"Oh, it's Junior Brother Zhang. Hehe, no need to be so polite, Junior Brother."
Lin Fei was tipsy, waving his hand unsteadily.
"Haha, no need to mind him, Junior Brother. Junior Brother Lin has only recently returned to the sect, and it just so happens that you've returned as well, Junior Brother Zhang. Why not come back to my humble abode for a little while?" Senior Brother Tianfeng suggested, looking at the two of them.
"That would be wonderful. Senior Brother, don't hide your Clear Wind Spirit Wine today. Junior Brother Zhang and I must have a good drink. I've heard you say that Junior Brother Zhang is quite strong, and seeing him today, his cultivation is even higher than mine. If I hadn't entered the sect a little earlier, I'm afraid I wouldn't be worthy of being called Senior Brother."
Lin Fei's smile grew wider, and he took another big gulp of wine. He staggered and patted Zhang Ling's shoulder.
Zhang Ling forced a smile, unaccustomed to this Senior Brother Lin's enthusiasm. If he didn't know the truth about this person... Alas, he would have suspected this person of having ulterior motives.
He quietly released his divine sense and indeed saw that the spiritual power in this Senior Brother Lin's body was somewhat unusual. It seemed that he was indeed cultivating a special technique.
After entering Senior Brother Tianfeng's cave and taking their seats,
Lin Fei took the lead, waving his hand and taking out more than ten plates of exquisite dishes and delicacies. There were also several pots of wine placed on the table.
Senior Brother Tianfeng smiled helplessly. "Senior Brother Lin, you still can't give up this desire for food."
"Senior Brother, you don't understand. We cultivators cultivate painstakingly, sitting in meditation for years or even decades. If we didn't have these pastimes, it would be too boring. Junior Brother Zhang, wouldn't you agree?" Lin Fei held up a crimson wine pot, shook it slightly, and took out three exquisite white jade bowls, instantly filling them with crimson spirit wine. "Come, Junior Brother, taste my own Crimson Light Wine."
Looking at the crimson spirit wine in front of him, Zhang Ling didn't know whether to drink it or not. The color of the wine was very strange, but the aroma it emitted was extremely rich.
Even if he didn't know much about wine, he knew that this wine must be extraordinary.
"Junior Brother Lin, don't spoil Junior Brother Zhang. This guy's Crimson Light Wine is a rare spirit wine. Drinking a small amount can also refine the spiritual power in the body." Senior Brother Tianfeng explained, seemingly seeing Zhang Ling's discomfort.
Zhang Ling didn't want to refuse, smiled, and took the so-called Crimson Light Wine, taking a sip. Immediately, a spicy sensation filled his mouth.
But this feeling disappeared after a moment, and he only felt a warm sweetness flowing through his limbs. His whole body's blood became excited.
Zhang Ling's eyes also lit up, and he thought to himself that this wine was not bad. He drank the Crimson Light Wine in the jade bowl in one gulp.
"Hey, Junior Brother, why did you drink it all in one gulp? Crimson Light Wine should be savored slowly. Drinking it too quickly can cause slight discomfort in the spiritual power in your body," Lin Fei exclaimed with wide eyes.
"It's fine. Senior Brother, your Crimson Light Wine is really good." Zhang Ling laughed, sensing the surging power of his blood and energy. This spirit wine actually had some body-tempering effects.
"Oh, Junior Brother, your blood and energy are so powerful. Could it be that you have cultivated body-refining techniques?" Senior Brother Tianfeng seemed to sense something, and his eyes showed surprise.
"I have cultivated a rudimentary body-refining technique, nothing worth mentioning," Zhang Ling replied casually.
Old Ancestor Tianfeng and the other looked at each other, naturally they would not ask in detail. Every cultivator has secrets, even if they are fellow disciples, they would not ask about this kind of situation in detail.
"I didn't expect that Junior Brother Zhang is also a lover of wine." Senior Brother Tianfeng smiled, and a flash of clear light appeared in his hand, revealing a one-inch-sized black wine jar. "This sect also has this kind of Clear Wind Spirit Wine, which can also slightly enhance the physique. My jar has been sealed for hundreds of years. You are fortunate to have it today."
Lin Fei immediately became excited, took the wine jar directly, and uncovered the mud seal on it. Inside was a black spirit wine, but it emitted a faint clear light.
A rich aroma of wine mixed with a cool breeze emanated from it.
The three of them then tasted these kinds of spirit wine, and the food that Lin Fei took out was also delicious.
After becoming a high-level cultivator, Zhang Ling had not eaten food for a long time. He felt a little emotional in his heart.
After drinking for three rounds and tasting five flavors of dishes,
Old Ancestor Tianfeng stroked his beard and suddenly remembered something and asked. "By the way, Junior Brother, you just said that you have some news from Tianmu City to tell us."
