The two women and one man stared at Elder Gu with their mouths agape. Their faces were filled with disbelief, as if they had seen a ghost.
"I didn't expect you guys to still be alive. Ma Zhu, Ma Lian, and You Hao." Elder Gu looked at the three people in front of her. Although they weren't her subordinates, they were the ones who resisted the most. How could she not recognize them?
"Elder Gu, I didn't expect you to still be alive." Ma Zhu, who had a tenacious face, said excitedly.
"All of us are dead. Only the three of us are left. We're dealing with an enemy here. We're just waiting for him to come out so we can kill him." Ma Lian's eyes were already filled with tears. She, who was already soft, almost couldn't hold back her tears.
"We sensed a battle just now. We don't know what happened. In order to prevent someone from destroying this place, we closed the door. But it seems like we were overthinking." As the only one with great strength, You Hao was also excited. However, he quickly calmed down and said to the dark man lying on the side.
"Sigh, you guys have worked hard." Elder Gu said with a sigh. There were probably not many people from that time who could survive till now.
"For Lord Black Dragon, everything is nothing!" The three of them said in unison.
"This time, I also need your help. Although Elder Li has already sacrificed himself, we still have to continue. You will follow this young master to the Black Dragon Hall. Let him explain the details." Elder Gu didn't say anything and pushed everything to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng was helpless when he heard this because he didn't know much. However, seeing Elder Gu absorbing the spiritual energy with all her might, he could only accept this mission.
Seeing the three unsuspecting people walking over, Gu Zheng and the others introduced themselves to each other.
Of the two Ma sisters, Ma Zhu was the elder sister and Ma Lian was the younger sister. Both of them were at the late stage of Jin Xian.
As for You Hao, he was at the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm, and he was the temporary leader of the group.
Their purpose here was to wipe out a small group of rebels, but so far, other than Dark Man, everyone had been killed, and on their side, only the three of them were left, the others were all dead.
It wasn't that they hadn't fought with this guy before, but the three of them were unable to defeat him. Furthermore, there was so much Spirit Qi here, so after a few stalemates, this dark man would hide.
They had also set up a trap at the entrance, deliberately opening the door so that the other party would trigger the trap if they wanted to leave. There was no restriction on entering.
They also understood the reason for Gu Zheng's arrival. Even the matter of Ren Xue had been brought up by Gu Zheng. He was afraid that it would cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.
Seeing that Elder Gu had no objections, they didn't say anything even though they felt uncomfortable.
With that said, more than half a day had passed, and the two sides were considered to be together. As for the door outside, it was easy for them to open it.
Gu Zheng also learned about the past from Dark Man, and roughly knew what had happened after that.
Just as the two sides were about to rest, Dark Man slowly woke up. However, the first thing he saw was Elder Gu, who was absorbing Spirit Qi in the air. He then turned his head to look at the people around him, as if he didn't dare to accept the truth in front of him. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted again.
Gu Zheng couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. With You Hao and the others, the information from Dark Man's mouth didn't matter. However, thinking about other things, Gu Zheng decided to let him live for now.
A day passed in the blink of an eye, and Elder Gu finished absorbing Spirit Qi this time. She once again turned into a red key and hung in front of Gu Zheng's chest, and the flower withered and completely disappeared.
Gu Zheng understood that Elder Gu had finished absorbing Spirit Qi, and her strength had most likely stabilized. However, he wasn't here. Now that Elder Gu had opened the link, even if he could borrow her power outside, he couldn't maintain it for too long.
However, how long was this' too long '? Gu Zheng asked specifically. It was just a matter of three days. Moreover, as long as he reached the inner hall, he would be able to borrow Spirit Qi as he pleased.
This greatly boosted Gu Zheng's confidence. Three days was too long. If he had one more day, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state. Even if Ren Xue was up to no good, he wouldn't be afraid.
