Hundreds of years ago, the maiden Ruolan forcibly left this ghost mist area, attracting endless lightning from the sky. At that time, she relied on her cultivation to withstand the lightning tribulation.
In the end, she was no match for it and was almost completely annihilated. She could only retreat back to this ghost mist area to recuperate and recover from her injuries. During this process, she fell into a state of mental confusion.
That's why she suddenly attacked Zhang Ling and the others just now.
After understanding this, Zhang Ling couldn't help but sigh. He thought to himself that this Real Person Shenguang was truly remarkable, actually resurrecting this woman.
Although the maiden Ruolan had become a zombie, this was not something that just anyone could accomplish.
In the illusion he saw not long ago, this woman was lying in an ice coffin. Even if she wasn't truly dead and still had a fragmented nascent soul, she had become a living dead.
But in this kind of situation, as time passed, this woman's nascent soul would inevitably dissipate and she would die.
In the illusion, this woman only had Qi Refining cultivation back then. Even if there were some secret methods to delay the dissipation of her nascent soul.
Such an estimate would at most last for a hundred years, but now she actually had such strength.
He didn't know what secret method this Real Person Shenguang had used.
Zhang Ling himself knew many methods of refining corpses, but even if the methods of refining corpses could turn a cultivator into a zombie body, the original soul could not be preserved.
This may also be the reason why this maiden Ruolan's consciousness was sometimes clear and sometimes confused.
He thought that if it weren't for that Pure Heart Azure Lotus, this woman might not have been able to retain her complete consciousness at all.
According to ancient records, Real Person Shenguang was a cultivator from ten thousand years ago. He dominated the cultivation world at that time for a thousand years.
In other words, this maiden Ruolan had been trapped in this place for perhaps ten thousand years.
No wonder this woman had such strength.
A ten-thousand-year-old zombie king was not an ordinary zombie.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Ling looked at Blue Sparrow and asked through voice transmission, "Senior, do you think we should agree to her deal?"
"It seems you are tempted by the things she has taken out," Blue Sparrow's voice sounded in Zhang Ling's sea of consciousness, with a hint of teasing.
"That's right, I am indeed tempted," Zhang Ling did not deny. "Regardless of whether what this maiden Ruolan, who has already become a zombie king, is saying is true or false. The three Pure Heart Lotus Seeds in her hand are genuine treasures. If I can obtain them, it will indeed be of great benefit to my cultivation."
"Moreover, she also knows the location of the Mystifying Divine Fruit's growth in this place. With the accurate location, it will no longer be a problem to pick the Mystifying Divine Fruit."
"Since you have already made a decision, why ask me?"
"Haha, since Senior doesn't object, then I will agree to this matter. To resolve the thunderclouds in the sky, it is a bit difficult with just me alone. I will still need Senior's help." Hearing Blue Sparrow's somewhat impatient hum, Zhang Ling said this.
Blue Sparrow glanced at him, snorted, and stopped transmitting his voice.
Then Zhang Ling looked again at the maiden Ruolan, who was still trapped in the Vicious Earth Formation.
Although this woman was trapped in it, her face was calm, seemingly not worried at all.
Zhang Ling was also a little helpless about this. The power of the Vicious Earth Formation he cast was not weak. He was confident that he could trap a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator in the middle stage.
Even if he couldn't trap them to death, he could still make a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator in the middle stage lose a layer of skin.
But this maiden Ruolan, with her strength reaching the Nascent Soul Stage in the later stage, and also being a zombie body, he was not confident that he could really trap this woman with just the Vicious Earth Formation.
Even if he released the Xuan Tortoise, and joined forces with Blue Sparrow, he was afraid that they would still be somewhat unmatched.
Originally, when he saw this woman regain her senses, Zhang Ling was thinking of immediately withdrawing the Vicious Earth Formation and leaving this place.
He didn't expect this woman to bring up the matter of a deal.
"How have you two considered it? As long as you agree to this matter, you can take these three Pure Heart Lotus Seeds, as well as this Mystifying Divine Hall's Restriction Token, which will allow you to safely enter the Mystifying Divine Hall."
"Don't worry that I will attack you. Once I leave this ghost mist, I will immediately suffer a lightning tribulation. Even if I really have such thoughts, I will be too busy to take care of myself."
"Alright, since Fellow Daoist has promised such great treasures. The two of us will agree to this matter." Hearing maiden Ruolan say this, Zhang Ling nodded without hesitation.
However, then he changed his tone and said, "For the sake of our mutual safety, I will still have to trouble Fellow Daoist to make a Blood Soul Oath with the two of us."
"Alright." Maiden Ruolan frowned slightly, but also nodded in agreement.
Then Zhang Ling glanced at Blue Sparrow and transmitted a sentence to him. En, let Blue Sparrow cooperate with him in casting the Blood Soul Oath.
Although Blue Sparrow looked a little unwilling, he would not disagree at this time.
