In the dark and damp environment, droplets of water dripped from the ceiling from time to time, producing a pitter-patter sound.
The smell in the air was unpleasant. After all, there were many bats living here, and the ground was littered with bat feces, giving birth to many insects and reptiles.
Gu Zheng and Meow Meow continued to approach the source of the energy fluctuations. Their immortal power formed a protective cyclone around their bodies, and all the pests fled before they could get close.
"Weapon spirit, what do you think the Celestial Snail Cavern is normally like?" Gu Zheng wondered.
"You mean the little things on the ground and the bats on the ceiling?" the weapon spirit asked.
There were too many bats in the Celestial Snail Cavern, and the ones Meow Meow had killed were only a drop in the ocean. The bats hanging from the ceiling looked no different from ordinary bats. Their food grade was trash, and there was nothing poisonous in their bodies.
"Yes, these things have always lived in the Celestial Snail Cavern. You said that evil energy attacks all living things. How did they survive? Moreover, they don't show any signs of being demonized, "Gu Zheng said.
"Although the evil energy in the Celestial Snail Cavern is of the same origin as the evil energy in the Bloodtide Forbidden Zone, they are fundamentally different. According to my guess, this Patriarch Tian Luo must have the ability to control evil spirits. You can think of the evil spirits as being 'tamed', or as being under some kind of command and living under some kind of rule. That's why there are normal creatures in the cave. Of course, these things aren't within their range of attack, "the weapon spirit said.
"If the Celestial Snail Cavern Master really had such means, in his time, he wouldn't have needed a top-grade immortal weapon like the Nine-Colored Illusion Sonic Conch. He would've been a very difficult person to deal with. It's a pity that too much time has passed, and there's no way to know more about the Celestial Snail Cavern Master. "Gu Zheng sighed.
"How disgusting!"
Meow Meow's irritated voice sounded. With a wave of her hand, a group of fleeing insects froze in their tracks. Even with the cyclone around her body, the insects couldn't touch her, but that didn't dispel her disgust.
"Eh?"
Gu Zheng wanted to pat Meow Meow's head to comfort it, but his attention was drawn to a pool in the corner.
The terrain where Gu Zheng and the others were now in could be considered a small end of many caves. The space here was very large, and there were relatively few stalactites. In a place like the Heavenly Snail Cavern, it could be considered very open.
The pool was about the size of a house. When Gu Zheng approached it, his gaze fell on a footprint beside the pool.
"What kind of thing left these footprints? They look so strange!"
Meow Meow also came to the side of the pool and looked at the footprint.
The shape of the footprints was a bit like a human foot, but there were no toes, nor were there any traces of shoes.
"Judging from the size of the footprint, the thing that left the mark should be quite big," Gu Zheng said.
Sect Leader Mu had once told Gu Zheng that there were several kinds of monsters in the Heavenly Snail Cave that could attack people, but none of them had such special footprints.
"In the explored area of the Heavenly Snail Cave, this is the center of the Heavenly Snail Cave. There's still a long way to go before we reach the depths of the cave! This kind of monster has already appeared in the center of the cave, and I don't know what else we'll encounter if we continue. I want to try the Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation, "Gu Zheng thought.
"Sure, you can try it if you want. If someone else controls something to attack, we can also see if the Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is more powerful or if the control is more powerful. Besides, controlling a Spiritual Beast isn't a bad thing. The immortal formation in the Heavenly Snail Cave will definitely be more difficult to deal with. At a critical moment, we may need some cannon fodder, "the Artifact Spirit said.
In the past, when cooking in dangerous places, Gu Zheng had to worry about whether he would attract something, but now this worry didn't exist.
After casting a few spells and setting up restrictions around them, Gu Zheng took out kitchen utensils and ingredients from the Chaos Space. Soon, a pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation was ready.
Back in the Shu Ruins, Gu Zheng had used a pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation to make many Spiritual Beasts attack the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider. In the end, he had obtained the natural treasure guarded by the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider.
