In the blink of an eye, Gu Zheng had already spent more than five years here.
During this period of time, the Blue Medicine Sect was peaceful. There were no invasions and no other accidents. Everything passed by peacefully.
Gu Zheng didn't go anywhere in these two years. He was basically familiarizing himself with the magic treasure he refined. On the other hand, Xiao Ying was crazy all day long. She basically didn't come back. She even ran to Pan Xuan's place to bring messages to Gu Zheng.
"She likes that bracelet very much."
As for Xiao Ying, she didn't come back for at least a few days. At most, it was estimated that everyone knew that Xiao Ying was running around with Gu Zheng's badge.
As for that Uncle Gao, he simply didn't know Gu Zheng's identity, nor did he know his name. Thus, Gu Zheng didn't hide his name. Thus, he simply didn't know that the person who had nearly been killed in the past had also come here.
However, he probably didn't care even if he knew. After all, his strength was much stronger than when he first met Gu Zheng. How could he be afraid of Gu Zheng who was only in the early Grand Immortal realm?
Gu Zheng also knew everything about this place. On every island, there were different spiritual herbs planted. When Gu Zheng came here, there were defensive spiritual herbs in those dark caves.
The spiritual herbs planted on every island were different. Moreover, the medicinal effects were astonishing. This was also the reason why the air here was filled with medicinal fragrance.
However, the most precious one was of course the big island in the middle. There was a formation there that guided the power of the stars to carefully pour a precious spiritual herb. It was said that it was the main ingredient of the strongest medicinal pill in the Blue Medicine Sect. It could greatly stimulate the potential inside the body.
In other words, it could allow an ordinary person to have an excellent cultivation physique without harming the body. It wasn't much different from those heavenly treasures.
One must know that even heavenly treasures had some problems. It could be seen that the Blue Medicine Sect's ability to refine medicine had reached the peak.
However, the other supplementary ingredients were unknown. Only the Sect Lord knew about them. Moreover, it was extremely difficult to refine them. It was said that the current Sect Lord had once eaten one, which allowed him to reach his current level. He was also the person closest to the Quasi-Sage realm in the Blue Medicine Sect.
This news was brought by Xiao Ying from the outside. Because of her straightforward nature, many people were not on guard against her. Moreover, these things were spread out, so there were probably very few people here who did not know about it.
"It's said that the depths of those caves lead to the Holy Ground below. It's also the predecessor of the Skyblue Gate. After all, they dug out many things from there, including the spirit boat. Some people even say that the Skyblue Gate did not dig out everything below and that it's still inside."
On this day, Xiao Ying came back. She was excitedly talking about the outside world when she suddenly spoke mysteriously to Gu Zheng.
"You actually believe that? If there was a treasure in your house, and it had been under your house for tens of thousands of years, wouldn't you move everything away?" Gu Zheng couldn't help but strike a blow when he heard the other party's tempted expression.
"That's true. If I had such a thing in my house, I would definitely take it all away, not leaving a single one behind." Hearing this, Xiao Ying recovered from her excitement.
"Furthermore, this is someone else's base. Do you think you can go in just because you want to? It's best if you obediently don't have any delusions. That'll only cause trouble for us. How could those things compare to your nine-layer pagoda? You should just focus on cultivating. Do your best to control all the floors of the pagoda. At that time, you'll be even more powerful, "said Gu Zheng.
"That's true. I'm full. A few days ago, that grandpa said he would give me a Soul Heart Pill. He said it could strengthen my soul. I'm going to go take a look." Xiao Ying became even more dejected. She finished the food in her hand in a few bites and then clapped her hands towards Gu Zheng. She then flew outside.
Gu Zheng didn't mind. After extinguishing the fire, he also slowly walked outside. He treated it as a distraction. Being cooped up in his house all day was truly boring. He even wanted to find someone else to stroll around like Xiao Ying.
However, when he thought of his mission, he decided not to go. He didn't want some of the enemy's elites to sneak in and break the formation.
The old grandpa that Xiao Ying spoke of was that Elder Qi.
