The present was different from the past. When Gu Zheng was on Earth, although he had a large reserve of resources, the resources he had at that time were not enough for him to do what he wanted to do.
Today, Gu Zheng's reserve of resources was very sufficient. At the very least, if he wanted to give the cultivators of Emei Sect special treatment, it would be easy for him to do so.
As long as the time was right, Gu Zheng planned to give the cultivators of Emei Sect special treatment, increasing the overall strength of Emei Sect! This was also one of his wishes, and it would make him feel more at ease when he returned to the Ancient Desolate World.
In addition, because the message was transmitted through the Realm Stone, all the cultivators on Earth knew that there was a person called Gu Zheng in the Emei Sect of the Celestial Empire. In this half a month, there were also many cultivators from foreign countries who came to visit Gu Zheng. Some wanted to befriend Gu Zheng, and some wanted to ask him to cook for them.
When one's cultivation reached Gu Zheng's realm, he had already let go of some of the prejudices he had when he was a mortal. Towards these cultivators who came to visit, Gu Zheng treated them with respect. However, regarding their desire for food, Gu Zheng said that he didn't have time recently. In the future, he might open an Immortal Kitchen to satisfy these cultivators' requests.
However, not all of the foreign cultivators who came to visit Gu Zheng had good intentions. Some of them felt that Gu Zheng's method of transmitting the message through the Realm Stone was too high-profile. They came to find Gu Zheng because they wanted to exchange pointers with him and see Gu Zheng's weight.
As for those who wanted to exchange pointers, Gu Zheng did not refuse a single one of them! Even if it was just an exchange of pointers, these unconvinced and doubtful people were beaten to a pulp.
There was only one month left before the demonic tool in the Blood Cave appeared. Gu Zheng planned to do something that had been put aside for some time.
Back then, Yu Yang, who had cultivated the Doppelganger Technique, managed to sever the connection between his main body and his doppelganger before Gu Zheng's restriction took effect. He allowed his doppelganger to transform into a brand-new main body and successfully escaped back to the Demonic Dao Alliance.
Because the Nightmare Lord was quite cautious, the location of the Demon Dao Alliance had always been a mystery.
For the vast majority of people, it was already impossible to find Yu Yang. However, it was not impossible for Gu Zheng to find Yu Yang. He had a way to find Yu Yang and find out where the Demon Dao Alliance was.
Gu Zheng's method was truly a demonic method. It was recorded in a jade slip he obtained from the Skull Palace.
However, this method was the Demonic Sect's method, and the Demonic Dao Alliance was a place where Demonic Cultivators gathered. The Alliance Master, Nightmare, was even more mysterious! Gu Zheng wasn't certain if he would be seen through by others if he used this sort of method.
After all, when Yu Yang had just returned to the Demonic Dao Alliance, he had fought with him and his main body had been defeated by him. Therefore, Yu Yang was definitely someone who attracted a lot of attention!
More than half a month had passed since Yu Yang escaped back to the Demonic Dao Alliance's headquarters. After this period of buffer, Gu Zheng felt that it was time to track Yu Yang down.
The outside of Mount Emei was still in a state of 'clamor'. The few Devil Cultivators on the pillars were still screaming miserably. Gu Zheng did not intend to continue tormenting these people who were full of evil. However, he had only tortured them for more than half a month. It was not enough to atone for their crimes! When the Demonic Dao Alliance was eradicated and the world became peaceful again, it would not be too late to end their lives.
Looking at the screaming Demonic Cultivators, Gu Zheng was actually quite depressed. When he had fixed them on the pillars, he had really wanted to capture a few Demonic Cultivators who had come to save them. However, there were people from foreign countries who had expressed their dissatisfaction. Not a single native had come to provoke them.
With a wave of his hand, Gu Zheng put down Yu Yang's corpse on the pillar.
"As a corpse, you have been gloriously on the list for some time. Now, it's time for you to make a little contribution to me."
Gu Zheng sneered in his heart and returned to the Chaos Pagoda with Yu Yang's corpse.
Although Yu Yang's main body had cut off the connection with his clone, this connection was only because the clone was not affected by the death of the main body. It did not mean that there was no connection between the main body and the clone.
According to the method provided in the jade slip, Gu Zheng arranged an immortal array on the ground and prepared everything that needed to be prepared.
After everything was ready, Gu Zheng's fingers kept changing until an afterimage appeared between his hands. The immortal array on the ground also showed an outline made of light.
