Gu Zheng brought Meow Meow to the starting point of the second floor, which was near the four sea monster statues.
According to Mo Xiang's instructions, Gu Zheng used his immortal energy to operate the four oceanic monster statues. The four oceanic monster statues shook their bodies and opened their mouths to shoot out beams of light. The beams of light intertwined and formed a mysterious light formation in the air.
Gu Zheng pulled Meow Meow to stand under the light formation, then used his immortal energy to operate it again. Light and darkness alternated in front of them, and they appeared at the third layer of the three-layered immortal formation that led to the second layer of the treasure vault.
There were still no killing moves in the immortal formation, so Gu Zheng used the time to operate the light formation in the third layer of the immortal formation.
A moment later, a rumble came from the ground, and a rectangular passage appeared instead of the 'cross-shaped' crack from before.
The entrance was not big, but after entering, it was no less spacious than the core of the previous three-layered immortal formation. Gu Zheng and Meow Meow split up and sealed all the killer moves according to Mo Xiang's instructions.
There were no problems during the process of sealing the immortal formation. After doing all this, Gu Zheng went to the four skull spheres.
Looking at the four motionless skull spheres, Gu Zheng felt an indescribable excitement in his heart.
What was a fortuitous encounter? This was a fortuitous encounter!
In the previous three-layered immortal formation, due to a fortuitous encounter, the space in the immortal formation became still, and Gu Zheng was able to let Tang Mo devour the four skull spheres without any danger.
Gu Zheng left this three-layered immortal formation with great regret, but who would have thought that he would meet Mo Xiang in the second floor of the treasure trove, and everything took a turn for the better.
Now, the originally unparalleled four skeletal spheres were quietly floating in front of Gu Zheng due to being sealed. They were like four pure white lambs. How could one not sigh with emotion at this?
The black wolf could not wait to devour the white lambs, and it shook restlessly in Gu Zheng's hand, expressing its desire for food.
"Go!"
Gu Zheng waved his hand and Tang Mo, who had turned into a stream of light, pierced into a skull sphere.
When the space was still, the skeletal spheres still had some instinctive reactions to Tang Mo's devouring. But now, the situation was different. Gu Zheng had spent a lot of time sealing them, so they couldn't move at all. They were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Tang Mo's original 10% recovery rate slowly increased as he devoured the skeletal sphere.
The core of the skull sphere appeared, and Tang Mo, who had pierced into it, flickered with a dark light. After coming into contact with the pure evil energy, the recovery speed increased relatively quickly.
Just as Jasmine said, the four skeletal spheres here sealed the arms and legs of the red-haired man. After Tang Mo finished devouring the first red-haired arm, the recovery rate reached 25%.
Gu Zheng's gaze fell on the interior of Tang Mo's body. When he saw the cracks within, he lamented, "The energy required for peak recovery is really too much. A red-haired arm contains a lot more evil energy than the sole of the red-haired man's foot, yet it only increased by 15%."
"This is already very good. If we hadn't met Jasmine this time, who knows how long it would have taken Tang Mo to complete 25% of the recovery rate!"
The Artifact Spirit paused for a moment before saying regretfully, "It's a pity that Tang Mo can only inherit one mystic ability at a time. Otherwise, he might have inherited another mystic ability after devouring the red-haired man's arm and leg."
"That's right!"
Gu Zheng smiled and inserted Tang Mo into the body of the second skull ball.
The core of the second skull sphere was still one of the red-haired man's broken limbs. After devouring this arm, Tang Mo's repair was completed by another 15%.
"He's already completed 40% of the recovery rate. According to past practice, when 50% is completed, the characteristics will change. I wonder if the increase this time will still increase the power of the inherited mystic ability."
As he spoke, Gu Zheng inserted Tang Mo into the third skull sphere. The core of this skull sphere was the red-haired man's thigh. The evil energy it contained was a lot more than the red-haired man's arm. Tang Mo's recovery rate was already 50%.
