Gu Zheng stood on top of it, maintaining his chopping posture. He was motionless in midair.
As for the huge golden sword, it was slowly pressing down on the clouds.
An unknown power rose up from the clouds, greatly reducing the power of the golden sword. At the same time, three different colors intertwined around the golden sword in the sea of clouds. The golden sword that was hundreds of meters long began to shrink at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Gu Zheng's magic power was flowing out like an ocean. He wouldn't have a better chance next time. No matter what, he had to heavily injure his opponent. At the very least, he had to let his opponent know how powerful he was so that he wouldn't force him.
No matter how tough and strange the clouds were, when half of the golden sword was left, the layer of clouds was finally cut open, revealing the green scales inside.
Although it was called a scale, it was more like a metallic feather. It was tightly stuck to his body like a protective armor, acting as his last line of defense.
"Ji ji!"
Just as the golden sword was about to reach him, the Jade Night Bird suddenly let out a low roar. A black light flashed in its mouth, and rings of black sound waves flew out of its mouth. Countless sound waves condensed into the shape of various weapons and attacked the golden sword. As for the remaining ones, they continued to sweep towards Gu Zheng.
When Gu Zheng saw this, his body trembled slightly, and a large piece of hailstone appeared in the air, crashing down with extreme speed.
However, when they came into contact with the sound waves, all the hailstones paused in the air. Then, like porcelain shattering, large cracks rose from them, and they disintegrated into a cloud of mist.
They were shattered from the inside out.
This caused Gu Zheng to be greatly alarmed and he quickly released his hand. A green Qi covered his entire body as he continued to run forward.
BOOM!
Just as Gu Zheng left, a huge explosion rang out in the air. At the same time, a furious roar rang out, causing Gu Zheng's speed to suddenly increase.
SWISH!
Not long after Gu Zheng escaped, a huge figure in the surrounding chilly wind chased after him. The huge wings flapped again, and the surrounding chilly wind whistled and smashed towards Gu Zheng. Each of them was the size of a small house.
Gu Zheng's hands suddenly clasped together, and purple lightning appeared around him. They seemed to be entangled in the air, but they actually surrounded Gu Zheng tightly, not leaving a single gap.
Just as he finished doing all this, the cold wind hit the periphery. When these huge rocks touched the purple electric net, they were accompanied by a sizzling sound. One after another, they turned into gray gas and rose.
It didn't cause any trouble for Gu Zheng at all, but it succeeded in slowing down Gu Zheng's speed.
The Jade Night Bird accelerated and directly arrived in front of Gu Zheng, blocking Gu Zheng's path.
"This is going to be a bit troublesome!"
Gu Zheng stopped in the air and muttered to himself as he looked at the other party's furious eyes.
At this moment, the other party didn't seem to be injured at all. Its aura was still very violent. The attack that he spent so much effort on only made the other party angrier.
Gu Zheng stood up helplessly. He looked to the left and right, trying to find a way to escape again.
At this moment, Gu Zheng felt a vibration at his waist. A shadow suddenly flew out from inside. It was the weak Xiao Ye. A stream of light protected her.
At this moment, she spread her wings and blocked Gu Zheng's head. She screeched at the huge Jade Night Bird in front of her.
The Jade Night Bird that originally wanted to attack suddenly stopped in the air. It looked at its own kind. Its eyes flickered and no one knew what it was thinking.
On the other side, Xiao Ye cried out excitedly. After a while, the huge Jade Night Bird responded twice.
SQUEAK!
SQUEAK! SQUEAK!
The two of them communicated in the air for a long time. Gu Zheng realized that the other party's fierce aura had started to decrease. Although he didn't know what the other party was talking about, he knew that Xiao Ye had helped him out.
The huge Jade Night Bird's body emitted a faint light. Its body shrank rapidly until it was five times the size of Xiao Ye. Only then did it stop shrinking.
Looking at the other party's appearance, it obviously didn't want to stop him anymore.
SQUEAK!