In the past two years, he had also come to find Gu Zheng. Under his guidance, Gu Zheng had set up some alarms in some places on the island. The entire island was like a bucket. If a stranger came, Gu Zheng would definitely notice it.
Gu Zheng walked slowly while looking at the traps that he had set up. He also looked to see if there were any places that he had missed. It took a full seven days for Gu Zheng to walk around the outer circle of the island.
After finding that everything was fine, Gu Zheng returned to the courtyard. However, just as he entered, his expression suddenly changed. He quickly sensed outside. He didn't know when, but his connection with Xiao Ying had been cut off.
When he had left, Gu Zheng had sensed that there was no problem on the way. How could it be that in just a few days' time, he had neglected to check and there was a problem?
"Kitten, where's Xiao Ying?"
Gu Zheng shouted at the kitten standing in the courtyard.
"She fell down. She fell down. You have to find her. She also has to help me find my sister." The kitten opened its mouth and spoke in a human voice.
"Where is she? Take me there. " Gu Zheng calmed himself down. The other party should still be on the island at this time. A few days ago, they were still taking the Soul Heart Pill. Moreover, he was still checking the outside. It was impossible for an enemy to have come in.
The kitten immediately flew up. Its entire body turned into a ball of yellow light and flew forward at an extremely fast speed.
Gu Zheng followed behind. After a full seven minutes, on the other side of the island, a broken barrier appeared in front of Gu Zheng.
"She's here. She fell down there. Hurry up and find her!" The kitten flew to the gap and shouted at Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng could vaguely sense Xiao Ying's aura. However, there was also a familiar aura beside her. It was Elder Qi's aura.
"Is it that old man from before who came together with Xiao Ying?" Gu Zheng looked down carefully. He didn't rashly go down and asked the kitten.
"Yes. Hurry up and find her. She fell down." The kitten kept repeating the same words.
"Follow me. Don't make a sound. Help me find her." Gu Zheng realized that there was no danger below and immediately said.
When the kitten turned into a ray of light and stopped on his shoulder, Gu Zheng jumped down.
In just a few breaths of time, Gu Zheng had already safely landed on the ground.
On the walls of the cave, there were many blue sparkling pearls embedded. The entire cave was shrouded in a layer of blue fog. It didn't look dusky at all.
However, to Gu Zheng, everything was as bright as day.
Some medicinal herbs that were also flickering with blue light were also growing in the surrounding area. They were like lavender. Every cluster had a few grain-sized blue lights. In this dusky place, they looked strangely beautiful.
This was a kind of spiritual herb that had a stabilizing effect on the soul. It was also very rare. However, looking at it from here, it looked like starlight was planted here. There were quite a few of them.
Beside them, it was like a moat. There was a layer of light blue ripples that also emitted a special fluctuation. Occasionally, the array below would light up. It seemed to be watering the spiritual spring of these spiritual herbs.
However, Gu Zheng didn't ask. After coming down, the rich medicinal fragrance had already covered all the other auras. Moreover, looking around, he couldn't see the end of it. In the distance, there was still a golden light flickering. It seemed that all the medicinal herbs on the island were gathered at the bottom layer and were connected to each other.
"Swish!"
Just when Gu Zheng wanted to ask where Xiao Ying disappeared, a yellow light emerged from the kitten's body. It directly formed a path in front of him. After a few turns, it disappeared in the air. It was blocked by something.
Gu Zheng looked and instantly flew along the path. Soon, he arrived at an ordinary room.
At first glance, it was obvious that this was a temporary room for people to rest. There were only simple things in the room. Moreover, the room wasn't big. There were some scattered and dried spiritual herbs on the surrounding tables.
However, the most eye-catching thing was in the middle. A black hole appeared there. Traces of faint aura floated up from below.
A ghostly aura was still lingering in the surroundings. That was the aura of Xiao Ying's ghost. It was unknown why it suddenly erupted here.
"It's below. She fell down. Hurry up and find her." The kitten opened its mouth again.
It was obvious that Xiao Ying fell down.
