Mo Tiange didn't notice that after she left, Ling Yunhe stared at the traces left by the two of them in silence.
After a long time, he shook his head and muttered, "Not simple …" Then he slowly walked back to the Ling family's mansion with his hands behind his back. His brows were tightly knitted, but it was hard to tell whether he was happy or worried.
Three days later, the six people gathered at the Ling family's mansion again. This time, Ling Yunhe didn't put on airs and directly invited them in. After confirming that there were no mistakes, the six people turned into flight lights and disappeared into the sky.
Carefree Valley was located at the border between Eastern Tang and Northern Lin Kingdom.
Sky Snow City was located in the north of Eastern Tang Country. It was only six to seven days' journey from Northern Lin Country. The cultivation of the six of them wasn't bad. Even the two early-stage Core Formation cultivators had many spirit artifacts on them and their strength was extraordinary.
The six people sped up. Five days later, they arrived at Mount Jia Ling where Carefree Valley was located.
Mount Jia Ling was a mountain range at the border between Eastern Tang and Northern Lin Kingdom. It stretched for hundreds of miles and towered into the clouds. To the southeast of the mountain was Eastern Tang's Jia Ling Town, and to the north was Northern Lin Kingdom's famous Devil's Domain, Star Descent City.
Mount Jia Ling was just a name in Eastern Tang, but people in Northern Lin Kingdom were used to calling it Star Descent Mountain.
Carefree Valley was hidden in this mountain.
Six flight lights landed on an uninhabited peak of Mount Jia Ling. It was Mo Tiange's group of six.
"Is this the place?" Tian Zhiqian asked in a very surprised tone.
Mo Tiange looked around and saw that this peak was bare except for some stones. There wasn't even a trace of spiritual aura. It really didn't look like a paradise from the Distant Past era. No wonder Tian Zhiqian was so surprised.
Ling Yunhe took out his map and confirmed, "Yes, this is the place."
Mo Tiange also took out her own map. The entrance to Carefree Valley was near here, but there wasn't a trace of spiritual aura or formation around. How could they enter?
The five people's gazes were fixed on Ling Yunhe.
Ling Yunhe calmly took out something from his Qiankun Bag.
"Soul-Restraining Bead!" Ling Yunfei blurted out in surprise.
Mo Tiange stared at him with rapt attention. She saw that the Lingyunhe was holding a huge round bead in his hand. The bead emitted a faint light, and the surface of the bead was undulating like water ripples.
She could confirm that this bead was a high-rank treasure. Ling Yunfei called it the God Restraining Bead. Could it be used to break seals?
Ling Yunfei's expression changed indeterminately. He looked at Ling Yunhe and hesitated over and over again. In the end, he still asked, "Second Brother, where did you get this God Restraining Pearl?"
Ling Yunhe smiled and glanced at him with a calm expression. "Don't worry. Great Grandfather Seven himself gave his permission."
"Oh …" Ling Yunfei heaved a sigh of relief and looked much better.
"So this is the Spirit Restraining Pearl of the Ling Family?" Tian Zhiqian looked at the pearl in Ling Yunhe's hand with interest.
Ling Yunhe nodded. "That's right. With this item, it will be much easier for us to enter Carefree Valley."
Upon seeing Mo Tiange staring at the Soul-Restricting Bead in Ling Yunhe's hand, Ling Yunfei approached her then whispered, "Fellow Daoist Qin doesn't know, right?
This Spirit Restraining Pearl is our Ling Family's heirloom. It's always been kept by our Nascent Soul ancestors.
This pearl has a strong restraining effect on spiritual aura and divine comprehension. If it's used properly, you can walk unimpeded between seals. "
Upon hearing this, Mo Tiange was inwardly frightened.
Being able to walk unimpeded between seals was even more powerful than the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams in her hand.