Zhang Ling lightly shook his finger, squeezed out a drop of essence blood, and activated a magic seal in his hand. The blood drop instantly turned into a blood-colored thread and quickly carved a blood-colored pattern in the air.
Blue Sparrow also squeezed out a drop of essence blood, which directly turned into a streak of blood light and entered the blood-colored pattern.
The blood-colored pattern then became glittering with blood light.
Maiden Ruolan glanced at the blood-colored pattern, stretched out a white hand, and the fingernails on her hand instantly turned emerald green. She lightly tapped her palm.
A drop of black blood floated out and also entered the blood-colored pattern.
Instantly, the blood-colored pattern became blurred.
Zhang Ling quickly cast the Blood Soul Oath and sent several magic seals into it. The blood-colored pattern immediately divided into three streaks of spiritual light and poured into the three of them.
The Blood Soul Oath was then completed.
This is a kind of soul restriction curse. In fact, it has a certain binding force on Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. Violating the agreement will inevitably suffer the backlash of the soul curse.
Although it will not kill a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, the soul will inevitably be damaged. So generally speaking, no one will violate the agreement.
Zhang Ling couldn't keep maiden Ruolan trapped in the earth formation any longer, so he immediately dispelled the Vicious Earth Formation.
Maiden Ruolan didn't care about this. She directly took out a blank jade slip and imprinted a map of the Mystifying Divine Hall on it.
She also took out a black square token and threw it over.
At the same time, a flash of azure light appeared on her brow, and the Pure Heart Azure Lotus reappeared. She pointed at the azure lotus, and a lotus-shaped bell hanging below the azure lotus fell off.
"This is a Pure Heart Lotus Seed. You can take it first."
Zhang Ling waved his hand and put away these three things. After the matter is completed, this woman will also hand over the other two Pure Heart Lotus Seeds to him.
Although he was greedy for that Pure Heart Azure Lotus, his strength was not low. Being able to obtain three Pure Heart Lotus Seeds was also not bad.
Zhang Ling suppressed his bad thoughts and stopped thinking about it. He was very satisfied with such a result. If he was still greedy and fought to the death with such a strong enemy, it would be too unwise.
They discussed a few sentences, and he and Blue Sparrow left.
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After leaving the ghost mist area.
Zhang Ling and Blue Sparrow went all the way to the highest main peak. As he had guessed before, it was the most core place here, Divine Light Mountain.
The palace complex at the top was the Mystifying Divine Hall. Powerful restrictions had been set up.
According to what maiden Ruolan said just now, the restriction above was called the Illusionary Mystifying Divine Restriction, which was filled with mysterious and dazzling Mystifying Divine Light.
When cultivators fall into it, their souls will be greatly affected and they will lose their way.
This was not an illusion set up by cultivators. It was a spiritual light that was naturally generated due to the special spiritual veins on that main peak.
Maiden Ruolan also said that Real Person Shenguang had also set up some other means in it.
So even a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator like him would be trapped in it if he wanted to break in by force. He might even be trapped to death.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about this aspect now.
Zhang Ling was holding the three things that maiden Ruolan gave him.
A thumb-sized cyan small lotus flower, when gently shaken, emitted the sound of a bell. In the center of the small lotus flower was a cyan-black round bead about the size of a soybean.
This Pure Heart Azure Lotus's lotus seed felt a little cool to hold in his hand. This coolness was not an icy cold air, but emitted a faint fragrance.
With a gentle sniff, a coolness filled his head, making him extremely clear-headed.
"With this thing, wearing it on your body, you can refresh your mind and reduce distractions during your usual cultivation, and reduce the interference of inner demons."
Blue Sparrow, who was next to him, also looked at this lotus seed and said softly.
Zhang Ling's mind moved and asked, "Senior knows a lot about this thing, I think you also know some other uses."
When he was communicating with maiden Ruolan just now, although he had some greed in his heart, he still wanted to retreat immediately. He didn't want to have too much contact with this maiden Ruolan, who had already become a ten-thousand-year-old zombie king.
And the conditions that maiden Ruolan gave him at that time only included the Mystifying Divine Fruit, not the Pure Heart Lotus Seed.
Blue Sparrow then told Zhang Ling through voice transmission that even if he couldn't take away the Pure Heart Azure Lotus, he must ask for a few lotus seeds.
"This kind of strange object naturally knows more than just this effect. In the spirit world, this kind of Pure Heart Lotus Seed can also be refined into a special treasure."
Hearing this, Zhang Ling naturally became very interested. Blue Sparrow didn't play dumb and directly spat out a few words. "Nascent Soul Magic Weapon."
Nascent Soul Magic Weapon, Zhang Ling muttered a sentence. He had never heard of this kind of magic weapon, but the literal meaning seemed to be related to the nascent soul.
"For human cultivators, most of them follow the path of Qi refining. But there are some special races that are not suitable for this path.
