The treasure that was shrouded in the light was a plant. It was not big, but it had nine green leaves that were very thick and fleshy. On top of it was a scarlet fruit that was the size of an apple.
Gu Zheng applauded the treasure because it was the best ingredient he had ever seen.
Among the grades of ingredients, there were two types of ingredients that were better than high-grade ingredients. One was an immortal-grade ingredient, and the other was a heavenly treasure.
Compared to heavenly treasures, immortal-grade ingredients had more traces of Dao than heavenly treasures, but their medicinal effects were not as good as heavenly treasures. However, the treasure that had appeared in the Cloud of Death was a combination of a rare heavenly treasure and an immortal-grade ingredient. On the scarlet fruit, there were traces of Dao that contained a lot of Dao!
Before the treasure appeared, it was hidden in space, and after it appeared, it was covered in traces of Dao. This made Gu Zheng feel that the Dao in the traces of Dao on this incredible treasure was definitely the Dao of Space!
Gu Zheng was very eager to obtain the treasure, but the rest of the people also wanted to obtain it. Besides Gu Zheng, there were six other cultivators present, and the person closest to the treasure was not Gu Zheng, but a red-clothed demonic cultivator whose entire body was covered in demonic qi.
"Hehe!"
The red-clothed demonic cultivator laughed strangely, and a white color appeared in front of everyone's eyes. It was actually a bone wall made of countless white bones.
Gu Zheng frowned and used teleportation to pass through the bone wall, closing the distance between him and the red-clothed demonic cultivator.
Without attacking the red-clothed demonic cultivator, Gu Zheng teleported to the place closest to the treasure again. He reached out and waved at the treasure, wanting to take it into his hand! However, the treasure actually broke free from Gu Zheng's immortal power and flew away like lightning!
At the same time, a skull that was shining with green light smashed towards Gu Zheng's back. When the red-clothed demonic cultivator saw that Gu Zheng was going to take the treasure first, he had already launched an attack on him.
Gu Zheng waved Tang Mo back and mobilized the rich energy of heaven and earth. He wanted to split the skull in half and then quickly chase after the treasure that flew away.
"Boom!"
What Gu Zheng did not expect happened. He actually split the skull apart with a single slash. Following that loud explosion, not only did the exploding skull produce a sky full of demonic flames, but there was also an extremely strong gravitational force. At the same time, even the space was sealed!
With the space sealed, he could not use Blink. The existence of the huge gravity also slowed down Gu Zheng's flying speed. The green demonic fire that filled the sky turned into a huge wild dragon, trapping Gu Zheng in the shape of a coiling dragon.
"Amazing!"
Gu Zheng sneered. He never thought that he would be trapped in such a way.
He slashed at the green dragon, and the black knife light passed through the dragon's body. It did not deal any special damage to the dragon, and naturally, it did not open up a path for Gu Zheng.
Boom!
A strange sound rang out. In the small space surrounded by the coiling dragon, green light appeared out of nowhere and filled the entire space. The strong heat burned Gu Zheng's external protection.
"Since you're so special, I'll take it!"
Gu Zheng's heart skipped a beat. He released all of his external protection and only relied on the Five Elements Immortal Sphere to absorb the demonic fire that was targeted at him.
"Break!"
Gu Zheng slashed again with Tang Mo. This time, the black knife light was even darker. He had injected the black hole energy into it.
The black hole energy stored in Gu Zheng's body had a very good destructive effect on some special things. It had been successful more than once in his previous battles.
Although the first slash to attack the wild dragon did not succeed, Gu Zheng had a feeling that the black hole energy would have a good effect on it.
The knife light passed through the dragon's body again, but the black hole energy remained on the dragon's body. Like a black flame, it burned along the gap in the dragon's body to both sides. The gravitational force that was holding Gu Zheng back and the spatial seal was also greatly reduced in an instant.
Like an arrow, Gu Zheng, who had successfully escaped, rushed out of the gap in the wild dragon's body.
The wild dragon was a forbidden technique created by a disposable immortal weapon. Gu Zheng had escaped from its encirclement, which meant that he had broken its attack. Although it was still there, it was no longer a threat to Gu Zheng.
