Facing the weapon spirit's question, Gu Zheng did not hesitate, "The law is the Dao. The Dao is natural. It's everywhere, but it's elusive."
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, he stared blankly at the mist on the pot.
A moment later, Gu Zheng asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
"I thought you had some enlightenment, so I didn't disturb you. Did you gain anything?" The weapon spirit hurriedly asked.
"It's not the kind of enlightenment you think. It's just a natural feeling. I feel like there's a string in my brain. It seems like my understanding of food has deepened."
Gu Zheng smiled faintly and began to take out the Wind Speed Cooking Dish he had prepared.
"Although I can't explain it with words, today is a natural day for me. It's definitely a good start! Comprehend the Dao, comprehend the Dao. Who knows when you'll comprehend it? "The artifact spirit said happily.
"Yes, you're right. However, this matter can't be rushed. Let nature take its course!"
The Wind Speed Food Cultivator had already been placed in a special container by Gu Zheng. He would hand it over to Liu Yunzi later. Then, Gu Zheng started to process the ingredients for the Iron Armor Food Cultivator.
Just like the Wind Speed Food Cultivator, Gu Zheng's Iron Armor Food Cultivator was also very ridiculous. Two sets of Iron Armor Food Cultivators could allow him to obtain a lot of ingredients.
Two sets of each food cultivator. Gu Zheng did not take long to deliver the goods. Liu Yunzi and Han Shanzi did not stay in Emei for long. They left in a hurry with the food cultivators that they had prepared. The Kunlun Ruins was about to open. They wanted to send the two food cultivators to the two disciples who entered the Kunlun Ruins.
On the third day after Liu Yunzi left, the disciples of the Shu Mountain Sect came as promised. There were a total of 12 disciples. Among them, there were three that Gu Zheng had seen in the Shu Ruins. The person leading them was an elder from Shu Mountain.
Apart from bringing people over, the Shu Mountain elder also brought some materials needed to repair the Chaos Tower for Gu Zheng.
There were many materials needed to repair the Chaos Tower. In total, they needed: Cloud Pattern Copper, Dragon Scale Gold, Green Hillock Iron, Hundred-tempered Steel, Black Jade Silver, Deep Sea Soft Gold, Space Stone, Warm Jade Crystal, Dark Ancient Wood, Blood Maple Core, and Cold Fragrant Pine Wood. Spirit Demons, Earth Demons, Profound Demons, and Heaven Demons produced some refining materials, a number of Immortal Artifacts, and a special refining material – Metal Spirit Qi.
Among these materials, the Artifact Spirit only lacked four: Dragon Scale Metal Essence, Warm Jade Crystal, Blood Maple Tree Core, and Metal Spirit Qi.
Gu Zheng had already obtained the Warm Jade Crystal from Sora Aoi. Among the materials brought by Mount Shu this time, in addition to a few Celestial Items that surprised Gu Zheng, there was also a piece of Dragon Scale Gold Element!
Sending a few immortal treasures to Gu Zheng was not to say that Shushan had too many immortal treasures, but that these immortal treasures were all left behind by their ancestors and were damaged beyond repair. However, although it was a little difficult to use such an immortal artifact to repair the Primal Chaos Pagoda, it could still be considered useful.
After arranging for the Shushan disciples to enter the Primal Chaos Pagoda to cultivate, Gu Zheng handed the materials to Jiaojiao.
"I really didn't expect Master to be able to gather so many materials in such a short period of time. This is really great. I can start the preliminary restoration."
The materials sent by the Shushan Sect had already been placed in the Primal Chaos Pagoda, and Jiaojiao seemed to be particularly happy.
"Don't just be happy. The Shushan Sect was able to send so many materials this time with the intention of getting things done once and for all. In the future, it will be difficult to get materials from them to repair the Primal Chaos Pagoda. At most, they will help to collect information."
Gu Zheng's words were not unreasonable. After all, when the Shushan Elder handed the materials to Gu Zheng, he had told Gu Zheng a piece of news. The Shushan Elder said that the Dark Ancient Wood used to repair the Primal Chaos Pagoda was owned by a family surnamed Zhao outside Mount Emei. He asked Gu Zheng to go there and take a look.
If Shushan didn't want to get things done once and for all, then for something like this where they already knew the clues, they should have personally come forward! However, the truth was that they had brought the news to Gu Zheng from afar and asked Gu Zheng to go and find it. They even said that the family surnamed Zhao was at the foot of Mount Emei. If Gu Zheng, the sect leader of Mount Emei, went there, things would be smoother.
Although Gu Zheng was the sect leader of Mount Emei, he didn't know much about the people or things around Mount Emei. Moreover, Mount Emei was also considered a hidden sect. Not to mention Gu Zheng, who had become a sect leader halfway, even Wuyou and Wuchou didn't have much of a relationship with the people at the foot of the mountain.
