When he returned to his courtyard, he found Xiangxiang in a daze. Seeing Gu Zheng return, Xiangxiang rubbed her eyes to make sure that it wasn't an illusion and directly ran into Gu Zheng's arms. Her small head couldn't help but push against Gu Zheng's chest and said, "Why were you gone for so long? Xiangxiang missed you so much."
In this unfamiliar place, not seeing Gu Zheng's figure made Xiangxiang a little scared. At that time, even when she went out to look for Ji Cai, she would come back every day. But these days, she didn't go out again, waiting for Gu Zheng.
"I went to look for something for you. Now that all the materials you said have been collected, how is Cai Yu?" Gu Zheng gently patted Xiangxiang's head.
"Cai Yu is a lot better now. Her whole body has begun to emit seven colors. Big Sister Ji Cai is very powerful. It won't be long before she fully recovers." When Xiangxiang heard Gu Zheng ask about Cai Yu, she immediately said with a smile. Her previous unhappiness had disappeared without a trace.
"That's good. When Cai Yu fully recovers, I will help you refine your things." Gu Zheng thought about some things.
"En, unfortunately the materials are in the Imperial Palace. But as long as I take the Hundred Colored Flame, I can summon them. There is no need to go back." Xiangxiang said regretfully. If she had known this would happen, she would have secretly taken one out.
It might be difficult for others, but in the East China Sea, it could be said that it was very simple to find a water attributed material. However, even in this remote place, there were still some surviving materials. Gu Zheng firmly believed that.
"It doesn't matter. I am not in a hurry anyway." Gu Zheng softly comforted Xiangxiang.
At this time, a familiar voice sounded outside.
"Xiangxiang, are you inside? Big Sister Ji Cai has come to see you. "
"Big Sister Ji Cai has come." Xiangxiang broke free from Gu Zheng's arms and ran to the door to welcome Ji Cai.
"Brother Gu, you are back. I saw that Xiangxiang didn't come over these days, so I came to see her." Ji Cai greeted Gu Zheng with a smile. She had heard about it from Xiangxiang when Gu Zheng left.
"But since you're back, it's fine. I'll take my leave first. Xiang Xiang, come and find me when you're free."
"Wait, I have something to trouble you with." Gu Zheng saw that Ji Cai was about to leave and hastily called out to her.
"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Ji Cai turned around and asked curiously. She knew that Mo Xing had brought Gu Zheng with him previously. Could it be that he didn't help him deal with it?
"Do we have a restaurant or something like that here? I want to practice some things there." Gu Zheng pondered for a moment and finally spoke his mind.
Now that he had extra medicinal herbs, he could practice the combination of the two. This way, he would have a greater chance of success when he was making Xiangxiang.
Gu Zheng had his own reasons for not practicing at home.
Although he had a lot of herbs, it was far from enough. As long as he made a name for himself in the restaurant, he could get others to bring some herbs and process them for him. He could also practice while he was at it.
Although the method of cooking Xiangxiang was purely adding the two things he had obtained from the bottom of the sea, Gu Zheng felt that it could be supplemented to stimulate the effect of the entire Hundred Colored Flame.
Coincidentally, in a few years, the Brilliant Secret Realm would open and a large number of rogue cultivators would gather. Everyone would more or less have something that he could master.
After all, although he had fused some simple materials before, it was only some basic materials. This was the first time he had fused something so difficult.
He wanted to help Xiang Xiang, so of course, he would do his best.
"Yes, after all, there are still some people here who need it. This is a small problem." Ji Cai looked at Gu Zheng strangely. The restaurant itself was a property of the Star Alliance, so it wasn't a big deal to arrange it. However, it was a little strange that Gu Zheng had become a chef.
However, everyone had their own hobbies. Maybe he just liked to cook. Ji Cai even knew that some people liked to be beggars.
At noon, in an antique restaurant in the middle of the misty island, there were a few people sitting in the restaurant. Most of them were just drinking and chatting. They almost didn't touch the food on the table.
Only a few people were eating heartily from time to time, looking very satisfied.
Master Liu was already used to this scene.
Master Liu was the only chef here. The others were just doing odd jobs. In any case, they didn't need that many people.
His cultivation was also at the fifth rank. More importantly, he was good at cooking. Therefore, the Star Alliance gave him a high price to control this place. Unfortunately, most of the immortals here didn't pay much attention to food. Most of them came here to drink and chat.
This made Master Liu feel a little frustrated. Only a few people with similar cultivation could make Master Liu feel a little better. Now, should he consider taking in a little disciple? In any case, those people didn't care about the quality of the dishes.
Thinking of this, Master Liu returned to the kitchen and began to instruct the lazy people to get busy. Everyone here had to listen to his orders.
While he was busy, a few people walked in. Master Liu, who didn't pay attention, almost bumped into them.
"How are you doing your job? Why are you dawdling here? Hurry up and get out of my way." The furious Master Liu thought they were his subordinates and directly scolded them.
"Master Liu is so awe-inspiring." A teasing voice came from in front of Master Liu.
