Chapter 459: The power of the Shock-Spirit Cicada

And Lin Zhangqing released all the first and second-stage purple crystal scorpions, forming a three-layer three-dimensional defense.

The two entered the array, and only then did Lin Zhangqing completely relax.

Finally, he had rendezvoused with Chen Zi Ya without any danger; the next task was to try to get more demonic cores and see if he could seize the final opportunity.

Looking at Chen Zi Ya leaning on his shoulder, he couldn't help but pull her directly into his arms, and the two stayed quietly for a while.

Perhaps because they had experienced quite a few things in the past few days and needed to share and confide, Chen Zi Ya couldn't help but start telling Lin Zhangqing about her specific experiences over the past few days.

And Lin Zhangqing heard that she had actually been ambushed by four cultivators together, and the defensive spirit tools on her body had almost all been broken.

This made him feel lingering fear; if he had known earlier that the trial secret realm was so dangerous, perhaps at that time, he wouldn't have let Chen Zi Ya participate!

Of course, this was mainly his problem; he had underestimated the strength of the cultivators here, feeling that he had looked down on them a bit!

After Chen Zi Ya finished talking about her experiences, Lin Zhangqing also shared what he had encountered over the past few days with her, especially the matter of taking action just now to help the cultivator surnamed Li from Chengxia Peak.

Lin Zhangqing specifically brought it up to talk about; he wanted Chen Zi Ya to know this person's character and quality, so that she would be on guard in her heart, so as to avoid being deceived in the future.

Chen Zi Ya heard about this matter, and her heart was also filled with disappointment, but she didn't have too deep feelings for these Uncle-Masters and Senior Sisters.

So, she just sighed, and after keeping it in her heart, she didn't think about these things anymore.

To her, these people were all irrelevant; Lin Zhangqing was the most important existence in her heart.

Thus, she continued: "Green Brother! It's only the fourth day now; what are your plans for the next steps? My harvest over the past few days has been quite good; I have already collected nearly thirty or forty demonic cores, and with a little more effort, I can gather forty demonic cores!

In the future, if there are extra demonic cores, let's concentrate them with you, to see if we can help you seize the greatest opportunity!"

Lin Zhangqing heard that she had actually collected so many demonic cores, and was also quite surprised; Chen Zi Ya's performance in the secret realm was much better than he had originally expected.

As for what she said about putting the extra demonic cores with him, that was nothing; they were already one body, and it was very normal for Chen Zi Ya to help him compete for the opportunity.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and said: "I also have fifty or sixty demonic cores of various stages in my hand; let's balance them out, and forty for each person should be more than enough!

And when I came over to rendezvous with you, I already saw a sacrificial array; it's relatively close to here, and it will take about a day and a half to reach there.

Why don't we two go and get the departure mark first, to avoid any major changes later on! What do you think?"

Chen Zi Ya heard it and felt it made a lot of sense, so she agreed to Lin Zhangqing's proposal.

The two took out all the demonic cores they had in their hands; now both were at the second layer of Foundation Establishment.

So each person needed to use ten second-stage early-stage demonic cores to exchange for one departure mark.

And to get the maximum improvement, that is, to improve from the second layer of Foundation Establishment to the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment, they needed to invest another ten second-stage early-stage and twenty second-stage mid-stage demonic cores.

That meant each person needed at least twenty second-stage early-stage and twenty second-stage mid-stage demonic cores. Chen Zi Ya specifically found two relatively large jade boxes to hold these prepared demonic cores, with forty in each jade box, which was just about right.

The remaining demonic cores were also placed with Lin Zhangqing; at this time, he took out the upper-grade spirit beast bracelet he had harvested yesterday and gave it to Chen Zi Ya.

Having received the gift, she was very happy, couldn't help but reward Lin Zhangqing with a fragrant kiss on the spot, and then directly began to refine it.

After she finished, Lin Zhangqing specifically told her the origin of this item in detail, and suggested that she not use it for the time being.

It would be best to wait until they returned to find someone to change the appearance of the spirit tool, and then it wouldn't be too late to take it out and use it.

After listening, Chen Zi Ya also felt it made sense; there was no need to invite such unnecessary trouble, so she took the upper-grade spirit beast bracelet off her wrist and put it in her bosom.

Lin Zhangqing also handed over the nearly ten identity jade tokens he had collected to Chen Zi Ya; keeping these things himself was of no use.

Only in the hands of Qingyun Sect disciples could they be used to exchange for sect contribution points; she received them with a giggle, and then took out a pile of spirit tools she had harvested.

And handed them to Lin Zhangqing to pick; after he took a rough look, although there were some mid-to-upper-grade spirit tools, they didn't have much attraction to him.

So he just took a look and put everything away; he would see how to deal with them later? Or hand them to Hu Yunna to exchange for spirit stones; if it really didn't work, he could throw them into the deep pit for Lin Zhangliu to deal with; anyway, they definitely wouldn't be wasted!

Suddenly, he remembered that there were still four hundred and eighty Shock-Spirit Cicadas in his spirit beast bracelet that hadn't been dealt with; for the past two days, he hadn't fed them anything.

So he told Chen Zi Ya about this situation, and specifically found a first-stage Shock-Spirit Cicada inside to show her.

Unexpectedly, this little thing started calling as soon as it left the spirit beast bracelet space; Lin Zhangqing had the Heaven-Defending Soul Shield in his sea of consciousness, so he didn't have any reaction.

However, being so close, and Chen Zi Ya having no precautions at all, she was hit directly; she was stunned for a breath before reacting.

But her heart was filled with joy; this Shock-Spirit Cicada was already so powerful at the first stage, then the second-stage ones must be even more incredible!

Thus, she couldn't help but say to Lin Zhangqing: "Green Brother! Release a second-stage Shock-Spirit Cicada; I want to try how powerful it is!"

Lin Zhangqing also wanted to try, so he nodded and said: "Then expand the array a bit, and stand one hundred zhang away from me; let's test its power!"

Chen Zi Ya immediately followed suit, controlled the array, adjusted it to a suitable size, and stood about one hundred zhang away from Lin Zhangqing.

She specifically focused her attention, guarding her spirit platform, and prepared to test the ability of the second-stage Shock-Spirit Cicada.

Lin Zhangqing threw the first-stage one back into the spirit beast bracelet and chose a second-stage one; sure enough, they were all the same.

As soon as it left the spirit beast bracelet space, it immediately started calling incessantly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 460 =====