This time, the Great Immortal's preaching took a long time. Last time, it took 12 years, but this time, it took 20 years. Therefore, more people came to the ten villages and even the distant prefectural city.
Some human countries had already appeared in the Untainted Land. However, for the villagers here, countries were still far away. They did not even know where their own capital city was. The biggest place they knew was the prefectural city.
According to the villagers who had been to the prefectural city, it was very, very big. The city wall was more than three meters high. There were many people in the prefectural city and there were many things that the villages did not have.
Only a few villagers had been to the prefectural city. No matter what they said, no one would believe them. The city wall was more than three meters high. It was indeed much stronger than the fences of their villages. The fences of their villages were at most one meter high, but the city wall was four or five meters high.
Gu Zheng had also heard about this. However, according to his understanding, the so-called prefectural city was just a small city. The city wall that was more than three meters high was at most six meters. Some of the cities he had seen in the Untainted Land later on had walls that were at least three meters high.
As for the capital city, it was almost four or even five meters high. An ordinary city wall of more than three meters was not considered a big city.
However, it was the beginning of the Untainted Land, not the time when the immortals of the Human Tribe dominated the Untainted Land. In this case, a city wall of more than three meters was not small. At least, ordinary wild beasts would not be a big threat to such a city. If the wild beasts were not particularly agile, they would not be able to jump onto the city wall.
Unless a monster appeared. However, even in the beginning of the Untainted Land, the Shaman and the Demon Tribe would not kill ordinary people casually, especially Goblin. They thought that the Human Tribe was created by Goddess Nvywa, one of the leaders of the Goblin Tribe. Therefore, they were more tolerant of the Human Tribe. However, this was only limited to ordinary people. They would not show any mercy to the immortals who threatened them.
There were no experts and only ordinary wild beasts. The city was definitely the safest place now.
Aunt Cui's village was called Wu Yuan Village. No one in the village knew why it had such a name. The elders in the village said that their village had existed for hundreds of years. No one knew how they came to be here, how they came to be a village, and who their ancestors were.
It wasn't that they didn't know their ancestors. It was just that they didn't have written records in the beginning, and there weren't any cultured people in the village. After a long time, there were all kinds of legends. Gu Zheng had heard of as many as five or six, and there were many he didn't know. As a result, no one could tell their origins clearly.
Basically, not many families had their own version of the story. Gathered together, there were at least a dozen different versions. If there were more, it would be the same as having none. Any one of them could be true, and any one of them could be false.
However, there was one thing in common. Their ancestors came from the east, and the prefectural city was in the east. Many people wanted to go to the prefectural city once in their lives. Unfortunately, a trip to the prefectural city would take at least half a year, and a round trip would take a year. Many people couldn't walk so far in one go.
This time, there were three families from the prefecture city sending their children over. They were all wealthy families. They had all rushed over on horseback. Otherwise, before they arrived, the Great Immortal's Dao lecture would have ended.
The arrival of the people from the prefectural city made the nearby villages lively again. Many people ran over to see what the people from the prefectural city looked like, or to see their carriages. Whether it was these ten villages or the nearby villages, at most, there were some simple open-top ox carriages. They had never seen such comfortable and luxurious two-horse or four-horse carriages.
To them, it was like a Mercedes-Benz suddenly entering a small village in the seventies of Huaxia on Earth. It would attract a lot of attention.
The time for the Great Immortal's lecture was getting shorter and shorter, and the number of people in the village gradually decreased. There was still half a month left, and those who should have signed up had already signed up. Those who didn't were in the minority. Some didn't have children and wanted to sell them at a high price, while others were waiting for them to come.
"I've finally reached the second level!"
That afternoon, Gu Zheng got up from his bed and let out a long breath. He had cultivated in the village for more than two months. Adding the previous two months, he had used a total of five months to cultivate Gokusen's Immortal Art to the second level.
At this time, he especially missed the immortal elixirs and food cultivators of the past. If he wanted to be a food cultivator, he needed good ingredients. These ingredients definitely existed in the Untainted Land, but Gu Zheng was too weak to go out and search for them.
