"If these sixteen herbs were really refined into pills, what kind of pills would they be? It's a pity that you won't be able to successfully condense them. "
Looking at the pills in the furnace, Lin Yucheng's heart was filled with endless emotions. There was pity for the loss of resources, and there was also hatred for Gu Zheng.
"Now's the time!"
The fifteenth type of powder was about to start condensing. Lin Yucheng secretly said in his heart, and the output of his' Natal True Fire 'changed slightly.
Whether it was cooking or refining pills, the control of the fire was very important! In a sense, the subtle change of the fire was more critical for refining pills than cooking!
Lin Yucheng only slightly changed the temperature of the flame, and the medicinal pills floating in the pill furnace suddenly exploded. Even the pill furnace was blown away by the explosion.
"The pills exploded!"
The onlookers exclaimed.
The reason why the step of condensing the pills was very important was that once the condensation failed, there was an 80% to 90% chance that the pills would explode, causing the entire furnace of pills to be destroyed.
"Sigh!"
Retrieving the exploded furnace, Lin Yucheng shook his head and sighed.
"Lin Yucheng, now that you didn't succeed in refining, what should you say?" Du Wei was the first to speak.
"There is a fundamental difference between the explosion of the pills and the failure of the refinement! Alchemists need a relatively quiet environment to refine pills, but Sect Leader Gu insisted that I refine pills in front of everyone. The explosion of the pills can only be regarded as an accident! "
As soon as Lin Yucheng's voice fell, the surroundings were filled with boos.
"Since refining pills requires a quiet environment, why didn't you say so before? Since you don't have the ability, why are you pretending? "Du Wei mocked.
"What do you mean by not having the ability? Not to mention a fourth-grade alchemist, even a fifth-grade alchemist wouldn't dare to guarantee a 100% success rate in such an environment! "
Lin Yucheng seemed to be very angry. Anyway, there was no fifth-grade alchemist here, so he could say whatever he wanted.
"Let's not talk about so many useless reasons. I think everyone knows what exactly happened. Since the refinement of the Soul Dissipation Pill failed, you should give me an explanation for this matter, right? "Gu Zheng said.
"Like I said before, this failure is not a failure! But no matter what, the failure to refine the Soul Refining Pill this time is an indisputable fact. Since that's the case, I'll just treat it as a loss of sixteen kinds of spiritual grade resources and let's forget about this matter. "
Lin Yucheng gave an explanation. As for apologizing to Gu Zheng, it was impossible. If he apologized, it would mean that he admitted that he was black-hearted.
"Hehe."
Many people around them laughed meaningfully in response to Lin Yucheng's instructions.
Gu Zheng naturally knew that it was impossible for Lin Yucheng to apologize. But no matter what, he had made Lin Yucheng lose resources. He had also made Lin Yucheng lose face! If it wasn't for the fact that Ethereal Mountain still had to contribute to the war against the demons during the Hungry Ghost Festival, Gu Zheng wouldn't have let this matter pass so easily.
"You and I both know what exactly happened. Let me give you a word of advice. Take care of yourself!"
Gu Zheng chuckled at Lin Yucheng. He had intended to turn the page on this matter, but who would have thought that someone wouldn't let it go just like that.
"Sect Master Gu's mouth is really powerful. Clearly, Fellow Daoist Lin only failed in refining the pill, but your tone makes people feel that he played some tricks! This really makes me want to see if Sect Master Gu's cultivation is as powerful as his mouth. "
They were bound together for good or ill. Gu Zheng's words of "well aware" and "take care of yourself", as well as the contemptuous gazes and smiles of the surrounding people, finally made Tong Tao unable to bear it any longer.
Gu Zheng, who had already turned around, turned around again and looked at Tong Tao with a frown. "What are you doing? Are you going to spar with me, or are you going to have a life and death battle with me out of humiliation? "
"What do you mean by out of humiliation? What life and death battle? I think Sect Master Gu is really good at stirring up trouble! I just wanted to test your cultivation and exchange pointers with you! "
Tong Tao really wanted to have a life and death battle with Gu Zheng, but this was obviously not appropriate. Once one of them died, the so-called world's power would be put aside first!
"Spar? What a joke! "
"That's right. You're already at the late-stage Void Return realm, while Sect Master Gu's cultivation is only at the early-stage Void Return realm. Even if you suppress your strength, your combat skills and experience are still there. There are also immortal techniques and other factors. Who would want to spar with you!"
