The reason was simple and normal. When he was traveling a long time ago, he had a conflict with the old ancestor when he was fighting over a treasure.
Of course, the treasure was obtained by the old ancestor who was more powerful. Unwilling to give up, he used the uniqueness of his cultivation method to successfully steal the old ancestor's treasure. He also took a lot of treasures.
Then, he ran away. How could the old ancestor tolerate this? In the end, the old ancestor found him and tricked him into coming back. Then, he killed all his clansmen.
Still angry, the old ancestor extracted his soul and suppressed it in this hall. The dried corpses were all his clansmen, and he wanted him to die in pain.
Here, he could only live on while at death's door. The energy of the green crystal was about to run out. Now, it could only barely keep him alive.
Later, before Gu Zheng came down, a group of people came here and accidentally triggered the mechanism here. The hall above was originally constantly extracting the ghost energy in his body.
Seeing this opportunity, how could he give up on it? He snuck out and possessed one of the Shuras who had been left behind, learning about everything that had happened.
Then, as he recovered, he used some mutated ghost energy to control some Shura to kill each other. He absorbed their flesh and blood and used a secret method to forcibly increase his strength.
Gu Zheng knew everything that happened next. In the end, he even burned the possessed body to produce more black flames to attack Gu Zheng. In the end, he had no strength to control it and returned here.
Gu Zheng listened to all this with great interest. His words were full of curses for the old ancestor, and he wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
After he finished speaking, Gu Zheng was thinking about his sad story, which originated from an accident.
"Who are you? Why are you helping the Shura?" Xiao Le asked coldly.
Gu Zheng did not hide his expression. At a glance, he could tell that he was not an Shura at all. Moreover, Gu Zheng's strength had decreased. Although he did not have a cultivation base, his perception was still there.
Now, he could vaguely sense that he was not an Shura at all. He was just using some method to disguise himself as one.
In addition, when he was complaining about the old ancestor, there was no anger in his eyes at all. There was no other fluctuation in his heart. It was as if he was listening to someone else's story.
If it was a real Shura, even if they didn't kill him, they wouldn't be able to endure half of it. What he was doing was basically insulting the Old Ancestor. Even he couldn't bear listening to it anymore. Yet, Gu Zheng was still acting like he was talking about someone else. He wasn't moved at all.
Thinking about the situation outside, he was sure that the other party was not an Shura at all...............
"Just as you thought, I'm not on Shura's side." Gu Zheng saw that his deliberate act had been seen through by the other party, so he did not beat around the bush.
"I hope you can join me and fight against the Asura Race together."
Xiao Le shook his head and did not reply to Gu Zheng. Instead, he asked why Gu Zheng was against him. "We are all birds in a cage. There is no difference between dying early and dying late. Why do you want to stop me from killing those Shura?"
"If I said that I was not an Shura at the beginning, would you believe me? Besides, there is a very important person in there to me. I can't let you kill him in the future." Gu Zheng said half-truthfully. In fact, he only wanted to protect Ji Yi and Pan Xuan. He did not care about anything else.
Besides, in that situation, looking at Xiao Le's crazy appearance, there was a high chance that he would not believe it.
"Besides, you should know that there are a few people in the valley. One of them is very important," Gu Zheng said sincerely.
"I hope that you can join forces with us. We already have a plan to break out of here."
"I know, so to Ji Yi, he just fainted. It seems that he is seriously injured. I have already done my best to stop. Besides, did you see that I did not hurt them at all?" Xiao Le actually thought that he could use the power of the valley after he got out, so he was merciful to them.
"It is wishful thinking to talk about breaking out. You have to know that I know about you from Shura's memory. How can it be possible with just a few people?" He scoffed at the idea of breaking out and did not have any hope at all.
"That's just the Shura's memories. You should know that ten thousand years ago, it wasn't like this up there. There were many heroes like you up there. Later, many of them were captured, and some of them surrendered to the enemy. However, some of them paid a huge price to deceive the Old Ancestor and successfully hid."
"Now, the plan has been successfully implemented. Now that the Old Ancestor's attention has shifted away from here, this is the best time for everyone to break out."
Although Gu Zheng did not know what happened back then, it was not difficult to guess from Brother Snake's words that he had seen Elder Xiong. Anyway, Elder Xiong did not know as much as he did, so he directly said the guess in his heart as the truth.
If he was wrong, he could use his low status to fool them. With such a strong combat power, it would increase the success rate by a lot.
Xiao Le looked at Gu Zheng's hopeful eyes and could not help but be tempted. However, looking at his somewhat transparent body, he smiled bitterly and slowly shook his head.
He wanted to leave as well. As long as he could live another day, he would be able to kill more Shura in the future. He wasn't afraid of the Shura's revenge. At worst, he would die. After all, he had already died once.
"Senior Xiao, do you have any difficulties? We sincerely hope that you can join us and get out of this cage as soon as possible. "Gu Zheng said sincerely.
