"In fact, it's not too surprising that there would be such a strange situation. After all, the Blood Tide itself is strange enough. I knew that there must be an immortal formation below. However, after hearing what Shangguan Feng said, I became more and more interested in the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. Let's go and have a look now! "
"Okay!"
Gu Zheng agreed. Then, he smiled at Shangguan Feng and said, "Sect Leader Mu guessed correctly. I am indeed very interested in the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. Sect Leader Mu is so relaxed. This has also made me want to explore the Blood Tide Forbidden Area!"
Gu Zheng paused and then asked, "However, it's a forbidden area after all. The Heavenly Spiral Sect has many branches. Won't I bring any trouble to Sect Leader Mu if I go there?"
"No."
Shangguan Feng smiled slightly, "In the past, the Blood Tide area was a real 'forbidden area'. Except for the branches of the Heavenly Spiral Sect, we didn't allow outsiders to get close. It was only during the competition for a spot in the Heavenly Snail Cavern that the other branches of the Heavenly Snail Sect became excited when they heard the rule that they could ask for external help. They wondered if they could also ask for external help to solve the secret of the forbidden zone. So from then on, every branch of the Heavenly Spiral Sect had two quotas to bring outsiders to explore the forbidden area during the ancestral worship period! Every outsider who came to explore the forbidden area would see what they saw in the forbidden area. As for other details, each branch would decide on their own! "
"Fellow Taoist Shangguan, so many years have passed. How many outsiders have explored the forbidden area?" Gu Zheng asked again.
"Only eight," Shangguan Feng said.
"Eight?"
Gu Zheng frowned. The number of people was beyond his imagination.
"Yes, only eight!"
Shangguan Feng's voice paused, and then she continued, "Not everyone has the courage to investigate after hearing the details of the Blood Tide. What's more, exploring the forbidden area is so dangerous. Although the branches of the Heavenly Spiral Sect want to know the secret of the Blood Tide Forbidden Area, they won't let anyone go! Although only eight outsiders have explored the forbidden area, which sounds like a small number, five of the eight people are elders of the sect. As for the other three, they are all immortal cultivators! "
"Oh? Three Immortal cultivators? "Gu Zheng raised his eyebrows.
"That's right! Among the three cultivators, one of them is a loose cultivator, while the other two are devil cultivators. "
Gu Zheng didn't think much of it when he heard Shangguan Feng say that Devil Cultivators had also explored the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. After all, many of the branches of the Heavenly Conch Sect belonged to overseas sects. They weren't as resistant to Devil Cultivators as the sects in the mainland.
"What realms are these three Immortal Cultivators at? What did they find after their investigation? "Gu Zheng asked again.
"The itinerant cultivator is at the early stage of the Divine Transformation Realm. As for the two devil cultivators, the lower one is at the middle stage of the Qi Transformation Realm while the higher one is at the early stage of the Void Return Realm! However, their answers were very consistent. After their Divine Senses reached a depth of two hundred meters, they could not go any further. Other than that, they did not find anything else! "
Shangguan Feng's voice paused, and then she said with a smile, "I'm very curious. Sect Leader Gu, after hearing so much from me, are you going or not?"
"Since it won't cause any trouble for Sect Leader Mu, then everything will be as Sect Leader Mu said. Today, I'm just going to take a look. As for when to explore the Blood Tide Forbidden Area, I'll wait until I get the quota for the Heavenly Conch Cave and leave Blood Tide Island!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
Seeing that Gu Zheng was really going to explore the forbidden area, the smile on Shangguan Feng's face turned into a bitter smile.
"Sect Leader Gu asked so many questions. You must want to go. I've already guessed it! But even so, I still want to hear Sect Leader Gu's answer. From the bottom of my heart, I hope my guess is wrong. I don't want Sect Leader Gu to be too curious about this matter. After all, curiosity can really kill people sometimes! "
Shangguan Feng's voice paused, and then she told Gu Zheng some past events.
The past events that Shangguan Feng talked about were mainly about the fate of those who explored the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. What surprised Gu Zheng the most was that Shangguan Feng had also explored the Blood Tide Forbidden Area!
