Immortals were flying everywhere in the sky, trying to determine the location of the treasure as soon as possible.
Newly born treasures were all ownerless. If one was lucky, they could get it. If it was a powerful treasure, perhaps even a Celestial Immortal's strength would increase greatly after getting it, thus gaining the ability to protect it.
Many Immortals had such dreams. Most of them were weak Celestial Immortals, especially Qi Transforming Celestial Immortals. Almost everyone had such dreams.
Dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel. The possibility of it happening was close to zero.
Setting aside the fact that there were so many Gold Immortals here, just the sheer number of Heavenly Immortals here alone was enough to kill you before you even got your hands on the treasure. As for being able to fight off all of them after getting your hands on the treasure? Dream on.
Such a commotion could not be caused by a treasure that defied the natural order. If there really was such a treasure, it would alarm the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, or even the experts with the strength of Sage-to-be. If it was a primordial treasure, even the Sages might take action.
Saints would definitely be able to predict the birth of a Primordial Treasure, so don't expect a pie to fall from the sky.
Gu Zheng knew all this, but the others didn't. They were all dreaming and checking with the others.
One day later, the search quieted down. The commotion this time didn't expose the location of the treasure. Now they had to wait, but it wouldn't be long. At most, it would appear in two days.
Up until now, there were only 150 Jin Xian. Two days later, there wouldn't be more than 160. Daluo Jinxian still didn't show up. The level of the treasure this time couldn't attract the real Daluo Jinxian.
"Rumble!"
A day and a half later, there was another loud noise. All the Immortals immediately went out. This time, the commotion was even greater, and it happened on Zhu Chi Peak.
This time, the treasure was most likely going to be born here.
"It's coming out!"
Zhu Chifeng kept shaking like an earthquake. Daoist Huo and Gu Zheng took up a good position and stared straight down, trying to find the location of the treasure. They wanted to know where it would be born.
The ground kept shaking, creating quite the commotion. The greater the commotion, the better the treasures. Even the Gold Immortals with some strength watched in excitement. No one would complain about having too many treasures. Besides, the higher the grade of the treasures, the fewer treasures there would be. This was not the future. There were a high number of forgers and even sects that were famous for forging Immortal artifacts.
At this time, even a late-stage Jin Xian didn't have a good immortal weapon. Gu Zheng had killed more than one late-stage Jin Xian, which proved this point.
"Rumble!"
The ground at the edge of Zhu Chifeng suddenly exploded, and a white thing came out from it. The moment it came out, the immortals in the sky were in chaos, and all of them rushed down.
"The treasure is born. Quick!"
Hokkaido shouted. As he spoke, the four of them had already rushed down. Taotie was the fastest. Although his position wasn't the best, he was the first to reach the white thing and reached out to grab it.
The newly born treasure didn't seem to have any reaction. Taotie grabbed it immediately.
"Let go!"
Then came the Jin Xian, but there were three of them. One late-stage Jin Xian and the other two mid-stage. The one who shouted to let go was the late-stage Jin Xian. Not only did he shout, but he also used his immortal sword to cut Taotie's head.
Taotie grabbed the white thing with one hand and the blood knife in the other. He slashed back.
Blood suddenly appeared in the sky. The late-stage Jin Xian and the two mid-stage Jin Xian suddenly felt cold. By the time they reacted, their heads had been separated from their bodies. The blood in their bodies was sucked dry by the blood knife.
Even the Daluo Jinxian couldn't dodge the attack. How could these Jin Xian dodge it? They were killed by Taotie in one move.
With just one slash, three golden immortals, one late-stage and two mid-stage, died. Taotie's slash stunned everyone. Those who were flying fast in front hurriedly stopped, while those behind sucked in a breath of cold air. Only Gu Zheng and the rest were still flying.
Hokkaido saw it too, and his heart tightened.
He knew Taotie was powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful. One slash, just one slash. That was a late-stage Jin Xian, not a late-stage Qi Transformation Realm. Hokkaido had seen the Jin Xian killed by Taotie before. He had interacted with him before. His strength was not inferior to his.
But with just one slash, he was beheaded.
