to hide about this. This Little Phoenix Fairy's name was not small. It was said that her own spiritual root aptitude was outstanding.
More importantly, her twin sister's name was even more resounding. It was the Crimson Firmament Sect, a hundred years ago, the newly advanced Nascent Soul later stage, Jade Phoenix Real Person.
These two sisters were both very strong and were honored as the Double Phoenix Fairies of the Crimson Firmament Sect. Among them, the elder sister's real name was Yun Hong'er, but she was a cold-faced fairy.
This Little Phoenix Fairy was called Yun Qing'er, and it was said that she was very intolerant of demonic cultivators, often causing some trouble. Many demonic cultivators avoided this woman when they saw her.
Now it seemed that the rumors were false.
The relationship between this Little Phoenix Fairy and Dongfang Ya seemed to be unusual.
