Gu Zheng did not need to look carefully to know what was going on.
This was a devil art, a very vicious devil art. No wonder he cultivated so quickly. He was now at least in the middle stage of Jin Xian. There were too many people who were faster than him. In less than ten years, a person who cultivated to the middle stage of Jin Xian was also shocking in this era.
Gu Zheng was now extremely regretful. He regretted letting him come into contact with that blade. He regretted that he should not have been soft-hearted and not thrown away or sealed the blade. He also regretted running around. If he did not bring Taotie with him, he would not have encountered that blade.
Unfortunately, he did not have the chance to do it again.
"Kill them all!"
Gu Zheng suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart as he pointed at the monsters that were still running in all directions. Mado was shocked, but he still nodded and flew into the air to chase after the escaping monsters.
The reason why Gu Zheng wanted to kill these monsters was purely because he did not want them to fall into the hands of Taotie and help him cultivate his devil art.
Taotie was clearly in the vicinity of the prefecture city. This distance of a few thousand miles was nothing to Taotie, but he had not returned even once. Gu Zheng did not know if the current Taotie was still him or not, if he was already controlled by the devil blade.
If the Demonic Blade was controlling him, Gu Zheng swore that he would destroy the Demonic Blade sooner or later. He would completely destroy it.
Gu Zheng had never hated a weapon as much as he did now.
Ma Duo went to kill people. No, kill yaos. Those yaos were not strong and they were running away. Additionally, Ma Duo possessed a high-grade Immortal artefact. Thus, he was able to easily kill them off.
Gu Zheng gradually calmed down and regained some rationality.
Taotie had seen him, then avoided him and ran away. This was good news. It meant that Taotie at least knew that he did not like what he was doing, so he was worried that he would be scolded or told off when he met him.
He had run away and had not thought of making a move, which meant that he still had Gu Zheng in his heart, which was why he had dodged. This also meant that he had his own will and was not controlled by the demonic blade, which was good news.
But as soon as he remembered that Taotie was cultivating a devil art, Gu Zheng felt a sharp pain in his heart. He had given Taotie a top grade cultivation method, so how could it not be compared to this devil art? Devil art cultivation was fast, but it had a huge impact on the human heart. In the future, even if Taotie succeeded in cultivating the devil art, he would still be a member of the devil path, and would not be accepted by the righteous path.
It was not only the Righteous Dao. In the Primordial World of the future, even the Goblin Sect fought and killed the Fiendish Sect. They did not like the Fiendish Sect.
Unfortunately, there was nothing Gu Zheng could do to change this. He could only feel the pain in his heart.
"Young Master, I wasn't able to kill all the demons. Some of them escaped and I can't find them anymore!"
After half a day, Mado returned and apologized. There were too many demons, and he did not have the killing speed of the black shadow. It was impossible for him to kill so many demons in such a short period of time.
"It's okay. Let's go back!"
Gu Zheng looked at the direction where Taotie had left and nodded gently. Mado followed closely behind him. On the way back, Gu Zheng did not say a word, and he did not dare to ask.
He wanted to know who that black shadow was and why Gu Zheng suddenly had such a change. He had never seen Gu Zheng like this before. He could clearly feel that Gu Zheng was heartbroken. His heart was in pain, and he was very sad. It seemed that the black shadow was someone very important to him.
It was definitely someone more important than them. Even when he was injured last time, Gu Zheng did not have such an expression.
He didn't know who else could make Gu Zheng act like this. However, after walking for a while, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. He was shocked and subconsciously turned around to look. When he turned around, he fell behind Gu Zheng by quite a bit.
He hurriedly chased after him. He finally realized that there was someone who could make Gu Zheng like this. That person was the most important person to Gu Zheng. He was more important than all of them. No, all of them added together could not compare to this person.
That was Taotie, who had mysteriously disappeared before. He was Gu Zheng's biological brother, or even his twin brother.
None of them knew why Taotie had suddenly left. Gu Zheng also did not explain. Mado only knew that during that time, Gu Zheng's mood was obviously depressed. It took almost a year for him to recover.