"Back then, the pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation used ordinary quality meat, and the level of the Food Cultivation was low. Now, the pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation still uses ordinary quality meat, but the level of the Food Cultivation has reached the middle level! Back then, the pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation could only tempt high-level Spiritual Beasts, but now, the pot of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation can even tempt Spiritual Beasts. As long as it dares to eat it, it will be under your control! "
The Artifact Spirit and Gu Zheng paused for a moment, then said, "Meow Meow, do you want to try this delicacy?"
Meow Meow, who had been secretly swallowing saliva, immediately became alert when it heard the Artifact Spirit's voice.
"No, Mister's Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is different from the ones I've eaten before. It's harmful to the body!" Meow Meow said.
"It's fine. You're already an Earth Spiritual Beast. This Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation won't affect you much." The Artifact Spirit continued to smirk.
"I'd better not!" Meow Meow whispered.
"Hmph."
Feeling that it had teased Meow Meow enough, the Artifact Spirit smiled proudly. "To be honest, this level of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is fine even if you eat it. But if it's a high level Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation, let alone Earth Spiritual Beasts, even Profound Spiritual Beasts and Heavenly Spiritual Beasts will find it hard to digest!"
"Is it really that amazing?" Meow Meow's eyes widened.
"It's true, but the main ingredient for a high level Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is very rare, so I don't have any stockpiles." Gu Zheng smiled.
"Isn't the main ingredient the meat?" Meow Meow asked curiously.
"No, the main ingredient for low and mid level Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is Rosemary Orchid. The main ingredient for a high level Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation is something else." Gu Zheng smiled.
As they spoke, Gu Zheng had already packed up the Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation. He was about to continue on his journey with Meow Meow when he frowned slightly.
Just as Gu Zheng's frown deepened, Meow Meow's brows furrowed as well. They'd both discovered a strand of Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation.
The Spiritual Beast's Spiritual Beast had only scanned them briefly. It had come quickly and left just as quickly. Gu Zheng and Meow Meow hadn't done anything when they'd discovered the Spiritual Beast's Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation. Therefore, their appearances and the situation around them had already been discovered by the Spiritual Beast's Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation.
"I didn't use Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation to check on you, but you used Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation to check on me."
Gu Zheng sneered inwardly. He could've easily devoured or disintegrated the Spiritual Beast's Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation, but he hadn't done so. It was the same reason why he hadn't used Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation.
Gu Zheng had already guessed that there were two Immortal Cultivators in the Celestial Snail Cavern. No matter how strong they were, or whether they knew of their existence, he didn't want to expose his strength and alert them. Anyway, he had his targets. Even if he needed to use Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation, now wasn't the time. Moreover, as a Immortal Cultivator, even if he didn't use Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation, he could still sense things within a large radius.
"Sir, if it weren't for the look in your eyes just now, I wouldn't have let go of that Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation so easily." Meow Meow raised its small fist.
"I know, let's continue on our way!" Gu Zheng smiled.
Meanwhile.
Somewhere in the Celestial Snail Cavern, the black-robed old man retracted his Spiritual Beast Food Cultivation with a cold smile.
"So it's the two of you. Good, very good! You killed my Hong Nu, and now you've come to the Celestial Snail Cavern to snatch my treasure. You won't be able to redeem yourselves even if you die a hundred times! "The black-robed old man gnashed his teeth.
This black-robed old man was Gongsun Changsheng, the angry man's previous master!
When Meow Meow used Immortal Energy to fish, there was resentment in the school of fish. Through the resentment, Gongsun Changsheng could roughly sense Meow Meow's cultivation level. That was why he warned the angry man to be careful on Foggy Wind Island. There might be Immortal Cultivators on the island.
After that, when Meow Meow devoured the Immortal Energy in the resentment, the eyes on the resentment's belly narrowed. Through those eyes, Gongsun Changsheng could see Gu Zheng and Meow Meow's appearance.
But what Gongsun Changsheng didn't know was that the angry man didn't die. Instead, he had recognized Gu Zheng as his master.
Gongsun Changsheng's injured finger moved continuously, and the mysterious light pattern appeared on his face again.
"Awoo!"
"Roar!"
A strange cry came from the depths of the Celestial Snail Cavern. Lu Qi, who was hurrying on his way, frowned.
