"We have to go to the top of the mountain. Only when we reach the top can we know what to do next," Gu Zheng said.
"According to the previous agreement, you have kept all the fairy fruits. Now it's time to reward you. Do you want ten fairy fruits, or do you want more fairy wine after the fairy wine is brewed?" Gu Zheng said again.
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"Master, I want the fairy fruit! But I only want the basic three." Qiao Bai said.
"Sir, I also want three fairy fruits." Xu Ran said.
"Okay, then let me give each of you three fairy fruits to satisfy your cravings!"
Gu Zheng smiled, and then gave Qiao Bai and Xu Ran three fairy fruits each as rewards.
Seeing that Gu Zheng only gave them the fairy fruits and didn't take any of them himself, Qiao Bai couldn't help but ask: "Master, aren't you going to eat them?"
"I'm not as greedy as you. I've eaten a lot of these fairy fruits from the outside world."
Qiao Bai's words reminded Gu Zheng of his days in the outside world. During that time, he really ate a lot of high-grade outside fairy fruits.
Without asking any more questions, Qiao Bai picked up an apple-sized fairy fruit, put it under his nose and took a deep breath.
The rich fruity aroma penetrated Qiao Bai's nostrils, making him feel intoxicated.
The skin of the fairy fruit was broken when sucked, and the sweet pulp immediately entered Qiao Bai's mouth. It felt like eating a soft persimmon, but this kind of fairy fruit from the outside world is many times more delicious than persimmons.
"How sweet!"
"It's delicious. It's been a long time since I tasted fairy fruit so happily."
"Yes! It has indeed been a while."
"Compared with the hard-tasting fairy fruit, I still like this kind of berry fairy fruit. If you take a sip, your mouth will be filled with sweet pulp. It feels so good."
“It’s so delicious, it really satisfies my cravings!”
In the midst of emotion, Qiao Bai and Xu Ran had finished eating the three fairy fruits, and Gu Zheng took them on the road again.
Along the way from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, Gu Zheng and the others encountered three more waves of phantom attacks, but not one attack from real monsters.
Finally reaching the top of the mountain, the first thing Gu Zheng and others saw was a group of fleeting shadows.
The fleeting things were monsters, which looked like groundhogs. After seeing Gu Zheng and others, they used earth escape techniques to escape.
"Great, there are ten earth-type monsters in total!"
Qiao Bai laughed. If you kill all ten earth-attribute monsters, you can get ten earth-attribute inner elixirs, which is enough for Guzheng to turn the source of his true earth into the spirit of his true earth.
"It will take some effort to catch these monsters!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Master, can't you use earth attribute magic to force them out?"
Since Qiao Bai and Xu Ran do not yet have the source of their true earth, they do not know any earth-attribute magic, so they cannot feel anything more.
"The top of the mountain has a strong suppression of earth attribute magic. Even with the strength of the master, it is impossible to force out these earth attribute monsters through earth magic." Gu Zheng said.
"Master, what should we do?" Qiao Bai asked again.
"Earth attribute magic is not easy to use, but I can cook animal spirit food as a teacher!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Sir, have you already explored this place? What's the next step?" Xu Ran asked.
"It is true that we have already explored this place, but we can't leave now." Gu Zheng said.
"Can't leave? Is it because I want to get those earth-attribute inner elixirs?" Xu Ran asked again.
Gu Zheng shook his head: "It's not because of those earth-attribute inner elixirs, but because the road to the next mountain peak hasn't appeared yet. According to my speculation, the road to the next mountain peak will not appear until seven days later."
"Seven days?" Xu Ran's eyes widened.
"You will know then."
Gu Zheng smiled slightly and did not explain anything more on this issue.
"Peng!"
A rock in the distance exploded after being attacked by Qiao Bai. Qiao Bai wanted to hit a marmot monster that poked its head out, but the marmot monster's reaction was very sensitive, so it was unscathed.
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"Master, these marmot monsters are not very strong!" Qiao Bai said.
"It is true that they are not strong, but they are not easy to kill."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he said: "Now I want to cook the animal spirit food, and at the same time, I will teach you the cooking method of this food."
