"Wu You, from now on, you are the most powerful guard captain in my family. Because you are grateful to Aunt Cui for taking us in, you deliberately left the porcupine behind and took us away!"
Gu Zheng set up an identity for Wu You and explained the porcupine that he left behind. As for why they went back, he said that on the way back, his family found out that they had signed up for the Great Immortal's preaching, so they asked Wu You to bring them back. Firstly, it was a good luck, and secondly, he did not want to cause trouble for Aunt Cui.
As for the rest of the family, because they had other things to do, they were temporarily separated. When the preaching was over, Wu You would take them away again.
This explanation was slightly better, but it was also a bit far-fetched. Since he had found them, why did he take them away without even seeing them? This was not justifiable.
Now, he could only use the excuse that there were other more important things at home. Aunt Cui would not ask anything. If she really asked, they were children, so it was fine to say that they did not know.
As for Wu You's side, he could make up his own story. He believed that he could do it well. If he could not even do such a small thing, what was the use of him? In the future, he would be his agent. No matter what good things there were in the future, he would have to buy or sell them. At that time, there would be more lies to make up.
When Gu Zheng got the news, it was already afternoon when he returned. Even if Little White Dragon ran at full speed, it would take until night to return to Aunt Cui's house.
The night in the villages in the Untainted Land was similar to the ancient times on Earth. As soon as it was dark, there was basically no one and there were few lights. Gu Zheng had lived with Aunt Cui for more than two months, so he was very clear about the situation in Aunt Cui's house. There was only a small oil lamp, and the lamp oil was very little. Usually, unless there was an emergency, it would not be lit at all.
At this time, it was meaningless to rush back.
Even so, Gu Zheng still hurried through the night. This way, they walked slower, but they arrived at Huiyuan Village before dawn. When the sky was bright, Gu Zheng let Wu You lead the horse into the village.
"Little Tie, Little Taotie, you're back!"
The door to Aunt Cui's apartment was open. Before he reached it, Gu Zheng saw a person leaning against the door. Without even walking in, Gu Zheng recognized that it was Aunt Cui.
"Aunt Cui, we're back. I'm sorry!"
Gu Zheng hurriedly dismounted and trotted over with Taotie. Aunt Cui had also stood up. She hugged the two of them and cried.
His cries made Gu Zheng's heart ache a little. This time, he really didn't think it through. He didn't think that his departure would make Aunt Cui so sad.
"You must be Aunt Cui. I'm so sorry …"
After Aunt Cui cried for a while, Wu You walked forward and began to explain. This was his task. He knew very well what kind of punishment he would receive if he didn't do it well, so he worked very hard.
Wu You was a person who could talk. His explanation was better than Gu Zheng's own thoughts. He even explained the matter of Gu Zheng going missing. As for the important matter of Gu Zheng's family, he was even more mysterious. He said that they were working for the prefectural city's prefectural lord, so they didn't have time to come.
He also said that Gu Zheng's father was a godly archer. Even the prefectural city's people couldn't compare to him in archery. Those porcupines were all killed by Gu Zheng's father. They were all killed by sharp arrows in the eyes.
This also explained why the furs that Gu Zheng sent over were so intact. Gu Zheng told Wu You about the previous matter. This was completely thought out by Wu You. He was able to think of this point and explain it so well. Gu Zheng secretly nodded. He was the right person to take in this agent.
Aunt Cui was also very happy when she found out that Gu Zheng's family had found them. Aunt Cui didn't think that Gu Zheng's departure would bring her any trouble. She had been looking for Gu Zheng and Taotie the entire day. She had been waiting at the door all night, afraid that they wouldn't be able to find the house at night. She didn't even eat dinner.
After knowing this, Gu Zheng felt even more regretful.
