The Princess ate, and she even took the initiative to eat. This made the Emperor and Empress very happy. After seeing so many Godly Doctors, this was the first time the Princess had a reaction.
The previous Godly Doctors had also prescribed a prescription, but the Princess refused to drink it. There were also Godly Doctors who tried acupuncture, but there was no effect at all. In desperation, the Emperor publicly recruited Godly Doctors to treat the Princess.
They were happy, but Gu Zheng was not.
The delicacies he made were no longer as simple as food. They had already been raised to a new level. Even the patient could not resist the temptation. He had a way to recover the Princess's body, but this did not mean that he had cured the Princess's illness.
The Princess's illness was a mental illness. Once he left, the Princess would not be able to eat the food he made and would relapse. This meant that there was no cure.
If he wasn't cured, then Gu Zheng's test wouldn't be considered complete. If he couldn't complete the test, then he would naturally fail. If he failed, then he would be punished severely. No matter what kind of punishment it was, Gu Zheng didn't want it.
"Men, reward …!"
"Wait!"
The Emperor waved his hand. Just as he was about to call someone to bring the reward, Gu Zheng suddenly interrupted him. He did not care about the reward from the Palace. He had enough silver to use in the mortal world. Even if he used up all his silver, it was very easy for him to earn some silver with his ability.
He did not care about the so-called reward.
"Godly Doctor, I was blind before. Please don't blame me!"
The Emperor thought that Gu Zheng was bothered by his attitude before, so he kindly explained. Gu Zheng was too young, and he did not check the Princess's pulse. It was inevitable that he would be suspicious.
"Your Majesty, I did not mean to blame you. I can treat the Princess's body, but her mental illness has not been cured. Once I leave, her illness will relapse!"
Gu Zheng did not blame the Emperor. He did not know what kind of person the Emperor was, but at least he treated his daughter well and was a qualified father.
After the Emperor heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "So that's the case. Then it's simple. You stay. Whether it's the Imperial Doctor or the Imperial Kitchen, you can go there. I will give you a fourth-rank official position and an official residence!"
He had yet to taste the delicacies that Gu Zheng had made, but just the smell of the food was enough to make him drool. He already had the idea of keeping Gu Zheng around. Whether it was the imperial kitchen or the imperial physicians, Gu Zheng could go anywhere he wanted.
"Your Majesty, I appreciate your kindness, but I can't stay. Please give me some time. Within three days, I will find a way to cure the princess's illness!"
Gu Zheng shook his head gently. If he were an ordinary person, staying in the palace would be a good choice. After all, becoming an official was a very amazing thing for ordinary people. Unfortunately, he was not an ordinary person. He still had to go to Shushan and continue his cultivation.
"You don't want to stay?"
The Emperor asked in surprise. Staying in the palace and being rewarded with an official residence was equivalent to reaching the heavens in a single bound. How could someone refuse such a good thing?
It was just like on Earth, if an ordinary person was suddenly asked to be an official in the Imperial Capital, and to be a departmental cadre in the Ministry of Health. In addition, he would be given a house in the Imperial Capital. Presumably, not many people would reject such a good thing.
"I'm really sorry, but we can't stay!"
Gu Zheng frowned and refused again. In his heart, he was thinking about the princess's illness. This was the first time he had encountered a mental illness, and it was not an ordinary mental illness.
"Your Majesty, listen to us first!"
The Emperor wanted to continue speaking, but the State Preceptor suddenly whispered to him. The Emperor did not speak anymore. It was obvious that he thought highly of the State Preceptor and respected him.
Gu Zheng stayed in the palace and did not go out. However, the Miracle Doctors who came later did not let them in. Since Gu Zheng said that he had a way to cure the princess within three days, then let Gu Zheng give it a try. After three days, if Gu Zheng could not cure the princess, then it would not be too late to let the other Miracle Doctors try.
The princess drank two bowls of the pot of chicken blood soup. After drinking it, her complexion was much better, but the sadness in her eyes was still there.
The Emperor also tasted the remaining chicken blood soup. After tasting it, the aftertaste was endless. He thought that no matter what, he had to keep Gu Zheng as an imperial chef. After drinking the food made by Gu Zheng, the food made by the so-called imperial chefs was simply pig food.
"May I ask where you two fellow daoists are from?"
