When he arrived yesterday, Aunt Cui had already prepared breakfast. In addition, he had just arrived, so Gu Zheng couldn't do anything. Today, he woke up early, so he could help make breakfast.
Before breakfast was ready, Aunt Cui had already gotten up. Whether it was on Earth or in the Untainted Land, ordinary people, especially farmers, were very hardworking. They all got up early in the morning.
"Little Tie, did you make this?"
Aunt Cui asked in surprise when she saw the full water tank and Gu Zheng, who was busy standing on a stool in the kitchen. Gu Zheng was still too small. Even if he cooked, he couldn't reach the stove. He could only put something on it.
But then again, he hadn't cooked like this for a long time. It was a different feeling.
"Yes, I used to cook when my family wasn't around!"
Gu Zheng smiled and stirred the pot again. The aroma slowly took shape and began to spread out.
"It smells so good. How did you make it?"
Aunt Cui couldn't help but sniff. When he was on Earth, Gu Zheng could make delicious food with simple ingredients of poor quality. Now, although Gu Zheng's cultivation was not as high as before, his cooking skills had not fallen behind. In addition, the quality of the ingredients in the Untainted Land was much better than on Earth. The food he made would only be better than before.
"It's just cooking things together. The more you cook, the better!"
Gu Zheng didn't explain in detail. He had inherited Gokusen's skills. However, Gokusen was still a child, and there was no famous Immortal Chef in the Untainted Land. If that was the case, Gu Zheng should be the First Immortal Chef in the Untainted Land.
The dishes made by the First Immortal Chef, even if they were simple, were much better than those made by ordinary people.
"You're so awesome. You and your brother are the same, but the gap between the two of you is too big!"
Aunt Cui praised and shook her head. This time, Gu Zheng only smiled and did not reply.
In fact, he didn't know who was the elder brother and who was the younger brother. However, he vaguely remembered that the two of them were born at the same time. In other words, there was no difference between the two of them. It didn't matter who was the elder brother or the younger brother.
It was just that Gu Zheng was too mature, and Taotie was too young, so Aunt Cui unnaturally treated Gu Zheng as an older brother. Gu Zheng didn't try to explain.
Now, he was indeed taking care of Taotie like an older brother taking care of his younger brother. It was fine to call him an older brother.
"Delicious, delicious!"
When the fragrance became stronger, Taotie woke up. He didn't wear any clothes and ran out naked. His nose kept twitching and his mouth was shouting loudly.
"Don't worry, it will be done in a while. Go and put on your clothes first. Sit there and wait!"
Gu Zheng said to Taotie. Taotie nodded and immediately returned to the house. He wouldn't listen to other people's words, but he would do everything Gu Zheng said. Since he was born, he had been following Gu Zheng and had long regarded Gu Zheng as his biggest support.
"Aunt Cui, it's your house. What are you doing? It smells so good."
Gu Zheng had just finished making breakfast. Before he started to serve it, a head suddenly popped out at the door. Gu Zheng recognized it. It was the man who brought them into the village yesterday. He was Aunt Cui's neighbor, so when he found them yesterday, he directly sent them to Aunt Cui's house.
After getting along with each other yesterday, Gu Zheng had a certain understanding of Aunt Cui's house and this village.
Auntie Cui was a foreigner who married into this village. Her maiden home was about two months away from here. It wasn't considered close. Back then, Auntie Cui's father-in-law had saved her father, so they agreed to this marriage. Auntie Cui's father-in-law was the main guarantor of the village.
The chief protector was just a title. In short, he was the leader of the armed forces in the village. At this time, there were not many people in the Untainted Land, but there were many wild beasts. Many villages and towns had their own forces to protect their own people.
The chief protector was the leader of this force. This village was called Zhu Liu Village, and there were about 100 families. It was considered a big village in the surrounding area. Therefore, it had its own wall to defend against wild beasts.
