"Sect Master, what do we need to do?" Liu Ying asked.
"What you need to do is to clean up the battlefield and harvest the spirit pills."
As he spoke, Gu Zheng rushed into the orchard with Gu An and Liu Ying in tow.
Letting go of their hands, Gu Zheng drew Tang Mo from his waist and swung it at a rumbling pig that was charging at him.
A bloody and violent scene appeared. The growling pig was split in half by Gu Zheng's blade and fell to the ground.
"Gulp …"
Another growling pig charged at Gu Zheng. This time, Gu Zheng didn't directly kill it. Instead, he sliced off a large chunk of its flesh.
The male growling pig fell for the trap and immediately cried out to call for its companions.
"Come! Let the storm come even fiercer!"
Gu Zheng's blood was boiling as he charged at the group of spirit beasts with Tang Mo in hand.
Low level spirit beasts were cut down like vegetables by Gu Zheng. Mid level spirit beasts also couldn't withstand a single slash from him. If it wasn't for the fact that Gu Zheng had to search for these spirit beasts, he would be able to clean up the orchard even faster!
In less than half an hour, Gu Zheng had already killed his way to the center of the orchard. High level spirit beasts began to appear here.
The first high level spirit beast that Gu Zheng encountered was a purple colored mink. Its name was the Purple Smoke Mink.
The Purple Smoke Mink was extremely fast. Just as it was about to bite Gu Zheng, it used a spell to cover the surroundings with purple smoke.
Unfortunately, Gu Zheng's five senses were already very good. Even if he didn't use his eyes, he still had good hearing.
The Purple Smoke Mink was hiding behind Gu Zheng. Its originally cat-sized body silently expanded. After three breaths, the Purple Smoke Mink was as big as an elephant. It opened its bloody mouth and bit at Gu Zheng's head.
Gu Zheng's ears twitched. His body flashed and he dodged the Purple Smoke Mink's huge mouth. Before it could attack again, he used the Ethereal Body Illusion Technique and rushed under the Purple Smoke Mink's stomach.
"Whoosh …"
The Purple Smoke Marten let out a shrill shriek. Its internal organs fell out from the wounds that Gu Zheng had made when he rushed over. Its body fell to the ground like a mountain.
Gu Zheng ignored the Purple Smoke Mink's body that would return to its original size after death and headed towards the center of the orchard again.
Gu Zheng's luck was not on his side. During the cleaning process, almost none of the spirit beasts could withstand more than three moves from him.
Gu Zheng was also unlucky. Since those Spirit Beasts were quickly dealt with by him, their strength was naturally not much. Even if they were high level Spirit Beasts, the grade of their Spirit Pills would not be particularly outstanding. As for the evil spirit beasts that he had been looking forward to ever since he witnessed Tang Mo's remarkable ability, he did not encounter any of them either.
Fifty minutes after coming out of the Chaotic Space, Gu Zheng cleaned up the Qingcheng Sect's orchard!
There were only ten minutes left in the golden hour. Gu Zheng did not want to waste it, so he immediately ran towards Situ's orchard.
In the end, after Gu Zheng rampaged through the Situ Family's orchard and slaughtered for seven minutes, the precious golden hour came to an end.
Gu Zheng could clean up the orchard very quickly, but Gu An and the others could not clean up the battlefield in such a short time. After all, it was relatively time-consuming to decompose the resources from the Spirit Beasts.
Gu Zheng jumped onto the Spirit Peach Tree next to him and lay down. He hung Tang Mo on a branch and continued to absorb the power of the Lunar Star. Meanwhile, he poured himself half a cup of Immortal Wine and enjoyed it comfortably. He could only drink so much at this time.
"Eh?"
After taking a sip of the Immortal Wine, Gu Zheng's eyes widened.
He saw that there was peach gum on the trunk of the Spirit Peach Tree, and it was sealed above a small hole.
"Spirit Peach Bug!"
Gu Zheng was overjoyed. He did not expect to not only fail to find this little thing, but it had unexpectedly appeared in front of him when he was not looking for it.
Quickly finishing the Immortal Wine in his hand, Gu Zheng dug out the peach gum that sealed the hole and used his immortal energy to suck out the Spirit Peach Bug.
