After hearing Gu Zheng's words, Xuan Qizi was silent for a moment.
"There's still nearly a year's time. It seems that during this time, the Righteous Faction really can't stay idle!" Xuan Qizi said.
"Supreme Elder, what do you mean by 'can't stay idle'?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Actually, during the Kunlun Grand Meet, Yufeng told me that he wanted to organize a Demon Buster operation. However, due to some things, the operation has been postponed. The information you brought this time is very useful. It mentioned a few places that could be considered the secret gathering points of the Demon Sect and the Sacred Blood Sect! After I tell Yufeng what you said, I believe he will soon start the operation. "Xuan Qizi said.
The fat man in the Heavenly Snail Grotto and the Sect Leader of the Black Sky Snail Sect, Rong Qiu, had respectively provided Gu Zheng with some information about the Demon Sect and the Sacred Blood Sect. Gu Zheng naturally wouldn't hide this information from Xuan Qizi.
"Little Zhanzi, do you think this is a big deal?" Xuan Qizi asked.
"Of course it's a big deal. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to report to you. I wonder why Supreme Elder would ask this? "Gu Zheng asked curiously.
"Little Zhanzi, this is really a big deal. The strength of the opponent will also be beyond your imagination! Although Wei Fengxing of the Demon Sect is one of the top three experts, in this matter, he can only be considered a lackey! "Xuan Qizi sneered.
"Lackey? Does Grand Elder mean that he is that mysterious person's lackey? "
The mysterious person that Gu Zheng was referring to was the person who told the Wei siblings how to destroy the Ancestral Dragon Formation and some things about the Heavenly Snail Grotto.
Whether it was telling the Wei siblings how to destroy the Ancestral Dragon Formation or knowing about the Heavenly Snail Grotto, it was enough to show that this person was extraordinary. However, Gu Zheng didn't know much about this person. But from Xuan Qizi's tone, he seemed to know who this person was!
"Yes, it's this person!"
Xuan Qizi's voice was unprecedentedly serious. This made Gu Zheng very curious, "Supreme Elder, who is this person?"
"He's not human!" Xuan Qizi said.
"Not human?"
Gu Zheng frowned. He immediately thought of someone – Patriarch Boundless Sea.
As if he knew what Gu Zheng was thinking, Xuan Qizi laughed, "He's not Boundless Sea! However, before I talk about this person, I have to tell you something about the past. "
Xuan Qizi began his narration, and Gu Zheng's thoughts seemed to be brought into that distant era.
There were two sides to everything. According to legend, there were seventy-two blessed lands for immortal cultivators. Opposing the seventy-two blessed lands were the seventy-two evil lands.
The 72 Blessed Lands were widely known, but compared to the 72 Blessed Lands, the 72 Evils were rarely known. There were some important reasons for this.
The seventy-two blessed lands were places where both righteous and evil cultivators could cultivate. To them, this was a treasured land.
However, the 72 Evil Lands were different. Demonic Cultivators who could cultivate in the Evil Lands were almost all at the level of Great Demons. There was almost no humanity in them, and they would not even blink when doing things that went against the natural order. Moreover, after they succeeded, almost all of them had the attitude of "Kill me when I bloom". They dared to make enemies with both righteous and evil cultivators! The representative of this was – Blood Devil Youquan.
Although Demonic Cultivators cultivated Immortal Techniques that leaned towards the evil side, not all Demonic Cultivators were like Great Demons, committing all kinds of evil and inhumane acts. However, when a Great Demon appeared, both righteous and evil cultivators would suffer. This was an unchanging law. Just like Blood Devil Youquan in the past, he did not hold back when he killed Righteous cultivators, but he was also ruthless when he killed Demonic Cultivators! In fact, he was more inclined to turn Demonic Cultivators into his puppet doppelgangers. This kind of method made people shudder.
Finally, after experiencing several disturbances caused by the Great Demon, Demonic Cultivators began to destroy the known Evil Lands! It was also for this reason that the known Evil Lands among the 72 Evil Lands quickly became history, and gradually, no one mentioned them anymore.
