Gu Zheng was deliberately probing. Sure enough, the secret of this ancient castle was related to the magic array, or rather, it was related to Solomon.
Gu Zheng's history grades were average when he was studying, and they weren't considered good. His understanding of Solomon was limited to foreign history. He only knew that he was an outstanding Earth God. As for the seventy-two Demon Gods, he had heard Du Yang mention them by chance. And the reason why Du Yang mentioned them was because he had read a good novel.
It was also because Gu Zheng did not understand this that he was skeptical of the words on the stone wall.
The reason why he was skeptical was because of the strangeness of this place and the words of the spirit. If not, Gu Zheng would not believe everything said on the stone wall at all.
"Boss, I advise you not to inquire about things that you shouldn't inquire about. Don't know about things that you shouldn't know. Otherwise, disaster will come. Some things can't be touched!"
The housekeeper said slowly in a hoarse voice. This time, it was not a hint, but a warning. He warned Gu Zheng not to inquire about things or continue to do things.
"Boss, I'm doing this for your own good. You Chinese have a saying, 'Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear'!"
Seeing that Gu Zheng was unmoved, the housekeeper added, "Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear." He even said the words in Chinese. He didn't expect that the housekeeper's Chinese was pretty good.
"I know, but if I don't try, how do I know that I can't touch it?"
Gu Zheng turned his head and smiled. He ignored the housekeeper and walked out directly. The housekeeper waved his hand angrily and left.
Gu Zheng did not leave the ancient castle. He went to the kitchen and made some breakfast before going directly to the study. There were many books in the study of the ancient castle. Since this place was related to Solomon, he wanted to go to the study to try his luck and see if he could find anything useful. In other words, if there was any information related to Solomon.
Whether it was folklore or secret information, it was enough for Gu Zheng. He knew too little about Solomon. It was too pitiful.
The study of the ancient castle was not small. It was at least 100 square meters. It was comparable to a small library. The most important thing was that the study was very high, and the bookshelves were also very high. Many books could only be reached by ladders.
Many of the books here were ancient. There was also a librarian who was in charge of the usual maintenance.
Gu Zheng was now the owner of the castle. The manager had seen Gu Zheng before. When he saw Gu Zheng come in, he hurriedly went up to greet him. He was just an ordinary person, unlike the manager, who was a cultivator. Thus, he was still very respectful to his boss, Gu Zheng.
"Are there any books related to Solomon?"
Gu Zheng glanced at the books and asked casually. There were too many books here, and it would be tiring for him to look for them himself. He might as well ask directly.
The manager was obviously stunned for a moment before nodding vigorously. "Yes, yes. Boss, which ones do you want to see? I'll find them for you right away!"
"As long as it's related to Solomon, bring it to me!"
Gu Zheng sat in front of the table and said softly. The librarian's eyes were filled with shock, but he still followed Gu Zheng's instructions and quickly took the books related to Solomon.
One book, two books, five books, ten books.
Fifty books, a hundred books. The number of books in front of Gu Zheng increased, but the manager did not stop. In the end, he brought over two hundred books of all kinds.
These books were thick ancient books, and there were also modern bound books. There were all kinds of books.
"So many?"
Gu Zheng looked at the books on the table in front of him and asked in surprise. He did not expect that there would be so many books related to Solomon here. There seemed to be a lot of books in this study, but in fact, there were only about ten thousand books. Two hundred books were two percent of all the books in the collection.
Solomon was only a European emperor, and a European emperor from before the First Century. It was very abnormal that there were so many books related to him here.
What Gu Zheng wanted wasn't a book that only mentioned Solomon. That was useless. What he wanted was a book with Solomon's story, or a book that introduced Solomon.
"Yes, boss. There are indeed more books related to Solomon the Great here!"
The manager was very honest and nodded. Gu Zheng was a little speechless, but he still picked up a book and read it. This was an ancient book, and it introduced Solomon's previous stories.
The ancient book was very thick, and it took Gu Zheng a long time to finish reading it. This book introduced Solomon in detail, including how he ascended the throne, who supported him, who competed with him for the throne, and his ambitions and actions after he became the emperor.
However, there was no story about the seventy-two demons in it. This was purely history, or it could be said that it was an unofficial record.