"I almost forgot the main business. Two Senior Brothers, a few days ago, a clamoring alien demon appeared in Tianmu City, a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage..."
Upon hearing the words 'late Nascent Soul stage', the tipsiness on Li Fei's face faded a little, and he listened seriously.
Zhang Ling told them about the situation that had happened every day. He not only talked about seeing the Nascent Soul stage cultivators fighting outside Huangsha City,
He described in detail the situation of the Thunder Light Sanren and the Yan Demon Old Ancestor of the alien demon race fighting. He also talked about it in detail.
"This alien demon is so rampant, openly declaring war. It seems that we will not have a leisurely life, and our Haoyuan Sect must also make some preparations." Old Ancestor Tianfeng played with a wine glass in his hand, and his eyes became stern.
"Two Junior Brothers, you will inevitably have to contribute to this matter."
Lin Fei wiped his mouth, and a murderous aura floated on his body, and he was also eager to try. "Hehe, since the alien demons want to fight, we will naturally not be afraid. Maybe we can kill a few strong enemies and exchange them for several spiritual objects to assist in cultivation from Tianmu Immortal City."
Zhang Ling sensed the murderous aura on this Senior Brother Lin and thought to himself that this Senior Brother's strength was probably not weak, and there were not a few creatures who had died in his hands.
Senior Brother Tianfeng shook his head, and the three of them discussed the matter.
...
Half a month later, Haoyuan Sect once again received the demon extermination order from the Twelve Immortal Cities. The entire sect entered a state of war preparedness.
Except for the few disciples who were in secluded cultivation, most of the disciples who were sent out were recalled. Many disciples were assigned tasks and began to be dispatched in batches. Reinforce the Twelve Immortal Cities.
The Twelve Immortal Cities were built relying on the Qilian Mountains, running vertically and horizontally. It is a barrier like the Great Wall.
To the west is the endless Black Cloud Desert, and on the inner side are more than twenty neutral sects formed by small and medium-sized countries.
The cultivation forces in these countries must obey the orders of the Twelve Immortal Cities at this time and jointly defend against the enemy.
Even when the war is unfavorable, they will also seek help from both the righteous and demonic factions, as well as the forces of the Coastal Immortal Alliance.
In addition to the twelve immortal cities, the Lianyun Mountains run vertically and horizontally. There are also more than 300 large and small array eyes in the mountains, which need to be guarded. Like the Red Rock Mountain he guarded 200 years ago, and the Qingyue Pool he reinforced.
In normal times, it is enough for Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard these small array eyes, but when the alien demon race launches a large-scale attack, at least one Golden Core cultivator must be stationed at each small array eye.
In case too many of these small array eyes are breached, affecting the entire Lianshan Great War of the Immortal City.
This requires their neutral sects to reinforce them.
Regarding this matter, Zhang Ling had specifically asked Senior Brother Tianfeng about the sect's casualties last time.
According to Senior Brother, the sect lost five or six hundred disciples in that last time two hundred years ago, most of whom were low-level cultivators. Three Golden Core disciples also unfortunately died.
But overall, it did not hurt the sect's foundation.
In the past two hundred years, the Haoyuan Sect's power has expanded a lot. In addition to their three Nascent Soul cultivators, there are also seventy or eighty Golden Core disciples in the sect.
So they don't need to worry too much, just act according to the usual practice.
Two months later, Old Ancestor Tianfeng and Senior Brother Lin Fei left the sect and went to Yanhai Immortal City.
The Cangyun Kingdom where Haoyuan Sect is located, as well as the three or four small countries next to it, are closest to Yanhai City, so most of the disciples under the sect have strengthened the protection around Yanhai City.
As for Zhang Ling, he did not leave the sect. His task was to guard the mountain gate, which was relatively easy.
It is mainly to prevent high-level alien demon cultivators who have sneaked in from causing damage.
According to the dispatch of the demon extermination order of the Twelve Immortal Cities, these neutral forces generally only need to mobilize one Nascent Soul cultivator to reinforce them.
As for the disciples in the sect, it is enough to dispatch about 30% of them to resist the army of alien demons.
Originally, according to Senior Brother Tianfeng's intention, he would go alone, leaving him and Lin Fei to guard the sect.
However, Senior Brother Lin Fei said that he wanted to compete for some war merits and exchange them for several rare materials from the Twelve Immortal Cities, so he followed.
In this situation, the Twelve Immortal Cities are naturally extremely happy. Especially for high-level combat forces such as Nascent Soul cultivators, having one more or one less has a big impact.
And there are not many sects like them with two or three Nascent Soul cultivators among these neutral forces.
Most of the time, there is only one Nascent Soul old ancestor sitting in town. Of course, there are also several sects with considerable power.
The Black Wind City in the mountains of the Dongyu Kingdom, south of Yanhai Immortal City, is controlled by the Demonic Dao sect, Moyun Sect, of the Dongyu Kingdom.