At the same time, Gu Zheng could not see any competitors within his line of sight. In the moment he was trapped by the wild dragon, he, who was originally in first place, was now in last place.
Originally, he thought that the fight for the treasure would be over in a very short time. He did not expect such a change to occur. Gu Zheng did not immediately chase after the treasure. Instead, he quickly flew back. He was really a little worried about Xiong San, who was still enjoying the warm night in the hibiscus tent.
After seeing the expression on Gu Zheng's face, Sun Cheng already understood that Gu Zheng did not get the treasure. He did not ask anything. He just looked at Gu Zheng, waiting for Gu Zheng to speak.
Gu Zheng did not speak immediately. Previously, he thought that the fight for the treasure would end quickly, so he did not set up any immortal arrays or restrictions to protect the hibiscus tent. However, now he was going to chase after the treasure. God knew what the result of this trip would be. If he did not leave some protection for Xiong San, he really could not be at ease.
He set up 18 restrictions in a row, in addition to three immortal arrays. During this process, Gu Zheng also sent a voice transmission to Sun Cheng to tell him what had happened.
Still a little worried, Gu Zheng left the Chaos Pagoda. With the artifact spirit, Jiao Jiao, it would provide protection for the hibiscus tent at critical moments.
After doing these things, Gu Zheng flew away again with peace of mind.
It was no wonder that Gu Zheng was so cautious. The situation was different from before.
Before the Heavenly Treasure was born, one could only rely on a special fluctuation to find it. However, this fluctuation could stop at any time, and with the Death Mist's ability to make people lose their bearings, it was not easy to find an unborn Heavenly Treasure.
However, after the treasure was born, the special waves emitted by the treasure never stopped! It could be said that all the immortal cultivators in the Death Fog were guided by the waves of the treasure. More and more people would fly towards the treasure!
With more and more people chasing after the treasure, the possibility of the hibiscus tent being discovered would increase. In a situation where there was no way to hide it, Gu Zheng could only make those arrangements in case of any accidents! Divine Sense could not detect the situation inside the hibiscus tent. Just from the appearance, the hibiscus tent was definitely a treasure that could arouse the interest of immortal cultivators. After all, it also emitted a mysterious wave similar to an immortal item!
Although some time was delayed to protect Xiong San, Gu Zheng was not worried that the treasure would be taken away by others.
Previously, when Gu Zheng wanted to take the treasure into his hand, the treasure easily broke free from the effect of his immortal power and flew away. At that time, Gu Zheng had a feeling that it was not a simple struggle, but a kind of escape under the effect of the power of law! He wanted to take away the treasure but failed. If others wanted to take away the treasure, they would most likely be in the same situation!
Moreover, there were nine green leaves on the treasure. When it flew away, one of the green leaves turned into flying ash. Therefore, Gu Zheng felt that the treasure could escape from being taken away by others nine times. Therefore, he still had time to see the treasure that had not been taken away by others yet!
The facts proved that Gu Zheng's guess was not wrong. At least, the waves of the treasure were still there, which meant that it had not been taken away by others yet.
As he approached the treasure, Gu Zheng found two corpses. They were two of the first people to see the treasure when they were alive.
"The degree of danger is beyond imagination. In just a short while, two cultivators at the late stage of Daluo Jinxian have died. When the time comes, I must be more careful!" Gu Zheng thought to himself.
After a while, Gu Zheng, who was chasing after the waves of the treasure, finally saw the treasure again.
The scene was a little chaotic, and a fight was going on. There were a total of nine people involved in the fight. Among them, Gu Zheng had only seen the red-robed Demon Cultivator and the hook-nosed man before.
The treasure was floating in the air, motionless. There were originally nine green leaves on it, but now there were only three left.
However, there were two more things next to the treasure. These two things were transparent. Even with Gu Zheng's eyesight, he could only see very vague outlines. They were roughly in the shape of a human. They stayed motionless next to the treasure, like two guards.
"I can't believe I've encountered these things!" Gu Zheng frowned.
