Chronicles of the Green Vine: A Mortal’s Path to Immortality

After the black hole formed in the sky, the city lord of Falling Star City was the first to speak, "The time has come. Why haven't you all entered yet?"

Organized by several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, Zhang Ling and other rogue cultivators formed teams of ten and flew towards the black hole.

Zhang Ling patted his storage bag, took out a tortoise shell shield to protect himself, and then took out two defensive talismans, sticking them to his body, forming white and yellow light shields around himself.

"The Blazing Flame Valley is dangerous, always maintain your spiritual power. Do not trust any cultivator."

He glanced at Mu Xiaoyan beside him, who also had two defensive shields around her and was holding a purple ribbon in her hand.

"I know. With the pills Brother Zhang gave me, Yan'er will be careful. Big brother, be careful too."

Like the two of them, many people released their defenses, after all, the Blazing Flame Valley was dangerous, and the teleportation through the black hole was random.

If one was unlucky and ended up in a monster's nest upon entering, then they were on their own.

In the blink of an eye, it was Zhang Ling's turn. He cast a Wind Control spell under his feet, leaped up, and flew into the black hole.

As soon as he entered, Zhang Ling felt a powerful squeezing force from all around his body. Before he could react, everything went black, and after a dizzying spin, he disappeared into the black hole.

Before him was a black and red ground, with a layer of heat floating in the low air. The sky was also filled with red clouds, appearing gray-red, with red clouds constantly dissipating and gathering.

Is this the Blazing Flame Valley?

Breathing in the scorching air, Zhang Ling felt a tickle in his throat and some dryness. He quickly pointed at the Ice Pearl on his waist, and a stream of spiritual power struck it, and the pearl emitted a cold aura.

This treasure blocked the surrounding heat, and Zhang Ling immediately felt refreshed. Good, the Ice Pearl is indeed useful.

However, activating this treasure would continuously consume spiritual power, although little, the accumulation could not be ignored.

However, everyone who entered this place was a Qi Refining cultivator, and he was no different in this regard.

Looking around, apart from the special environment, there was nothing else, very desolate. No living creatures were found within his spiritual sense range.

He was at the tenth level of Qi Refining, and his spiritual sense could explore a range of more than twenty zhang. If he explored in one direction, he could reach a distance of fifty zhang.

Spiritual sense could also explore other objects, but the greater the density of the object, the smaller the range that could be explored. If he used his spiritual sense to explore underground, he could only explore a few zhang, and any deeper would be beyond his ability.

This is the wonder of spiritual sense.

Zhang Ling took out the jade token given by the City Lord's Mansion, which was now green.

Looking at the map recorded in it, it was very simple, only marking the approximate geographical location. There was no information on spiritual herbs, monsters, or anything else.

He couldn't help but smile wryly, wondering if the maps in the hands of those Nine Sects disciples were the same.

Afterwards, Zhang Ling took out a half-piece of jade pendant carved with a green cicada. This object also had a slight reaction.

This was a special magical artifact called the Concord Jade, which could sense the other half of the jade pendant within a distance of dozens of miles.

The other half was in Mu Xiaoyan's hand. The jade pendant had no reaction, so it seemed that the little girl was far away from him.

Now, he should figure out his location. Zhang Ling took out his flying sword and began to explore the surroundings.

More than half a day later, Zhang Ling encountered a monster and revealed a thoughtful expression. "Fire Poison Toad, so this is the Fire Poison Swamp."

The monster in front of him was a large toad about half a person tall. Its back was covered with black and red bumps, looking a bit creepy. The monster was also emitting wisps of fire, looking like it was not to be trifled with.

Croak… Croak.

The Fire Poison Toad croaked twice, and a red shadow flashed out from its mouth. Zhang Ling remained motionless, and the tortoise shell shield swayed to block it.

With a muffled sound, the tortoise shell shield vibrated a few times.

Not a small amount of power, Zhang Ling mentally tested the attack power of this Fire Poison Toad. He used the shield to block a few more attacks.

Under his spiritual sense investigation, the spiritual power on the Fire Poison Toad was not weaker than the strength of a Qi Refining fifth or sixth level cultivator.

With a grasp of the situation, Zhang Ling also launched an attack. The magical artifact he was holding was a black long sword, which was an upper-grade magical artifact obtained from the storage bag in the Iron Fur Bear's cave.

Although it was entangled by green silk when fighting a cultivator before, it was not damaged. After killing the enemy, the black sword returned to his hand.

With a wave of the black sword, two yellow sword lights were released, creating two wounds on the Fire Toad.

Croak… The monster was aroused to ferocity by the pain, and the large and small red bumps on its back burst open one after another, forming a red mist. The toad opened its mouth wide and sucked the red mist into its mouth.

Zhang Ling looked at the Fire Poison Toad's actions and revealed an interested expression.

The monsters here are very special, and it is difficult to see them outside. He wants to figure out the strength of this toad to facilitate future actions.

He saw that after the toad absorbed the red mist, its body swelled up, fire rose from its mouth, and dozens of black and red rays shot out from its mouth.

Zhang Ling did not dare to be careless, and pointed at the tortoise shield in front of him, the tortoise shell shield grew several times larger, blocking the attacks of these red rays.

But these red rays were also quite powerful, causing the tortoise shell to buzz. After the Fire Toad launched this attack, its huge mouth opened and closed, and dozens more red rays shot out.

The Fire Toad sprayed red rays five times before stopping. Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the Fire Toad turned and fled. Despite its huge body, it leaped three or four zhang away. The speed was very fast.

How could Zhang Ling let it escape? He flicked the black sword in his hand and launched a full-strength attack. The flying sword instantly passed through the Fire Toad's head, completing its first monster kill.

After collecting the monster's corpse, Zhang Ling searched around, and found a large hole about half a person tall in a low-lying area not far away.

Under the investigation of the spiritual sense, the cave was not large, and two red small grasses grew in it.

This is a first-order spiritual grass, the Flame Grass, which can be used to refine several fire attribute pills. Looking at the growth years of the two spiritual medicines, it has not been a short time, and it has some value.

Zhang Ling unceremoniously dug out the two Flame Grasses and put them into his storage bag.

As long as you come out of the Blazing Flame Valley, you can join the Nine Great Sects, but to get the Foundation Establishment Pill, you must collect enough spiritual herbs and other things. Among them, the most important are the two main medicines for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Collecting spiritual herbs is also an important purpose of the Blazing Flame Valley trip. After finishing, Zhang Ling took out the jade token and compared the simple map to compare the directions, and went to the center of the Blazing Flame Valley.

The Blazing Flame Valley is actually under the huge sinkhole, but it is shrouded by a formation. It is said to be as large as ten thousand miles. Although it is very large, its core area is only the middle one thousand miles.

That is the original place where the Heavenly Star fell, and the spiritual power is abundant. Most of the spiritual objects in the Blazing Flame Valley are in it.

Therefore, to pick rare spiritual medicines, the central area must be visited.