"That's great, that's really great!"
Everyone in the An family was very excited. Everyone hoped that their children would be chosen. If their children were chosen, then their bloodline would definitely rise in the family in the future.
"Father, why did you call so many people?"
Ampoules's eldest son, the next successor of the family head, came over and said with some dissatisfaction. He himself had two children under the age of 12.
"Shut up!"
Ampoules glared at him. Fortunately, he knew his limits and spoke very softly. If others heard him, they would definitely be very dissatisfied with him.
"An Family is doing this for the whole family!"
Ampoules looked at the children below and said slowly. He also hoped that his children and grandchildren would be chosen. However, if none of his children and grandchildren were suitable for cultivation, he would have wasted a chance. He would also not be able to ask Gu Zheng for a second time.
Therefore, he could not take the risk. He had to gather all the children of the family. If there were really no suitable children, then as Gu Zheng said, their family would not be able to survive, and he would give up.
Unfortunately, his son did not think so. He only thought about his own children and did not have the vision of the whole family. This made him very worried. An Family was the successor of the family. If he continued to think like this in the future, sooner or later, the family would fall apart and decline.
His eldest son lowered his head, but his eyes were full of disdain.
Ampoules did not notice his eyes. He asked people to bring the children and personally sent them to the Wu House. When they arrived, he would let Gu Zheng select the children to see if there were any suitable children for cultivation.
The An Clan's group used several carriages to leave the inner city in a grandiose manner and head towards the Wu Estate.
Such a large commotion simply couldn't be concealed from the other four great clans. Not long after, the Patriarchs and important members of the four great clans all gathered together. An Ping simply didn't mention this matter to them. While they were discussing, he had already brought the child to the Wu Estate's front door.
"Children under the age of 12, a total of 39 people!"
Ampoules stood carefully in front of Gu Zheng. At this time, Gu Zheng still maintained his illusory appearance. Now that his immortal power was enough to support such a small immortal technique, Gu Zheng was very happy to be able to change back to his original appearance, even if it was just an illusory disguise.
He had already told the people of the Wu House that this was his new appearance, so that the people in the mansion could not recognize him and cause a misunderstanding.
After everyone saw Gu Zheng's appearance, a few people secretly nodded, thinking that this should be Gu Zheng's real appearance.........................
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"Let me see!"
Gu Zheng walked to the center of the children and didn't say anything else. A white light flew out from his palm and circled around each of the children's bodies. The children looked on in shock and curiosity as the white light passed through their bodies. However, they didn't feel anything.
Soon, the white light focused on a child, a child who looked to be seven or eight years old.
"Let him stay. You can take the rest back!"
Gu Zheng extended his finger and pointed at the child. An Ping quickly nodded his head, his face a little excited.
An Zhuo was the name of the child that Gu Zheng left behind. It was a name that was similar to the operating system of Earth in the future. He was not a direct descendant of Ampoules, but was the youngest son of his younger brother.
Seeing that An Zhuo was selected, his father's people were very excited. These people did not enter the courtyard of the Wu House, but they were particularly curious about which child would be selected, so they leaned against the wall outside and watched. Wu You intended to drive them away, but he was stopped by Gu Zheng's eyes. It was nothing to watch like this. It was not a shameful thing.
"Great Immortal …" Ampoules stepped forward excitedly.
"Don't call me Great Immortal in the future. My name is Tie. Call me Gokusen!"
Gu Zheng interrupted Ampoules. Since he wanted to accept An Family Disciple as an apprentice, he naturally had to tell him his name. Now he was Gokusen, but he had taken a completely different path from the original Gokusen.
He did not know how Gokusen began to cultivate and how he became a Sage, but one thing was certain. Gokusen certainly did not cultivate to become an Immortal so quickly. He and Tie were born in a hazy state. Moreover, the cultivation method that Gokusen cultivated was self-created. It was impossible to create a set of self-created cultivation method in one or two years and cultivate it successfully.
It was possible that the two of them lived like savages a few years ago.
"Yes, Lord Gokusen!"
Ampoules hurriedly bowed again. Gu Zheng had already beckoned the child to come over.
"What is your name?"
"An Zhuo!"
An Zhuo carefully looked at Gu Zheng. He was almost eight years old and knew a lot of things. He also knew that this time he came to let the Immortal choose a disciple. Now, it seemed that the Immortal had chosen him.