Xiao Ye chirped twice at Gu Zheng. At the same time, its body flew forward. It looked back at Gu Zheng and signaled him to follow.
Gu Zheng thought for a moment and put away the weapon in his hand. Only then did he follow Xiao Ye's figure and fly forward.
Even though the other party's body had shrunk, the pressure that it gave Gu Zheng didn't decrease at all. Especially now, Gu Zheng wasn't prepared at all. If the other party suddenly attacked, he wouldn't be able to react at all.
His whole body was tense as he followed Xiao Ye into the distance. Only when its figure disappeared into the cold wind behind did Gu Zheng heave a sigh of relief. He caught up with Xiao Ye in front and took out a pill and handed it to Xiao Ye.
"Thank you, Xiao Ye!"
Xiao Ye stretched its head and swallowed the pill. It raised its head and chirped twice as if to say that this was what it should do. Then, it went back into the cauldron pagoda to rest.
Gu Zheng rushed forward and found that the whole world had suddenly changed. A towering valley was not far in front of him. Unknowingly, he was about to come out.
At the same time, in the periphery, a large swaying purple flower was slightly swaying with the breeze. Gu Zheng felt a very familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
He looked back at the cold wind behind him. It was still whistling in the sky. Then, his figure rushed straight to the valley in front of him.
While flying halfway, suddenly, a loud roar came from behind. Gu Zheng's body trembled. He suddenly pulled out his weapon and turned around to defend himself. He felt that the Jade Night Bird was chasing after him again.
However, his actions were unnecessary. Looking at the cold wind behind him, he didn't see the Jade Night Bird. It seemed that it didn't show any signs of wanting to come out.
Gu Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was a little too sensitive. Just as he was about to put away his weapon and continue moving forward, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the cold wind.
However, before Gu Zheng could react, the same tri-colored light ball chased out from inside and directly hit the black shadow. In the next moment, its whole body was surrounded by tri-colored light. It didn't even have a trace of extra struggle and disappeared from the air.
When Gu Zheng saw this scene, he took two steps back. This was too terrifying. That figure had the strength of the middle stage of Jin Xian, but it was instantly killed in the blink of an eye.
Although the black shadow didn't make a sound at all, Gu Zheng still recognized that it was the dark one who had opposed him before. He didn't expect to die in the hands of the Jade Night Bird.
He had a new understanding of the strength of the Jade Night Bird.
However, he didn't know why the other party had been staying here. Was it guarding here?
Gu Zheng didn't think much about it. Looking at the cold wind that had calmed down, he turned and flew towards the valley.
After entering from the only entrance outside, Gu Zheng didn't have time to look around carefully. He saw Xing Cai's figure lying on the side.
On the grassland on the side, there were dozens of stone platforms of different sizes. They were slightly protruding from the ground and were very conspicuous. Most of them were empty and had a thick layer of dust on them.
On one of the stone platforms near the front, Xing Cai's body was lying on it. It seemed that she was unconscious.
Gu Zheng immediately rushed up and wanted to help Xing Cai up. However, when he had just reached the stone platform, a layer of white light suddenly rose from under the stone platform, forming a light shield that surrounded the stone platform and blocked Gu Zheng's movements. Xing Cai's figure was also trapped inside.
"Xing Cai! Xing Cai! "
Gu Zheng slapped the shield with force, making banging sounds as he shouted loudly, trying to wake Xing Cai up.
After shouting for a long time, just when Gu Zheng couldn't help but break open the shield violently, Xing Cai finally moved. Her eyelashes were constantly trembling, a sign that she was about to wake up.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng calmed down again and just kept calling for Xing Cai.
After a full quarter of an hour, Xing Cai finally opened her eyes.
"Xing Cai, can you hear me? Get up! "Gu Zheng hurriedly said from outside.
Xing Cai looked at Gu Zheng with confused eyes, then slowly stood up. Looking at the white shield around her, she reached out and slapped it around her as if she wanted to break open the shield that surrounded her.
"Xing Cai, what's wrong with you?" Gu Zheng saw that something was wrong with Xing Cai and quickly asked.