The Spirit Peach Bug was not big, only half the length of a pinky finger and as thick as a pencil lead. It emitted the fragrance of peaches and was an ordinary ingredient.
Holding the Spirit Peach Bug in one hand, Gu Zheng took out a section of bamboo with the other.
Bamboo was an ordinary item, but if one did not pay attention, they would not notice that there were thin transparent threads wrapped around the bamboo.
Gu Zheng had already made a plan to obtain the Earth Spirit Turtle's shell. These transparent threads were the Ice Silk that Elder Wuchou had spent a lot of effort to obtain for him.
The Ice Silk was extremely rare, colorless, odorless, and very sturdy. It was the most ideal material for catching Earth Spirit Turtles.
After binding the Spirit Peach Bug tightly with the Ice Silk, Gu Zheng tied the other end of the Ice Silk firmly to the Spirit Peach Tree, then hung the Spirit Peach Bug about half a meter from the ground.
After doing all this, Gu Zheng came to the tree and hid in a suitable place.
The Spirit Peach Bug had a peach fragrance. Although this fragrance was easily covered by the Spirit Peach Bug's fragrance, the Earth Spirit Turtle, who loved to eat the Spirit Peach Bug, could easily smell it.
The temptation of the Spirit Peach Bug to the Earth Spirit Turtle was self-evident. When it came to eat the Spirit Peach Bug, it would discover that the length of the Ice Silk prevented it from swallowing the entire Spirit Peach Bug. The opportunity Gu Zheng was waiting for was the short period of time when the Earth Spirit Peach Bug stuck its head out to eat!
After hanging the Spirit Peach Bug for five minutes, Gu Zheng frowned as he suddenly thought of something.
The Earth Spirit Turtle's shell was a valuable item with many uses. It could be said that all sects wanted to get their hands on it. However, after the Shu Ruins opened once every ten years, the number of times the Earth Spirit Turtle's shell was obtained could be counted on one hand.
Many people had thought of many ways to get their hands on the turtle's shell. It was impossible that no one had thought of using the Ice Silk to catch a turtle! After all, the Ice Silk was a very famous item.
The reason why the shell was so hard to get was none other than the Earth Spirit Turtle's spirituality and its ability to seek luck and avoid danger.
The Earth Spirit Turtle wouldn't touch anything with a strange smell, and it rarely went to dangerous places. It was cautious and timid by nature, but it was good at running away.
The problem that Gu Zheng thought of was that there might be a loophole in the Ice Silk to catch a turtle that he didn't know about! For example, the Earth Spirit Turtle wasn't like other turtles that wouldn't let go after biting something. What if it found that it couldn't swallow the Spirit Peach Bug and spit it out immediately?
Apart from the hidden danger of the Ice Silk, the place that Gu Zheng had chosen was also not suitable. After all, there were remnants of blood and murderous intent here. It was fine for other spirit beasts, but for the Earth Spirit Turtle, he had to consider this point.
More importantly, Gu Zheng planned to release his inner force and pierce through the Earth Spirit Turtle's neck the moment it stretched out its neck.
But what if the Earth Spirit Turtle this time wasn't as bold as the one last time? It wasn't impossible that it wouldn't get close to the bait at all! Even if it got close to the bait, would the speed of releasing inner force be faster than the speed of the Earth Spirit Turtle's escape?
"If only Elder Wuchou was here. His unique skill of flying daggers would definitely be more advantageous than releasing inner force! At least in terms of distance, he wouldn't have to get too close to the bait, and it would be easier for him to dispel the Earth Spirit Turtle's worries. "
"What? Flying daggers? Bamboo arrows? "
Gu Zheng's eyes lit up. He had been distressed, but now he saw hope. Didn't Zhao Xin have a fairy artifact that was more powerful than the flying daggers?
Putting away the Spiritual Peach Worm, Gu Zheng sat in silence for a while until Gu An and the others finally arrived.
Zhang Tiancheng hadn't seen Gu Zheng since he had dealt with the bodies of Situ, Ming Guo, and Zhao Xin. When he arrived at the orchard of the Qingcheng Sect, he learned about Gu Zheng's hunting speed from Gu An, so he immediately stayed to help Gu An and the others clean up the battlefield.