With Gu Zheng back, Aunt Cui wasn't worried anymore. Their days gradually returned to normal. The only difference was that Aunt Cui now had Wu You at home. This Wu You wasn't a freeloader. Although he wasn't very tall, he was quite strong. Moreover, he was very skillful. Some of the broken tools in the house were repaired by him.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Great Immortal's sermon. Whether Gu Zheng was willing or not, he had to go. He and Aunt Cui set off a day in advance. The place where the Great Immortal's sermon was to be held was called the Valley of Enlightenment. It was a small valley. On the day of the sermon, all the children had to be sent to the valley.
Those who weren't qualified couldn't enter. They could only watch from a distance outside the valley. It wasn't that no one had snuck in before, but the outcome was very miserable. After a few times, no one dared to do so.
However, after a period of time, when the lesson wasn't so clear, there would still be such people. However, this had little to do with Gu Zheng. Aunt Cui set off a day in advance. Before the day of the sermon, he and Taotie had already arrived at the entrance of the valley. There was only one way in, and it was guarded by a few respected elders in the village. They would let the children in according to a list of names.
Those who came to listen to the sermon were all children under the age of twelve. The minimum age limit was three years old. It was fine for those who were in their teens, but there were many children who were three or four years old, or four or five years old. These children weren't so obedient. They had to be coaxed for a while before they could enter. Some of them couldn't be coaxed, so they could only harden their hearts and directly push them in.
It was strange to say that as long as the children who really entered the valley, no matter how old they were or how hard they cried before, they would not cry again after entering. Then, they would obediently walk in, find a seat and sit down, and wait for the sermon with peace of mind.
This was also regarded by everyone as the Great Immortal's immortal miracle, so they were more at ease with the Great Immortal.
"Little Taotie, go in. Be sure to listen well. If you can be selected by the Great Immortal, it will be your great fortune!"
Aunt Cui took Gu Zheng and the others to the entrance of the valley. This time, there were more than two hundred and thirty children who entered the valley to listen to the sermon. Two children didn't come. The families of these two children would be punished. As for what kind of punishment, they would only know after the Great Immortal finished his sermon.
If Gu Zheng didn't happen to hear about this on the way, he was afraid that Aunt Cui would be among the people who would be punished.
Outside the valley, they couldn't see the situation inside clearly. After saying goodbye to Aunt Cui and Wu You, Gu Zheng took Taotie's hand and entered the valley. Before, he had already told Wu You to wait outside obediently. If he didn't break the restriction on his body, it would break out in a month. At that time, there would be no solution at all, and he would suffer a fate worse than death.
With the previous lesson, he believed that Wu You wouldn't dare to disobey him. He would only wait outside obediently.
"Formation?"
As soon as they entered the valley, Gu Zheng felt that there was a formation in operation. The formation had a psychedelic effect. People who entered the formation would involuntarily follow the instructions of the person who set the formation. At this time, the person who set the formation told them to be quiet and find a place to sit down.
This kind of formation was actually not popular. It was not even an immortal formation. When Gu Zheng was on Earth's Emei, such a small formation could also be arranged without much effort.
Although it was a small formation, it still had a great impact on the children. No wonder every child who came in was so obedient. They were all controlled by the formation.
Such a small formation was good to control children, but it was not necessary. A real immortal had many ways to do it. There was no need to bother to arrange such a formation. There were many immortal techniques that could do it. It was simple and convenient.
Pulling Taotie, Gu Zheng casually found a place to sit down. Soon, like the other children, his eyes looked forward.
There was a high platform in front of him. There was a cushion on it. It seemed to be the place where the great immortal preached. However, at this time, there were two people standing below the platform. Two men in their fifties were looking at the children who came in one by one. There was a strange feeling in their eyes.
"Almost all of them have come in!"
After an hour, one of the two men suddenly said. There was no fluctuation of immortal power on these two people. They looked like ordinary people.
"It should be. Let me count. There are more than two hundred people this time. We should be able to pick out a few that can satisfy the king!"
The other one said. He stretched out his fingers and began to count the children who sat down. Gu Zheng frowned slightly. King? There was a king behind these two people. Who was this king?