Only that person could make Gu Zheng's heart move like this. However, even if he guessed it, he did not dare to say it. He understood that Taotie was Gu Zheng's reverse scale. He was the most important person to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng directly returned to the Prefecture City and immediately went into seclusion.
During this seclusion, he specifically told Mado that unless the city was about to be destroyed, no one was to disturb him. Otherwise, he would be heavily punished.
After learning that Gu Zheng was in seclusion, Hokkaido just shook his head and did not say anything. He now owed Gu Zheng a favor. After returning from the Lich and Demon Battlefield, when Hokkaido visited Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng had given him a detoxification spirit pill. It helped him clear out the fire poison that had accumulated in his body.
The effect of that spirit pill was really good. Its quality was also not low. It had saved him a lot of trouble. If he had relied on himself, it would have taken him a hundred years to clear out the remaining poison.
Accepting this spirit pill was equivalent to owing Gu Zheng a favor.
Gu Zheng had given it to him because he had successfully defended the Prefecture City. In any case, during his absence, Hokkaido had been very active. He had led the immortals to protect the city. He had already lost a city that he had protected. He did not want to lose a second one. He had worked very hard.
With them around, those demons could not even get close to the city. They were all killed. This was a reward for him.
Gu Zheng's seclusion this time lasted 10 years.
Taotie's matter had given him a lot of stimulation. In these 10 years, he had not stopped. Some of the immortal pills and immortal fruits that he had obtained from Goblin had been eaten by him to increase his strength.
After 10 years of bitter cultivation, he had finally reached the level of Jin Xian. He had overcome the tribulation to become Jin Xian.
"Congratulations, Young Master!"
The tribulation went smoothly. With Gu Zheng's strength, the Jin Xian tribulation did not pressure him at all. However, the city was not a place to undergo tribulation. Gu Zheng chose to undergo tribulation outside the city. He would only return after he succeeded.
Mado and the others wanted to follow, but they were all rejected by Gu Zheng.
"You have all done well during this time!"
Gu Zheng stood in place. His slender figure and noble and handsome face made people not dare to look at him directly. At this time, he did not use any illusion techniques. This was his real appearance. In 10 years, Gu Zheng had grown up.
"It's all because of Young Master's good teachings!"
Mado was the first to salute. He had been cultivating bitterly for the past 10 years and had eaten many immortal pills. However, in 10 years, he had only reached the late stage of Qi Transformation. He had not reached the Soul Formation stage. Cultivation in the Sky Immortal Realm was more difficult than cultivation below it.
Wu You had broken through to Immortal Realm eight years ago. Now, he was in the middle stage of Qi Transformation.
Aunt Cui had become an Immortal five years ago. Now, she was in the early stage of Qi Transformation. The three of them were all in the Qi Transformation Realm. However, there were differences in this realm. Aunt Cui was the lowest among them.
An Zhuo had also grown up. However, he was only in the early stage of Stage Five Internal Strength. Seeing that they had all become Immortals, he was very anxious. However, his innate physique was not as good as Wu You and the others. There was no use in being anxious. He could only cultivate bitterly.
"Congratulations, Daoist Gokusen!"
Hokkaido had also come. There were two other Jin Xian as well. Six Sky Immortals. Among the six, Brother Hu looked at Gu Zheng with envy. When he came, his cultivation level was higher than Gu Zheng's. However, he did not expect that before he could break through, Gu Zheng had already become a Jin Xian. Although the Jin Xian was only one realm higher than the Return to Void Realm, this realm was like a carp jumping through the dragon's gate. Once he made the leap, there would be a qualitative change.
Now, even 10 of him would not be a match for Gu Zheng.
Of course, he was not the same in the past. However, he did not think so. No matter what, they were in the same realm. In terms of immortal energy, he was slightly stronger. Although he had not competed with Gu Zheng because of Hokkaido's suppression and his own fear, it was not that he did not think that he would be weaker than Gu Zheng. How much weaker could he be?
In any case, no matter how he thought about it, he did not think that he was much weaker.
However, this thought was gone now. The difference between a Jin Xian and a Sky Immortal was like a chasm. When he saw Gu Zheng, he even had to call him Uncle-Master. Although Jin Xian was only in the early stage, his cultivation level was already the same as Hokkaido's.