"Sect Leader, 282 elixirs of different levels were harvested from the Emei orchard, and 230 elixirs of different levels were harvested from the Qingcheng Sect's orchard. These elixirs, together with herbs and medicinal stones, can be made into 480 'Realm Elixirs' of different levels! Also, the elixirs harvested from Situ's orchard haven't been counted yet. "
"For so many years, the number of elixirs that Emei brought out from the Shu Ruins has never exceeded 300! But in this generation, Emei has already harvested 512 elixirs in just one day! Emei is lucky, Emei is lucky! "
Zhang Tiancheng sobbed as he knelt down in front of Gu Zheng. Gu An and Liu Ying did the same, with tears on their faces and smiles on their faces.
"Get up and continue reporting!" Gu Zheng released his inner force and lifted the three of them up.
"From Situ, Ming Guo, and Zhao Xin, we harvested 25 low-level and mid-level elixirs, 38 sets of herbs for refining 'Realm Elixirs', and 18 small fragrant pears."
"From Situ, we harvested the 'Lightning Jade Talisman', and from Zhao Xin, we harvested the 'Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow'."
Zhang Tiancheng gave the immortal weapons to Gu Zheng.
The opening of the Shu Ruins was a big event, and the higher-ups of each sect would give some immortal weapons to the disciples who entered the Shu Ruins to protect themselves. Therefore, it was not strange that Situ, Ming Guo, and Zhao Xin, who were in the middle stage of the fifth level, had immortal weapons.
The Lightning Jade Talisman was a white jade tablet with many mysterious thunder patterns engraved on it. Among the low-level immortal weapons, immortal weapons were considered to be above average in terms of power.
The power of the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow was actually not bad, but it was a pity that when it encountered Gu Zheng, it did not have a target at all. Naturally, its power could not be seen. The Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow, which was also a low-level immortal weapon, looked like an exquisite arrow with some mysterious wind patterns engraved on it.
Whether it was the Lightning Jade Talisman or the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow, these two immortal weapons could not be shown to outsiders, so Gu Zheng put them away after they recognized him as their master.
"Eighteen small fragrant pears. Gu An and Liu Ying each need one to advance, and there are still sixteen left. Tiancheng, what about you?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Sect Leader, I need fourteen to advance," Zhang Tiancheng said.
"Since all of you have advanced, you will have more means to protect yourself with higher cultivation. As for the two extra small fragrant pears, they will not increase your cultivation by much. Gu An and Liu Ying can each have one!"
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, Zhang Tiancheng and the other two thanked him, and then the eighteen small fragrant pears were reimbursed.
White mist emerged from the top of Zhang Tiancheng and the other two's heads. Their eyes shone brightly, and their cultivation advanced amidst the sound of bones cracking. Currently, Gu An and Liu Ying's cultivation were at the late stage of the third level, while Zhang Tiancheng and Gu Zheng's cultivation were at the late stage of the fourth level.
Four people had entered the Shu Ruins, and three of them had advanced. It would be impossible for Gu Zheng not to be anxious at all.
However, Gu Zheng was not anxious to enter the early stage of the fifth level, but the middle stage of the fifth level!
After Gu Zheng's Gokusen Technique reached the third level, he had already taken two mid-level immortal essence pills. Now, his Gokusen Technique was at the second level of the third level! When Gokusen Technique reached the third level of the third level, his cultivation would be equivalent to an inner strength cultivator at the early stage of the fifth level.
The medicinal efficacy of the immortal essence pill that Gu Zheng had taken last time would be completely absorbed by tomorrow night. At that time, he would take another immortal essence pill. He estimated that it would only take about a day, and he would be able to advance to the third level of the third level, which was equivalent to an inner strength cultivator at the early stage of the fifth level.
For Gu Zheng, the strength equivalent to an inner strength cultivator at the early stage of the fifth level was not a distant matter. However, if he wanted to increase his strength to the third level of the Gokusen Technique, which was equivalent to the middle stage of the fifth level, it would take some time. If he only relied on things like immortal essence pills, it would be impossible to advance to the middle stage of the fifth level in the Shu Ruins!