There were more than 50 people in the village who formed this protective force. In addition to protecting the villagers, they often went out in groups to hunt some animals. In other words, they were disguised as hunters.
Although the ordinary farmers or mountain people in the Untainted Land were not so exploited, the threat of nature was still very great. The number of wild beasts outnumbered the number of humans. If one of these wild beasts developed intelligence and turned into a monster, the whole village would be in trouble.
Therefore, whether it was to improve their lives or to protect themselves, the villagers often went out to hunt. Because there were many people, every time they went out to hunt, there would be a harvest.
But there were also exceptions. Aunt Cui's father-in-law and husband encountered an exception. Five years ago, they encountered a large wolf pack with hundreds of wolves. At that time, the villagers dispatched more than 30 people. As a result, they suffered heavy losses. In the end, only eight people ran back. Aunt Cui's husband and father-in-law died outside.
After that, his mother-in-law died in a hurry. Now, he was the only one left in the family. Therefore, after meeting Gu Zheng and the two children yesterday, he sent them to Aunt Cui. Aunt Cui was herself, and she was a woman. There was no problem for her to take care of the two children. She could also give herself something to do and not think about those sad things.
"It's not me, it's Little Tie. Don't look at this child's small age. I didn't expect him to have such good skills!"
Aunt Cui grinned and her eyes were full of appreciation. Her hands did not stop. She helped Gu Zheng fill the porridge and also called the man outside to come in and drink.
The man was not polite. The big pot of porridge was finished by the four people. The man and Little Tie drank the most. Although Little Tie was small, his appetite was not small. It was not worse than an adult man. He could eat very much.
"Good horse. If only I had this horse back then …"
After eating, the man couldn't help but look at the horse on the side. After Gu Zheng and the others came to Aunt Cui's place, they also brought the horse over. After all, the Horse King was the Horse King. It was much taller than the average horse. Gu Zheng often washed it, so it looked very clean and neat.
When he said this, Aunt Cui's expression was slightly gloomy. She understood what he meant very well. If her man had such a horse back then, he could have run back. Unfortunately, there were very few horses in the village. Last time, not everyone went out with one. There were only five horses in total, and they were mainly used to carry dry food and prey. However, without these five horses, she was afraid that last time, the whole team would have been wiped out.
The few people who ran back were two people and one horse. One horse was surrounded by wolves and could not run out. The eight people who ran back were all young and thin men, without exception. This way, they could carry two people on one horse and escape back to the village to save some strength for the village.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Cui. I didn't mean it!"
The man knew that he had said something wrong and hurriedly explained. The human village in the Untainted Land was almost the same as the ancient times of the earth. The difference was that it had always been like this, unlike the earth, which was constantly changing due to the advancement of science and technology.
Even after Gu Zheng ascended to the Untainted Land, the ordinary villages in the Untainted Land were still like this. It was only because the Human Tribe had become stronger and monsters were not allowed to disturb the mortals, that the threat of monsters and beasts was much less.
"It's okay. I can only say that I have a hard life!"
Aunt Cui looked gloomy. The man did not know what to say. Gu Zheng could not persuade him at this time. First, he was a child. He did not know the details of the situation and did not know what to say.
"The great immortal is going to preach again. The seventh of July, the seventh of July!"
Suddenly, someone shouted outside. Whether it was Aunt Cui or the man, they hurriedly stood up and walked outside. Gu Zheng also pulled Taotie and followed them to look outside. A young man, 13 or 14 years old, was running outside and shouting.
"The great immortal is going to preach again. This is a good opportunity. I don't know if anyone in our village will be selected this time!"
The man said with envy. Gu Zheng frowned secretly. What was the great immortal preaching? It sounded like the preaching of a cultivator or a real immortal. Were there cultivators or immortals around?
With the existence of cultivators, Gu Zheng did not know if it was good or bad for him. He was also considered an immortal cultivator, but his strength was relatively low. If the other party was very strong and had evil intentions towards them, they would not be able to escape at all.