Before it even devoured the red-haired man's leg, Tang Mo's body already emitted an extremely dark radiance. Its repair rate had already passed the 50% threshold. Gu Zheng immediately gained a better understanding of it.
"What's wrong? Could it be that the increased characteristic this time isn't to increase the power of the inherited mystic ability? "Seeing Gu Zheng's strange expression, the Artifact Spirit hurriedly asked.
"No, the inherited mystic ability is still three times stronger than before. This additional characteristic is actually something we regret!" Gu Zheng laughed loudly.
"What? You mean, Tang Mo can inherit two mystic abilities? "The Artifact Spirit's eyes widened.
"That's right. He can inherit two mystic abilities at the same time!" Gu Zheng said.
"That's great. If Tang Mo can inherit another mystic ability from the red-haired man's arm, then you'll have another powerful trump card when you fight your enemies!" The Artifact Spirit flew up happily.
"Hehe, I hope so!"
Gu Zheng stared at Tang Mo with a burning gaze, hoping that it would be as good as he wished.
Tang Mo had already finished devouring the red-haired man's thigh. Unfortunately, he didn't inherit any mystic ability.
"It's alright. There's still one more!" The Artifact Spirit said.
"It's alright. The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Just be calm."
Gu Zheng smiled faintly, but the Artifact Spirit rolled his eyes. "You say it's alright, but who knows how much you're looking forward to it!"
"Why did you say it if you knew?" Gu Zheng rolled his eyes back at the Artifact Spirit.
Gu Zheng inserted Tang Mo, who had been restored to sixty percent, into the last skeletal sphere.
The core of the last skeletal sphere was still the red-haired man's thigh. After Tang Mo had completely devoured it, its restoration reached seventy-five percent. Unfortunately, it still didn't inherit the devouring mystic ability.
"Overall, it's pretty good. At least seventy-five percent of the top-level restoration is complete, and there are still two inherited mystic abilities at the same time."
Gu Zheng waved Tang Mo in his hand and brought Meow Meow to the side of the immortal array where the Immortal Core Power was sealed.
Gu Zheng's next task was to cook the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, while Meow Meow was responsible for breaking the immortal array at the right time.
The last time Gu Zheng used the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, he felt a little regretful. After all, when the medicinal effects of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation were completely absorbed, there was still some Immortal Core Power left in the immortal array, resulting in a waste of Immortal Core Power.
This three-layered immortal array was stronger than the previous one, and the Immortal Core Power it contained was also more boundless. In order to not waste Immortal Core Power, Gu Zheng decided to increase the efficacy of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation to solve the problem of wastage.
The Immortal Fruit Cultivation that Gu Zheng had made last time was high grade, but there were still differences in efficacy between high grades, and the gap was very large. If he wanted to increase the efficacy of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, he could use better cooking skills, or improve the main ingredients or supplementary ingredients.
In terms of cooking, ever since Gu Zheng completed the "Breakthrough of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation" mission, he knew that he could spend more time and effort to improve the efficacy of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation through the mutual influence of color, aroma, and taste.
As for the main ingredients and supplementary ingredients, Gu Zheng had a way to improve them, but Gu Zheng wasn't too sure how to use them. After all, he didn't have an accurate idea of the amount of Immortal Core Power in the immortal array.
Mo Xiang wasn't too clear about the amount of Immortal Core Power in the immortal array. Some questions weren't within the scope of her concern, so she couldn't give the exact answer that Gu Zheng wanted.
Without an accurate answer, Gu Zheng couldn't decide what kind of Immortal Fruit Cultivation he should make in the end. He could only ask the artifact spirit to help him detect the amount of Immortal Core Power in the Immortal Array.
"How is it, artifact spirit?"
Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask as soon as the artifact spirit started probing. This was something that he couldn't help but be excited about. After all, it was related to the improvement of his cultivation base.
"Look at how anxious you are!"