Gu Zheng stood at the side and looked down. However, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. He couldn't find the bottom at all. Moreover, it was pitch-black below. He could only vaguely hear the sound of flowing water.
"Did she fall into the sea below?" This thought suddenly popped up in Gu Zheng's mind. Then, it suddenly jumped out from his mind. If it was really as simple as the sea, how could it stop Xiao Ying?
There must be a problem. Otherwise, the kitten wouldn't have asked him to come find her.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng directly jumped down.
As for what was below, he would naturally know.
"Crash!"
After free-falling for just a few breaths' worth of time, Gu Zheng felt as though he had jumped into the sea. However, before he could check his surroundings, a blue vortex abruptly appeared beneath him. Next, he felt a massive suction force coming from below. "That's right.
Gu Zheng's body was simply unable to resist the suction force. The next moment, he was directly swallowed. The surrounding sea returned to its original calm state. There were no ripples at all.
Gu Zheng's vision blurred. He felt that he was falling down from the sky.
However, in any case, there was no restriction on his body. While still in mid-air, Gu Zheng had already controlled his body and quickly looked around.
This was a very empty space. The top of his head was a little damp. There were some damaged stone pillars around. It seemed that a great battle had happened here.
The surrounding air felt like there was a layer of mist. It seemed to be clear, but it made people feel like they couldn't see clearly.
"This is?" Gu Zheng once again felt Xiao Ying's aura. He saw that she had also come here. However, looking around, Gu Zheng suddenly thought of the ruins.
Xiao Ying had fallen into the ruins.
"You came here with her before?" Gu Zheng looked at the stone slab under his feet. This was the only path here. Behind him was already blocked by countless falling stones. It seemed that he should follow this path forward. He couldn't help but ask the kitten.
"Yes, she fell down. She was in front. I went down and couldn't come out. So I went back." The kitten nodded and continued.
Hearing this, Gu Zheng retracted all his aura and began to fly forward.
The surroundings were empty. Gu Zheng didn't want to check out what was here. He wanted to find Xiao Ying first.
Besides, if it was really the Holy Ground, there probably wouldn't be anything good.
As Gu Zheng sped forward, a shadow soon appeared in front of him. When he got closer, he saw that it was actually a huge palace complex. It occupied an area of several hundred feet. The tallest one was already at the top of this place.
However, the many palaces now looked a little dilapidated. They didn't look like a group of palaces. A small half of the palaces had completely collapsed. The other half was also riddled with holes. It was also unbearably miserable. Only a small part of the palaces looked intact.
"Alkaid Palace!"
There was a huge gatehouse in front of him. There was a huge sign on it. It was still engraved with these three words. It seemed to be the name of this palace complex.
Gu Zheng stood below and looked up at the almost intact gatehouse. This was a kind of indestructible precious material. It was also the reason why it could be preserved until now.
Even so, he could see some traces of battle on the pillars next to it.
Gu Zheng kept a vigilant eye on his surroundings as he flew forward again. There was a mysterious power here that could suppress his divine sense to a radius of a thousand meters. Any further and everything would become blurry, and he wouldn't be able to distinguish anything.
After entering the palace, Gu Zheng could sense the devastation of this place. There were all sorts of deep scratches on the walls, as well as some shattered fragments of magical treasures scattered everywhere. It was possible to see the devastation of the battle here.
He didn't know why it had declined. After all, he had never heard of this place. He didn't know about this place in the main world. However, from some of the traces here, he could infer that this place had already become like this before the Great Lich Demon War.
Gu Zheng passed by these buildings and soon arrived at the central part, which made Gu Zheng unconsciously stop.
A palace that was emitting a blue light was in the square not far away. It was very conspicuous and reflected a blue light around it.
At this time, Gu Zheng could clearly feel that there were some people in front. He took the opportunity to stop in front of the last damaged hall and looked through the cracks.
The huge square in front of them was paved with jade. Mysterious runes could be clearly seen on the surface, flashing with fluorescent light from time to time.
