The autumn sky was clear and refreshing, and the scorching sun was covered by a layer of white clouds.
On a grassland with green hills and clear waters, Gu Zheng was grilling something by himself, and an alluring aroma filled the air.
"If Xiao Ye and the rest were here, they would definitely cry. Unfortunately, we can only meet again if fate wills it!" Gu Zheng flipped the skewers in his hands, and at the same time, he placed some simple seasonings on top of them. Then, he picked up the wooden stick and raised it.
"Xiao Ying, come out and eat!"
Beside Gu Zheng, a picture scroll floated in the air. Hearing Gu Zheng's voice, a small figure flew out from it. Her eyes shone as she looked at the barbecued meat in Gu Zheng's hands, and a sparkling liquid flowed out from the corner of her mouth.
"Do you want to eat? If you want to eat, just say it! "Gu Zheng waved the barbecued meat in his hand lightly, and the aroma on it spread even further.
"Young Master Gu!" Xiao Ying called out coquettishly, looking at Gu Zheng with pitiful eyes.
"Haha, here you go!" Gu Zheng laughed heartily, and no longer teased her. He stretched out his hand and passed the barbecued meat over. Then, he picked up another large piece of meat from the burning fire.
Although Xiao Ying's body was small, she could eat twice as much food as her body.
Although she no longer needed food, she still could not resist Gu Zheng's delicious food, and she fell in love with it.
By the time she finished eating, he had already passed it to her.
Xiao Ying hurriedly threw away the meat skewer, and took it again. She tore off a piece of meat and swallowed it. Her big eyes narrowed into crescents, and she seemed to be enjoying it very much.
The meat from the same wild animal was actually made into different flavors, and each one was super delicious.
"By the way, Young Master Gu, is the Xiao Ye you mentioned the big bird outside?" Xiao Ying asked vaguely as she ate quickly.
"En, but they also went there with Xing Cai. I also left them a message, and told them to accompany Xing Cai well." Gu Zheng extinguished the bonfire in front of him, and stood up to look into the distance. He could vaguely see a yellow yellow road in the distance.
After passing through this primeval forest, they would pass through a long stretch of wasteland and arrive at the Desert Sea City, which was within a radius of ten thousand kilometers.
The area in front of them was filled with yellow sand for tens of thousands of kilometers. It was impossible for anyone to live there.
However, in the middle, there was a very large oasis. In addition, when many people passed by nearby, they would be suddenly swept up by the wind and eventually sent to the innermost area, forming the initial population base of the city.
This was what Gu Zheng had found out in the previous city. However, these disappearances were just rumors. They did not know what exactly was going on inside. They were just legends.
After all, if an ordinary person wanted to walk out of that place, even without the intrusion of the sandstorm, it would take several years before they could come out. Basically, it was impossible for ordinary people to come out.
Most of this information was left behind by immortals who passed by. Since then, no one had passed by this place.
As for why he wanted to go to the Desert Sea City, it was because according to the starry sky, the nine-story pagoda was there.
"What a pity. I think he's very cute. I want to play with him." Xiao Ying, who had already eaten quickly, was still mumbling.
"If you have nothing to do, then come out and play. Transform your legs and hide your aura. Just don't scare others." Gu Zheng looked at Xiao Ying. Although she was emitting a ghostly aura, she was not affected at all outside. It was really strange.
"Really?" Xiao Ying looked at Gu Zheng with joy. Seeing Gu Zheng nod at her, she was also very happy.
Although she had only seen the outside a few times, it still attracted her attention. That colorful world was really something that one could not help but want to enter. Moreover, she had not even come to the outside world.
"Of course, but you can't casually touch people outside. It won't be good if you hurt others." Gu Zheng nodded. However, he felt that Xiao Ying was not careful, so he gave her his blessing.
"Okay, okay, I won't hit others." Xiao Ying twirled in the air excitedly. She also knew how fragile the people outside were. She was afraid that a casual move from her would cause countless deaths.