Like there is a special race in the spirit world called the Phantom Beast race. They are born with weak bodies and have no meridians in their bodies. They are neither suitable for Qi refining nor body refining, but the Yuan Beast race is born with a strong soul, so they specialize in cultivating the soul. They will incorporate some strange objects into the nascent soul and refine them into Yuan Soul Magic Weapons, which are extremely good at using soul-like attacks."
"Oh, there is also this kind of special race." Zhang Ling stroked his chin, thoughtfully.
"There are quite a few special races like this, but they are rare in the human world.
The ancient giant who fought with me back then also belonged to this category, but it was just the opposite. The ancient giant was a monster with a strong body.
And your ghost monkey also belongs to this category. If the ghost pill in the ghost spirit's body is refined with a special secret method, it can also be incorporated into the cultivator's nascent soul and refined into a Yuan Soul Magic Weapon." Blue Sparrow said, glancing at the ghost monkey who was following behind the two of them, poking his head around and looking around.
"The path of immortality is vast and not a fixed method of cultivation. What has always existed in the world are only the cultivation paths that we and other living beings have explored. However, in general, although there are some differences between the various races, and the emphasis of the cultivation methods may be different. But they also lead to the same goal through different paths. They are also constantly strengthening their essence, qi, and spirit."
The ghost monkey seemed to understand, scratching his head and looking curiously at Blue Sparrow.
Blue Sparrow glanced at the ghost monkey as if he were looking at prey. Scared by the ghost monkey's strange cry, he hid behind Zhang Ling all of a sudden.
Zhang Ling touched the ghost monkey, chuckled, and took out the Yin Soul Banner. The ghost monkey turned into a stream of black air and hid inside.
At the same time, the Pure Heart Lotus Seed in his hand was also carefully put away. He would study it carefully when he got back.
He suddenly put away the ghost monkey because he had reached the foot of Divine Light Mountain.
Blue Sparrow naturally didn't say much, and Yanjie looked at Divine Light Mountain in front of him.
This mountain was the highest main peak here. Zhang Ling swept it with his spiritual sense and roughly judged that this mountain was not very high, just ten thousand feet high.
The entire mountain peak was straight, and it looked grayish-white from a distance. It was full of grayish-white rocks. It was a stone mountain.
However, a large section of the top of the mountain was surrounded by a layer of gray mist.
The rumbling sound of thunder came from the sky above the mountain top. The silver-white lightning was also constantly rotating, and there seemed to be silver snakes dancing wildly in it, and he could feel the powerful power of thunder and fire.
This thunder and fire covered an area of hundreds of miles above.
Zhang Ling also compared it with the ghost mist area behind him, and sure enough, he noticed that the position directly opposite this thundercloud was exactly where maiden Ruolan was in the ghost mist area.
The thundercloud that this woman said earlier was aimed at her. It seemed to be true.
"This is a tribulation cloud, a lightning tribulation aimed at her." Blue Sparrow also moved his eyes and looked at the thundercloud above.
"It's very strange. Can the heavenly tribulation be avoided?" Zhang Ling asked忍不住 as he walked into the mountain.
In his opinion, this kind of heavenly tribulation phenomenon could not be avoided. But he didn't know what was going on with the thundercloud, and it didn't strike down.
He couldn't help but look at the ghost mist area behind him again. To see if there might be any secrets in this ghost mist.
"That woman has cultivated into a ten-thousand-year-old zombie king, which is the lightning tribulation evolved from the rules of heaven and earth. It is indeed unavoidable, but there are some methods that can indeed delay the arrival of the lightning tribulation. However, this kind of heavenly tribulation will eventually come down. If you can't get through it, you will still be destroyed." Blue Sparrow said in a calm and leisurely tone.
"I just didn't expect you people from the lower realm to be able to find a way to delay the heavenly tribulation. Ordinary methods won't work. As far as I know, you can only do it by hiding in some extremely special areas, or by constantly suppressing your cultivation with secret methods to delay the arrival of the heavenly tribulation.
The greatest effect of that ghost mist may be to delay the lightning tribulation. I don't quite understand how this is done." Blue Sparrow's eyes flickered and he frowned slightly in thought.
Zhang Ling saw Blue Sparrow's expression for the first time and couldn't help but chuckle. This expert from the spirit world also has things he doesn't understand.
"Hmph." Hearing his cry, Blue Sparrow retracted his thoughts and glared at him.
Zhang Ling laughed dryly and hurriedly looked down at the jade slip and the black square token in his hand.
The jade slip contained a map of the Mystifying Divine Hall. The token had no pattern on it, but it was a pass token for the restrictions in this mountain.
With these two things, he naturally didn't have to worry about falling into the restrictions.
However, to be on the safe side, Zhang Ling did not activate the token immediately.
It's always good to be wary of others. Although maiden Ruolan said that with this token, he could move unhindered in this mountain. But whether it was true remained to be verified.