"Hmph …"
Yu Yang's corpse, which was originally lying in the immortal array without any vitality, suddenly made a strange snort. His whole body shook violently as if he was about to come to life.
"Go!"
Gu Zheng made a hand seal with one hand and flicked his finger toward the array with the other. A light spot flew out from his fingertip and landed on a bronze oil lamp in the array. The originally unlit bronze oil lamp lit up and the corpse oil in it burned and immediately emitted an unpleasant smell.
"Go, go!"
Gu Zheng flicked his finger twice in a row and the remaining two bronze oil lamps in the array were also lit.
Gu Zheng's hand seals changed again and three burning bronze oil lamps flew to the head, chest, and abdomen of Yu Yang's corpse.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh …
Eighteen silver needles stained with corpse blood secretly pierced Yu Yang's corpse in a certain pattern.
Gu Zheng's hand seals changed again and the immortal array let out a roar. At the same time, the originally hidden array patterns emerged and flashed with a strange light.
"Roar!"
Yu Yang's corpse let out a strange cry. After jumping up from the ground, his originally collapsed eyes opened and two blood-red lights shot out from them, forming a moving image in the air. He was looking for the clone that had a great relationship with him.
However, at the same time that Yu Yang's corpse jumped up, two strange green flames burned on his legs.
The flames burned slowly up Yu Yang's legs. It represented the time that Gu Zheng could use Yu Yang's corpse.
However, once the flames burned to the eyes of the corpse, even if he couldn't find Yu Yang's clone, this method would end and the corpse would be scrapped.
Yu Yang's corpse was already looking for his clone. Gu Zheng was a little relieved. As long as nothing unexpected happened, he just had to wait for Yu Yang's clone to be found.
"In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the corpse's eyes can explore a very wide range. It shouldn't be a problem to find the clone's location!" Gu Zheng thought to himself.
Demonic Dao Alliance.
Yu Yang was very happy. Yesterday, the Alliance Leader summoned him and said that he would increase his cultivation base today in consideration of his great contributions to the Alliance.
Yu Yang's current cultivation base was only at the Return to Void Initial Stage. As the Sect Leader of a second-tier force, this kind of strength was indeed a little too low.
"Although the Nightmare Lord used coercion to force me to join the Alliance, he treated me very well after joining the Alliance! Helping me increase my cultivation base this time will allow me to advance to the Return to Void Intermediate Stage. Just thinking about it makes me very excited! "
With excitement in his heart, Yu Yang arrived at the stone chamber that looked like a large hall underground.
One of the walls of the stone chamber was slightly glowing, and behind it was the shadow of the Alliance Leader, the Nightmare Lord.
"Greetings to the Alliance Leader!"
Yu Yang bowed toward the Nightmare Lord, his heart becoming more and more excited. If the Nightmare Lord wanted to help him increase his cultivation base, then it was very likely that he would be the first person in the Alliance to see the Nightmare Lord's true appearance.
"Dispense with the formalities!"
The Nightmare Lord's rough voice sounded as he walked toward the stone wall.
There were many restrictions on it, and the Nightmare Lord easily passed through the originally incomparably sturdy stone wall. Yu Yang's breathing quickened, and he really did see the Nightmare Lord's true appearance!
It wasn't as extraordinary as Yu Yang had imagined. The Nightmare Lord's appearance matched his voice very well, and he was just a rough-looking man. If one had to point out something extraordinary about him, then it would be that his hair was more exuberant than normal people's.
"Yu Yang, you're the first person in the Alliance to see my true appearance."
The Nightmare Lord spoke, and his voice was many times more unpleasant than what was heard through the stone wall! The instant Yu Yang heard him speak, he actually thought of the equally unpleasant sound of a donkey's braying.
Yu Yang hurriedly discarded these distracting thoughts and expressed his loyalty to the Nightmare Lord. "Thank you for your kindness, Alliance Leader. I'm willing to go through fire and water for the Alliance and even die a thousand deaths!"
The Nightmare Lord seemed to be very satisfied with Yu Yang's words, and he nodded at Yu Yang. "Very good, this is exactly what I want. After I increase your cultivation base, I have a secret mission for you! After you complete this mission, I'll increase your cultivation base to the Return to Void Final Stage as a reward! "
"Don't worry, Alliance Leader. I won't let you down!" Yu Yang said excitedly.
