Dong Chengzi, who had fought Gu Zheng for less than a minute, died without even a single counterattack.
When Gu Zheng retrieved the Chaos Pagoda, Dong Chengzi had already been smashed into a meat patty.
"What's wrong?" Gu Zheng asked with a smile.
Regardless of whether it was Du Wei, Wuyou, or Wuchou, they all clearly remembered when Gu Zheng had advanced to become an immortal cultivator. However, his cultivation base had already reached the Void Return Initial Stage in such a short period of time. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they really wouldn't have believed it.
"Sect … Sect Leader is mighty! Congratulations Sect Leader, congratulations Sect Leader! "
In the end, Du Wei had experienced many things and was the first to react. Although he stuttered a little, he still took the lead to congratulate him.
"Sect Leader is mighty! Congratulations Sect Leader, congratulations Sect Leader! "
Wuyou and Wuchou also reacted. While congratulating Gu Zheng, their eyes were full of excitement.
At that time, they had captured Gu Zheng and brought him to Emei to be the Sect Leader. After that, they quickly witnessed Gu Zheng's extraordinary strength. Although they had long known that Gu Zheng's cultivation progress speed was not normal, this time, he had advanced from the early stage of Qi Refining to the early stage of Void Return in such a short time that it was unimaginable.
Gu Zheng nodded and smiled. Then, he said, "Clean up the battlefield and see if there's anything to gain."
"Okay!"
Wuchou answered and happily went to clean up the battlefield.
"I didn't expect that the people who came back from the Wilderness would actually have ideas about Emei! How dare they harass Emei. I'll definitely make sure they don't return! "Gu Zheng sneered.
According to the artifact spirit, the highest cultivation base of the people who came back from the Wilderness was at the Void Return Pinnacle Stage. With Gu Zheng's current cultivation base, he wouldn't be afraid even if they were at the Void Return Pinnacle Stage!
"This Dong Chengzi probably saw the phenomenon of the Emei Pagoda being about to be repaired and was attracted here," Wuyou said.
"Distribute these pills to everyone later. These are real immortal pills."
Gu Zheng gave 80 of the 100 Immortal Body Pills that he had obtained from the nine-storey pagoda's storage room to Wuyou. He had originally planned to use some of these pills to cook Dan elemental food for cultivation, but after the incident with Dong Chengzi, he decided to leave most of them in the sect. If he wasn't in the sect one day and something similar happened again, he would have better conditions for treatment.
"Sect Leader, is this a healing elixir?"
Wuyou smelled the pill fragrance and immediately knew the approximate effects of the medicinal pill.
"That's right. With your current injuries, eat a piece of raw meat that can be seen with the naked eye," Gu Zheng said.
"To be able to restore an immortal body with such good effects, one can imagine how precious this pill is."
Wu You tightly grasped the bottle containing the pills, but he was not willing to eat a single one. After all, he had already taken the Rain Dew Pill, and the wound on his chest had already formed a scab.
"Congratulations to Sect Leader for completing the restoration of the Emei Pagoda and increasing the strength of the Emei Sect!" Du Wei congratulated Gu Zheng again.
"The primary restoration of the Emei Pagoda has been completed. You can also go to the 'energy battlefield' to practice in the future. Strive to fight against enemies and no longer suffer the disadvantage of not having spiritual sense attacks." Gu Zheng patted Wuyou's shoulder.
"Yes, Sect Leader!"
Wuyou and the others said in unison.
"Sect Leader, we found a total of one immortal jade bottle and one mustard seed bag from him."
After cleaning up the battlefield, Wuyou handed the spoils of war to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng didn't reach out to take it. He smiled slightly and said, "Second Grand Elder, you can recognize the mustard seed bag as its owner and see what's inside. As for this immortal jade bottle, I'll give it to Fourth Grand Elder. "
The Grand Elders of Emei were ranked according to seniority. Among them, Wu You was the oldest, so he was naturally the First Grand Elder. Du Wei was the second oldest, so he was the Second Grand Elder. Jia Si was the third oldest, Wuyou was the fourth oldest, and Wuyou was the fifth oldest.
"Thank you, Sect Leader!"
Du Wei and Wuyou thanked him at the same time.