She quickly finished the food in her hand and threw the lantern in her hand back into the painting, hanging it in a corner of the room. Then, the painting rapidly shrank and returned to its normal size.
"Take it. If you need me to go back, you can directly summon me back. There won't be any problems." Xiao Ying harrumphed and stuffed the painting into Gu Zheng's arms.
"Okay, okay. But you also have to be careful. Don't get tricked away by others." Gu Zheng chuckled and said casually.
"Don't I still have you?" Xiao Ying's body began to glow with a green fluorescent light. The next moment, an eight or nine-year-old girl whose height barely reached Gu Zheng's waist appeared in the air. Her two little braids had also become shorter, and her short skirt had extended to below her knees. She wore a pair of small green shoes and danced in the air.
She looked exactly like a little fairy.
"Wow, is this the feeling of stepping on the ground? In the past, my grandfather wouldn't let me out at all. At most, I would follow him. " Xiao Ying tried to walk a few steps on the ground. Then, she started to run around madly while shouting excitedly.
Gu Zheng chuckled. After she ate the Scarlet Soul Pill, her cultivation had reached the peak of Jin Xian. Even half of the painting had been repaired. Half of the house had appeared in the corner of the painting. It felt like she had grown up a little.
"Alright, you have seen enough of this scenery. When the time comes, you will be tired of looking at it." Gu Zheng shouted at Xiao Ying, who had turned into a cloud of smoke.
"Swoosh!"
Xiao Ying's body immediately stopped in front of Gu Zheng. A gust of wind blew wildly in all directions. The surrounding grass was sent flying everywhere. It was a complete mess.
"Did you see that? If there were innocent beasts and people around, wouldn't they be harmed by you? No matter how excited you are, you have to control yourself. Do you understand?" Gu Zheng pointed at the surroundings and said to her.
"I know my mistake. I won't do it again!" Xiao Ying looked at the surroundings. She did not expect that she would cause so much damage just by playing around a little.
"When I have time in the future, I will bring you to see something good. You can't destroy that place even if you want to. It will be enough for you to enjoy. You should keep a low profile in the human world. You should know that if you attract the attention of some hypocrites and they capture you for alchemy, you will cry." Gu Zheng deliberately said with a straight face.
"Young Master, you won't let others capture me for alchemy. I am not afraid at all!" Xiao Ying smiled at Gu Zheng. She was not afraid of Gu Zheng's lecture at all. She could feel Gu Zheng's worry in her heart. That appearance of his did not scare her at all.
"Alright, let's go. We've been out for a year now. It's about time. Next, we need to hurry. If we can do this, we can find the culprit behind your grandfather's death." Gu Zheng clapped his hands and walked forward.
"I will not let them go. Not only my grandfather, but many of my grandfather's friends were killed by them. If it wasn't for my grandfather risking his life to protect me, I would have been devoured by them." Xiao Ying said hatefully when she heard this.
"When the time comes, we will deal with them together. Not only for your grandfather, but also for those who died tragically because of their selfish desires." Gu Zheng's eyes flashed with a sharp light. In the end, after hesitating for a long time, he still walked toward them.
Thinking of those hundreds of thousands of people who could not escape and died tragically below, although they were partly responsible, the biggest culprit was still those people.
Starry Sky was actually sent by the Star Tyrant to infiltrate the other party's system. Starry Sky had a special physique, and with the support of his race's treasure, even if he was corrupted by the other party, he could still maintain his true intelligence.
After a thousand years of hard work, he was at least accepted as a part of the periphery. However, he still could not find the other party's hiding place.
The only thing that made them feel relieved was that they had taken a fancy to the gourd in his hand. However, without the bloodline of Starlord, they could not control it. Therefore, this was an opportunity.
Their only hope was that Xing Xing would find the other party's hiding place before his mind completely fell.
Of course, Gu Zheng did not completely trust him. However, time was tight, and he was afraid that the monitoring spell left on him by the other party would detect something wrong. Gu Zheng and Xing Xing did not talk much. Otherwise, the other party would not have left so easily.