After seeing that there were no problems, Gu Zheng brought the others and left this place. As for Xiao Ye, it grabbed onto Dark Man. In any case, with its strength, it wouldn't be able to harm Dark Man.
As for the sword, before leaving, Gu Zheng unsealed it and threw it back.
As soon as the sword was freed, it shook and hundreds of clones appeared on the altar. At the same time, hundreds of other weapons appeared. The air was filled with weapons, and tyrannical fluctuations came from above. It was as if it had become a world of weapons.
However, it was a pity that this could only be seen by the air. Gu Zheng and the others left without looking back, allowing the weapon to continue guarding this place.
After waiting for a long time, all of the weapons, including the sword, silently dissipated into white light, and the altar returned to normal.
When Gu Zheng brought them to the hall, You Hao and the others stopped here. They knew where Gu Zheng was going, but they didn't want to go. Instead, they waited for Gu Zheng.
On the other side, the few spirit pets also flew over with him. Now that everything was safe, he let them fly outside because he had the strength to protect them.
Soon, Gu Zheng passed by the pile of corpses and arrived at the hall.
At this moment, Ren Xue was standing on the ground with a rosy face. She was wearing flowery clothes and was in high spirits. There were even a few bright-colored wreaths in her hair. It seemed that she had already obtained what she had left behind.
Beside her, there was a flower ball that was as tall as a person. He could vaguely see Zi Yi's body wrapped in it, but now he could feel the vigorous aura.
"Young friend, you're really fast. You solved the Seven Spirits Formation so quickly. Thanks to you, I barely recovered 30% of my strength. As for your friend, you saw it too. When he woke up, he was completely healed. You have to know that this consumed a very precious item of mine."
When Ren Xue saw Gu Zheng return, she immediately chuckled and said.
"Sir, save me, Sir Ren!" Before Gu Zheng could speak, the dark man who was placed on the ground by Xiao Ye suddenly spoke.
He had a look of relief on his face. He didn't expect Ren Xue to be alive. Furthermore, these people were sent by him. In this way, his life was saved.
"Who are you?" Ren Xue frowned and looked at the dark man, but she had no impression of him.
"Sir, have you forgotten? I'm a member of the Spider Squad, Black Scorpion. I was sent by you to destroy the Seven Spirits Formation and attract their attention. "The dark man quickly shouted and rolled closer to Ren Xue.
"I seem to have some impression of you, but now you're the only one left?" Ren Xue used her fingers to massage her temples and seemed to be rummaging through her memories.
"The others have already sacrificed themselves, and I'm the only one left. I didn't expect to see you again, so you let me continue to fight with you." Black Scorpion immediately said sincerely.
"Hehe!" Ren Xue smiled brilliantly and pointed her finger at him. A pink ray of light emerged from her fingertip, and a petal formed in the air and flew towards Black Scorpion.
"Thank you, Sir!" Black Scorpion was overjoyed. It seemed that Ren Xue helped him to open the restriction on his body.
Gu Zheng didn't stop them and just looked at them coldly.
However, the petal spun in the air. When it approached Black Scorpion, it suddenly accelerated and the restriction on his body flew towards his head.
Black Scorpion didn't expect this. He was still in a sealed state and didn't even have time to react. He still had a smile on his face, but in the next moment, his head exploded and turned into a bloody mist.
Before he died, he was still thinking about how to break the restriction.
Not only him, but everyone else also didn't react. Gu Zheng looked at the opposite side in surprise, as if he didn't understand why the other party did this.
"I know why you brought him, but in my memory, he was already a traitor, so he was sent there at that time. There were people guarding the Seven Spirits Formation, and its power was ten times stronger than now. So, it was just sending them to their deaths." Ren Xue didn't seem to care and gave Gu Zheng a reason to be unconvinced.
However, Black Scorpion was already dead. Even so, Gu Zheng's face still turned gloomy. Even if he didn't care, Black Scorpion was still his captive. She didn't even ask him about it. She clearly saw through him. Naturally, Gu Zheng was furious.
