"Master? Are you going to be guarding them from now on? If you can, I hope you can join us. "
At this time, the air was quiet. Zi Yi and Xiao Ying didn't know what Gu Zheng heard that made him so shocked, so they didn't say anything. Only then did Hai Ming speak carefully.
At this time, he discovered that Gu Zheng had already arrived at Big Luo. Although he couldn't completely control the situation, he didn't want to hurt him in this battle.
Especially if he was guarding the island above them, it would make things difficult for them. Since they knew that Gu Zheng was there, they couldn't attack him. But if they didn't attack, it would affect their plan and cause them to lose more people.
Gu Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Then you know that the Shura people are here. In fact, the leader is my friend. If it is as you said, I can also persuade them to go easy on us. Of course, it's not absolute."
Although Gu Zheng didn't directly say it, his attitude clearly explained the problem. This caused Hai Ming to frown.
"In a moment, I will take you to see how they raise the people of the sea race. Although they look kind, they are actually very vicious!" Hai Ming quickly said.
"Mm, I want to see how they do it." Gu Zheng also decided to see first. But no matter what, it was just two opposing sides. No one was wrong, just like how humans raise livestock.
If you don't have the strength, you can only submit. The helplessness of the weak is also a part of the world.
But humans have feelings. If it's really possible, Gu Zheng would naturally side with his own people. After all, the Blue Medicine Sect is nothing more than an outsider to him. There's no reason for him to fight to the death for them, especially when it's against his own people.
"Okay, in fact, there are people under every island. Those who irrigate the elixirs are also from the corners. I will take you to see." Hai Ming immediately said.
Gu Zheng nodded and stood up. He had nothing else to do now, and Xiao Ying was also rescued. Although it was a misunderstanding, there was no point in staying here.
While Hai Ming was leading the way, Xiao Ying hesitated for a moment, then quietly flew up and whispered into Gu Zheng's ear.
Gu Zheng looked at her in surprise, then nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Only then did Xiao Ying happily follow behind, full of anticipation.
"Kitten, come back." At this time, Xiao Ying seemed to have noticed that the kitten was still on Gu Zheng's shoulder. Naturally, she stretched out her hand and said. The kitten also directly returned to Xiao Ye's shoulder and quietly stayed there without any complaints.
"I'll hide for now. Since they don't know me, I'll continue to rest and recuperate. I'll appear when the time is right," Zi Yi said.
Gu Zheng nodded. The purple-clothed body also turned into a ball of light and returned to its original form. It curled up into a small ball and lay on Gu Zheng's shoulder. That position was exactly where the kitten had been. If one did not look carefully, they would have thought that it was just a print on his clothes.
Hai Ming naturally knew that Zi Yi was following Gu Zheng, so he was not surprised. He just sighed in his heart. Even Zi Yi had advanced into the Grand Heavenly Realm, but he had not made any progress at all.
"Ling 'er is now at the back to ensure the logistics. That's why she didn't follow us. If she knew that you were here, she would definitely come over. She has been missing you all these years and often talks about you," Hai Ming said as he walked in front.
"There's no need to tell her. It's so dangerous here. It's easy for accidents to happen at the front line. If there's a chance, we'll naturally meet again," Gu Zheng said with a smile.
It seemed like Zi Yi did not return and followed Hai Ming outside.
"Okay, then I won't tell her first," Hai Ming said. Then, they came to a very large stone hall. On the innermost wall, there was a flickering passageway.
"Everyone, don't say anything. It's easy for the other party to notice. We spent thousands of years digging this passageway bit by bit. This way, when we attract their attention from outside, we can launch a surprise attack and rescue our people," Hai Ming said with a solemn expression.
He wasn't worried about Gu Zheng, but he was talking to Little Ying, because she didn't look like someone who was as steady as him.
