a few days later.
In the secret territory of the ancient demon, in a dense jungle.
Lin Tianming sat on the top of a towering tree, his eyes scanning the front and lost in thought.
And since he left the battlefield where Chen Gang was killed, he traveled non-stop through the secret realm, and finally came to the dense jungle at his feet.
After some exploration, he found that the area of the jungle was so huge that it could not be seen to the end.
Let's just say that his speed on the road is definitely at the top level among Golden Core Stage monks.
However, even so, Lin Tianming traveled non-stop for two days and still wandered around this secret place, never even seeing the edge of the jungle.
Lin Tianming was also quite surprised by this.
But when he thought about it carefully, the place beneath his feet was, after all, the ancient demon secret realm.
According to intelligence records, the Ancient Demon Secret Realm was originally a huge extraterritorial space.
It's just that these monsters, as well as the spiritual creatures of heaven and earth, cannot attract Lin Tianming's attention and interest.
As a result, Lin Tianming had walked quite a distance over the past few days, but he still hadn't encountered any other human monks.
However, most of the monsters encountered were second-level monsters, and their territories were not large. Naturally, they were unable to find traces of Lin Tianming due to their strength.
At this time, Lin Tianming's condition had recovered to some extent, and although his true energy was not at its peak, it had reached over 90%.
Especially those powerful people who are in the late stage of Golden Core and above, look down upon those second and third level treasures.
However, the strength of these monsters is still limited, and there are no existences above the mid-level third level. It is really difficult for a top golden elixir monk like Lin Tianming to have the idea of killing them.
The only pity is that he did not encounter a high-value third-level treasure.
For this reason, Lin Tianming also sighed in his heart, this ancient demon secret realm is worthy of being a high-level secret realm at the earth level.
But even so, just looking at these heavenly materials and earthly treasures that have been seen is enough to prove how rich and huge the treasures in the ancient demon secret realm are.
According to his detection, the place beneath his feet should be deep in the jungle.
However, after this period of time, Lin Tianming found no trace of the two of them, nor did he see the family marks they left.
As a result, it is really difficult to arouse Lin Tianming's interest in things where the effort and reward are not proportional.
At the same time, Lin Tianming was also searching for traces of Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi.
But the key point is that there are no high-value treasures within the territory of these third-level monsters.
And in this environment, a large number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures were born. Compared with the outside world, the density of spiritual objects is simply two worlds away.
It wasn't until half a day ago that Lin Tianming stopped rushing and rested on this towering tree.
And if these treasures were seen by those monks in the foundation building stage, I am afraid that they would all be tempted to collect them.
With his true energy restored and his condition at its peak, Lin Tianming felt a sense of security in his heart.
As for the treasures of the fourth level, not a single one was seen.
In this regard, Lin Tianming couldn't help but secretly guess that maybe it was because the locations of the three of them were too far apart, or because of some special environmental factors that prevented them from sensing each other's location.
In addition to this, we also encountered several third-level monsters.
Right now, what Lin Tianming urgently needs is to find Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi as soon as possible.
After all, the topography in the Ancient Demon Secret Realm is very strange, and there are also some extraordinary places in it.
In addition, he had seen many heavenly materials and earthly treasures along the way. Their various types, as well as various elixirs, spiritual materials, and spiritual minerals with different effects, once made him dazzled.
Under his investigation, he traveled to many places in just two days. During this period, he also saw many high- and low-level monsters, as well as some different types of heaven and earth spiritual beings.
Before the monsters noticed it, Lin Tianming quietly left those places.
Even when he takes action, there is no risk factor at all, and not much time and energy is wasted.
In places like this, the aura of heaven and earth is extremely rich. There are a large number of plants in the endless area. Towering trees hundreds of feet high are gathered together. All kinds of strange natural plant species gather here, creating an extremely special natural environment.
It is this kind of natural place that can truly be called a paradise for monsters.
But for the vast majority of Golden Core monks, more than 90% of the treasures he has seen cannot attract the attention of Golden Core monks.
Let's just say that the richness of spiritual energy here is not comparable to the outside world.
It is said that a person with a broad vision like Lin Tianming does not take those treasures seriously.
But with Lin Tianming's vision and current level of cultivation, ordinary treasures would have no effect on him.
However, I am afraid no one can tell how big the specific area is inside the Ancient Demon Secret Realm.
As for monsters, Lin Tianming had encountered quite a few in the past few days.
As for the secret realm itself, when it is normally closed, even the super-powerful people in the transformation stage cannot find its specific location, and naturally cannot enter it while it is closed.
Although, for Lin Tianming, killing these third-level monsters is just a matter of hands.
Even the contact token he obtained from the leader of the Magnolia Sect showed no reaction.
In this way, Lin Tianming traveled through this jungle lightly, searching for traces of high-level treasures while exploring this huge jungle.
Next, Lin Tianming looked at the endless jungle and kept thinking in his mind.
Up to now, even if the ancient demon secret realm has been opened dozens of times, the number of human monks who have entered it has already exceeded thousands.
On this basis, if any of them appears in some magical places, or is in some natural formation restrictions, the contact token is likely to lose its effect due to the isolation of natural barriers.
Under such circumstances, it is not so strange that he has not sensed Lin Tianyun yet.
After thinking about this, Lin Tianming's inner uneasiness eased a little.
But now, the search for Lin Tianyun and the two men continues.
At the same time, the biggest purpose of their trip is naturally to find the real treasure, that is, a treasure-level existence like the infant spirit object.
No matter how bad it is, it must be a treasure that can help monks in the golden elixir stage break through the realm. This is their initial goal.
As for ordinary third-level treasures, they are not worth wasting too much time and energy. Knowing this, Lin Tianming immediately took out a map made of animal skin and quickly searched the map with his eyes.