"Spar? What a nice way to put it! Looking for someone at the early-stage Void Return realm to spar with someone at the late-stage Void Return realm, and after what happened just now, what is this if not being angry out of humiliation? "
This time, there were quite a few onlookers who spoke up. After all, Tong Tao's request was really very shameless.
Whether he was shameless or not, Tong Tao didn't care too much. He ignored everyone's words and just looked straight at Gu Zheng.
"Sure, how do you want to spar?"
Gu Zheng smiled. He didn't want to do this, but Tong Tao forced him, so what else could he do?
"I'll suppress my strength to the early-stage Void Return realm. As for the immortal techniques and immortal weapons that are too powerful, I won't use them. How about we stop when it's appropriate?" Tong Tao said.
"No need. Since you want to spar with me, there's no need to suppress your strength. Just spar with all your might!"
Gu Zheng's words made the surrounding people exclaim. Their understanding of Gu Zheng's strength was either from hearsay or from seeing Gu Zheng fight on Black Dragon Island.
However, that time on Black Dragon Island, although Gu Zheng made a move, his strength was suppressed to the early stage of Void Return.
A young man in his twenties with a cultivation base at the early stage of the Void Return Realm was already an incredible feat. However, Tong Tao would never believe that his cultivation base was even higher than that.
"Since Sect Leader Gu says there's no need to suppress your strength, I'll give Sect Leader Gu the respect you deserve. Let's spar without suppressing our strength!"
Tong Tao seized the opportunity and immediately took advantage of it. It was better for him not to suppress his strength. That way, he would be more confident.
"Come on!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly and flew into the void.
"Shall we start?"
Without saying anything else, Tong Tao flew into the air and smiled contemptuously.
Gu Zheng's Natal True Fire moved, and a fire dragon that was thirty feet long appeared out of thin air and roared toward Tong Tao.
"Oh my god!"
"This is incredible!"
"How can this be?"
"Sect Leader Gu's cultivation is already at the late-stage Void Return realm?"
"Can a late-stage Void Return realm cast such a huge fire dragon?"
As soon as the fire dragon appeared, everyone was shocked. Except for a few people from Mount Emei, everyone was shocked by Gu Zheng's Fire Dragon Technique. They could roughly see Gu Zheng's strength from it.
Gu Zheng's fire dragon and water dragon both had the rare ability to fight independently. Gu Zheng, who had cast the Fire Dragon Technique, wanted to defeat Tong Tao with a storm-like attack. However, he gave up this initial idea when he saw Tong Tao's Immortal Weapon.
Tong Tao was also shocked by Gu Zheng's fire dragon. He had to admit that he had underestimated Gu Zheng too much.
"Good!"
Tong Tao gritted his teeth and a long black saber appeared in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
The long black saber flickered with light. When Tong Tao raised his hand and swung it, it let out a strange whistling sound like a hurricane. However, it was a strange saber Qi that twisted and flashed as if it was alive.
The long black saber was a high-level Immortal Weapon and the strange saber Qi it released was even more extraordinary. The saber Qi contained some nomological power and made Gu Zheng's fire dragon slow down. It was as if it could not determine the direction of its attack.
The appearance of the long black saber changed Gu Zheng's initial plan. This was not because Gu Zheng wanted to obtain the long black saber, but because he wanted to destroy the long black saber! In any case, it was impossible for Gu Zheng to take his life in a sparring match like this. In that case, he might as well destroy his immortal equipment and make him suffer even more.
"Bam!"
Under the influence of the nomological power, the nimble fire dragon was inevitably hit by the saber Qi. However, the Fire Dragon was also powerful enough. The moment the saber Qi struck it, a three-meter-tall flame burst out from its body. The saber Qi, which had not caused much damage to it, was repelled.
The fire dragon slowed down after being hit by the saber Qi. After Tong Tao's saber Qi bounced back, it disappeared without a trace in the flames.
"Retreat!"
Tong Tao shouted and drew a few lines in the air. A huge Taiji diagram appeared in the air in front of him. The fire dragon that wanted to charge forward immediately felt a strong resistance due to the appearance of the Taiji Barrier.