In the evening, Gu Zheng and Sora Aoi were discussing how to treat the princess's illness. The State Preceptor came uninvited and asked straightforwardly.
"How did you recognize our identity?"
The other party's address explained everything. Gu Zheng and Sora Aoi did not hide it and directly asked.
"My sect has a unique skill that can sense people with immortal power around them. No matter how deep they are hidden, we can sense it!"
The State Preceptor smiled slightly. His sect did have this unique skill, but the range of the perception was very short, so it was generally useless.
However, it was not easy for him to sense Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng's disguise could not be seen through by ordinary people, even Jin Xian could not see through it. This person was only at the Void Return Realm, but he could see through his disguise. It could be seen that this unique skill was extraordinary.
This also made Gu Zheng sigh. The boundless world was indeed full of strange things. One could not underestimate the heroes of the world.
"We are disciples of Shu Mountain!"
Since the other party had seen through their identity, Gu Zheng did not hide it anymore and directly reported his sect. He could ask the State Preceptor where Shu Mountain was and how to get there.
"So it's a fellow daoist from Shu Mountain. Sorry for the disrespect!"
The State Preceptor hurriedly stood up and cupped his fists. His sect only had a few dozen people. It was a very small sect in the Untainted Land. There were too many sects like them, so they were not eye-catching at all. However, Shu Mountain was different. Not only did Shu Mountain have more than 100,000 disciples, but it was also a famous sect in the Untainted Land.
People from big sects would naturally look up to them. It was just like in the country, people from powerful departments would look at them differently even if they were of the same level.
"What's going on with the princess's illness?"
Since the State Preceptor was here, Gu Zheng simply asked about the princess's illness. This princess's illness was too strange. It was fine if it was lovesickness, but it was lovesickness. It was too ethereal.
"To be honest, the princess has been poisoned by a voodoo. It's not something that can be cured with medicine!"
The State Preceptor did not hide it. He directly sighed and explained the princess's situation. It was true that the princess was lovesickness, but it was not a coincidence. Someone had cursed her.
The person who had cast the voodoo on her was not an ordinary person. With the State Preceptor's strength, there was no way to deal with it, so he did not tell the emperor. If Gu Zheng did not say that they were from Shu Mountain, he would not tell the truth.
The princess had offended a prince from a neighboring country. That country was slightly bigger than the Ancient Holy Nation. The prince himself was not an ordinary person. He was a cultivator. Moreover, his cultivation was somewhat crooked. It was the voodoo.
There were also voodoo in the Untainted Land, but there were not many of them. They were unorthodox, and many people disdained them. However, they were all cultivators after all. Usually, they could still get along with each other.
The voodoo in the Untainted Land was much more profound and complicated than that on Earth. There were also many more functions. The voodoo that the princess had been poisoned with was more profound.
The prince had not learned the voodoo and had not broken through to become an immortal cultivator. However, his master was not ordinary. His master was a disciple of the Three Immortals Cave. The Three Immortals Cave was a famous Gu Sect. The three ancestors were all experts with the strength of Jin Xian. Moreover, they had all reached the late stage of Jin Xian.
The State Preceptor's sect only had one Jin Xian. Moreover, he was only at the early stage of Jin Xian. Even if he knew the reason, he did not dare to go and reason with them. To put it bluntly, he could only endure because he was not as strong as the others.
"Three Immortals Cave!"
Gu Zheng frowned. He did not expect that this matter would involve other immortal cultivation sects. Moreover, it was the Gu Sect. This made him feel a little headache.
"Isn't it said that cultivators are not allowed to lay their hands on ordinary people?"
Gu Zheng asked again. The State Preceptor looked at him and suddenly laughed. "That's true. However, the Untainted Land is so big. Who would care about these things? Who could care about them?"
"As long as you don't do anything to ordinary people, you will be fine. There are so many ordinary people in the Untainted Land. It doesn't matter if a few of them die!"
The State Preceptor was very straightforward. Gu Zheng had completely understood what he meant.
Immortals were not allowed to lay their hands on ordinary people. However, there was no supervision organization. Perhaps the supervision organization was themselves. Moreover, there were so many ordinary people. If some of them were killed by Immortals, no one would say anything.