But no matter what, the title 'King' didn't give Gu Zheng a good feeling. Immortal cultivators didn't call themselves' King ', unless it was a knockoff King, which was extremely rare. On the contrary, some Yao cultivators liked to be called' King '. There were simply too many Yao cultivators who called themselves' King '.
However, this was only Gu Zheng's feeling. Even he felt a little sensitive.
"The number is right. There are two less. Hmph, they dare to not listen to the king. This time, we will teach them a lesson!"
That person quickly finished counting the number of children and snorted coldly.
"Then let's start!"
The man who spoke first carefully took out a box from behind. He first bowed and then slowly opened it. When the box was opened, there was a burst of light. Just by looking at the light, Gu Zheng knew that there was a treasure in the box. It was a treasure of good quality.
Soon, the man took out a round bead from inside. The bead emitted a charming seven-colored halo. He carefully placed the bead on the platform's cushion.
Gu Zheng was a little surprised. Could this bead be the so-called Great Immortal? But this was not right. This was a bead, a very good one. But it was just so-so. It was a treasure in the Untainted Land, but it definitely did not have spiritual intelligence. Was it a joke to let a bead without spiritual intelligence preach Taoism?
The man opened another small bottle. From it, a drop of red liquid dripped onto the bead. As soon as the liquid touched the bead, the whole valley changed instantly. There seemed to be dragons and phoenixes flying in the sky. There were also red-crowned cranes and all kinds of flowers and birds. It was like a fairyland on earth.
Not only the people in the valley could see it, but also the people outside the valley could see it.
The beads on the platform disappeared, and a white-bearded old man appeared. He had a sage-like appearance, and people who saw him could not help but want to worship him. He had the appearance of an immortal.
Those children had never seen such a scene. They were all stunned.
"The Mirage Dragon Illusion. This bead must be the Mirage Dragon Pearl. I see!"
Gu Zheng suddenly realized that all this was actually an illusion. But this illusion was so vivid that people inside and outside could see it. There were many people who knew about this illusion. However, the illusion here carried a stream of Dragon Qi. Only the Mirage Dragon could do this.
The Mirage Dragon was a kind of dragon. It was famous for creating illusions. Even Daluo Jinxian could not distinguish the illusions created by the powerful Mirage Dragon. However, this was not an illusion created by a real Mirage Dragon. If it was a real Mirage Dragon, even if it was not a powerful one, it could deceive Gu Zheng. After all, Gu Zheng was very weak now.
This was only an illusion created by the Mirage Dragon. The one who created this illusion was the Mirage Dragon Pearl on the platform.
Dragons had Dragon Pearls, and so did the Mirage Dragon. This Mirage Dragon should have been killed. Otherwise, the Dragon Pearl would not have ended up here. The red liquid that had dripped down earlier was the blood of the Mirage Dragon. The Mirage Dragon Pearl could also create illusions, but it needed the blood of the Mirage Dragon to activate it. This illusion should have been created by someone in the Dragon Pearl in advance.
"Alright, we can choose properly. The King was very satisfied with the 20 children we chose last time. He helped us extend our lives by 20 years. If we do well this time, the King will help us extend our lives by a few more decades!"
The two of them walked down from the side of the stage. Both of them had excited looks on their faces. They carefully sized up each child and even pinched them from time to time.
Their words made Gu Zheng even more puzzled. The white-bearded old man on the platform only opened his mouth and did not make any sound. However, with the help of the illusion, the children could not see the two of them. Instead, they could hear the illusory things that the Great Immortal was talking about.
They had no idea what he was talking about and could not understand it at all. However, when they went out, they could spread the immortal scene that they had seen.
"This one will do!"
A man quickly chose a child and picked him up. He brought him to the side of the stage. This was a seven or eight-year-old boy. His face was filled with confusion. He probably only had eyes for the old immortal and didn't know that his position had been changed.
