When Gu Zheng and the rest returned to their residence, Feng Weikong, who had already come out of seclusion, was drinking tea in the courtyard.
"Uncle Kong, how is it?"
Seeing Feng Weikong's gloomy face, Lu Piaoxiang hurriedly asked.
"Sigh!"
Feng Weikong sighed, then looked at Gu Zheng and said, "Brat Bai, I am very sorry. There was an accident at the last step of the refinement process, thus the materials were all scrapped."
Feng Weikong took out a pair of black objects from his storage belt and placed them on the table. It was a pair of wings that had already been burnt to the point where there were no feathers left.
For a moment, the scene was especially quiet. Ying Fei let out a dry cough, then looked at Feng Weikong and laughed.
"I say, Old Kong, bragging is not a good thing. Earlier, you swore that you would definitely succeed. Now, you have been slapped in the face, right?"
Ying Fei's voice paused, then looked at Gu Zheng, "However, Fellow Daoist Bai has always been very generous. He probably did not take it to heart …"
Before Ying Fei could finish his words, he was interrupted by Gu Zheng with a smile that was not a smile, "This is a pair of wings that have been refined beyond recognition. Do you really think that it is my pair of phoenix eagle wings?"
After hearing Gu Zheng's words, Ying Fei hurriedly looked at Feng Weikong's expression.
"Hahahaha …"
Meeting Ying Fei's gaze, Feng Weikong laughed until his waist was bent.
At this point, how could Ying Fei not understand that the so-called failure of the refinement was just a joke played by Feng Weikong to everyone.
"Good for you! To think that I trusted you so much and even helped you smooth things over. Old man, you are actually playing with me, right? "
Ying Fei rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to exchange blows with Feng Weikong.
"Hehe."
Feng Weikong laughed strangely, "Brat, my strength has already recovered. Are you sure you want to exchange blows with me?"
"No, I just feel that the weather is a little hot. Can't I roll up my sleeves to cool off?" Ying Fei said stiffly.
"This black object is the failed product of my first refinement of the wing immortal equipment. I used it to play a joke with Brat Bai. I did not expect that the original owner was not anxious, but you actually became anxious!" Feng Weikong rolled his eyes at Ying Fei.
Gu Zheng helplessly smiled, "Alright, stop fooling around. Hurry up and let me see how the immortal equipment is!"
"How about taking a look at the Immortal Artifact? Hmph, don't scare you! "
Feng Wekong's voice was filled with pride. As he spoke, he tossed a fiery-red item towards Gu Zheng.
"A top-grade immortal artifact!"
Cries of surprise rang out from all around at the same time. Everyone felt a strong and special fluctuation from the fiery red object that Feng Weikong had thrown towards Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng picked up the fiery red object and looked at it. The wings of the Phoenix Eagle, which were originally two feet long, were now only the size of a palm. Although the wings looked a little small, from the special fluctuation it emitted, it was indeed a top-grade Immortal Artifact!
"Amazing!"
Pleasantly surprised, Gu Zheng gave Feng Weikong a thumbs up.
"Little Bai, maybe it's because you're lucky, or maybe it's because my cultivation has improved. Before I refined it, I didn't even dare to hope that it could become a top-grade Immortal Artifact! However, surprises often appear inadvertently. During the refining process, a miracle occurred when the materials fused together, and I grasped it at the right time. Thus, this top-grade Immortal Artifact was created. The moment the miracle appeared, it could be said to be a stroke of god! "
Feng Weikong stroked the little beard on his chin. His expression was filled with emotions and gratification.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist!"
Gu Zheng solemnly thanked Feng Weikong. This gift was too precious.
"No need to thank me. For me to refine a top-grade winged Immortal Artifact, I should be thanking you even more. After all, my Feng family has never refined a top-grade winged Immortal Artifact. Just this point alone is enough for me to raise my head in the ancestral hall!" Feng Weikong's voice was filled with pride.
Gu Zheng didn't say anything else. He dripped his blood on the Phoenix Eagle's wings and chose to raise it as his natal Immortal Artifact. The wings that were originally in his hands instantly disappeared, and there was something more in his body. There was a sense of intimacy as if they were connected by blood.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, quickly let us see the effects!" Lu Piaoxiang said excitedly.
"Okay!"
Gu Zheng was also eager to give it a try. After speaking, his brows furrowed. With a swoosh, a pair of fiery red wings that were six meters long unfurled from his back.
