Gu Zheng's group began to walk in the tunnel again, but this time, Gu Zheng could clearly feel that they seemed to be spiraling downwards, and the faint sound of tides could be heard in the air.
There seemed to be an ocean below, and after walking for another two hours, they finally arrived at the bottom.
Below them was also a huge flat ground, but what surprised everyone was that on one side, there were many caves, and on the other side, there was a huge pool.
The pool was pure purple in color, and the area was not very big. In the middle, there was a floating bridge made of unknown wood, leading to the opposite side. From time to time, huge bubbles would pop out from the water, and countless water droplets would splash in all directions.
A transparent light screen suddenly appeared in all directions, blocking the water droplets from spreading, and only the floating bridge in the middle was safe.
On the other side of the floating bridge, they could clearly see a few people, who were holding something and walking around non-stop, as if they were holding something.
"Alright, you guys will stay here for a while. If you don't understand, go ask someone. I'll say the ugly words first, I don't want some people to look for trouble. You have to know that my cute bug needs some nourishment." The blue-robed man looked at everyone and said with a smile.
But his eyes were like a poisonous snake, sweeping back and forth, and everyone could deeply feel his malice.
"Phew." He gently blew on the queen bug in his hand, and everyone felt a sense of danger, knowing that their lives were in the hands of the other party.
"Behind you are your residences, pick whatever you want, who knows, you might even get some good stuff." After saying this, the blue-robed man turned and walked forward, not afraid that they would take the opportunity to escape.
At this time, the shackles on everyone's hands had fallen to the ground, and it seemed that they had temporarily obtained freedom, except for the few Immortals.
After walking for such a long time, there was very little time to rest, and everyone was already exhausted.
Everyone looked at each other, and the two Immortals clearly knew each other, and without looking at the others, they directly chose a cave and entered.
The others hesitated for a moment, then entered the cave in twos and threes. No matter what, they should rest first and think about future problems.
"Young master, why don't you stay with me?" A slightly old voice sounded beside Gu Zheng, and Gu Zheng saw that it was one of the kind-hearted people from before. He was a slightly older fifth stage cultivator, and his face showed obvious signs of aging.
"Thank you, senior." Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment before accepting the other party's invitation. This was because when Gu Zheng had pretended to be unconscious, he had taken care of him for more than half of the time. In this place, perhaps he could be of some help to him.
Of course, from the other party's point of view, it was him who needed to be taken care of. On the surface, Gu Zheng's cultivation was only at the third step, and there was probably no one weaker than him here.
The two of them casually found a cave and entered it. Although it was called a cave, it was really a cave. Gu Zheng could barely stand up. If he was slightly taller, he would probably have to bend over.
Moreover, the area of the cave was not big enough. At most, it could fit four people together. They had to squeeze a little, as the space for two people was about the same.
Gu Zheng purposely chose a relatively high cave entrance. The ground inside was gray, and it seemed that no one had lived here for a long time.
Gu Zheng helped the senior clean up and put all the dust in a corner.
"Little friend, sorry to trouble you. This old man is Liu Jin." Liu Jin sat down at the side and introduced himself.
"Senior Liu, just call me Gu Zheng." Gu Zheng also sat on the ground and said politely.
After saying that, he put his hand into his chest. With a thought, a pill appeared in Gu Zheng's hand and he lowered it.
This was actually just a simple Qi Gathering Pill. For people like Gu Zheng, it was useless. However, for those below the Heaven Immortal Realm, it was still tempting enough. One pill was enough to fill up the small body in their body.
Senior Liu's eyes lit up, but he did not stretch out his hand. Instead, he carefully looked outside. When he found that no one was outside, he quickly whispered.
"Little friend, quickly keep it. Don't let others find out, otherwise, you will be in trouble."
Everything on them had been taken away by the other party, leaving nothing behind. Unexpectedly, even though this little friend's cultivation base was not high, his ability to conceal himself was shocking.
Truth be told, Gu Zheng was afraid of being teleported. Before entering the water gate, he had already made preparations. He only left an ordinary sword on him. However, it was also taken away. It suited his identity very well. Everything else was hidden inside the Twin Jade Pearls.
As he became more familiar with the Twin Jade Pearls, he could take out the simple items inside without taking them out. He was still unable to take them out.
Seeing how concerned Senior Liu was, Gu Zheng smiled. Then, with a flick of his finger, the pill entered Senior Liu's mouth.
Senior Liu subconsciously swallowed the pill. Seeing Gu Zheng's skillful actions, he was unable to react in time. This was simply not in line with Gu Zheng's level of strength.
Thinking about how Chen Feng had joined them halfway, Senior Liu felt that Chen Feng had become more mysterious. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Could it be that the Star Alliance of Drifting Clouds Island had noticed and sent some men over?
However, Senior Liu quickly closed his eyes. The medicinal power of the pill had already burst out in his body, and he had no choice but to absorb it with all his might.
Eight hours later, Senior Liu had completely returned to normal. When he opened his eyes and saw Gu Zheng looking at him, he felt that his luck was really good.
