The edge of the cave was covered with green vines. When I walked out of the cave and looked outside, I saw that the entrance of the cave was a hundred meters above the ground. As far as the eye can see, there is a vast plain, shrouded in another valley.
Everyone flew out of the cave, suspended in mid-air, and looked around. There is a green grassland on the ground. In the center of the grassland is a lake with a radius of one thousand feet. A white jade-like river passes through the center of the lake and flows to the bottom of the plain.
The plain is surrounded by steep cliffs of thousands of feet. The peaks are covered with snow, and they converge into rivers at the bottom of the mountains. Sufficient water sources flow into lakes and rivers. Looking up, the sky is covered with white clouds and smoke, making it impossible to see the scene on the top of the mountain.
Slowly descending from mid-air, stepping on the soft lawn, looking around. There are many green grasses as tall as half a person around the lawn, and there are flowers of various colors in the wild. Butterflies are dancing among the flowers. Not far away, there are some small animals that shuttle through the grass from time to time. There are also some small woods in the distance. You can even hear the sound of gurgling water.
There is abundant spiritual energy in the valley, which is several times higher than outside. Cheng Ling secretly marveled that this valley is really a paradise for living, a scene like a fairyland on earth. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have troubled the Zhou family master to think about it. I am very satisfied with this cave."
Zhou Changtian said: "This valley was just discovered by the disciples of the clan yesterday, and the best thing is that it is a completely closed valley. There are many monsters deep in the dense forest. However, with the cultivation of the seniors, there is no need to worry about it. Those monsters are worried.”
Cheng Ling nodded and said, "Okay, Master Zhou, I will live here temporarily. I need your help with a few things."
Zhou Changtian perked up and said hurriedly: "Senior, please give me your instructions."
In the past few days, Cheng Ling has been healing his wounds and giving away pills. He only gives without asking for anything, and he is beating the drum in his heart. The more you owe others, the more you will have to pay back in the future. Now I finally see that the other party has something to ask for, which is exactly what I want.
Cheng Ling glanced at him and instantly knew what he was thinking. He smiled softly and said, "I need a lot of ore materials, and I asked the head of the Zhou family to collect them for me. There are also some pills here. I believe you know how to start the Zhou family's business." Build momentum and collect resources!”
Zhou Changtian's spiritual consciousness swept away and saw that the jade bottle was full of Heqi Pills and Tribulation-breaking Pills. His heart trembled and he hurriedly said loudly: "Senior, don't worry, Zhou knows what to do!"
Cheng Ling nodded and then said: "I need a lot of ore materials. Here is the list of materials. You must collect them as soon as possible. As soon as the materials arrive, in less than a month, earth-shaking changes will occur in this clan. "
Zhou Changtian took the order he handed over, glanced at it, and almost screamed, his liver trembling. There are too many materials on the list. Even in the southern region, the price of materials is generally low, and it is impossible to assemble them without more than 100 billion high-grade spiritual stones.
No wonder the other party gave me so many rare elixirs, otherwise the Zhou family would have emptied their treasury just to collect those materials.
He had doubts in his heart. He didn't know what Cheng Ling wanted so many materials for, but when he thought that the other party could be said to have used elixirs to replace them, his family had hardly done anything, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Zhou Zhiyuan glanced at his father's expression and knew which materials were valuable, but his mind was not on that. According to what dad said, Cheng Ling’s cultivation level is still relatively high.
Above him, it is not at least the period of transcending tribulation, and I just want to ask for advice.
Thinking of this, he said: "Senior, I would like to ask senior to teach me swordsmanship. I don't know that senior...this...that...!" He wanted to become a disciple. , but I didn’t know if Cheng Ling would agree. I was mumbling for a while, and couldn’t say a single word for a long time.
Cheng Ling smiled. He admired Zhou Zhiyuan's character very much and didn't mind giving him a few tips, so he said, "Okay, from today on, you can live here with me!"
Zhou Zhiyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, senior, Zhiyuan pays homage to the master!"
With a flick of his right hand, Cheng Ling caught him and said, "We'll discuss the apprenticeship separately. I can teach you some sword skills."
Zhou Zhiyuan's face darkened, but thinking that the contact between the two was not very deep, it was hard for Cheng Ling to give him some advice, so he said, "Yes, thank you, senior!"
Zhou Changtian was overjoyed and was about to express his thanks, but Zhou Qi beside him couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Brother, you want to live here, and Qi'er also wants to stay with you. How about we ask this senior to teach us sword skills?"
Zhou Changtian shut up immediately and looked at Cheng Ling's expression nervously. This pair of children is his heart and soul, and their qualifications are better than his own. If Cheng Ling can really give some advice, their future achievements will definitely be extraordinary.
Cheng Ling frowned slightly. Zhou Qi's fiery temper was a bit troublesome, but he preferred Zhou Zhiyuan's calmness. However, the other party was a little girl, and it was difficult to say the words of rejection. Plus, Zhou Changtian’s eyes were filled with hope. He hesitated for a while and said helplessly: "Okay, you can stay here too."