However, Xing Cai still looked around in confusion and wanted to go out mechanically.
But her weak hands couldn't break the shield no matter how hard she tried. She just kept repeating it in vain.
At this time, Gu Zheng discovered that Xing Cai's eyes were lifeless, as if her soul had been hooked out of her.
"Wait for me, I will save you." Gu Zheng shouted at her again, then took a step back.
Raising his palm, a golden light emerged from it, then he slapped the shield in front of him.
"Bang!"
A light collision sound was heard, and the entire light barrier was trembling. It seemed like the light barrier would be completely shattered if it was hit again.
"Boom boom boom!"
Before Gu Zheng could hit it again, a series of roaring sounds came from the whole valley.
Countless lights began to flicker in the valley, startling Gu Zheng. He stopped what he was doing and looked around vigilantly.
"Boom boom!"
Another huge vibration came from the valley. After the whole ground shook, the valley calmed down.
Gu Zheng raised his head and looked at the sky. A transparent shield covered the sky, completely sealing him inside.
However, he didn't ask about it. Instead, he raised his fist again, wanting to save Xing Cai first.
"If I were you, I would definitely not break this shield."
Suddenly, a slightly aged voice rang out in the air, causing Gu Zheng's movements to stop.
"Who is it?" Gu Zheng didn't think that there would be someone here. He immediately looked around vigilantly. The small valley was searched by Gu Zheng in a few breaths, but there was no one here.
"If you continue to go inside, you will find me!" That voice came from the sky again, and then there was no more sound.
Gu Zheng hesitated and looked at Xing Cai behind him. At this time, she was looking at Gu Zheng in a daze. That curiosity was like seeing Gu Zheng for the first time.
After thinking for a while, Gu Zheng decided to go inside to see who was stopping him. The other party didn't seem to have any bad intentions.
The deeper he went, the more lush the trees became. In just half a cup of tea's time, Gu Zheng followed the only path and reached the end.
On the stone wall in front of him, there was a spinning blue vortex that was slowly rotating. At the same time, there was a small hole next to it. A trickle of water flowed out from it and fell into a small pool below.
However, there was no one. Just as he was wondering, the blue vortex suddenly flashed. The water next to it was pulled by an invisible force and quickly gathered together to form a figure.
Although the figure was very blurry and the water was still flowing, it could be seen that it was the figure of an old man.
"Let me introduce myself. I am the guardian spirit of this Land of Inheritance. If you are lucky, you might have heard of me." The old man said.
"So it's the guardian spirit senior!" Gu Zheng's expression was filled with respect. He had seen some fragments in the illusion and knew of the guardian spirit's existence. When he returned, he had asked around a little.
Although the guardian spirit had chosen to guard this place because he was seriously injured, he had given up his body to guard this place. This spirit made Gu Zheng admire him.
"Haha, it seems that after so many years, there are still people who remember me." The guardian spirit said with relief.
"Senior guardian spirit, I don't know why you won't let me save my companions." Gu Zheng knew that it was the guardian spirit who had stopped him.
The guardian spirit first criticized Gu Zheng and then said, "You were too reckless. You directly used force as soon as you entered. Now that the restrictions of the entire valley have been opened, you won't be able to leave for the next few hundred years. Aside from the teleportation formation, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."
"Actually, you can't be blamed. No one has come here for such a long time. Normally, I would be in a deep sleep. The main thing is that the Soul Devouring Flower outside has affected you. However, during the self-mediation just now, more than half of your body has been lost. It won't have any effect on you. After all, you are only slightly infected. "
When Gu Zheng heard this, he understood that his actions just now were a little strange. Why was he so impatient to save Xing Cai? He didn't even observe the surroundings to see if there was any danger. At that time, his mind was like a one-track mind.
"If I were here, I would definitely remind you. I also didn't expect that two people would come here at the same time in these few years."
"Soul Devouring Flower!"