The Tai Chi Eight Diagrams contained the profound principles of Yin and Yang, the five elements, and the Eight Diagrams. It could stabilize Yin and Yang and sort out spiritual aura. In a place where spiritual aura was chaotic and the five elements intersected, the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams could display its divine power. However, in terms of breaking seals, this thing could only be used as an aid, so it was inferior to the God Restraining Pearl.
Mo Yaoqing was indeed a genius, but Yunzhong was so big, so there were naturally other genius cultivators who could refine other treasures.
Besides, in terms of profoundness, the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams wasn't inferior to the God Restraining Pearl. It was just inferior in terms of breaking seals.
"I see. This pearl is really magical," Mo Tiange praised.
Ling Yunfei looked proud and said, "Usually, the Core Formation juniors of our clans can't even see this God Restraining Pearl. Our Nascent Soul ancestors …"
"Are you ready?
It's time to go in. "Ling Yunfei was interrupted by Ling Yunhe.
After Ling Yunhe finished speaking, he glared at Ling Yunfei before turning around and leaving.
Ling Yunfei was embarrassed by his stare and didn't dare to say anything else. He rubbed his nose and followed Ling Yunfei.
Mo Tiange laughed inwardly.
This Ling Yunfei seemed to be about the same age as Ling Yunhe, but his cultivation level and way of handling things were much more childish. Presumably, he'd just formed his Gold Core and hadn't learned how to restrain himself, right?
The secret treasure in the hands of his ancestors should be kept a secret, but he just casually mentioned it.
The five people followed Ling Yunhe down from the top of the mountain.
There were rocks everywhere on Mount Jiling. It seemed there wasn't much rain, so plants rarely survived. That was why the landscape was like this.
These rocks were strangely shaped. As they walked among them, they were surrounded by jagged rocks and towering peaks that looked like ferocious beasts.
The whole mountain was full of rocks, and they couldn't even find a complete path.
Ling Yunhe, on the other hand, walked through the rocks with ease.
When they entered the depths of the rocks, there were only rocks and yellow soil at first, but gradually, there were a few traces of green.
In the end, Ling Yunhe stopped in front of an ancient tree.
This ancient tree was dozens of feet tall. Although it didn't have many green leaves, its branches and vines were intertwined, covering the sky and the earth. It stood alone among the rocks, squeezed to the point where there was only a little living space. However, its branches and leaves covered the land within a radius of three hundred meters.
"Brother Ling, this is …?" Tian Zhiqian asked doubtfully when he saw Ling Yunhe stopped.
Ling Yunhe didn't answer. Instead, he raised the Soul-Restricting Pearl in his hand, made a hand seal, and poured spiritual aura into the pearl.
With the input of spiritual aura, the ripple-like light around the Soul-Restricting Pearl fluctuated more and more violently, and the hazy light became brighter and brighter.
Suddenly, Ling Yunhe shouted. The Soul-Restricting Pearl suddenly burst into a dazzling light and shot towards the ancient tree.
"Buzz!" A dull sound echoed in the six people's ears.
This sound wasn't harsh, but it was too deep, as if it directly hit their eardrums and knocked on the depths of their brains. Everyone's faces showed unbearable expressions.
Although they were all powerful Core Formation cultivators who could easily endure a fight of magical powers even if they were seriously injured, they were helpless in the face of this kind of sound.
This was a human body's weakness. As long as they were still human and hadn't ascended, they couldn't get rid of it.
Mo Tiange suddenly thought of something.
Although she also felt this sound was very irritating, she didn't feel very uncomfortable. Maybe it was because she practiced the Soul-Refining Art?
If that was the case, couldn't she rely on her powerful divine sense to make similar magic weapons to put her opponent in a passive position?
This thought flashed in her mind. Soon, Ling Yunhe put away the Soul-Restricting Pearl and said, "Everyone, let's go in."
Mo Tiange regained her composure and saw faint spiritual aura fluctuations coming from the ancient tree.
"Brother Ling, how … how do we go in?"
Tian Zhiqian looked at the ancient tree with a blank expression. Although this tree obviously had some mysteries because it used the Soul-Restricting Pearl, he couldn't see an entrance!
