Lian Yuxin indeed brought Gu Zheng some good news.
A foreign cultivator named Chakar had come to Mount Emei. He had come to find Gu Zheng to receive his reward. He had subdued Ding Fei, Xi Hao, Fan Haining, and Hou Hualin.
He had yellow hair and a typical westerner's face. Gu Zheng saw him outside Mount Emei, who was enjoying the 'screams' of the demonic cultivators on the stone pillars.
"This person's true cultivation is equivalent to the middle stage of Daluo Jinxian."
As soon as he saw the foreign cultivator, the Artifact Spirit's voice echoed in Gu Zheng's mind.
"How many of you subdued Xi Hao and the others?"
Gu Zheng asked Chakar, who was sizing him up.
"Just me," Chakar said with a smile.
Gu Zheng's heart skipped a beat. If what Chakar said was true, then this person was not simple. After all, the strength of Xi Hao and the others was not low.
"Let me see the crystal ball."
Chakar had come to Mount Emei to receive his reward, but he didn't bring anyone with him. Naturally, he had to show evidence that he had subdued Xi Hao and the others. Although Lian Yuxin had already seen the evidence and didn't find anything wrong with it, Gu Zheng still wanted to see it himself.
"Sure!"
Chakar threw a crystal ball to Gu Zheng.
The crystal ball had the same function as a jade slip. After Gu Zheng probed it with his divine sense, an image immediately appeared before his eyes. The four people who seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep were Xi Hao and the others.
Gu Zheng didn't find anything wrong with it. He said, "You can bring Xi Hao and the others here. If they are not dead, I will pay you according to what I said before."
Chakar shook his head and said, "No, the reward you offered is not what I want."
"You can tell me what you want. As long as it's not too excessive, I can agree to it," Gu Zheng said.
"The reward you offered is two high-grade immortal tools and a high-grade Yaxin food. The high-grade Yaxin food is useless to me. I don't want to improve my cultivation in a short time."
Chakhar paused for a moment, then continued, "Since you're an Immortal Chef who can cook a top-grade Ya Xin food, can you cook a food that can change a person's physique? For example, how about making a physique that was originally unsuitable for cultivation suitable for cultivation? "
"Sure," Gu Zheng said.
The kind of food cultivation that Chakhar was talking about was actually the 'Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation'. Before Gu Zheng ascended, he had done it for Wang Dong and Chang Le, changing their physiques from ordinary people to ones suitable for cultivation. Now, in just a few years, Wang Dong and Changle had gone from ordinary people to Stage Four Internal Force cultivators.
"How many servings of this kind of food cultivator can be exchanged for a high-grade Asian food cultivator?" Chakhar asked again.
"The food cultivation you need is called 'Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation'. The ingredients required for this food cultivation are not constant, so it depends on the constitution of the person who consumes it. If you want me to give a rough estimate, one Upper Grade Ya Xin Food Cultivation can be exchanged for five Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation. "
It wasn't easy for Gu Zheng to obtain the ingredients needed to cook Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, but now, these ingredients were nothing to him.
Moreover, Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation was also divided into different grades. Chakhar only wanted to change a person's physique, so this Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation was only a low-grade one.
After listening to Gu Zheng, Chakhar thought for a moment, then said, "How about two high-grade immortal tools, five Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, and five mid-grade Essence Increasing Food Cultivation?"
"No problem."
Gu Zheng replied with a smile. Five portions of mid-grade elemental energy increasing food meant nothing to him.
"Thank you!"
Chakhar thanked Gu Zheng, then said, "I want to see the two high-grade immortal tools in the reward."
Gu Zheng waved his hand, and four high-grade immortal tools floated in the air. They were a mirror, a bead, a dagger, and a knee guard.
"I want the dagger and the knee guard!" Chakhar said.
"Okay."
Gu Zheng nodded, then asked, "Then where are the people?"
"The day after tomorrow, I will bring the four people you want and the five people on my side to Emei," Chakhar said.
Chakhar didn't stay in Emei for long. He quickly left and brought Xi Hao and the other three, as well as the five mortals to Emei at the agreed time.
Chakhar had placed a seal on Xi Hao and the other three, so they were sleeping like dead pigs. As for the five mortals brought by Chakhar, they were all foreigners with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Gu Zheng first gave the two daggers and the knee guard to Chakhar, then locked Xi Hao and the others in the Primal Chaos Pagoda.
