Bailu Lake was a volcanic lake and the water was very deep.
After Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin entered the water, they kept diving downwards.
Although Lian Yuxin was a late-stage Void Return cultivator, she hadn't refined her Natal Primordial Water, so she didn't have it as easy as Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng looked like he was walking down a flight of stairs. A layer of immortal energy formed a protective barrier around her body. She used immortal energy to control her movements in the water.
The lake water was very clear and there were some fish and aquatic plants. Occasionally, they would see some ordinary grade ingredients.
Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin quickly reached the bottom of the lake and Gu Zheng sent his immortal power deep into the mud to crack the immortal array below.
This immortal array was a little difficult, but the artifact spirit also took a look at how to crack it so that it would be easier for Gu Zheng in the future.
As for what kind of restrictions there were behind this immortal array, the artifact spirit didn't probe any further. After all, she could only probe for two minutes and she wanted to see if she could find more treasures for Gu Zheng in this limited time.
In addition to discovering the treasures of Bailu Lake, the Artifact Spirit had also discovered some ordinary ingredients and an island protected by an immortal array in the sea.
Therefore, after exploring the treasures of Bailu Lake, Gu Zheng wanted to make a trip to the island to see what he could find there.
After Gu Zheng cracked the immortal array at the entrance of the treasure, light penetrated the thick mud and appeared in the water, forming a light array pattern.
The mud at the bottom of the lake seemed to be pushed away by an invisible force and left the range of the light array.
About three minutes later, the mud on the immortal array was cleared away, revealing the hard magma below.
"Rumble …"
A crack appeared in the magma, and even the lake water was parted. Gu Zheng brought Lian Yuxin down through the crack, and the crack closed again. The parted lake water returned to its original state.
Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin had entered a very deep crevice. As they walked along the crevice, the temperature was getting higher and higher. The temperature of the magma was also getting denser.
After a short while, Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin arrived in front of a stone door.
There was an immortal array on the stone door. Gu Zheng had never seen this immortal array before. After trying for a while, he was unable to open it, so he let Lian Yuxin try her immortal array.
Lian Yuxin took out the formation fairy weapon in the shape of a pearl. With a thought, she launched the magic of the fairy weapon. Suddenly, a faint light flashed on the pearl. Even the light of the fairy formation on the door flashed at the same frequency.
About ten minutes later, Lian Yuxin already knew how to crack the immortal array. She injected her immortal energy into the immortal array and quickly opened it.
"Rumble …"
The stone door opened, and a wave of heat that had been sealed in dust suddenly swept out.
Gu Zheng's Poison Impervious Robe automatically activated its protective shield to resist the fire poison in the heat flow. Lian Yuxin, on the other hand, had an immortal energy protective shield around her body, so this little bit of fire poison from the lava couldn't do any harm to her.
The world behind the door was fiery red, like a magma lake. There was a stone passage that led to the stone wall at the end of the magma lake. Below the stone wall was a platform, and on the platform was a big box.
"What a big box! I wonder how many treasures are in it!" Lian Yuxin exclaimed.
"Is that so?"
Gu Zheng glanced sideways and looked at Lian Yuxin with a faint smile.
"Sect Master, why are you looking at me like that?" Lian Yuxin smiled awkwardly.
"I'm thinking, are you going to wait for me to walk forward, then sneak attack me and kick me into the magma?" Gu Zheng laughed as if he had seen something very funny.
"How could that be? Sect Master, don't joke around! "
Having said that, Lian Yuxin suddenly attacked Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng just smiled. When Lian Yuxin's palm was about to hit his face, he closed and opened his eyes. Everything in front of him was different.
Lian Yuxin was standing beside Gu Zheng, but her eyes were closed. On the platform at the end of the magma lake, there was indeed a box, but it was not as big as what they had seen before.
In fact, when Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin stepped into the sect, they had already fallen into the illusion.