Twenty years ago, Shangguan Feng was 30 years old, and his cultivation was at the middle stage of the fifth level. At such an age and with such a cultivation, he could be regarded as a genius in the whole cultivation world.
At that time, Shangguan Feng, who was proud and arrogant and had a promising future, was also very curious about the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. So, on a day when the Blood Tide didn't appear, Shangguan Feng dived into the sea, wanting to explore the mystery of the Blood Tide Forbidden Area.
According to Shangguan Feng, he didn't see anything in the sea at that time. At most, he dived down 50 meters, and then inexplicably lost consciousness!
Shangguan Feng woke up on the beach. After waking up, he didn't feel any discomfort, but as time went by, Shangguan Feng was horrified to find that his sexual orientation had unknowingly changed. Even his voice and posture were uncontrollably like a woman's.
What made Shangguan Feng even more crazy was that his cultivation seemed to have been cursed, and could no longer be improved! Every time the Internal Force in his body was on the verge of a breakthrough, the surging Internal Strength would inexplicably disappear without a trace, and his cultivation would once again return to the state when he explored the Blood Tide Forbidden Area.
Twenty years had passed, and during this time, Shangguan Feng had used all the methods he could, but his situation hadn't changed at all. No one could clearly explain what was going on with his situation.
After listening to Shangguan Feng's story, Gu Zheng was actually very curious and wanted to explore Shangguan Feng's body, but he didn't say this request in the end. After all, in the past twenty years, Shangguan Feng had tried all kinds of methods, but he still didn't know what was going on. A conventional exploration on his body shouldn't be able to find anything! And an unconventional exploration would definitely expose his identity as a cultivator, so Gu Zheng could only suppress his curiosity.
"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, what happened to the three cultivators who explored the Forbidden Area?"
When he learned that there were cultivators who had explored the Forbidden Area, Gu Zheng wanted to ask this question, but at that time, Shangguan Feng asked him this question and then said a lot of things, so this question was put aside until now.
"Among the three cultivators, the two with lower cultivation were fine. As for the cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return, he died suddenly later!" Shangguan Feng said.
"The cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return actually died suddenly later?" Gu Zheng said incredulously.
"Nothing happened to the cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return after exploring the Forbidden Area, but a few years later, he didn't give up and actually made a request to explore the Blood Tide Forbidden Area again! For such a request, the Clear Sky Conch Sect, which had agreed to let him explore, naturally tried to dissuade him in every possible way, but the other party just didn't listen, so they had no choice but to let him explore. "
"Outsiders don't know what the cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return found in the Blood Tide. They only know that when he came out of the Blood Tide, he already seemed to be injured. He didn't stay on the Blood Tide Island for long and directly left."
"Seven days later, the cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return suddenly died in his sect! Although he had signed a life-and-death agreement in advance, his sect still vented their anger on the Clear Sky Conch Sect, so now the Clear Sky Conch Sect has even fewer members than the Black Sky Conch Sect! Moreover, the anger from this sect also affected our Red Sky Conch Sect. "
"After this incident, all the branches of the Heavenly Conch Sect were very strict about the quota for exploring the Forbidden Area. If it weren't for the fact that Sect Leader Gu was really extraordinary and our Sect Leader Mu thought that you might be able to find something different, he wouldn't have asked me to ask you whether you want to explore the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. "
"For the sudden death of the cultivator at the Early-stage of Void Return, several branches of the Heavenly Conch Sect have also speculated. One of the speculations is that no matter during the Blood Tide or not, the number of exploration of the Forbidden Area should not exceed two times. Otherwise, even Daluo Jinxian would be dead for sure! Although there is no basis for this speculation, Sect Leader Mu also said that if Sect Leader Gu still wants to explore the Forbidden Area during the Blood Tide after careful consideration, then there is only one chance! In the future, if Sect Leader Gu still wants to explore, whether for his own sake or for the sake of the two sects, I hope Sect Leader Gu won't open his mouth! "Shangguan Feng said seriously.