Although this Moyun Sect is a Demonic Dao sect, it is also a neutral force and independently controls the Dongyu Kingdom. It is said that there seem to be four Nascent Soul monsters in the sect.
And the southernmost Red Sea City is controlled by the two sects of the Coastal Kingdom, Haifeng Kingdom.
Of course, the large number of rogue cultivators gathered in the Twelve Immortal Cities are the most main force of cultivators. Among them, the cultivators who have achieved Nascent Soul cultivation as rogue cultivators mostly belong to the Council of Elders of the Immortal City.
These cultivators will inevitably participate in the war against the alien demons.
Zhang Ling originally planned to retreat to break through the middle stage of Nascent Soul after returning, but this plan can only be postponed at this time.
Fortunately, guarding the sect is very leisurely. He basically doesn't need to do anything. The disciples who are left in the sect will take care of it themselves.
Unless a Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly breaks in, other trivial matters do not need to disturb him at all.
During this time, which was not suitable for retreat, Zhang Ling spent half of his time studying secret techniques in addition to his usual meditation and cultivation.
Those cultivation insights he obtained from the Mishi Temple came in handy.
Although studying these cultivation insights does not help much in increasing cultivation, there are many methods of spiritual power operation. There are also high-level spells of cultivation insights.
Studying thoroughly will help a lot in exerting strength.
Time passed little by little, and he specialized in studying the earth spirit method, and also summarized a set of profound earth spirit power operation method.
On this day, Zhang Ling was displaying the newly realized earth spirit method in an open space in front of the cave.
I saw the earth yuan gourd in front of him spinning around, releasing all the sky star sand inside, and the yellow light sand and gravel covered the ground.
Zhang Ling urged the magic formula in his hand, forming earth-yellow runes.
These runes previously floated above his head, like drawing talismans, overlapping and combining together, forming a dense mass of rune spiritual light.
From a distance, it looked like a ball of golden spiritual light flashing above his head.
"Go"
After the magic formula was cast, Zhan Li shouted in a low voice. The rune spiritual light rushed into the sky, and the sky star sand covering the ground was pulled, making a rustling sound.
Countless sand grains floated up and merged into the runes, gathering into a huge sand and stone ball.
The soil ball grew larger and larger, and in the blink of an eye, it condensed into a giant stone more than twenty feet high.
Zhang Ling immediately shot out spiritual light, forming an earth spirit rushing into the ground.
Suddenly, the ground within a hundred feet vibrated violently, the soil and rocks collapsed, and cracks appeared on the ground.
The split gravel and soil blocks were also pulled and all merged into the soil and stone on the top of the head.
The soil and stone flashing with yellow light continued to expand, turning into a yellow giant stone fifty or sixty feet high, which looked like a small mountain rising from the ground.
With a loud bang, the small mountain directly hit the ground, and several nearby mountain peaks shook. The ground cracks spread hundreds of feet away.
"Not bad." Sensing the power of this blow, Zhang Ling showed joy.
He only used 30% of his strength in this blow, which not only saves his own spiritual power, but also uses the power of the surrounding soil and stone to form an offensive. If he uses his full strength, forming a 100-foot-high stone mountain will not be a problem. Combined with the heavy yuan Xuan Guang, forming a heavy pressure force. Absolutely can threaten the same level of monks.
"This method has the momentum of a giant mountain, so let's call it Chongshan Seal."
This is a new spell that he has recently studied and learned from many cultivation insights.
Although there are still some unskilled, but after more trials, the power that can be exerted will definitely be several levels higher. For him, a high-level monk, many spells do not have to be step by step. According to their own understanding, creating new spells is not difficult.
It's just that many people are unwilling to waste time. And he read a lot of cultivation insights, which happened to save a lot of time. This is why he has achieved some results in a short period of time.
Time passed quickly, and another month passed in a blink of an eye.
In addition to studying spells and secrets, Zhang Ling also spent some time cultivating spiritual herbs.
It is worth mentioning that, with the help of the heaven-defying mysterious treasure, the role of rapidly promoting spiritual plants, coupled with ten years of cultivation, two more two-thousand-year-old two-instrument gourds were cultivated.
He immediately began to refine them.
In the cultivation quiet room, Zhang Ling urged the magic formula in his hand, and a blue-black gourd and a green gourd floated in front of him.
The spiritual patterns on the two gourds are similar, but different. The blue-black gourd is engraved with many water wave spiritual patterns, flashing blue-black spiritual light.
The green gourd is engraved with grass and wood spiritual patterns, exuding a faint breath of grass and wood.
Zhang Ling sprayed strands of condensed yellow baby fire, constantly burning the two gourds.
This scene lasted for several days, and at a certain moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he opened his mouth and sucked the two gourds into his mouth.
"It's done, the water yuan gourd and the wood yuan gourd have also been refined."