These days, he had been secretly supervising Taotie's cultivation. Gu Zheng was a little jealous of Taotie's progress.
He was also cultivating, but he was more hardworking than Taotie. He was cultivating hard every day, but Taotie was lazy. When he wasn't watching, Taotie wouldn't cultivate at all. Taotie's daily cultivation time was less than half of Gu Zheng's, but now its progress was much faster than Gu Zheng's.
Gokusen's Immortal Art was at the second level. Now Gu Zheng's strength was roughly equivalent to the middle of the second level of the inner strength cultivator on Earth. This strength was considered very powerful among ordinary people. Even if there were more than ten adults, they would definitely not be a match for Gu Zheng.
Taotie cultivated casually, but its strength was equivalent to the late third level. It was more than a little stronger than Gu Zheng. It could be said that if the two of them fought now, Gu Zheng was no match for Taotie. Taotie could deal with several Gu Zheng alone.
Of course, a real battle was not only about strength, but also various skills and moves. If they really fought, Gu Zheng couldn't beat Taotie, but dodging was not a problem. If he used a little trick, he could make Taotie suffer a little, but it was limited to that. It wasn't completely impossible to defeat Taotie, but the hope was very low.
A strong person could defeat ten people. No matter how much you knew, it was useless if your strength couldn't keep up. This made Gu Zheng depressed for a while. He could only think of a few good food cultivators in the future to strengthen himself.
However, Taotie's strength increasing was always a good thing. Moreover, he was now obedient to Gu Zheng. Except for Gu Zheng, he wouldn't listen to anyone else, even Aunt Cui who had been taking care of them.
There was also a small episode in the middle.
There was once when Gu Zheng closed the door to cultivate in the name of taking a nap. Taotie was bored and ran out. As a result, the children in the village teased him. He didn't make a move, but just showed a fierce face, which scared the children to tears.
The children cried, and their adults were unhappy. They went to find Taotie together. One of the adults wanted to teach him a lesson, but he was thrown far away by Taotie. He fell for several days and couldn't get up.
Fortunately, Gu Zheng had always told him not to get into conflict with anyone here. Even if there was a conflict, he was not allowed to be heavy-handed. He remembered this point. Otherwise, he would have thrown that person to death.
A child could throw an adult out. When the others saw this scene, no one dared to make a move. Soon, the people in the village knew that among the two children adopted by Aunt Cui, one of them was especially strong. Even the adults couldn't do anything about it. After that, no one dared to provoke him, and no one dared to provoke Gu Zheng. This gave Gu Zheng more peace and quiet.
Ever since she found out that Gu Zheng's cooking was delicious, Aunt Cui often asked Gu Zheng to cook and she helped. Because Aunt Cui had delicious food at home, some people began to come to eat and drink. After this incident, almost all the people who came to eat and drink disappeared. This made Aunt Cui and Gu Zheng feel relieved.
There was still half a month before the Great Immortal's lecture. Fortunately, Gu Zheng had broken through to the second level before that. With his current strength and Taotie's strength at the late third level, as long as the two of them didn't encounter Goblin or Immortal, they could basically do whatever they wanted outside.
According to Gu Zheng's plan, at this time, he and Taotie should leave.
He didn't want to attend the so-called Great Immortal's lecture. According to the description of the villagers, although Gu Zheng didn't know what method this Great Immortal used to create those scenes, at least he could be sure that he was a person with strength. At least, he was a real Immortal.
A real Immortal, whether it was a Celestial Immortal or Jin Xian, was not someone that Gu Zheng could deal with. Before he had the confidence to protect himself, it was better to stay away from them.
Therefore, Gu Zheng's plan was to sneak away before the Great Immortal's lecture. He already had a new goal, which was to go to the prefecture city. There were more people and more resources in the prefecture city. He wanted to see if he could buy some top quality raw materials so that he could make food cultivation. With food cultivation, his cultivation would be faster. Now, he just wanted to enhance his cultivation. As for the state of mind, he didn't have to worry about it at all.