However, the current Untainted Land was different from the future. At this time, there were not many cultivators of the Human Tribe. It was not even known whether the Three Pure Ones had become sages. Even if they had become sages, they would teach their disciples in their own territory and would not appear in ordinary places like the Untainted Land.
Ordinary cultivators or immortals would not be so high-profile. After all, the immortals dominated the whole Untainted Land. Now, the masters of the Untainted Land were still the Wu people, followed by the Goblin.
The Twelve Ancestors of Sorcery of the Wu people were the powerhouses of this era. Gokusen had told him before that each of the Twelve Ancestors of Sorcery in this era had the strength of a Sage-to-be. In an era without Sages, the Twelve Sage-to-be were the most powerful existences.
Both the Wu people and the Goblin were suppressing the Human Tribe at this time and would not let the Human Tribe develop smoothly. At this time, if the immortals of the Human Tribe were to preach in public and spread the news to the Goblin, the powerhouses of the Liches would immediately come to deal with them.
Therefore, Gu Zheng was very confused and did not understand what was going on.
"We have 38 boys and girls under the age of 12 in our village. If we can choose one, it will be a good fortune for us!" the man said softly.
The man said softly. They were all from the village and knew it very well. The village had a total of 107 households and 513 people. It was a medium-sized village in the surrounding area. Basically, everyone knew how many people there were in each age group in the village.
These villagers lived here all their lives and would not go out.
"Not thirty-eight, but forty!"
Aunt Cui suddenly said. The man was stunned and soon understood what Aunt Cui meant. At this time, Aunt Cui was looking at Gu Zheng and Taotie.
"Aunt Cui, they are not from our village. They are just children who wandered here. Do you want them to go?"
The man was very surprised. When the Great Immortal preached, there were restrictions on the number of people who could go. Only children under the age of 12 could go. Moreover, only people from the surrounding ten villages could go.
For these ten villages, this was an honor and a good fortune for them. It was also the object of envy of other villages.
Many villages also wanted such a good fortune. They wanted to let their children go when the Great Immortal preached. Unfortunately, the Great Immortal never agreed to this and only allowed these ten villages. For this reason, many people would find ways to send their children to these ten villages before the preaching and then help send them to listen to the preaching.
The people of the ten villages did not help for free. They had to pay a fee. If they wanted help, they had to send a lot of food or cloth or other valuable things.
But even so, each of the ten villages only had two places. Moreover, they had to be those who had not sent anything. Those who had sent something were not allowed.
"When you sent these two children here yesterday, I felt that they were destined to be with me. I am alone now. So what if I can exchange something? It is better to give this opportunity to them!"
Aunt Cui nodded heavily. The duration of the Great Immortal's preaching was not fixed. Sometimes it was a few years, sometimes it was more than ten years. The longest was this time, which was twenty years. Aunt Cui did not have her own children, but she was an independent family and had the qualifications to send her children to listen to the preaching. Therefore, when the Great Immortal preached this time, there would definitely be many people who wanted to get her place. If she was willing to help other villages, these two places could be exchanged for several years of her own expenses.
Now, it was equivalent to giving up all these and giving this opportunity to Gu Zheng and Taotie.
"You guys are really lucky!"
The man looked at Gu Zheng and Taotie enviously. Gu Zheng frowned. Taotie was eating a fruit indifferently. Gu Zheng had collected it on the way. It tasted good and could be eaten as a snack.
"Aunt Cui, we still have to wait for our father. We won't go to this preaching!"
Gu Zheng whispered. He did not know much about this preaching, but he instinctively felt that this preaching was not so normal. Moreover, he did not need to listen to the preaching at all. He could cultivate by himself if he learned the preaching. "Nonsense.
"Nonsense! What do you know? Even if your father found you and knew that there was such an opportunity, he would still let you go. It's March now, and there are still a few months before the sermon. You guys wait here first. When your family finds you, they will send you there. If they can't find you, I will send you there!"