There were many ways to see through the illusion. The most direct way was to have a high cultivation level and strong spiritual power. Once the illusion appeared, one would be able to feel the difference.
The mental strength of cultivators was their divine will, and Gu Zheng's divine will was undeniably powerful. But to him, the illusory realm he experienced this time was not as powerful as the one he experienced in the thousand-year-old giant clam on Violet Yan Island.
Since he knew it was an illusion, Gu Zheng was naturally not afraid of Lian Yuxin's attack. He closed and opened his eyes, and the illusion was broken.
About half a minute after Gu Zheng broke the illusion, Lian Yuxin also broke the illusion.
"There is another illusion!"
Lian Yuxin opened her eyes and smiled at Gu Zheng.
Lian Yuxin's divine thoughts were not as good as Gu Zheng's, so she got out of the illusion later and could not see through it immediately. However, Lian Yuxin was a cultivator at the Late-stage of Void Return after all, and her divine thoughts were strong to a certain extent. The stronger the divine thoughts, the easier it was to find and break the formation in the illusion.
"Let's go and see what's in the box."
Gu Zheng smiled and walked through the magma lake on the stone passage.
The seal on the box was opened by Gu Zheng, but there were not as many things as expected.
There were some low-grade refining materials, a bottle of unknown elixirs, a jade slip, and three ingredients that could be used as ingredients.
"Well, it's only these things."
Lian Yuxin sighed, looking very disappointed.
Gu Zheng was also disappointed. After all, the three ingredients were only of ordinary grade.
"Damn it, the legendary treasures of the Two Immortals of Yingzhou were not taken away." Lian Yuxin said again.
"Legends are just legends. If you take it seriously, you will lose. What's more, ascending to the Untainted Land and taking away all the resources should be common sense. It's not bad that they left some elixirs and refining materials for the fated people. "Gu Zheng smiled.
"Okay!"
Lian Yuxin smiled embarrassedly. Since she was forced by Gu Zheng to join Emei, she always felt that her IQ had dropped a lot when facing Gu Zheng. Most of the time, she just blurted out without thinking.
"I'll give you all the refining materials. As for the jade slip, I think it's better to destroy it." Gu Zheng said.
"Well, well, I don't need the Imparting Technique of the Two Immortals of Yingzhou." Lian Yuxin blushed.
The Two Immortals of Yingzhou were not righteous cultivators. One of the methods they were best at was "Harvesting Technique". When they were on Gaoli Island, they were like emperors and harmed countless women.
Moreover, the so-called Two Immortals of Yingzhou was just a self-title. In everyone's heart, it was more appropriate to call them "Two Devils of Yingzhou"! After all, the techniques they practiced were mainly evil techniques.
Although Lian Yuxin also cultivated sorcery, it could not be compared to the sorcery cultivated by the two Immortals of Ying Zhou. The sorcery that she cultivated was not considered to be harmful, and it was a necessity for her profession as a craftsman.
Gu Zheng exerted force in his hand and reduced the jade slip into powder. As he started to walk back, he frowned slightly.
Although it was normal that he did not get anything from the treasure, Gu Zheng could not help but feel a little upset. After all, the treasure was found by the Device Spirit at the cost of damaging himself.
"I hope that the island in the sea can give me something different. Otherwise, it would be too unfair to you."
Gu Zheng looked inside himself and looked at the small garden where the Device Spirit was. The Device Spirit, who was originally alive and kicking, was now lying on a big rock and sleeping. She had been like this ever since her spirit returned.
"Actually, it's not bad. After all, you've harvested two excellent ingredients from those two cultivators!" The Artifact Spirit slowly opened its eyes and said in a very tired voice.
"You didn't fall into a deep sleep?" Gu Zheng said happily.
"Not yet. I closed my eyes to repair myself. But now that the necessary repairs have been completed, I will fall into a deep sleep for seven days."
The Device Spirit's voice paused and her eyes slowly closed. "I'm so sleepy. Be good for these seven days."
