Gu Zheng thought for a while and quickly figured out what had happened. First of all, even though he was unconscious, he still managed to kill Hua Long. It was probably the Immortal-Slaying Gourd that made the difference.
Then, it might have been the Immortal-Slaying Gourd that was given to him by the Elder. Then, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd Necklace disappeared, and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd Necklace might have been lost in the fight. It was so intense that he was completely focused on fighting Hua Long, so he probably didn't notice.
Then, he fell into a near-death state. The feeling of being near death was still vivid in his mind. He could imagine that if Pan Xuan didn't choose to save him in the end, then he definitely wouldn't have been able to escape death.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng patted his chest. He had almost died like this. He was really scared. Now that the Immortal-Slaying Gourd Necklace was destroyed, he could completely pretend to be a Shura. When he met his own people, he could use the method Little Worm taught him to hide.
Now that his injuries were so serious and he urgently needed treatment, and now that Pan Xuan thought he was on the same side, he couldn't drag his heavily injured body away alone. He could just follow her and wait until his injuries were healed.
Pan Xuan looked at Gu Zheng's thoughtful face, and her heart thumped. There were very few Shura people who were so handsome. This was his real face, not a disguise. She was a master of illusions, so she could tell at a glance.
Especially when he was so young and outstanding. Although Young Master Feng also met the requirements, he was too sinister and cunning. Pan Xuan didn't like him from the bottom of her heart.
Thinking of why Gu Zheng was wearing a mask, she gave her own reasons. He was afraid that he would be exposed if someone familiar recognized him. Such a handsome person must have just returned from outside. No wonder she hadn't seen him before.
Pan Xuan's eyes were filled with confusion. Her eyes were watery, and her cheeks were flushed red. If the other party's temperament wasn't bad, he was actually quite compatible with her.
Pan Xuan was shocked by her own thoughts. Was this her? Why couldn't she control herself when she saw him? What if he didn't like her? What if he didn't think she was young? This was the first time Pan Xuan complained about her age. Although she was very confident in her figure and appearance, her age was a weakness. She wasn't young anymore. What if he liked young girls?
However, when she thought about the other party's background and the look in his eyes, Pan Xuan couldn't help but shiver. Although her background wasn't bad, it was possible that the other party was even more outstanding. What if the other party already had a partner? Pan Xuan started to feel sorry for herself.
Shaking his head, he banished these messy thoughts to the back of his mind. He would think about it later.
"Thank you. Thank you for saving my life." Gu Zheng's eyes cleared up. No matter what, the other party had saved his life. Even if the other party was an enemy and did not know his true identity, Gu Zheng was still extremely grateful.
"Hehe, that's what I should do. Has your identity been exposed? Will you go back in the future? "Pan Xuan asked.
"I don't think so, but I can't rule it out." Gu Zheng pondered for a moment and gave an ambiguous answer.
"Okay. Where are you going next?"
"My main goal now is to recover from my injuries. I don't have any other plans." Gu Zheng spoke his mind.
"That's great." Pan Xuan blurted out.
"What? How is it great?" This time, it was Gu Zheng's turn to be puzzled.
"Erm, about that. I'm going to deliver something. Why don't you come with me?" Pan Xuan suddenly thought of her own mission. Originally, she wanted to go there to look for a partner. Now that she had Gu Zheng, who was even more powerful, by her side, there was no need for her to go there. However, she still had something to deliver. She couldn't give up halfway.
"No problem. It's just that my injuries …" Gu Zheng was in a difficult position. At his current stage, he could go anywhere.
"It's fine. The place I'm going is very far. At most, I'll walk slowly." In any case, the other party's mission wasn't very urgent. His main goal was to deliver a batch of supplies and find a partner while he was at it. It didn't matter if he was a little late.
"Okay." Gu Zheng readily agreed. There was no problem at all.
"Oh no." Gu Zheng's face suddenly changed. He searched his body repeatedly. His Magistrate Brush and gourd were gone. He didn't know where they went.
