The best way to deal with such a person was to use Dharma treasures. Gu Zheng naturally knew this. With a thought, the Magistrate Brush that he had recovered appeared in front of him once more.
Although the Magistrate Brush was most effective when used in conjunction with the Human Book, Gu Zheng didn't think that the other party would be so stupid as to say his name. This era had long since passed the era of stupidity. Now, everyone was treacherous and unfathomable.
This was especially true when a battle was about to begin. If you directly asked for the name of the place, it wouldn't be revealing your intentions. Giving you a fake name was already giving you face.
The Magistrate Brush's tip pointed at Su Nan. It locked onto her aura and shot into the sky, disappearing.
Su Nan felt as if there was a needle between her eyebrows. She knew that thing was definitely not ordinary. However, it had disappeared in the blink of an eye. She couldn't sense it at all. Su Nan knew that the other party was definitely hiding in the surroundings, looking for an opening.
Su Nan wasn't careless. She directly created a blue barrier. She didn't need to be able to block it. As long as she could block it for a bit, she would have enough time to react.
As for Su Nan's water droplet, it turned into countless water droplets that floated in the sky, blocking Gu Zheng's line of sight. Each droplet flashed with a faint blue light as they shot toward Gu Zheng. They were like countless threads of light, one connected to Gu Zheng while the other connected to the water droplets.
Gu Zheng was on guard against this. He couldn't help but cover his eyes with a layer of water that blocked the strong light. He didn't even have a blind spot on his body. However, the threads of light ignored these defenses and entered Gu Zheng's body.
Many of the threads overlapped, becoming even more dazzling and thick. From a distance, it looked like Gu Zheng was tied up by thousands of threads.
Although Gu Zheng could not feel anything inside his body, he knew that the thin line would not connect to him. As it flew over, he had already used his sword energy to block it, but it passed right through. He quickly slashed with his sword, but he found that his sword had also passed right through it, as if the line did not exist.
Su Nan watched as Gu Zheng frantically tried to cut off the threads. She laughed coldly in her heart. This was something she had refined from the little bug's silk and mixed with the ten-thousand-year-old ice dew. It had some special effects.
The little bug's silk had a special ability that the little bug had given her. This ten-thousand-year-old ice dew had been collected bit by bit over a thousand years. It looked like a lot, but it really wasn't much. It was just barely enough to fill a bottle. It was only when it turned into small droplets that it was so shocking.
Although the thread was visible to the naked eye, it was actually hidden in other spaces. Moreover, it was constantly changing positions, ensuring that one would not be able to break free for a while. Although the thread did not have any power and was only used to bind the opponent, to Su Nan, it could greatly increase her power.
"Icebound Thousand Miles."
Following Su Nan's shout, everything within a dozen miles fell into a cold state. Snowflakes filled the sky, changing the weather.
The water droplets in the air all received the order. They trembled and rushed toward Gu Zheng along the threads. As soon as they touched Gu Zheng's body, they turned into blocks of ice, freezing together with Gu Zheng's body.
Gu Zheng's body burned with golden flames. He wanted to melt them, but it had no effect on the water droplets that ignored space. Although it had some effect on the ice on his body, there was still an endless stream of water droplets rushing toward him.
The melting speed was not as fast as the freezing speed. As more and more of Gu Zheng's body was frozen, Gu Zheng felt his body become heavier and heavier. In the end, he felt like he couldn't move.
He could only watch as countless water droplets continued to cover him. Layer after layer, the water droplets had already surrounded Gu Zheng in a thick circle.
"Freeze!"
All the water droplets had already covered Gu Zheng's body, forming a thick layer of ice. With a flicker of light, even the flames on Gu Zheng's body were frozen, creating a different kind of beauty.
Su Nan's face was extremely pale. The consumption this time was beyond her expectations. She hadn't expected the other side to resist so fiercely. She had almost failed to complete the spell, but the price was worth it.
At this time, a lifelike ice sculpture appeared in the open space. Even the anger on Gu Zheng's face could be seen clearly.
