A wondrous aroma filled the air, causing Die Ling's nose to twitch and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
After Gu Zheng stir-fried the ingredients in the wok a few times, he added the Dragon Gall Immortal Herb into the wok and added the Purple Flower Immortal Fruit Soup into the wok.
Under the control of the Water Control Art, the characteristics of the ingredients in the Violet Flower Immortal Fruit Soup began to fuse together.
The aroma coming from the pot was very unique. This kind of aroma had an almost hypnotic power. Die Ling couldn't help but shake her head a few times. Even Gu Zheng felt a bit dazed.
Fortunately, the dazing process didn't last long. After Gu Zheng put in the Immortal Bone Spirit Root Slice, the dazing feeling immediately disappeared.
Using the Five Elements Immortal Technique, Gu Zheng poured the soup into the pot.
Once the blood-red soup with the Eight Desolation Phoenix Blood Ginseng's juice entered the pot, the white mist above the pot seemed to be attracted and all returned to the ingredients.
Gu Zheng's finger drew back and forth on the pot, laying down seven light yellow restrictions. Then, he used the Water Control Art to fuse the characteristics of the ingredients in the pot.
"Bang bang bang bang …"
As Gu Zheng mixed the characteristics of the ingredients in the pot, the food cultivator's tribulation also appeared. The soup in the pot erupted like lava and constantly hit the light yellow restrictions on the pot.
With the existence of the seven restrictions and Gu Zheng's suppression, the food cultivator in the pot was restless and only lasted for a moment before calming down. However, Gu Zheng understood that this silence was only to prepare for the upcoming storm!
Although there were seven restrictions on the pot, it didn't affect the food cultivator's normal breathing. Therefore, the real steam was still coming out from the gaps in the restrictions.
The storm didn't make Gu Zheng wait for long. The characteristics of the ingredients were carried by the steam and turned into the shape of a phoenix, wanting to fly out from the gaps in the restrictions.
The Heavenly Dao's effect caused the food cultivator's characteristics to turn into this. This was a scene that Gu Zheng didn't expect. Although the scene was a bit unexpected, it was impossible for the phoenix to pass through the barrier.
Sure enough, the phoenix that wanted to pass through the gaps in the barrier wasn't able to fulfill its wish. It was flashed by the yellow light from the barrier and fell into the pot with a sorrowful cry.
"Whoosh …"
A long and clear cry came from the pot and a green phoenix rushed out of the lava-like soup.
It was no longer in the form of the mist from before. The green phoenix was completely formed from the soup and ingredients. It had two heads and six tails....
"Bam Bam Bam …"
The green phoenix crashed into the barrier and three of the seven restrictions were instantly destroyed.. three of Gu Zheng's seven restrictions..
The restrictions placed on the pot were also very particular. They were placed by Gu Zheng using the Five Elements Immortal Technique. All of them were of the earth element. They were meant to counter the water element, which was most likely to appear when a food cultivator was going through his tribulation. For example, the misty phoenix that appeared the first time was of the water element, so it couldn't escape from the restrictions.
However, the tribulation of a food cultivator was different. The green phoenix that appeared this time was of the wood element, so it had a very strong restraining ability against the earth element restrictions set up by Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng frowned slightly. The Five Elements Immortal Sphere in his body shook and he added another restriction above the pot.
However, before Gu Zheng could add a second restriction, the green phoenix crashed into it again.
"Bang bang bang bang …"
Explosive sounds rang out in succession. The remaining four earth-attribute restrictions were all shattered by the green phoenix. Moreover, it continued to crash into the barrier that Gu Zheng had just set up without slowing down in the slightest.
However, Gu Zheng's new barrier was of the metal element, so it just happened to restrain the green phoenix's element. It let out a sorrowful cry under the impact and fell back into the food cultivator's trap like the first water phoenix.
Not daring to hesitate in the slightest, Gu Zheng immediately set up a second restriction. In view of the strange tribulation of a food cultivator this time, Gu Zheng set up a water element restriction.
Just as Gu Zheng's water element restriction was set up, the food cultivator in the pot erupted again and a red phoenix appeared.