"What's wrong?" Pan Xuan asked curiously. She saw Gu Zheng's hands reaching out to search for something.
"My magical treasures are gone. When you saved me, did you see them? One of them was in the shape of a gourd while the other one was in the shape of a brush."
Gu Zheng's face was filled with anxiety. Although the magical treasures were connected to his mind, his body was currently empty. He couldn't sense them at all. If they were picked up by someone else and kept in the space, he would be in trouble.
If that was the case, he wouldn't be able to sense the Magistrate Brush unless the other party took it out and refined it. However, the gourd was easy to deal with. It was Lu Ya's magical treasure. As long as he really wanted to find it, he could find it no matter where it was. However, if he lost it, he wouldn't be able to explain himself.
Furthermore, that was the strongest combat power he had at his disposal. Even the head of Hua Long, a Grand Luo, was chopped off by the gourd.
"Yes, yes, I kept it." Pan Xuan looked at the anxious look on his face. She felt that the two magical treasures must be very important to him. She quickly took out the brush. It was still dusty.
"What about the gourd?" Gu Zheng's heart relaxed. However, it suddenly tightened again. He didn't know if she saw it.
"That gourd, I seem to have an impression of it." Pan Xuan held her chin and thought for a moment. Then, she clapped her hands and said to Gu Zheng, "When I was bringing you along, I seemed to have dropped it halfway. I thought it was something unimportant so I didn't pick it up. That thing should be very important to you, right?"
Pan Xuan said embarrassedly. That thing looked so inconspicuous. If she knew earlier, she would have picked it up.
"It is indeed very important. Can we go back and look for it?" Gu Zheng looked at Pan Xuan with a hopeful look. He hoped that she could bring him back. If it was picked up by someone else, he would be in tears.
"I forgot where it is." Pan Xuan's voice got softer and softer. "When I was walking, I would get lost sometimes. I would only look back after a long time. The route has long changed."
Pan Xuan couldn't remember the route. The trees all looked the same. She had a poor sense of direction. The place where she fell wasn't any obvious place. Let alone her, even Gu Zheng wouldn't be able to remember it.
"It's fine. Let's look for it after I recover." Gu Zheng looked at the guilty Pan Xuan. He didn't blame her. After all, she saved him. He could only hope that no one would pick it up.
"Oh, then this is for you." Pan Xuan lowered her head and passed it to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng didn't even look at it. Feeling a little down, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to take it back. However, he accidentally grabbed Pan Xuan's hand.
As soon as he touched it, Gu Zheng felt that her skin was delicate and smooth. There was even some warmth. It made him feel relaxed and happy. He couldn't help but want to touch it a few more times.
Of course, Gu Zheng quickly let go. He took a few steps back and took the pen from her soft hand. He felt a little embarrassed. He felt that he wanted to take advantage of her.
"Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." Gu Zheng still explained.
If someone else dared to do this, Pan Xuan would have slapped them. However, she didn't do anything this time. She just replied indifferently.
"It's fine. I was careless." If other people knew her tone, they would definitely be shocked. Since when was she so easy to talk to?
However, Gu Zheng felt that she was quite forthright. She didn't have the feeling of being calculative like other people.
Gu Zheng and Pan Xuan stopped for two days. The main reason was that Gu Zheng had to recuperate. During this time, Gu Zheng took out the green liquid that Ji Yi had given him. There was still some left, and he drank it all.
However, the injury this time was too serious. Although the external injuries were all healed, Gu Zheng estimated that even if he drank all the green liquid, it wouldn't speed up the healing process. The main reason was that the internal injuries were too serious. They were much more serious than the last time he took good medicine.
Don't be fooled by Gu Zheng's normal appearance. The aura he gave off now was that of a peak Gold Immortal. In fact, Gu Zheng couldn't even defeat a Gold Immortal. He was just bluffing.