After examining the physiques of the five mortals, Gu Zheng came up with the formula for Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation.
Although the five mortals all needed low-grade Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, different people had different formulas, so he had to make it five times.
After telling Chakhar some of the things to pay attention to after taking the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, Gu Zheng quickly made the first set of Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation.
According to Gu Zheng's instructions, after the first mortal took the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, Chakhar used his own immortal energy to guide him to absorb the medicinal efficacy better, so that he could complete the rare Marrow Cleansing better.
The remaining four sets of Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation didn't take much time for Gu Zheng. The five mortals brought by Chakhar had been reborn one after another, and their physiques had become suitable for cultivation.
After chatting with Chakhar for a while, Gu Zheng learned that after Chakhar returned to Earth from the Untainted Land, he found that although his family was still very prosperous, they didn't have a single cultivator. Not only that, but they didn't even have a single descendant with a physique suitable for cultivation! Coincidentally, Chakhar met Xi Hao and the others who were hiding from trouble, so he captured them and used them to exchange for the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation from Gu Zheng.
"I'll make the mid-grade Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation for you right away, but because the physiques of these five people have just been changed, they don't even have the slightest foundation for cultivation, so it's not suitable for them to take the mid-grade Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation right away. After I've made the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation for you, you can take it back and wait for fifteen days before letting them take it! During this time, you have to do your best to let them accumulate some cultivation. This will be beneficial for their use of immortal energy after taking the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation. "
Gu Zheng told Chakhar some of the things to pay attention to when taking the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation. He planned to immediately go to the kitchen to prepare the Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, please wait a moment."
Chakhar stopped Gu Zheng, who was about to leave.
"It's not easy to meet an Immortal Chef on Earth. These juniors of mine have never eaten the dishes cooked by an Immortal Chef, so I want to ask if Fellow Daoist Gu is willing to accept the order. I want to order a few dishes to broaden the horizons of these juniors of mine, "Chakhar said.
"Originally, I didn't want to accept orders, but since I'm still doing business with you, it doesn't matter if I make an exception this time."
Gu Zheng smiled and handed a menu to Chakhar.
"Thank you."
Chakhar thanked Gu Zheng and ordered eight dishes and two soups.
They didn't let Chakhar and the others wait for too long. Delicious dishes were served one after another.
Chakhar was full of praise for the food cooked by Gu Zheng. As for his juniors, they almost swallowed their plates, saying that they had never eaten anything so delicious.
After a while, Gu Zheng prepared the five portions of mid-grade Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation that Chakhar wanted.
Chakhar took the five portions of mid-grade Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation and his juniors and left the Emei Sect. Before leaving, Chakhar sent out an invitation to Gu Zheng. If Gu Zheng had time to visit him, he would definitely entertain Gu Zheng well.
After Chakhar left, Gu Zheng couldn't wait to enter the Chaos Pagoda. He took Xi Hao and the others and flew toward Morning Clouds Island, where his promise was.
In front of the tombstones of the Morning Clouds Island's islanders, Gu Zheng undid the seals on Xi Hao and the others.
Xi Hao was the first among the four to open his eyes.
However, Xi Hao, who had just opened his eyes, was obviously not awake. With a confused expression, he muttered to himself, "Where, where is this place?"
"This, this is Morning Clouds Island!"
Xi Hao's confusion only lasted for a moment. He quickly recovered and saw the tombstone in front of him, as well as the words engraved on the tombstone.
"Ah …"
Almost as soon as Xi Hao woke up, screams rang out one after another. Gu Zheng had cruelly destroyed the dantians of the four demon cultivators.
"My people, I have brought Xi Hao and the others here. I will end their lives here and use their blood to pay tribute to you. I will fulfill my promise to you!"
Gu Zheng's heavy voice caused Xi Hao and the others to panic. However, panic didn't allow them to escape their fate of being punished.
In front of the tombstones of the Morning Clouds Island's islanders, Gu Zheng carried out a destructive Soul Search on Xi Hao and the others before ending their lives.
After standing in front of the tombstones of the Morning Clouds Island's islanders for a while, Gu Zheng brought Xi Hao and the others and flew toward Mount Emei.