The reward for completing the hidden mission today could only be used when his cultivation reached the middle stage of the fifth level! This was the real reason why Gu Zheng was a little anxious. He wanted to reach the middle stage of the fifth level as soon as possible. After all, the reward could be used as a trump card.
Rice had to be eaten bite by bite, and the road had to be taken step by step. Gu Zheng suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said to Gu An and the others, "You guys rest here. I have something to do."
Gu An and the other two widened their eyes as Gu Zheng put a big bag of elixirs into the Chaos Space. In fact, Gu An was fine. After all, he had followed Gu Zheng to the Heavenly Mountain and had seen Gu Zheng take out things that he did not have. However, this time, Gu Zheng was doing it in front of them. It would be strange if it did not shock them.
Gu Zheng did not want to shock them, but this was something that he could not avoid. Even if he did not do it now, he would have to do it in the future. He could not always let them carry the mutant fruits and other resources. He could not let them leave the Shu Ruins and let outsiders see them.
After choosing a Spirit Peach Tree, Gu Zheng lured all the Spirit Beasts around the Spirit Peach Tree into the distance and killed them. Then, he returned to the spiritual peach tree and hung the Spiritual Peach Worm on the tree with the Ice Cicada Silk, waiting for the Earth Spirit Turtle to appear.
The place where Gu Zheng hid was rather far away. With his eyesight, the tiny Peach Spirit Bug was practically to the extent where it could not be seen. According to Elder Wuyou, the Earth Spirit Turtle was not that rare. It was just that they were rarely killed by people. They were active at night to hunt for food.
It was night now. Gu Zheng stared at the Spiritual Peach Worm and waited patiently.
Time passed quickly without them noticing.
An hour later, when Gu Zheng's eyes were sore from staring, an Earth Spirit Turtle finally appeared under the Spiritual Peach Worm.
The Earth Spirit Turtle that Gu Zheng waited for was different from the one he had seen before. This Earth Spirit Turtle did not hide half of its body in the ground. Instead, it appeared directly on the ground.
Compared to the previous Earthen Spirit Turtle, this Earthen Spirit Turtle was more cautious. It didn't eat the Peach Spirit Bug immediately. It kept its neck in its shell as if it was sensing the surroundings for any abnormalities.
The Earth Spirit Turtle had a strong defense. Even though Gu Zheng had the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow, he was not sure that he could kill it through its shell.
"Calm down, I must calm down," Gu Zheng said to himself.
After waiting quietly for five minutes, the Earth Spirit Tortoise suddenly exerted a suction force toward the Spirit Peach Insect! The Spiritual Peach Worm, which had been swaying in the night wind, suddenly appeared above the Earth Spirit Turtle's mouth. The Ice Cicada Worm was tightened!
The Earth Spirit Turtle, which had been lying on its stomach, stood up and swallowed the Spiritual Peach Worm.
"Now is the time!"
Gu Zheng said to himself. He took out the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow and shot it at the Earth Spirit Turtle's neck silently.
Almost at the same time as Gu Zheng took out the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow, the Earth Spirit Turtle, which was about to get rid of the Ice Cicada Worm in its mouth, suddenly turned its head and looked in Gu Zheng's direction. The sensitivity of the Earth Spirit Turtle surprised Gu Zheng.
Unfortunately, it was too late. When the Earth Spirit Turtle turned its head, the Proud Wind Bamboo Arrow was already close to it. It pierced through its neck with a strong force.
"Phew …"
Gu Zheng let out a long breath and went to clean up the battlefield.
Now that the shell of the Earth Spirit Turtle had been obtained, one of Gu Zheng's concerns was resolved. Since this method could be used to hunt Earth Spirit Turtles, Gu Zheng wanted to hunt two more so that he could prepare some main ingredients for the food cultivation method that he had yet to make.
The idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel! Gu Zheng used the weapon spirit and soon found three Spirit Peach Worms. Unfortunately, after a whole night, not a single Earth Spirit Turtle showed up at the place where the bait was placed.