Moreover, he could not follow them because they had a strange teleportation method that could not be tracked at all. The only clue he had was the nine-story tower in the desert city. This was the only clue he had occasionally heard.
However, no matter how anxious he was, there was no other way. Xing Xing Xing returned in a sorry state this time. Even if Gu Zheng appeared, it would arouse the other party's distrust. Therefore, Gu Zheng first came here to look for some clues.
Three days later, they walked out of the grassland that made Xiao Ying forget to return. In front of them was a stretch of yellow. The further they went, the more desolate the land became.
Even so, Xiao Ying did not feel bored at all. For her, the weather was completely different from before. Her eyes were still shining as she looked around, as if there were flowers on the barren land.
Half a month later, Gu Zheng and Xiao Ying had already set foot on the real desert area. The scorching sun was emitting heat waves in the sky. Even the air was slightly distorted. The hot sand under their feet made a slight sound with every step they took.
At this time, Xiao Ying did not have the same enthusiasm as before. She lowered her head and slowly followed behind Gu Zheng. She walked step by step. She did not have the same enthusiasm as before.
"Young Master Gu, you said that the desert city is so mysterious. We flew over it and did not find the other party's location. Do we really have to walk step by step below or be sent there by the sandstorm?" Xiao Ying said weakly. After she was tired of looking at this irritating scenery, Xiao Ying really did not want to look at it anymore. It was really not fun.
"It is indeed a little strange. Even I did not find it." Gu Zheng nodded. He agreed with what she said.
Originally, they wanted to fly directly, but they found that they did not find the location of the desert city. How fast were they? In almost half a month, they had searched through this huge desert area, but still did not find it.
Gu Zheng looked carefully and found that there were some unusual fluctuations. He guessed that someone must have used a great magic power to hide the location of the desert city. Perhaps they had to use the most conventional method to find it. Then, they walked step by step towards the center of the desert.
After walking for a few days, even if they deliberately sped up their pace a little, they could only go a little deeper. After knowing that it would take a few more months, Xiao Ying became like this. She was like a frosted eggplant, sick and uninterested. She almost wanted to go back to her painting scroll.
"There is movement!" At this time, Xiao Ying's ears suddenly twitched. She suddenly raised her head and looked into the distance.
Gu Zheng also stopped and looked into the distance almost as soon as the other party spoke.
In the originally clear sky, a yellow storm suddenly gathered. It was as if it had appeared out of thin air. Then, in a very short time, countless yellow clouds slowly gathered in the sky and slowly rotated. A super huge sandstorm formed in the sky.
This kind of power of heaven and earth, even if it could not cause any harm to them, was enough to shock them.
They saw the yellow sandstorm, which was hundreds of meters in diameter, suddenly rise. It was as if a pillar had risen from the ground. The yellow sand whistling in the air was sucked in from below and poured into the sunken vortex above.
Gu Zheng saw a few flashes of light. His Divine Sense also looked in that direction. Unfortunately, the whole world was in chaos. He could not see what was happening inside.
They thought that the other party's aftershocks would hit them, but they could not feel any abnormalities. It was no different from normal. This made them, who were fully armed, feel that their actions were unnecessary.
The sandstorm came and went quickly. In less than half an hour, the sandstorm suddenly fell from the sky. The yellow clouds also quickly dissipated in the air as if they had never been there.
"There seems to be someone over there. Should we go and take a look?" At the same time when the sandstorm dissipated, Xiao Ying said. She had also seen a few obvious flashes of light in the sky.
"Let's go!"
Gu Zheng and Xiao Ying immediately ran forward. Even in this state, they maintained the running speed of an ordinary fifth step. They did not exceed this speed at all.
After three whole days, their speed suddenly came to a stop. A huge pit that was dozens of meters deep appeared in front of them. It covered an area of several thousand meters. Countless quicksand flowed down into the pit. Even so, there was still a sea of sand below. They had no idea how deep the sea of sand was.
"I'm afraid that the other party has not been sucked away. We don't know where he went. Maybe he is buried below." Xiao Ying's body slowly floated up, as if she was standing on Gu Zheng's shoulder. She looked into the distance.