"So beautiful!"
Lu Piaoxiang and Die Ling spoke at the same time. Their voices were filled with amazement.
The Phoenix Eagle's wings were already very beautiful, and the fiery red feathers were very bright. After being refined into an Immortal Artifact, the fiery red wings that appeared on Gu Zheng's back were very different from before!
First, the wings that appeared on Gu Zheng's back were not real, but they looked very similar to real ones. This was different from the thin wings on Die Ling's back. Secondly, Gu Zheng's wings were surrounded by flowing light, as if they were attached to a layer of burning flames. They looked even more beautiful.
With a flap of the wings, Gu Zheng easily flew up. A feeling that was different from controlling the energy of heaven and earth spontaneously arose. This feeling was very wonderful, and flying was as natural as breathing.
"So pretty!"
Lu Piaoxiang and Die Ling exclaimed again because when Gu Zheng flew past, many sparks fell down from the wings, causing the night to become even more dazzling. Moreover, the two girls had a certain level of cultivation. They could sense that these sparks that fell down and disappeared in an instant were not only there for the sake of beauty, they also contained great destructive power.
It was forbidden to fly in the county, so Gu Zheng could only fly in circles in the courtyard. After flying a few circles, he landed. He was very satisfied with this pair of wings immortal equipment.
"With this pair of wings, you'll have another means to protect yourself!"
Feng Weikong's voice was still very gratified as he looked at Gu Zheng who had put away his wings.
However, this gratification froze on his face as he frowned. Gu Zheng's group opened their eyes wide while Lu Piaoxiang exclaimed!
"Uncle Kong!"
Lu Piaoxiang's voice carried a trace of sobbing because just now, a blood red mark appeared on Feng Weikong's forehead. This mark was as if someone had used a sharp weapon to mark it. It was exactly the same as the mark on the forehead of the person who sold the land deed to Gu Zheng.
"Primal chaos mark!"
Feng Weikong touched his forehead with his hand as a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"Uncle Kong!"
Lu Piaoxiang stood next to Feng Weikong with tears in her eyes.
"Silly girl, don't cry, it's okay!"
Feng Weikong's eyes revealed a rare kind look as he wiped away Lu Piaoxiang's tears.
Thinking about the items that Feng Weikong had collected before that could be used to open the space, Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Did you already know that you were going to face a calamity?"
"That's right."
Feng Weikong bitterly smiled and said: "Plans often can't keep up with changes. I've already collected enough items to open the space, but you just had to cure my illness and restore my strength!"
"There are gains and losses in everything!" Gu Zheng also bitterly smiled.
Gu Zheng could understand Feng Weikong's helplessness. The higher one's cultivation, the harder it was to enter the lower realm. If the difficulty of entering the lower realm was divided into ten, then when Feng Weikong's cultivation had not recovered, the difficulty of entering the lower realm was six. Now that he had recovered to the late stage of Daluo Jinxian, the difficulty of entering the lower realm was nine!
The difficulty of entering the Lower Realm had increased. This was a disadvantage brought about by Feng Weikong being cured by Gu Zheng. However, if he did not allow Gu Zheng to cure him of his illness, then once he entered the Lower Realm, it would be unknown when he would be able to cure his illness again. This was a dream that he would not be able to realize.
"Actually, I still have a bit of hope in my heart. I hope that my premonition wasn't wrong!" Feng Weikong sighed.
"When is the calamity?" Gu Zheng asked.
Once the primal chaos mark appeared, the calamity taker would know exactly when the calamity would descend.
"Time is a bit tight. The calamity will descend in half a month."
Feng Weikong's voice paused, then he continued, "Originally, I wanted to stay together for a while longer, but it seems that it won't be possible now. Now that my cultivation has recovered, there are still many things I need to prepare in order to break through the space and safely reach the Lower Realm. I want to return to the North Continent now and settle some matters in my cave abode. Then, I'll go and see if there are any changes in the place I chose to break through the space. "
"Is there anything you need help with?"
Gu Zheng and Ying Fei asked at the same time.
"No!"
Feng Weikong shook his head, then shrugged and smiled. "If there is, then pray that I can escape this calamity!"
"Have a safe journey!"
"Old Feng, you will definitely be safe!"
Gu Zheng and Ying Fei cupped their fists towards Feng Weikong.
