Four days later, Zhang Ling and the others traversed hundreds of thousands of miles, arriving at a desert and Gobi region.
Here, the sky was clear for thousands of miles, the scorching sun shone brightly, and even the occasional breeze carried intense heat.
"This is the place."
Dongfang Ya landed on a large rock and said to the two of them.
Little Phoenix Fairy released her divine sense to cover the surrounding hundred miles, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing slightly. "The spiritual energy here is extremely thin, and it's boundless. There are no traces of ancient cultivator ruins."
Zhang Ling surveyed the surroundings for a while. Aside from yellow sand and rocks, everything was natural, with no signs of human activity.
"Sister Yun, Fellow Daoist Zhang. When I was crossing the Black Cloud Desert, I accidentally encountered a sandstorm and temporarily stayed here. After the sandstorm passed, a mirage appeared in the sky, and I felt a strange fluctuation of spiritual energy at the time. Feeling strange, I went forward to investigate and was unexpectedly drawn into a strange restriction layer," Dongfang Ya replied affirmatively.
"After escaping, I realized that the mirage was not an ordinary illusion. After careful recollection, I remembered a vague hall appearing in the mirage, with a plaque on it that read 'Mystic God Hall.' I realized that I might have encountered ancient cultivator ruins. I stayed in this area for a while and searched carefully. Sure enough, I discovered a powerful array force here, sealing off an area. At that time, relying on my strong cultivation, I forced my way in, only to fall into an even more powerful restriction, which is why I was injured."
As Dongfang Ya spoke, a flash of spiritual light appeared in her hand, and she took out a stack of yellow array flags.
"This is a set of Yellow Sand Array flags. As long as this array is used to create a sandstorm here, the strange area will be better revealed."
The three of them briefly discussed, and Dongfang Ya began to set up the Yellow Sand Array.
Zhang Ling and Little Phoenix Fairy left the spot and searched around, to prevent encountering other cultivators.
After all, stirring up a sandstorm would create quite a commotion. Although basically no cultivators would come here, they couldn't be careless.
Before long, after exploring the surrounding thousands of miles, Zhang Ling and the two returned to the original place.
Dongfang Ya had already completed the Yellow Sand Array and immediately activated it.
The ground in the surrounding dozen miles shook, and pillars of light soared into the sky from the sand and soil.
These pillars of light struck the sky, forming a strange yellow cloud that flowed rapidly.
Immediately afterwards, strong winds formed, and the entire sky became a hazy yellow.
The strong winds spun faster and faster, carrying a large area of soil, rocks, and sand, filling the sky.
Before long, a sandstorm formed.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling thought to himself that this woman's array was not an ordinary one, covering a large area.
The three of them were in the center of the array, naturally unaffected by the sandstorm. Dongfang Ya controlled the array disk, constantly sensing the changes around her.
After a moment of calm, the Yellow Sand Array operated to its extreme, and this area had become a sun-obscuring environment.
At this time, Dongfang Ya seemed to sense something and said with a happy expression, "Found it, it's over there." She pointed to the array disk in her hand, and the sandstorm layer on the east side split open.
She immediately flew in. Zhang Ling and the two naturally followed closely behind.
Traveling through the sandstorm for more than ten miles, Dongfang Ya suddenly left the ground and flew into the sky. The three of them passed through the sandstorm layer and arrived in the sky several hundred feet high.
Although this place was also within the range of the sandstorm, it was already at the edge of the Yellow Sand Array.
Above the outermost layer of light sand, a yellow mist appeared, looking similar to the environment created by the sandstorm.
But with a sweep of divine sense, one could observe many long white streamers appearing in the yellow mist, floating in the sky like ribbons of light, looking very beautiful.
As the light flickered, some vague illusions appeared, revealing a scene of an oasis, including several lush immortal mountains, as well as some ancient buildings, pavilions, and towers.
At the top of the highest immortal mountain, a vast expanse of white could vaguely be seen, with a huge palace sitting on it.
Zhang Ling's divine sense carefully examined the illusion of the palace, and sure enough, he saw three ancient characters on the palace's plaque, which were precisely the words 'Mystic God Hall.'
A look of joy also appeared on his face, and Dongfang Ya and the two women were also delighted.
Rumbling thunder entered their ears, and the white streamers became distorted. Even the illusions became blurred and distorted.
"The Mystic God Hall's restriction has been activated, Sister Yun, Fellow Daoist Zhang, we need to go in quickly!" Seeing this scene, Dongfang Ya said anxiously.