The red phoenix was of the fire element. It easily broke through Gu Zheng's metal element barrier, but it was defeated by the water element barrier.
"Huff …"
Gu Zheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Although he knew that the tribulation of a food cultivator would take some time, he didn't expect it to be so unpredictable.
Fortunately, after observing the fusion of the characteristics of a food cultivator, Gu Zheng discovered that there would be a temporary pause in the tribulation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have time to set up another five element restriction barrier.
Although he let out a long sigh, Gu Zheng didn't dare to relax. Judging from the characteristics of a food cultivator, there was still one last wave of tribulation that hadn't appeared.
Gu Zheng didn't know what kind of resistance the last wave would be. He could only plan ahead and do his best to set up more barriers on the pot.
Gu Zheng was rather glad that the pause in the tribulation of a food cultivator this time was rather long, so he set up another seven layers of restrictions on the pot. Seven layers of restrictions was already the limit of the coexistence of restrictions.
The seven layers of restrictions included all five elements. Gu Zheng even used the energy in his Yin Yang Immortal Ball to set up a Yin Yang restriction that he didn't know what kind of effect it would have.
However, something unexpected happened again! Gu Zheng didn't expect!
As the saying went, every technique had its own specialization. The special restrictions set up by the five elements immortal arts had very strong defensive capabilities against the torment in the pot. However, this kind of special restriction was completely useless against external damage!
Gu Zheng hadn't expected that the last torment would be to mix immortal energy with a trace of dust to take the shape of a phoenix and fly toward the restriction from the outside.
Gu Zheng waved his hand and formed a powerful whirlwind of immortal energy to blow the phoenix away. However, the phoenix was a food cultivator's tribulation. It was also a manifestation of the will of the heavenly dao. Gu Zheng's whirlwind was completely useless against it!
"Whoosh …"
Seeing that Gu Zheng's whirlwind of immortal energy was useless, Die Ling blew a breath of draconic energy at the dust phoenix. However, even the dragon Qi, which had a strong tolerance, was useless against the Dust Phoenix.
"Master!"
Die Ling sounded like she was about to cry. Things had happened too suddenly and she'd already used all the methods she could think of. She didn't want the food cultivator that Gu Zheng had worked so hard to cook to fail on the path of tribulation.
"It's fine!"
Gu Zheng raised his eyebrows and waved his hand at the incoming Dust Phoenix as he sped up the cooking of the food cultivator.
Gu Zheng wasn't sure if this wave of his hand would be of any use. However, in front of the crying Die Ling, even if he wasn't confident, he had to act confident!
Gu Zheng's wave of his hand contained the laws of time!
This was a collision of Daos. On one side was Gu Zheng's dao of time, and on the other was the will of the heavenly dao! Gu Zheng wasn't sure what the result of this collision would be.
However, luck befell him at this moment. The laws of time worked on the dust phoenix. Although the effect wasn't complete and the dust phoenix didn't stop moving, it did slow down a lot.
"Good!"
Gu Zheng couldn't help but cheer. Based on the dust phoenix's speed, the food cultivator in the pot would be complete by the time it reached the restriction!
He wasn't impatient at all. Although the situation looked dangerous, this wasn't the time to be impatient.
Gu Zheng used the Five Elements Immortal Technique to cook the food in the pot. The dust phoenix was less than three feet away from Gu Zheng.
Finally, when the dust phoenix was very close to the restriction, the food cultivator in the pot was complete!
Boom!
A strange sound came from the pot, and the originally invisible white mist instantly emerged from the food cultivator. However, it was stopped by the restriction, and the dense mist turned the pot into a pure white world, completely concealing the appearance of the food cultivator.
When the strange sound came from the pot, the dust phoenix that was very close to the barrier scattered. Gu Zheng waved his hand and turned it into dust. The food cultivator was complete and its tribulation was over. All that was left was to receive the blessings of Dao!
Heaven and earth energy surged. This mysterious and pure energy turned into a gust of wind that approached the food cultivator in the pot.
Gu Zheng removed the restriction on the pot and heaven and earth energy immediately flowed into the food cultivator. The extremely fragrant form also began to condense.