The early morning sun shone on the earth. Today was the second day of the opening of the Shu Ruins.
Gu An and the others helped Gu Zheng as he prepared to roast the meat again.
Although Gu Zheng was busy hunting yesterday, he still got a lot of Ordinary Level meat. After all, he had killed hundreds of spirit beasts. Among these spirit beasts, there were some that were Ordinary grade. Moreover, the meat quality of these Ordinary grade spirit beasts was relatively good. Gu Zheng cut off some of them and threw them into the Chaos Space.
When he checked the Chaotic Space, Gu Zheng was shocked. There were about three to four hundred pounds of meat from more than a dozen kinds of spirit beasts in the Chaotic Space!
Gu Zheng had known that after the trip to the Shu Ruins, he would get a lot of Ordinary Level ingredients, especially Ordinary Level meat! However, he was surprised to get so much just by cleaning the orchard. After all, these were all meat essences of the same level.
In the outside world, if you met a spirit beast with the right level of ingredients, you would naturally want the whole beast. However, this was the Shu Ruins. According to the standards of the outside world, Gu Zheng could not fit all the meat even if he had the Chaotic Space! After all, spirit beasts with the right level of ingredients ranged from a few dozen pounds to a few hundred pounds. There were even some that weighed more than a thousand pounds.
Gu Zheng did not plan to roast the Purring Pig today. He wanted to roast it with better meat, not only for the spirit beasts to get drunk, but also for himself and the others to have a full meal.
Pulling the 'Black-Gold Python' out of the Primitive Space, Gu Zheng chopped off a 1.5-meter-long section from its body, which was as thick as a bucket.
The Black Gold Python's meat was very tight. A 1.5-meter-long section weighed about 150 pounds! Whether it was for the spirit beasts to get drunk or for everyone to have a full meal, this was enough.
It was Gu Zheng's first time roasting such a large piece of meat. For this purpose, he set up a simple grill. After removing the python bones, he skewered the meat with a bamboo stick and placed it on the grill.
Logically speaking, if such a large piece of meat was not marinated in advance, not only would it be difficult to taste it, but it would also be difficult to roast it. However, this was not a problem for Gu Zheng.
The firewood had all been turned into charcoal. Gu Zheng used the Fire Control Art to stimulate the fire and the Water Control Art to regulate the moisture and oil in the Black Gold Python's meat. Soon, the aroma of roasted meat spread out.
This time, the person in charge of fanning was changed to Zhang Tiancheng. Gu Zheng and Liu Ying watched eagerly, swallowing their saliva from time to time.
The roasting time was not as long as expected, which saved Gu An and the others a lot of suffering.
The roasted Black Gold Python's meat was chopped into exaggeratedly small pieces. After skewering them with bamboo, Gu Zheng handed it to everyone.
"Sect Master, such a large piece of meat gives off a very generous feeling!"
Zhang Tiancheng held the large piece of roasted meat that weighed at least five kilograms. For a moment, he did not know where to start.
"This is to let people eat meat in large bites. Since Sect Master roasted it and gave us such a generous piece, I must finish it today even if I am stuffed to death!"
Liu Ying licked her lips. She had never seen such a large piece of roasted meat on a bamboo stick before.
"It's too fragrant. It doesn't have the fishy smell that I imagined. I can't help it!"
Gu An gritted his teeth and opened his mouth to take a bite of the roasted meat, but Gu Zheng knocked his head with a small bamboo stick.
"Since we are eating meat in large bites, we naturally have to drink wine in large bowls to satisfy our cravings!"
Gu Zheng took out immortal wine from the Primitive Space and mixed it with a lot of Earth Vein Spring Water before distributing it to Gu An and the others. The immortal wine had been mixed until it was extremely light. Although the wine's fragrance was still very strong, it was not enough to make people drunk and cause trouble.
"Come, for the great harvest of this trip to the Ruins of Shu, for the revival of Emei's prestige, let's drink this bowl!"
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, he stretched out his bowl and the four bowls collided with each other.
"Cheers!"
"Gulp, gulp …"
"Awesome!"
"Hahahaha … There's meat to eat if you follow Sect Master!"
