After an unknown amount of time, Gu Zheng slowly opened his eyes.
After this period of emergency recuperation, his injuries have been completely stabilized. As long as he continues to slowly recover, it won't be long before he's fully recovered.
The Blue Medicine Sect's Dan is really good. It takes effect quickly and the effect is extraordinary. I wonder where they went. Speaking of which, will they bear a grudge against me? If it wasn't for me, they would've lasted a little longer.
However, other than the death of their Sect Master, their losses were very small. The loss of their external aid was huge.
Shaking his head, Nie Li threw away the inexplicable thoughts in his mind. I don't know where they are now, I'm afraid I won't see them again.
"Hmm? That is? "
Gu Zheng stood up from the ground and saw something not far in front of him.
To be honest, it's too conspicuous. It's just that Gu Zheng's attention wasn't on it just now so he saw it as soon as he got up.
In the distant sky above, there's a black pagoda that's about ten feet tall. It's wide at the top and wide at the bottom, not much different from the ordinary towers outside.
But upon closer inspection, each floor is densely packed with precious carvings. Each one of them is vivid and lifelike, but at a glance, they're similar to the ghosts Gu Zheng saw on the first floor. The only difference is that each one of them has a weapon in their hand. It's like they're guarding this place, keeping people away.
Around the black pagoda, there's a golden jade floating on each floor. A layer of golden light shines from the top, connecting to the corresponding floor.
Gu Zheng can clearly see that these golden jades are all core golden jades. It's as if all the golden jades are gathered together.
At the bottom, there's a core golden jade floating in the air.
Gu Zheng looks around. It's quiet all around. There's no one around. So why did this thing suddenly appear here?
Gu Zheng didn't rush to grab it. Just as he was pondering, a golden light emerged from the sky without warning. Gathering in the air, a familiar golden robed woman appeared in front of Gu Zheng.
"You placed this here?" Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask.
From it, he can feel a familiar aura. It's very likely the controller of this place.
"Mission, transfer!"
The woman in gold looked at Gu Zheng expressionlessly. There was no light in her eyes, making her look like a puppet.
"Miss, can you elaborate?" Gu Zheng was confused. He couldn't understand what the other party was talking about. After thinking for a moment, he asked.
The golden-clothed woman looked at Gu Zheng and continued to say the same words. There were also new words that popped out, but Gu Zheng still did not understand.
The golden-robed woman looked at Gu Zheng, as if she did not understand. Finally, she became anxious. Then, she raised her hand and pointed at the air. A small golden ball appeared in the air and floated slowly towards Gu Zheng. Finally, it floated in front of him.
Gu Zheng looked at the golden ball before him before turning to look at the golden-clad woman. However, she remained expressionless. He could not tell what she was thinking.
However, from the looks of it, there should be some information inside.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng also stretched out his finger and pointed at it.
As soon as it touched the golden ball, it turned into golden light that fell on Gu Zheng's body, causing him to be stunned.
It indeed contained the other party's meaning. However, although the golden ball did not seem big, there was a lot of information inside. Not only did it contain the other party's meaning, but it also contained some information about the tower in front of him.
After a long time, Gu Zheng slowly lowered his arm and even closed his eyes, quietly thinking about the information inside.
This black tower did not belong here at all. It was thrown out from somewhere. The most important weapon spirit was left there, causing the black tower's strength to be less than half.
Just half of it was enough to cause countless people to be trapped. It could be seen that if it was the complete version, it would be even more terrifying.
Those people who were first pulled in and took away their last trace of life was also because of the tower's instinctive actions. After all, this tower also needed to maintain its operation. It was different from other magic treasures. It could not absorb the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth from the outside world. It could only absorb special things to prevent itself from falling into a deep sleep.
Although it did not need much, a trace of consciousness born in this black tower, which was the golden-clad woman in front of him, would randomly capture people wandering outside and extract their life to maintain its operation.
However, the black tower itself did not seem to be an evil object. Even if everything inside was strange, it still made some slight changes to give those people an exit.
Although the people who successfully left were few, it still gave them hope.
However, this was only condensed by a trace of consciousness of the black tower. To put it bluntly, it was to prevent the black tower from falling into a deep sleep. A consciousness that was forcefully released could not develop into a weapon spirit at all.
Here came the problem. This black tower was not controlled by anyone, and most of it could not resist the rules inside. However, in order to modify some of the difficulties inside, it was inevitable that there would be some loopholes. Subsequently, the black cat and the demon fox found them.
They actually found the hidden core of the golden jade layer.
The two of them had the identity of a successor, but it was unknown who was the successor.
After a battle, the demon fox finally took the initiative, but the black cat was not satisfied.
After having the core of the golden jade, it was basically a part of the black tower's owner, but that was it. After all, the weapon spirit occupied the majority. Even if the demon fox's plan succeeded, she only obtained half of the ownership. However, without the existence of the weapon spirit, it was no different from belonging to her. The only difference was that she could only use it and could not refine it into her own. The real core was not here, and with her level, she could not go further.