Just as Su Nan relaxed, an aurora quickly came from behind, aiming at Su Nan's heart. That azure barrier was like paper, not having the slightest effect as it directly pierced through.
At this critical moment, Su Nan moved an inch. A painful cry came from Su Nan's mouth as a circular bloody hole appeared under her shoulder. That aurora still wanted to return, but it was frozen in midair by Su Nan's mist and fell down.
The Magistrate Brush was still struggling. It slowly flew up with the ice, wanting to attack again. Su Nan hurriedly sent out a few more mists, and this time, the Magistrate Brush obediently stayed on the ground, no longer moving.
Although it was a bit of a waste to use the Magistrate Brush as a concealed weapon, the effect was still very obvious. If Su Nan hadn't moved in time, her heart would have been pierced by the other side's concealed weapon.
Su Nan saw that she had trapped the Magistrate Brush and hurriedly took out some pills to eat. She reached out to touch the wound, and a blue layer of ice appeared on both sides of the wound to control the injury.
At this time, fine beads of sweat appeared on Su Nan's head. She hadn't expected her shield to be completely useless. If she hadn't been vigilant and secretly set up a layer of mist nearby, she would have sensed the appearance of the Magistrate Brush and immediately moved her body. But even so, her heart was still almost pierced.
It could be seen how fast the other side was. She had almost capsized in a ditch, but this time, she was safe. It just depended on whether the other side was tactful or not. Otherwise, she would just keep trapping him.
Let's see who can outlast the other. Su Nan simply packed up and came in front of her masterpiece.
Gu Zheng was still in a slashing posture. The long sword in his hand was still emitting golden flames. It looked like he wanted to cut the thin threads from before, but unfortunately, they were all frozen. He could only maintain this posture.
Su Nan's face was a bit red, but the rest was still pale. She knocked on the ice in front of her and said to Gu Zheng, "You know you can hear me. If you agree to tell me where it is, I will let you out."
"If you agree, keep moving your eyeballs." Su Nan sat at the side and saw that Gu Zheng's eyes were still filled with anger. He couldn't wait to kill her.
Su Nan didn't care. She didn't expect the other side to admit defeat at the beginning. The show was still long. So Su Nan took out a relatively pure Flame Dragon Stone and began to absorb it.
She had used up too much energy, so she had to replenish it. Moreover, she had to replenish the energy of the ice sculpture from time to time to prevent the other side from escaping.
Just like that, Su Nan sat at the side. Other than replenishing the ice sculpture's energy from time to time, she spent the rest of the time meditating.
Later, Su Nan put away the Flame Dragon Stone in her hand and absorbed the spiritual energy in the air. Although it was difficult and slow to convert, it was better than wasting the Flame Dragon Stone.
She didn't have much to begin with. Using it like this would make her heart ache. Most of her wealth was already gone, so she had to save as much as possible.
If others knew that the former Young Master Su had to save even this little thing, who knew how shocked they would be. If it was in the past, Su Nan wouldn't even want this kind of thing.
Day after day passed. Every day, Su Nan would ask the same question, but Gu Zheng wouldn't cooperate. Su Nan wasn't in a hurry. Since the other side was trapped by her, it would depend on her when he could come out.
Su Nan didn't think that the other side could break through her strengthened version of the move. It was formed by Su Nan's genius imagination. It could also be considered a magic treasure because it contained the little bug's mutated silk and Ten Thousand Year Ice Dew. Under the condition that it wasn't damaged, it could be recycled.
It had to be said that Su Nan was indeed skilled. She could combine such a strong move and such a strange combination.
However, Gu Zheng's heart was burning with anger. It could be said that other than his eyeballs, everything else was frozen. He couldn't even blink.
At that time, Gu Zheng had already noticed the strangeness of the silk and quickly found the other side's hiding space. Just as he was about to cut it, the other side's magic had already arrived. It was just a second away. The other side definitely couldn't trap him so leisurely like this.
It was just a second away. If he waved the saber in his hand, even if the other side trapped him, he could have paid a certain price to escape. The other side definitely wouldn't have time to stop him.