"Don't worry, sleep!"
Hearing the Device Spirit's weak and sleepy voice, Gu Zheng felt a little sad. After all, this little girl had been with him since the day he picked up the Gokusen Token.
After leaving Yingzhou Mountain, Gu Zheng took Lian Yuxin and flew to the island in the sea.
It had to be said that the Device Spirit could explore a large area in two minutes. Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin flew for a long time before they reached the place the Device Spirit mentioned.
In front of them was a stretch of blue waves. On the surface, they couldn't see anything strange, but Gu Zheng knew that he didn't come to the wrong place. After all, the Device Spirit had left a mark in his mind.
"Is it really here?"
While flying with Gu Zheng, Lian Yuxin couldn't help but be surprised even though she didn't want to. She really couldn't imagine how Gu Zheng knew there was an island here!
Did he really use his spirit sense to explore it?
Lian Yuxin couldn't imagine what kind of Divine Sense it was to be able to find the treasure of White Deer Lake without her noticing and without affecting the battle. Then, it flew to a place where even her Divine Sense couldn't find anything.
It wasn't strange that Lian Yuxin couldn't detect the island's protective immortal formation. Gu Zheng couldn't detect it either because it was a high-grade protective immortal formation.
Gu Zheng had seen islands with protective immortal formations. They were Foggy Wind Island, Blood Tide Island, Purple Yan Island, and Morning Dawn Island. Of these four islands, the protective immortal formations of Foggy Wind Island and Blood Tide Island were middle-grade protective immortal formations. Purple Yan Island, Morning Dawn Island, and the other islands he hadn't set foot on were all high-grade protective immortal formations.
Even if there was no fog outside occasionally, a middle-grade protective immortal formation could be detected by a Void Return cultivator's spirit sense. However, it was different for a high-grade protective immortal formation. A Void Return cultivator wouldn't be able to detect its existence at all. Even Gu Zheng's spirit sense, which transcended common sense, couldn't detect its existence! To detect its existence, one had to have an extremely special spirit sense like the Device Spirit or Jin Xian's spirit sense.
When the Device Spirit's spirit sense explored the island, it had almost reached its limit. Therefore, it didn't help Gu Zheng find the way through the protective immortal formation.
"Use your immortal formation weapon!" Gu Zheng said.
"Okay."
Lian Yuxin responded. After taking out the immortal formation weapon, it immediately activated its magic power.
The immortal formation weapon flashed with light. After a while, Lian Yuxin already knew the way through the protective immortal formation.
After walking on the sea for a while with Gu Zheng, the scene in front of them suddenly changed. An island came into view.
Since the Device Spirit's spirit sense didn't penetrate the protective immortal formation, it naturally didn't know the situation on the island. Therefore, Gu Zheng didn't know what was waiting for them on the island. However, for an island to be protected by a high-grade Celestial Array, it should not be barren at the very least.
"Sect Leader, do you think there are people on the island? Could there be a sect of immortal cultivators? Are they easy to talk to? "Lian Yuxin asked three questions in a row.
"There are no fishing boats on the sea. It's unlikely that there are ordinary people on the island."
Gu Zheng paused and then said, "Let's go. We'll go directly to the island and have a look."
Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin flew to the island. Their eyes couldn't help but widen. It wasn't that there were no people on the island. In fact, there were quite a lot of people on the island. However, these people were all lazily lying on the beach and basking in the sun. They were all naked. There were even more than a dozen pairs of men and women who were flirting with each other as if there was no one around.
"This …"
Lian Yuxin didn't know what to say. She turned her head and looked at the way they came.
"Get up, all of you!"
Gu Zheng's shout was like a clap of thunder. More than two hundred people basking in the sun on the beach suddenly jumped up and looked at the sky in horror. However, they didn't know shame at all. It was as if being naked was a matter of course.
"Who is your leader?" Gu Zheng asked.