As the most powerful Sage-to-be, it would be a joke if he couldn't cultivate his state of mind again.
After all, the village was too small to get the cultivation resources he needed. Only in the prefecture city or even bigger cities could he have such opportunities. As for going into the mountains or the wilderness to find them, Gu Zheng didn't plan to do so for the time being. They were still too weak. If they were on Earth, it wouldn't matter. There were few experts there. But here in the Untainted Land, there were even experts with the strength of Sage-to-be. If they met any powerful expert, they would be finished.
Therefore, before he had enough strength, Gu Zheng still had to keep a low profile.
At present, the biggest problem for Da Da was their age. After a few months of cultivation, their bodies had grown a little. They grew faster than ordinary children, but there was a limit to their growth. At present, they looked like they were four years old at most, and this was because of their height.
With such a body, it would be impossible to convince others to make a deal with them. After arriving at the prefecture city, Gu Zheng still had to find a way to find an agent. The Immortal Power he could use now was limited, but he could already use some small Immortal Arts. It wouldn't be a problem to control an ordinary person.
With an agent, no matter what they did in the future, it would be much more convenient.
"Why did we sneak out?"
At night, Gu Zheng took Taotie and left the village quietly. With their strength, as long as they didn't want to be discovered, no one could see them. But Taotie looked a little unhappy. It would be strange if he was in a good mood when he was woken up from his dream.
"Don't ask too much. Let's go there first!"
Gu Zheng shook his head at him. This time, they didn't come out to leave. They had lived with Aunt Cui for more than two months. Aunt Cui treated them well. Gu Zheng couldn't just leave like this. He had to prepare something for Aunt Cui to make up for it.
What's more, Aunt Cui had taken out two places that she had. Whether these places were useful to Gu Zheng or not, they were very useful to Aunt Cui. So, he couldn't just leave casually.
There was money in the Untainted Land, and gold and silver were universal. During this period of time, Gu Zheng had learned that there was almost no gold and silver in such a village. Most of the people in the village bartered. Only in the city would there be gold and silver.
Even if there was, Gu Zheng couldn't steal it and give it to Aunt Cui. If he did, he wouldn't be helping Aunt Cui, but harming her. So, Gu Zheng could only go out and find something to make up for it.
Not long after they left the village, a white horse appeared beside them.
This horse had been at Aunt Cui's place recently. Gu Zheng raised it. Except for Gu Zheng's food, it didn't eat other people's food. Many people came to the village these days. Some people took a fancy to this horse and wanted to buy it. They took out a silver ingot that people in the village had only heard of but never seen before and gave it to Aunt Cui. Aunt Cui didn't sell it.
Aunt Cui said very simply that the horse didn't belong to her. It belonged to the two children. If they wanted to sell it, only the two children could do it. However, they were young and the adults weren't around. Only when the adults were around could they talk about selling it. They couldn't just ask her.
There were people who wanted to steal this horse, but this horse king didn't recognize anyone except Gu Zheng. It didn't eat other people's food, so it couldn't be stolen. Once, someone tried to steal it by force, but was kicked by the horse. In addition, Taotie showed a little strength, so no one wanted to steal this horse after that.
"Little White Dragon, in front, let's go!"
Gu Zheng jumped on the horse's back and pulled Taotie behind him. There was a simple saddle on the horse's back, which was made by Gu Zheng himself. It was very small and could fit two people. It was tailor-made for him and Taotie.
Little White Dragon was the name he gave to the white horse. It was a bit of a joke. He imitated the name of Tang Sanzang's White Dragon Horse. Unfortunately, Tang Sanzang's White Dragon Horse was a real dragon, and his was just a horse.
Moreover, Tang Sanzang didn't know when he would appear in the future. It was still the Age of Witches and Demons. After the Great War of Witches and Demons, the human race gradually became stronger and stronger. After that, there was the famous War of Deification. After that, there was the story of the Journey to the West.