Pan Xuan also felt that it was normal for Gu Zheng to take out the green liquid. After waiting patiently for two days, the two of them set off together.
Because of Gu Zheng, the two of them slowed down a lot. However, there was nothing to worry about. They were already close to the center of the Central Forest. In addition, the Shura people had left. They didn't meet anyone for a month.
As Gu Zheng's injuries gradually improved, their speed became faster and faster. Even so, they only traveled one-third of the way.
Because their final destination was the most northeasterly, the journey was very far.
When there was nothing to do, Pan Xuan asked Gu Zheng about his past. She asked why he came back, who was in his family, where he used to live.
Gu Zheng directly mentioned the place where he used to live. As for the elders, they all said that the elders didn't allow them to talk about it. A series of strange questions almost made Gu Zheng collapse. She was investigating his family background.
Not only that, Pan Xuan also told Gu Zheng some things about cultivation and daily life. She was very talkative. Gu Zheng had to lie and lie to get through it.
What he didn't know was that Pan Xuan was becoming more and more satisfied with him. He was good at talking and had a wide range of knowledge. His temper was not as domineering as his people. In comparison, he was even a little gentle. He was simply the embodiment of a perfect man.
When she found out that Gu Zheng was now alone, Pan Xuan almost couldn't help but ask him if he liked her. Thinking that they had only known each other for a few months, it was a little abrupt, so she forced herself to suppress it.
Even though Shura women were generally bold, they were still a little reserved when they spoke.
As a result, the way Pan Xuan looked at Gu Zheng was different. It was gentle and soft, with a hint of charm. However, Gu Zheng was already used to her unintentional seduction and didn't find anything wrong with it.
Pan Xuan was the kind of person who was seductive with every move. No matter how gentle her eyes were, almost no one could see it. This made Pan Xuan a little anxious.
After three months of walking and stopping, Gu Zheng's injuries were only half healed. The relationship between the two had improved by leaps and bounds. Gu Zheng also learned a lot about her, but he didn't have any other intentions.
Pan Xuan also contributed a lot of rare medicinal pills. Gu Zheng didn't stand on ceremony and accepted them all with a smile. This made Pan Xuan very happy.
Gu Zheng thought that since he owed her his life, it didn't matter if he owed her a little more. He would find a chance to pay her back in the future. At the very least, it would be better than the medicinal pills he had prepared.
They walked along a diagonal line and finally arrived at the northernmost boundary. This place was already hibernating in the central forest. It could be said that it was the territory of the Shura.
Although Pan Xuan accompanied him along the way, Gu Zheng still felt a little tired. Looking at the piles of stones, it was no different from the other boundaries.
"Where is it?" Gu Zheng looked around. Was it the same place as last time? Were they digging up some blood diamonds?
"What's the rush?" Pan Xuan rolled her eyes at him. She took out something that looked like a whistle and put it to her mouth.
An invisible wave came from the whistle, and soon, a slanted hole appeared in front of Gu Zheng. It looked exactly the same as the one Gu Zheng had seen before.
It couldn't be so coincidental, right? He had just copied one of their locations. They shouldn't know it was him, right?
Feeling uneasy, he followed Pan Xuan into the hole.
It was also a narrow and dark passageway, but the deeper they went, the wider it became. After walking for a while, Pan Xuan was even walking side by side with Gu Zheng. This passageway was much deeper than the previous one.
In the end, a huge hall appeared in front of Gu Zheng. It occupied a vast area and was square in shape. Some puppets were constantly knocking on the walls, making continuous clanking sounds. There were actually dozens of them. Gu Zheng even suspected that the other side had dug to the point where they couldn't dig any further north.
This was because the northernmost wall was also shining with red light. However, the puppets were all on the left and right sides. Not a single one was working there. More importantly, there were no blood diamonds here. Instead, there was a type of blood-red crystal.
Gu Zheng curiously picked up a crystal on the ground. It had a lot of impurities. At first glance, it looked like an enlarged version of a blood diamond. But in reality, it contained something completely different.