Zhou Changtian breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Thank you very much, Senior, for your kindness. Since there are brothers and sisters here to serve Senior, Zhou will return to Xiangcheng to collect materials for you."
Cheng Ling waved his hand and said, "Master Zhou, you're welcome. You are older than me. You don't need to be called senior in the future. Just call me Ma Yu!"
Zhou Changtian immediately agreed and said, "Yes, Fellow Taoist Ma, Zhou is leaving!"
After saying that, he took Fu Bo and left.
Cheng Ling glanced at the two brothers and sister and said, "You can build a cave here on your own. I have some important matters to go out on."
The two siblings nodded and sent him off respectfully.
After Cheng Ling left the cave, he was going to look for spiritual veins outside. Although the spiritual energy in his cave was much richer than the outside, it was not enough for his cultivation. Only by collecting enough spiritual veins and adding the spirit gathering array could he achieve the goal. desired effect.
The south is vast and sparsely populated, making it an excellent place for spiritual veins to be nurtured.
He refined a soul-seeking array and searched continuously in the mountains. In less than ten days, he found dozens of spiritual veins. However, those spiritual veins were only low-grade. It was a pity that if he could get high-grade spiritual veins, The pulse becomes developed.
As he went south, the crowds became increasingly sparse. The pointer on the soul-seeking array kept rotating, but not by much. It was obvious that the spiritual source underneath was not sufficient, and it was probably just a low-grade spiritual vein. By now, he no longer looked down upon low-grade spiritual veins.
"Look for a few more days. If there is no high-grade spiritual vein, go back!"
He talked to himself and kept going deeper south. After walking for another eight days, it was getting closer and closer to the time he expected. There were already more than a hundred low-grade spiritual veins stored in the storage ring. About to turn back
Going back, the end of his eyes swept over the pointer on the soul-searching array and started to rotate rapidly.
He was overjoyed. This speed of rotation was most likely a high-grade spiritual vein! With Cheng Ling's current level of formation, the spirit-seeking array he has refined is extremely high-end and can detect spiritual veins within a thousand miles of the ground.
Heading south along the direction of the pointer, one day later, we came to a dense mountain group. Towering giant trees tower into the sky, with countless spiritual plants and fruits below. The monsters in the mountains are strong and strong, much more powerful than ordinary monsters.
Only a place with sufficient spiritual resources can breed so many treasures and monsters. He calmed down, recited the spell silently, and soon disappeared under the ground. Although he has always studied swordsmanship, he is still good at the basic Five Elements spells.
Diving hundreds of miles deep into the ground, I was immediately stunned by the sight in front of me. Below is a huge lava space, and the rich spiritual energy seems to be dripping like raindrops. Affected by the spiritual energy, the temperature of the lava is extremely high, burning the skin until it hurts.
Dozens of formation flags were sprinkled out, the scene at the edge of the molten cave became clear, and the steaming heat dissipated instantly. His eyes condensed, and dozens of high-grade spiritual veins surrounded the molten cave. The blood-red magma in the central area gathered into a five-pointed star pattern, which was exactly the same as the pattern seen in the cold space in the Taoist temple!
"What does the pattern of this five-pointed star represent? Is there also a golden page here? Maybe it is the phantom of the unicorn? What is going on? It is set up like this, like a sealing formation, and it feels like it is... No, what kind of secrets does this place hold?"
After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out why. The consciousness spread out and he carefully explored the surroundings of the molten cave, but found nothing unusual.
Could it be that the five-pointed star here is different from that there, and it's just a coincidence. Thinking about it makes my head hurt, and I don’t even have a clue, so I can only put it aside for the time being. He looked at those spiritual veins and said secretly: "Forget it, let's forget about that for now. Collect all these spiritual veins. Not to mention the valley, even the spiritual energy in the sword pavilion can be greatly improved."
He moved, scattered several formation flags, and made dozens of handprints on one of the spiritual veins.
"Rumble~!" The voice gradually sounded, and the spiritual veins moved under the influence of the formation. Within a moment, he was put into the storage ring.
The first spiritual vein was put into the bag, and the rest just had to follow the same pattern. Soon, the high-grade spiritual veins disappeared in the molten cave.
Little did he know that as those spiritual veins were withdrawn, the mountains outside had undergone earth-shaking changes. The monsters in the mountains felt uneasy one by one and howled one after another. The spiritual plants and grasses in the mountains gradually lost their former vitality, and some even withered instantly.
As the number of spiritual veins was reduced to only half, suddenly, the pattern of the five-pointed star shone brightly. The hot magma spewed out, like a volcano erupting, and the remaining spiritual veins seemed to be attracted by the five-pointed star pattern, and the spiritual energy stored in it was poured into it at a hundred times the usual speed.
The five-pointed star pattern grew larger and larger, finally emerging from the ground and impacting towards the top of the molten cave.
Rumble~!
There was a loud noise in the molten cave and a large area of the mountain collapsed. The pentagram area that was originally on the ground instantly turned into a whirlpool. A strong suction force came from the whirlpool, and all the magma and broken stones in the molten cave were sucked into it. This scene was different from what I saw in the Taoist temple at that time. It's just the same!