Cultivating to become an Immortal was not only the dream of adults, it was also the dream of these children. He also knew that Gu Zheng was a real Immortal, so he was very careful and even a little afraid.
"An Zhuo, quickly call him Master!"
"Wait!"
Gu Zheng interrupted Ampoules again and continued, "Don't be so anxious. Don't call me Master. Now, he will be like Wu You and the others. When he really cultivates to become an Immortal and reaches that realm, I will officially accept him as a disciple!"
At the beginning of cultivation, he would only be an ordinary cultivator. The path of cultivation would be filled with countless dangers. Gu Zheng did not want his disciple to die before he cultivated to become an Immortal. Therefore, before he became an Immortal, he would not agree to this master-disciple relationship.
In fact, this was very common in the future. The disciples of Shushan also focused on cultivation. Only after they cultivated to become an Immortal would they be sent to Shushan and join the various peaks. Before they reached the Qi Transformation Stage, they would be in-name disciples and not real Shushan disciples.
Of course, in-name disciples were not to be bullied casually. That was also a slap to Shushan's face.
"Yes, Sir!"
An Zhuo carefully said. Gu Zheng did not say anything else and let Wu You bring him over first. In the future, An Zhuo would live in the Wu House and would not return to An Family.
Ampoules happily brought the other children away. An Family's position in An Family had suddenly risen by a lot. This made Ampoules' eldest son very jealous, but there was nothing he could do.
"Young Master, the Family Heads of the Four Great Families are here. They want to see Young Master!"
Mado walked over and reported softly. He usually cultivated, but today was Gu Zheng's disciple selection. Although he and Gu Zheng had not confirmed the master-disciple relationship, they were still master and disciple. Therefore, no matter what, he had to come out and watch. He could not pretend that nothing had happened.
"Let them go back!"
Gu Zheng gently shook his head. He was very clear about the purpose of these families' visit. They saw that Gu Zheng had accepted An Family's people and wanted to send their children over. Back then, when the Great Immortal in Aunt Cui's village gave a lecture, they had sent their disciples over. They had long dreamed of cultivating to become Immortals. However, after the Great Immortal's lecture was broken by Gu Zheng, they realized that they were sending their children to the tiger's den.
Fortunately, when they sent their children over, they had selfish motives and did not send much. In addition, they did not make it in time, so the Four Great Families did not really suffer any real losses.
An Family had only sent their children over once before. After they were not chosen, they did not send any more. It was not that An Family was not well-informed, but it was because of the previous Family Head's order. The previous Family Head was an extremely smart person. An Family did not know how he saw the problem. In any case, he ordered that in the future, An Family was not allowed to send anyone to the Great Immortal's lecture. Ampoules strictly followed his order and did not send anyone, so An Family could avoid any losses.
They had even tried to listen to the Great Immortal's lecture, let alone now that there was a ready-made Immortal in the city.
In the past, because they did not have enough time, they were worried that Gu Zheng would reject them. Now that An Family had taken action and succeeded, they immediately came over with generous gifts. They also wanted to send their children to Gu Zheng's side.
Gu Zheng had agreed to Ampoules' request because An Family had cooperated very well in the previous matter. No matter what, he would remember this favor. After that, they took more care of the Wu House. Gu Zheng wanted to return this favor.
The other Four Great Families had nothing to do with him. Gu Zheng would also not accept so many disciples at once. He did not have the time to teach them now.
As for An Zhuo, he planned to let Mado teach him. He would only give him a set of cultivation techniques and guidance to help him build his foundation. The rest would be up to him.
The news that the Four Great Families had all been rejected quickly spread to Ampoules. When Ampoules heard this, he sneered. The Four Great Families had followed closely. Unfortunately, they were a step too late. This step would cause them to be late. Sooner or later, the prefecture city would belong to An Family.
Gu Zheng's acceptance of An Zhuo caused quite a stir in the city.
At first, only An Family and the Four Great Families knew of Gu Zheng's existence and that there was an Immortal living in the city. However, as the mouths of the Four Great Families increased, more and more people in the city knew of Gu Zheng's existence and that there was an Immortal living in the city.
It was also because of this that the Wu House's status became higher and higher. No matter what Wu You did, people would welcome him with a smile and would not reject him.