"Thank you, Master!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran quickly thanked them.
Cooking animal spirit food is not difficult for Gu Zheng, but Gu Zheng is increasingly unsure whether the animal spirit food practice has any effect on the prairie dog monster. Because, with the cooking of animal spirit food, the aroma has begun
Drifting away, if it were a monster in the ancient wilderness, it would have been ready to move after smelling this scent that attracted it from the source. However, the groundhog monster hiding underground was unmoved by this scent.
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After a meal, Gu Zheng cooked the beast spirit food cultivator. During this period, he also imparted some knowledge of the beast spirit food cultivator to Qiao Bai and Xu Ran.
"Master, this beast spirit food cultivation method won't work on these marmot monsters, right?"
After much hesitation, Qiao Bai finally asked the question in his mind.
"possible."
Gu Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, now go and stay in the immortal formation!"
Gu Zheng threw the cooked animal spirit food cultivator to the place where the groundhog monster disappeared, and then also entered the fairy formation.
The Immortal Formation was set up by Gu Zheng during the process of cooking animal spirit food. Its function was to prevent the prairie dog monsters from discovering them hidden in the formation.
Gu Zheng and others had disappeared into the fairy formation, and the groundhog monsters also appeared quickly, but they were not interested in the animal spirit food cultivation that Gu Zheng cooked at all, and they did not even take a deep sniff.
They just started fighting from a distance.
"Damn prairie dog monster!"
Being in the immortal formation, everyone's sight was not affected. Seeing those marmot monsters fighting and making trouble unmoved, Qiao Bai couldn't help but cursed.
"Sir, how about the Fairyland collects them?"
Xu Ran gritted his teeth, and he felt a little angry at the uncooperation of these groundhog monsters.
"The Immortal Realm is useless. The prairie dog monster is too far away. The beast spirit food cultivator I threw over is just on the edge of being able to have an effect in the Immortal Realm, but these guys just won't go and smell it."
Compared to Qiao Bai and Xu Ran, Gu Zheng was not angry. He just thought it was fun and challenging. It was not easy to encounter such an uncooperative guy.
However, Gu Zheng found it challenging, not that catching these marmot monsters was a challenge for him, but he felt it was a challenge for Qiao Bai and Xu Ran! He wanted to catch these marmot monsters
, it’s not too difficult, and the biggest reason why he knows how to cook animal spirit food is because he wants to pass on this cooking method to Qiao Bai and Xu Ran.
"Master, what should we do now?"
Hearing Gu Zheng say that the Immortal Realm is useless, Qiao Bai's brows almost turned into knots.
"What to do? This is something you should consider. How to catch them is a new round of experience I will give you."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he said: "For now, it is difficult for you to catch these marmot monsters, but if you can complete this experience within seven days, I will also give you generous rewards!
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Qiao Bai was not happy because Gu Zheng mentioned the generous reward, because he had not thought of any way to deal with the marmot monster.
"Master, if it were you, how would you deal with these marmot monsters?"
Qiao Bai asked Gu Zheng, hoping to find inspiration from Gu Zheng's answer.
"If I want to catch these groundhog monsters, I only need to activate the Way of Time on them. Their realm is only equivalent to the realm of transformed gods, and the Way of Time is more than enough to deal with them. Moreover, to deal with them, I
There is not only one method available, the way of time.”
After listening to what Gu Zheng said, Qiao Bai frowned even more tightly. He didn't get any inspiration from it.
"Why don't you try using my newly awakened magical power!" Seeing that Qiao Bai was still thinking of a solution, Xu Ran said.
In fact, Xu Ran had long wanted to use his magical power to deal with the groundhog monster, but since Gu Zheng didn't let them deal with the groundhog monster before, he didn't dare to bring up this idea.
"That magical power of yours probably won't work against the groundhog monster, otherwise Master wouldn't have said that it would be difficult for us to catch them." Qiao Bai said with a bitter smile.
"Anyway, there is no better way now, let's give it a try!" Xu Ran said.
"Okay!" Qiao Bai nodded.
"The Immortal Formation will have an impact on my magical powers. If I want to use my magical powers to deal with those marmot monsters, I have to leave here."