Du Wei happily recognized the mustard seed bag as its owner. He understood that this rare spatial immortal item would be his in the future.
There weren't many things in the mustard seed bag. There were some refining resources, some food ingredients, and some basic immortal technique manuals.
The quality of the food ingredients was not bad. The worst was the ordinary level, and there were four middle-level ones. After all, Dong Chengzi came from the Untainted Land. As the saying goes, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. Gu Zheng believed that an immortal cultivator who came from the Untainted Land was considered relatively poor.
After putting the middle-level food ingredients into the Untainted Land, Gu Zheng ordered Du Wei to send the rest of the things into the Emei Sect's treasury.
When Gu Zheng returned to the sect, the atmosphere in the Emei Square seemed to be somewhat lively.
There were not only Emei disciples in the Emei Sect, but also Shu Mountain and Kunlun disciples. They were the ones who came to use the 'energy battlefield'.
They naturally knew that the Emei Pagoda was in the process of being repaired. Today, the Emei Pagoda's repair was about to be completed. Gu Zheng didn't hide it from them. After all, when the repair was about to be completed, even a person like Dong Chengzi would be alarmed, let alone these people in the Emei Sect.
"Sect Leader Gu, congratulations! I really didn't expect that the Emei Pagoda could really be used as an immortal item to shift its position! "
The elders of Shu Mountain Sect cupped their fists to Gu Zheng, their eyes full of envy.
Since ancient times, there had been many people who wanted to take the Emei Pagoda. However, since the Long-brow Spiritual Master put the Emei Pagoda into the Emei Sect, it couldn't be shifted. Although it had the 'energy battlefield' that made people envious, it was still unimaginable that one day it could be reduced to a small size and taken away like an immortal item. After all, although Gu Zheng didn't hide the fact that the Emei Pagoda was in the process of being repaired, he didn't tell them that the repaired Emei Pagoda would be an immortal item with both offensive and defensive capabilities.
"Sect Leader Gu, are our Kunlun disciples okay?" The representative elder of the Kunlun Sect asked.
"They're fine, they're still in the pagoda!"
Gu Zheng stretched out his hand, and the Chaos Pagoda in his palm flew back to its original position and became the size it was before. The repair of the Chaos Pagoda didn't affect the use of the 'energy battlefield', so the disciples of Shu Mountain Sect and Kunlun Sect were still in the Chaos Pagoda.
"Sect Leader Gu, what level of immortal item is the repaired Emei Pagoda?" The representative of the Kunlun Sect asked again.
"High-level immortal item."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he said with a smile, "Everyone, please excuse me for a moment. The Emei Pagoda has just been repaired, and there are still some things waiting for me to deal with."
According to the Device Spirit, the intact Chaos Pagoda was definitely a top-level immortal item, and it was very likely to be the best among the top-level immortal items. However, the repaired Chaos Pagoda only had 22 floors, and such an immortal item could only be regarded as a high-level immortal item.
"Sect Leader Gu, please!"
The Elder of Shu Mountain and the representative of Kunlun said in unison.
In Emei, one had to follow the rules of Emei. This was the rule that Gu Zheng had set for the outsiders who came to use the 'energy battlefield'. Although the Elder of Shu Mountain and the representative of Kunlun were near the Chaos Pagoda, they only had the cultivation of the late fifth floor, and didn't know what was happening outside the mountain gate. Gu Zheng had taken away the Chaos Pagoda and chosen to fly on his sword because he didn't want to expose his identity as an immortal cultivator now.
"Right."
Gu Zheng, who had walked to the entrance of the pagoda, stopped, turned around and said, "The Emei Pagoda's repair has been completed, and the new 'energy battlefield' is about to be put into use. You guys should inform your respective sects about this matter and let them send representatives over as soon as possible to discuss it!"
"That's not good, is it?"
"That's right, it's better for Sect Leader Gu to personally report such a big matter."
The Elder of Shu Mountain and the representative of Kunlun shook their heads.
"We're not ordinary people, so there's no need to be so formal. You guys can report it! I still have to hurry up and deal with the matters here. If you really want me to report it, you'll have to wait a few days. "
Gu Zheng smiled and ignored the two representatives. He turned around and entered the Chaos Pagoda. In any case, since such a thing had happened, even if Gu Zheng reported it to Shu Mountain and Kunlun, as the representatives of Emei, they would also report it to their respective sects. Since that was the case, Gu Zheng couldn't be bothered to go through the trouble.