Ling Yunhe smiled. "Everyone, please follow me." He shook his sleeves and flew to the ancient tree.
Seeing this, everyone followed suit.
Mo Tiange stopped on a branch of the ancient tree. She looked down and suddenly realized something.
There was a hole on the branch of the ancient tree. It was just that the hole wasn't big and the spiritual aura fluctuations inside were very obscure, so they didn't notice it at all.
Ling Yunhe didn't say anything. His body emitted a protective spiritual light and he jumped down.
The other five people immediately followed Ling Yunfei, followed by Tian Zhiqian and Yang Chengji.
Mo Tiange glanced at Tiancan, then used the Art of Primordial Origin to form a protective spiritual aura shield around her. She also jumped down.
In the darkness, she heard the whistling sound of the wind. She kept falling down.
Mo Tiange released her divine sense and immediately frowned. Sure enough, the restriction here also had a suppressive effect on divine sense.
As long as it was an ancient land, most of the restrictions left behind by the cultivators would suppress one's divine sense, so she wasn't too surprised.
In addition, the spiritual aura here was indeed chaotic. There seemed to be many kinds of restrictions intertwined with each other, and there was also a strange filthy aura, which was quite complicated.
Even weaker Core Formation cultivators might not be able to withstand this place. The various auras here were too chaotic, which could easily destroy the balance of a cultivator's body and corrode his meridians.
Presumably, Ling Yunhe brought the Soul-Restraining Bead with this in mind. With this bead restraining the spiritual aura, it could ensure that the early stage Core Formation cultivators among them could also enter smoothly.
With this thought in mind, Mo Tiange secretly took out the Eight Trigrams Diagram from her Qiankun Bag and put it in her sleeve.
This caused the Spiritual Qi around her to become much gentler.
After a while, the glimmer of the Soul-Restraining Bead stopped. Then Mo Tiange also stepped on the ground.
When Tiancan also landed, the six of them had already jumped down.
"Everyone." Ling Yunhe turned around and faced everyone. "We've already discussed what to do on this trip.
Once we get out of here, we'll arrive at the Carefree Valley.
I'll emphasize one more thing. You'd better not be more than 300 meters away from me. Without the Soul-Restraining Bead, even if we're already in the Core Formation realm, our cultivation levels will still be suppressed by the chaotic auras in the Carefree Valley. If we encounter one or two monsters, we'll be in danger. "
Everyone nodded.
When they came down just now, they already felt this place wasn't simple. The spiritual aura was so chaotic, and there was also devil aura and filthy aura. In this kind of environment, even if they had great divine abilities, they'd be lucky if they could display half of their power.
"Okay, let's continue." Ling Yunhe said then turned around to explore the way.
At that moment, Mo Tiange felt the glimmer above her head dimmed. The spiritual aura changed slightly, and the entrance to the ancient tree above her disappeared.
Ling Yunfei looked up and felt a bit uneasy. "Second Brother, must we use the Soul-Restraining Bead to open this entrance?"
Ling Yunhe put the Soul-Restraining Bead into his robe. While leading the way, he said, "That's not the case.
In fact, this isn't the only entrance to the Carefree Valley. It's just that the other entrances are very dangerous. They either have monsters or strange auras.
Only here, the restriction is relatively weak. It'll be fine as long as we break it. "
"Why did this restriction close automatically?"
This question made Ling Yunhe sigh. "The restriction techniques of the Distant Past era were much more brilliant than the ones we have today.
The Carefree Valley was a paradise in the Distant Past era, so there must've been people with great divine abilities cultivating here. Therefore, these restrictions must've been left behind by cultivators whose realms were much higher than ours. The restrictions in the cultivation world today can't compare to the profundities of their divine abilities. "
Once Ling Yunhe finished speaking, a light appeared in front of them.
They walked towards the light, passed through the rocks and soil, and suddenly saw the light.