The Nightmare Lord didn't say anything else. After gesturing for Yu Yang to sit cross-legged, he immediately placed his palms on Yu Yang's back, and a surge of strange immortal power instantly surged into Yu Yang's body.
"Hmm?"
The Nightmare Lord frowned. The moment his immortal power entered Yu Yang's body, he immediately discovered something unusual.
"D * mn it, there's actually someone who knows such a rare tracking technique!" The Nightmare Lord thought to himself.
His brows furrowed, and a strange light immediately appeared in the Nightmare Lord's eyes. As he looked into Yu Yang's body, he saw a gray ray of light rising in Yu Yang's body at a moderate speed, and it was already below Yu Yang's neck.
"Fortunately, this gray ray of light hasn't reached Yu Yang's glabella yet. Once it does, the Alliance's location will be exposed!" The Nightmare Lord thought to himself.
Yu Yang didn't know that he was being tracked, and he also didn't know that the Nightmare Lord was hesitating behind him. He also didn't know what the Nightmare Lord was thinking! He was still dreaming about his cultivation level rising.
The Nightmare Lord was hesitating because in the face of such a sudden situation, there were a total of three countermeasures he could choose from. However, none of the three options were good.
The first was to forcefully cut off the other party's method of targeting Yu Yang's body. The drawback of this strategy was that Yu Yang's body would be greatly damaged. Even if his strength didn't regress, there would be no possibility of his cultivation increasing in the future.
The second option was to use the secret technique "substitution" and turn the connection between Yu Yang's body and his doppelganger into a contest between him and the person who cast the spell on Yu Yang's body. However, if he chose this strategy, the final result would be very difficult to predict. After all, the Nightmare Lord didn't know what the cultivation level of the person who cast the spell on Yu Yang's body was.
The third option was to use the secret technique to control Yu Yang. Even if it led to Yu Yang's death, the person who controlled his body would suffer a backlash.
The Nightmare Lord eliminated the first and third options. This didn't mean that he couldn't bear to part with Yu Yang as a subordinate, but the pride in his heart made him feel that if he used the first or third option, it would be equivalent to indirectly admitting defeat to an unknown enemy!
"One Gu Zheng is already enough for me to tolerate. I want to see what kind of cat or dog is so rampant!"
The Nightmare Lord used the second option. Because the unknown enemy's methods were considered relatively rare in the Demonic Dao, he didn't suspect that the other party was Gu Zheng.
"Great, Great Alliance Master, what are you doing?"
Yu Yang cried out in alarm. The Nightmare Lord's control of his body had clearly exceeded the scope of helping him increase his cultivation level.
"Relax, someone is using you to investigate the Alliance's location! I'm going to transfer the power of this investigation to myself! "
"Ah?"
The Nightmare Lord's words shocked Yu Yang, but because of this, he didn't dare to move recklessly.
"Substitute the plum for the peach!"
The Nightmare Lord roared as black Demonic Qi erupted from his body and enveloped his entire body.
Yu Yang suddenly felt his body lighten, as if something had been taken away from him.
"You can leave first!"
The Nightmare Lord's voice was very serious. Surrounded by Demonic Qi, he was using a secret technique.
"This subordinate obeys!"
Yu Yang didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly left the underground hall.
"I want to see who you are. Reveal yourself!"
The Nightmare Lord roared as the Demonic Qi around him transformed into a monster with a lion's head with a single horn. It roared into the void, and the Nightmare Lord's body trembled as Gu Zheng's figure suddenly appeared in front of him!
"It's you!"
The Nightmare Lord's eyes immediately narrowed.
"Nightmare Lord?"
Gu Zheng's brows furrowed. The Nightmare Lord could see him after using the Plum Peach Zombie. He could also see the Nightmare Lord.
Moreover, due to the Nightmare Lord's interference, it was impossible to find the location of the Demonic Dao Alliance! The connection between Yu Yang's corpse and his doppelganger had completely changed after Yu Yang's corpse was replaced by the doppelganger.
"Hehe!"
The Nightmare Lord laughed. His eyes were filled with fighting spirit, and he didn't say anything else. He activated his secret technique and attacked Gu Zheng.
This was an unconventional contest. After using the Substitution, the Nightmare Lord and Gu Zheng were bound by a mysterious connection. It wouldn't be easy for either party to break free.
Under this mysterious binding, the attack appeared in the form of a wave that could injure others. Therefore, when the Nightmare Lord's attack appeared in the form of a wave, Gu Zheng immediately felt threatened by the Divine Telekinesis.