Now that he was reduced to this state, how could it not make Gu Zheng so angry? Gu Zheng didn't know how many years it had been since he suffered such a big loss. However, there was a strange energy in the ice that prevented the immortal energy in his body from condensing, causing him to be unable to break free.
Seeing the other side asking him the same question every day, even if Gu Zheng knew, he wouldn't agree. This was related to his dignity. He definitely wouldn't admit defeat.
This strange layer of ice also had a certain benefit. If the other side wanted to kill him, they would have to break this layer of ice. So, Gu Zheng wasn't too worried. If the other side destroyed a little, then the immortal energy in his body would have a way to condense. This small layer of ice wouldn't be able to trap him. Moreover, he also had the Human Book to resist for a while.
However, as time passed, Gu Zheng slowly realized that the immortal energy in his body was slowly decreasing. After careful observation, he realized that it was to maintain the surface of his body that was constantly frozen. It needed to be maintained spontaneously, so it consumed a little.
Although it wasn't much, Gu Zheng couldn't absorb energy from the outside world to replenish himself. If this continued, in less than a few hundred years, Gu Zheng would lose his immortal energy. At that time, there was a high chance that he would freeze to death here.
However, Gu Zheng suddenly remembered that he still had an agreement with Pan Xuan. If this continued, he wouldn't be able to return in time. Although he could wait for Pan Xuan to come find him, his current appearance was too embarrassing.
If he used that method, although he could escape, he wouldn't be able to move for a few hundred years. He would have to find a place to hide. The price was too high. Unless he was dead, he wouldn't use it.
If he still couldn't escape after using it, then he could only wait for death. If he didn't have a choice, he wouldn't use it. He would just take it one step at a time.
By the tenth day, Su Nan had already seen through Gu Zheng's anxiousness. After the routine questioning, Su Nan continued, "You seem a little anxious. Is there anything you need to do? I advise you to tell us so that we don't waste our time."
Su Nan's heart settled. As long as the other party was anxious, then things would be easy. Su Nan was also afraid that the other party would waste time with her. Even if she didn't say anything, she still needed to find the little bug. If Pan Xuan came looking for her, she would have no choice but to run.
However, Su Nan's worries didn't show. She still had a confident expression on her face. Finally, the other party was more anxious than her. This time, Su Nan was no longer worried.
Gu Zheng was still suppressing his anger. He didn't want to admit defeat, but he didn't want to break his promise. Although he wasn't a good person, he wasn't a bad person either. As for his own principles, Gu Zheng had his own set of views.
However, he really couldn't answer the other party's question. I've already gone out first. How would I know where she went? At first, he wanted to pretend to agree and take the opportunity to break free.
But when he saw the other party intentionally or unintentionally taking out a block of ice with his Magistrate's Brush inside, he would first let it show a little bit of its head and then wait for a while before it would be frozen back to its original state. He gave up on that thought. The other party wanted to tell him that if he wanted to say something, he should just come clean and not play any tricks.
He wanted to warn Gu Zheng that the other party had a way to make him say it without threatening him. This was his magic, and he had plenty of ways to control it.
Another two days passed. Gu Zheng's heart was still anxious, but he didn't have any good ideas. Unexpectedly, he discovered that there was a new situation in his body.
It turned out that it was the Demonic Grass. Previously, the Demonic Grass had formed a small ball of Yin and Yang in his body. It was formed by the fusion of the Karst Fruit and the Ice Grass. Originally, it had been constantly absorbing Gu Zheng's Immortal Qi. However, because of the baptism in the main hall when he first arrived, the Immortal Qi in Gu Zheng's body had increased explosively. Gu Zheng had almost forgotten about it.
Now, because the Immortal Qi in his body had been interrupted by that strange energy, the Immortal Qi could no longer be gathered. It was scattered. This time, the Demonic Grass couldn't take it anymore. It wasn't extracting the scattered Immortal Qi, but the more important source. After discovering that it couldn't extract the Immortal Qi, it directly resisted in his body.