"Don't worry, I won't say a word." Xiao Ying looked at Hai Ming. He was just relying on the fact that he was the young master's disciple. So what? He wasn't with Gu Zheng. Once they were done with this matter, they would leave. Moreover, Hai Ming's cultivation was so low that he wouldn't bring him along.
This black passageway was similar to the one they had passed through before. Someone had used great magic power to forcefully open a stable passageway in the void. This was not cheap. It seemed that the other party had planned this for thousands of years. Otherwise, it would not have been so perfect.
They walked for an entire two hours before they came out of the passageway.
The passageway was narrow enough for one person to pass through. Gu Zheng had to bend his body slightly to walk normally. The passageway was not long. It was at most a hundred meters long before they reached the end.
As the surface of the sea gently touched the side, the layer of stone began to ripple slightly. Soon, the camouflage was removed, and the stone became blue and transparent.
Gu Zheng looked over, and his eyes revealed a look of surprise. It seemed that they were in between the stone walls, but they were not in that place. There was a feeling of spatial chaos.
This was not the key. The key was that in their eyes, a huge palace had appeared in front of them.
At this time, in front of them, there was a thin layer of blue water. Through it, they could clearly see the situation inside. At this time, everything was clear, and the people inside obviously did not know that someone was spying on them. They did not feel anything strange at all.
Through the huge and familiar square outside, Gu Zheng recognized that this was the Alkaid Hall that he had seen when he came here. The familiar guards outside were still cultivating hard.
At this time, they could see that there was only a very spacious room on the ground floor of the hall. The entire room was empty except for the necessary pillars.
However, in the middle, a star chart occupied more than half of the ground. Occasionally, there would be a flash of starlight. It seemed to correspond to the star chart in the sky, but strangely, at the most critical moment in the middle, something important seemed to be missing.
Other than that, there were only some spirit gathering formations in the surroundings. There was nothing else worth paying attention to.
What made them dumbfounded was the floor below. If they only looked at it from above, this Alkaid Hall only had one floor. As long as they entered, it would be clear at a glance. There was no way to find any other secret rooms.
But dozens of meters below the ground, there was a huge space below. Of course, the entrance was in the square in front of them. This was something that no one would have thought of at the beginning.
Below, there were dozens of huge water tanks. Each one was the size of a house and filled with blue water. There was also a kind of aquatic creature that was only the size of Xiao Ying. It should be some kind of soft-bodied creature.
This creature's whole body was covered with a kind of slightly transparent blue skin. One could even vaguely see the blue blood flowing inside. But there were no ears on its head, only a mouth like mouth. Its whole body had six or seven tentacles, just like a squid.
Now all of them were lying in the water, half dead, without the slightest trace of life.
On the other side, some disciples wearing the Blue Medicine Sect's uniform were observing from inside. They then pointed at one of the blue creatures that seemed to be in good spirits. The person next to him nodded and directly flew up and jumped into the water tank.
Following his arrival, the blue creatures swam in panic in all directions, wanting to avoid the other party. Especially the one who was chosen, he struggled with all his might. But due to his weak strength, he was directly caught by the other party.
Seeing that he still wanted to resist, the other party unceremoniously punched him in the head. Immediately, he fell limply to the ground.
These people caught the other party and put him in a formation. At the same time, they took out something like a syringe and directly pierced it into the other party's body. Streams of blue blood were drawn out from the other party's body.
Soon, more than a dozen tubes of blood were drawn out. The blue creature's aura became even more dispirited.
However, Gu Zheng noticed that some of the needles would occasionally have a blue, star-like particle in them. Every time it appeared, it would make them go wild with joy, and they would be even more cautious in putting it away. As for the rest, they would pour it all into a small jade bottle and store it.
On the other side, one of the blue creatures seemed to have reached its limit. Its entire aura suddenly disappeared. Obviously, its body was too weak and couldn't hold on any longer.
Seeing this, the person directly extracted all the blood from the other party and threw the corpse into a wooden box behind him. He didn't ask any more questions.