This meant that if Taotie wanted to kill him, it would only take one slash. This result made Hokkaido shrink his neck. It was too abnormal. Whether it was Gu Zheng or Taotie, they were not to be trifled with.
He was still glad that he was smart and didn't provoke Gu Zheng. Even if Gu Zheng was only in the Celestial Immortal Realm, he didn't dare to provoke him.
Taotie's slash shocked everyone. After Gu Zheng went over, he collected the three corpses that hadn't fallen to the ground. To be exact, he collected their storage bracelets.
After all, they were three Gold Immortals. No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Gu Zheng could be a tycoon and use good things to hire people, but he would not give up these treasures so easily.
"What treasure is this?"
After collecting the bracelets, Gu Zheng went to Taotie's side without checking. Taotie had already grabbed the treasure. It was a cloud-like thing and was struggling.
"It's called Somersault Cloud or something. It's useless to me. Here you go!"
Taotie threw the white ball to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng was stunned and caught the treasure.
This treasure was an ownerless object. It was born from heaven and earth. So after touching it, he knew its name. After knowing its name, Gu Zheng's expression immediately became strange.
Somersault Cloud, a flying object. With the Somersault Cloud, one somersault could travel 108,000 li.
This was the basic characteristic of the treasure. The key point wasn't the treasure, but the name of this treasure. Somersault Cloud. Wasn't this the ability of the monkey in the future? How did it become a treasure?
But soon, Gu Zheng understood. He was someone who had the strength of a quasi-sage. It wasn't difficult to understand the reason.
Sun Wukong's Somersault Cloud wasn't a spell, but a treasure. Sun Wukong wasn't that strong back then. When he first came out, Sun Wukong estimated that he was at the early stage of Jin Xian. At most, he was at the early stage of Daluo Jinxian.
Gu Zheng was very clear about Jin Xian's speed. One somersault couldn't cover 108,000 li. Even the early stage of Daluo Jinxian couldn't do it.
If the Somersault Cloud was a magic treasure, then everything could be explained. Other than Sun Wukong, very few people knew the Somersault Cloud. According to legend, only the Six-Eared Macaque knew the Somersault Cloud. The Somersault Cloud was a magic treasure born from heaven and earth. It was possible that there was more than one, but there wouldn't be many. Therefore, many people, even those who were stronger than Sun Wukong, couldn't travel as fast as the Somersault Cloud.
When Daluo Jinxian went out, he couldn't travel as fast. But in the later stage, although he couldn't travel 108,000 li, he could still increase his speed with some secret techniques. If it was a Goblin, he could even surpass this speed with secret techniques. When he reached the stage of a quasi-sage, he didn't even need the Somersault Cloud to be faster than this.
This was the reason why the monkey couldn't escape Buddha's palm.
After thinking it through, Gu Zheng was relieved. Although the Somersault Cloud didn't have any defensive power and couldn't be attacked, its speed was a good thing. It was very helpful to Gu Zheng now.
"Taotie, this is a good thing. Keep it!"
Gu Zheng gave the Somersault Cloud to Taotie, but Taotie didn't take it. Instead, he shook his head. "I'm not slow. It won't increase my speed much with this. You, on the other hand, will be useful!"
Taotie rarely spoke so long. Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what he meant.
Taotie's speed was indeed much faster than Gu Zheng's. Ordinary Daluo Jinxian wouldn't be inferior to him. With his strength, the Somersault Cloud was just icing on the cake. It didn't have much meaning.
Gu Zheng was different. Currently, Gu Zheng's strength wasn't that strong. The Somersault Cloud could make him faster than ordinary Daluo Jinxian. This way, if Gu Zheng encountered a Daluo Jinxian, even if he couldn't defeat him, he could still run away. Therefore, it was most suitable for him to have it.
"I understand. I'll keep it then!"
Gu Zheng didn't argue. In comparison, the Somersault Cloud was more useful to him. He would keep it. Anyway, there was more than one Somersault Cloud. If there was an opportunity, he would get the other one in the future. Then, they would each have one.
At this moment, they were surrounded by immortals. They were all looking at them vigilantly and didn't dare to move.
Taotie's ability to kill three Jin Xian with one slash had shocked them. No one dared to approach.
"When the treasure is born, everyone who sees it has a share. You can't take it all for yourselves!"