He had been possessed for a moment and believed Feng Yi's words. He felt that as long as he protected Feng Yi on a trip to the sea and escorted him back, he would be able to obtain some precious pills. Although he had no hope of breaking through, he still had many descendants in his family who needed them.
When he met the immortals on the ship, he was even more confident. He thought that Feng Yi had deliberately given him benefits in order to rope him in.
In the end, he did not expect that when he entered the island, Feng Yi and the other immortals would directly jump out. Senior Liu was disarmed almost without any resistance.
As for the two immortals who came, when they saw Feng Yi's exposed strength, they also chose to surrender.
Who would have thought that Feng Yi, who had been moving around in the early stage of the Heaven Immortal Realm, had actually reached the peak? It could be said that he had deceived everyone.
In the end, when he was in despair, he met the people from the Star Alliance. Now, Senior Liu had already identified the other party in his heart. Otherwise, there was no way to explain this.
The Star Alliance was actually just a group of unaffiliated individuals. Its main purpose was to protect the interests of unaffiliated individuals. It could be said that it was the largest force in the vicinity.
However, as they mainly focused on the islands and the sea, they only had some peripheral members on Floating Clouds Island. One had to know that the strength of a peripheral member was at least Level Five.
Senior Liu, who was at the bottom, did not even have the qualifications to do odd jobs. After all, the core strength of the Star Alliance was made up of immortals. Although there were not many of them, they were already a colossus in this place.
It was said that the leader of the Star Alliance was an important figure in the Jin Xian Stage. Everyone simply looked forward to it. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Jin Xian Stage was already the peak realm.
For nearly a thousand years, the Star Alliance had been investigating the disappearance of some people. This was because three of their core members had also disappeared for no reason. This made their hearts ache and they suspected that it was related to this matter. They had been silently investigating the mastermind behind this.
"Sir, are you from the Star Alliance?" At this moment, Senior Liu did not dare to act old. Although the other party looked young, he was many generations older than Senior Liu. Every immortal had a technique to rejuvenate their youth. Thus, one's appearance was just a facade.
Gu Zheng was stunned. He had never heard of the Star Alliance. However, when he saw the worship in Senior Liu's eyes, even the way he addressed him had changed. Thus, he pretended to casually nod his head and did not deny it.
"That's great." Senior Liu excitedly clenched his fists.
"How did you come here? Where is this place?" Gu Zheng directly threw out this question.
Of course, Senior Liu did not hide anything. Of course, there was very little basic useful information. However, it allowed Gu Zheng to understand a lot of things here. Gu Zheng also found out some things about the Star Alliance through indirect questioning.
No wonder Senior Liu was so excited. It turned out that he thought that Wang Zhong was from the Star Alliance.
However, Gu Zheng did not explain anything to him. He found an excuse to end the conversation and then sat down to meditate.
The spiritual energy here was very violent. Even Gu Zheng himself had to spend a lot of effort to absorb and transform it. Gu Zheng had been in the cave all this time and did not go anywhere.
On the other hand, Senior Liu went out a few times and brought back a lot of useful information.
"Dang, dang, dang." A long bell rang in the air, directly interrupting Gu Zheng's recovery. Gu Zheng felt that his body had only recovered less than 30%. He could not help but smile bitterly. The results of his hard work over the past few days were only so little. It was beyond his expectations.
Such a huge commotion naturally attracted everyone's attention. Everyone walked out of their own caves.
Gu Zheng also walked out and stood with the others. As the people on the other side began to evacuate, they quickly walked over along the pontoon bridge.
"Da Hu."
"Brother Qin."
"Liu Rongxuan, why are you here?"
When they saw familiar figures on their side, they could not help but call out. Some people had been missing for decades or even centuries. They did not expect to meet here.
Even Gu Zheng could not help but be excited when he saw an immortal on his side. This was because he also met a friend of his here. He thought that the friend had died outside. He did not expect that the two of them would meet here.
Every one of these people looked tired. Some of them just looked indifferently and went back directly. Now, they were just walking corpses. The hope in their hearts was about to die.
"What are you doing? Why don't you go back and rest? Do you want to work again?" A rough voice came from behind.
Gu Zheng looked over and saw a strong man with a face full of scars. He looked at the people in front of him fiercely. He held a white jade bottle in his hand and protected the front with his other hand, afraid that there would be some accident.
Immediately, the crowd on the bridge dispersed and made way for the scarred man.
Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes. Unexpectedly, the overseer below was also a late Heavenly Immortal stage cultivator. This was too extravagant. It also meant that the item inside the jade bottle was very important. It was simply too extravagant.
Only then did Gu Zheng and the others know that the bell meant rest. However, they did not stay outside for too long. After a while, the terrifying tidal wave would erupt. Only by hiding inside the cave would they be safe.
Soon enough, there was no one left in the open space. Even Gu Zheng had returned to the cave. For those who were working, this was a rare chance for them to rest.
Gu Zheng looked outside curiously. He could clearly sense a wondrous change happening between Heaven and Earth.