"No, there's still wine to drink!"
The fragrance of wine and meat wafted in the orchard, accompanied by laughter.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Gu Zheng and the others began to clean up the orchard. It only took them half a day to clean up Situ's orchard. They harvested two hundred and twenty-five spirit pills of different levels, and Gu Zheng harvested another seventy to eighty kilograms of ordinary level meat.
At this point, the three orchards had been cleaned up. The resources obtained naturally made everyone smile from ear to ear. However, this was not the end. Until the mutant fruits ripened, new spirit beasts would arrive in the orchard one after another. Gu Zheng and the others still had to spend time cleaning up. However, there would be very few spirit beasts that would appear later on. It was estimated that only ten to twenty percent of the original number would appear.
The harvest was bountiful, but Gu Zheng still felt a little regretful in his heart.
The Ruins of Shu was different from the outside world. There were mid-grade ingredients in the periphery of the Ruins of Shu. As for the depths of the Ruins of Shu, there were even high-grade ingredients. Originally, he thought that after cleaning up the three orchards, he would at least obtain some mid-grade ingredients. Unfortunately, he did not obtain any at all.
"Sect Master, what should we do next?" Liu Ying asked.
Situ's orchard had been cleaned up, so there was no need to stay here any longer.
"Let's go to the Bluestone Wasteland to find herbs!"
Gu Zheng looked at the map and chose a herb area.
In the periphery of the Ruins of Shu, in addition to the corresponding orchards, there were also several herb areas that belonged to all the sects.
The biggest use of the herbs in the periphery of the Ruins of Shu was to be used in alchemy with spirit pills and mutant fruits. Their maturation time was very short, almost within ten years. Therefore, every time they came to the Ruins of Shu, almost every sect would have plenty of resources in terms of herbs.
The Bluestone Wasteland could be considered the worst of the herb areas. Firstly, it had the least amount of herbs. Secondly, it was the farthest from the orchard area. Under normal circumstances, the disciples of the sects would rarely go there.
In the past, when the Ruins of Shu opened, only one disciple of the Emei Sect would enter. It was impossible for him to vigorously clean up the orchard. The first place he would go to was definitely the high-yield herb area! In addition to the Emei Sect, Mount Shu and the Spirit Sword Sect, who had the ability to clean up the orchards, would also send people to the high-yield herb area in order to harvest some high-grade herbs.
The Emei Sect did not harvest many spirit pills and mutant fruits over the years, but they had harvested a lot of herbs! It could be said that with the Emei Sect's reserves of herbs, they could completely meet the needs of the mutant fruits and spirit pills harvested in the Ruins of Shu this time. Therefore, which herb area they would go to was not too important at all.
The biggest reason Gu Zheng chose to go to the Bluestone Wasteland was not to look for herbs, but because the other sects did not go there, and there might be some good ingredients there.
The time to set off was in the afternoon. When Gu Zheng and the others arrived at the Bluestone Wasteland, it was already dusk.
In the endless wasteland, there were no big trees at all. The ground was full of huge bluestone stones, and even weeds did not grow much. And this place was the Bluestone Wasteland.
On the way to the Bluestone Wasteland, the Tool Spirit had been helping Gu Zheng to explore. However, what made Gu Zheng very depressed was that, except for a small number of second-grade ingredients, there was not a single ordinary ingredient!
In this trip to the Ruins of Shu, so far, Gu Zheng had only harvested the ordinary plant ingredients, which were the chicken fir found in the forest. He had originally thought that since the three orchards had harvested a lot of ordinary meat ingredients, after going to the Bluestone Wasteland, they should also have harvested a lot of ordinary plant ingredients! But now, he felt that he had thought too much. At least on the road he had been on, there were experts in finding ingredients!
Along the way, they had encountered several traces of digging and gathering. The answer given by the Tool Spirit was that the ingredients growing in these traces were mostly second-grade, and there were also a small number of ordinary ingredients! As for the time when the traces were created, it was around noon today. This meant that the expert in finding ingredients had entered the Bluestone Wasteland before Gu Zheng and the others.