"You should have said it earlier, but even if you had said it earlier, I wouldn't have believed you." Xiao Le's face was full of helplessness. "Now I am only in a soul state, and my body has been backfired by the secret technique. It will be useless for a long time."
Gu Zheng was a little surprised. He did not expect the other party to be so weak. He thought it was only temporary, and he could recover when he had enough medicine and spiritual energy.
Even if he could not recover to his peak, as long as he could recover to the Daluo Realm, it would be of great help. He did not expect the other party to have lost his combat power. No wonder the other party looked a little bitter.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, including giving up on him. However, in the end, Gu Zheng decided to take him out.
He also had a grudge with the Shura people. Although he did not have a blood feud and had to fight to the death when he saw Shura, the Shura people had caused him to come here.
The karma between him and the Shura people had been formed. No matter how many dangers he encountered here, he would get back at them sooner or later.
Revenge must be taken, and kindness must be repaid.
When Xiao Le's words stopped, he continued in less than a second.
"Senior Xiao, although you can't help us right now, once we escape, the Asura Clan will definitely send people to capture us. We still need your help."
"When that time comes, it might be time for you to play a role. As long as we successfully escape, we will definitely take revenge on the Shura people. At that time, you will be even more useful."
Gu Zheng made it sound nice, but all of these prerequisites were based on the possibility of successfully escaping. If they couldn't escape, Gu Zheng decided to use his trump card and rush out.
Without the attention of the Patriarch, he was 100% confident. However, this would cause too much damage to his future. It was related to the problem of becoming a Sage in the future, so he had to consider it carefully.
Gu Zheng had considered this problem many times. He would only do this if there was no hope at all.
"Senior Xiao, think about the future. Why are you so discouraged now?" Gu Zheng knew the hatred he had for the Shura. Even if he asked him to protect him for thousands of years, as long as he could save him, he would be willing.
However, Gu Zheng did not want to take advantage of him. However, his words would provoke the hatred in his heart. He did not want him to be trapped in this place forever.
"Okay, but you have the treasure of extreme Yin." Xiao Le's face was filled with struggle. In the end, he looked at the rows of clansmen. He was unwilling. He had already used all his strength to disgust the Shura people.
He knew that even if he recovered to the peak of the Grand Luo Realm, he was only a slightly bigger ant in the eyes of the entire Shura Clan. He would not be able to cause too much trouble.
"I can slowly recover my vitality in there like this." Xiao Le looked at Gu Zheng and shook his head. He knew that many good things had been plundered when he came here. He did not expect the other party to have such good things.
"Something with extreme cold or ice is also fine. The former can maintain my situation, and the latter can slowly make me last longer."
"Senior Xiao, can't the crystal at the back fit the bill? I remember you saying that you've been living here for a long time. You've been relying on this crystal to replenish yourself," Gu Zheng asked in confusion as he searched to see if there was anything suitable for him.
"This crystal can't last for many days. Previously, I have already absorbed a large amount of purification from it to perform a secret technique." Xiao Le looked at the green crystal behind him. This was actually specially prepared by the Ancestor for him. He wanted to torture him and not let him die so easily.
"I have it. Do you think this will do?" Gu Zheng took out a cold blue ball. It was about the size of a head and was shining with a blue light. As soon as it came out, a layer of frost condensed on Gu Zheng's hand.
This was picked up in the previous test. He did not know how many years it had existed. It definitely met his requirements, but he did not know if it would work.
"It's completely possible. I will fall into a deep sleep. I hope that when I wake up again, I will have already come out. Little friend, if you succeed in coming out, I will owe you a great favor. If you need my help, please tell me." Xiao Le looked deeply at Gu Zheng. He did not think about anything else except to make himself uneasy.
"If you need my help in the middle, please wake me up with your divine sense."
The silk thread behind Xiao Le suddenly lit up. The light on the green crystal behind him was transferred to his body at a speed visible to the naked eye.
During this time, he transmitted his voice to Gu Zheng, telling him some of the mechanisms in this hall and how to eliminate the black flames above.
After a simple instruction, Xiao Le's body slightly solidified after absorbing a large amount of green light. He did not look as erratic as before. Then, he directly turned into a light and entered the inside of the ball.
Gu Zheng looked carefully. In the ice ball in his hand, a hazy figure was meditating inside the ball.
The green crystal also turned into powder and landed on the platform, leaving only his tribesmen.
Senior Xiao did not say how to deal with this, so Gu Zheng did not do anything and let them continue here.
If Gu Zheng had any evil thoughts, then his life and death would be in Gu Zheng's hands. A powerful Grand Luo's soul was even more precious than a Connate treasure to some people.
However, Gu Zheng would not do that. Otherwise, when he saw his state, he would just grab him. Gu Zheng really wanted to save him. He felt that other than his hatred, he was not bad. This was just Gu Zheng's feeling.
Gu Zheng trusted his intuition most of the time.
After closing the stone door, he collected some black fog on the stone pillar in the middle of the hall and returned to where he fell.