"Master, how do you feel?"
The moment Gu Zheng entered the Chaos Pagoda, Jiao Jiao immediately spoke.
Hearing Jiao Jiao's proud voice, Gu Zheng understood that he was referring to the matter of using the Chaos Pagoda to kill the enemy.
"Awesome! I've finally fulfilled my dream of becoming a Pagoda Heavenly King. "
Gu Zheng smiled and then said, "Jiao Jiao, tell me how to use the second 'energy battlefield'. I want to go in and experience it."
"I've already activated the second 'energy battlefield'. Master only needs to enter the fourteenth floor of the Chaos Pagoda, and then, just like when you entered the first 'energy battlefield', you can begin to challenge it." Jiao Jiao said.
"Alright, I'll go and experience the 'energy battlefield'. You should also go to the new nine floor pagoda to take a look. Find out what materials are needed to repair it and then tell me." Gu Zheng said.
"Yes, my master!" Jiao Jiao smiled.
After entering the fourteenth floor of the Chaos Pagoda, Gu Zheng followed the method he used to enter the 'energy battlefield'. His vision turned black and then lit up again.
In front of him was a colorless barrier. Other than that, there was nothing else. If not for Gu Zheng being able to tell from the alternating light that he had entered the 'energy battlefield', he would have thought that he had come to the wrong place.
Gu Zheng separated the energy points and sent them towards the five colored barrier.
"Kacha!"
The colorless barrier broke. Gu Zheng frowned. After taking a step forward, the light in front of him darkened and then lit up again. He appeared in front of the next colorless barrier.
"Alright!"
Gu Zheng shook his head and smiled. He knew what was going on.
Gu Zheng didn't ask Jiao Jiao in detail what the new 'energy battlefield' looked like. He only knew that when Jiao Jiao first proposed to repair it, she said that the new 'energy battlefield' was related to spiritual will. It could train a cultivator's spiritual will. It could even allow cultivators who didn't have any spiritual will to develop it earlier.
After going through the first level of the 'energy battlefield', Gu Zheng understood that the colorless barrier was actually the 'energy battlefield'. If it was someone who didn't have any spiritual will and wanted to pass the first level, they could only try to use their spiritual will to pierce through the colorless barrier. If they couldn't even use their spiritual will to pierce through the barrier, then they could only slowly try it in the first level until they could use their spiritual will to break through the barrier.
The second level's colorless barrier was also a test of spiritual force. It was useless for Gu Zheng who could launch spiritual force attacks. Therefore, when his spiritual force light touched the colorless barrier, the colorless barrier immediately shattered.
Gu Zheng took another step forward. After his vision changed from darkness to light, he appeared in the third 'energy battlefield'.
In front of him was another colorless barrier. Other than that, there was nothing else.
The moment Gu Zheng's Spiritual Will light spot touched the colourless barrier, the colourless barrier immediately shattered.
He took another step forward. After the light changed, Gu Zheng appeared in the fourth 'energy battlefield'.
It was another colorless barrier, but there was something inside it.
In the space inside the barrier, there were more than ten tiny dots. These dots were like fireflies floating up and down. They flew very slowly and looked very relaxed.
The moment Gu Zheng's Spiritual Sense light spot touched the colorless barrier, the colorless barrier shattered instantly.
After the barrier broke, the originally relaxed dots seemed to be attracted. They immediately floated towards Gu Zheng's spiritual will dot.
Touched by death, touched by death, all the small light spots that came into contact with Gu Zheng's spiritual sense light spot were all extinguished.
After about two minutes, Gu Zheng's spiritual will dot did not move at all. More than ten tiny dots had all disappeared without a trace.
"Based on the current situation, the first three 'energy battlefields' are for those who don't have spiritual will to train their spiritual will. From the fourth 'energy battlefield' onwards, it should be for immortal cultivators who already have spiritual will to train how to use spiritual will to attack. However, my spiritual will can already condense into dots of light. This kind of training is useless to me. "Gu Zheng thought to himself.
Moving forward again, Gu Zheng, who had passed the fourth 'energy battlefield', quickly appeared in the fifth 'energy battlefield'.