There were a total of 62 known Evil Lands among the 72 Evil Lands. Among these 62 Evil Lands, some Evil Lands were too domineering and could not be destroyed. They could only be sealed and suppressed. Among them were the two Evil Lands in the Shu Ruins and the Kunlun Ruins.
Xuan Qizi called the two Evil Lands in the Shu Ruins and the Kunlun Ruins the Blood Cave.
Gu Zheng knew about the Blood Cave in the Shu Ruins. When he was in the Shu Ruins, he had killed the Blood Soul produced in the Blood Cave.
Gu Zheng did not know about the Blood Cave in the Kunlun Ruins, but Xuan Qizi told him that these two Blood Caves were actually related.
The two Blood Caves were related purely because of one person, Blood Devil Youquan.
Back then, after Blood Devil Youquan succeeded, he killed countless people from both the righteous and Demonic Sects. With his strength at that time, no one in the Immortal Cultivation World could contend against him.
Youquan Blood Devil's men killed too many people, which eventually displeased the people in the Primitive Heavenly Realm. Twelve Golden Immortals suppressed their cultivation and descended to the World of Immortal Cultivators. They fought against Youquan Blood Devil for a long time.
The Jin Xian, who suppressed their cultivation, was no match for Blood Devil Youquan alone. They could only work together to hunt down Blood Devil Youquan.
At that time, almost all the forces that belonged to Blood Devil Youquan were his puppet clones, just like the few Spirit Sword Sect disciples that were controlled by the Blood Soul that Gu Zheng saw in the underground cave in the Shu Ruins.
However, those Spirit Sword Sect disciples back then could not be compared to Blood Devil Youquan's puppet clones at all. As long as one of Blood Devil Youquan's puppet clones was not dead, his original body would not die.
Finally, the twelve Jin Xian killed all of Blood Devil Youquan's clones and forced Blood Devil Youquan to self-destruct!
However, after Blood Devil Youquan self-destructed, the twelve Jin Xian realized that Blood Devil Youquan had a backup plan in the Blood Cave in the Shu Ruins and Kunlun Ruins! As soon as he died, the Blood Cave immediately began to nurture a spirit body. Moreover, one spirit body would be nurtured every ten years. It was impossible to kill them all!
At that time, the twelve Jin Xian's time in the lower realm had come to an end. Moreover, they suppressed their cultivation and descended, so they could not destroy the two Blood Caves. They could only return to the Primitive Heaven Realm regretfully. Before they left, they instructed the Shu Mountain Sect Leader and the Kunlun Sect Leader at that time to send people into the Shu Ruins and Kunlun Ruins every ten years to strengthen the immortal formation seals. If a Blood Soul escaped from the seal in the Blood Cave, they had to kill it at all costs.
Time flew by like a shuttle.
Ten years passed one after another. Blood Souls were killed by Shu Mountain and Kunlun one after another. During this process, the strength of the Blood Soul was constantly increasing.
Finally, something happened in the Kunlun Ruins this time! The Kunlun disciples lost track of the Blood Soul. What was worse was that the Blood Soul had possessed a Kunlun disciple and successfully escaped from the Kunlun Ruins! Kunlun only discovered this matter after the Ancestral Dragon Formation was destroyed.
Back then, the twelve Jin Xian had said that once the Blood Soul escaped from the Kunlun Ruins, its strength would increase rapidly. In less than two years, it would definitely be able to reach the middle-stage of Void Return.
However, it was not easy for the Blood Soul's cultivation to reach the late-stage of Void Return. This was a hurdle for him as the successor of Blood Devil Youquan! However, if the Blood Soul's cultivation base reached the late-stage of Void Return, then he would be the reincarnation of Blood Devil Youquan! At that time, the bloody storm back then would definitely repeat itself. During the process of the Blood Soul's strength increasing, the memories that belonged to Blood Devil Youquan would gradually recover.