Almost every once in a while, a blue creature would have its blood extracted. Like livestock in captivity, its life and death were not in the hands of these people. There was no way to resist.
One must know that this kind of thing has been going on for who knows how long.
Gu Zheng sized up the situation a few more times. As his vision gradually blurred, the blue waves in front of him once again turned into a stone wall.
Hai Ming motioned for everyone to go back the way they came. Obviously, they couldn't continue to observe here.
Soon, everyone went back through the passage. As soon as they went back, Xiao Ying couldn't help but say.
"Those people are too cruel."
Gu Zheng didn't say much. It was just a kind of underwater creature. To him, it was not much different from those ordinary fish and shrimps.
"Yes. In the past, they knew how to maintain the numbers. Now, they are desperate. You must know that these aquatic creatures are evolving toward their own race. The star power in their bodies is the source. However, it seems that too much has been lost generation after generation. Now, it seems that there is no hope." Hai Ming nodded.
This sentence made Gu Zheng's pupils shrink slightly. After all, this was a big difference.
Ordinary creatures, such as poultry and shrimps, spent their entire lives in a muddle-headed state. They only had their own instincts and did not have the slightest consciousness. Only those who were very lucky could awaken their own consciousness and evolve towards a higher life form.
The other kind, such as the knowledge and power passed down through the bloodline of the Demon Clan, and the cultivation of the Human Clan after birth, were two completely different concepts.
The former was an ordinary creature, the latter was an ordinary creature. The difference of one word was like the difference between heaven and earth.
If you killed thousands of the former, it would only be a part of the ordinary path. It wouldn't attract any attention, just like the butchers in the outside world. However, if you killed hundreds or thousands of the latter, it would mean that you had damaged the operation of the heavens. Therefore, anyone who used living creatures to practice martial arts was evil. Naturally, there would be heavenly punishment waiting for you.
Even the Shura clan, known as the most evil, would not kill innocent people for no reason unless they wanted to die quickly.
And this blue creature was in between the two. It was unknown how much luck it had to have to take a step forward.
If it really succeeded in evolving, then it would really be another race. Just like in the war of the hundred races, it would become a member. But now, it seemed that the other party's luck was not enough. Of course, it might be related to the overall decline of the demon race. It was obvious that the other party had completely failed.
Gu Zheng calculated in his heart. Even so, if he could really solve the other party's problem, then the merit power behind it would not be little. This thing could never be too much.
In this way, it was much more than the reward given by the Blue Medicine Sect.
"Maybe this time, it can also bring some changes to the other party." At this moment, for some reason, Gu Zheng suddenly thought of Pan Xuan.
Pan Xuan, who was far away, also seemed to have felt something. She came out of seclusion and looked at the distant sky. Her heart was beating erratically, but she didn't know what it was.
"Also, I heard that some of the purest star power was hidden deep in the Holy Ground's treasury. It can be said that it has a miraculous effect of dispelling evil power. Of course, there are all kinds of other rare treasures hidden down there. So, we can't let the other party leave with the wealth they got from exploiting the sea race." Hai Ming continued.
Hearing this, Gu Zheng felt that it was very normal. To avenge these creatures, they probably wouldn't have put in so much effort. Otherwise, they would have come knocking on their door long ago.
Now that Hai Ming was injured by them, he would definitely come for revenge. Mu Rong didn't doubt this. Also, they probably had their eyes on their wealth. It was a good opportunity for the other races to gather together and get rid of this malignant tumor. They could also get a good reputation. It was killing three birds with one stone.
Of course, Gu Zheng didn't know, but his guess was not far from the truth.
Even if the Blue Medicine Sect had invited so many helpers, they still wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack. After all, the wealth was too big, enough to make people forget about life and death.
"Then you guys continue to prepare here. I will go up and discuss how to contact you." Gu Zheng said again.