The blue hall was in the center position. The whole room flashed with light from time to time and there was a mysterious aura in the air that Gu Zheng was very familiar with.
This aura was exactly the same as the stone hall above. It turned out that this was the core of the island. The people above were probably just guiding the people below and confusing them. How ingenious. No one would have thought of this for the first time.
The hidden Blue Medicine Sect disciples didn't have high cultivations. They were only in the Sky Immortal stage. It seemed that no one had been here before, so the guards here were just doing their job.
Those with high cultivations couldn't find them. Those with low cultivations couldn't break through the blue hall's perimeter at all. It was better to cultivate here where the spiritual energy was richer.
In fact, this was what the guards were doing.
"Is Xiao Ying inside?" Gu Zheng asked in a low voice. If the Blue Medicine Sect really took her away and he rescued Xiao Ying, then he would leave this place immediately.
"Behind. The people here don't know that she's here." Xiao Mao pointed at the hall and said.
This made Gu Zheng breathe a sigh of relief. However, after hearing Xiao Mao's words, it seemed that Xiao Ying suddenly went berserk and then this accident happened.
However, he had to find Xiao Ying first. Then he would know.
Gu Zheng stealthily retreated to the side, and then stealthily circled around this side.
Since it wasn't the Blue Medicine Sect, then it was better not to be discovered by them.
After going around the perimeter, he saw the same complex of buildings. It was no different from before, but the fluctuations in the air were lower.
This allowed Gu Zheng's probing range to increase. After leaving the range, Gu Zheng continued to run towards the back. However, all of a sudden, his figure came to a halt in midair.
In the next moment, a black lightning flashed in front of Gu Zheng. However, the aura it revealed made Gu Zheng break out in cold sweat.
It turned out to be a spatial crack. If it wasn't for Xiao Mao's size, he would've been split in two.
Gu Zheng took a few steps back and looked forward with a face full of cold sweat. He found that the surrounding space was very unstable. From time to time, a black light flashed in the air.
Those black lights appeared in the air for less than a breath's time, like a black arc of light. It didn't seem to have any power. Then, like a living creature, it twisted a few times in the air and disappeared into the void again.
More importantly, there was no pattern to this spatial crack. Under the unknown fluctuations, it changed according to the strength of the aura here.
At this time, Gu Zheng was quietly standing in the same place. The area in front of him had returned to its calm state. He couldn't even sense the faint spatial fluctuations.
Gu Zheng looked around and walked towards the edge. Then, he raised his hand. A golden sword light instantly rose and rushed forward with great power.
With the appearance of this sword light, a large number of ripples rose in the surroundings. A black spatial crack flashed in the path that the sword light had to pass through.
In the next moment, the sword light directly collided. The spatial crack appeared too quickly. Gu Zheng had been watching it attentively. He didn't even have time to control it. It instantly disappeared in the air.
Swish! Swish!
Gu Zheng didn't believe it. Thousands of sword lights flashed behind him. They were very weak, but Gu Zheng increased their speed. He wanted to see if this spatial crack could stop them.
Buzz!
When the sword lights were strangely split by Gu Zheng into different speeds and even different heights, a low trembling sound echoed in the air.
In the next moment, a black light curtain rose in the middle. It formed a black curtain and covered the entire passage. In the next moment, it rushed forward like a tsunami and swallowed all the sword lights in an instant.
The moment Gu Zheng appeared, he retreated. Looking at the space that had disappeared in front of him and hadn't calmed down yet, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The protection was so tight. How could he pass through?
Gu Zheng looked at the trap. It looked more like a trap set up by someone. How did Xiao Ying get past it?
"Oh, right. Kitten, can you pass through?" Gu Zheng suddenly thought. Xiao Ying came back from the front. She should be able to pass through.
The kitten didn't say anything. She just shook her body and let out a few bell sounds. A layer of faint yellow light rose from Gu Zheng's body. It was obvious what she meant.
At this time, Gu Zheng didn't have any aura. It was as if he had disappeared from the world. He looked ahead hesitantly. Then, he slowly moved forward.
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