With a wave of her hand, a cyan jade brush appeared in her hand, and she quickly drew a cyan spiritual talisman in the air.
The tip of the brush pointed at the cyan light talisman, and the talisman drawn out of thin air directly transformed into a cyan Flood Dragon and rushed towards the sky.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling's eyes lit up. Drawing talismans out of thin air, this woman's cultivation in the Dao of Talismans had at least reached the level of a grandmaster.
This kind of technique could actually be performed by Nascent Soul cultivators. But instantly condensing a spiritual talisman was not something ordinary cultivators could do.
Especially high-level spell talismans, which could not be completed in one or two breaths.
It seemed that this woman might specialize in the Dao of Talismans, a rare Talisman cultivator. This was an even rarer cultivation path than Body Cultivation.
Cultivating this path required extremely high talent in various spells and the Dao of Talismans.
It was said that Talisman cultivators could instantly draw talismans because they could condense special talisman imprints in their sea of consciousness. They could instantly cast various spells.
In the moments while Zhang Ling's thoughts were turning, the cyan Flood Dragon released by Dongfang Ya had already crashed into the white streamers.
These streamers, which looked like mirages, actually blocked the Flood Dragon's attack.
When the cyan Flood Dragon crashed into them, the white streamers transformed into white lightning.
This was clearly some kind of special restriction.
A clear cry came from the side, and Little Phoenix Fairy also took action. A strange black flame appeared on this woman's body. She activated a magic technique, and a scarlet long spear was thrown out.
The long spear swayed in the air, covering a layer of black flame, and slammed into the white streamers next to where the cyan Flood Dragon had crashed.
The power of this strike was even greater, and the entire sky trembled from this attack. All of a sudden, it elicited even more white lightning.
In an instant, lightning flashed, trapping the cyan Flood Dragon and the dark long serpent within it.
Both women were experts in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and their techniques were naturally more than that.
Dongfang Ya lightly tapped with the jade brush in her hand, drawing dense cyan runes, and launched them out.
Little Phoenix Fairy gave a strange laugh, her entire body's spiritual power soaring. The scarlet long spear trembled slightly and instantly transformed into dense spear shadows, shattering a large area of lightning.
Zhang Ling was naturally not just watching. He held a yellow gourd in his right hand. A stream of yellow quicksand flowed out of it, condensing into three Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits.
But he did not immediately have the three Earth Spirits attack. Instead, he glanced at the sandstorm formed by the Yellow Sand Array below.
With a thought, the three Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits quickly coiled around in the deep field.
A rustling sound arose, and the surrounding sand and stones were all drawn onto the three Earth Spirits.
The bodies of the three Earthly Fiend Earth Spirits rapidly swelled.
In a few breaths, they transformed into three Earth Dragons more than thirty feet long. As they shook their heads and tails, huge earth thorns shot out from their bodies. The sound of piercing through the air was constant, forming a series of ranged attacks.
Although the power of the earth thorns did not seem strong, their advantage lay in their continuous and incessant attacks, constantly dispersing a large area of white lightning.
This scene also attracted the attention of the two women, and Dongfang Ya turned her head and smiled at Zhang Ling.
The three of them were attacking the same spot, which they had discussed beforehand.
Their attacks did not last long. After dispersing patches of white lightning, a strange black vortex appeared in the sky.
There was even more white lightning around the vortex, and the lightning constantly flickered, seemingly repairing the vortex.
But the three of them continued to attack, causing the vortex to expand rapidly. When the black vortex expanded to three or four feet in size.
Dongfang Ya nodded to the two of them and took the lead in rushing in.
Zhang Ling and his partner also followed closely behind, instantly flashing into the black vortex, disappearing without a trace.
Immediately, only the whistling of the wind and the crackling of lightning were left in the sky.
After a few more breaths, these anomalies disappeared. The sandstorm formed by the Yellow Sand Array, losing Dongfang Ya's control, also returned to calm after a while.
This area returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
...
Zhang Ling and the others entered the black vortex, and their eyes were filled with a vast expanse of white. They appeared in a strange space.
Underneath their feet was a thick layer of white clouds, and stepping on it felt like stepping on solid ground.
Above their heads was a clear sky for thousands of miles, looking the same as outside.
However, Zhang Ling raised his hand and launched a thick stone cone. As it flew a distance upwards, white lightning appeared in the sky above and instantly shattered the stone cone.