"Fellow Daoists, let's part ways here. I want to spend the rest of my days with Uncle Feng! If you come to Luxia Town in the future, remember to find me at the Extreme Fragrance Villa! "Lu Piaoxiang said with tears in his eyes.
"Definitely!" Ying Fei said.
"I've prepared a gift for Fellow Lu. I thought that I would give it to her in a few days, but I didn't expect that I would have to give it to her now."
Gu Zheng took out a jade slip and gave it to Lu Piaoxiang. "Here are twenty dishes from my hometown. I hope that they will be helpful to Fellow Lu's culinary skills."
Just like how he had accepted Gokusen's culinary skills, when Lu Piaoxiang used the jade slip in the future, Gu Zheng's figure would conceal the cooking methods of those twenty dishes.
"Thank you, Fellow Bai!"
After Lu Piaoxiang received the jade slip, she and Feng Weikong did not stay any longer. The two of them cupped their fists towards Gu Zheng and Ying Fei, then immediately returned to the North Continent.
"It was so lively just a moment ago, and now it's so sad. I really don't like parting!"
Ying Fei sighed, then sat down on the stone bench in a disinterested manner.
"Now that Fellow Lu and Fellow Feng have left, how many days do you plan to stay here?" Gu Zheng asked.
"If there's nothing special, I don't plan to stay any longer. When I return, I'll prepare to go into seclusion. If I don't cultivate my wings, I won't come out."
Ying Fei paused and asked, "What about you?"
"I also need to go into seclusion. Since that's the case, let's leave tomorrow!"
Originally, Gu Zheng wanted to go to the market to sell some things in the next two days, but now that only he and Ying Fei were left, Gu Zheng also wanted to go into seclusion as soon as possible.
"Alright, then we'll go our separate ways tomorrow. Let's drink again today!"
Ying Fei took out some immortal wine and poured it for Gu Zheng. Then, the two cups clinked together.
The next day, Gu Zheng made another Spirit Beast Food for Ying Fei and told him to bring it back to eat.
Ying Fei told Gu Zheng where his cave residence was, so that Gu Zheng could go over and catch up with him when he had time in the future.
After Ying Fei left, the butterfly spirit started to feel hungry again, just like what it had predicted at the beginning.
Gu Zheng made another spirit beast food for the butterfly spirit. After eating, the butterfly spirit entered the chaos space and fell into a deep sleep. According to what the butterfly spirit said, this time it would sleep for a longer period of time. When it wakes up again, it would be more resistant to hunger.
There was nothing else to do in Fanyu County. Gu Zheng went to check out the house he rented and then went to the transfer pavilion in the county.
Although Fanyu County was bordered by Leiyin County, the desolate land was huge. It would take about ten days to fly from Fanyu County to the border of Leiyin County. Then from the border to the Floating Mountain, it would take a few more days.
Gu Zheng earned a lot from the trip to the Skull Palace. He didn't want to waste time so he chose to use the transfer immortal array to go over.
The cost of transferring between prefectures was much cheaper than transferring between continents. In the blink of an eye, Gu Zheng, who was on the Fanyu Prefecture Teleportation Immortal Array, appeared on the Leiyin Prefecture Teleportation Immortal Array.
The Floating Mountain was outside Leiyin County. After Gu Zheng left Leiyin County, he immediately flew into the air.
After flying for about four hours, Gu Zheng saw a black dot in the sky. That was the Floating Mountain.
As Gu Zheng got closer, the Floating Mountain became bigger and bigger in his eyes.
Immortal fog drifted between the mountain peaks. Occasionally, one or two immortal cranes would fly by. The closer he got to the Floating Mountain, the denser the immortal energy in the air.
As Gu Zheng got closer, the colourless barrier protecting the Floating Mountain turned into a buddha head. He stared at Gu Zheng with his large eyes, seemingly warning him not to disturb others.
Gu Zheng took out his jade talisman. After injecting immortal energy into it, a light beam shot out from the jade talisman and hit the colourless barrier. The buddha's eyes closed and disappeared. A hole appeared on the colourless barrier.
After Gu Zheng flew into the Floating Mountain through the hole, he was instantly surrounded by dense immortal energy.
The location of the immortal cave in the Floating Mountain was naturally indicated in the land deed. Gu Zheng directly flew towards the immortal cave.
Along the way, he saw many immortal birds but not a single person. However, this was not strange. After all, there were only 23 immortal caves in the Floating Mountain.
