"I can only rely on myself!"
Ling Feng shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, the alchemy furnace in his hand was still quite good.
Soon, Ling Feng began to refine pills.
For a seventh-grade pill, it was a failure on the first try!
Ling Feng smiled wryly and shook his head. He couldn't compare with the monstrous talent of Lin Shuai Nan in this area.
However, this wouldn't make Ling Feng too discouraged.
After the second pill was successful, everything seemed to be on the right track.
Although Ling Feng's movements were slow, and he only managed to refine an eighth-grade pill on the third day, the quality of these pills was quite stable.
"At the current pace, it will take at least half a month to refine a ninth-grade pill. These eighth-grade pills don't have much effect on me, but I can only rely on them to break through my cultivation."
Having made an accurate judgment of the current situation, Ling Feng reinforced the formation restrictions around the mountain cave again.
He didn't want any aura to leak out from here. If outsiders detected the movement here, it would be quite troublesome!
Next, Ling Feng began his cultivation breakthrough.
He continuously consumed pills, then entered meditation, and upon waking, he would continue refining.
As for the excess spirit pills, Ling Feng fed them all to the black dragon beside him.
The black dragon's current cultivation had only barely reached the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Compared to Ling Feng and the other person, its cultivation had improved too slowly.
However, this creature's talent was also quite formidable. With these heavenly treasures and supplements, it would eventually catch up.
What Ling Feng didn't expect was that it was precisely his whim to release the black dragon that allowed him to avoid a life-or-death crisis!
Ten days later, Ling Feng finally broke through to the mid-stage Tribulation Crossing realm.
With the convergence of the surrounding spiritual energy, some movement was still generated.
But it was not enough for cultivators outside to notice.
However, no matter how meticulous Ling Feng was, he never expected that there were also demonic beasts on the ground.
The black dragon sensed the movement beneath the ground almost immediately, then let out a low growl and began to spew Xuanbing Qi around!
The ground was frozen.
But there were still cracking sounds coming from below.
Clearly, something was trying to break through the soil.
Ling Feng, who had just stabilized his realm a little, immediately noticed the black dragon's anomaly. As his eyes opened, something had already broken through the ground.
It could be imagined that the entity below was much stronger than the black dragon.
Ling Feng also saw clearly what those things were.
They were black beetles, looking quite terrifying, making one's scalp tingle, especially as they rapidly converged towards Ling Feng.
Ling Feng shuddered all over and instantly released his divine sense.
"It's the same outside. Such a commotion will surely attract the attention of other cultivators. I must leave here immediately!"
Seeing the beetles crawling towards him from below, even trying to madly devour everything visible and alive, Ling Feng acted swiftly. He grabbed the black dragon, which was dodging nearby, and used the Great Teleportation technique.
In just an instant.
Ling Feng had moved himself and the black dragon to a lake a hundred miles away.
The beetles on his body were also dispersed by Ling Feng. What surprised Ling Feng was that although these beetles looked small, their shells were incredibly hard. They actually withstood Ling Feng's attacks without any injury.
With just a moment's hesitation, Ling Feng released his Gu worms.
They instantly entered the beetles and controlled them.
"These beetles specialize in eating spirit ores! Terrifying talent!"
Ling Feng gasped, and at the same time, he understood why these creatures had been attracted to him before.
It was entirely because Ling Feng had attracted too much spiritual energy when he broke through his cultivation, which was why these creatures had emerged, wanting to gnaw on Ling Feng as a snack.
Fortunately, Ling Feng's reaction was quick.
Or rather, the black dragon's reaction was quick. Although this creature was weak, it had actually protected Ling Feng once!
"My cultivation realm is not yet stable."
Ling Feng shook his head, but he didn't feel regretful. If he had been stopped by those creatures, it would have been a big trouble.
And just before Ling Feng left the cave, a group of people had already gathered.
"Did the commotion just now come from inside?"
"So many spirit-devouring insects! Why did these creatures come out from inside?"
"No, there are traces of formations arranged here. Such a spiritual energy convergence and spiritual energy storm definitely means someone has broken through their cultivation here!"
"Where are they?"
"There's no one inside, damn it! Could it be that someone from another sect has come to our territory? Damn it, we clearly agreed, and yet someone came to cause trouble!"
As some curses were uttered, the rift between the Eight Great Sects deepened.
Originally, conflicts would arise and people would die whenever they entered the Sky Dome Wall, which was quite normal.
However, conflicts had never occurred so quickly before.
Ling Feng's arrival had already disrupted this balance.
Ling Feng was unaware of these matters. He only knew that the lake surface beneath his feet had suddenly become restless, as if his aura had not been fully contained, allowing something below to discover him.
However, the black dragon suddenly became extremely excited, even breaking free from Ling Feng's hand and diving into the lake.
"Come back!" Ling Feng's expression changed drastically. He didn't know what was beneath.
For the black dragon to jump down now, wasn't that seeking death?
But soon, an even larger black dragon emerged from the water, causing all demonic beasts within a hundred-mile radius to retreat.
Even the nearby cultivators' expressions changed drastically, and they all dodged.
Ling Feng even felt that his body was unable to move.
"What level of demonic beast is this? Such a terrifying aura and pressure!"
Ling Feng's forehead was covered in sweat. He finally managed to regain his mobility, only to see that his black dragon had already landed on the water's surface.
And the black dragon beneath the lake water had a head as large as his entire body!
The little black dragon quickly snuggled up to it, and the giant black dragon raised its head and looked at Ling Feng.
Ling Feng's expression changed drastically.
"Could it be this coincidental? Could it be that this black dragon I subdued is its descendant?"
The moment this thought flashed in Ling Feng's mind, a voice also echoed in his ears.
"Hand over the soul blood of this child, and I will spare your life!"
Ling Feng trembled all over.
Damn it, the black dragon below was indeed terrifyingly powerful, as it knew that he had taken the little black dragon's soul blood.
With almost no hesitation, Ling Feng threw out the little black dragon's soul blood.
The little black dragon leaped into the air, retrieved the soul blood, and looked back at Ling Feng twice before charging directly towards him.
Ling Feng's expression changed drastically.
"Don't tell me you're turning on me so quickly? I didn't treat you badly, and without me, you wouldn't have been able to enter Kunlun Immortal Mountain! You wouldn't have met your father... or your mother?"
It had to be said that the entity below had a too strong deterrent effect on Ling Feng.
Ling Feng had no doubt that this black dragon could kill him!
As the little black dragon circled around him twice, it then coiled around Ling Feng.
Ling Feng's body stiffened, and in the next moment, he was dragged by the little black dragon onto the lake surface, facing the terrifying giant black dragon's head!