He looked at the dead Crow Emissary beside him. This was the real evidence of his death.
A whirlwind rose from Gu Zheng's hand. Gu Zheng was constantly compressing it, slowly drawing in the black fog he had collected.
A small black whirlwind appeared in his hand. Gu Zheng tossed it up, and that whirlwind charged into the hall above.
BOOM!
A huge explosion sounded, and the air waves mixed with wisps of black fog spread out in all directions. When the burning black flames met the black fog, it was like a candle placed in water, extinguishing immediately, leaving behind a trail of green smoke that slowly rose up.
Three days had already passed. Pan Xuan and the others had tried many methods below, but they still couldn't break through the gate. Up until now, more than ten transcendent artifacts had been destroyed by the black flames, and more than twenty-two people had suffered minor injuries.
Everyone was at their wits' end. The higher-ups still had not noticed anything strange here. Pan Xuan estimated that it would take at least a month before they noticed.
They were not worried about not being able to leave. The only thing they were worried about was Gu Zheng's life and death.
Pan Xuan's eyes were completely red. She hadn't healed her injuries at all. She was just barely hanging on with medicinal pills. However, she was unable to make up for her exhaustion.
Many people had advised her to rest a bit so that she wouldn't tire herself out. But she was still trying to think of a way to stand at the bottom of the stairs. The only thing supporting her was the medicinal pills in her mouth.
There were already many black flames burning above the stairs. She was unable to get close. If she did, her injuries would relapse. She couldn't even block the cold from the black flames.
Just as someone was about to go up and take a look, a huge explosion rang out. At the same time, the sharp-eyed people saw that the black flames inside had almost completely disappeared. Only the scattered black flames outside hadn't been affected. They were still stubbornly burning.
That huge commotion drew everyone over. They all stared up, not knowing what had happened.
Very quickly, a familiar figure appeared above. He saw that there were still some black flames outside. With a wave of his hand, those black flames were all extinguished.
"Ah!" Pan Xuan suddenly lost her composure and let out a scream. She didn't care about her elegance and directly charged up. But she hadn't expected her body to be so weak. When she reached the last step, her legs went soft and she involuntarily fell.
But she wasn't afraid. She knew she wouldn't be injured.
As expected, she had only just fallen a bit when a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her up.
Feeling that strong arm, Pan Xuan's face was red. She had lost her composure when she saw him. Even someone as bold and unrestrained as her felt a bit embarrassed for doing such an irrational thing in front of everyone.
"Are you alright?" Pan Xuan didn't look directly at him. She only lowered her head. Gu Zheng's aura had already stabilized. As long as he didn't attack, no one would be able to see his current state.
Such an obedient appearance really made everyone's jaws drop. Was this still the swift and decisive Miss Pan?
Looking at her blushing face, Gu Zheng even felt that the fall just now was intentional. It couldn't be helped. Previously, in Puppet Town, she had done this many times on purpose. He didn't notice anything strange about her at all.
He thought that she wanted to confirm their relationship in front of everyone, giving Gu Zheng a headache.
"I'm fine. I'm fine. But you're tired." Gu Zheng could clearly feel that she was very tired. In addition, he saw her at the bottom when he came out. Regardless of whether the fall was intentional or not, he knew that she had been worried about him.
He really didn't know what she would do after knowing the truth. Would she directly come out to kill him? But he couldn't tell her now. He could only let this misunderstanding grow bigger.
"What's the matter? You only came out now. Is that Crow Messenger dead?" After this buffer, Pan Xuan took it over and quickly adjusted her heart. She asked the question that she had been worried about.
Although Gu Zheng had successfully come out and was basically sure that the other party was dead, she still needed to hear it from his mouth to be at ease.
"Thanks to Sir Hao's method, I was lucky enough to win at the last moment. Oh right, this is for you." Gu Zheng returned the gloves to Pan Xuan.
"Don't worry. I've already killed the other party. It's just that I had a small accident and came up from below," Gu Zheng looked at everyone and said loudly, comforting their thoughts.
No matter who it was, they were completely relieved. However, Pan Xuan still heard Gu Zheng say below. Could it be that there was something below?
"Could it be that there is another world in the hall?" She couldn't help but wonder.
"Yes, there is a hall below. The corpse of that Crow Messenger is still in the west." Gu Zheng wanted to let everyone take a look. It seemed that everyone knew that he was dead and didn't need to observe.
Gu Zheng was really worried that if You Xing and the others went down to observe, they would find something wrong. Although he didn't leave any traces, there were some spells that could observe the scene at that time. He didn't have the ability to hide it.
He could just guide everyone down together. This way, his situation would be mixed up. Grand Heavenly Realm people wouldn't be able to see through it.
Sure enough, after hearing Gu Zheng's words, some Asuras immediately requested to find his corpse to vent their anger for their dead clansmen.
"Okay, a few of you come down with me. If you want to come, you can follow. There's no danger inside now." Gu Zheng agreed readily.
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