Ambushed by Cultivators from the Spirit Formation Adept's Faction

Ling Pengyun nodded slightly and then began to work.

He first Hand Seals and used the "Transplantation Technique" of Spirit Plant to condense five Law Seals and inject them into the five Spirit Mandarin Tree.

The five Spirit Mandarin Tree flashed with green light, and all the green orange leaves on their branches fell off.

The tree trunks were no longer shaking. If one were to probe the ground with Divine Sense, one would find that the countless roots of these five Spirit Mandarin Tree were retracting and intertwining under their respective main trunks.

Unlike before, when the roots spread out in a messy, disorderly manner.

And this is also the effect of Transplantation Technique.

This technique can temporarily put the five Spirit Mandarin Tree into a slumber, ensuring that during the transplanting process, after they are removed from the soil, these five Spirit Mandarin Tree will not lose too much of their Jia Wood Power, thus affecting their foundation.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengyun formed hand Hand Seals and cast an earth-attribute Law Technique, the Soil Covering Technique.

The Spirit Soil surrounding the five Spirit Mandarin Tree immediately dispersed, revealing the roots of the five Spirit Mandarin Tree.

Ling Pengyun followed suit, using a Object Manipulation Technique to summon the five Spirit Mandarin Tree to his side. He then took out five large Spirit-Locking Jade Box that he had prepared beforehand from his Storage Bag.

He placed the five Spirit Mandarin Tree into the five Spirit-Locking Jade Box and then waved his hand to put them into his Storage Bag.

After finishing the task, he followed Qin Shi and the others and jumped into a huge circular pit that was ten zhang wide and five zhang deep.

After entering this pit, there is a wide passage that extends southwards.

As they ventured deeper into the passage, Ling Pengyun and the others eventually entered an underground space that was several hundred feet wide.

There are hundreds of caves in this space, and the Black Rock Bear ' fur is found inside these caves. Clearly, these caves are the dens of the Black Rock Bear that Ling Pengyun and the others just killed.

The group searched through the hundreds of small caves, but found very few Spirit Plant. However, they did find quite a lot of various types of earth-attribute Spirit Iron Ore.

There were over a thousand catties of first-grade Spirit Iron Ore, and over a hundred catties of second-grade low-grade spirit iron and over thirty catties of second-grade medium-grade spirit iron.

According to Ling Pengyun and others' guesses, these earth-attribute spirit irons were collected by the Black Rock Bear to refine Black Rock Spirit Sand. After all, although these spirit irons are all earth-attribute, they are all different and basically have no repetition.

The Spirit Iron Ore was divided equally, Ling Pengyun received 150 jin of first-grade earth-type ore, 20 jin of Second Rank Low Grade ore, and 5 jin of Second Grade Middle Rank ore.

In addition, they also found five newborn bear cubs whose eyes were not yet fully open. It was because of them that they were spared the fate of the adult Black Rock Bear, which were killed by Ling Pengyun and the others.

Although these five little bears did not have high innate cultivation, only around the fifth or sixth level of the innate realm, the Black Rock Bear was naturally extremely sensitive to earth-attribute ores, making it a special kind of Demon Beast.

Qin Shi and the others did not give all of it to Ling Pengyun, who had a great need for the Demon Beast, but instead divided it equally.

Aside from Ye Yu, everyone else had one. However, Ye Yu and Xue Chao Xue Chao were about to become Daoist partners, so she could be considered to have one as well. In fact, she also had a Black Rock Bear.

After the profits were divided, Qin Shi asked Ling Pengyun.

"Ling Daoyou, the four Foundation Establishment Realm Black Rock Bear here have been eliminated. Are you still willing to join us in slaying Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake area?"

"If you are unwilling, we may return directly to the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake."

This is also the question that Yan Siyi, Zhang Chuan, Xue Chao, and Ye Yu wanted to ask.

Ling Pengyun is powerful and possesses a powerful Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Immortal Spirit Crane King that can warn those in the vicinity. With the help of these two, they can hunt down powerful Demon Beast groups that they previously dared not touch, and thus obtain what they desire.

More importantly, Ling Pengyun can be considered one of their own, and they won't fight with them, making him an excellent choice for hunting demons together.

"That's exactly what I was planning to do," Ling Pengyun replied.

Ling Pengyun had planned to follow Qin Shi and the others to hunt down more Foundation Establishment Demon Beast before he arrived.

Firstly, earn Spirit Stone.

After Wind Shadow Peng failed to Foundation Establishment, Ling Pengyun wanted to earn Spirit Stone as soon as possible to buy Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron and gather Spirit Stone to buy Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object to assist Wind Shadow Peng in Foundation Establishment.

