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

This place was dangerous, which is why he used this kind of talisman.

Although this kind of spirit talisman can hide one's form, after using it, one cannot use spiritual power, as the effect disappears as soon as spiritual power is activated.

It sounds somewhat impractical, but it comes in handy now. Fortunately, Zhang Ling also practiced secular light body techniques, so his travel speed didn't decrease much.

Along the way, he saw a large number of flying insects and poisonous frogs fighting.

These flying insects were not ordinary insects either; as soon as they were caught by the poisonous frog's tongue, their bodies would burst into blue flames and ignite. They even had means of mutual destruction, causing casualties among the toad demon beasts for a time.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Ling left the white mist area and arrived at a valley full of cyan-black rock walls, with many puddles of water in the uneven ground beneath his feet.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Zhang Ling noticed something and came to the base of a rock wall. He saw several small flowers emitting purple fluorescence growing on a corner of the mountain wall.

This is Purple Light Grass, a first-grade spiritual herb, but it's quite valuable. If it reaches twenty years of age, it can be used to refine Awakening Spirit Pills. It can also be used to brew Purple Mist Spirit Tea. When cultivators drink it, it can calm their minds and has the effect of nourishing the spirit and calming the soul.

Many merchants purchase this kind of spiritual herb. A single ten-year-old Purple Light Grass can sell for more than thirty spirit stones.

Zhang Ling happily picked these spiritual herbs, and then discovered seven or eight more Purple Light Grasses on another rock wall, all of which he collected into his storage bag.

Croak… Croak…

Suddenly, a croaking sound came from not far away, and Zhang Ling's expression changed.

When he was picking the spiritual herbs just now, he had observed the surroundings. The surroundings were all cliffs, and there was no way to leave except for the misty area he had come from.

Zhang Ling didn't panic. He looked up at the sky, patted his storage bag, and took out the Earth Element Shield.

The hand gestures changed continuously, and then he pointed at the palm-sized shield. A yellow light shone brightly on it, and some soil and rocks under his feet were attracted to it. The small shield turned into a huge shield half a person tall in the blink of an eye.

"Rise!"

Zhang Ling jumped up and stood on the shield, and with a soft shout, the shield slowly rose into the air and flew towards the high sky.

This is artifact flight.

As long as a Qi Refining cultivator can release their spiritual sense to control a magical artifact, they can fly with the help of the artifact.

It's just that Qi Refining cultivators don't have much spiritual power and can't fly for long. With his current eighth-level cultivation, he can only maintain flight for a quarter of an hour, and the speed is not fast.

But it's enough to deal with the current situation. The top is hundreds of feet above the ground. It took more than ten breaths of time for Zhang Ling to stand on the ground again.

The gray valley below was filled with mist. He didn't know how these mists formed, but the situation below had nothing to do with him anymore.

Zhang Ling looked around, chose a direction, and used the Wind Control Technique to leave quickly.

There are many demon beasts in the Falling Star Mountains. As he went deeper, the howls of various demon beasts became more and more frequent.

Over the next few days, Zhang Ling encountered several demon beasts with strength at the late stage of the first level. In the battles with the demon beasts, he became more and more skilled in using magical artifacts.

The Gold Brick is a purely offensive magical artifact with amazing power. It can kill demon beasts with one or two blows, but this magical artifact is quite difficult to control, and the attack speed is slower than other magical artifacts.

The Earth Element Shield is a defensive magical artifact. The earth and stone shield it condenses has amazing defensive power. First-level late-stage demon beasts can't break through the defense for a while.

The Wind and Sand Gourd is an all-in-one offensive and defensive artifact. Although it is not as good as the Gold Brick and Shield in individual aspects, the Cold Star Sand in the gourd is flexible and changeable, and he uses it quite smoothly.

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This morning, a furious beast roar came from the depths of the dense forest. Zhang Ling rushed out of a green tree forest, with a tall black shadow chasing closely behind him.

The black shadow walked upright, was ten feet tall, covered in black hair, only revealing scarlet eyes. It was slightly fat, but not slow.

With a loud bang, the black shadow slapped the ground and grabbed a boulder from the ground, smashing it down fiercely.

Zhang Ling released his spiritual sense and naturally discovered the attack. He pointed at the Earth Element Shield in front of him expressionlessly. The shield turned and blocked the boulder attack.