Back then, the Yan Family had wanted to seize Wu You's ivory. In the end, it was destroyed. This was a lesson that no one wanted to be the second Yan Family.
Everyone knew of the Wu House's extraordinary status. An Family made such a big commotion. Naturally, everyone knew about it very quickly. There were many people who had the same idea. In just three days, Wu You and Mado had rejected dozens of people who wanted to be apprenticed to them. In the end, they were so annoyed that they asked Wang San and Wang Wu to guard the door. As long as they said that they wanted to be apprenticed, they would not receive them.
"After reaching the Void Return Stage, my cultivation has slowed down a lot!"
Three months later, Gu Zheng was in his room. He checked the Immortal Power in his body and sighed softly.
He had used up all his Immortal Essence Pills, but now he was still at the Early-stage of Void Return. His cultivation now was obviously much more difficult than before. In the past six months, Gu Zheng had successfully broken through to the Early-stage of Void Return with the help of the Immortal Essence Pills. But now, after three months, he was still at the Early-stage of Void Return. Only his Immortal Power had improved a little.
"Wu You, give me all the raw materials you have collected during this period of time!"
It was no longer possible to rely on his own cultivation. Fortunately, Wu You had not stopped collecting. After such a long time, he should have almost collected all the raw materials to make the Elemental Food Cultivation. When he came out of seclusion last time, he only lacked two kinds of raw materials, and they were raw materials that could be substituted.
Wu You immediately sent all the materials he had collected during this period of time. He did not let Gu Zheng down. The Elemental Food Cultivation could indeed be made. In addition to the things he had obtained from Xiaoyao Zi before, Gu Zheng could make two servings of Elemental Food Cultivation suitable for him.
The effect of these two servings of Elemental Food Cultivation was definitely not inferior to the Immortal Essence Pills.
"Wu You, go and call Mado, Aunt Cui, and An Zhuo. Wait for me at the river 30 miles south of the city!"
After receiving the raw materials, Gu Zheng instructed Wu You. There was a long river 30 miles south of the city, and there were several villages there. However, the distance between the villages was very large. It was very easy for Gu Zheng to find a quiet place.
The Elemental Food Cultivation could not be made in the city. Otherwise, it would attract a lot of people. Even if they were not as bold as the people at the Grand Bazaar and came to attack the Wu House, Gu Zheng was not willing to let the fragrance attract the whole city. He was very clear about the attractiveness of the food he made.
Who knew if there would be bold people in the city who would sneak in at night? Even if the house did not suffer any losses, it would still be troublesome.
Wu You and the others immediately went to prepare the carriage. Gu Zheng directly rose into the sky and flew out.
In the Void Return realm, Gu Zheng's speed was much faster than that of a Qi Realm cultivator. Moreover, he did not need to fly on his sword. It was indeed much more convenient to fly directly. After a while, Gu Zheng arrived above the river. Looking at the winding river below, Gu Zheng suddenly had an idea. Suddenly, he fell into the water in a place where there was no one.
The Water-Repelling Spell could separate Gu Zheng from the water. Although using the Water-Repelling Spell underwater would make his body less agile, it was better than getting wet all over.
Through his memories, Gu Zheng found the place. After exploring for a while, he quickly found an underwater tunnel. He entered the underground river from the underwater tunnel. This place was indeed very wide. Above was the river and below was a huge lake. There were also many fish in the lake.
"Eel Demon, I know you are here. Come out, it's me!"
Gu Zheng transmitted his voice in the water. At that time, he and Taotie had sent the Eel Demon here. They could be considered neighbors. However, after coming here, Gu Zheng had never looked for this Eel Demon. Now, taking advantage of the fact that Wu You and the others had not yet arrived, he just wanted to talk to this Eel Demon and reminisce about the old days.
This Eel Demon had a good heart. Gu Zheng also told him that Xiaoyao Zi had been eliminated. If he wanted to go back to his original place, he could go back. If he did not want to go back, he could continue to live here.
"Great Immortal, it's really you!"
After a while, the Eel Demon's body appeared. This guy's hiding ability was not small. Just now, Gu Zheng did not find him.
However, this was also because Gu Zheng did not investigate carefully. If he investigated carefully, he would definitely find him. Gu Zheng had many ways to find a hidden demon beast.