Now, there was not even a trace of the so-called Tang Empire. The Buddhas of the Western Heaven had not really appeared. Even the two Buddhists' Sages had limited cultivation and had not become sages.
They had not become sages. Gu Zheng was sure of this. The reason was very simple. The Three Pure Ones and the two Buddhists' Sages were human after all. If they had become sages, with so many sages around, even the Twelve Ancestors of Sorcery would not be their opponents. How could the world be ruled by Goblin?
Such a simple reason let him know that the Ten Great Holy Immortals of Untainted Land did not have powerful strength now. In other words, he didn't know about others, but at least he knew that the later Sage Gokusen was still a child. It was him.
Gu Zheng went in the direction of the south, where there was a big bamboo forest.
The place Gu Zheng wanted to go was this bamboo forest. There was a kind of porcupine in the bamboo forest. It was very big, had fangs, and was very strong. This kind of porcupine was very fierce. When wolves saw it, they would run away, unless there was a whole pack of wolves. According to the people in the village, even tigers would avoid porcupines when they saw them.
Porcupines were very fierce, but they tasted very delicious. Porcupines' fangs and fur were specially bought by people, which could be exchanged for a lot of food. The fur of porcupines was very hard, but very light and thin. It was very suitable for making defensive leather armor, so it was very valuable.
The original group hunting in the village was to hunt porcupines. They only dared to hunt one porcupine at a time, and they did not succeed every time. However, once they succeeded, the harvest was not small. Not to mention the delicious pork, the fur and fangs could be sold at a good price. Every family could eat for a few days if they went back and divided it.
Unfortunately, since Aunt Cui's husband and father-in-law had an accident five years ago, the village had never hunted porcupines again. They no longer had the strength, so they could only catch some simple prey.
Gu Zheng's goal was to hunt porcupines, and not just one. Only by going back with a few more could he make up for Aunt Cui's loss this time.
Little White Dragon ran very fast, and it didn't take long for them to reach the bamboo forest. Although Gu Zheng was not afraid of porcupines, he did not dare to be careless. After carefully looking around, he got off the horse and walked inside with Taotie. As for Little White Dragon, he let it wait outside the forest.
Little White Dragon was a horse king, and it was very strong, but fighting was not its strength. Porcupines were very fierce beasts, and Little White Dragon was not necessarily its opponent. There was no need to bring it along.
Moreover, the bamboo forest was full of tall bamboos, and Little White Dragon could not move freely inside. Its strength would be limited, so it was better to let it wait outside.
Bamboos were porcupines' food, especially bamboo shoots, which were the porcupines' favorite. Usually, there would be porcupines in places with a lot of bamboo shoots. This was the experience of the villagers. In the past, they also used this to set up traps to catch porcupines.
Gu Zheng did not search at the edge of the bamboo forest, and directly walked inside with Taotie. Although they were inside, he did not lower his vigilance. If something was wrong, he would come out with Taotie at any time.
There should be no Goblin or Wu people in this bamboo forest. It was too close to where humans lived. Whether it was the Wu people or Goblin, they did not like humans and did not like to be close to them. This was different from later on. Some Goblin even pretended to be humans in order to enjoy the glory and wealth of the human world. But this time, they did not.
At this time, the entire human race was a weak race in their eyes. It was like the human immortals in the ancient times facing demons. When demons were mentioned, they would always despise them. They would call them evil beasts openly or secretly.
After walking for an hour, Gu Zheng suddenly stopped. There was a large bamboo forest not far ahead. Gu Zheng also noticed that there were other creatures here, and there was more than one.
Soon, under the moonlight, Gu Zheng saw six green spots in the distance. Six, that meant three beasts. He was not sure whether they were porcupines or not, but this was the porcupines' territory. Even tigers would not live here. At this time, seeing such obvious beasts' eyes, it was very likely that they were porcupines.
"What is that?"
Taotie was not afraid at all, but he was a little curious. Gu Zheng found that Taotie had never been afraid of anything, and had never shown fear. No matter when, no matter what, there was only curiosity.
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