As long as it was not a large-scale massacre, or directly intervening in the affairs of ordinary people, forcibly changing dynasties, starting wars, etc., there would usually be people involved. In the Untainted Land, many ordinary people had died in the hands of demons. Some immortals with evil thoughts had also harmed many people. As long as no one deliberately targeted them, they would be fine.
Just like the Journey to the West, there were many experts with the strength of Immortals who harmed ordinary people. Then, they were unlucky enough to meet Sun Wukong and the others. In the end, they were subdued.
"I see!"
Gu Zheng sighed. There was no such thing as real fairness in the world. It was the case on Earth. He did not expect the Untainted Land to be the same.
"What's the conflict between the Prince and the Princess? How powerful is the Prince's master? What did he do to the Princess?"
If it was just a simple encounter, Gu Zheng knew that the other party had a considerable amount of power behind them. He also did not want to get involved in such a matter and might have just left. However, this matter was related to his test, so he had to ask.
The strength of the Three Immortals Cave was not weak. However, they did not have Daluo Jinxian. Moreover, their background was not weak either. Mount Shu was much stronger than the Three Immortals Cave. For the first time, Gu Zheng felt that it was not bad to be a disciple of a big sect. At least he was strong enough and the other party would not be afraid of his identity.
"That prince once saw the princess and wanted to marry her. The princess did not agree, so the prince flew into a rage out of humiliation. He asked his master to put a Gu worm in the princess to make her submit to him. However, he did not expect the princess to have such a strong personality. Although she was put under the Gu worm, she would rather die than submit and jump into the river. After she was rescued, she was still unwilling to marry the prince. However, the prince's shadow remained in her heart. She did not know the true identity of the shadow, so she silently missed him. Once she knew that the shadow was the prince, she tried to kill herself!"
The Imperial Preceptor sighed heavily. From the bottom of his heart, he did not object to the marriage between the Prince and the Princess. The marriage between two big countries was a good thing, not a bad thing.
Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the Prince's poisoning. Otherwise, with him around, the Prince would not have been so easy to deal with. After all, he was an immortal in the Void Return Realm, and the Prince's master was only at the late stage of the Apotheosis Realm.
What happened later was beyond his expectations. Although the Princess was poisoned, she did not let the Prince have his way. Instead, she became like this, which made him embarrassed to tell the Emperor.
At the same time, he also knew that he was not powerful enough to persuade the Prince. If he went to the Prince's house, he would only be humiliating himself. He could not really fall out with the Prince. If he fell out with the Prince, it would be easy for the Prince to deal with them.
The Imperial Preceptor was not a bad person. He was not like the Imperial Preceptor in Journey to the West. He had noticed the five cultivators before and asked about them. However, their backgrounds were very low, so he did not tell them the reason.
Gu Zheng and Sun Yunsheng came from Mount Shu, which made him feel that there was an opportunity. His sect was small and did not dare to offend the Three Immortals Cave. However, the Three Immortals Cave did not dare to offend a giant like Mount Shu.
The Imperial Preceptor did not want the Princess to die. If there was a chance to save her, he had to seize it. That was the only way.
After all, the Imperial Preceptor was just a tactful person. He was not bad in nature, but he did not have the so-called righteous heart. It was probably smoothed out by reality.
"We can take care of this matter, but there is one thing. You have to keep our identities a secret. In addition, I have something to ask you after this. You have to answer me!"
Gu Zheng just thought about it and then said. Not for the Princess, but for himself. He had to take care of this matter. Moreover, after knowing the specific reason, he had no reason to give up.
At the end of the day, Gu Zheng was also a little nationalistic youth. When he encountered such a situation, his sense of justice would also explode. If he could ask, he would definitely ask. It could be considered a little hero saving a damsel in distress.
The Gu worm was in the Princess's body. According to the Imperial Preceptor, he could directly remove the Gu worm. As long as his strength was higher than the person who put the Gu worm, he could do it.
It was easy to do it. The difficult thing was that when the Gu worm was killed, it would backfire. The backfire of the Gu worm might hurt the Princess's life. After all, the Princess was just a mortal, and her body was so weak. He could not do it.
Gu Zheng had never seen the Princess's body before, nor had he checked it. He did not know that there was such a thing as the Gu worm in her body, nor did he know that the Gu worm could bring lovesickness. However, it was useless to know. He could only forcibly remove the Gu worm. He was not sure if he could remove it without the Gu worm backfiring.