Secondly, he also needs a large amount of materials from Foundation Establishment Demon Beast to try to refine Second Grade Magic Tool and improve his weapon refining skills.

Buying materials directly from the Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Beast on the market would be too expensive, and Ling Pengyun was reluctant to do so.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shi and the others were all delighted.

"Ling-xiong, you've finally come to your senses. With your addition, as long as we don't venture too far into the Serpent Dragon Lake territory, or provoke any groups of Demon Beast Demon Beast Foundation Establishment Completion, and we're careful in this Serpent Dragon Lake area, we're sure to reap great rewards," Qin Shi said with a smile.

The rest of the people then voiced their agreement.

After chatting for a few more minutes, the group left together.

About half a month later.

On a sacred mountain.

Ling Pengyun and the others were engaged in battle with three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment and two Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Serpent.

Around their battleground were the corpses of over five or six hundred Qi Training Stage Qi Refining Demon Serpent.

The five Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Serpent were already outnumbered, and with Ling Pengyun and his six companions all having reached the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment and possessing considerable strength, the five Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Serpent were soon killed by the group.

After quickly collecting the five Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Serpent corpses, just as everyone was about to search the Snake Demon's lair at the top of Mount Ling, twelve fiery red array flags suddenly flew in from afar.

In the sky, the Immortal Spirit Crane King, which had been constantly alerting its surroundings, subtly sensed the situation and quickly let out a cry.

Upon hearing the cry of a crane from the sky, Ling Pengyun and the others immediately looked up at the Immortal Spirit Crane King in the sky.

Following the direction the Immortal Spirit Crane King was looking, they also noticed that the twelve array flags, which did not exude any aura, were flying towards this place.

"Oh no, it's the Frost Ice Cloud Array's flag."

Ling Pengyun noticed that the twelve blue array flags looked somewhat familiar, and with a slightly surprised expression, he quickly gave a loud signal.

Six months ago, after the Ling Clan destroyed the Luo Clan and obtained the Luo Clan's second-order array inheritance, Ling Pengyun also took a look at that second-order array inheritance book.

Among them are records of the formation flags of the Frost Ice Cloud Array Formation.

He quickly patted the Storage Bag at his waist, took out the Sand Soil Bronze Bell, and erected a bronze bell phantom that enveloped himself and everyone else around him.

Since the cultivator hiding in the shadows deliberately concealed the aura of the twelve array flags at this time, intending to ambush them, it was clearly premeditated.

Furthermore, they possess extraordinary strength; otherwise, they wouldn't dare to set their sights on them.

In times like these, sticking together is the best course of action.

The moment the bronze bell phantom was formed, the twelve blue array flags that flew from afar quickly surrounded the Spirit Mountain where Ling Pengyun and the others were, forming an array that created a solid blue light curtain that trapped the entire Spirit Mountain.

Immediately afterwards, the huge blue light screen trembled slightly.

A patch of icy cloud suddenly appeared in the sky above Mount Ling.

Countless ice arrows poured out from within that ice cloud.

At the same time, a large amount of frost surged up from within the formation, rushing towards Ling Pengyun and the others.

Fortunately, Ling Pengyun managed to raise the illusory image of the Sand Soil Bronze Bell first, temporarily blocking the incoming ice arrows and frost.

However, the number of ice arrows falling from the sky was enormous, the frost was extremely cold, and with the enhancement of the formation, its power was increased by three points.

The illusory image supported by the Sand Soil Bronze Bell gradually faded.

It will probably take less than ten breaths before the illusory image of the bronze bell is shattered.

"Gentlemen, the Frost Ice Cloud Array in the sky is of a high Second Rank High Grade. My bronze bell is of a lower grade and cannot hold out for long. Please quickly set up the Boundless Marsh Array that combines trapping and defense in your hands."

Ling Pengyun quickly replied.

The "Boundless Marsh Array" is the Second Rank High Grade formation that Qin Shi and the others used half a month ago when they attacked the Black Rock Bear pack.

Qin Shi, Yan Siyi, Zhang Chuan, and Ye Yu, knowing the gravity of the situation, dared not delay and quickly followed suit, raising three array flags in succession, for a total of twelve array flags, forming the Boundless Marsh Array.

However, at this moment, the formation did not conjure up a muddy swamp; instead, it erected a yellow defensive light barrier to protect everyone inside and block the ice arrows falling from the sky.

With the ice arrows no longer striking the illusory bronze bell, Ling Pengyun's pressure was greatly reduced.

Because of the defense of the Boundless Marsh Array, Ling Pengyun waved his hand and directly put away the Sand Soil Bronze Bell, freeing up his energy to quickly Hand Seals.

In just six breaths, he conjured six five-zhang-long snakes with bared fangs and claws by Hand Seals.

