After Die Ling flew to the Immortal Apricot Tree, she plucked an Immortal Apricot.
The Immortal Apricot that Die Ling plucked was the biggest one on the Immortal Apricot Tree. It was about the size of an egg and compared to Die Ling's body, it was not small at all.
The Immortal Apricot was a mid-grade ingredient. Gu Zheng did not lack ingredients of this grade. After it matured, Gu Zheng did not pluck it. He let it continue to grow on the tree, absorbing the immortal elemental energy in the Great Desolate Space.
The ripened Immortal Apricot gave off a rich apricot fragrance. Under the thin skin was the sweet and juicy flesh of the apricot.
Die Ling hugged the Immortal Apricot and sniffed deeply. Her face was filled with intoxication. In the next moment, she sucked in the huge Immortal Apricot. Apart from the core, the rest of the Immortal Apricot turned into a ray of light and entered her body.
After eating the Immortal Apricot, Die Ling's first sound was a burp.
The satisfied Die Ling did not eat a second one. She told Gu Zheng that she was sleepy.
"If you want to sleep then go sleep!"
Gu Zheng smiled at Die Ling. Die Ling nodded and flew to a branch of the Immortal Apricot Tree. She leaned against the branch and closed her eyes.
Gu Zheng went to the immortal field to collect some immortal grains and then closed his eyes to cultivate in the void.
After an incense's time, he heard the soft sound of wings flapping again.
"Hmm, the sound of wings flapping is softer than before. Did I gain strength from eating the Immortal Apricot Fruit?"
While Gu Zheng was thinking, he turned his head and saw the butterfly spirit flying over. His eyes immediately widened.
An incense's time ago, Die Ling was only the length of a chopstick. Now, she was one foot tall!
It wasn't that Gu Zheng didn't have any suspicions before, but he knew very little about Die Ling. Now that Die Ling had grown a little, Gu Zheng immediately tried to use his Spiritual Force to probe her body.
Sure enough, Die Ling's body was no longer a ray of light. Her body structure was very similar to a human's and there was a round bead in her dantian.
"This bead should be Die Ling's inner core. Although it is still very small, it gives off a terrifying feeling. A Divine Beast is indeed a Divine Beast!"
After checking Die Ling's body, Gu Zheng was very happy. Before, he was a bit depressed because he couldn't see what was so special about Die Ling, but now he saw many things.
Die Ling's growth should be very fast. Otherwise, an Apricot Fruit wouldn't cause such an obvious change.
Secondly, when he was inspecting Die Ling's body, Gu Zheng had deeply inspected Die Ling's inner core. In terms of the energy contained within the inner core, Die Ling's current strength was only equivalent to an early stage Qi Transformation cultivator.
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Moreover, it was because of the comprehensive investigation of the butterfly spirit's body that Gu Zheng understood a lot more about the butterfly spirit. This beautiful little thing's growth speed would be very fast!
Normally speaking, Divine Beasts were born with great strength. Their growth speed was also very fast compared to humans. From infancy to adulthood, it would take at least a few decades to several hundred years.
However, the Butterfly Spirit was different from ordinary Divine Beasts. Gu Zheng carefully examined her body and discovered that she would easily become hungry during her infancy. Once she ate, she would sleep. During this process, her strength would rapidly increase. The entire infancy period would not exceed three years!
Moreover, the things Die Ling needed to grow seemed to be stored in her body. Eating was just a medium. She didn't rely on the meager immortal energy provided by the food she ate.
Feeling Gu Zheng's excitement, Die Ling became very happy. She flew around Gu Zheng. Her small mouth opened and closed as if she wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound.
Gu Zheng touched Die Ling's small horn and said with a smile, "I've checked your body. I feel that you won't take too long to gain the ability to speak. I estimate that you'll only need to eat three more times at most."
"Rumble …"
Die Ling's stomach made a sound again. She really did get hungry very quickly.
However, this time, the butterfly spirit didn't show any interest in the ingredients Gu Zheng grew in the Desolate Space.
"Looks like you're quite picky with your food!"
Gu Zheng smiled faintly. With a thought, some boxes that were originally neatly stacked in the Chaos Space immediately flew up. After the boxes opened by themselves, ingredients flew out one after another.