If Xu Ran wants to leave the fairy formation, there will be light emitted from the fairy formation. As soon as the prairie dog monster sees the light on the fairy formation, it will disappear without a trace, leaving no chance for Xu Ran to glance at it.
"Damn it!"
Xu Ran cursed secretly in his heart and used the invisibility technique to hide his figure.
However, the prairie dogs seemed to be very aware of Xu Ran's invisibility skills. They never showed up, eventually forcing Xu Ran to end his invisibility.
Helpless, Xu Ran returned to the immortal formation again, and was met by Qiao Bai's face with a wry smile.
"Don't give me a chance to glance at you at all!" Xu Ran gritted his teeth.
"It was expected." Qiao Bai smiled bitterly.
In the next few days, Qiao Bai and Xu Ran tried their best to deal with the groundhog monster, but they did not make any substantial progress. The groundhog monster would only appear when they stayed in the fairy formation, but
Once they leave the fairy formation, the prairie dog monster will escape very quickly, giving them no chance to take action.
Compared to Qiao Bai and Xu Ran who were impatient, Gu Zheng practiced with his eyes closed and was not moved by their emotions.
"How's it going? Is there any way to deal with the groundhog monster?"
Today is already the seventh day. Gu Zheng, who had closed his eyes to practice, finally opened his eyes.
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran smiled bitterly and shook their heads towards Gu Zheng.
"Master, is it possible for us to complete this test you gave us?" Qiao Bai asked.
"With your current conditions, it is impossible to complete it! However, the test time I give you is seven days. Whether you will come up with any ideas in seven days is the biggest uncertainty!" Gu Zheng said.
"Now it seems that, let alone seven days, even if it is seventy days, there won't be any breakthrough changes." Xu Ran said helplessly.
"In one hour, the road to the next hanging mountain will appear. If you can't think of a way to complete the test by then, then this test will be considered a failure."
Looking at the miserable faces of Xu Ran and Qiao Bai, Gu Zheng said again: "Don't be so sad. This task is indeed too difficult, but fortunately, even if you fail to complete it, there will be no punishment."
, it’s just that there is no reward.”
"It doesn't matter whether there are rewards or not, but the key is not to fail the test given by Master!" Qiao Bai sighed.
Gu Zheng smiled slightly and said nothing more. He could understand the moods of Qiao Bai and Xu Ran.
Those tasks that Qi Ling gave Gu Zheng back then, Gu Zheng also wanted to complete as much as possible! And the reason why he was like this was not because of punishment or reward, but a large part of it was a kind of self-esteem.
Challenge! However, this kind of thing depends on luck. If you are lucky, there will always be a turning point. If you are not lucky, there is nothing you can do.
An hour passed quickly, and Qiao Bai and Xu Ran still didn't think of a countermeasure.
Gu Zheng, who had closed his eyes for an hour, opened them again, stood up and looked in the direction of the cliff.
"Boom!"
Like the sound of thunder, something appeared in the void amid the rolling clouds and mist.
The thing floating in the void is a hill. This hill is really small. It looks like it is only as big as a house, and it is only about one foot in height.
However, on the hanging mountain as big as a house, there is a very tall tree, more than five feet high. Hanging on the tree is something as big as a round table and looks like a honeycomb, among which there are tachyon-length ones.
The flying insects flew out.
"Squeak!"
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran's attention was originally attracted by the hanging mountain that appeared in the void, but the strange cry from the marmot monster pulled their attention back.
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran's eyes widened. They saw a scene they had never seen before. Those marmot monsters looked very anxious. When they were jumping around, their eyes were fixed on the flying insects looming in the clouds.
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Tachyon-long flying insects look like lobsters, but have transparent wings on their backs. After they fly down from the trees, they use their claws to hold the clouds and send them to their mouths. And those prairie dog monsters watch
These flying insects are so anxious that their saliva is about to flow out.
"I got it!"
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran cheered at the same time, and Gu Zheng also ended his investigation at this time.
"What did you think of?" Gu Zheng asked with a smile.
"Think of a way to deal with the groundhog monster!" Qiao Bai said.