"You're not done yet, are you? You mutated the bat before, and now you're up to something after I scanned it with my Divine Will? I'd like to see how capable you are! "
Anger appeared in Lu Qi's eyes. He rushed out in a flash, heading in the direction of Gongsun Changsheng.
Angry roars filled the Celestial Snail Cavern as a huge monster rushed out of each of the four caves in front of Gu Zheng and Meow Meow.
One of them was the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider that Gu Zheng had seen in the Ruins of Shu. As for the other three, one looked like a huge bat. Although it had wing membranes on its limbs, it crawled out. Of the other two, one was a humanoid monster covered in stalactites. The last one looked like a huge corpse in human form. Many parts of its body exposed white bones. The footprints by the pool were left by it.
The Mystic Yin Demonic Spider, the huge bat, and the stalactite monster were the first to come out. However, when they saw the human-shaped corpse, they stopped in their tracks, showing their instinctive fear of the human-shaped corpse.
However, these monsters did not act according to their instincts. They were under Gongsun Changsheng's control, so after a momentary pause, they still rushed toward Gu Zheng and Meow Meow.
"These four things, including the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider, are no longer pure spirit beasts. They've all mutated after being demonized by evil Qi. Besides, even though they look ferocious, the spiritual lights in their eyes aren't weak at all. Their intelligence should be much higher than that of ordinary spirit beasts. "
The Artifact Spirit's voice rang in Gu Zheng's mind.
"Sir, these guys are so strange. Will the Spirit Beast Food Cultivation that only works on spirit beasts work on them?" Meow Meow asked.
"The Mystic Yin Demonic Spider, the huge bat, and even the stalactite monster. The Spirit Beast Food Cultivation should work on them. After all, no matter how mutated they are, they're still spirit beasts. However, the Spirit Beast Food Cultivation probably won't work on the human-shaped corpse. After all, it's not a spirit beast. But you can give it a try. I'd like to see how the human-shaped corpse will react to the Spirit Beast Food Cultivation. "
Gu Zheng paused, then pointed at the four charging monsters. "Meow Meow, spread the dog food!"
"Okay!"
Meow Meow answered cheerfully. It raised its hand and threw the Spirit Beast Food Cultivation Gu Zheng had cooked at the four monsters.
The pieces of meat Meow Meow threw were all aimed at the monsters' mouths. The roaring stalactite monster swallowed the meat directly.
"Whoosh!"
The Mystic Yin Demonic Spider raised its sharp chelicerae and pierced the meat. The strange aroma of the meat made it forget to move forward.
The huge bat used its forelimbs to block the meat that was flying toward its mouth. The meat hit its wing membrane and flew back toward Meow Meow.
As for the meat that was flying toward the human-shaped corpse, it was turned into a puddle of pus by a layer of green mist on the corpse's body.
Meow Meow waved its hand again, and the meat that was flying back to the human-shaped corpse flew back again. This time, the huge bat didn't use its forelimbs to block it. After the meat bounced back, it stopped moving forward. Its nose twitched constantly, following the scent of the meat in the air.
"Whoosh!"
Its scarlet tongue flicked out, and the meat that it had lost and recovered was swallowed by the huge bat.
"Plop!"
The stalactite monster that swallowed the first piece of meat collapsed on its way to Gu Zheng and Meow Meow.
Meow Meow waved its hand a third time, and a violent gust of wind blew away the green mist on the human-shaped corpse. The meat went into the bat's mouth.
At the same time, the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider swallowed the meat. The huge bat that had swallowed it first fell to the ground.
After eating the meat, the human-shaped corpse slowed down a bit, but it still charged toward Gu Zheng and Meow Meow.
"Sir, the human-shaped corpse doesn't have any reaction, but the spirit beast's culinary skill is quite effective! These creatures seem to be quite intelligent, but they can't resist its temptation! "
"Yes." Gu Zheng smiled. "Meow Meow, let's get rid of the human-shaped corpse!"
The spirit beast's culinary skill contained Gu Zheng's blood, so Gu Zheng could sense that even though the human-shaped corpse had swallowed his spirit beast's culinary skill, it didn't have much of an effect on it. It was impossible to control it.