"In that case, your injuries are healed. Let's part here," Gu Zheng said expressionlessly as he kept the flower wrapped in purple into the cauldron pagoda.
"Don't be so stingy. He's not your man," Ren Xue said disapprovingly. However, when she saw Gu Zheng turn and leave, she hurriedly said.
"Don't leave. Without your Illusory Demon Orb, I can't leave this place."
Previously, she had already explored the place and found that the outside door was still sealed. She also knew how Gu Zheng had entered.
"I'll tell you this. There are some friends of mine outside. If you dare attack them, don't blame me for turning hostile," Gu Zheng said coldly as he stopped and turned around.
After saying that, he slightly activated the aura of the red key, causing Gu Zheng's aura to change in a flash. Gu Zheng believed that Black Scorpion wouldn't be mistaken.
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing." Feeling that aura, Ren Xue was also shocked. That aura was obviously stronger than her current cultivation. However, Black Scorpion still had the same cultivation as before.
Moreover, she was also clear when Black Scorpion attacked a few times before. At this moment, she was a little confused when facing Gu Zheng, who she thought she understood thoroughly.
The group hurried to the hall again. Ren Xue looked at the few people in the hall and understood why Gu Zheng said that.
"Alright, we can go out now. Wait a moment. There's an early-stage Zenith Heaven enemy outside. He's ambushing us," Gu Zheng said to everyone.
"Leave it to me. I'll definitely not let him hurt anyone here or his spiritual pet," Ren Xue promised.
Although her cultivation hadn't fully recovered, she was confident enough.
Gu Zheng didn't say anything. He took out the Illusory Demon Orb, then spat out a stream of blood from his mouth and directly poured it on it.
The blood was strangely absorbed by the Illusory Demon Orb. It seemed to begin to flash as if it had been activated.
Everyone here was squeezed together. As for Xiao Ye and the others, they were temporarily sucked into the cauldron pagoda.
"Get ready, we're going out," Gu Zheng took a deep breath and said slowly. He was also prepared to borrow Elder Gu's power.
Boom!
Just as Gu Zheng was about to activate it, the ground suddenly trembled. It didn't seem to stop at all. Instead, it became more and more intense. Even the bodies of everyone began to shake along with the hall.
The originally calm door in front of them also became chaotic rapidly. Dazzling lights flickered on it at an extremely fast speed.
It was obvious that they couldn't use the Illusory Demon Orb to pass through again. They had to wait until everything calmed down.
"What's going on?" Gu Zheng stabilized his body in the shaking and asked in confusion.
"The Black Dragon Hall is open!" Ren Xue's face became serious. She turned her head to look at the void as if she could see through that position.
"The Black Dragon Hall!" You Hao and the Ma sisters looked at each other and cried out in surprise. Their eyes were full of worry.
Had the people outside opened the Black Dragon Hall?
.....
At this time, everyone outside the Black Dragon Hall was excited. The original periphery was receding rapidly. Accompanied by the trembling of the earth, they could clearly feel that the Black Dragon Hall was slowly appearing in front of them.
After half a day, as the trembling disappeared again, everyone looked at it in unison and rushed inside at an extremely fast speed.
It was as if there was a delicious treasure in front of them.
But it was true. Most of them didn't collect anything outside. They just casually rummaged through the places they passed by.
On the one hand, there was basically nothing good outside. It required too much energy. On the other hand, it was concentrated in this place. Everyone knew about the treasures in the Black Dragon Hall.
Although the outside was filled with trinkets that the Black Dragon didn't care about and were all things that were given as rewards, in the eyes of these people, they were all very precious. Their goal was the periphery.
At this time, after a few days of discussion, a tacit understanding had been formed. In the periphery of the Black Dragon Hall, whoever got close to the treasure first would be the first to collect it. Unless there was no way to collect it, no one else could interfere.