Through Lan Yue, Gu Zheng learned that there were living creatures in the Death Mist, but they were relatively rare. They had a common name: Cloud Spirits.
The Cloudmist Spirits were all spirits. Some of them looked like spirit beasts while others looked like humans. Among these spirits, the most troublesome Cloudmist Spirit Lan Yue had ever seen was the human-shaped Cloudmist Spirit that was standing next to the rare treasure.
Ordinary immortal arts and immortal artifacts were almost useless against the Cloudmist Spirits, but their strange attacks could catch the cultivators off guard! For Quasi-Sage Lan Yue to describe it as difficult to deal with, the strength of the Spirit of Cloudmist was clearly not to be underestimated.
The treasure was not far away, but the seven cultivators were still fighting as if they had not heard it. Gu Zheng felt that they had most likely been tricked by the Cloud Spirits.
"What an unimaginable treasure! What an unimaginable difficulty!"
Gu Zheng murmured to himself. This trip to the Death Mist was full of uncertainties.
"What do we do now? The two Spirits of Cloud and Mist have already seen you. "
Before the Weapon Spirit spoke, the two human-shaped Cloud Spirits turned their "heads" in Gu Zheng's direction.
"What do you think?"
Gu Zheng did not answer directly. Instead, he asked the Weapon Spirit.
"We know next to nothing about the Cloud Spirits. We can only take one step at a time. At the crucial moment, we can use the Butterfly Spirit to snatch the treasure!" the Weapon Spirit said.
Gu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I don't intend to take this step first. Since these immortal cultivators are fighting and the Spirit of Fog isn't targeting me, I'll just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight!"
"Aren't you afraid that the treasure will decay?" the Weapon Spirit asked.
"Under normal circumstances, after a heavenly treasure matures, if it is not handled in time, it will begin to decay in an extremely short period of time. But the heavenly treasure this time is different. I've already used my Eye of Dao to look at it. It shows no signs of decay. On the contrary, there are some special substances that are fusing and refining! "
Gu Zheng paused for a moment before continuing, "In my opinion, the treasure has nine chances to escape. The fusion and refinement of all the special substances will be completed after these nine chances! This process can be considered the finishing touch of the treasure. When the time comes and it is used for food cultivation, even I am a little scared just thinking about it! If it will decay, it will definitely be after the refinement of all the special substances is completed. "
"According to what you're saying, the 'Spirit of Cloud and Mist' isn't protecting the treasure, but is waiting for it to finish its finishing touch?" The Artifact Spirit widened its eyes.
"Who knows! In any case, we don't know anything about the Cloud Spirits! But to be honest, at this time, I really want to take the risk and see how to deal with the Cloud Spirits. Facing this kind of unknown, the feeling of uncertainty in one's heart is very irritating! "Gu Zheng muttered.
"You'd better sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Wait for an opportunity. The situation today is too dangerous. I don't recommend that you take too many risks!"
Almost as soon as the Weapon Spirit finished speaking, there were screams in the chaotic battle. Two cultivators had died at the hands of the hook-nosed man and the red-clothed demonic cultivator.
After finishing off the two cultivators, the hook-nosed man and the red-clothed demonic cultivator did not care about the treasure in the air. They went to kill the other two cultivators.
At this time, there were only seven cultivators left. However, at this time, another change occurred!
In the void not too far away from the treasure, a three-eyed snake head suddenly appeared.
"Whoosh …"
As soon as the three-eyed snake head appeared, it immediately opened its bloody mouth and sucked.
The two Cloud Spirits next to the treasure were immediately sucked into the snake head's mouth. As expected, the treasure broke free from the snake head's suction force and turned into a stream of light and flew into the distance.
The two Cloud Spirits were sucked away by the three-eyed snake head that suddenly appeared. The few cultivators who were affected by it immediately woke up and retreated to stop fighting.
"Whoosh …"
A loud and clear eagle screech sounded. A giant golden-winged eagle suddenly appeared in the void. It spread its wings and covered the sky. It easily caught two cultivators.
"Ah …"
Screams sounded. The two cultivators who were caught in the hands of the giant golden-winged eagle were pierced through by the giant golden-winged eagle's sharp claws like chickens.