"Master, don't worry. If they don't go all out to help, I have plenty of ways to deal with them. Aren't they using the 'Energy Battlefield' now? I can make the dummies in the 'Energy Battlefield' weaker! In the future, when the nine-story pagoda is repaired, I will also weaken the new 'Energy Battlefield'. "After hearing Gu Zheng's words, Jiaojiao said hatefully.
"You can do as you see fit! That's right, Jiaojiao, what are the benefits of the basic restoration that you mentioned? "Gu Zheng asked.
"There aren't any direct benefits for master, but there are for me. After the basic restoration is completed, the nine-story pagoda's appearance will change a little. My control over the nine-story pagoda will also become stronger. "Jiaojiao said.
"Tomorrow, I will leave Mount Emei first. When the time comes, I will go to the house at the foot of the mountain and see if I can buy the Dark Sunken Ancient Wood. Then, I will return to the city. As for the materials needed to restore the Primal Chaos Pagoda, I will send them to you once I have gathered some. "
Now that there was nothing left to do in Mount Emei, Gu Zheng indeed wanted to return to the city.
"Master, you won't be able to return to the city for a short period of time!" Jiaojiao said regretfully.
"Why?" Gu Zheng asked.
"You are the master of the Primal Chaos Pagoda. Restoring the Primal Chaos Pagoda requires some of your blood and immortal power. Therefore, during this period of time, you will have to stay in Mount Emei Sect and cooperate with my restoration."
After hearing Jiaojiao's explanation, Gu Zheng nodded. Since the restoration of the Primal Chaos Pagoda required this, it seemed like he could only stay for a while.
"Jiaojiao, how long do you mean by a while?"
"About two months. The restoration process won't be very fast." Jiaojiao's voice paused, and then she said, "Actually, master doesn't have to stay in Mount Emei Sect every day. Master's blood and immortal power are needed, but only for a specific period of time. Moreover, in the following restoration process, there will be times when Master's blood and immortal energy will not be needed. However, this process will not take more than two days. If Master really wants to return to the city, you just have to rush back. "
"Forget it, this is very troublesome! If I want to return to the city, I just want to change the environment and stay for a while. Running back and forth, this kind of feeling won't be very good. "
"Since master has decided to stay in Mount Emei, I will now begin the restoration of the Primal Chaos Pagoda. When master's blood or immortal power is needed, I will inform master. During this period of time, master should stay in the Primal Chaos Pagoda!"
"Okay, you go do your thing!"
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, Jiaojiao responded and immediately went into the core of the Primal Chaos Pagoda.
The core of the twenty-two-story Primal Chaos Pagoda was a headless and faceless Primal Chaos Statue on the wall. When Jiaojiao's ball of light entered the Primal Chaos Statue, the statue immediately burst into a gray mist.
The mist covered the materials that were originally placed on the ground, and then turned into a whirlwind that constantly rotated. As for the materials in the whirlwind that were not strong enough, they instantly showed signs of turning into powder.
Gu Zheng watched for a while. This was a process of decomposition, so he closed his eyes and began to cultivate.
Unknowingly, four hours had passed. When Gu Zheng opened his eyes, the whirlwind was still spinning, but the things inside, including the strongest immortal weapons, had already turned into powder.
"Master has finished cultivating. It just so happens that master's blood and immortal power are needed." Jiaojiao's voice sounded.
"What do you want me to do?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Later, all the powder will enter the core. After master drips your blood on the statue, then injects your immortal power into the statue."
As soon as Jiaojiao finished speaking, the whirlwind formed by the mist suddenly disappeared. The powder floating in the air was attracted by the core statue, and like a swarm of bees, they drilled into the core statue's interior.
"Now is the time."
Jiaojiao reminded. Gu Zheng, who was already prepared, immediately forced his blood from his fingertips and pressed it on the Primal Chaos Statue.
The Primal Chaos Statue's surface was smooth and clean, without a single crack. Not only could it absorb the powder, it could even absorb Gu Zheng's blood. And this kind of absorption was like someone sucking with their mouth.
"Master, don't panic. The first time you need a little more blood, but in the future you will need less." Jiaojiao said.
After about a minute of absorbing, the suction from the core statue disappeared.
"Master, inject your immortal power into it. Don't inject it violently, a small stream flows slowly."
Jiaojiao's voice sounded again. Gu Zheng condensed his immortal power into a thin stream, and slowly injected it into the Primal Chaos Statue.
One minute.
Ten minutes.
One hour.
Gu Zheng, who was staying in the Pagoda, did not discover anything. However, the Emei disciples outside the Pagoda all looked at the Pagoda, and began to discuss animatedly.
"Is it my imagination? The color of the nine-storey pagoda is changing! "
"No, it's not your imagination. The color of the nine-storey pagoda is indeed changing. It looks like it's going to return to its original color!"