Why is there a woman here? This was Master Liu's first reaction. He looked up in puzzlement and found an unfamiliar man in front of him looking at him embarrassedly. There was also a little girl next to him. Finally, it was Deacon Ji. She was the one who said the words just now.
"Deacon Ji, I didn't expect you to come. Why didn't you tell me earlier? What do you want to eat today?" Ji Cai and her husband were one of the few couples who appreciated his food. They often had the time to eat the dishes he personally cooked.
After saying that, she arranged her own matters for others. In his opinion, she brought a new friend here to eat something today.
"No, I came here today to trouble you with something." Ji Cai shook her head and said.
"What can I help you with? Besides cooking, I can't help you with anything else." Master Liu asked strangely.
"You're right. I have a friend who wants to borrow your kitchen to do something." Ji Cai pointed at Gu Zheng and said.
"Well, actually, it won't take up much space. I want to open a door there and extend it out. This space is a bit narrow." Gu Zheng pointed at the corner of the wall and said.
On the way here, Gu Zheng looked around the restaurant and saw that the kitchen was a bit small. Although dozens of people could move around inside, Gu Zheng needed a bigger place to carve something.
"I'll be outside. I won't affect you."
Master Liu didn't understand what he wanted to do, but in any case, this was the property of the Star Alliance. Moreover, Deacon Ji had personally said it, so he agreed to their request.
If one were to say that this place was dispensable, it was really here. After all, it wasn't necessary. There were a few places for immortals to rest. Of course, the best place was near the seaside. There was a high-level building there specifically for people to rest. Other than not having food, there was everything there.
This place was mainly prepared for people with low cultivation. After all, they couldn't go without food for a long time.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master Liu." Ji Cai said with a smile.
"It's nothing. I'll clean this place up tonight. When the time comes, just let this little brother come." Master Liu pointed at Gu Zheng and said.
After Ji Cai left, the somewhat quiet kitchen regained its liveliness. The others were frightened by Ji Cai's aura and didn't dare to make any loud movements.
"Wow, Master Liu, you're so familiar with Deacon Ji." A newcomer said in surprise. One had to know that Ji Cai and her husband had made a great name for themselves thousands of years ago. Basically, they would go out and take the lead when something happened.
"Of course. Why are you all in a daze? Hurry up and serve the dishes. Be careful not to anger the immortals. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you." Master Liu pulled a long face and reprimanded.
The group immediately scattered like birds and beasts, doing what they were supposed to do.
Most of them were friends of immortals. On the one hand, the spiritual energy here was much better than in the mortal world. It could speed up their cultivation. On the other hand, they could also get some good rewards here.
More importantly, there were many immortals here. Sometimes, they could casually say a few words and they could comprehend a lot. In any case, everyone came here with the idea of taking a step forward.
On the third day, Gu Zheng came alone. Master Liu was afraid that there wasn't enough space for him, so he gave him more than half of the wall.
Fortunately, the buildings here were scattered, unlike in other cities where they were densely packed together. Gu Zheng didn't stand on ceremony. Originally, he planned to just have a small door, but now he directly expanded it into a passage that connected to the back.
At the back of the house, he rested a little on the flat ground and set up a simple formation around it. The main thing was to prevent people from looking inside. Gu Zheng didn't think that anyone would have the guts to behave atrociously here.
At this time, the Misty Island had entered an emergency state. In order to prevent some angry immortals from causing trouble, there were a few sentries everywhere.
Under Master Liu's curiosity, Gu Zheng took out a small golden pen. After half a circle, he focused on the pen and began to draw a golden symbol on the ground.
The symbol flashed slightly in the air, then rushed down and disappeared on the ground. A series of mysterious and unusual lines appeared under Gu Zheng's golden pen, dazzling Master Liu. He didn't know what Gu Zheng was doing.
Only then did he understand that Gu Zheng wasn't as weak as he thought. Just a trace of aura from the tip of the pen made Master Liu tremble in fear. It was as if he was facing a fierce tiger, and he was a rabbit shivering in front of it.
Despite this, Master Liu looked very seriously at what Gu Zheng was doing. Every step was forcibly imprinted in his mind. Except for some necessary things, everything else was pushed out. For a week, every time Gu Zheng came, Master Liu would be at his side on time, watching him draw some invisible patterns on the ground.
Although other people were very curious, they couldn't see anything. Gu Zheng just stood there inexplicably, but looking at the passing of the feeling of enlightenment, he regretfully understood that this was not his opportunity. He couldn't comprehend the concept of immortals.
At first, Master Liu didn't understand what he was doing, but later on, when he carefully observed, he suddenly seemed to see the sky full of stars on the ground, shining brightly. A mysterious and unusual feeling emerged in his heart.
Since then, Master Liu couldn't stop staring there day and night, and he found that the feeling was even more obvious at night.
Gu Zheng was aware of Master Liu's strangeness, but he didn't stop him. This formation was called the Big Dipper Vital Qi Formation. It was composed of seven small star formations, each of which responded to the other six star formations. It was very complicated. All of them combined together to form a Big Dipper.