Gu Zheng's cave was located halfway up a mountain. It had a very simple and unadorned door made of bluestone. There were faint flashes of light on the door, and it was covered with array patterns and mysterious characters.
Gu Zheng injected immortal energy into the jade talisman again. Light shot out from the jade talisman and hit the green stone door. The array runes and characters rotated and the green stone door slowly opened.
An even denser immortal energy rushed towards him. Gu Zheng could not help but take a deep breath.
The immortal cave was very big and the layout was more traditional. A spacious passage led to the main room. On the two sides of the passage, there were a few stone rooms. They were the immortal herb room, the pill refining room, the cultivation room etc.
Besides some simple belongings, there was nothing else in the immortal cave.
If it was an ordinary immortal cultivator, the first thing they would do after moving to a new immortal cave was to set up the immortal cave. They would plant immortal herbs and put up pill refining or tool refining tools.
With the primitive space, Gu Zheng was different from other cultivators. He didn't need to plant immortal herbs in his cave abode, nor did he need to refine pills or tools. Even if he occasionally wanted to make food or delicacies, he didn't need to take out kitchen utensils.
Since he did not need to set up the immortal cave and the butterfly spirit needed seven days to wake up, Gu Zheng prepared to enter cultivation state and properly digest the things he squeezed out after entering the Daluo Jinxian realm.
Sitting cross legged on the stone bed in the main room, Gu Zheng circulated the Five Element Immortal Ball and the immortal energy ball in his body and started to comprehend them. Although the Five Elements Immortal's Sphere and the Immortal Power Sphere were both a part of Gu Zheng's body, it was the same as how mortals understood that their bodies were superficial. If one were to explore and comprehend them, one would also gain a deeper understanding and gain.
An incense's time passed very quickly. During this time, Gu Zheng did not move at all. This state might last for a while.
However, this state soon ended. When Gu Zheng opened his eyes, a trace of ecstasy appeared in his eyes.
"You're awake?"
Feeling something, Gu Zheng 'focused'. As expected, he could see the artifact spirit again. She was lying on the stone in the little garden. Although her eyes were closed, Gu Zheng was not like before when he could not see her at all.
The artifact spirit did not make a sound. However, this did not affect Gu Zheng's excitement. Gu Zheng looked at her until she let out a weak moan.
"It's so good to be able to see you again."
Opening her eyes and seeing Gu Zheng, the artifact spirit smiled weakly.
It was not that the artifact spirit was not worried that Gu Zheng would die in the dangerous Skeleton Palace. If not for this worry, she would not have risked her current situation to return the Flipping Sky Seal to Gu Zheng.
"I'm still alive!"
The artifact spirit's words made Gu Zheng feel a little uncomfortable. He looked at the artifact spirit and smiled. His smile was not very pleasant.
"I'm so tired. I want to go back to sleep."
The artifact spirit was really very weak. When she spoke, she wanted to close her eyes.
"When can you really wake up?" Gu Zheng asked hurriedly.
"Two months."
The artifact spirit closed her eyes. Gu Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. Two months really passed very quickly for immortal cultivators.
Unknowingly, seven days had passed.
In these seven days, Gu Zheng gained a deeper understanding of the immortal power sphere and the Five Elements Immortal Sphere in his body. It could be said that he had truly stabilized Daluo Jinxian's realm.
In addition, Gu Zheng also went out to find the monk in charge of the Floating Mountain to learn more about the Floating Mountain. Since the cave abode was in the Floating Mountain and this was the territory of the Buddhist sects, there were some rules that needed to be understood in order to avoid causing trouble.
Die Ling also woke up as scheduled. She was already five feet tall and looked even more slender and elegant. When Gu Zheng saw her for the first time, he was stunned.
"Master, I've almost grown up!"
Die Ling was also very happy to see Gu Zheng. If it wasn't for the jade strip that Gu Zheng had given her, she would have pounced on Gu Zheng in excitement.
"When will you feel hungry again?" Gu Zheng asked.
"I should feel hungry in a month. At that time, I'll need Master to cook me a big meal! As for sleeping, it will also be a month. When I wake up the next time, my body will have grown up. At that time, I won't have to sleep and will be able to enjoy Master's delicacies. "
Die Ling was very happy. This feeling of falling asleep at the slightest provocation made her feel helpless. To her, this was the trouble of growing up.
"Do you want to go out with me?" Gu Zheng asked.
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