"Okay, I agree with Sect Leader Mu! As for whether to explore the Forbidden Area during the Blood Tide, I will think about it carefully, "Gu Zheng said.
Gu Zheng and Shangguan Feng didn't stay in the residence for too long. After chatting for a while, they headed to the Blood Tide Forbidden Zone together.
The Blood Tide Forbidden Area during the day looked no different from a normal sea area with a soft beach and azure sea water.
"Did you find anything?"
Standing by the sea, Gu Zheng asked the Device Spirit.
"You are now a cultivator, and my exploration range is only ten meters. It is not as good as your Divine Thought!" the Device Spirit said.
Gu Zheng smiled, "I know that. I mean, you didn't find anything through my eyes?"
"No, I will tell you if I find anything."
The Device Spirit paused and then said with a smirk, "You can separate your Divine Thought to explore, and it will be fine!"
"That's not good, is it?" Gu Zheng murmured.
"Why not? Anyway, Shangguan Feng won't find out if you separate your Divine Thought," the Device Spirit tempted.
Before Gu Zheng became a real cultivator, he could detect some cultivators' Divine Thought. For example, when he came out of the Shu Ruins and was going to the main hall of Shu Mountain, he noticed Han Songzi's Divine Thought peeping! The first reason for this abnormality was that although he had yet to become a true cultivator, he already possessed Celestial Force. The second reason was that his five senses had been strengthened! If it weren't for these anomalies, the presence of a cultivator's spiritual will would almost never be detected by other cultivators.
"I know that Shangguan Feng won't find out if I use my Divine Thought to explore! I just think that since we are just here to have a look, it is not good to explore now, right? "
Gu Zheng's voice was not firm. In fact, when the Device Spirit proposed this, he was already tempted.
"There is not much difference between exploring now and when you left the Blood Tide Island! Mu Chunfeng didn't let you explore now because she was afraid that you would have an accident. Don't worry, I am here. As long as you listen to me, I promise that nothing will happen to you! Since nothing will happen, what is the difference between exploring now and exploring later? "
In his inner vision, the Device Spirit was standing in the garden, twirling her fingers around the flower vines. She blinked her big eyes and smiled slyly.
"You promise that nothing will happen to me? What do you know about this forbidden area? "
Gu Zheng stopped looking at the Device Spirit. He found that looking at this little girl, he would easily agree to her suggestion.
"I don't know much. I just think that three cultivators with different cultivation levels can't go further than 200 meters with their Divine Thought! Then 200 meters should be a very safe depth for cultivators. They didn't find anything at this depth, but it doesn't mean that we can't find anything! "the Device Spirit smiled.
"Okay."
Gu Zheng accepted the Device Spirit's suggestion and immediately separated a strand of his Divine Thought into the sea.
Using his Divine Thought to explore, Gu Zheng felt that the temperature of the sea changed with the depth and saw fish shuttling back and forth.
Everything around him was normal. Gu Zheng also explored the mud at the bottom of the sea, but he still didn't find anything strange.
However, the so-called normal ended when Gu Zheng's Divine Thought explored more than 200 meters away from the shore. Gu Zheng felt that the sea had become as hard as iron, and his Divine Thought couldn't go any further.
Gu Zheng wasn't surprised that his Divine Thought was blocked! Before leaving the residence, Shangguan Feng had told Gu Zheng some information about the Blood Tide Forbidden Area. It was also this information that made Gu Zheng understand that he had touched the edge of the Celestial Array.
According to Shangguan Feng, the shape of the Celestial Array was like a water tank! In order to explore the Celestial Array, whether by diving or using Divine Thought, one had to take a boat across the water and reach the mouth of the tank. Only then would one not be affected by the edge of the Celestial Array.
"It seems that we have to go into the sea!" The Device Spirit said.
"Taoism peer Shangguan, I want to go into the sea and have a look." Gu Zheng looked at Shangguan Feng.
The conversation between Gu Zheng and the Device Spirit and the exploration of the Celestial Array happened in a very short period of time. In Shangguan Feng's eyes, Gu Zheng had just followed her here and stopped to look at the sea for about three or four seconds.