It was a modified version of the Big Dipper in the sky. It could attract the power of the stars in the sky to the greatest extent. Moreover, the power of each star was different. Each star would draw out a different proportion of the power and mix it together. It was divided into Yin and Yang, and built into the four seasons, all five elements.
It could greatly improve the user's spiritual power, and it could also use the star power to refine some very delicate things, but it couldn't use the power to fight the enemy.
Because the violent power had dissipated in the mixing proportion, this was also calculated by Gu Zheng according to the Big Dipper in his previous life. It could be said that it was his own unique skill.
As long as the proportion of the seven star power was changed, it could be changed into another set of offensive and defensive formations. It could be said that it could be changed according to his needs.
But unfortunately, every time he changed it, he had to draw it again. It was very troublesome, and also the biggest disadvantage. Perhaps in the future, Gu Zheng would continue to optimize it.
After a total of seven days, Gu Zheng finally finished carving out all the details after the final stroke of golden light. Gu Zheng slowly stood at the edge of the painting and calmed the surging immortal energy in his body.
After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes. Gu Zheng gently patted his forehead.
A breath of clear air was spat out from Gu Zheng's mouth. It quickly rose and expanded, and then landed on this small formation.
The ground below began to flash, and countless fine lines and symbols lit up on the ground. Little by little, they began to spread from the middle to the surroundings.
Specks of white light appeared on the formation out of thin air. They were arranged according to some mysterious trajectory, vaguely forming countless star clusters. Looking carefully, it was as if the underground formation was standing horizontally.
Gu Zheng strolled to the center of the formation. His figure was faintly discernible in this sea of stars, causing Master Liu to be unable to see him clearly. Master Liu's eyes widened as he watched this scene.
Gu Zheng sat down cross-legged and began chanting. His hand kept firing out cyan beams of light. However, the light from the great array grew increasingly dim. When the last cyan beam of light entered the magic array, everything in the sky disappeared. It was as though everything that had happened earlier was just an illusion. Gu Zheng's eyes were filled with a strange light.
Master Liu rubbed his eyes again and found that it was indeed so. Could it be that he failed? But Gu Zheng's mouth was curled into a smile, and it didn't look like he had failed.
Gu Zheng just calibrated the stars in the sky. After finding that there were no mistakes, he directly hid the formation. Now was not a good time to activate it. He had to go back and rest for a while, and then come here after he had recharged his energy.
Until then, he would always stay here.
After Master Liu couldn't enter here, Gu Zheng changed and left.
Seven days later, a group of loose cultivators who had just arrived from the outside came to Misty Island. One of them, a fat man, called out to his companions, "Little Su, Old Qin, let's go eat something together. After drifting outside for so long, we can finally stay here for a few days."
"You are the local snake here. We will listen to your Big Brother Li." A young woman who looked delicate said, stroking her bangs in front of her face.
"Since the two of you have agreed, I have nothing else to say." Next to the two of them, there was an ordinary-looking middle-aged scholar who smiled bitterly.
"Don't worry, the food there is definitely to your taste." The fat man laughed and took the lead to walk in front, leading them to the only restaurant on the island.
When the three of them arrived at the restaurant, there were already many people sitting inside, but there were still many empty seats. The area of this restaurant was twice as large as usual, but it only had three floors.
Even so, it was never completely full. To be able to fill the first floor was already a lot of people.
The three of them casually found a seat on the ground. Immediately, a waiter came up to them and asked what they wanted.
"Just make a few dishes and two jugs of wine." The fat man took out a black token and threw it to the waiter.
"Wait a moment, it will be here soon."
The young woman, Little Su, was only at the early stage of the Sky Immortal Realm. She was very close to the scholar, looking very intimate. Seeing that the waiter only went back once and brought back a few dishes, she couldn't help but say angrily, "Big Brother Li, they are too perfunctory here. They actually didn't make it on the spot."
"It is like this here. Because there is only one chef, if you want to make it on the spot, you have to spend a lot of money. It is really too expensive and not worth it. However, these are all made today. The taste is very good. You will know when you try it." The fat man knew about the situation here and explained.
"Is that so?" The skeptical young woman picked up a piece of crystal clear meat. It was unknown what meat it was made of, but it emitted a fragrance. As the young woman slowly ate it, her expression slowly relaxed.
"Big Brother Li, it is indeed not bad. It can be said to be the best in the mortal realm." Little Su turned to the scholar and said, "Husband, you should also try it. It is much better than my cooking."
"How can that be? In my heart, your cooking is the best." The scholar also took a bite. The taste was indeed not bad. However, he wasn't a greedy person, so he also felt that this was the case.
"Haha, not bad, right? Let's find a place to rest later. When the Brilliant Light Secret Realm opens, you guys can get some benefits from it. Maybe Little Su can break through to the mid-stage." The fat man said vaguely as he ate. To him, this was already a supreme delicacy.
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