From the moment the giant golden-winged eagle appeared to flying away, it did not stop at all. It killed the two late Daluo Jinxian cultivators on the way.
At this time, there were only five cultivators left in the originally chaotic battle.
Gu Zheng was greatly shocked. The fight for the treasure was getting more and more lively. Whether it was the giant golden-winged eagle or the three-eyed snake head, they were all extremely difficult to deal with.
The giant golden-winged eagle was a demonic cultivator at the Sage-to-be level and had a very pure Peng bloodline. As for the three-eyed snake head, although its cultivation had not reached the Sage-to-be level, it could hide in the void without being discovered by Gu Zheng in advance. This was enough to show its strangeness!
The originally chaotic scene quieted down in an instant. The three-eyed snake head disappeared in the void. Among the remaining five cultivators, the red-clothed demonic cultivator was the first to fly away. Other than the hook-nosed man, the other three cultivators looked at each other and hesitated.
"Fellow Daoist, let's form an alliance!"
The hook-nosed cultivator suddenly transmitted a message to Gu Zheng, which made Gu Zheng's heart tremble.
Gu Zheng was hiding in the void. The remaining cultivators did not look in his direction, and did not use their divine thoughts to explore. However, the hook-nosed man had discovered his existence. This man was not as simple as he had imagined.
In the increasingly complicated situation, Gu Zheng was really hesitant in the face of the hook-nosed man's request for an alliance.
"Fellow Taoist, you are not an ordinary person to be able to escape from a Sage-to-be. Only if people like us join forces can we have a glimmer of hope in the fight for the treasure!"
The hook-nosed man mentioned the incident with Jiang Lanshan. Seeing that Gu Zheng still did not speak, he transmitted a message again, "If we fight separately, do you think you can snatch the treasure from a Sage-to-be Goblin? What's more, a Sage-to-be is just the current situation! "
"Okay, let's form an alliance!"
Gu Zheng revealed himself from his hiding state. The other three cultivators, who were still hesitating, were obviously shocked.
As long as Xiong San and the others were fine, they would be able to find him through the Positioning Jade Amulet. However, Gu Zheng was not sure when Xiong San would be able to walk out of the Hibiscus Tent, and how many troubles were waiting for him to solve! Now the situation was getting more and more dangerous, and the treasure only had two chances to escape. Forming an alliance might not be a bad idea.
"Good!"
Gu Zheng agreed to form an alliance, which made the hook-nosed man applaud.
"Fellow Taoists, do you want to form an alliance?"
The hook-nosed man looked at the other three cultivators.
"No!"
The three cultivators all shook their heads and smiled bitterly.
"Why? Do you have a better plan? "The hook-nosed man asked.
"I don't think those two damn things were really destroyed by the Three-eyed Heavenly Python! They couldn't even resist the influence of those two damn things. It's pure luck that they survived until now. If they continue to chase after the treasure, they'll only be tired of living! "A cultivator said with a bitter smile.
Another cultivator said sarcastically, "Fellow Taoists, you two are powerful people. Compared to you two, we're far inferior."
"Yes! One of you can resist the influence of those damn things, and the other can hide in the void without us noticing in advance. So what if we form an alliance? After that, it'll be a fight! "
When the last cultivator finished speaking, the three immediately flew up.
"Fellow Taoists, please wait! Even if you don't fight for the treasure, can you get out of the Cloud of Death alive? In addition, in the final distribution of the treasures, it's not just a matter of killing each other! "
The hook-nosed man's persuasion was in vain. The three cultivators, who had already decided to give up, did not even look back.
"You weren't confused in the scuffle just now, were you?" Gu Zheng asked the hook-nosed man.
"Since we've already formed an alliance, I won't hide it from you. I was indeed not affected by the Cloud of Mist Spirit."
The hook-nosed man paused and then said, "Actually, it's not just me. That red-clothed demonic cultivator was the same! In addition, I have a faint feeling that the red-clothed demonic cultivator might be a Sage-to-be! "
Gu Zheng understood that the hook-nosed man's words were not without reason. He looked at the Artifact Spirit with his inner vision.
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