One had to know that the Demonic Grass's mission was to absorb energy. Now that it was suddenly interrupted and hadn't matured yet, it directly probed out a stream of energy from the Demonic Grass to find out what was happening outside.
This was Gu Zheng's Immortal Qi. It didn't harm Gu Zheng at all. Instead, it repaired some of his meridians that were damaged by the frost. After a big cycle in his body, it followed the meridians and found the strange energy that interrupted its absorption.
In the face of the Demonic Grass's probing, this strange energy was like a mouse meeting a cat. It couldn't resist at all.
This time, the strange energy had met its nemesis. It was directly dragged back by the Demonic Grass and absorbed bit by bit. After that, the Demonic Grass seemed to have become addicted. It continued to take the initiative to search for this strange energy. In less than half a day, all the strange energy in his body had been swept clean by the Demonic Grass.
Gu Zheng felt excited. He could feel that the Immortal Qi in his body was now under his control. This way, he didn't have to lower himself to beg the Demonic Grass. After the Demonic Grass sensed that it could continue extracting Immortal Qi, it stayed there motionlessly. It returned to its previous state and slowly extracted the source of Gu Zheng's Immortal Qi.
The Demonic Grass's speed was much slower compared to the beginning. It was unknown if it was because the illusion here wasn't too suitable. After all, Gu Zheng had absorbed a large amount of Immortal Qi. Although most of it had been filtered out, the Demonic Grass might be able to sense this slight difference.
Gu Zheng carefully maintained his previous state. His eyes were still anxious. His body was still unable to move. In fact, he had secretly begun to destroy the layer of ice outside, emptying it bit by bit.
Of course, Su Nan didn't notice. He was very confident in his magic. He also knew what effect his magic would have on the Demonic Grass. Just like how he was sure that Gu Zheng couldn't gather any Immortal Qi in his body, he also believed that Gu Zheng wouldn't be able to hold on for more than a few days.
Now, Su Nan was meditating every day to steadily replenish energy for the ice sculpture. Sometimes, he would patrol the surroundings to prevent strangers from entering and seeing this scene. However, he didn't know that there was something unusual in Gu Zheng's body. It had already helped Gu Zheng to break the restriction in his body.
Unknowingly, another two days passed. Now, Gu Zheng had completely emptied the layer of ice. He was secretly absorbing the Immortal Qi outside to replenish himself. Most importantly, he wanted to maintain the frozen state of the flame. Therefore, Gu Zheng spent a lot of effort to avoid the layer of ice bit by bit. He didn't want to be discovered in advance.
When Su Nan patrolled the surroundings again, the layer of ice outside Gu Zheng had quietly melted, turning into a pool of solid water. The flame on Gu Zheng's body was also quickly removed by him. Gu Zheng thought for a moment. Then, he took out a jade bottle and stored all the water inside.
Although he didn't know how to use these things, he couldn't let the other party take them back so easily. Even now, if he used that trick again and successfully nailed Gu Zheng's body, Gu Zheng couldn't guarantee that he could find the other party's hiding place in time. Therefore, for safety's sake, he put them away.
Then, Gu Zheng secretly created an identical shadow on the spot. It was very simple. Upon closer inspection, one could see the problem. However, Gu Zheng was only at this level. Gu Zheng wasn't good at illusions and the like.
Next, Gu Zheng secretly hid at the side, hiding on the path he had to pass on his way back. Although it was relatively simple and easy to be discovered, he believed that the other party wouldn't check this place.
Soon, Su Nan finished patrolling the surroundings as usual and returned again. When he came back, he was still thinking about it. Seeing that the other party was about to obey him and agree to his conditions, but the other party wasn't sure if he would take the final step. This made Su Nan very distressed.
Su Nan continued to walk back absent-mindedly. He didn't notice that the ice sculpture in the middle had been switched.
However, after taking a few more steps, Su Nan felt that something was wrong. That was because Gu Zheng's "angry" eyes no longer made her feel angry. It was as if his eyes had lost their life, without the slightest bit of liveliness.
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