"What's going on?"
"I heard that the Grand Elder is repairing the Pagoda. Maybe it's because of the repairs!"
"It's said that after the nine-storey pagoda is repaired, a new 'energy battlefield' will appear. I'm looking forward to it!"
"Why are you all not cultivating? What are you all talking about here for?"
"Go back and cultivate!"
Just as the Emei disciples were discussing animatedly, the two elders, Wuyou and Wuchou, who had also discovered something strange, rushed to the front of the Pagoda, and drove all the disciples who were discussing back to cultivate.
One and a half hours later, Jiaojiao's voice sounded. "Master, it's done. You don't need immortal power anymore today."
"When will you inject it again?"
Although he had been inputting immortal power for one and a half hours, because it was condensed into a thin strand, Gu Zheng did not feel strained.
"The next infusion will be tomorrow at this time. As for the time, it will be shortened. In the future, every time you inject immortal power, as long as there is no change in time, it will be at this time." Jiaojiao said.
"Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow."
Gu Zheng left the Chaos Pagoda and stood outside the pagoda to look for a while. He saw that the original blood-red nine-storey pagoda had become much lighter in color. Some places had even revealed their original color, giving people a mottled feeling.
"Sect Leader, is this because the Emei Pagoda is being repaired?" Wuyou, who had been outside the pagoda since he discovered the abnormality, asked.
"Yes, but this is the most basic repair." Gu Zheng said.
"I hope the repair can be completed as soon as possible. The twenty-two-storey pagoda will look even more mighty!" Wuchou laughed.
"Second Elder, come with me to the foot of the mountain!"
Gu Zheng thought of the matter of the Dark Ancient Wood. Since there was still some time before the next infusion of immortal power, he might as well take this opportunity to settle this matter.
"Sect Leader, let me go with you!" Wuyou said.
"There's no need for that. You should cultivate well in the sect. The Second Elder can come with me."
Originally, Gu Zheng also wanted Elder Wuyou to go with them. However, Elder Wuyou had just become an immortal cultivator and needed time to stabilize his realm. Therefore, he chose Elder Wuchou.
Seeing Gu Zheng's firm attitude, Wuyou did not insist. "After you go down the mountain with the sect leader, you have to restrain your impatient temper. Don't be a hindrance to the sect leader."
There was actually a reason why Wuyou would remind Wuchou. After receiving the news of the Dark Ancient Wood, Wuyou had already sent people to the Zhao Family. However, not only did the Zhao Family deny that they had the Dark Ancient Wood, they even spoke very impolitely.
"Got it."
Elder Wu Chou nodded and stuck out his tongue at Elder Wu You, looking just like an old urchin. From the time they entered the sect until now, although they rarely did things separately, Wuchou had to listen to Wuyou's advice every time they separated! Although there were not many opportunities to be reminded, after all, they had been together for dozens of years. Wuchou's ears were about to grow calluses from listening to it.
Compared to the Emei Sect deep in the mountains, the Zhao Family was located outside the mountains. However, compared to a village outside the mountains, the Zhao Family was a villa in the mountains.
The villa's architectural style was very retro. The plaque on the door was engraved with the words' Zhao Family '.
Gu Zheng and Wuchou were both cultivators. The two of them came to the Zhao Family's door from the sect. Although it was a long journey, it did not take much time.
After Wuchou knocked on the door, an old man who looked to be about the same age as Wuchou and was wearing a gray gown poked his head out from behind the door.
"What are you doing here?" The old man looked at Gu Zheng and Wuchou for a while and said in a low, muffled voice.
Wuchou did not notice anything strange. However, the Weapon Spirit's voice sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"This is an inner strength cultivator. His cultivation is at the beginning of the third stage."
Gu Zheng's brows furrowed slightly. He originally thought that the Zhao family was a rich family, but from the looks of it, that wasn't the case. The old man in front of him was dressed like a servant from a rich family in the old days. A villa built deep in the mountains with an expensive cost was opened by a third stage inner strength cultivator. The owner of the Zhao Family should have some background!
"We're here to do business with you. I heard that you have Dark Ancient Wood in your house?"
Wuchou's face showed a kind smile. However, because his words were too abrupt, his smile also seemed to be malicious.
"Two days ago, two young people came to the Zhao Family and said that they wanted to buy some Dark Ancient Wood. You two came together, right?" The old man smiled coldly.
"Two days ago, there were people who came to buy Dark Ancient Wood? It seems that the news spread quickly! Old friend, you should sell your Dark Ancient Wood. Otherwise, you won't be able to live in peace deep in the mountains! "
Wuchou's face showed an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good." As for the two young people that the old man mentioned, they were naturally the Emei Sect disciples who were refused entry here.
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