For this reason, Lin Tianming also paid some price before taking this picture from Zhu Yongan.
And this map records some places that have been explored by the Yulan Sect monks.
Including text descriptions of some key areas, as well as some very dangerous places, are also partially recorded on this map.
As for these basic information, it was the Magnolia Sect that formed such a simple map of the secret realm after dozens of explorations, using the information brought back by disciples who entered the secret realm, and through constant supplementation and improvement.
It is precisely this map that is an important reflection of the Magnolia Sect's heritage.
This is obviously very different from the Lin family, a force that has entered the ancient demon secret realm for the first time.
Fortunately, Lin Tianming spent some money and finally got this map from the Yulan Sect.
Of course, Lin Tianming also knew very well that what the Magnolia Sect was willing to hand over to him was definitely not the latest version of the map.
It is even possible that the various intelligence messages recorded on this map were things that existed thousands of years ago.
In addition to this, there is a strong possibility that the map has undergone many changes before Zhu Yongan handed it over to him.
Some of these changes may be to add some non-existent area markers to deliberately disrupt Lin Tianming's line of sight.
There are also some changes, perhaps to deliberately erase places where natural and earthly treasures grow.
The reason for doing this is to prevent the Lin family from becoming a direct competitor of the Magnolia Sect.
After all, in those places that have been explored by many generations of disciples, the danger has basically been eliminated.
As for the treasures that are almost certain to be obtained, the Magnolia Sect has no reason to give up, let alone give them away.
In this way, from the perspective of the Magnolia Sect, it is actually understandable to do so.
If it were Lin Tianming himself, for his own basic interests, he would probably do the same thing as the Yulan Sect.
But there is one thing. Since the head of the Yulan Sect is willing to hand it over to Lin Tianming, no matter whether the map itself is a very early version, most of the places recorded in it must be real.
In addition, there should be no particularly big risks in some specially modified locations.
At the very least, it is unlikely that the Magnolia Sect would deliberately mislead Lin Tianming.
At the same time, the Yulan Sect would naturally not use his hand to get rid of Lin Tianming, whom Zhou Tianlong was very optimistic about, in order to take advantage of the danger in the secret realm.
After all, Lin Tianming's growth potential is there, and his own cultivation strength is strong enough.
Under such circumstances, if this method of borrowing a knife to kill someone fails, then the Magnolia Sect, as the provider of the map, will completely offend a talented man with great potential.
Moreover, Zhou Tianlong, the great elder of the Magnolia Sect, was a top expert in the middle Nascent Soul stage and a fourth-level alchemist. He was very optimistic about Lin Tianming's growth potential.
It can even be said that Zhou Tianlong still relies on Lin Tianming, a junior.
For this reason, Zhou Tianlong also promised a lot of benefits just to take Lin Tianming under his command.
However, Lin Tianming is determined and will not be swayed by the immediate interests even in the face of huge temptations.
In the end, Zhou Tianlong could only secretly admit that it was a pity and accept the result.
However, Zhou Tianlong still wanted to try his best to help Lin Tianming, a junior outsider, just to provide insurance for the future of the Magnolia Sect.
Therefore, Zhou Tianlong made no secret of his appreciation for Lin Tianming.
At the same time, Zhou Tianlong had already conveyed a message to Lin Tianming's superficial attitude, that is, to tell the disciples of the Magnolia Sect up and down that they must not offend Lin Tianming, let alone do anything that would damage the relationship between the two parties.
On this basis, Zhu Yong'an, the head of the Magnolia Sect, has lived for hundreds of years and can firmly hold the position of head. He must be a smart man and naturally understands the truth and meaning behind this.
Any sensible person can see this.
Since this map was created by Zhu Yongan, it has a relatively reliable level of trust.
From this point of view, Lin Tianming still has a certain degree of confidence in this important thing and most of the intelligence information recorded in it.
However, with Lin Tianming's always cautious attitude, he naturally would not trust everything provided by the Magnolia Sect.
Because he always firmly believes in one thing, that is, being on guard against others is essential.
What's more, this is still a world of cunning and deceitful cultivation, and the force that provides the map is still a powerful existence at the level of Nascent Soul.
As a result, Lin Tianming had to be careful to avoid being used as a weapon by others, and to avoid putting himself in an unfavorable passive situation.
Precisely because he understood this, Lin Tianming was extra careful.
However, he also knows one thing, that is, no matter what, having a map is better than not having a map.
At the very least, there is still a lot of information for reference in the map provided by the Magnolia Sect.
Just like these places that have been explored clearly, because they have been visited by Yulan Sect monks, there is a high probability that there is nothing good in them.
And even if hundreds of years have passed, it is unlikely that high-value treasures will appear in those marked areas.
This can be understood with just a little thought.
In this way, if Lin Tianming avoids those locations that have been marked, he can save a lot of time.
To understand this, Lin Tianming already had some ideas.
But now, Lin Tianming opened the map, and wherever he looked, there were a lot of words marked on it.
After a while, Lin Tianming could tell based on the location and environment of the dense forest at his feet that this was the dark jungle recorded on the map.
However, according to the records on the map, this dark jungle covers a huge area, and its biggest feature is that there is a thick fog here late at night every seven days.
This thick fog envelopes the entire dark jungle and has a special suppressive power that can weaken the monks' spiritual consciousness.
And in the depths of the jungle, when the fog is thickest, even the spiritual consciousness of the Golden Elixir Dzogchen monks can hardly reach half of the power it had in its heyday.
Therefore, this dark jungle is fine during normal times, but extremely dangerous when thick fog fills it.
After all, any monk's spiritual consciousness and perception are extremely important to the monk himself.
...(End of chapter)