These people in front of him looked different from the people of the East. Naturally, the language Gu Zheng used was different too. In fact, it wasn't just the people on this island. The people on Chaoxia Island were the same. Even Jin Guangyao was speaking Korean. However, for cultivators, learning a few languages was really a very simple thing.
"Immortal, Immortal!"
"God has eyes, God has eyes!"
"Immortal, Immortal, you're finally here!"
"Great, we're saved!"
From a cave on the island, several old men and old women with crutches rushed out.
These old men and old women were so old and clumsy. They were also wearing clothes made of animal skin. They excitedly climbed to a high ground on the mountain that was similar to an altar. With a 'plop' sound, they knelt down in front of Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng waved his hand and the old men and old women were lifted up by an invisible force.
"Tell me about this island."
Hearing Gu Zheng's voice, the excited old men quickly told Gu Zheng about this island.
The name of this island was Green Peach. During the Prosperous Era, there was a very powerful cultivator and his 18 servants living on this island.
Later on, when the cultivator came back from outside, he was seriously injured. Then he went into seclusion in his cave and never came out again.
There were men and women among the 18 servants, but they didn't have any cultivation. If the cultivator didn't appear, they couldn't leave Green Peach Island.
While waiting for the cultivator to come out of seclusion, the 18 servants also reproduced. Then, generation after generation, they lived on until today.
There was no lack of food on the island, and the people couldn't leave. Generation after generation, the islanders fell from generation to generation.
There was no lack of food and drink, and the temperature was suitable. There was nothing else to do, and they couldn't leave the island. Most of the people's only pleasure was to satisfy their instincts.
In fact, it wasn't just the people of Green Peach Island who were like this. When Jin Guangyao first came to Morning Clouds Island, there were many islanders who were like this.
However, Morning Clouds Island wasn't as rich as Green Peach Island. The islanders still had to run for food. In addition, Jin Guangyao had ruled Morning Clouds Island for decades. Under enough pressure, the people there were essentially different from those on the beach of Green Peach Island.
Green Peach Island wasn't smaller than Morning Clouds Island, but there were only 400 islanders on Green Peach Island, which was only a quarter of Morning Clouds Island's population.
In reality, regardless of whether it was Morning Cloud Island or Green Peach Island, the people who understood the situation, in other words, the people in power, were all intentionally controlling the number of people.
As islanders who used to be cultivators, the cultivators also told them how to prevent pregnancy. Even though the Immortal Cultivators on the island were no longer around, the effective methods were still passed down.
After all, the resources on an island were limited. Once there were too many people, there would be people who would starve. Not allowing them to reproduce was a very wise move.
Take Green Peach Island for example. Most of the islanders had fallen to the point where they could only eat and wait for death. However, the Elder Council, which had been passed down, would still pick out a group of people and teach them carefully so that they could become sensible people. The old man and old lady who told Gu Zheng these things were members of the Elder Council.
The old man and old lady had already told Gu Zheng everything that he wanted to know. Then, they looked at Gu Zheng with hopeful eyes, waiting for Gu Zheng to take them out of this cage where they could only eat and wait for death.
"This time, I won't take you away. However, from today onwards, you are my people. Remember my name, Gu Zheng! After a while, I will send people over to take care of Green Peach Island for me. At the same time, they will send you resources to satisfy your desire to see the outside world! "
"Thank you, thank you, Immortal!"
"No, it should be thank you, Master!"
"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
The old man and old lady knelt down in front of Gu Zheng with tears running down their cheeks. They really didn't expect that they would have the chance to leave this cage.
After saying a few more words to the old man and old lady, Gu Zheng and Lian Yuxin strolled around Green Peach Island.
"This is really good. This time, Sect Leader gained another island and some islanders. The resources on this island are really not as rich as Changfeng!" Lian Yuxin said.
"Yes! Fortunately, there are no cultivators on this island. Otherwise, it would have taken a lot of effort. But now, all of this is just like picking up something for free! "Gu Zheng said with emotion.
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