"Madam Half Dream, why do you still want to see Lord Black Dragon?" Halfway through, Xing Ba asked Madam Half Dream while moving at full speed.
The Black Dragon Hall had already opened, but they still hadn't seen the shadow of the Black Dragon Hall. It was indeed strange. Were they really not afraid of any problems?
"You don't have to worry about that. My husband has already gone in. But he has other things to do. It doesn't conflict with our route. Maybe we won't see him even if we leave." Madam Half Dream didn't want to reply, but she still answered Xing Ba's doubts.
Xing Ba felt the coldness of the other party and knew that she didn't want to talk about it now. He swallowed the rest of his words, but he felt even more strange. But the most important thing now was to go around the Inner Hall and get what he needed.
In just a few breaths, Lord Pang's group had already approached the Black Dragon Hall. The door of the hall, which was dozens of feet wide, was already open. It was big enough to allow all of them to enter at the same time.
Everyone could clearly feel the majesty of the Black Dragon Hall. It was like a small city. Not only that, but there was also room to expand inside. In fact, the area inside was more than ten times larger than the outside. After all, the Black Dragon's body was already very small.
But suddenly, there was a ripple of light at the entrance of the hall. When everyone was about to get close, a layer of transparent water covered the entrance like a water curtain, blocking everyone's path.
"What's going on?"
"Who's causing trouble!"
Everyone slammed on the brakes and stopped at the entrance. They were all talking and asking each other, but no one knew what was going on. So they looked at their leaders, hoping that they could explain.
But they were disappointed that they didn't know what was going on either.
"It seems that the guy over there has also gone in." Only Madam Half Dream looked at the water curtain in front of her thoughtfully and said.
The others noticed Madam Half Dream's whisper and gathered around.
But the leader of Goblin's group was the first to come over. He had already removed his disguise. If he wasn't the General of the Left, who else could it be? Because of the relationship between the two, he just stood silently by the side.
Xing Ba glanced at him and didn't look for trouble. This wasn't the time to look for grudges. Furthermore, the two of them were at the same level. Perhaps no one could do anything to the other. The only thing he was worried about was the lives of his daughter and the others.
But Qi Yun was very tactful. He knew that Xing Ba hated him to the core. He simply brought his people in another direction. Anyway, as long as Madam Half Dream spoke, they would be able to hear her.
The old woman didn't stand on ceremony. Seeing that the people around her were too embarrassed to speak, she simply spoke.
"Madam Half Dream, I've heard a lot about you. How did this happen?"
The protection in front of them wasn't scary. What was scary was that if there were people inside who knew how to set up traps, they would be in trouble after entering.
This was the residence of a Quasi-Sage. Even if they were Big Heavenly Immortals, if the other party set up a trap, they wouldn't dare to say that they could escape unscathed. Moreover, there were so many Jin Xian behind them.
"Everyone, don't worry. I know what you're worried about. But I can tell you clearly that other than the places where things are hidden, there might be some restrictions. There aren't any restrictions in other places. Also, most of them aren't strong. So everyone just needs to be careful." Madam Half Dream looked around and smiled.
"But what's up with this defense? Is there someone opposing us inside? "Old Man Mo asked from the side.
"Hehe, everyone should know about this problem. Some of the Dark Ones are secretly causing trouble. Some of the terrain traps were also the masterpieces of the other party. If not for the other party causing trouble, we would have entered long ago." Madam Half Dream looked at the unfamiliar human and didn't hide anything.
"The other party definitely doesn't know about other mechanisms. Everyone has seen the door. It's not very strong. The other party only used some of the mechanisms of the Black Dragon Hall. No one knows what's inside because those who knew have already disappeared."
"Madam's help allowed everyone to enter. I'm very grateful for this. I'll remember this kindness. Then, I'll test this defense first."
Old Man Mo smiled. Then, he walked to the front of the group and looked at the water screen in front of him carefully.
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