Xuan Qizi stopped talking. Gu Zheng said, "Supreme Elder, do you mean that the mysterious existence in the Devil Sect is the Blood Soul that escaped from the Kunlun Ruins?"
"That's what I mean."
Xuan Qizi paused and then continued, "It's because he has some of Blood Devil Youquan's memories that he knows some of the ancient secrets like the Ancestral Dragon Formation and the treasures of the Heavenly Conch Cave."
"Don't the people of the Devil Sect know the true identity of the Blood Soul?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Of course they know! The Devil Sect was originally a small sect that was loyal to Blood Devil Youquan in that era, so they don't reject him, "Xuan Qizi said.
"Supreme Elder, destroying the Ancestral Dragon Formation can restore the Celestial Core Power in the air, but it will also allow some people in the Eldritch World to escape. Is this beneficial to Blood Devil Youquan's plan to dominate the world?" Gu Zheng asked again.
"How do you know that destroying the Ancestral Dragon Formation is related to this?"
Xuan Qizi was shocked at first, but then he said with relief, "Your master told you this, right?"
"That's right." Gu Zheng smiled.
"Little Zhengzi, your master is really a strange person, but why doesn't he want to meet you? Now that something like this has happened, he must come out when it's time! "Xuan Qizi sighed.
"Don't worry, Supreme Elder. If I meet my master, I will also ask him to come out!" Gu Zheng said seriously.
"Good!"
Xuan Qizi smiled with relief, "The Blood Soul needs different things at every stage of its growth. In the Blood Cave, the Blood Soul needs the nourishment of the dirty blood in the Blood Cave, but after ten years of gestation, it must leave the Blood Cave. If it can't leave the Blood Cave, it can't withstand the Evil Qi in the Blood Cave and will die in the Blood Cave. When the Blood Soul leaves the Blood Cave, what it needs to grow is the flesh and blood of living creatures. When the Blood Soul leaves Shu, what it needs to grow is the Celestial Core Power in the air! If it doesn't let people destroy the Ancestral Dragon Formation, it won't be able to grow in a short time without the Celestial Core Power in the air. As for the disadvantages of destroying the Ancestral Dragon Formation, it won't think too much about it. If it did, it wouldn't be a real devil! "
"Supreme Elder, I still have a question. The Blood Soul's memory comes from the Nether Spring Blood Demon. Since it knows something about the Heavenly Conch Grotto, it means that the Nether Spring Blood Demon must know about it too. Why didn't the Nether Spring Blood Demon break open such a place? "Gu Zheng frowned.
"You once said that you got a treasure map of the Heavenly Conch Grotto and Lu Qi got a treasure map of the Heavenly Conch Grotto. Let's not talk about whether your treasure maps are real or fake. These two treasure maps have to be pieced together to form a complete treasure map! In other words, the Nether Spring Blood Demon knows something about the Heavenly Conch Grandmaster, but he might not know everything. The final action might be decided by piecing together many clues, "Xuan Qizi said.
Gu Zheng was silent for a while. The depth of understanding of this world shocked him more or less. Especially in the Shu Ruins and Kunlun Ruins, there were such dangerous existences lurking.
After a while, Gu Zheng spoke again, "Supreme Elder, according to what you said earlier, the Blood Tide Forbidden Zone is actually one of the Ten Unknown Evil Lands?"
"Yes! Combining the information you brought, my deduction is that the Blood Soul will use the Nine-Colored Illusion Sonic Conch to enter the Blood Tide Forbidden Zone's' Evil Source 'during the Hungry Ghost Festival next year to seek a breakthrough, "Xuan Qizi said.
"Looks like the Demon-Buster Action is necessary. If we can find the Blood Soul within a year and kill it when it's not powerful enough, that's the safest way!" Gu Zheng said.