Most of the ingredients that Gu Zheng collected were stored in the boxes in the Great Desolate Space. Now, the boxes that were opened were filled with excellent and high-grade ingredients.
Seeing so many ingredients fly out, Die Ling smiled and immediately picked a high grade ingredient, the Immortal Phoenix Fruit.
Just like eating an immortal apricot, Die Ling hugged the Immortal Phoenix Fruit and sucked. The pulp of the Immortal Phoenix Fruit turned into a beam of light and entered her body. Then, she looked at Gu Zheng and expressed her sleepiness.
"Go to sleep!"
After Gu Zheng gave the order, Die Ling flew back to the Immortal Apricot Tree and slept.
Die Ling's change made it difficult for Gu Zheng, who had originally planned to cultivate in the space, to calm down. Thus, he began to walk around in the Chaos Space, gathering the mature ingredients that he had been too lazy to gather before.
Unknowingly, fifteen minutes passed. Gu Zheng turned back to look at Die Ling on the Immortal Apricot Tree but she was still sleeping soundly.
"Alright, maybe you'll sleep a little longer this time. Since that's the case, I'll cultivate for a while more."
After fifteen minutes, Gu Zheng had calmed down and decided to cultivate for a while more. He walked towards the Exquisite Immortal Fruit Tree in front of him.
Looking at the Exquisite Immortal Fruit Tree, Gu Zheng's heart suddenly moved. He remembered something related to the Exquisite Immortal Fruit Tree.
He had obtained the Exquisite Immortal Fruit Tree from the first floor of the Skull Palace. At that time, Gu Zheng had also obtained a rabbit spirit. This rabbit spirit had been sealed under the Exquisite Immortal Fruit Tree by Gu Zheng and he hadn't had the time to properly study it. Now that he remembered that there was such a thing, Gu Zheng decided to see how the rabbit spirit was doing.
What surprised Gu Zheng was that the rabbit spirit that had been sealed by the restriction had disappeared. Moreover, the restriction wasn't broken at all!
"Interesting. Looks like this fellow isn't simple!" Gu Zheng smiled.
When he'd first caught the rabbit spirit, Gu Zheng had concluded that this fellow hadn't awakened its spirit. Its intelligence wasn't even comparable to the immortal rabbits in the outside world.
When he'd first caught the rabbit spirit, Gu Zheng had naturally checked its body. It was because he felt that it wouldn't be able to break free of the restriction that he'd used this restriction to trap it. However, it now seemed that there were many unknown things about this rabbit spirit! Gu Zheng even felt that this rabbit spirit might have already awakened its spirit and all its actions back then were just a disguise!
"If this was any other place, I wouldn't be able to find you if you ran away. However, this is my Chaos Space. Finding you is as easy as flipping my hand!"
With a thought, Gu Zheng immediately discovered the rabbit spirit's location. This fellow was sleeping soundly in the area where he'd stored the resources.
Instantly, Gu Zheng had a bad feeling. After all, this fellow had a history of hiding in the treasure trove.
"Come out!"
Gu Zheng waved his hand and the neatly stacked boxes of ingredients flew up. At the same time, the ground cracked open and a white shadow floated up.
The sleeping rabbit spirit met with a huge change and its white fur stood on end. Forgetting to look at Gu Zheng, it shrank its body and immediately broke free from Gu Zheng's restraint. Like an arrow, it shot towards the pond in the distance and disappeared without a trace.
Gu Zheng's restraint wasn't weak. An ordinary Jin Xian would find it difficult to break free in the early stages. However, this unremarkable rabbit spirit had broken free from Gu Zheng's restraint. This undoubtedly showed that the rabbit spirit's weakness in the treasure trove was just a disguise! At the very least, it showed that it wasn't as weak as it had appeared to be.
Gu Zheng focused his gaze and saw that the rabbit spirit that had dived into the pond had turned into an immortal fish. It was following the other immortal fish in the pond and swinging its tail leisurely.
"Let's see where you can run to!"
Gu Zheng raised his eyebrows. With a wave of his hand, the rabbit spirit that had turned into an immortal fish was sucked out of the water.
The immortal fish struggled in the air and slowly turned into a rabbit spirit. This time, Gu Zheng increased the strength of his restraint. The rabbit spirit that couldn't break free from Gu Zheng bared its fangs and roared at him.