After reading this book, Gu Zheng turned to other books. This time, as long as there was content that he had read before, he skipped over it. He focused on looking for stories related to the seventy-two demons, and he really found a lot of them.
Gu Zheng read for an entire day, and only left at night did he leave.
Not long after he left, the housekeeper walked in. The manager was very respectful to the housekeeper and did not dare to hide anything. He told him what books Gu Zheng had read today. The more the manager spoke, the more gloomy the housekeeper's face became. In the end, it was almost overcast.
Gu Zheng did not care about what the housekeeper was thinking. After returning, he immediately sorted out the things he had read today.
Solomon and the seventy-two demon gods were a mythical story. Today, he read a lot of books related to it, and they were all roughly the same. It said that when Solomon was fighting for hegemony, he needed the help of the demon gods, so he signed a contract with the demon gods and used his soul as the price to ask the demon gods to help him.
In the end, seventy-two very powerful demon gods came to help Solomon.
The records of the seventy-two demon gods were very detailed. Not only did it have the appearance of each demon god, but it also had their names, specialties, and so on. After reading the introduction of the demon gods, Gu Zheng immediately thought of the foreign races mentioned by the Device Spirit.
There were no humans among these demon gods. Even if there were, they would only occasionally have the appearance of a human. Most of them were demons and ghosts, and strange ones at that. For example, among the demon gods, Agares had three heads, and three different heads at that. There was also Samigina, who usually had the appearance of a horse, but would occasionally transform into a human.
"Artifact Spirit, are these fiendcelestials outsiders?" Gu Zheng asked inwardly.
"Kind of, but I'm not sure!"
The Device Spirit did not give a definite answer. After all, it had never seen a demon god, so it really did not know which race the demon gods belonged to. After all, the Wu people were not the only foreign race. For example, the Shura race was also a foreign race. They were originally in the Untainted Land, but were later driven away. Now, they were living in hell.
"This is troublesome. I don't know the strength of these foreigners. But if they were here two or three thousand years ago, their strength should not be too bad now!"
Gu Zheng sighed slightly. The history of Solomon the Great was set three thousand years ago. According to the description, the lowest level of these demon gods was the Immortal Cultivator Realm. After so many years, who knew if their strength had increased or not?
Even if their cultivation had not increased, the seventy-two Immortal Cultivators, even if all the Immortal Cultivators in the Qi Transformation Realm were added together, could not be underestimated. It was also very terrifying.
Without knowing the origin of these demon gods, Gu Zheng did not intend to investigate at the moment. Moreover, there were two big forces in Europe keeping an eye on him. Once he made a big move, it would not be good for him.
If he could not beat them, he could run away. He could return to Huaxia at any time. But his father would be exposed. After all, his father was still in Europe. Although it was said that the world of practitioners would not vent their anger on mortals, Gu Zheng could not take this risk.
"In that case, what the Dark Association was concerned about was that magic array. Or rather, the foreigners in the magic array!"
Gu Zheng analyzed in his heart. At that time, this was the headquarters of the dark forces. The reason why they set up their headquarters here was not known if it was related to that magic array. But Gu Zheng was sure that after the Dark Association and the forces of light were defeated in the war, they did not give up on this place.
The most likely reason was that they did not understand how to use the magic array and did not know how to bring the foreigners out. Therefore, the magic array had always been there, and the foreigners had never appeared here.
Otherwise, the story of the seventy-two demon gods would have continued.
In that case, the most likely reason was that after the Dark Association was defeated, they were not willing to give up this place to the forces of light. Therefore, they requested to protect this place. The forces of light should also know about the existence of the magic array. They might have even studied it, but it was to no avail.
And the two sides did not trust each other. Therefore, the castle was left in the hands of the mortal forces, and the two major forces sent people to guard it.
This was only Gu Zheng's guess. He did not know whether this was the case or not. Unfortunately, the devil cultivator had been killed by Lord Brown. Otherwise, he would have been able to get some information from his mouth. His original goal was this castle. He wanted to win it from the hands of Sir Brown.
He did not directly snatch it, but used the rules of mortals to win it. Presumably, he also knew that there were two major forces watching this place. If he rashly snatched it, he would not have a good ending.