Clearly, there were some kind of restrictions present.
"Although we have entered, the danger here is even greater. Fellow Daoist Zhang, be careful. I encountered danger in this space before, which is why my soul was injured," Dongfang Ya said in a deep voice, reminding him.
Zhang Ling did not speak, but simply nodded.
Little Phoenix Fairy squatted down, touched the clouds under her feet, and grabbed a cloud that gathered but did not dissipate, kneading it in her hand. "The clouds under our feet seem to be cloud stones."
Dongfang Ya smiled gently. "Sister Yun's knowledge is indeed extraordinary, this is indeed cloud stone."
"Is it a special spiritual mine?"
Zhang Ling also reached down and grabbed a fist-sized cloud. It felt soft in his hand, like a cotton-like material.
It was not like ordinary clouds, which were formless.
A little interest rose in his heart. The cloud energy gathered on this cloud stone was very dense. It was very similar to the Devouring Cloud Stone he had been searching for.
If he could collect some, perhaps he could replace the Devouring Cloud Stone and refine益神散, to assist in cultivating the Nine Yuan Soul Refining Technique.
Just as this thought arose in Zhang Ling's mind, Dongfang Ya's voice came over.
"Cloud stone is indeed a special material. It is said that it can only be seen in some special areas in the high sky, and it is rare in ordinary places. But once this material leaves a specific area, it will turn into ordinary cloud gas and quickly dissipate, so it is not of much value."
Hearing that the cloud stone could not be taken away, Zhang Ling laughed and lost interest.
However, at this moment, Lan Que's voice came from Zhang Ling's consciousness again.
"Hmph, although this girl is right, this material cannot be taken away. But this kind of place is not without value. As far as I know, in the Spirit World, if cultivators want to refine some treasures that require cloud gas, such as Wind Cloud Sails and Flowing Cloud Silk, they will specifically look for this kind of special area to refine their spiritual treasures, which will greatly save energy."
Hearing this, Zhang Ling pondered for a moment, but did not take it to heart.
Then, the three of them discussed a few simple sentences and walked forward.
This space was very strange, and it was unknown how big it was. Although Dongfang Ya had previously broken into this place, she did not know much about it.
Along the way, the three of them flew at low altitude for hundreds of miles without reaching the end. Nor did they see anything. It seemed that there was nothing at all.
Suddenly, Little Phoenix Fairy stopped her escape light and looked in one direction, exclaiming with bright eyes. "There seems to be a special cloud of mist over there."
Saying that, this woman flew towards that side.
Dongfang Ya quickly shouted, "Sister Yun, be careful, I encountered danger when I encountered a cloud of special color before."
Little Phoenix Fairy did not stop her escape light, but just responded.
Zhang Ling also glanced in that direction and noticed a cloud of yellow-red mist hundreds of miles away.
"Sister Yun is always so reckless, Fellow Daoist Zhang, let's quickly follow up," Dongfang Ya smiled helplessly.
In a moment, the three of them approached the cloud of yellow-red mist. This cloud of mist was slowly flowing, slowly drifting to the side.
Zhang Ling frowned, and with a slight sweep of his divine sense, he sensed a strong fire spiritual power gathering in this cloud of mist. It was obviously not an ordinary cloud of mist.
As his divine sense delved deeper into this cloud of mist, Zhang Ling immediately sensed a weak wave of divine thought.
He immediately realized that this cloud of mist seemed to be alive, and seemed to have consciousness.
The arrival of the three of them also seemed to have alarmed this cloud of yellow-red mist.
This cloud of mist, which was originally slowly drifting, suddenly began to spin rapidly, gradually turning scarlet red, and there was even a gurgling sound of boiling water coming from inside.
"Be careful, this thing is alive," Dongfang Ya solemnly reminded.
When she came to this place before, she encountered such a strange cloud of mist, the difference being that she encountered a strange black cloud at that time.
She accidentally broke into the black cloud and was trapped inside. Subsequently, she suddenly suffered a divine soul impact, which caused her divine soul to be injured.
At the same time as reminding, a palm-sized, dark green small disc appeared in Dongfang Ya's hand.
It was the treasure condensed from the Giant Soul Stone, which she had collected at a great price. It was to deal with this strange cloud of mist in this space.
Little Phoenix Fairy and Zhang Ling had both heard Dongfang Ya talk about this matter before, so naturally they would not recklessly launch an attack.
They were all cautiously observing this cloud of mist.