"You're right, but it's not easy. First of all, the Blood Soul's concealment technique is very powerful. Before it becomes the Nether Spring Blood Demon, it will be very patient. It's not easy to find it. Secondly, it has already obtained the top-tier Immortal Artifact, the Nine-Colored Illusion Sonic Conch, and it's protected by the Wei siblings. Even if we find it, it's really not easy to kill it! "Xuan Qizi sighed.
"I'll do my best!" Gu Zheng mumbled.
After chatting with Xuan Qizi for a while, Gu Zheng hung up the phone.
"How was it? Did you feel pressured?" The Weapon Spirit smiled.
"Yes, I suddenly discovered that there's something that's like me. Its cultivation is improving at an insane speed!" Gu Zheng laughed with battle intent flowing in his eyes.
The Weapon Spirit glared at Gu Zheng. "It's awakening. It's taking back the strength that originally belonged to it. How can it be compared to you?"
After dawn, Gu Zheng finally returned to Emei.
All the higher-ups of Emei stood at the mountain gate to welcome Gu Zheng, so it was inevitable for them to exchange greetings.
After returning to the sect, Meow Meow found a place to sleep.
As for Gu Zheng, he went to the main hall of Emei with the higher-ups. As usual, he talked about some of the things that happened during this trip and listened to the higher-ups' reports on the sect's recent situation.
During this time, nothing special happened in the sect. Everything was developing in an orderly manner.
Gu Zheng's experience in the Heavenly Snail Grotto shocked the higher-ups.
"Sect Master, if the Demon Buster Operation starts, I want to participate." Said Zhang Wuji.
Gu Zheng smiled. "You're the Grand Elder of Emei. Even if you don't ask, Kunlun and Mount Shu will definitely invite you."
"Sect Master, can't we reveal some of Emei's strength now? If we can, I want to participate in the Demon Buster Operation too. "
"Sect Master, I want to go too!"
"Sect Master, we want to go too!"
Du Wei, Jia Si, Wuyou, and Wuchou all asked for permission. Everyone understood the principle of 'no egg can remain intact when the nest is overturned'.
Gu Zheng smiled. "I can understand your feelings, but the Demon Buster Operation hasn't started yet. Emei Sect can't have no one guarding the mountain. As for who should go, and whether to go openly or secretly, we'll talk about it when the Demon Buster Operation starts!"
After chatting with the higher-ups for a while, Gu Zheng got up and went to the Chaos Pagoda.
"Master, you're here!"
As soon as Gu Zheng entered the Chaos Pagoda, Jiaojiao's excited voice rang out.
"Little Jiaojiao, how's the repair going?" Gu Zheng smiled.
"It's going well, but I'm still lacking materials. My cultivation progress is a bit slow!" Jiaojiao said gloomily.
"I brought back a lot of materials for you this time!"
Gu Zheng had already reached the top floor of the Chaos Pagoda. He poured out all the materials that could be used to repair the Chaos Pagoda.
"Wow!"
Jiaojiao exclaimed, "Master, you actually found the Blood Maple Tree Core!"
"Yes, now that I have the Blood Maple Tree Core, I'm only missing the Metal Spiritual Energy!"
Gu Zheng sighed. This damned Metal Spiritual Energy, who knew when he would be able to obtain it.
"Master, don't be discouraged. To be able to gather so many repair materials in such a short time in the Age of Chaos is already very impressive! Moreover, with the Blood Maple Tree Core, this stage of the Chaos Pagoda's repair can reach the later stage. This will also make the use of the energy battlefield more stable. The number of people who can enter will also increase. Whether it's Emei Sect disciples or disciples from other sects who enter the energy battlefield, they will all benefit from this, "Jiaojiao said.
"Other than these materials, I also brought back the other nine-story pagoda for you."
Seeing Gu Zheng release the new nine-story pagoda, Jiaojiao immediately cheered. "Master, you're awesome! You really brought back the nine-story pagoda for me! Quickly tell me, what kind of twists and turns did you go through to bring it back? "
Gu Zheng told Jiaojiao about the process of obtaining the nine-story pagoda, then said, "Don't be too excited, little Jiaojiao. What are you going to do with the nine-story pagoda?"