These six long snakes swayed their bodies and, under Ling Pengyun's control, broke through the Transformed Defense Light Screen the endless swamp and disappeared into the vast expanse of frost.

The frost contained extreme icy power. The six-headed water snake rushed into it, and a thick layer of frost quickly spread over its body, weakening its power.

It took the combined power of two water snakes to create a gap in the frost.

The other four water snakes also followed the gap and directly bombarded the nearest Frost Ice Cloud Array Flag.

Just as they were about to achieve their goal, a set of eight flying knives brimming with Spiritual Qi attacked from afar, transforming into a giant Black Snake that crushed the four water snakes, whose power had been reduced to nearly half, in one gulp.

"Shapeshifting Magic Item!"

Seeing the imposing presence of the black python phantom, Ling Pengyun frowned.

Fortunately, Xue Chao, who also had spare energy, acted in time and used his Second Rank High Grade Lesser Thunder Talisman Array to trap the black snake phantom formed by the eight flying knives that attacked.

Countless bolts of lightning fell, striking the black Black Snake phantom and causing it to howl in agony.

Although the Black Snake opened its mouth and spewed out streams of poisonous mist in an attempt to retaliate, they were all shattered by the lightning.

Clearly, Xue Chao's Talisman Formation Talisman Formation is superior to the Shapeshifting Magic Item.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Ling Pengyun also sensed three unfamiliar auras with his Divine Sense and looked toward a small grove of trees a mile or two away.

There were three cultivators of different ages in the woods: an old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man.

They all exuded a powerful aura of Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, and like Qin Shi and the others, they were all wearing the robes of the Hundred Spirits Sect.

Among the three, the white-haired old man who appeared to be the oldest was continuously channeling spiritual energy into the array plate of the Frost Ice Cloud Array.

Clearly, this person was the cultivator who set up the Frost Ice Cloud Array.

The middle-aged cultivator continuously controlled the eight Black Snake phantoms to attack the Lesser Thunder Talisman Array.

The youngest cultivator, with an arrogant expression, calmly took out a Beast Taming Pouch from his robes and summoned three Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Azure Flame Wolf and two Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Yellow Scale Scorpion.

Once these five Demon Beast left the outside world, under the command of the young cultivator, they charged towards the Spirit Mountain where Ling Pengyun and the others were located.

However, that place is quite far from Mount Ling, and it would be difficult for the five Foundation Establishment Demon Beast to arrive in a short time.

When Ling Pengyun saw the five Foundation Establishment Demon Beast appear, his already furrowed brows furrowed even more.

Even with the combined strength of him and Qin Shi, these five Spirit Beast would be more than enough to give them a hard time.

Moreover, there were two Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator among them.

"How did these three end up here?"

Qin Shi, who was manipulating the Boundless Marsh Array, also saw the faces of the three people. His face darkened, and he asked in confusion.

Yan Siyi and the others had similar expressions to Qin Shi.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, who are those three people...?" Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun turned his head and looked over. He could easily tell that Qin Shi and the others knew the three people, so he asked.

"The person who manipulated the formation was named Wang Yun, the person who created the Shapeshifting Magic Item was named Jiang Song, and the person who summoned the Spirit Beast was named Wei Yan."

"These three all belong to the lineage of Old Ancestor Mo, the Spirit Array True Person, one of the three Golden Core True Person of our sect."

"Wang Yun is the fourth disciple of Spirit Array True Person. He has deeply inherited the True Disciple of Old Ancestor Mo array formations and is a Second Rank High Grade Array Formation Master. He is also the Great Elder of our sect's Spirit Array Hall."

"Jiang Song and Wei Yan also serve as elders in the Hall of Affairs and the Beast Taming Hall, respectively. In particular, Wei Yan is the disciple of the Beast Taming Hall Master and a genius beast tamer in our sect. It is said that he will be the next Beast Taming Hall Master."

"You've probably heard some rumors about the current situation of our sect's three Golden Core True Person."

"The Spirit Talisman True Person and the Hundred Spirits True Person belong to the same faction, while the Spirit Array True Person belongs to a separate faction."

"As the relationship between the three Golden Core True Person deteriorated, the relationship between the cultivators of our two factions also became increasingly tense."

"However, there has never been any situation where Sect Disciple from different factions kill each other."

"Now that this has happened, it probably foreshadows that the relationship between our sect's three Golden Core Old Ancestor has reached a stalemate."

As Qin Shi spoke, fear appeared in his eyes.

However, this was a time for battle, and Qin Shi dared not be distracted. He gave a shout.

"Ling-xiong, you Non-Self sect. I apologize for dragging you into this matter. After this is over, I will give you a pot of century-old Crimson Blood Brew."

Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun's expression shifted slightly.

"It seems that the chaos in the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory is imminent."

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