Taking advantage of the shield's cover, the gourd in his hand flew to the top of his head and released a large amount of blue-black Cold Star Sand.

A large cloud of sand, like a living thing, turned into a black whirlwind and rushed towards the demon beast behind him.

The demon beast behind him was not to be outdone. It roared angrily twice, and its claws scratched wildly in front of it. The sound of breaking wind continued, and dozens of cold lights appeared. It hit the Cold Star Sand, and there was a muffled sound of 'poof'.

The Cold Star Sand was originally an invisible object, gathered from countless sand grains. No matter how sharp the cold light was, how could it be scattered?

In the time it takes to breathe, the demon beast was surrounded by countless Cold Star Sand. Seeing this, Zhang Ling did not relax in the slightest.

This is a first-level late-stage Iron Fur Bear, and its fur has a strong defense. He had trapped this beast several times, but each time it broke out of it barbarously. This is why there was a stalemate between one person and one beast.

However, he had already thought of an idea to deal with the Iron Fur Bear. He quickly patted his storage bag and took out a yellow spirit talisman. A burst of spiritual power hit it, and the spirit talisman turned into a yellow light and rushed into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

Then, with a flick of his left hand, four or five dark brown vines fell to the ground. As soon as these vines landed, they grew rapidly, turning into several iron-thorn vines and wrapping around the Iron Fur Bear.

After doing this, Zhang Ling took out the Gold Brick, which was a square brick magical artifact and a heavy magical artifact.

Roar!

The Iron Fur Bear roared, and a trace of golden light emanated from the fur on its body, and its figure suddenly rose by three points. With a stomp of its feet, countless soil and rocks were shaken up, and the Cold Star Sand surrounding the beast exploded, and all of it was blown away in an instant.

Without the obstruction of the Cold Star Sand, the Iron Fur Bear's scarlet eyes immediately saw him.

Before the beast could make any extra movements, several iron thorns wrapped around the Iron Fur Bear's body, blocking its forward pace.

This made the Iron Fur Bear even more angry, and it scratched its body with its claws, breaking the iron thorns. But the thorn vines had already surrounded it in the center, and one by one they wrapped around it.

The Iron Fur Bear looked at the vines that it couldn't tear off no matter how hard it tried, and finally became completely angry. A golden light flashed on its body, and its body swelled up.

Zhang Ling, who was not far away, also exclaimed, as the Iron Fur Bear seemed to be about to use some means. While controlling the Gold Brick, he quickly retreated several feet away.

As soon as he retreated, countless sounds of breaking through the air came. The Iron Fur Bear's image changed drastically. The originally jet-black and shiny fur on its chest was gone, revealing scarlet flesh.

The vines surrounding it were all broken, and the Iron Fur Bear looked extremely miserable, but its momentum did not diminish. It lowered its body and moved its four feet, turning into a black shadow and rushing towards him.

Zhang Ling stood on the spot, without panic. The Gold Brick magical artifact in his hand turned into a heavy gold brick about ten feet in size.

But then, the Iron Fur Bear suddenly paused, and sank into the ground without warning. At some point, the ground turned into a quicksand.

This was the effect of the quicksand talisman he had released earlier. Seeing that the demon beast had fallen into the trap, Zhang Ling no longer hesitated, and controlled the Gold Brick to fly over the beast's head.

With a loud bang, the Gold Brick fell, and the Iron Fur Bear was immediately smashed until it bled from all seven orifices. After several loud bangs in a row, half of the Iron Fur Bear's body was smashed into a bloody mess, and it could not be deader.

After solving the Iron Fur Bear, Zhang Ling revealed a trace of exhaustion.

Although this Iron Fur Bear was only at the late stage of the first level, its attack power and defense power were stronger than ordinary demon beasts.

At this time, his spiritual power had also consumed about 70%. If it weren't for these means of trapping the enemy, and fighting this demon beast head-on, he would probably only be able to flee in panic.

Maybe he would even lose his life. Zhang Ling calmed down and began to process the materials on the Iron Fur Bear. To his disappointment, the originally most valuable bear skin was tattered and worthless.

However, he still collected a lot of demon beast essence blood and a bear gall, as well as two bear paws, which was not a complete loss.

As for the demon beast meat, it also had some value. But his storage bag was not big and could not fit it, so he could only shake his head helplessly.