"It's been a while since we last met. You've been living quite comfortably in my Chaos Space!"
Gu Zheng sneered at the rabbit spirit. This fellow had gained quite a bit of weight and was twice as big as when it was in the hidden treasure trove. It must have eaten quite a lot of the ingredients and resources that Gu Zheng had placed in the chaotic space.
"Let me see what you've stolen from me!"
Gu Zheng turned his palm and the rabbit spirit panicked in the air with its head down. A large pile of ingredients fell out of its belly and piled up into a small mountain on the ground.
"Damn fellow, you even dug out my Milk Ginseng!"
Looking at the mountain of ingredients on the ground, Gu Zheng gnashed his teeth in hatred! Fortunately, this fellow was quite unique. Some of the ingredients that were still in the growing stage would remain in the state they were when they were unearthed. This way, the losses wouldn't be increased.
"Tell me, how should I deal with you?"
Gu Zheng was a little reluctant to kill the rabbit spirit. There were many things about this fellow's body that needed to be studied. However, Gu Zheng didn't want to keep it in the Chaos Space. Who knew if it would cause any more trouble? As the saying goes, 'It's better to guard against day and night than against a thief in the house'!
"Ji ji!"
Unable to break free, the rabbit spirit in the air showed weakness to Gu Zheng again. Its originally threatening eyes turned pitiful.
"Do you think this trick will work?"
As he spoke, Gu Zheng's heart trembled. He hurriedly turned around and saw that the butterfly spirit had woken up and was very close to him.
"Heavens!"
Gu Zheng was shocked. This didn't mean that the butterfly spirit had grown from one foot long to two feet long. Instead, as the butterfly spirit grew, her movements became more and more untraceable.
When the butterfly spirit first approached, Gu Zheng could still hear the faint sound of wings flapping.
After the butterfly spirit's first slumber, when she woke up and approached Gu Zheng, the sound of wings flapping was so faint that it couldn't be heard.
Just now, when the butterfly spirit finished its second slumber and approached Gu Zheng, there was no sound of wings flapping, nor was there any change in air flow. The reason why Gu Zheng could sense that something was approaching him was all because of his sharp intuition.
Terrifying, extremely terrifying!
Gu Zheng was a cultivator who had opened his sixth sense. Moreover, his strength was in the Daluo Jinxian realm. Yet, he couldn't sense the butterfly spirit's approach too early. This was a very frightening thing! After all, the butterfly spirit was still growing. The butterfly spirit was his spirit beast. The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it was!
Seeing Gu Zheng turn around, the butterfly spirit was naturally very happy. After flying to Gu Zheng's side, she could no longer stand on Gu Zheng's shoulder like she did when she was young and directly rubbed her cheek against Gu Zheng's face to show her intimacy.
A slightly cold feeling came from his face. Gu Zheng instantly felt refreshed. His thoughts and senses were in a state that surpassed their previous peak.
"Amazing!"
Gu Zheng praised from the bottom of his heart. The butterfly spirit's intimacy had a better effect than the Mind Calming Technique! For a cultivator, Gu Zheng's current state was something that could only be encountered by chance. After all, he had already surpassed the normal range. If he could comprehend the heaven and earth in this state, his gains would naturally be greater than usual.
"Rumble …"
The butterfly spirit's stomach rumbled again. Feeling hungry again, she actually looked at the rabbit spirit in the air.
The butterfly spirit flew towards the rabbit spirit. At first, her eyes were filled with curiosity. After circling the rabbit spirit three times, her eyes became excited. Then, Gu Zheng received the butterfly spirit's thoughts of eating the rabbit spirit.
Gu Zheng was just worrying about how to deal with the rabbit spirit. Since the butterfly spirit had such an idea, he naturally wouldn't reject it.
"Ssss ssss!"
As if sensing danger, the rabbit spirit bared its teeth at the butterfly spirit.
Disdain flashed across the butterfly spirit's eyes. She opened her mouth and sucked the rabbit spirit. The struggling rabbit spirit also turned into a ray of light and entered her body.
