"Master Bai, how have you been?"
Everyone greeted Gu Zheng one after another. What followed was a round of idle chatter.
After chatting for a while, Gu Zheng smiled and said, "My servant is using food cultivation and has caused some inconvenience to all of you. Tonight, I will be hosting a banquet to entertain all of you. I hope that all of you will come!"
"Master Bai, you are too polite!"
"What are you talking about? It's not like the Floating Mountain Sect doesn't allow people to use food cultivation."
"Master Bai, you are too polite. We are neighbors. Don't you have any sense of responsibility?"
"Amitabha! Master Bai may be polite, but this monk can't be polite. You have all tasted Master Bai's delicacies, but this monk hasn't. Therefore, this monk must come tonight! "
"Master Wu Chang, you are wrong. How can a monk be so delicious?"
"Master Wu Chang, if Buddha heard you, he would definitely blame you!"
Everyone was very happy that Gu Zheng wanted to treat them to a meal. For a moment, they even joked with each other.
Without chatting with them, Gu Zheng returned to his cave abode and immediately packed up the ingredients. After all, it was already afternoon and dinner time was not far away.
After Die Ling finished using the food cultivation, she entered the Chaos Space to sleep. When she woke up again, it would be a month later.
The quality of the ingredients Gu Zheng used to invite the people of the Floating Mountain Sect to this banquet was generally lower than the previous one. After all, the ingredients were provided by Master Duan and the others last time. This time, Gu Zheng paid for it himself.
Low quality did not mean that the taste was bad. With Gu Zheng's current realm, he could basically make the same ingredients taste better than a year ago.
In addition, although the quality of the ingredients used was generally lower, this was relative.
For example, the ingredients that Gu Zheng used, such as Green Lotus Grass, Cool Breeze Vegetables, Wormwood Grass, and so on, were originally of ordinary quality. However, after Gu Zheng leveled up using the Path of Improvement, their quality had become intermediate! Gu Zheng had also made many of these ingredients that had been leveled up by the Path of Improvement during his time on Earth.
During dinner, there were indeed some neighbors who didn't come out to watch the commotion, but came over during dinner.
Fortunately, Gu Zheng also thought that there might be people who wanted to freeload, so he prepared more dishes. There were sixteen dishes and four soups in the Immortal Chef Banquet, which made the guests happy.
The next day, Gu Zheng left the Floating Mountain and headed for Buddha Heart Mountain.
Gu Zheng had his reasons for choosing Buddha Heart Mountain as the place to consume food for cultivation.
Compared to the Hanging Mountain, Buddha Heart Mountain's immortal essence was much thinner. However, there were no cultivator factions in Buddha Heart Mountain, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered if any strange phenomena occurred when he consumed food.
As for the problem of thin Celestial Core Power, it was not impossible to make up for it. With Gu Zheng's current resources, he could already set up a high-level Celestial Core Power Gathering Array.
After arriving at Buddha Heart Mountain, Gu Zheng chose a place in the mountain stream to open up his cave abode. Then, he set up a high-level Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array in the cave abode.
The Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array began to operate, and the Celestial Core Power in the air began to condense into Gu Zheng's cave abode.
Compared to the Celestial Core Power that the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array had, the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array's condensation of Celestial Core Power could be considered very gentle. However, even though it was gentle, its effect couldn't be ignored. It could continuously condense Celestial Core Power until its storage space reached saturation.
'The high-level Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array will operate for one and a half months, and the amount of Celestial Core Power stored in it will be very impressive. After a month of consuming food, the Celestial Core Power condensed by the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array can't be compared to the abundant Celestial Core Power in the Floating Mountain, but it's not far off, 'Gu Zheng thought to himself as he looked at the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array.
Walking out of the temporary cave abode, Gu Zheng set up several Immortal Arrays and restrictions outside the cave to prevent people from coming to disturb him.
When he returned to the cave abode, Gu Zheng first released the Chaos Pagoda.
The Chaos Pagoda's characteristic of being able to change its size allowed it to be easily placed in the cave abode.
After entering the Chaos Pagoda, Gu Zheng took out the Taotie statue and entered the space within it.
Die Ling would wake up in a month, so Gu Zheng planned to spend ten days in seclusion this time. After all, the flow of time in the Taotie statue's space was three times slower than the outside world.