The artifact spirit formed a seal with both hands and rolled its eyes at Gu Zheng. "The celestial origin energy contained in this celestial formation is much more abundant than the celestial origin energy in the previous celestial formation! If we follow your previous idea, the Immortal Core Power in this immortal array will still be wasted. "
Gu Zheng had wanted to use his cooking skills to improve the quality of the supplementary ingredients to enhance the Immortal Fruit Cultivation, but now it seemed that he had to use something stronger.
"Do I have to use my high-grade ingredients?"
Gu Zheng felt a little heartache. After such a long time, he only had two high-grade ingredients. One was the royal jelly, and the other was the Peach of Immortality, which was still with the artifact spirit. Although he had to use them eventually, Gu Zheng had thought that his cultivation base would be higher than Jin Xian's when he could use them.
"According to the current situation, this is the only way."
The Artifact Spirit shrugged as he looked inside himself.
"Okay! I'll use them sooner or later. Maybe I can get better ingredients in the future? "
The heartache only lasted for a moment. Once he decided to use them, Gu Zheng immediately became excited. This was a high-grade ingredient. Even in the Untainted Land, it was a treasure that was hard to come by!
"The Peach of Immortality itself is an immortal fruit. It's just right to use it as the main ingredient of the Immortal Fruit Cultivation. However, there's still a three-layered immortal array on the second floor. Therefore, the Peach of Immortality can't be used here. It can only be used in the three-layered immortal array on the second floor."
The artifact spirit paused, and a pained expression appeared on its face. "The royal jelly is made from mutated Colorful Flying Ants. Although it's not as effective as the Peach of Immortality, it's still very rare! When I first got it, I told you to keep it for other uses in the future. "
"Other uses? You want me to use it to cook the Wind Immortal Fruit Cultivation, right?" Gu Zheng asked.
The main ingredient of the Wind Immortal Fruit Cultivation had to be related to speed. This was a relatively uncommon ingredient. The Colorful Flying Ants were known for their speed. The royal jelly made from them was indeed a good ingredient for high-grade Wind Immortal Fruit Cultivation.
"That's right. That's what I was thinking. However, you haven't collected all the supplementary ingredients for high-grade Wind Immortal Fruit Cultivation, so you haven't cooked it. Now it seems that you'll have to use the royal jelly this time. Also, you'll have to make some changes to the ratio of the immortal fruit cultivation so that it won't go to waste, "the artifact spirit said.
"It's not bad to use the royal jelly. It's also a sweet ingredient. Besides not clashing with the immortal fruit, it can also enhance the effect."
Gu Zheng murmured. Then, he said, "As for the change in the ratio of the immortal fruit cultivation, I understand what you mean. You want me to divide the immortal fruit cultivation into ordinary immortal fruits, a small amount of intermediate immortal fruits, and then use excellent and advanced supplementary ingredients to make the immortal fruit cultivation!"
In Gu Zheng's mind, he already knew how to match the things he already had. Even without looking, Gu Zheng already knew how to match them.
"Yes, that's right," the artifact spirit said.
"If that's the case, if you want to leave better immortal fruits for the next three-layered immortal formation, then you'll have to use the best supplementary ingredients for this immortal fruit cultivation! Don't use the ordinary intermediate ingredients. Just use the four excellent ingredients you got before, the royal jelly, and 50 intermediate Immortal Essence Elixirs! "
Gu Zheng's mind evolved rapidly. Without conflicting with the essence of the immortal fruit cultivation that Gokusen had inherited, a list of the best ingredients for the immortal fruit cultivation appeared in Gu Zheng's mind.
"Since you've decided to use all four excellent ingredients, you naturally have your reasons. I've estimated the effect of this immortal fruit cultivation. It won't cause a wastage of Immortal Essence, and the duration of the immortal fruit cultivation won't be much longer."