Gu Zheng was constantly paying attention to the outside. Not long after they entered, a black light barrier appeared at the entrance of the cave. Next, Gu Zheng could clearly sense that the spiritual energy in the air had become even more violent.
Previously, it could be said to be a somewhat irritable bull. Although it was wild, it could still be tamed. At this moment, however, Gu Zheng felt as though it was a ravenous tiger that had gone mad, rampaging back and forth in the air.
Under such circumstances, even Gu Zheng did not dare to absorb the spiritual energy. If he was not careful, he might end up getting devoured by the violent spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy storm outside created a black light barrier. Even the air outside had turned faintly purple. However, with the black light barrier, as long as they did not take it out, they would not be able to sense the power outside.
This storm lasted for almost half a month before it abruptly subsided without any warning.
"Beep beep"
Not long after the storm subsided, an ear-piercing whistle rang out. At the same time, the black light barrier covering the cave disappeared.
Everyone had come out of the cave. In front of the pontoon bridge, the scarred man was standing there, whistling a silver-white whistle.
"Very good. The storm lasted longer this time, allowing you to rest for a period of time. But next, you have to work hard. I don't need to say much nonsense. The newcomers, come and work together." After saying that, the scarred man walked along the pontoon bridge.
Gu Zheng followed the team in confusion. Before, Gu Zheng had discovered that there were as many as 100 people here. Among them, there were six early-stage immortals. The rest were all fourth-stage and fifth-stage immortals. He was the only third-stage immortal.
Following the crowd, Gu Zheng walked over and arrived in front of a huge wall.
At this time, the wall extended to the side for thousands of meters. There were miniature holes on it. Some blue water droplets were hanging on it.
Some people here had already taken a tapered bamboo-like thing from the side. Its head was shaped like a spoon, but it was only half the length of an arm.
Some people walked in their own positions. They were already looking at some blue dots on the wall.
The blue water droplets in front of a person suddenly fell from a slightly raised hole. Although the speed was not very fast, it floated in the air. The person in front of him had sharp eyes and fast hands. He directly caught it with the bamboo-like thing and dropped it into the groove on his head.
Then, he quickly went behind him and placed it in a jade bottle with a mark.
There were a total of 12 jade bottles in a row. The scarred man was standing behind them, looking at those people with an unfriendly face.
"Hurry up. Before the next storm hits, you must fill the jade bottles. Don't waste them. As long as you work hard for a period of time, the higher-ups will graciously allow you to rest for a period of time." The scarred man shouted loudly.
If it was usual, he would pull out anyone who was slow and beat them up. But now that he had received a warning from the higher-ups, he knew that his behavior had caused dissatisfaction. He was a little restrained.
Gu Zheng and the group of newcomers stood aside and could only watch those people work in front. Although some people knew the general process, they didn't have the tools in their hands. There was nothing they could do.
"You newcomers, observe for a while. Remember, don't touch it with your body. If you die, don't blame me for telling you in advance." The scarred man said to them on the side.
Gu Zheng and the others could only stand in place and watch the opposite work. However, Gu Zheng's spiritual awareness had already passed through here and looked back.
Because Gu Zheng had found that although the scarred man was at the intermediate stage of the Celestial Immortal Realm and exuded an incomparably obvious aura, it gave Gu Zheng a very unstable feeling.
It felt like he had just been promoted and couldn't adapt to this new strength for a while. More importantly, the other party's spiritual awareness was so strong that even Gu Zheng thought that he was still at the early stage.
Even if Gu Zheng swaggered and observed him, he couldn't find it. Gu Zheng's courage had increased a lot.
As long as it wasn't obvious, he wouldn't be able to detect his actions.
Behind this stone wall, Gu Zheng found a place similar to a secret room. It was surrounded by walls made of white jade. There was only a door like exit, but there was no door.
There was a pool inside. The water inside was pitch black. Wisps of black gas continued to condense above the pool, forming a thick black fog.
In front of the pool, there was an obvious array. A burst of purple smoke appeared from the array. Then, under the guidance of a mysterious force, it passed through the black fog above the pool. Countless black fog and purple smoke entangled, and a burst of blue gas appeared from inside.
As soon as the blue gas appeared, it was pushed out and rushed to the front. Behind this barely visible wall, white crystals were inlaid on it, greedily absorbing the blue fog in the air.
The blue water droplets that everyone had to receive outside were transformed from the blue fog.
When the black fog above became thinner, the purple fog completely disappeared. When the black fog condensed to a certain extent again, the array would pour out another burst of purple fog, repeating the previous process.
Most of the white crystals behind were not activated, because this wall could be completely covered by more than three hundred people, but it also meant that there must have been so many people before, but now there were only so few left.
However, where the purple fog came from, Gu Zheng didn't know, but he was sure that the purple fog outside was not the source. It was just a bit of leaked aura that changed color. It was completely different from the fog inside.
The group of people stood here for a long time, looking at the blue water droplets that someone occasionally missed, causing the scarred man to curse. Although he was angry, he still stood there in the end.
This made a member who thought that he was going to be beaten rejoice. He hurriedly looked up. There was a mistake at the beginning, and he might not be so lucky again.
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