It was a pity that only Gu Zheng could use the space within the Taotie statue. Otherwise, he could bring Die Ling in and she could cultivate here during normal times.
Ten days was equivalent to a month. Gu Zheng planned to use this time to consolidate his cultivation after consuming the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array last time.
Of course, Gu Zheng's cultivation hadn't increased by much after consuming the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array last time. He only needed to consolidate his cultivation and didn't need a month. As for the remaining time, Gu Zheng planned to cultivate other things, such as cooking ingredients from outside the circle, in order to improve his Dao Eye.
After all, the Eldritch World was a world of immortal cultivators. Although Gu Zheng had set up his cave abode at Buddha Heart Mountain, it had only been quiet for five days before the existence of a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array was discovered by two passing demonic cultivators.
"Judging from the flow of Immortal Essence, the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array here should be a high-grade one!"
A dark skinned demonic cultivator with a head full of dreadlocks licked his lips greedily.
"That's right! A high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array is such a good thing! "
The white-clothed, blonde-haired, blue-eyed female Fiendish Cultivator sighed.
Many resources were needed to set up a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array. Among them, three rare Immortal Grade resources were needed! It wasn't an exaggeration to say that a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array could be exchanged for three top-grade Immortal Artifacts.
"Do you have any ideas?" The dreadlocked demonic cultivator rubbed his chin and asked.
"What ideas can we have? Someone who can set up a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array shouldn't be someone the two of us can contend against! "The female demonic cultivator said.
The two demonic cultivators were only at the mid-stage of Jin Xian. With such strength, if they weren't careful in the Eldritch World, they wouldn't even know how they died.
"The two of us might not be able to do it, but it might be different if there are a few more people! Moreover, to set up a cave abode and set up a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array in such a place, the other party must be a rogue cultivator with no backing. "
The filthy braid fiendish cultivator paused for a moment before chuckling. "Perhaps our opportunity has arrived? This guy who has set up a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array isn't very powerful. He only dares to set up a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array for a short period of time. What if we happen to meet him? "
Hearing the dreadlocked demonic cultivator's words, the female demonic cultivator was a little tempted. "Why don't we wait and see? If he dares to set it up for a day, it means that he's very powerful and we'll make a plan. However, if he deactivates the Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array soon, we'll go and see how powerful he is. "
"Alright, we'll do as you say. This is indeed a safe method."
After the dreadlocked demonic cultivator agreed, the two of them immediately went into hiding and waited for a day.
"Damn it, it seems that this person's cultivation is rather high!"
The condensation of Immortal Essence did not stop, causing the dreadlocked demonic cultivator to be very vexed.
"What do we do now?" The female demonic cultivator asked.
"There are three methods! The first method is to find some fellow Daoists to cooperate. The second method is to sell this information. The third method is to see if we can benefit from it after selling the information! "The dreadlocked demonic cultivator laughed sinisterly.
"The third method is good, I like it!"
The female demonic cultivator laughed and winked at the dreadlocked demonic cultivator. "Let's sell this information to Limitless Old Devil? Hasn't this devil wanted a high-grade Vital Energy Gathering Immortal Array for a long time? "
"No, Limitless Old Devil is vicious and merciless. He's also very petty! I'm worried that if we look for him, not only will we not get any benefits, we will also lose our lives! "The dreadlocked demonic cultivator said.
The demonic cultivator's survival rules were definitely much harsher than the righteous cultivator's. It was not uncommon to lose one's life after selling the information.
"It's better to sell the information to Dark Soul Supremacy. After all, we are in the same alliance. He probably won't do such a vicious thing." The dreadlocked demonic cultivator said.
The demonic cultivators in the wilderness were relatively more united. Small alliances like the dreadlocked demonic cultivator's group were more common in the wilderness. However, the general trend of the world was that Daoists were growing and demons were disappearing. The demonic sects were relatively more low-key.
"Alright, then let's sell the information to Dark Soul Supremacy. It just so happens that he is working in Thunder Sound County. However, for safety's sake, you should change our memories! "
The female demonic cultivator gritted her teeth. She and the dreadlocked demonic cultivator were Dao companions. She was at ease letting the dreadlocked demonic cultivator change her memories.
"Alright, you bear with it!"