Gu Zheng knew the complex energy inside the blood diamond. It seemed to have a life of its own. If it weren't for the gloves, he wouldn't have been able to hold it. Even with the gloves, he almost fell into it.
Gu Zheng and Pan Xuan's appearance quickly attracted the attention of others. A tall Shura walked over from the distance and stopped in front of them.
"What business do you have here? I'm the person in charge here. "His aura was stable, and his strength wasn't bad. He was also a peak Jin Xian guarding this place.
"I'm here on behalf of a special envoy." Pan Xuan didn't waste any time and threw a token over.
After the burly man caught the token, he seemed to be reading its contents. He looked at Pan Xuan strangely, but didn't say anything. He walked to a corner.
"Hey, where is this place? How come I don't know?" Gu Zheng asked Pan Xuan. There were many Shura supervisors here, and they were mainly in charge of instructing the puppets to dig.
"Here. This is a mine. The red crystals here are a specialty of this world, Dragon Flame Stone. This is Puppet Town's mine. Everyone here is from there."
Pan Xuan pointed. "Actually, this is my first time here. If someone hadn't asked me to look for something, I would have left this world long ago."
Fortunately, you didn't leave. Otherwise, I really would be dead, Gu Zheng thought. But this is Dragon Flame Stone. Gu Zheng took out a Dragon Flame Stone that was completely made of rock. It didn't look like one at all.
"Where did you get such inferior ore? You probably got it from the other side." At this time, the burly man came over with another person. He looked at the two stones in Gu Zheng's hand and said.
"These are the outermost ores. The energy they contain is chaotic. I think there are two in the east, but they don't know that there are even better ores inside. They only know how to dig outside, and they won't be able to dig inside for a lifetime."
A trace of disdain flashed across the burly man's face. To be honest, he didn't want those things even if they were given to him. Even the puppets didn't eat those things for fear of indigestion.
"So this is where Dragon Flame Stone is produced. I thought it was somewhere else." Pan Xuan sighed in surprise. This thing was good. It was the most valuable thing here. The purer it was, the more valuable it was.
"By the way, this is the puppet that the special envoy gave you. I'll hand it over to you now." The burly man pulled over a puppet behind him. It was actually a peak Jin Xian puppet. The burly man saw their confusion. "Don't worry, it has been completely turned into a puppet. Otherwise, it wouldn't be handed over to you."
"By the way, bring this thing back to Puppet Town and give it to Mayor Zhuang. This is what the special envoy told you."
After Pan Xuan accepted it, the burly man handed over the control method to Pan Xuan. He then said goodbye. "I still have things to do. If you want to look around, feel free. To be honest, there's nothing to see here. There's nothing here besides these crystals."
Because the special envoy had sent them over, the burly man couldn't directly chase them away. After all, they were on the same side. They could do whatever they wanted.
"Wow, it's really not bad." Pan Xuan excitedly controlled the puppet. At first, she seemed unfamiliar with it, but as she practiced, she quickly gained control of the puppet. However, if she wanted to control it as she wished, she would still need a lot of practice.
"Do you want to try?"
Gu Zheng looked at this unknown human and shook his head. He rejected Pan Xuan.
He was a little angry, but he couldn't reverse the other's state. In fact, he was already dead. All that was left was his body. At most, he had some instinctive memories.
Although he couldn't save him or let him rest completely, he couldn't humiliate this senior who resisted.
This puppet technique was very similar to the corpse control technique he had heard of in the future. However, the latter was too cruel. It was even crueler than the shura.
Seeing Gu Zheng reject, Pan Xuan didn't mind. She continued to familiarize herself with the puppet in her hands. At this time, the special envoy had given it to her for self-defense. She was good at long-range attacks and needed a meat shield to help her.
Gu Zheng looked at the huge cave around him. How long had it taken to dig? Would it never be finished?
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