A Jin Xian suddenly shouted. This Jin Xian was also a late-stage immortal. However, he just shouted and didn't act. After he shouted, the surrounding people responded. At this moment, everyone was looking at the treasure with envy. They were all here for the treasure. Naturally, they weren't willing to let others take it away.
If it wasn't for Taotie's terrifying performance, they would have swarmed over and snatched the treasure.
"Who are you?"
Gu Zheng directly put away the Somersault Cloud, stood in front, and asked the Jin Xian who shouted.
"Old Man, Hundred Herbs Sheng!"
The late-stage Jin Xian was an old man. He raised his head proudly and revealed his identity.
"Hundred Herbs Sheng. Not bad!"
Gu Zheng waved his hand, and a barrier blocked him. Then he lowered his head, as if looking for something, and nodded quickly.
"Those who want to steal the treasure, you can die now!"
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, he hooked his hand. Hundred Herbs Sheng was still in a daze. Suddenly, his body sank, and his primordial spirit left his body. He looked around blankly.
Gu Zheng casually threw an immortal sword, which quickly shattered the primordial spirit and flew back.
The three heavenly immortals who helped them build the house had done one more thing before, and that was to help Gu Zheng gather information. In this information, Gu Zheng had asked for detailed information about each person.
If he could get his hands on their birth characters, that would be best. Even if he could not, he wanted to know their age, location, and other information. Hundred Herbs Sheng was one of the people they had investigated.
Jin Xian late-stage, not Daluo Jinxian. Daluo Jinxian and Gu Zheng were difficult to hook now, but Jin Xian late-stage was no problem. Before, heavenly immortals could hook Jin Xian late-stage to death, let alone now.
Hundred Herbs Sheng had died just like that. It was even stranger and more terrifying than the deaths of the three Jin Xian's.
Earlier, when the three Golden Immortals were killed, at least some of them had attacked, but they had been killed by the saber. However, Bai Caosheng had died in an inexplicable manner. Even his Nascent Divinity had been destroyed, and his body and soul had been destroyed.
Hokkaido looked stiffly at Gu Zheng, who was not far from him. His throat was dry, and his heart was racing.
What kind of move was this? Jin Xian late-stage, and he was killed just like that? He did not even attack, and then he died. This was too scary.
Lucky. Lucky. Too lucky. Hokkaido did not know how many times he was glad that he did not provoke Gu Zheng back then. Otherwise, he would have died long ago, and his corpse would have been reduced to ashes.
Gu Zheng's methods once again shocked everyone. Everyone stared at them blankly. Their faces were filled with disbelief and fear.
Yes, fear. Taotie had killed the three Jin Xian. That was strong, but after all, they had seen Taotie's moves. But Gu Zheng killed people, and they did not even see his moves. A late-stage Jin Xian died just like that. The unknown was the scariest. Everyone was afraid.
"Who else? Anyone who wants to see it will have a share?"
Gu Zheng looked around. No one dared to speak. Those who were looked at could not help but lower their heads. Only the three heavenly immortals who had worked for him before were looking at him carefully.
The three of them were far away and did not dare to come close. After the treasure fell into Taotie's hands, they did not think much. But everything that happened later made them scared.
The few gold immortals they had served were actually so powerful. One of them had killed three gold immortals with a single slash, and the other had killed a gold immortal silently, and it was a late-stage gold immortal.
If such a person wanted to kill them, it would be as easy as killing an ant.
"No one. Very good. Go where you should go. After ten breaths, if you continue to stay here, I will treat it as if you want to snatch the treasure. We will not be polite to those who want to snatch the treasure!"
Gu Zheng said softly. As soon as he finished speaking, someone turned around and flew away without hesitation. After ten breaths, there was no one around them. But soon, three figures flew over.
"Senior, we don't want to snatch the treasure. We just came to congratulate senior for getting the treasure!"
The ones who came were the three Celestial Immortals from before. They all flew away, but they were unwilling to leave. They knew that Gu Zheng and the others were definitely powerful backers. They were rogue cultivators, and once they left, it would be difficult for them to meet such backers again. Therefore, they gritted their teeth and flew back.
"It's you. This time, we got the treasure. You also contributed. Take it!"