After the heaven and earth energy flowed in, the extremely fragrant form of a phoenix happily flew around the food cultivator in the pot like a small mountain.
Gulp!
The fragrant smell spread and Gu Zheng couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Master, I think it's better if I don't look at it!"
Die Ling turned around and didn't know how many times she had swallowed her saliva in this short period of time.
"Alright, I've put it away!"
Gu Zheng smiled. "Prepare to enter the black hole. When the time comes, Master still needs you to protect him!"
"Don't worry, Master!"
Die Ling turned around with a serious expression on her face.
With the Dao of Creation, there were spatial nodes everywhere.
Gu Zheng frowned and activated the Dao of Creation. A hole appeared in the void in front of him.
After bringing Die Ling into the black hole, Gu Zheng immediately used a spatial immortal tool to search for spatial turbulence.
Half an hour later.
"This is strange. It's really nothing when looking for something. In the past, there were so many spatial turbulence but now that we really need them, we haven't encountered a single one! This is abnormal. Could it be that a spatial storm is brewing? "Die Ling said.
"I'm too anxious. It's only been half an hour so it's normal that we haven't encountered any. However, I don't want to encounter any more spatial storms. Otherwise, I'll lose a few more immortal tools! "
Just as Gu Zheng's voice fell, his brows furrowed tightly. His entire aura instantly became extremely guarded.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Die Ling immediately asked when she sensed the change in Gu Zheng's aura.
"My spiritual sense detected something. It's very similar to the dagger I encountered in the spatial storm when I returned to Earth from the Void!" Gu Zheng said solemnly.
"What?"
Die Ling and the artifact spirit exclaimed at the same time.
"But I'm not sure. That thing was too fast and disappeared in a flash. I didn't see the whole thing. I only felt that the aura it emitted was a bit similar to that dagger. They were both so ancient and cold." Gu Zheng said.
"If it's really that dagger, it's really fated with you! The black hole is boundless. You actually encountered the same thing twice! "The artifact spirit said seriously.
"We can't afford to make any mistakes this time. I hope I'm wrong! But if I'm not wrong, I have a feeling that since I encountered it twice, it's very likely that it will appear again at the critical moment when I consume the food cultivation! "
Gu Zheng smiled bitterly. The dagger had left a deep impression on him. Even now, the Flipping Sky Seal still had traces of it.
"If it's a blessing, it's not a curse. If it's a curse, we can't avoid it. As long as I'm here, nothing will disturb Master!" Die Ling clenched her fists and said.
"Dong dong dong dong …"
Like the sound of a war drum, a notification sounded in Gu Zheng's mind. The space-piercing artifact finally gave Gu Zheng the location of the spatial turbulence.
The drum-like notification was a level two notification. This meant that the spatial turbulence Gu Zheng was about to encounter was very dangerous.
He didn't look for the spatial turbulence. Instead, Gu Zheng waited on the path it had to pass.
Gu Zheng took out the Primal Chaos Pagoda and the Flipping Sky Seal and quietly floated beside him.
"Get ready!"
Gu Zheng transmitted to Jiao Jiao and Die Ling at the same time.
"Roger!"
"Don't worry Master!"
Jiao Jiao and Die Ling replied to Gu Zheng.
Opening the jade box containing the Black Hole Food Cultivation, Gu Zheng quickly consumed this food cultivation that had a special meaning to him.
The Black Hole Food Cultivation that was made of the most luxurious ingredients and had frighteningly powerful effects was quickly consumed by Gu Zheng. The situation was a bit special, so Gu Zheng didn't chew slowly to savor it. He only knew that this food cultivation was very delicious, very delicious. It made him want to eat more!
Not immersing himself in the taste of the Black Hole Food Cultivation, Gu Zheng sat down cross-legged and guided the medicinal effects of the food cultivation so that it would explode the moment before the black hole arrived.
The pores all over his body opened up and a powerful suction force came out from them. Above Gu Zheng's head, a tornado formed.