It was basically the same in the future. In Shushan, Jin Xian's cultivation level was the same.
"Thank you, Huo Daoist!"
Gu Zheng cupped his fists. Under Hokkaido's gaze, Brother Hu and the others cupped their fists and bowed to Gu Zheng, whether they were willing or not.
"Congratulations, Uncle-Master Gokusen, for advancing to Jin Xian!"
This was Hokkaido's arrangement for them. When Gu Zheng was only a Sky Immortal, he was already so powerful. Now that he had advanced to Jin Xian, his strength had increased by a lot. Hokkaido was not confident in Gu Zheng before, and now he was even less confident, even if he was an expert in the late stage of Jin Xian.
"Get up!"
Before Gu Zheng agreed, they had been bowing. Immortal Desolation did not kneel, and bowing was already a great gesture. After receiving Gu Zheng's reply, they hurriedly got up.
"Since you call yourselves juniors, I won't be so thick-skinned as an elder. These are my greeting gifts for you. Take them!"
Gu Zheng threw out six storage bracelets, one for each person. There was also a bottle of immortal pills and a low-level immortal sword in the storage bracelets. They were not empty.
"Thank you, Uncle-Master!"
All six of them revealed looks of joy, including senior apprentice-brother Hu. There weren't that many storage bracelets yet, and not every Celestial Immortal had one. The reason he had one was because of his master. Now that he had another one, he was naturally happy. Not to mention that there were treasures inside.
The level of immortal weapons was not high, but they were immortal weapons after all. Not every immortal was as powerful as Gu Zheng, who could kill Jin Xian as a Sky Immortal. Many people had cultivated to the Sky Immortal Realm for a long time, but did not have a suitable immortal weapon.
It was the early stage of the Desolation Era. There seemed to be a lot of natural treasures in the early stage of the Desolation Era, but they were all in the hands of big shots, and had nothing to do with ordinary people. Not everyone had such good luck.
The six of them were like that. After receiving Gu Zheng's gifts, they were very happy and did not force themselves to call him Uncle-Master.
"Daoist Gokusen, this gift of yours is not light!"
Seeing Gu Zheng give out six storage bracelets at once, whether there was anything in the bracelets or not, this gift was not light. This was not the Desolation Era of the future. There were not so many weapon refiners, nor were there powerful weapon refining sects that could mass produce all kinds of immortal weapons. As long as you had money, you could buy them.
At this time, there were many immortals who knew how to refine weapons, but not many of them were good at it. For example, Gu Zheng could also refine some simple immortal weapons, but not those who were good at it. At this time, there were very few weapon refining masters, and most of them were alone. It was not easy to find them.
However, things like storage bracelets and low-level immortal weapons were not bad. Those who had some ability could refine them, but there were not many of them.
"There is no distinction between the weight of a gift, only the thought. During this period, thank you Huo Daoist and all of you for your hard work!"
Gu Zheng clasped his fists towards Hokkaido. His 10 years of seclusion had not been smooth sailing. It had been very peaceful. There were three Liches near them. The Ju Ming Tribe and the Wu Tian Tribe had ended, but the other two battlefields had not. They were a little further away, but they had still found their way here.
Whether it was the Goblin or the Wu people, they had sent people here. All of them had been killed or driven away by Hokkaido and the others.
Once, a late Jin Xian demon had even come. Hokkaido had personally fought with him for a long time. If Hokkaido had not intentionally led him away, the city would have been destroyed, and Gu Zheng would have been broken out of seclusion.
When the late Jin Xian demon saw that he could not reap any benefits, he had left on his own. The city had also been protected by them.
Not only Hokkaido, but everyone else had taken action. Although they had fled here, they had really been protecting this place ever since they had settled down. In these 10 years, all the Goblin or Wu people who had invaded had been killed or driven away by them. This was also why Gu Zheng was willing to give them a big gift to thank them.
"Daoist Gokusen, you are treating us as outsiders. We are also here. This is what we should do!"
Hokkaido shook his head gently. He seemed to be moved. He continued, "Daoist Gokusen's words last time have been echoing in my ears. You are right. We have abandoned the people we were protecting. We abandoned them and fled back here. I have given up once, and I will not give up a second time. Therefore, I will protect the people here well!"