Who was the expert in finding ingredients? Gu Zheng already had an answer in his heart. Judging from the small footprints left behind, they were the people of the Purple Cloud Palace.
As for the people of the Purple Cloud Palace, Gu Zheng did not think of deliberately looking for them. If he met them, then so be it. If he did not meet them, then he would have a peace of mind.
After knowing that the people of the Purple Cloud Palace were in the Bluestone Wasteland, Gu Zheng chose a direction that he thought the disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace would not go after entering the Bluestone Wasteland.
As they continued to go deeper, herbs began to appear one after another along the way.
The herbs that looked like artemisia could be paired with low-grade mutant fruits and Spirit Pills.
The herbs that looked like mugwort could be paired with mid-grade mutant fruits and Spirit Pills.
The herbs that looked like snakberries could be paired with high-grade mutant fruits and Spirit Pills.
In any case, he had not obtained any other herbs or ingredients. As for the herbs that Emei did not lack, Gu Zheng took the opportunity to pick some and threw them into the Primordial Space.
Since the Purple Cloud Palace had the means to find ingredients and herbs, Gu Zheng had already prepared for the worst during this trip to the Bluestone Wasteland! After all, if the Purple Cloud Palace had the means to do so many years ago, they would definitely be like wolves when the Shu Ruins opened in the past. They would definitely plunder the herbs and ingredients in the periphery of the Shu Ruins again and again.
The sky gradually darkened. Gu Zheng finally found a good medicinal herb, the Double Star Rehmannia, in the crevices of the stones. Unfortunately, medicinal herbs were not necessarily ingredients. The Double Star Rehmannia was not suitable to be added to food.
"Sect Master."
Liu Ying suddenly spoke up and pointed to a direction behind them where a bonfire had been lit.
"Alright, I originally thought that it would be fine if we couldn't find it. Since the bonfire has given us a guide, let's go and take a look!"
Gu Zheng sighed and led the way.
Gu Zheng did not want to see the people from the Purple Cloud Palace. He had some reasons.
After the ranking ceremony ended, Gu Zheng had pretended to be sick and rested for a few days. During those few days, the Ling Xue sisters had visited him more than once. However, Gu Zheng refused to see them, so they did not see him.
Gu Zheng did not know what the Ling Xue sisters' purpose was. However, when he thought about how almost all the women of the Purple Cloud Palace were proficient in Yin and Yang dual cultivation, Gu Zheng felt a little uncomfortable. He was afraid that they would mention something like "becoming Dao companions".
Gu Zheng's thoughts were not unrequited love at all. At the Hidden Sword Peak and the ranking ceremony, while Gu Zheng had shocked others, he had also received many bold and reserved looks from the Ling sisters.
Beside a bonfire, among the busy Ling sisters, the first person to see Gu Zheng was Ling Yu, who was ranked second.
"What kind of wind is blowing? To actually bring Sect Master Gu here!"
Ling Yu was the first to speak. She smiled sweetly at Gu Zheng and cupped her fists in greeting.
After being taught a lesson by Elder Dawn Wind near the Hidden Sword Peak, the Ling sisters had always been well-behaved towards Gu Zheng in terms of etiquette.
"I came here to find some medicinal herbs. When I saw the bonfire, I came to see which sect was here."
Gu Zheng walked over with his hands behind his back. As he spoke, he tried to make himself look like an elder. However, deep in his heart, Gu Zheng also knew that etiquette was just etiquette. These three women would not really treat him as an elder. Who knew how old they were and what kind of thoughts they had?
"Sect Master Gu, you're not just looking for medicinal herbs. You're also looking for ingredients, right? I heard that Sect Master Gu is very good at cooking! "
Ling Bing, the youngest of the three Ling sisters, also smiled. She even gave Gu Zheng a displeased look.
"Yes, I'm also looking for some ingredients. It's a pity that these ingredients have all been picked by my Martial Nephews, right?"
While speaking, Gu Zheng fixed his eyes on the pot on top of the bonfire. Inside the pot, some low-grade and ordinary ingredients and herbs were being cooked. In terms of the Dao of cooking, what was being cooked in the pot didn't feel like cooking. Instead, it gave off a feeling of cultivating food.
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