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator pressed his hand on the female demonic cultivator's head. Immediately, two streams of black demonic Qi wriggled into the female demonic cultivator's ears.
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator cultivated a rare demonic technique. Its effect was similar to Gu Zheng's' fabricate '. Since they were going to sell the information to Dark Soul Supremacy, it was better to change their memories.
After flying for three days, the dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator arrived at Fanyu County. They found Dark Soul Supremacy in an inn.
After listening to the dreadlocked demonic cultivator's report, Dark Soul Supremacy said calmly, "What benefits do you want?"
"Supremacy, we want to exchange it for ten Demon Heart Elixirs."
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator smiled fawningly. The Demon Heart Elixir he wanted was a type of elixir that could improve his demonic cultivation.
"It's not unreasonable to exchange the information of a high-grade Elemental Energy Gathering Immortal Array for ten Demon Heart Elixirs."
Venerable Dark Spirit's calm voice paused, and he suddenly looked at the female demon cultivator at the side. His gaze was so sharp that it was as if he could see through her heart. "Girl, are you lying?"
He hadn't said anything to the female demonic cultivator. Now that he suddenly asked this question, the female demonic cultivator couldn't help but stutter. "N-no!"
"You're not lying?"
Dark Soul Supremacy sneered. With a wave of his hand, the demonic Qi turned into a rope and tied the female demonic cultivator to his side.
"Supremacy, what are you doing?"
The two demonic cultivators exclaimed at the same time.
"Soul Search! If there's nothing fishy, I'll give you ten Demon Heart Elixirs! "
Dark Soul Supremacy didn't allow the demonic cultivator and the dreadlocked demonic cultivator to refuse.
The female demonic cultivator felt guilty. Although the dreadlocked demonic cultivator's method of changing memories was similar to 'weaving', it wasn't 'weaving' after all. The female demonic cultivator still had her erased memories. It was just that others wouldn't be able to discover it when they searched her soul.
Once she thought that her thoughts wouldn't be discovered, the female demonic cultivator calmed down.
However, the calmness only lasted for a few seconds before her face contorted in fear.
"Supremacy, spare me!"
The female demonic cultivator cried out. Her memories of being tampered with by the dreadlocked demonic cultivator actually surfaced in the Dark Soul Supremacy's soul search.
Seeing the female demonic cultivator's frightened expression, the dreadlocked demonic cultivator's eyes were also filled with fear. Based on his understanding of Dao Companions, he understood that the matter had been exposed.
Dark Soul Supremacy's storm-like rage didn't descend. After finishing the soul search, Dark Soul Supremacy's expression was still as calm as before.
Dark Soul Supremacy was also a demonic cultivator. He naturally understood the thoughts of demonic cultivators. He wasn't angry that the dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator wanted to benefit from the battle. If it were him, he would also have the same thoughts. More importantly, Dark Soul Supremacy's strength was already at the mid-stage of Daluo Jinxian. The dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator's strength were only at the mid-stage of Jin Xian! The difference in strength made Dark Soul Supremacy look at them as if he was looking at two flies! Although flies were disgusting, he wouldn't be angry at flies.
"If it weren't for the fact that we're in an alliance, you would definitely be dead by now!" Dark Soul Supremacy said indifferently.
"Thank you, Supremacy, for sparing our lives!"
Hearing Dark Soul Supremacy's words, the dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator hurriedly knelt down.
"I can spare your lives, but I won't let you off so easily!"
Dark Soul Supremacy stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back. His indifferent voice was transmitted into the minds of the two demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator.
"Come with me!"
The two demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator looked at each other with bitter smiles on their faces.
"This is really going for wool and coming home shorn!"
"Sigh, who knew that your methods wouldn't work on him!"
"He wants us to go with him. I guess he wants to use us as cannon fodder!"
"That must be it. What should we do now?"
"Let's play it by ear!"
The two demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator were no longer as happy as they were before they came to the inn.
Three days later, Dark Soul Supremacy brought the two demonic cultivators to their destination.
The high-level Elemental Energy Gathering Immortal Array was still operating, and the Immortal Core Power was still gathering in Gu Zheng's cave abode.
"Let's go check it out first."