Gu Zheng was also flying toward Tong Tao. If he wanted to destroy his Immortal Weapon, he would have to get close to him. When the Taiji Barrier appeared, he also felt the air become sticky.
"Break!"
Gu Zheng shouted and lifted his leg to kick away the two wind dragons.
"Roar!"
The swiftly flying wind dragons roared out. They were not affected by the stickiness of the air, so they violently bumped into the 'Tai Chi barrier' created by Tong Tao.
"Bam!"
With a loud bang, the barrier shattered. Tong Tao pushed out his palm at the same time. It was Gu Zheng's Immortal Slaughtering Palm!
Gu Zheng's fire dragon disappeared in the face of the huge palm. A cold smile appeared on his face.
Gu Zheng raised his hand and a black light wrapped in the energy of heaven and earth shot out. He had used his Immortal Weapon, Tang Mo.
The black saber light had a demonic hue that could devour one's gaze. After it split the huge Immortal Slaughtering Palm into two, it continued to fly toward Tong Tao without slowing down.
At the same time, the fire dragon that had disappeared crashed toward Tong Tao from another direction.
Tong Tao did not expect Gu Zheng to be able to neutralize the Immortal Slaughtering Palm so easily. When he dodged Gu Zheng's saber light, the fire dragon's collision was too difficult for him to dodge.
"Scram!"
Tong Tao roared in anger. Immortal energy instantly rushed out from the surface of his body, causing his entire body to seem as if it was surrounded by a white flame aura.
"Bam!"
The fire dragon crashed into Tong Tao. Although it made a loud sound, it bounced back very far. Tong Tao's body only flew back a little.
Tong Tao did not feel happy at all after successfully resisting the fire dragon. Instead, he broke out in cold sweat.
Tong Tao knew how powerful the Fire Dragon was. According to his understanding of the Fire Dragon's power, although the 'Protective Flame Aura' he used could prevent him from being seriously injured, it was still unavoidable for him to be slightly injured. It was absolutely impossible for such a situation to occur. The Fire Dragon was repelled, and he himself was not injured at all!
"This is not normal. What is Gu Zheng up to?"
Tong Tao's mind raced. Before he could figure out what was going on, Gu Zheng's saber light was already in front of him.
The Protective Aura was only used for emergencies. It consumed a lot of Immortal Qi and could only last for a short period of time. Without the protection of the Protective Aura, it was too late for Tong Tao to dodge. He could only raise his dark gold saber and try to block the sharp saber energy.
"Good!"
Gu Zheng cheered in his heart. He did not hesitate to pay a huge price to make the fire dragon, which was originally very powerful, become a support. He was waiting for this opportunity to let Tong Tao block the saber energy with his Celestial Weapon.
If Tong Tao had dodged or admitted defeat even if he was injured this time, it would not have been easy for Gu Zheng to carry out his plan. Unfortunately, not only did Tong Tao not admit defeat, he did not even try to dodge. He recklessly wanted to block the saber energy with his Celestial Weapon!
"Clang!"
Although the saber energy hit the Celestial Weapon, the sound it made was as if two Celestial Weapons had collided.
"How could this be?"
Tong Tao exclaimed in his heart. His Celestial Weapon was a high-grade Celestial Weapon, and it was very suitable for slashing. However, it had only touched Gu Zheng's saber energy once, and there were signs of damage inside.
Before Tong Tao could figure out what was going on, Gu Zheng had already arrived in front of him and used the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique on him.
Although the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique was only a low-grade Celestial Skill, Gu Zheng had practiced it in the Chaos Tower and modified its original moves.
Tong Tao naturally recognized the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique. However, just as he was about to break the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique, he realized that this Mountain Splitting Saber Technique was not the same Mountain Splitting Saber Technique. The changes he made to break the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique were exquisite beyond imagination!
A set of saber or sword moves was originally a set. When Gu Zheng was not a true Immortal Cultivator, he could only rely on the exquisiteness of the Celestial Skill to perform it.
However, after becoming a Immortal Cultivator, and especially after reaching the Void Return Realm, Gu Zheng's Mountain Splitting Saber Technique was not just an Immortal Skill. It was also mixed with the power of Heaven and Earth. It really had the power to split mountains and split the earth with one slash.