Gu Zheng did not say anything. His eyes were looking all around. His divine sense was sweeping this huge area.
Suddenly, Gu Zheng's figure moved. He took a big stride forward and jumped into the huge hole. This gave Xiao Ying a fright. Just as she was about to follow him, she found that Gu Zheng had already flown up. This time, he was carrying a person in his hand.
"Help him treat him." Gu Zheng's hand shook. The face of the person covered in yellow sand was revealed. It looked like a young monk. The monk's robe on his body was in tatters. Some of his flesh was even ground by the sand. He was on the verge of death.
Hearing that, Xiao Ying waved her small hand in the air. A green light scattered from the air. It fell on the monk's body like specks of green light and merged with his body again.
The breath of the young monk, who looked like he could die at any time, recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Is he really buried below? If we didn't come, wouldn't he be buried alive? This is too scary. "Xiao Ying thought of Gu Zheng's actions and said with lingering fear.
"Let's wait and see. He is the only one in the vicinity. However, to be able to escape from the storm, he must have some skills." Gu Zheng said in a deep voice. At the same time, he led them to retreat some distance away from the huge pit.
After a full day, the little monk with a cultivation base of late Heaven Immortal Realm finally woke up.
"Are you all right?" Xiao Ying floated in the air, appearing before the eyes of the young monk below.
"He has just woken up. Don't disturb him. Wait at the side for a while." Gu Zheng grabbed Xiao Ying's calf and pulled her back.
After waiting for half a day, the young monk, who was lying on the ground, stood up. He looked at his brand new clothes and then at Xiao Ying and Gu Zheng, who were sizing him up. Then, he clasped his palms, bowed his head and said.
"Benefactors, thank you for saving my life."
"We just happened to see you. Are you the monk who ran out from the inside?" Xiao Ying's body floated up. Just like before, she hovered in the air and circled around the young monk.
Gu Zheng also looked over curiously. He wanted to know why the monk had to leave from the inside. Could it be that he couldn't just fly away?
"Sigh, it's a long story. I wonder, could it be that benefactors want to go to Desert Sea City?" The young monk's face turned gloomy and he did not say anything.
"Of course we are going to Desert Sea City. You are really strange. If we don't go there, who would want to pass through this dry desert? It is not fun at all, "Xiao Ying answered first.
"Of course. We are going there to visit Grandmaster Wu Xiang. We have heard that his Buddhist teachings are profound and we want to ask him for some guidance," Gu Zheng said as well.
"Sigh, I advise you not to go there anymore. Right now, everyone there is in a state of panic. Even Master can't do anything about it. He told us to break out of the encirclement and go to the west to find Grandmaster De Shan. You saw the result. If you two hadn't appeared, our team would have been wiped out," the young monk said.
"What's going on? That Grandmaster Wu Xiang is said to possess boundless magic power. Furthermore, without his protection, the Sand City would have long since disappeared. How could we encounter something that we can't resolve?" Gu Zheng asked as he pondered in his heart.
Based on what he had heard in the starry sky, it seemed that they had already made a move on Grandmaster Wu Xiang. Gu Zheng had assumed that Grandmaster Wu Xiang had long since blocked their sneak attack. He did not expect Grandmaster Wu Xiang to appear at this juncture. Could it be related to the information he had heard in the cave?
After hearing Gu Zheng's words, the young monk's face became even more embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Desert Sea City is now completely closed.
We do not welcome outsiders here. Benefactors, please leave. If you have the opportunity in the future, please come and visit my master. "
Xiao Ying was angered by the young monk's refusal and immediately said, "Sigh, you are a little unreasonable. If you don't let us in, we won't enter. There is a sea of people who want to see our Young Master. This is your master's honor, do you know that?"
"No matter what you say, thank you for saving my life. However, please leave quickly," the young monk said again, ignoring the other party.
"Rumble!"
Following the rumbling, yellow clouds appeared in the sky again.
"It's coming again!" the young monk shouted with a pale face.
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