Gu Zheng was shocked. He remembered that it was clearly recorded in the book in the Land of Inheritance. No wonder it looked so familiar. However, he had just come out of the Yin Wind Array and was rejoicing. He really didn't think about it.
"It seems that you know. That's even better. Fortunately, you didn't stay outside for too long. Otherwise, the fragrance of the flower would have made you pick it and eat it. If that really happened, you would have ended up like that little girl." The guardian spirit looked at Gu Zheng's shocked expression and said.
"You're saying that Xing Cai ate the Soul Devouring Flower? That's why she became like this? "Gu Zheng unconsciously raised his voice. Thinking of Xing Cai's silly look, he quickly asked.
"Then is there a way to recover her?"
"Of course there is, but it's too difficult because the grade is too high. Moreover, it requires a lot of supplementary materials. The most regrettable thing is that the main material needs a mutated type of the Soul Devouring Flower. There must be some outside, but you can't go out now." The guardian spirit said with some regret, but soon added another sentence.
"Even if you go out, it's useless. You can't resist the temptation of the Soul Devouring Flower. Only a person with a particularly pure heart can pick it because the Soul Devouring Flower arouses the desire in the heart. Therefore, your friend can be said to be completely hopeless. When I found out, I almost couldn't pull her back and locked her in the stone platform."
"Then can you let her out first? Tell me how to save her." Gu Zheng thought for a moment and said this.
"This is the refining method for a Soul Returning Pill. The materials required are in a small room on the side. There should be some spare materials there. As for your friend, you can't let her out yet. Otherwise, she will pass through that barrier and return to the sea of flowers and become a part of it." The guardian spirit pointed in the air, and a water droplet flew from its fingertip to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng reached out and caught it. He sent his Divine Sense into it. Soon, he saw the refining method and materials of the Soul Returning Pill. He thanked the guardian spirit gratefully.
"Thank you, senior!"
"I was originally the guardian of this place, but now, more and more people are coming here. I'm afraid this is the only thing I can help you with. I only have one chance to send you away. Find your opportunity here. If you're fated, your fortune will naturally descend. If you're not fated, don't force it." The guardian spirit said in a somewhat lonely voice. At the same time, its illusory body fell from the air again into the pool below and disappeared.
Gu Zheng looked at the blue whirlpool and bowed slightly again. Then, he walked towards the forest on the side.
There was only one side of the forest on this side. On the other side, there were only trees on the side of the road. Inside, there was an empty grassland. It was similar to the outside.
Gu Zheng wandered in the forest for a long time. Finally, he found a wooden house in the corner.
The outside of the wooden house was covered by vines. Even his Divine Sense couldn't scan it. Gu Zheng had to grope his way in bit by bit.
He tore off the hard vines with great effort. Only then did he walk in.
The whole house wasn't big. There was nothing extra inside. There were more than a dozen boxes neatly placed inside. Other than being covered in dust, there were a few simple seals on them.
There were simple seals on the chests. After Gu Zheng opened them one by one, he found that they were all rare medicinal ingredients.
"Wintersweet Grass, Asoka Flower …"
Gu Zheng compared them with the pill recipe in his head. Almost all the herbs were stored here.
Among them, some still had a lot left. Some had already been emptied. They should have been left behind by the previous people. They were placed here in case they were not needed.
It should be known that these things were very rare now. Even two of the herbs could only be found in specific places.
Only then did Gu Zheng notice that these more than a dozen boxes were also extraordinary magic weapons. After being stored until now, these things could still be used.
However, the only thing missing was the mutated Soul Devouring Flower, which could only be found outside.
Gu Zheng calculated in his heart. If a Soul Devouring Flower could be refined once, then there were more than a dozen uses here. This made Gu Zheng a lot more confident.
He wasn't good at this. If there were only a few of them, he couldn't guarantee that he could successfully refine it. With so many opportunities, he felt more confident in his heart.
Gu Zheng casually waved his hand and put away all of the chests.
All the boxes had been carefully divided. He just had to put them in according to a certain order. It really saved him a lot of trouble.
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