"Not bad, it will soon break through. In the future, it will be able to ride the clouds and become a true dragon!"
Just by looking at the Eel Demon, Gu Zheng knew that this guy was about to break through. The strength of the Dragon Race was stronger than other Goblin. Even if it had just reached the level of refining essence into qi, it still had the strength of other demon beasts.
However, the higher the level of the Dragon Race's cultivation, the more difficult it was. The higher the level, the smaller the gap between them. Previously, the Yellow Dragon was suppressed by Xiaoyao Zi. It was not only because of Xiaoyao Zi's magical weapon, but also because of the gap between their realms. In terms of strength, the Yellow Dragon was not comparable to Xiaoyao Zi.
Of course, if Xiaoyao Zi did not have the Buddha Dust in his hands, the Yellow Dragon would not be afraid of Xiaoyao Zi. After all, the Dragon Race was also considered as a Goblin with rough skin and thick flesh.
The Eel Demon's body faintly carried a dragon qi. Although it had not yet taken shape, it had already appeared. Moreover, its dragon horns had grown a little. It believed that it would not take long for it to break through and become a true dragon.
"I haven't thanked the Great Immortal. If not for the Great Immortal's dragon pearl, I would not have this good fortune!"
The Eel Demon raised its dragon claw and said to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng waved his hand at it. "The dragon pearl was an exchange with you. Speaking of which, I gained a lot in exchange for that treasure of yours. Moreover, with the help of that treasure, the old man who saved you, Xiaoyao Zi, has been killed by me. You don't have to worry about him coming to capture you in the future!"
"Really!"
The Eel Demon was obviously stunned. Then, it cried out excitedly. It was not that it doubted Gu Zheng's words, nor did it doubt him. It was just that it was surprised and blurted out the question.
"Of course it's true. Speaking of which, it's also fate. I used the treasure that I exchanged with you to kill Xiaoyao Zi. The one who killed Xiaoyao Zi with me was a real Dragon Race, which is the Yellow Dragon!"
Gu Zheng said with a smile. He had exchanged the Book of Life and Death with the Eel Demon and used it to kill Xiaoyao Zi. The Eel Demon's failure to transform into a dragon was also due to Xiaoyao Zi's help. However, Xiaoyao Zi's goal was not simple. He purely wanted to enslave this new Dragon Race.
Xiaoyao Zi was scared away by Gu Zheng and attacked another Yellow Dragon. In the end, he died in the hands of Gu Zheng and the Yellow Dragon. This could be considered his fate.
"That treasure is so powerful!"
The Eel Demon's eyes shone with a little regret. It knew how powerful Xiaoyao Zi was. He definitely had the strength of Jin Xian. Moreover, he was the powerful Jin Xian. Yet, he was killed by that treasure. One could imagine how powerful that treasure was.
"Of course it's true. Do you regret it?"
Gu Zheng looked at it and said with a smile. The Eel Demon suddenly shivered and quickly shook its head. "No, Great Immortal. I definitely don't regret it. Even if I knew that the treasure was so powerful, I would still exchange it for the Dragon Pearl. To me, being able to transform into a dragon is the most important thing!"
The Eel Demon was not wrong. To it, transforming into a dragon was indeed much more important than ordinary treasures. It could only be said that its pursuit was different.
It was like facing a mortal. No matter how powerful a weapon was, it would be useless. However, compared to becoming an immortal, these weapons were not important. Becoming an immortal meant that one's lifespan would be greatly increased. It also meant that one would have a brighter future.
After the Eel Demon became a dragon, not only did its strength increase, but its lifespan also increased by more than ten times. The lifespan of the Dragon Race was very long. Jin Xian's Dragon Race lifespan was comparable to Daluo Jinxian's.
"That's true. However, no matter what, I did obtain a very powerful treasure from you. How about this? Today, I will make a set of food cultivation that can increase one's cultivation. Come with me, I will help you become a dragon!"
Thinking about the food cultivation that was enough for two people, Gu Zheng's heart moved slightly. He immediately said this.
The exchange last time was indeed a great deal for him. It was equivalent to him owing the Eel Demon a favor. This favor was not so easy to owe, especially when his goal was to become a Saint. These karma might become trouble for him when he broke through to become a Saint in the future. Therefore, if he could settle one thing, he would do it.
An Family was like this. Helping the Eel Demon was also like this.
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