Although Xi Hao and the others were dead, it couldn't offset their sins. Gu Zheng had already sealed their souls in their corpses. When the time came, they would be hung on a pillar outside Emei Sect, so that they could continue to pay their debts! After all, these four people's hands were stained with the blood of the Morning Clouds Island's islanders. They had even refined the islanders' souls. It wasn't too much to be cruel to them.
After returning to Mount Emei, Gu Zheng had a relatively peaceful four days. Then, he left Mount Emei.
Six hours after Gu Zheng left, the sky was completely dark. A woman in black who was hiding in the sky above Mount Emei also revealed her figure at this time.
The woman in black looked in the direction where Gu Zheng had left. A hint of struggle appeared in her eyes.
Soon, the struggle in the woman's eyes was replaced by determination. She landed outside Emei Sect's Mountain Guardian Immortal Formation.
If Gu Zheng could see it, he would definitely recognize that the woman in black was the person he was looking for, Yan Linglong.
When Gu Zheng used the Boundary Stone, he didn't issue a bounty for Yan Linglong. He was worried that once he did so, Yan Linglong would hide and it would be difficult for her to appear again.
Gu Zheng's caution wasn't wrong. If he really issued a sneak attack on Yan Linglong, with Yan Linglong's patience, it was very likely that she would wait for eight to ten years before coming out.
Jiao Jiao's soul was indeed in Yan Linglong's hands. When she had taken Jiao Jiao's soul from Mount Emei, she quickly found an excuse to travel around the world and focused on refining Jiao Jiao's soul.
Yan Linglong originally planned to refine Jiao Jiao's soul and then come to Emei Sect to easily take away the Chaos Pagoda's body.
However, after trying to refine it for a while, Yan Linglong completely gave up.
Originally, Yan Linglong still had some confidence in refining Jiao Jiao's soul. However, after Gu Zheng's return, Jiao Jiao's soul became more and more stubborn until she was in despair.
Yan Linglong understood that Gu Zheng was Jiao Jiao's master. His return allowed Jiao Jiao's soul to obtain some invisible power similar to courage or spiritual support. It was because of this invisible power that Jiao Jiao's soul couldn't be refined. Moreover, this invisible power was still increasing. Yan Linglong had a feeling that she had to act as soon as possible. Otherwise, as time passed, Jiao Jiao's soul would completely lose its use in her hands.
During this period, Yan Linglong had been waiting outside Mount Emei. She wanted to wait for Gu Zheng to leave Mount Emei so that she could go to Mount Emei and take away the Chaos Pagoda.
Yan Linglong was afraid of Gu Zheng, but she wasn't afraid of anyone else in Mount Emei.
After arriving in front of Mount Emei's Mountain Guarding Immortal Array, Yan Linglong used her demonic technique and was immediately surrounded by a layer of gray smoke. Then, she stepped into the Life Gate of Emei Sect's Mountain Guarding Immortal Array.
"The demonic smoke can only last for one minute. As long as I pass through the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array during this time, I won't alarm the Emei Sect's disciples in charge of monitoring the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array," Yan Linglong thought.
Her body moved quickly in the Immortal Array. Yan Linglong, who was very skilled in arrays, didn't make a single mistake.
Soon, Yan Linglong entered Emei Sect without alerting anyone.
Yan Linglong was also an expert in concealment. She used a special method to avoid the divine senses of the cultivators on duty and arrived near the Chaos Pagoda.
"I only need three minutes to take away the Chaos Pagoda. At that time, even if the cultivators of Mount Emei are alerted, I still have a way to escape. Just three minutes, three minutes is enough! "
Yan Linglong prayed in her heart. A special mark appeared between her eyebrows. Jiao Jiao's soul, which was like a ball of light, also appeared on her palm.
Yan Linglong's fingers kept changing as she muttered. The mark between her eyebrows and Jiao Jiao's soul flickered at the same time.
Using this method, Yan Linglong could control the size of the Chaos Pagoda in a short time. Then, she could take it out of Emei Sect and deal with it later! This was also the only thing she could do with Jiao Jiao's soul.
"Bang!"
Something that Yan Linglong didn't expect happened. Just as she was about to cast a spell on the Chaos Pagoda, a loud sound came from the Chaos Pagoda. A restriction that she didn't notice before also appeared on the Chaos Pagoda.