The demon fox began to intercept a portion of the black tower's consumption. Of course, she did not dare to intercept all of it. The black tower had no energy, and she could not obtain anything. Then, she suppressed this trace of consciousness.
After all, consciousness was an existence that could not be killed.
However, the demon fox looked for another way. She thought of an alternative way to make herself the weapon spirit here, which was to completely merge into it. In any case, for the demon fox, this method was better. She was the black tower, and the black tower was her.
After a period of time, even with some interference from the black cat, she successfully merged into it. This completely changed the terrain. At the same time, to prevent these people from going out and oppressing them, she changed the exit of the second layer.
The black cat caused trouble from within, leaving a way out. It led to a passage inside the black tower, and she led those people inside, wanting to defeat the demon fox and occupy it.
However, although the will was suppressed, it could still do some things. The candlelight in the sky was created by it, and the crystals were used to restrain the ghost controlled by the demon fox. Its original intention was to let people enter and chase the demon fox out.
Of course, what it could not understand was that if the other party drove the demon fox out, would the other party occupy the demon fox's position? That was why the current scene was happening.
It wanted to return to its original position, and it wanted the weapon spirit to return, but it had to leave this place.
Where that place was, it did not know, so it asked for help from the person who drove the demon fox away.
Perhaps in its heart, it could not distinguish good from bad. It only felt that the other party was a good person for driving the demon fox away. Especially the other party's human identity, it felt even more secure. At least it would not have any trust in those demon souls, and was prepared to hand over all the control rights of the black tower.
But there was a prerequisite, and that was Gu Zheng had to agree to its request.
Gu Zheng looked at the motionless golden-clothed woman, and sighed in his heart.
So there was such a foolish person in the world, no, such a foolish treasure.
The other party's request was so simple, and that was to ensure that the other party would return this black tower to its original position, because the weapon spirit was still there. As for where it was, the black tower would only react when it was close to a certain distance.
And in the meantime, the black tower would try its best to help him. As for the consumption of energy, that was not something it had to worry about.
Of course, how could the black tower not think that this was just a verbal agreement, and could not be a restriction at all?
For example, after Gu Zheng agreed, he would turn to learn the demon fox, and the other party would not be able to do anything to Gu Zheng, because at that time, the black tower would have already fallen into his hands.
Even if he could not refine it, and could only use it, it was not something that the other party, who did not know anything, could block.
In other words, the control rights of the black tower belonged to him, and he could do whatever he wanted. Even if its power was much weaker, it was still a great help.
To be honest, Gu Zheng was very tempted at first. Even if he only had control rights, it was still incredible. For example, the treasured gourd in his hand, although it was not very useful long ago, it was a great help to him in the early stages. To put it bluntly, without it, he might not have been able to get through the early stages.
But when he thought of his opponent, Gu Zheng finally shook his head.
Who asked him to be a good person?
He would not say that even if he had the black tower, he did not have much chance of winning against the other party. With ordinary strength, he could barely survive for a while.
So Gu Zheng finally accepted.
"I promise you, if I can return to the Wilderness, I will try my best to help you return, but the time is not good. After all, you don't know the location, and can only rely on fate," Gu Zheng said to the golden-clothed woman in front of him.
The expressionless golden-clothed woman also revealed a slightly surprised expression at this moment. She nodded at Gu Zheng, then turned and disappeared in front of Gu Zheng.
As for the method, Gu Zheng already knew, she was not very useful.
Now, she completely trusted Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng waited until the other party disappeared, then walked forward and came in front of the black tower.
As for Wu Fan's words about being careful, it was probably also that demon fox in the depths. Nine truths and one lie, it was the most terrifying. If it was not for the fact that the other party had helped him several times, he might have also believed the other party's words.
This black tower had a total of nine levels, and this was not beyond his expectations.
Nine was the extreme number, and if there were more, it would fall behind and not enter the mainstream at all.
With the death of the black cat and the demon fox, their core golden jades were also revealed. Even the three that had been opened previously returned to their own areas. If the black cat had patiently gone back to search for them, perhaps it would not have been defeated so quickly.
Gu Zheng took the lead and picked up the core golden jade that was glowing with green light. Even if he wanted to control the other party, it would not be that easy. First, he had to control these core golden jades.
This core was not refined and integrated first. This belonged to the first level, which was also the area under his feet. It was also responsible for leaving.
He first picked up the topmost one from the tower, then according to the method that the golden-clothed woman had taught him, he began to refine it carefully.
Refining was very simple. In just a day, this core golden jade was successfully refined. Next, he had to integrate the core into the tower. Only then could he completely control the inner level.
Previously, because of that strand of consciousness that had messed up the order, there was no need to go through so much trouble, but it was also impossible to completely control the area.
He carefully placed the refined core golden jade next to the topmost level of the black tower, which was also where it had been before. A ray of golden light once again connected with the black tower.
Gu Zheng immediately closed his eyes. Following this thread of connection, he let the energy of the core golden jade flow into it.
The topmost level was a tall mountain, and there were many peaks and many palaces. It looked very familiar. After thinking for a moment, Gu Zheng knew where it was.
When he entered, he had almost been swept into the endless void. There, he had met the black cat and Wu Fan.