"Sir, I think we can catch these flying shrimps and use these flying shrimps as the main ingredient to cook animal spirit food to deal with the prairie dog monster." Xu Ran said.
"Now that you've thought of it, why don't you try it quickly?" Gu Zheng laughed.
Qiao Bai and Xu Ran left the fairy formation. The groundhog monster in the distance still ran away as before, but the flying shrimps in the void still ate away at the clouds unmoved.
The groundhog monster was difficult to catch, but the flying shrimp was much easier to catch. They were not monsters. Qiao Bai and Xu Ran caught more than twenty of them with a wave of their hands.
"Use poison? Save trouble!" Qiao Bai said.
According to Qiao Bai's idea, since the prairie dog monsters covet flying shrimps so much, they should just feed poison to the flying shrimps and poison those hateful prairie dog monsters.
"You try the poison first, and then I'll take a look at these flying shrimps."
When he saw the prairie dog coveting the flying shrimp, Xu Ran's first thought was to use poison, but this idea was quickly put behind him. In the past few days, they had been at the prairie dog monster's place.
Suffering too many setbacks, Xu Ran felt that simply using poison might not be able to deal with the groundhog monster, so it would be safer to use animal spirit food for cultivation.
If you want to use flying shrimp to cook beast spirit food, you must first observe the flying shrimp with the 'Pseudo-Tao Eye' to see if it is an ingredient and whether it can be used in beast spirit food. If it is used in
In the animal spirit food cultivation, what ingredients should be used to match it.
"Okay, then let's try different methods. These prairie dogs are very strange. Let's go back to the fairy formation to prevent them from seeing what we did to these flying shrimps."
Qiao Bai's suggestion was reasonable, and he and Xu Ran immediately returned to the immortal formation.
Returning to the fairy formation, Qiao Bai immediately took out a piece of 'Morning Dew Grass' with a long white root.
‘Morning dew grass’ is a high-grade food material, and it is also a highly poisonous substance. However, if the poison it contains is specially processed, it will turn into a delicious taste.
Qiao Bai injected the highly toxic juice from the rhizome of 'Morning Dew Grass' into the body of the flying shrimp. The flying shrimp, which was originally jumping around, suddenly stopped moving, and even its milky white body turned black.
Qiao Bai's face turned black. The poisoned flying shrimp actually changed color. This was something he had never thought of before. He was really worried about whether the prairie dog monster would eat such black flying shrimp.
There is no certainty anymore.
Although he was not sure, since the poisonous flying shrimp had been made, Qiao Bai still planned to try it. After walking out of the fairy formation, he threw the flying shrimp where the prairie dog monster was active.
Qiao Bai returned to the fairy formation, and the groundhog monsters that had disappeared appeared again. They were still jumping around and drooling at the flying shrimps in the air. However, they did not care about the poisonous flying shrimps that Qiao Bai threw on the ground.
Without even looking at it.
Qiao Bai, who looked frustrated, had no choice but to put his hope in Xu Ran.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Bai asked Xu Ran.
"This flying shrimp is a high-quality ingredient that can also be used to cook beast spirit food, but I haven't figured out which ingredients to use with it to achieve the desired effect of beast spirit food. You can
I’ll think about it again.”
After Xu Ran said this, he closed his eyes again. He was deducing the formula of beast spirit food cultivation in his mind.
Gu Zheng understood Qiao Bai's envy for Xu Ran's "eye of the false Tao". He also understood that if Qiao Bai had the "eye of the false Tao", he would not regard poisoning as the first choice to deal with the marmot monster. However, Qiao Bai
Bai does not have the 'eye of false Tao'. He cannot, like Xu Ran, be able to determine the grade of an unknown ingredient. He can have an in-depth understanding of an unknown ingredient just through his eyes, and use this to deduce its suitability.
Cooking methods.
However, Gu Zheng also understood that after experiencing the rat-monkey incident, Qiao Bai's envy for Xu Ran had been corrected. His current envy would no longer cause him any knots, and he had also understood that everything
It all depends on chance, there are some things that you can't envy.
"Go catch some flying shrimps and let me teach you how to cook them deliciously."
Gu Zheng found something to do for the dazed Qiao Bai.