Although the Mirage Dragon Illusion was nothing special, it had no problem deceiving ordinary people, let alone these children.
"This one will do too. Two of them!"
"And this one!"
The two of them kept walking among the children. Every time they found a suitable child, they would call out happily. In a short while, they had picked out more than ten children. At this moment, only half of them had left. There was still half of the children that they had not observed.
"Both of them are not bad!"
Soon, a person walked to the side of Gu Zheng and Taotie. His eyes lit up and he reached out to pinch Gu Zheng and Taotie. His face looked even more excited.
"The best, the best. There are two of the best. The Great King will be very happy!"
After touching a few times, he turned around and shouted excitedly. His companions were alarmed and immediately walked over. He turned his head and did not notice that the two children he had just touched had turned their heads and were staring at him.
"Who is your Great King?"
Before his companions arrived, Gu Zheng suddenly asked. He had just turned his head and replied without hesitation, "The Great King is the Great King. A very powerful Great King!"
As soon as he spoke, he was stunned and looked at Gu Zheng in shock. To be exact, he looked at Gu Zheng's eyes.
"Are you talking to me? Can you see me?"
After the Dragon Ball was activated, others could not see them. Before that, their identities were the followers of the immortals. It did not matter if they were seen by others. That was why they were so bold. After the Dragon Ball was activated, they dared to say anything.
"Don't you think it's stupid to ask this? If I don't talk to you, am I supposed to talk to the air?"
Gu Zheng stretched out his finger and pointed to the platform. There was an old man with a white beard who was talking endlessly. However, what he was talking about was a hallucinatory sound, which made people unable to understand him at all. They only knew that someone was talking about something, but they could not remember what he was talking about.
This was also the reason why the people who went out later could not explain it clearly to the outside world. Instead, they thought that their perception was not good enough and that they did not have this opportunity. Little did they know that everyone had the same result after listening to it. There was no such thing as perception at all.
"You, how can you see me? This shouldn't be!"
The man was a little flustered. At this time, his companions also arrived and looked at Gu Zheng in surprise.
"No, no, no, no one should see us!"
The man was still talking. Gu Zheng did not waste time talking nonsense with him. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the man's arm.
The man was shocked and hurriedly tried to break free. However, it was a pity that he could not break free. Gu Zheng's hand suddenly loosened and his eyebrows tightly knitted together.
Just now, he had grabbed the man and used his immortal energy to check his body. He was an ordinary person. It was not right to say that he was completely ordinary. He had cultivated some strength, but it was very weak. However, he was stronger than ordinary people. His strength was equivalent to the early stage of Level One Internal Force.
What surprised Gu Zheng was that this strength was not immortal energy, but demonic energy.
As a person who had cultivated to the Sage-to-be Realm, he could distinguish immortal energy and demonic energy. This demonic energy was very mixed, and he was indeed a human. It was impossible for a human to cultivate demonic energy. It could only be said that a demon had forcibly injected energy into them, and then this energy remained in their bodies.
"Your king is a demon?"
Gu Zheng suddenly asked. The two people were stunned again and their faces were a little flustered. The person who came later directly took out a knife from his body and stabbed towards Gu Zheng.
"Bam!"
His body flew out directly and the knife he took out fell into Gu Zheng's hand. This was a short knife, much better than the waist knives used by Du Gouzi and the others. However, it was also ordinary iron and was not a treasure.
However, the Mirage Dragon Pearl on the table was a real treasure. Even in the past, Gu Zheng would be a little interested in it.
"Who, who are you?"
"No matter who you are, you have offended our king. Only death awaits you!"
The two of them shouted at the same time. Gu Zheng walked over and casually set up a few restrictions. The two of them immediately rolled on the ground and howled in pain.
Unfortunately, in the illusion, no one could see it. Gu Zheng did not have to worry about disturbing the children.
"Is your king a demon?"
Gu Zheng asked again. The two people rolled on the ground and kept howling. However, Gu Zheng's voice still entered their ears clearly.
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