After all, he had never done such a thing. If he was not careful, he might harm the Princess's life.
Whether it was for the Princess's life or his test, he could not be so rash. At present, there was only one way to save the Princess, and that was to let the person who put the Gu worm remove it for the Princess.
Although it was called a neighboring country, it was actually very far away. The neighboring country's capital was separated by hundreds of cities. However, that was for mortals. For Gu Zheng and Sora Aoi, hundreds of cities were just a matter of flying for a few hours.
The Immortal Power of the Desolate Land was more abundant, and the flying speed here was faster than on Earth.
The Prince's country was called the Southern Ming Kingdom. It was not the Southern Ming of Earth. Its territory was much larger than the Southern Ming of Earth. The Emperor had more than twenty sons. Among the twenty sons, only two had the aptitude to cultivate. One of them was even crippled in cultivation. It was impossible for him to become an immortal cultivator in his lifetime. Therefore, the Emperor treated the last one very well.
The royal family was also a mortal. If they had the chance, they also wanted to become immortals. However, cultivation was not something that could be done just by thinking about it. It also depended on whether they had the immortal fate. If their physique was not good, no matter how hard they cultivated, it was impossible for them to become immortals.
If there were a few immortals in the royal family, it would be a great guarantee for the royal family. Whether it was other countries or their own country's coup, with them around, others would have scruples. Therefore, the Prince's status in the country was very high. It was impossible for an immortal cultivator to inherit the throne. However, once he became a true immortal cultivator, even the Emperor would give him face and listen to him.
Time was limited. Gu Zheng only had three days. After learning the reason, he set off with Sora Aoi that night.
From the beginning to the end, the State Preceptor did not know the strength of the two. He could detect that the two had immortal power, but it was impossible for him to detect their realm. However, to him, the strength of the two was not important. As long as they were true disciples of Shushan, the Princess would be saved. It was impossible for the other party not to give Shushan face.
Just like how it was easy for them to crush their own sect, it was also easy for Shushan to crush them.
The strong preyed on the weak, and the big fish ate the small fish. If you didn't have the strength, you had to endure it. This was the real prehistoric era.
They set off at night. With the route map given by the State Preceptor, they didn't have to worry about getting lost. Before dawn, the two of them flew to the sky above the capital of the Southern Ming Nation. The capital of the Southern Ming Nation was very big. It looked even bigger than the Ancient Holy Nation.
"Let's go directly!"
Gu Zheng looked at the sky. It was almost dawn. He had a total of three days to cure the Princess's illness. Fortunately, the Artifact Spirit didn't request for him to do it. Moreover, the Princess was an external cause this time, so the Artifact Spirit didn't stop him. Presumably, it approved of his actions.
The two of them quickly descended from the sky without concealing their auras. Very quickly, they alerted the people in the palace. Just as the two of them arrived above the palace, four people flew out. There were also cultivators in the palace, and there was more than one. However, they did not know which one was the master of the prince.
"Two seniors, may I ask why you are here?"
The two of them did not hide their auras. The powerful Jin Xian's aura made the four people feel suffocated. An older man stepped forward and asked with a bow. The four of them were immortal cultivators. Two of them were at the Void Return Realm, and the other two were at the Soul Formation Realm.
Sora Aoi's gaze fell on the two people at the Soul Formation Realm. He then asked, "Which one of you is Minghui's master?"
Minghui was the national surname of the Southern Ming Nation. The Prince's name was Minghui. However, it was useless to look for Minghui. Minghui was only a cultivator at the fourth level of the Internal Strength Realm. The one who cast the Gu was his master.
Sora Aoi was a veteran rogue cultivator when he was on Earth. He was one of the famous experts. Now that he had broken through to the Jin Xian Realm, his prestige was still there. After asking, the four of them did not dare to refute and answered honestly.
"Replying to senior, Prince Minghui's master is called Shi Qinglan. She is not here now. She returned to her sect a few days ago!"
Minghui's master was actually not here and had returned to her sect. This made Gu Zheng a little surprised. At the same time, he was also a little depressed. His test only lasted for three days. Now, almost a day had passed. If he could not complete the test on time, who knew what kind of punishment the Artifact Spirit would give him?
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