Seeing Shangguan Feng frown slightly, Gu Zheng pointed to the forest on the shore.
"Taoism peer Shangguan, don't get me wrong. I said to go into the sea by boat, not that I want to go into the sea. Since the shape of the Celestial Array is like a water tank, I want to see if I can find anything different at the mouth of the tank! "
There was a wooden boat in the forest, which seemed to be able to accommodate ten people.
"Today, I brought Sect Leader Gu here, but I didn't think of letting Sect Leader Gu go into the sea."
Shangguan Feng paused and then said, "However, Sect Leader Mu also said that if Sect Leader Gu has any requests, we will try our best to cooperate! If Sect Leader Gu wants to go into the sea by boat, it's not impossible, but we have to agree on three things first. "
Gu Zheng nodded and said, "Go ahead."
"When we row the boat into the sea later, I hope that Sect Leader Gu and Miss Miaomiao will just look and don't do anything practical, let alone touch anything in the sea! Moreover, we only have half an hour to enter the sea this time. As long as Sect Leader Gu and Miss Miaomiao can abide by the agreement, we will go into the sea immediately, "Shangguan Feng said.
Miaomiao, who had been silent all this time, said, "What do you mean by not touching anything in the sea?"
"I mean fish, shrimps, and all the animals in the water," Shangguan Feng said.
"Okay, let's do as Taoism peer Shangguan says!"
Gu Zheng agreed, but Shangguan Feng was very serious about this matter. He didn't walk into the forest until Miaomiao nodded.
The wooden boat was quickly pushed out by Shangguan Feng. After the three of them got on the boat, Shangguan Feng immediately rowed with both hands.
The sea was very quiet, and there wasn't even a breeze. Perhaps it was because of her previous experience, but ever since they entered the sea, Shangguan Feng seemed very nervous. She even looked back from time to time, as if afraid that something would appear on the sea.
"Sect Leader Gu, where we are now is already the mouth of a vat. Is it okay to stop the boat here?" Shangguan Feng asked.
"Okay, let's stop here for a while."
Gu Zheng smiled faintly and stood at the bow of the boat, pretending to be looking around. In fact, he had already separated his divine sense to explore the sea.
"It's really different!"
As soon as Gu Zheng's divine sense entered the sea, the artifact spirit's voice sounded.
"How is it different?" Gu Zheng asked.
In fact, Gu Zheng also found something different, but this difference was that it was a little cold, and he didn't find much else. He also felt that when the artifact spirit said it was different, it definitely wasn't referring to the cold!
"Go deeper, and you will find more." The artifact spirit didn't give a direct answer.
The depth of a hundred meters was quickly explored.
"What is the difference you feel now?" The artifact spirit asked.
"In addition to the coldness I felt at the beginning, I always felt that there seemed to be mysterious energy in the sea. They were like some thin threads. When I probed with my divine sense, they always gave me a feeling that they wanted to attach themselves to my divine sense, but their movements were slow. However, when I wanted to trace them, they all disappeared without a trace. "
Gu Zheng paused and then said, "It seems that the three immortal cultivators didn't tell the branch of the Heavenly Spiral Sect everything. At least, they didn't say anything about the thin threads that wanted to attach themselves to their divine sense."
"Everyone is selfish." The artifact spirit smiled. "The thin threads you felt belong to a kind of extremely rare evil aura! This kind of evil aura was born between heaven and earth and was not man-made. It's very domineering! If it wasn't the divine sense entering the sea, but the physical body entering the sea, a cultivator of the fifth level would be extremely lucky to end up like Shangguan Feng! "The artifact spirit said.
Gu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Artifact spirit, since there is such an extremely special evil aura here, could the immortal formation below exist to seal the evil aura? As for the Blood Tide, could it be an external manifestation of the evil aura when it reaches a certain level? "
"You guessed right! With the existence of this evil aura, it's no wonder that during the Blood Tide, cultivators of the Void Return stage would have such bad luck! "The artifact spirit said seriously.
"Since we know that this is a dangerous evil place, is it still necessary to continue exploring?" Gu Zheng asked.
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