Now, it seemed that everything there had become very small, like a sandbox. Even the ghosts inside could be easily seen. They were all now lying on the ground, as if waiting for their fate to descend.
Of course, Gu Zheng would not do anything to them. Even the demoness that had chased after Gu Zheng was trembling on the ground, completely different from the high-spirited and vigorous spirit she had when she was chasing after him.
These were all his subordinates. Although they were all ghosts and only had simple instincts, listening to the light above, at least their strange abilities were not bad.
The only thing they lacked was energy. If there was enough, their strength could be greatly increased, and they could even come out to fight for Gu Zheng.
However, there were rules in the black tower that Gu Zheng could not understand. No matter who entered, there would be no cultivation, and it gave off the feeling of a prison.
He felt that if he saw anyone who was not pleasing to the eye, he could directly catch them and let them experience the feeling of death. It was not a bad idea.
As the energy of the core golden jade and his consciousness seeped in, it took him an entire day to completely control this place.
The core golden jade also merged with the outside of the ninth level of the black tower. In the center, it turned into a small golden dot, hanging on the surface.
After Gu Zheng rested for half a day, he continued with the sacrificial refining.
The eighth level was a region of nothingness. It was all clouds of white fog. There were no ghosts at all, nor was there any land. It was very strange.
The seventh level was that complicated stone cave. There were bloody stones, and he could still feel the aura coming from above.
The sixth level was the mountain where Gu Zheng had shattered the green energy. There was a crisscrossing body of water below. However, even though Gu Zheng could control it, he did not know where the body of water led to, nor did he know what was going on here.
The fifth level was a lonely big red ship that was docked on a small piece of sea.
The fourth level was a boundless ocean. There were only a few small islands on it. However, the islands were completely bare. Apart from rocks, there was nothing else. It was very desolate.
The third level was where Gu Zheng had come with Meng Zhen. It was a symbolic red house, and there was a large group of ghosts outside. Now, he could see everything clearly. The space inside was very large, and there were all kinds of terrains. It was like a super large maze.
Previously, Gu Zheng had only explored one of these areas, and there were dozens of such places. However, there were many of them.
The second level was where Gu Zheng had failed the first time. However, there were no buildings at this time. There was only an empty space above. However, the space above was connected to the top. It seemed that the terrain inside was also randomly cut from the top.
The first level was where Gu Zheng was. He could even feel his own existence from inside. This was because the black tower was only controlling him. In reality, he was still inside the black tower.
After a series of cultivation, Gu Zheng did not use up any energy. Instead, he was full of energy and seemed to be in good spirits. Even the injuries in his body had mostly recovered.
There was no other reason. It was the core golden jade that Meng Zhen had left for him. The energy inside was too abundant. As expected of the energy that Meng Zhen had painstakingly collected. Even though he had been using it all the time, he had not used much of it. He had then embedded all of it into the top. When the time came, it would become a part of the black tower's power source. It would be enough to last for a long time.
Meng Zhen was really a great person. Otherwise, Gu Zheng would have a headache about the black tower's power source.
After doing all this, a trace of a smile appeared on his face. At least half of his original wish had been fulfilled. It was just a pity that he could not use it as a true trump card.
After doing all this, Gu Zheng had a thought. A new building rose up on the first level, and most of the Ghost Women and Sobbing Women were moved inside.
As for the meat ball and other powerful ghosts, they were moved to the sixth level by Gu Zheng.
In reality, these ghosts could be created at any time. It was just that Gu Zheng did not want to waste them. They might be useful in the future.
It only took a thought for him to teleport all of the ghosts away. After restraining them from coming out, he asked them what they were doing.
These ghosts were ranked from low to high level: Ghost Women, Sobbing Women, meat ball, green ghost faces, soundless monsters, Thousand-Eyed Monsters, and Banshees. As for whether there were new ghosts, he did not know.
Although their strength would also increase as they went on, because of Gu Zheng's control, in reality, overall, they would not be stronger than a Big Heavenly Immortal. No matter how much energy he injected, they would only be at the peak of Jin Xian. It was just that each of them had different special uses.
To be honest, if it were not for their special uses, Gu Zheng would not have kept them alive. At least he had the Spirit Guards now, which were enough for the time being.
As for the crystals and the like that he had found inside, they were already useless. Those were some trinkets that the golden-clothed woman had created to fight against the fox demon. However, what made Gu Zheng happy was that he could also create a wooden doll. There could only be one, and it could be used as a substitute in critical moments outside.
Although the time needed to create it was very long and expensive, Gu Zheng still directly created one. After all, this thing could completely save his life. He had experienced its effects, and he had not even noticed it when he was right under the other party's nose.
This was especially so for the physical body that the other party had left behind. As long as he did not attack it, it would be incredibly lifelike.
Thinking about how he still had some questions, he did not disturb the golden-clothed woman. She did not know anything, and everything she knew had been left to him. He would let her sleep and figure out the rest himself.
The black tower in front of him quickly shrank until it was a small black tower in his hand. After playing with it for a while, Gu Zheng knew that it was time for him to leave.
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