In any case, Gu Zheng had already understood the secret of this place. It was good that he understood the secret. His purpose of wanting this castle was to satisfy his curiosity. As for those foreigners, it was fine to ignore them for the time being.
The next day, the butler came again. He also warned Gu Zheng not to continue, otherwise he would get into trouble. Gu Zheng did not pay attention to him and let Hao Sen take him to London.
Since he had come to Europe and England, Gu Zheng really intended to play here. He wanted to put down everything and play like a mortal.
In the end, Gu Zheng had only been cultivating for a few years. His cultivation was high, but his consciousness had not changed. His thoughts were still a lot of mortal thoughts. Traveling around the world was the dream of many people, including Gu Zheng. Now that he had the opportunity, he wanted to fulfill his little dream.
London was the capital of England. It was indeed very big. Gu Zheng did not have any special purpose. He just wanted to go wherever it was lively and fun.
Experiencing the customs of a foreign country was also a special feeling.
That night, Gu Zheng did not return to the castle. Gu Zheng did not go back. The butler seemed to be relieved. He thought that his warning had worked. That night, the butler went to the magic array in the basement. He looked at the stone wall for a long time and did not speak for a long time. Finally, he touched the magic array and left.
"The ingredients are good. It's just that the chef's cooking skills are average!"
In a three-star Michelin restaurant, Gu Zheng commented after tasting the food here. The selection of ingredients in three-star Michelin restaurants was very strict. This was indeed good. Unfortunately, the chef's level affected the performance of the ingredients.
Gu Zheng could conclude that the chef who cooked for him was definitely not the head chef. If the head chef was at this level, then this head chef was definitely a fake. This chef was far worse than his father.
However, Gu Zheng didn't mind. Not all the dishes in the restaurant were cooked by the head chef. The head chef usually only did the most important parts, and there were other chefs to do the cooking. Moreover, even the head chef had to rest days. Maybe the head chef was resting today, so Gu Zheng didn't get to eat the best food.
After coming out of the Michelin restaurant, Gu Zheng went to the street and began to buy various kinds of snacks.
He had practically been eating for the entire day, not stopping at all. That made Hao Sen's eyes widen. The amount of food Gu Zheng had eaten today had clearly surpassed a normal person's appetite. He hadn't expected Gu Zheng to still be able to eat.
How could he know that the reason Gu Zheng ate like this was because he wanted to write a few European manuscripts and submit them to Mu Mu? After all, being a food critic was his main job, even though he was very incompetent now.
Gu Zheng did not return that night and continued to stay in the hotel. This made the butler of the castle relax a little.
"Have you determined where the three of them are?"
"I've confirmed it. Although the three of them hid very well, our people still found them. However, their strength is very average, and they have not reached the level of an angel. It's impossible for them to kill Brother Gibb!"
Late at night, Gu Zheng was cultivating with his eyes closed when he suddenly opened them.
He was only staying in an ordinary suite. This trip was at his own expense. Although Gu Zheng could afford the presidential suite, it was completely unnecessary for him. He could stay in an ordinary suite.
Gu Zheng heard voices coming from another room. To be exact, they came from the presidential suite. Although the voices of the two people were very low, as long as Gu Zheng wanted to, Gu Zheng could hear them.
A cultivator from the dark forces was staying in the presidential suite. His strength had reached the level of an immortal cultivator, which was what Europe called the dominator level.
When Gu Zheng checked into the hotel yesterday, he had already discovered his existence. However, he had no relationship or conflict with Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng was too lazy to care about him, so he did not pay attention to him.
"Their strength is not enough to kill Brother Gibb, but they definitely know how he died. Catch them and ask them clearly!"
The cultivator from the dark forces with the strength of an immortal cultivator said slowly. The person opposite him nodded gently.
Gu Zheng did not know that the Brother Gibb they were talking about was the pair of werewolves that Sora and Du Wei had killed before. After the werewolves died, they left immediately. Three young cultivators from the light forces took the two werewolves' bodies away.
The two bodies allowed them to receive a large bounty. These bounties were not ordinary money, but resources used by the European cultivation world.
With these resources, the three of them immediately hid. Many people had been looking for them but could not find them. It was not until now that the dark forces discovered their location. It was not easy for them to hide for so long.
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