"That's easy. There's a big red fish in the deep sea below the island. Take this with you and go into hiding. The fish will naturally find you, and you'll be able to reach our command center from the outside. My father is also there. He'll be very happy to see you!" Hai Ming said excitedly, and then handed over something that looked like a conch.
It could be directly connected to the command center. Only the most important things could be used. This might even be the only chance.
"Alright, we will go back first." Gu Zheng said as he put it away and left.
"Master, I will send you off!" Hai Ming accompanied Gu Zheng outside.
After passing through the outer layer of the hut, the water monster was still quietly healing. However, after sensing the aura of Gu Zheng and the others, it suddenly opened its eyes. A powerful aura once again bloomed from its body.
"Quiet down, we are on the same side!" Hai Ming quickly scolded. Although the water monster didn't understand, it still quieted down.
The guard, on the other hand, was a little surprised to see Hai Ming's respectful face.
Didn't they just catch that little kid? How come there is another person? And Hai Ming is personally sending them off? This is too strange.
Hai Ming didn't ask for the guard's opinion. After sending Gu Zheng and the others to the hall outside, he didn't go any further.
"Master, I still need to take care of things here. If I go down, I will easily expose my aura. I will not go out." Hai Ming said regretfully.
"Go back. If there is any news, I will contact you." Gu Zheng said the same.
After that, Gu Zheng's body sped down. Xiao Ying followed closely behind Gu Zheng.
Hai Ming watched their figures become smaller and smaller. When they entered the hall, he sighed and returned to the hiding place.
"You know what to say, right?"
In the hall below, Gu Zheng said to Xiao Ying in the teleportation array that Elder Qi had activated.
"I am not a three-year-old child, nor am I the person who just came out of the painting. Of course, I know what to say. Just say that the Soul Heart Pill has some side effects on me. After all, I am different from ordinary people."
At this time, Xiao Ying was happily looking at the small box in her hand. Saliva was about to leak out of the corner of her mouth. When she heard Gu Zheng's words, she quickly put away the small box in her hand and said seriously.
"Mm, it's good that you know. Save him some trouble." Gu Zheng shook his head helplessly when he saw the greedy look on Xiao Ying's face.
She had shamelessly asked him to get it back for her. However, he didn't tell her how to do it.
After activating the teleportation array, the two of them walked in and quickly disappeared.
As Gu Zheng's eyes lit up, he discovered that he had arrived at a huge stone house. Before he could look around, Elder Qi's anxious shout entered his ears.
"You guys are finally out. If you didn't come out, I would have called for others to go in with me."
Gu Zheng turned around and saw the anxious and relaxed look on Elder Qi's face. Clearly, Elder Qi was not lying.
"It's fine. I was just resting on the way here. That's why I was delayed. Otherwise, I would have returned long ago." Gu Zheng said with a smile. At the same time, he felt thankful that he did not waste too much time there. Otherwise, if Elder Qi were to pursue him, he would have been able to find some traces.
"I have troubled Grandpa Qi. It is a problem with my physique. I am also cultivating Buddhism. There may be some conflicts between my physique. In the end, it caused such a big incident. I am truly sorry." Xiao Ying, who was beside him, apologised sincerely.
"I found her in the hall above. She had already fainted. If I had known, I would have brought you along to save you from worrying," Gu Zheng, who was beside Elder Qi, said.
Hearing Gu Zheng's words and Xiao Ying's expression of repentance, Elder Qi no longer felt anxious. He even chose to forget about the fact that the other party knew about the underground palace.
At any rate, they did not know what was inside. At most, it would be something left behind from the ancient ruins.
"All right, I know. Truth be told, I am also in the wrong. As long as everyone can return safely, I can be at ease," Elder Qi said.
"Then, we will take our leave first. I will have Xiao Ying stay at home for the time being to check if there are any other problems. We won't be staying here any longer. I will leave the elders outside to you," Gu Zheng said, bidding Elder Qi farewell.
Only when Gu Zheng came out did he realize that they had walked out from the stone hall in the centre of the island.
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