The artifact spirit paused, and then said with some regret, "But in this way, you'll be in a situation where you don't have enough supplementary ingredients for the next immortal fruit cultivation. After all, you only have four qualified excellent ingredients, and you've used them all on this immortal fruit cultivation."
"It's okay. We haven't met Cao Yi yet, and we haven't finished exploring the treasures yet. It's hard to say what kind of harvest is waiting for us!"
Gu Zheng laughed and then looked at the artifact spirit sneakily. "By the way, when you took away my Peach of Immortality, you said that you could give me the Peach of Immortality as a reward for any suitable task in the future. Now that you've returned my Peach of Immortality to me, it means that I've completed the task. What about the other rewards for the task?"
"Tsk!" The artifact spirit rolled its eyes at Gu Zheng. "I said that before because I was afraid that you couldn't help but use the Peach of Immortality in the wrong place and waste the resources. Do you really think that I'm so stingy as to use your things as a reward? I was just teasing you! "
"Is that really the case?"
Gu Zheng smiled noncommittally. This stingy artifact spirit must have seen that the Peach of Immortality was a good ingredient, so it wanted to occupy it for as long as possible.
"Are you questioning me? If you dare to question me again, I'll really give you a task! Humph, the task reward is the Peach of Immortality, but there is no other reward! Do you still want to question me? "The artifact spirit smiled sinisterly.
"You're so good at scheming. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Gu Zheng smiled. His daily bickering was over. He had to prepare for his food cultivation.
The processing of the Celestial Fruits was relatively simple. He needed to peel the skin and remove the core. Although there were dozens of Celestial Fruits, it didn't take much time for Gu Zheng to finish all this.
Among the supplementary ingredients, the royal jelly didn't need to be processed, and the medium-quality Celestial Essence Pills didn't need to be processed. The only troublesome thing was the processing of the four high-quality ingredients.
The four high-quality ingredients were the Emerald Walnut, the Seven Mystery Ganoderma, the Honey Jasmine, and the Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice.
The Emerald Walnut was a dried fruit. It looked like a wrinkled walnut with a green skin. However, this wrinkled walnut skin was as clear as jade. In order to use it in the Celestial Fruit Cultivation, it needed to be roasted first and then ground into powder.
The Seven Mystery Ganoderma was purplish-red in color. It looked somewhat similar to an ordinary Ganoderma, but it had seven caps in total. It was very beautiful. In order to use it in the Celestial Fruit Cultivation, Gu Zheng needed to steam it first.
The Honey Jasmine was a kind of flower. It looked somewhat similar to the Jasmine, but it was very fragrant and sweet. The color of the leaves was crisper, and the flowers were denser and whiter.
The Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice was a very magical ingredient. To put it bluntly, it was a very special kind of hailstone. However, in every piece of Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice, there must be all the array patterns of a Celestial Array! It could be said that obtaining a piece of Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice was equivalent to obtaining the layout of a Celestial Array. As for the level of the Celestial Array, it depended on luck.
In the piece of Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice that Gu Zheng had obtained, there were array patterns in it. However, it was a pity that the corresponding Celestial Array pattern was more common. Gu Zheng knew how to arrange it.
Although the Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice was ice, its texture was as hard as stone. In order to use it in the Celestial Fruit Cultivation, Gu Zheng needed to use his Natal True Fire to calcine it and then grind it into powder.
After the water in the pot boiled, Gu Zheng first put all kinds of Celestial Fruits in it. Then, at the right time, he put in the Emerald Walnut Powder and the Nine Heaven Mysterious Ice Powder.
The addition of the two auxiliary powders made the sweet smell in the pot even stronger. Gu Zheng's Fire Control Art, Water Control Art, and Wood Control Art were also used more fiercely.
With the passage of time, the immortal fruits in the pot had completely turned into a paste. The original sweet smell in the air became even denser. Gu Zheng put another fifty mid-grade immortal essence pills into the pot. After reducing the intensity of the fire, he slowly started to boil it.