The fifth 'energy battlefield' was very similar to the fourth 'energy battlefield'. However, the colorless barrier's resistance to spiritual will had increased. The tiny dots of light within the barrier had increased in size and number. The overall strength of the barrier had also increased. However, this was still not very useful to Gu Zheng.
The sixth 'energy battlefield' was considered an upgraded version of the fifth 'energy battlefield'. However, it was still not very useful to Gu Zheng.
After entering the seventh 'energy battlefield', Gu Zheng's eyes could not help but light up.
"Finally, I've come to a useful 'energy battlefield'. However, this' energy battlefield 'is much easier than my' Purgatory '."
The scene in front of Gu Zheng was very similar to the 'Purgatory', which was used to train spiritual will. It was also a scene of a lava cave. After Gu Zheng's spiritual will dot broke the colorless barrier, the originally still lava cave immediately became lively.
There were rocks falling from above and lava spewing from below. From time to time, a lava fish would jump out from the lava and obstruct the advancement of spiritual will.
This level of 'energy battlefield' might be very challenging for immortal cultivators who had just condensed their spiritual will dots of light. However, it was still too weak for Gu Zheng.
Three minutes later, although Gu Zheng was not hit by any attacks, the scene in front of him changed and he returned to the tower.
Gu Zheng understood that this was the time limit of the 'energy battlefield'. Just like his' Purgatory ', this type of place for training spiritual will had a time limit.
"The training effect is worse than 'Purgatory' and the time limit is shorter. I wonder what the next 'energy battlefield' will be like," Gu Zheng thought to himself.
He lifted his foot and took a step forward. The light in front of him darkened and brightened again.
"Isn't this' Purgatory '?"
After entering the eighth 'energy battlefield', Gu Zheng's eyes were wide open.
Rolling fireballs constantly fell from the sky, and the lava on the ground spurted high into the air. When it fell, it turned into a rain of fire. Little flaming fishes flew out from the lava. If they were not killed, they would gather more and more! This scene was exactly the same as Gu Zheng's' Purgatory '.
With the experience of 'Purgatory', Gu Zheng was like a fish in water in the eighth 'energy battlefield'.
Five minutes later, Gu Zheng's spiritual will was still not hit, but the light in front of him darkened. When it brightened again, Gu Zheng had appeared in the Primal Chaos Tower.
"This is really an excellent place. The weapon spirit said that the 'Purgatory Pill' was a very precious item even in the primordial era. However, the 'energy battlefield' of the Primal Chaos Tower contains a similar ability. I have to say that this immortal treasure is really very powerful!"
"However, the effect of the eighth 'energy battlefield' is still much worse than 'Purgatory'! Even so, the 'energy battlefield' with such an effect is enough to make the immortal cultivators envious! "Gu Zheng thought to himself.
Gu Zheng's' Purgatory 'ability only lasted for five minutes at the start. Every time he cleared it, the time limit would increase by one second. The upper limit was seven minutes. Gu Zheng could now play in 'Purgatory' for seven minutes at a time.
When cultivating one's spiritual will in 'Purgatory', one's spiritual will would strengthen very quickly. When Gu Zheng used 'Purgatory' for the first time, the weapon spirit said that the strengthening of his spiritual will was equivalent to a normal person cultivating for a few years.
Just like how cultivation required more and more immortal core power, if one wanted to strengthen one's spiritual will, one would also need to cultivate for a longer period of time. Moreover, there was a similarity between the advancement of spiritual will and the advancement of cultivation. That was, there was a bottleneck.
If a cultivator wanted to become an immortal cultivator, they had to have a certain level of comprehension when advancing from the late stage of the fifth level. This could be considered a bottleneck. If one could not break through this bottleneck, one's strength would not be able to increase. This was not directly related to cultivation time.
The strength of Gu Zheng's spiritual will had already reached a bottleneck. Therefore, when he cultivated in 'Purgatory', he no longer increased the strength of his spiritual will. He was only looking for opportunities to break through.
Under normal circumstances, only those at the Return to Void Stage could condense their spiritual will into light spots. Only then would they have the ability to kill cultivators with their spiritual will.