Dark Soul Supremacy ordered the dreadlocked demonic cultivator. This was the first sentence he said after leaving the inn.
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator braced himself and flew into the mountain stream. After a while, he transmitted his voice to Dark Soul Supremacy.
"Supremacy, the cultivator inside is probably not weak. I've observed the restriction outside. Without the strength of an early-stage Daluo Jinxian, it's very difficult to break it!" the dreadlocked demonic cultivator said.
"An early-stage Daluo Jinxian."
Dark Soul Supremacy frowned and muttered.
After a while, Dark Soul Supremacy's calm expression was no longer calm. He raised his eyebrows and transmitted his voice to the dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator.
"The two of you go and attack his restriction now. I'll hide in the dark and wait for an opportunity to strike! Don't play any tricks on me. Otherwise, you'll definitely die. You can only live if you do as I say! "
Dark Spirit Venerable's cold voice paused for a moment, and then he said slowly, "If this goes well, I'll let you guys have a taste of the soup!"
Regardless of how the two demonic cultivators felt about his promise, Dark Soul Supremacy's hands danced with demonic Qi and set up four Dharma Arrays above the mountain stream. Then, his body swayed and he hid in the void.
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator began to attack the restriction set up by Gu Zheng.
It had to be said that the two demonic cultivators were very desperate and displayed a variety of methods.
Demonic Qi wreaked havoc and the energy of heaven and earth raged. After a series of attacks, the barrier formed by the restriction finally shattered into pieces.
The barrier was set up by Gu Zheng. Although he was now cultivating in the statue space, he immediately sensed it.
Knowing that the operation of the high-level Elemental Energy Gathering Immortal Array might cause trouble, Gu Zheng's cultivation state was naturally very shallow. He would not suffer any backlash from being disturbed.
Immediately leaving the statue space, Gu Zheng waved his hand somewhere in the cave abode. Immediately, the scene outside the cave appeared in the void. He also saw the two demonic cultivators who were working hard to attack the second restriction.
Entering a stone room in the cave abode, Gu Zheng appeared some distance away from the cave abode through the short-distance Teleportation Immortal Array that he had set up in advance. Through this method, it was relatively effective to avoid some of the traps that others had set up outside the cave abode. Gu Zheng originally hoped that he would not have to use it, but he did not expect to use it so soon.
Seeing someone flying over from another direction, the dreadlocked demonic cultivator and the female demonic cultivator temporarily stopped.
"Two demonic cultivators. Jin Xian's cultivation is only in the middle stage."
The Artifact Spirit's voice rang in Gu Zheng's mind.
"Who are you?"
Seeing that Gu Zheng had stopped in the air and was looking at them with interest, the dreadlocked demonic cultivator spoke.
"Who gave you the courage?"
Gu Zheng smiled and looked at the two demonic cultivators below. He felt that it was a little amusing.
"What do you mean?"
The dreadlocked demonic cultivator frowned. He could not understand the young man in the air who did not look very old at all.
"You, you are the owner of the cave abode?"
The female demonic cultivator widened her eyes. They were originally here to attack the cave abode, and Gu Zheng's words sounded very unusual.
"You are not stupid. You actually know that I am the owner of this cave abode!"
The smile on Gu Zheng's face turned into a playful one. "Tell me, how do you want to die?"
Although Gu Zheng looked young, since he had admitted his identity, no matter how arrogant he was, the two demonic cultivators would take him seriously because of his identity.
If it weren't for the Dark Spirit Supremacy hiding in the dark, the two demonic cultivators would have fled for their lives! But since the Dark Spirit Supremacy was hiding in the dark, they were in a situation where there was a wolf in front of them and a tiger behind them. Their ferocious nature as demonic cultivators erupted in an instant.
The two demonic cultivators attacked Gu Zheng at the same time. The dreadlocked demonic cultivator waved the worn-out fan in his hand, and a violent black demonic aura swept towards Gu Zheng. Using the black demonic aura to obscure the enemy's vision, the female demonic cultivator opened her mouth and spat out her natal demonic artifact — Shadowless Demon Needle.
"A mantis trying to stop a chariot!"
Gu Zheng did not move. He only frowned. The Divine Sense light that was separated from his body immediately turned into the appearance of a red-crowned crane. It spread its wings and flew towards the demonic aura.
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