"Sigh!"
Facing Gu Zheng's question, Jiaojiao's happiness immediately disappeared. "This damn Metal Spiritual Energy!"
She was just comforting Gu Zheng, and now she's cursing the Metal Spiritual Energy. Gu Zheng couldn't help but laugh. "Without the Metal Spiritual Energy, there's no way to proceed with the next step of repair, right?"
"More or less like that!"
Jiaojiao's voice paused, then said, "The nine-story pagoda from before is already on the main body. Its repair hasn't been completed yet, so we can't add the new pagoda to the main body. And without adding the new pagoda to the main body, we can't proceed with the real repair."
"Since we can't proceed with the real repair, why don't I keep the nine-story pagoda on me for now?"
If Gu Zheng had known that repairing the nine-story pagoda would be so troublesome, he would definitely have kept it on him for now. After all, the Blood Soul had used it to activate some kind of divine ability. Gu Zheng still remembered it vividly.
"Master, you can't do that. Haven't you noticed that the nine-story pagoda doesn't recognize you as its master? You're only controlling it according to the method I told you. It's a direct control of the core! "Jiaojiao said.
"That's right. Why can't I make the Primal Chaos Pagoda recognize me as its master?"
Jiaojiao was right. He couldn't make the nine-story pagoda recognize him as its master. This was also a question in Gu Zheng's heart.
"Because you're the master of the Primal Chaos Pagoda! Even if the nine-story pagoda is separated from the Primal Chaos Pagoda, it's still a part of the Primal Chaos Pagoda. But it's precisely because it's separated from the Primal Chaos Pagoda that this strange phenomenon occurred! "
Hearing Jiaojiao's explanation, Gu Zheng was very depressed. If he didn't remove the ownership, it would be very harmful to Jiaojiao. Gu Zheng really wanted to remove the relationship with Jiaojiao first before making the nine-story pagoda recognize him as its master. He wanted to properly experience the feeling of being the 'Pagoda Heavenly King'.
Seeing that Gu Zheng was a little depressed, Jiaojiao smiled fawningly, "Although master can't use the nine-story pagoda right now, and I can't really repair it, master brought back a blood maple tree core and a large pile of repair materials this time. As long as I repair the nine-story pagoda to the late stage, then I can use some of the power of the Primal Chaos Pagoda to nourish the new nine-story pagoda! Nourishing is actually a kind of repair, but the speed is slower. But this method can also save master a portion of the repair materials. "
"Alright!"
Gu Zheng sighed and then said, "I brought back such a large pile of materials this time. What do you need me to do to repair the Primal Chaos Pagoda?"
"The only thing I need master's help with is when I use the blood maple tree core. However, I don't need the blood maple tree core in the short term, so master can have a good rest during this time. "Jiaojiao said.
"How long is this' short term '?" Gu Zheng asked.
"At least two to three months!" Jiaojiao said.
"That's right, Jiaojiao. What materials do you need to repair the nine-story pagoda? Tell me now and I can gather them as soon as possible!" Gu Zheng said.
"I can't tell master right now. I'm still repairing the nine-story pagoda. I can't enter the new nine-story pagoda to check its damage!" Jiaojiao said embarrassedly.
"I'll give you a look. Feel it yourself!"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes at Jiaojiao and walked straight down the Primal Chaos Pagoda. He thought that bringing back the new nine-story pagoda would be a little fun, but who would have thought that he would face such a helpless situation.
Knowing that Gu Zheng wasn't really angry, Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Master, take care!"
"Haha!"
Seeing that Gu Zheng was depressed, the weapon spirit laughed happily.
"I'll give you a look. Feel it yourself!"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes at the weapon spirit.
"What are you going to do now?" The Artifact Spirit smiled beautifully.
"Back to Shen City. I want to go back and relax!" Gu Zheng said unhappily.
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