The spatial turbulence was coming. Compared to the tornado above Gu Zheng's head, it was like a Magus meeting a Grand Wizard! Although the spatial turbulence wasn't as large as the spatial storm, it was at least a few thousand acres.
The tornado looked small, but its suction force was very strong. Before the spatial turbulence even touched Gu Zheng, the black hole energy it contained was sucked into Gu Zheng's body like a whale swallowing a whale.
The spatial turbulence had already surrounded Gu Zheng. Moreover, it started to spin on the spot like a star chart that was spinning at high speed.
The spatial turbulence should have been like a whirlwind. When it passed, it would have passed and it wouldn't have gone back. However, because Gu Zheng had swallowed the energy within, the spatial turbulence was like a star chart that spun according to a certain pattern.
The spatial turbulence's rotation was something that Gu Zheng had already known when he had discovered the special energy within the black hole. Therefore, he hadn't panicked. As for the spinning spatial turbulence, it brought with it a kind of tearing destructive power that wanted to tear apart all the foreign objects within.
The butterfly spirit spread her light wings and the two asymmetrical dots on them lit up at the same time. As she flew around Gu Zheng, she used her life source divine light to weaken the tearing force of the spatial turbulence.
The Cyclic Sky Seal, which could fight on its own, also flew around Gu Zheng. Its purpose was to disperse the chaotic energy that passed through the butterfly spirit's defense.
The Primal Chaos Pagoda covered Gu Zheng's head. A bronze halo descended from the pagoda onto Gu Zheng's body, providing him with a strong protection.
The butterfly spirit, the Cyclic Sky Seal and the Primal Chaos Pagoda formed three layers of defense for Gu Zheng. This allowed him to swallow the black hole's energy without being disturbed in the dangerous spatial turbulence.
In fact, swallowing the black hole's energy in the spatial turbulence was only dangerous for the first few minutes. After that, the degree of danger would be greatly reduced. This was because the black hole's energy was also a part of the spatial turbulence!
For example, if the spatial turbulence was an apple, then the black hole's energy would be the moisture in the apple. As the moisture in the apple dissipated, the taste of the apple would turn into sand. As the black hole's energy dissipated, the power of the spatial turbulence within a certain range would also weaken.
The black hole's energy was very terrifying. If the same amount of immortal energy could expand Gu Zheng's ball of immortal energy to 'one', then the same amount of black hole's energy could expand Gu Zheng's ball of immortal energy to 'three'!
As he swallowed the black hole's energy, Gu Zheng's ball of immortal energy grew bit by bit. His Gokusen Technique also improved bit by bit.
Finally, Gu Zheng's Gokusen Technique went from the original level of sixty percent to level sixty percent. As long as he could reach level sixty percent, he would be equivalent to the late stage of Daluo Jinxian.
However, the black hole's effect was about to end. According to the remaining black hole's energy, it wasn't enough for Gu Zheng to enter the late stage of Daluo Jinxian.
Although he wouldn't be able to enter the late stage of Daluo Jinxian, Gu Zheng was already very satisfied. After all, the higher his cultivation, the more immortal energy he would need. It was already very incredible that a black hole's energy could increase his cultivation by so much.
However, just as the black hole's effect was about to end, Gu Zheng was in a state where he couldn't afford to be distracted. Danger quietly crept up on him.
Without a sound, the strange dagger with an ancient aura appeared again. It passed through the area that Die Ling had just circled and stabbed towards Gu Zheng.
"Bam!"
A loud sound was heard. The Flipping Sky Seal that was fighting on its own collided with the stone dagger.
Just like the last time, the dagger left a mark on the Flipping Sky Seal. The Flipping Sky Seal sent the dagger flying.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Die Ling cried out. A blue net of light shot out from her fingertips and wrapped around the dagger.
Die Ling was on guard against the stone dagger. She didn't want anything to happen to Gu Zheng.
When the stone dagger passed through the area that Die Ling had circled, Die Ling had already sensed it. However, she didn't immediately attack the stone dagger. She wanted to see the Flipping Sky Seal send the stone dagger flying! Only when the Flipping Sky Seal sent the dagger flying would her blue net be able to unleash its full power.
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