The changes in the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique caught Tong Tao off guard. As the saying went, one wrong step would lead to many wrong steps. Amidst the flickering saber light, he was completely suppressed by Gu Zheng and could only passively defend.
The deep trap buried Tong Tao. No matter how he changed, Gu Zheng had a way to deal with him. In the end, Tang Mo would be slashed by his dark gold saber.
In just three breaths' time, not only was Tong Tao's dark gold saber damaged internally, but even the outside had been cut open by Tang Mo. Tong Tao, who was burning with anxiety, finally decided to admit defeat at this moment.
However, he who had already been struck silly by the lightning didn't notice at all that Gu Zheng had already unknowingly set up a restriction that silenced everyone around them. His shout of "I admit defeat" was something that no one else heard!
"Tell Xiahou Shan that if he continues to make things difficult for Emei, this Celestial Weapon will be his example!"
While Gu Zheng transmitted his voice to Tong Tao, Tang Mo in his hand fell again.
Clang!
In the extremely crisp sound of metal clashing, Tong Tao's high-grade Celestial Weapon was broken by Tang Mo. Then, Gu Zheng immediately put away his saber, ignored Tong Tao, who was already in a daze in the air, and flew straight to the ground.
Tong Tao was indeed a little dumbfounded. His battle with Gu Zheng did not last long. Looking at the Celestial Weapon in his hand, he realized that this was the price he had to pay for his unwillingness. If he had come to his senses earlier and accepted the fact that he was no match for Gu Zheng, he would have admitted defeat when he discovered the strangeness of the Mountain Splitting Saber Technique. Then, this Celestial Weapon that had accompanied him for many years would not have been destroyed.
"Good!"
Looking at the triumphant return of Gu Zheng, Sora Aoi took the lead to cheer.
Sora Aoi's cheer seemed to have awakened everyone, and they all sobered up from the shock just now.
"Sect Leader Gu, you're amazing!"
"I really didn't expect Sect Leader Gu's strength to have reached such a level!"
"Other than admiration, I don't know what to say anymore!"
"Sect Leader Gu, you've kept us in the dark for so long. The speed of your cultivation progress is so fast that it makes us stunned!"
Everyone was a little uneasy. After all, they had cultivated for too many years to reach their current realm, but Gu Zheng was still just a young lad.
The battle just now was very short, but the onlookers could see more clearly than the players involved. These people on the ground were very clear that Gu Zheng's actual combat strength might have already surpassed that of ordinary cultivators at the peak of the Return to Void Stage. His battle with Du Tao was completely a torturous one. It was completely a purposeful punishment! If he wanted to take Du Tao's life, it could be said that Du Tao was already dead.
There would be such a day sooner or later when he exposed his strength. Gu Zheng didn't care now, but at this moment, the person he didn't want to see the most was Xuan Qizi, regardless of whether he was complaining or being open-minded. After all, compared to outsiders, Gu Zheng's hiding from Xuan Qizi was the most ruthless.
As if he knew what Gu Zheng was thinking, Xuan Qizi just shook his head and smiled at Gu Zheng. After giving him a look full of thousands of words, he didn't say anything else. And Xuan Qizi's reaction also made Gu Zheng feel a lot better.
Glory always belonged to the winner. Everyone surrounded Gu Zheng and discussed animatedly, and no one paid attention to the people of Ethereal Mountain. This also made the cultivators of Ethereal Mountain, who shared honor and disgrace, even more embarrassed.
They didn't stay any longer. After Tong Tao woke up in the sky, he flew straight to his residence. Huang Feilong and Lin Yucheng on the ground also disappeared in the bustle.
"Amitabha, if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it?"
Master Xin Jing looked at the three people who left and shook his head with a sigh.
"Grandmaster, there's no need to worry. If they're able to accept this, then this matter will be settled. However, if they're still unable to accept this after we've taught them a lesson, then the Hungry Ghost Festival's battle won't be lacking the three of them!" Gu Zheng transmitted.
"This is the cycle of karma. Let them be!"
When Master Xin Jing transmitted his voice to Gu Zheng again, his emotions had calmed down a lot.
Gu Zheng's strength was valiant, and this was a good thing for everyone. Almost everyone had a smile on their faces, but there was one person who was an exception! This person wasn't Master Xin Jing, but Yu Yangzi, who was suffering from the 'turbulent flow of Immortal Core Power'.
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