"Whoosh!"
Gu Zheng took out Tang Mo and waved his knife around, then put Tang Mo back into the chaos space.
"What a pity. Tang Mo doesn't have any reaction to these things." Gu Zheng smiled wryly.
"Including the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider. Even if these creatures have evil energy in them, it's not pure. After all, they're products of evil energy. It's not strange that Tang Mo doesn't have any reaction to them." The artifact spirit smiled.
"By the way, artifact spirit, I feel that the other party's control over these high-level monsters is much weaker," Gu Zheng said.
"That's right. The other party's control over these spirit beasts is much weaker than that of the exploding bats. If the other party's control was just a little stronger, even if the Spirit Beast Food Cultivation was very tempting, it wouldn't have succeeded so easily, "the artifact spirit said.
Gu Zheng chatted with the artifact spirit while Meow Meow quickly dealt with the human-shaped corpse.
Among the four demonic creatures, the stalactite monster, the giant bat, and the Mystic Yin Demonic Spider were more powerful than most cultivators in the late fifth layer. However, after eating the spirit beast food, even a small piece of meat was now lying on the ground, motionless.
As for the human-shaped corpse, apart from the fact that it couldn't control the energy of heaven and earth, its strength was very close to that of an early-stage Qi Transforming cultivator. Unfortunately, its opponent was Meow Meow. Before it could use many of its techniques, it was burned to ashes by Meow Meow's demonic fire.
Gu Zheng's thoughts moved, and the three monsters, who were originally dead, suddenly jumped to their feet.
"Find the source of the order and attack!"
Gu Zheng conveyed his intentions to the three magical creatures, who immediately rushed into the same cavern. Gu Zheng, on the other hand, followed unhurriedly with Meow Meow in tow.
Middle-grade spirit beasts were much stronger than low-grade spirit beasts. In a situation like this, Gu Zheng could easily control them from a distance.
"I wonder what kind of expression that person will have when he sees these monsters? After all, these things were originally under his command! "Gu Zheng's lips curled into a cold smile.
Gu Zheng had his own plans for not leaving a single monster by his side. Anyway, there were many strange cries coming from the depths of the Celestial Snail Cave, and he would definitely encounter a few more along the way. It wouldn't be too late to leave one behind.
Gu Zheng was still approaching his destination, and near his destination, Lu Qi and Gongsun Changsheng were already standing together.
Their figures were like the wind, so fast that it was impossible to see them clearly. The chaotic energy of heaven and earth swept back and forth, and from time to time, there were rocks falling from the ceiling.
"Enough!"
Gongsun Changsheng roared, trying to break free from Lu Qi's entanglement, but it was obviously not something that could be done in a short time. Lu Qi was still pestering him.
"Enough? Not enough! How far have we gotten? I didn't use my immortal weapon, and I didn't control the energy of heaven and earth to my heart's content. How can this be? "Lu Qi sneered, and his attacks didn't stop.
"What? Do you still want to use your immortal weapon or control the energy of heaven and earth to your heart's content? Do you think this place can withstand our full power? "
Gongsun Changsheng was a little helpless. If Lu Qi's strength wasn't slightly superior to his, he really wouldn't waste his breath on Lu Qi.
"First, you controlled the bats to harass, then you used your divine senses to scan, and then you let those monsters out to make a fool of themselves. Aren't you very capable? Why aren't you rampant now? "Lu Qi laughed.
"Don't think that I'm afraid of you. If you push me too far, I'll let you know my true strength!"
Gongsun Changsheng roared, and the palm wind that he pushed out collided with Lu Qi's palm wind in the air again, producing an explosive sound. At the same time, he also floated back a little, and shouted at Lu Qi who was rushing again, "If you want the crane and the clam to fight, then let the fisherman reap the benefits!"
Lu Qi originally only wanted to teach Gongsun Changsheng a lesson. Now that he heard what Gongsun Changsheng said, he stopped chasing.
"Gongsun Changsheng, what do you mean? Are there other immortal cultivators in the Tianluo Cavern other than you and me? "
Other than immortal cultivators, Lu Qi couldn't think of any other identity that could play the role of a fisherman.
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