Aunt Cui whispered. For Aunt Cui and the people in this village, this was definitely a great opportunity. Only people wanted to fight for it. Who would want to give up?
Hearing her firm tone, Gu Zheng nodded helplessly. He was not curious about the preaching. Now that he was weak, whether it was Goblin or human cultivators, he would try to avoid it as much as possible.
He was not a virgin. He had experienced a lot, which made him understand that even if it was his own kind, it was not absolutely safe.
Fortunately, there were still more than three months. In these three months, he could cultivate well. When the time came, he could leave without saying goodbye and leave enough things for Aunt Cui to live on. He believed that after three months, his strength would improve a lot. There would be no problem for him to go to the wild and harvest some things.
Aunt Cui set the tone, and Gu Zheng could not object. Taotie did not know anything at all. The two of them stayed at Aunt Cui's place temporarily.
The preaching of the Great Immortal had become the hottest topic in the village recently.
For more than ten days, people in the village talked about it almost every day. Especially the families whose children had been selected, they were even more enraptured. They said that their children could become immortals in the future.
In these ten days, Gu Zheng had a deeper understanding of the so-called Great Immortal's preaching of the Great Immortal.
When talking about the Great Immortal's preaching of the Great Immortal, it was necessary to talk about the Great Immortal who was preaching this time. No one knew what the Great Immortal's surname was, and he had never mentioned it. They only knew that about a hundred years ago, the Great Immortal came here to preach. He felt that this place was full of outstanding people, so he stayed here. After that, he began to preach at different times.
Every time he preached, there would be a strange phenomenon. For example, flowers bloomed quickly, butterflies flew in the crowd, and even small animals sat there like humans listening to the preaching. After these were spread by the children who were not selected, everyone respected the Great Immortal even more.
After the preaching of the Great Immortal, he would choose some children with good roots to follow him and cultivate. He said that they could cultivate to become immortals in the future. The number of children selected each time was different. However, he stipulated that only the children from the ten nearby villages could be sent.
Although there was such a rule, it did not restrict these villages from connecting with each other and helping the children of the villages outside.
In the past hundred years, there were about ten preaching of the Great Immortal. Each time, he would accept some disciples. In total, there were more than a hundred of them. These disciples were taken away by him to teach. Every disciple would only have a chance to go home to visit their families once they had achieved success in their cultivation.
Now, at least a dozen children who had grown up had come back to visit their families. They had also shown the immortal techniques they had learned. This had calmed the hearts of the children's families. There were more and more families who wanted to send their children to listen to the preaching of the Great Immortal in hopes of being selected.
It all sounded normal, but Gu Zheng always felt that there was something strange about it. As for what exactly it was, he was not sure.
As time went on, the day of the Great Immortal's preaching of the Great Immortal was getting closer and closer. The village also became lively. People within a hundred miles, or even hundreds of miles, received the news. They brought a large number of items to find families who were qualified to send their children to listen to the preaching of the Great Immortal. They wanted to obtain such an opportunity.
Auntie Cui was alone, and she had such qualifications. She instantly became a hot commodity. At least a dozen people had come to her place.
Unfortunately, she rejected them every time. No matter what they gave her, she would not accept them. Every time they asked, she would tell them that she had already given her qualifications to the two children in her family. She told them not to think about it anymore.
However, there were too many monks and too little gruel. Those who were qualified were basically snatched away. Although Aunt Cui had given her qualifications to the two children in her family, the people who came asked clearly that these two children were not born of Aunt Cui. They were adopted not long ago. Therefore, they were still unwilling to give up. There were still people who wanted to ask Aunt Cui for help.
It was not until Aunt Cui submitted the names of Gu Zheng and Taotie a month in advance that these people gave up. The name list had to be submitted a month in advance. There was a village elder who was in charge of this matter. Once the names were submitted, it was useless to look for Aunt Cui now. They could only give up on her.
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