After eating the rabbit spirit, the butterfly spirit's sleepiness seemed to come faster. When she flew back to Gu Zheng's side, her eyelids were fighting. She hugged Gu Zheng and fell asleep.
The butterfly spirit fell asleep again. Gu Zheng examined her body again. The results this time made Gu Zheng excited. He felt that when the butterfly spirit woke up again, she would gain intelligence and the ability to speak. And this point seemed to have something to do with her eating the rabbit spirit!
"Looks like I need to make some preparations," Gu Zheng thought.
The butterfly spirit's sleep this time would be longer than the previous two times. Gu Zheng didn't want to waste the time he could stay in the chaotic space. Thus, he temporarily left the chaotic space to prepare for the butterfly spirit's awakening.
Gu Zheng appeared in the room and placed a jade slip on his forehead. Then, he transmitted his life experiences into it.
Back on Earth, after Meow Meow turned into a human, Gu Zheng didn't use this method to let her quickly gain knowledge and experience. That was because Gu Zheng's cultivation wasn't enough to complete such a difficult task. Even with his current cultivation, transmitting the things he wanted the butterfly spirit to know into the jade slip wasn't an easy task.
After about an incense stick's worth of time, Gu Zheng finally transmitted the things he wanted the butterfly spirit to know into the jade slip. At this time, he had used up a lot of his Divine Sense.
After resting for another incense stick's worth of time, Gu Zheng felt that the butterfly spirit should be waking up soon. Thus, he entered the chaotic space again.
The butterfly spirit was still asleep. Gu Zheng could see the changes in her body. It was almost as if her body was growing along with her breathing. When she woke up this time, she should be three feet tall.
Just as Gu Zheng was staring at the butterfly spirit, she suddenly woke up. Her delicate features and large eyes looked at Gu Zheng. When she smiled, her beauty stunned Gu Zheng.
"Ai!"
Gu Zheng sighed. The butterfly spirit's beauty made him think of the weapon spirit. He didn't know when the weapon spirit would wake up.
"Ah ah!"
Hearing Gu Zheng's sigh, the butterfly spirit opened her mouth and made a sound. She was asking Gu Zheng what was wrong.
"Since you've been enlightened, it's time for you to understand everything around you. Take a look at the things inside."
Gu Zheng's heart skipped a beat. The butterfly spirit immediately knew what he was up to.
She picked up the jade slip that Gu Zheng had given her and placed it on her forehead. Suddenly, her expression began to change according to the contents of the jade slip.
While the butterfly spirit was looking at the contents of the jade slip, Gu Zheng flew to the side. Since he couldn't cultivate in a static state, he would cultivate in a moving state!
The black sword light flashed back and forth. Gu Zheng began to cultivate his sword skills in the chaotic space. His body moved faster and faster. His attacks became more frequent. In the end, his entire body was surrounded by the sword light. It was impossible to see him clearly.
Gu Zheng's sword skill cultivation didn't last long as he was thinking about Die Ling. When he stopped and looked at Die Ling, Die Ling, who was reading the contents of the jade slip, looked at him as if she sensed something.
Gu Zheng enjoyed the feeling of being able to connect their minds. It was a special feeling that Meow Meow and the angry man couldn't give him. Since Meow Meow and Gu Zheng weren't Master, the two of them couldn't connect their minds. Although the angry man was Gu Zheng's Master, he wasn't as smart as the butterfly spirit and Meow Meow. Therefore, the angry man couldn't connect with Gu Zheng as well as the butterfly spirit.
"M-Master."
It was the butterfly spirit's first time speaking. She called Gu Zheng Master.
"Call me Mister like Meow Meow!" Gu Zheng said.
"I know what Sister Meow Meow calls you, but you're my Master. I want to call you Master too!"
The butterfly spirit looked at Gu Zheng. Her black eyes were filled with persistence and pleading.
"Alright, since you want to call me Master, I'll call you Master!" Gu Zheng smiled.
"That's great!"
The butterfly spirit cheered and asked in concern, "Are you tired, Master?"
"I'm not."
Gu Zheng shook his head, "How much have you read in the jade slip?"
"I've read half of it. I want to take a break and talk to Master."
The butterfly spirit stuck her tongue out at Gu Zheng. As she stood up and walked toward Gu Zheng, she seemed to have thought of something and looked down at her body.
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