"Is this the strength of the attack? Too weak! "
Gu Zheng's heart was filled with hatred. The Nightmare Lord's interference had made it impossible to find the location of the Demonic Dao Alliance. How could he not hate him!
Gu Zheng's mind moved, and his counterattack appeared in the form of a wave that bound the two of them.
The two waves quickly approached each other, like two waves that were about to collide.
"Peng!"
The two forces collided, and both Gu Zheng and the Nightmare Lord heard a loud sound in their minds.
However, the two waves that collided weren't equal in strength. The Nightmare Lord's wave disappeared after the collision, while Gu Zheng's wave continued to attack him without losing any momentum.
"Ugh!"
The King of Nightmares grunted, and his real body took two steps back.
The Nightmare Lord knew that Gu Zheng was very strong, but Gu Zheng's strength was still beyond his imagination.
The second countermeasure was a risk to begin with. It was a gamble that whoever had a stronger Divine Telekinesis would be more powerful. Now, it was obvious who was stronger in this attack. This made the Nightmare Lord want to end this special binding immediately.
Gu Zheng naturally understood the Nightmare Lord's intentions. He couldn't let the Nightmare Lord do as he pleased.
"Again!"
Gu Zheng snorted and attacked the Nightmare Lord again.
Under the special binding state, it wasn't easy for either party to break free. Faced with Gu Zheng's attack again, the Nightmare Lord had no choice but to quickly resist.
"Peng!"
There was another loud sound in his mind. The Nightmare Lord spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body took four steps back!
Shock. The Nightmare Lord was completely shocked. His Divine Telekinesis was different from ordinary people. This was also why he dared to choose the second countermeasure. However, the strength of Gu Zheng's Divine Telekinesis still exceeded his imagination time and time again.
"Again!"
Gu Zheng sneered and immediately attacked the Nightmare Lord for the third time.
However, Gu Zheng understood that although he could injure the Nightmare Lord in a battle of Divine Telekinesis, that was all. It was impossible to kill the Nightmare Lord! This was because the Nightmare Lord had started to dissolve their relationship after the first clash.
The external manifestation of the dissolution was that the flames on Yu Yang's corpse were burning faster. Once the flames reached Yu Yang's eyes, the special connection between the two of them using Yu Yang's corpse as a medium would be broken. At this moment, the flames had already reached Yu Yang's nose.
"Lie down!"
Gu Zheng could see the Nightmare Lord. Naturally, he knew that after a few clashes, the Nightmare Lord was in a worse state. The damage he suffered was also accumulating.
"Pfft!"
Following Gu Zheng's shout, the Nightmare Lord retreated a few steps after another clash. He spat out another mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
"Cough cough, haha …"
The Nightmare Lord coughed and laughed while sitting on the ground. "You can't kill me, haha …"
"Don't let me see you again!"
Gu Zheng shrugged. The flames had already reached the eyes of Yu Yang's corpse. It was too late to do anything now.
Sure enough, just as Gu Zheng finished speaking, the flames reached the eyes of Yu Yang's corpse. Yu Yang's corpse, which was originally standing, fell to the ground. The image of the Nightmare Lord in front of Gu Zheng also disappeared. All that was left was the Nightmare Lord's unwilling gaze, which still reverberated in his mind.
"Sigh!" Gu Zheng sighed.
"Are you very depressed?" The Weapon Spirit's voice sounded.
"Not too depressed. After all, Yu Yang's doppelganger is in the Demonic Dao Alliance. This has increased the possibility of variables," Gu Zheng said.
"Then why are you sighing?" The Weapon Spirit rolled his eyes at Gu Zheng.
"It's a pity that I couldn't get rid of the Nightmare Lord!" Gu Zheng said.
"There's no need to regret. Although you couldn't get rid of the Nightmare Lord, there's good news waiting for you!" The Weapon Spirit laughed.
"Oh? What's the good news? "Gu Zheng asked.
"When you were fighting with the Nightmare Lord, you couldn't be distracted. That's why you didn't notice that Lian Yuxin had come. Seeing how excited she was, she should have brought you good news, "the Weapon Spirit said.
Because Gu Zheng had placed a restriction on the steps, it meant that he was in a 'do not disturb' state. Thus, Lian Yuxin didn't directly go to the top floor of the Primal Chaos Pagoda to find Gu Zheng.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Zheng transmitted to the excited Lian Yuxin.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