Although Gu Zheng didn't know where Yan Linglong was, he knew that Yan Linglong took away Jiao Jiao's soul to control the Chaos Pagoda! So, how could he not be prepared for this?
"Damn it!"
Yan Linglong cursed inwardly and immediately wanted to retreat. Although she didn't care about the Emei Sect's cultivators other than Gu Zheng, if these cultivators joined forces to deal with her alone, she wasn't arrogant to the point where she wouldn't care about them! The loud sound produced by the restriction must have alerted all the cultivators of Emei Sect. So, she had to leave quickly.
Indeed, the loud sound from the Chaos Pagoda alerted all the cultivators of Emei Sect. However, Yan Linglong's reaction was fast enough. She rushed into the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array before the cultivators of Emei Sect appeared.
When they couldn't find the person who caused the loud sound from the Chaos Pagoda, several cultivators of Emei Sect transmitted their voices to the disciples guarding the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array, asking them to immediately change the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array.
The disciples guarding the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array were at the center of the Immortal Array. Under normal circumstances, they could clearly see what was happening in the Immortal Array. Even if they wanted to change the Immortal Array, it was a very simple matter.
Although the disciples guarding the Immortal Array didn't find any intruders, they still obeyed the orders of the higher-ups and immediately changed the Immortal Array.
Once the Immortal Array was changed, the original Gate of Life would naturally change. Yan Linglong's plan to pass through the Immortal Array was affected because of this.
Finally, Yan Linglong met Lian Yuxin and two other Emei cultivators in the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array of Emei Sect. The smoke on her body was useful for the Emei disciples guarding the Mountain Guarding Immortal Array, but it wasn't effective for people like Lian Yuxin and the others who could see directly with their eyes.
When Lian Yuxin and the others saw Yan Linglong, they naturally wanted to capture her immediately. However, they only made a move once and didn't dare to make a move a second time.
"If any of you make a move against me again, I'll destroy it! Do you know what it is? It's the soul of the Chaos Pagoda's spirit. If this thing is destroyed by me, your Emei Sect's Chaos Pagoda will be ruined! "
Since it was impossible to escape easily, Yan Linglong didn't panic. She looked at Jiaojiao's soul in her palm with a cold smile on her face.
As for why the Chaos Pagoda became like this, Lian Yuxin and the other higher-ups of Emei Sect naturally heard about it from Gu Zheng. Therefore, they didn't dare to act blindly without thinking.
"What do you want?" Lian Yuxin gritted her teeth and said.
"It's very simple. Just let me leave Emei Sect." Yan Linglong smiled and said.
"I advise you to return Jiaojiao's soul. Only by doing this can you have a way to live!" Lian Yuxin said.
"A way to live? Is this a way to live given to me by you? Or is it an order from your Sect Leader? "Yan Linglong mocked.
"I don't have such authority. Naturally, it's an order from our Sect Leader."
Lian Yuxin lied without blinking. Gu Zheng naturally wouldn't let Yan Linglong go. However, Lian Yuxin didn't expect Yan Linglong to believe her words. She only wanted to stall for time and wait for Gu Zheng to return! After all, the restriction on the Chaos Pagoda was set up by Gu Zheng. Once this restriction took effect, Gu Zheng would immediately sense it and he would definitely rush back as soon as possible.
"Don't waste time! My hands are stained with the blood of your Emei Sect's disciples. With Gu Zheng's vengeful personality, do you think he'll let me live? Are you an idiot or do you think I'm an idiot? "Yan Linglong sneered.
"No one thinks you're an idiot unless you think you're an idiot. There's a way to live but you don't want to walk the path of death!"
Lian Yuxin shrugged and smiled. While she was talking with Yan Linglong, three more Emei Sect's cultivators came over.
"I don't want to talk nonsense. Are you going to let me go or not?" Yan Linglong pinched Jiaojiao's soul and took a step forward.
"Go, go!"
Lian Yuxin seemed to be impatient and waved her hand at Yan Linglong.
Although Yan Linglong was surprised by Lian Yuxin's straightforwardness, letting her go was the result she wanted. She didn't say anything else and quickly left Emei Sect. She planned to run as far away as possible and then hide for ten or twenty years.
Lian Yuxin and the others didn't show much regret about Yan Linglong's departure. After all, Gu Zheng had given them some instructions before he left.
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