Today's encounter with Dong Chengzi could be considered an anomaly. Apart from him, Gu Zheng had only encountered five people who could launch spiritual will attacks. They were Sora Aoi, Wei Fengxing, Xuan Qizi, Master Yu Feng, and Wei Fengting.
Among them, Sora Aoi and Wei Fengxing's spiritual will was more powerful than Master Yu Feng and Xuan Qizi's. As for Wei Fengting's spiritual will, it was the weakest. These five people represented the three stages of spiritual will in the Return to Void Stage. As for Dong Chengzi, he could barely be considered on the same level as Wei Fengting's spiritual will.
Gu Zheng's current spiritual will strength was already equivalent to the peak of the Return to Void Stage. If the strength of spiritual will was compared to immortal power, then spiritual will attacks could be considered immortal skills. Regardless of whether it was the density of immortal power or the exquisiteness of immortal skills, these were all very important things.
For example, Sora Aoi and Wei Fengxing both had the ability to turn their spiritual will light spots into spiritual will light balls to attack. In this aspect, Master Yu Feng and Xuan Qizi were inferior to them, and Wei Fengxing was even more incomparable.
Before Gu Zheng became an immortal cultivator, due to Gokusen's advance deployment, he had combined his spiritual will with the spiritual will of the weapon spirit. After becoming a spiritual will avatar, he had experienced all kinds of spiritual will attacks in advance. Therefore, he had a lot of spiritual will attack methods! In any case, if he were to compete with Sora Aoi using spiritual will, Sora Aoi was definitely not his match.
If he wanted to advance his spiritual will to the next stage, his spiritual will avatar needed to condense into a light ball, and not temporarily turn into a light ball when attacking. Regarding this, Gu Zheng also didn't know when his opportunity for a breakthrough would appear.
Gu Zheng actually had high hopes for the 'energy battlefield' in the nine-floored blood pagoda that could temper one's spiritual will.
The cultivation in the 'Purgatory' could no longer strengthen Gu Zheng's spiritual will. However, the 'energy battlefield' in the Chaos Pagoda could strengthen Gu Zheng's spiritual will once again. This was an extremely unusual point! This was because he had allowed an ordinary person to break through the upper limit of cultivation!
Some time ago, when he had cleared the 'energy battlefield' in the new nine-floored pagoda, Gu Zheng had chosen to cultivate his spiritual will in the second 'energy battlefield'. At that time, Gu Zheng's spiritual will had truly strengthened. Although it wasn't by a lot, it could be considered to have strengthened a little.
Although the new nine-floored pagoda hadn't been added to the existing twenty-two-floored pagoda, the 'energy battlefield' within it could still be used.
While the Chaos Pagoda was being repaired, Gu Zheng had also gone to the new nine-floored pagoda to cultivate. Unfortunately, the immortal arts and techniques that he had already cultivated in the nine 'energy battlefields' no longer had the same incredible effect as before. It was just like cultivating in a normal environment. It was the same for the cultivation of his spiritual will!
According to Jiao Jiao, the 'energy battlefield' in the new nine-floored pagoda had better effects the first time he cleared it. Even if it was completely repaired in the future, it wouldn't have the same effect as the first kill.
It was also because of this that Gu Zheng had high hopes for the 'energy battlefield' in the nine-floored blood pagoda that specialized in training one's spiritual will. He hoped that the 'energy battlefield' here would be able to strengthen his spiritual will, which had reached a bottleneck, once again. However, based on the current situation, this hope would become an extravagant hope!
"Your hope has become an extravagant hope. Do you feel any disappointment?" the artifact spirit asked.
"It's alright! Even if it can't increase the power of my spiritual will, this is still a rare place to cultivate one's spiritual will. Apart from the great benefits it will bring to the disciples, I can also become more familiar with the techniques in this cultivation. Perhaps one day, I will really have an inspiration to comprehend them? Who can say for sure about something like destiny! "Gu Zheng said with a faint smile.
"Mm, that's right. Mentality is very important. Keep it up!" the artifact spirit said like an old man.
Rolling his eyes at the artifact spirit, Gu Zheng stepped into the last energy battlefield.
According to Jiao Jiao, there were a few 'energy battlefields' based on the number of floors in the pagoda. Therefore, this was also the last 'energy battlefield'.
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