The mid-grade Celestial Essence Pills melted in the pot. Part of them merged with the ingredients, while the other part floated on the pot and didn't disperse.
Gu Zheng used the Fire Control Art, Water Control Art, and Wood Control Art in turn. He fused and purified the ingredients. The sweet smell in the air was enhanced again. Meow Meow, who was at the side, began to make saliva swallowing sounds.
After about 10 minutes, Gu Zheng's Celestial Fruit Cultivation was finally half done. The soup in the pot showed a fantasy color with pink as the main ingredient. It was so sticky that it looked like it was covered with starch.
"The last three auxiliary ingredients. I'm looking forward to the effect of this Celestial Fruit Cultivation."
A smile appeared at the corner of Gu Zheng's mouth. He put the Seven Mystery Ganoderma, Honey Jasmine, and Royal Jelly into the pot at the same time.
"Boom!"
When the three auxiliary ingredients were put into the pot, there was a loud explosion. If it weren't for Gu Zheng controlling it with his immortal energy, the jam inside would have been blown out.
The cooking of a Celestial Fruit Cultivation was also a process of fusing ingredients. The addition of two excellent ingredients and one high-grade ingredient caused an inevitable impact on the already completed Celestial Fruit Cultivation.
Instead of stirring with chopsticks like last time, Gu Zheng, who was making hand seals with both hands, directly sent his immortal energy into the pot and stirred it crazily. At the same time, he used the Fire Control Art, Water Control Art, and Wood Control Art in turn.
The pot was shaking violently. The jam in the pot, which was already very sticky, rose up like a tornado.
Gu Zheng frowned and used his mind to control the immortal pot. He saw that the jam kept rising as it spun. The immortal pot also became bigger and taller at the same time. The crazily swaying jam couldn't get out of the pot in the end.
If he hadn't touched Gokusen's inheritance of Celestial Fruit Cultivation, such a phenomenon wouldn't have occurred. But if Gu Zheng wanted to use the existing ingredients to create a more powerful Celestial Fruit Cultivation, he couldn't not make such a change.
As for the so-called phenomenon, it was caused by the ingredients not being perfectly fused. If Gu Zheng couldn't quickly remove the factors hindering the fusion during this process, it wouldn't be strange if the pot of ingredients was destroyed.
Since he dared to make such a change, Gu Zheng naturally had full confidence in suppressing the phenomenon in the pot.
The pot stopped shaking. The jam in the pot, which had been like a violent tornado, gradually slowed down. Its appearance also began to change.
The original tornado looked thin and tall. After the transformation, the tornado looked shorter and thicker, just like a whirlpool.
"Well, they're actually here," Meow Meow said with wide eyes.
In the middle of the whirlpool, the Seven Mystery Ganoderma and Honey Jasmine spun. They were completely wrapped in the tornado and couldn't be seen at all. Even Meow Meow thought that they must have melted.
"Unexpected, isn't it?"
Gu Zheng smiled, then murmured, "Not letting them melt took me a lot of effort. Now it's time to 'color' them."
Although the Seven Mysteries Ganoderma and Honey Jasmine had not melted, they were no longer the same Seven Mysteries Ganoderma and Honey Jasmine from before. Although they maintained their complete form, their internal structure had undergone a huge change. It could be said that they were only one step away from becoming one with the jam.
To make the food's' color 'and' fragrance 'full of the Dao,' color 'was the most difficult. Gu Zheng had inadvertently broken through the window paper when he'd cooked the Celestial Fruit Cultivation and grasped the true essence.
According to the understanding of ordinary people, 'color' should be a very easy task for cultivators to complete a dish. After all, they had immortal arts and could use immortal power to easily transform the original food into various forms. Even ordinary chefs could sculpt some beautiful ingredients through sculpting. However, this' color 'was only the' color 'seen by the eyes. It didn't touch upon the true essence of the Dao.
"Gu Zheng, what is' color '?"
The artifact spirit suddenly asked while Gu Zheng was focused.
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