Immortals had the heart to protect the human race. This was not a result of education, but of the environment and nature.
When demons invaded the human race, most immortals would intervene. Therefore, demons were not so rampant in the future. Just like on Earth in the future, if you saw tigers and wolves chasing humans, you had a gun in your hand. If you could guarantee your own safety, you would definitely go up to help.
If you could not help, you would feel guilty if you ran away. Hokkaido was like this.
Gu Zheng could understand his feelings. When it came to human nature, Gu Zheng understood it better than him. Humans were a complicated race. They learned things very quickly. When faced with external enemies, they would be very united. However, when they were together, it was very easy for them to have internal strife.
This was a complicated and contradictory race. They had always been in conflict.
Gu Zheng had been promoted to Jin Xian. He was a little happy, but only a little. He was more worried.
It took him ten years to promote to Jin Xian. How much progress would Taotie have made in these ten years?
Gu Zheng knew very well how powerful fiendish techniques were, especially the most domineering ones. They were very fast to cultivate. It was not that he had not encountered fiendish cultivators in the future. He had encountered them many times and knew their methods.
However, those fiendish cultivators gave Gu Zheng a feeling that they could not compare to Taotie.
The fiendish techniques that Taotie cultivated were definitely more powerful and domineering than theirs. Gu Zheng did not dare imagine what level or realm he would reach in the future.
In ten years, Taotie would definitely reach the late stages of Jin Xian. It might even be Daluo Jinxian.
The higher Taotie's cultivation level, the harder it would be for Gu Zheng to pull him back. If he made a huge mistake in the future, perhaps the entire human race would crusade against him. By then, it would be too late to pull him back.
However, if that day really came, Gu Zheng would definitely stand on Taotie's side. Gu Zheng was not an unreasonable person, but this reasoning was not higher than his family, his closest family.
"Fellow Daoist Gokusen, we caught a few Goblin. According to them, a decisive battle has also occurred in the Goblin 150,000 miles away!"
On this day, Hokkaido hurried to Gu Zheng's place. Along with him were two other Jin Xian. In the past ten years, they had recovered from their injuries and returned to their original states.
"A decisive battle happened. What's the result?" Gu Zheng immediately asked.
"These demons ran away from the beginning. I'm not sure yet!" Hokkaido shook his head.
150,000 miles. These demons would need a long time to run here. During this time, the battle over there would probably have ended.
That was the disadvantage of being so far away – they could not know everything from the start. However, this was also quite beneficial to them – because they were so far away, the Lich and Devil Races did not send any large forces to attack them. Perhaps it was because they were quite small, and it was not worth it for them to attack such a small City.
Unlike the Immeasurable State, where millions of people, regardless of Goblin or Wu people, would not let go of that place when there was a lack of food.
It was worth mentioning that the Goblin's food problem had basically been solved. As time passed, the impact of the Ten Days Riot gradually lessened. Regardless of whether it was liches or demons, they all realized that food was a big problem and tried to plant a batch of food.
In particular, the Goblin actually brought down the celestial seeds from the Heaven Realm and bred them on the ground. These celestial seeds would inevitably spread in the Untainted Land. Before this, many celestial seeds did not even exist.
It was the same for the Wu people. They could already plant food. It was the Ten Days Riot that affected their food supply. Now, they had almost recovered.
Because of this, their harassment towards the humankind had lessened a lot. This made some human settlements that were lucky enough to escape from the attacks let out a sigh of relief, including Gu Zheng's place. Since there had been no large-scale harassment, Priest Huo and the others were relieved.
"No matter what the outcome is, we have to know!"
After thinking for a while, Gu Zheng made a decision. Hokkaido looked at him and nodded solemnly.
"Daoist Gokusen, you are the most suitable person to go. However, after you go out, you have to be careful. You are the most important person in the prefecture city!"
Hokkaido said slowly. Although they had been here for more than ten years and had defeated many enemies, when it came to immortals, the people still thought of Gu Zheng. They still respected him the most.
Gu Zheng had brought them to the river and helped them escape a disaster. He had also protected them many times. His image was deeply imprinted in their hearts.
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