Gu Zheng directly threw three immortal tools. They were all low-level immortal tools, but they were defensive immortal tools. They were very useful to the three of them. They received them happily.
Three immortal tools in one go. They were just congratulating. Hokkaido and the others were a little jealous.
At this time, Hokkaido did not know that Gu Zheng had a lot of such things. It was not a problem to give them some. Moreover, they found out about Bai Caosheng. That was why Gu Zheng could kill him so easily. Bai Caosheng's storage bracelet had been taken back by Gu Zheng.
In this way, they could be considered to have contributed. It was understandable that they would be rewarded.
"Thank you, senior. Thank you!"
The three of them were overjoyed and hurriedly expressed their gratitude. Gu Zheng called Hokkaido and Situ. The four of them returned to the house they had stayed in before. There were other houses built by immortals around, but almost no one was there.
"Fellow Taoist Huo, Situ Daoist, the treasure we got this time is called the Somersault Cloud. It is a flying divine tool. With the Somersault Cloud, you can travel 108,000 miles in a somersault!" After returning, Gu Zheng told them what the treasure was.
"108,000 miles in a somersault? That's fast!"
Both Daoist Huo and Situ were stunned. That was a hundred and eight thousand miles, and it was only a single somersault. To them, this speed was absolutely unbelievable.
"Let me finish. I studied this treasure carefully just now. Although the Somersault Cloud can travel 108,000 miles in a single somersault, it consumes a lot of immortal energy. It can only be used by a Golden Immortal at the very least. Moreover, the immortal energy of an early-stage Golden Immortal can only be used three times a day at most!"
Gu Zheng explained the drawbacks of the Somersault Cloud. No wonder Sun Wukong did not somersault every day in the beginning. It consumed too much energy. However, this treasure was not bad. Gu Zheng was still thinking that now that the Somersault Cloud was in his hands, if there were only two Somersault Clouds, where would he find another Somersault Cloud for Sun Wukong or Six-Eared Macaque?
Gu Zheng was just thinking about it. He did not care much about it. He did not even care much about the Journey to the West. This happened in the later stages of the Eldritch Age. To the entire Eldritch Age, it was not a big deal. It was just a fight between Buddhism and Daoism.
Basically, the major sects of Mount Shu did not participate in this matter.
"That is also a very powerful treasure. Congratulations, Fellow Taoist Gokusen!"
Hokkaido and Situ congratulated together. They were sincere in their congratulations. They did not think about the treasure in Gu Zheng's hands. The strength that Gu Zheng and Taotie had shown made them not dare to have any wishful thinking.
"Congratulations, Senior, for obtaining a powerful treasure!"
The three Celestial Immortals also followed and congratulated him again. Gu Zheng nodded gently and looked at them. "Why are you still here? Although you didn't get the treasure, you didn't come in vain this time. You have gained more than others!"
"Senior, can you let us follow you in the future and serve you? We are willing to do anything!"
One of the three hurriedly said. They were rogue cultivators. The three of them were not brothers, but they lived very close to each other. Back then, they had cultivated to become immortals by themselves through an immortal cultivation manual that was spread out by immortals.
In the early days, some immortals, in order to strengthen the immortal power of the human race, distributed some ordinary immortal cultivation manuals everywhere. However, it was too difficult to rely on oneself to cultivate. First, one had to have a superior physique. Then, one had to be able to persevere. The most important thing was that one had to be lucky to be able to cultivate immortal power.
Such a lucky person was one in ten thousand. It was very difficult, but after all, there were still people who succeeded. Many rogue cultivators had cultivated to become immortals in this way. However, after becoming immortals, it was even more difficult to cultivate. Without a systematic cultivation method, guidance, and resources, many people stopped in the Celestial Immortal Realm.
There were even many people who did not even break through the Qi Transformation Realm and died in their lifespan.
These three people were like that. They were all lucky and did not live far away. After they succeeded in cultivation, they met each other and stayed together. If they were alone, cultivation would be even more difficult.
It was also because of this that they were willing to do things that others did not want, such as building houses. They had built their own houses before, and they had really learned the craft from carpentry. Therefore, the house that they made for Gu Zheng this time was so good.
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