Gu Zheng suddenly wanted to go on a far journey, and he also took Tao with him. Not only Wu You, but everyone else was stunned.
The good days in Fucheng had just begun for them, and everyone was enveloped in a wave of happiness. Not only did their lives get better, but their status also improved.
In the past, no matter Wu You, Ma Duo, or Aunt Cui, there were so many people showing kindness, fawning, and even flattery. Even the top five families in the city, everyone did the same when they saw them.
Whoever it is is greeted with a smile.
This feeling of being valued and fawned over by others is something they have never experienced in their lives.
They also understand who brought all this. Without Gu Zheng, they would not be where they are now. Now that Gu Zheng is suddenly going out, and even Tao is following him, they suddenly feel uneasy. What if they
If the two of them don't come back, their lives will probably return to their original shape soon.
Even though Gu Zheng said, it could take half a year or a month as fast as possible, but the uneasiness in their hearts still existed, because Gu Zheng was no longer with them after all.
"Don't worry if you stay here, nothing will happen."
Gu Zheng saw their worries and said with a smile that after Wu You's incident, he had checked all these people on their life and death records, and they all had enough longevity. Wang San was the least, and the life and death records of these people were also good.
The oldest one is sixty-nine years old, and Aunt Cui has the longest life span of more than eighty years.
In this era, let alone eighty, sixty-nine is already a long life. Everyone is like this. I believe it is related to the changes in their lives.
This is the lifespan recorded in the life and death book. The lifespan in the life and death book is not completely unchanged. If their destiny changes in the future, for example, if they succeed in cultivating immortals, their lifespan will naturally increase. If they succeed in cultivation and achieve the position of Da Luo Jinxian,
Beyond the Five Elements, their names will no longer be on the book of life and death.
As the saying goes, one-third is destined by heaven and seven-tenths depends on oneself. Destiny is not inevitable and may change.
Gu Zheng did not erase them from the life and death list. If they were erased, they could continue to survive, but their ordinary bodies could not withstand such a long period of time, and they would eventually become living dead.
"Sir, you must come back early!"
Wu You knew Gu Zheng best. No one could stop Gu Zheng from making a decision. Since Gu Zheng was leaving, they couldn't stop him and had no reason to stop him. They could only say more blessings.
Ma Duo took out the little white dragon for Gu Zheng and sent him outside the city. The two children riding horses in the city were too conspicuous, so just let Ma Duo and Wu You take them outside the city.
Xiao Bailong was wearing the small double saddle, and Gu Zheng didn't bring anything with him. He simply brought some dry food, then took Tao and set off directly.
This time I went out, it was different from every time before. The first time Gu Zheng went out, he wanted to leave Aunt Cui's place and go to Fucheng to live in seclusion. Because he learned that he would be punished if he signed up and did not participate in the sermon, so he returned to Aunt Cui's place and returned.
Brought back Wu You.
The second time, I saw the scam of the sermon, killed the monster's men, and escaped. At that time, I had no purpose, but at least I had a direction and knew where to go.
The third time was to get the Immortal Killing Gourd and return to Aunt Cui's house from the big market. It was a trip with a goal. The fourth time was to come to Fucheng. The trip also had a goal, but this time, it was without a goal.
Goal, directionless travel.
Before coming out, Gu Zheng also asked Wu You to find out where there were iron mines nearby. Where there were iron mines, there might be black iron. It was just a possibility, not certain.
It's a pity that there are iron mines, but they are not big, and there are more than one, and they are found in all directions. Gu Zheng can only choose a direction at will, and go there to explore first.
A piece of black iron made Gu Zheng go through so much trouble, which made him sigh.
In later generations, not to mention a piece of black iron, he also had a lot of things better than black iron. However, black iron is also a good thing on earth, because the earth's resources are scarce, and it is more difficult to cultivate there.
There must be black iron in the ancient world, and there are a lot of it, but the ancient world is too big, so whether he can find it or not depends on his luck.
One day later, Gu Zheng arrived at a small town. The town was not big, with only more than 300 households, and most of them were blacksmiths. There was an open-pit iron mine here, and many people in the village were working on blacksmithing.
There are many tools in Fucheng, all of which come from here.
But not the waist knife. Fucheng purchased the raw materials and made the waist knife by themselves. They did not entrust the making of the waist knife to anyone.
There are a lot of ironware here, but the iron quality is very average, basically pig iron, and a few of them are not even as good as ordinary pig iron.
The iron quality was average. Gu Zheng looked at it for a while and stopped looking at it carefully. He got off his horse and asked. Unfortunately, the people here didn't know what Xuan Tie was, and they had never seen Xuan Tie.
For them, pig iron is everything. The best pig iron here does not reach the level of wrought iron.
As for the mines, they are all made of this kind of iron ore, and there is no such thing as the dark and shiny black iron ore that Gu Zheng mentioned.
Since there was no black iron, Gu Zheng did not stay here and went to another place. For seven days in a row, he visited several iron-producing places around Fucheng but could not find any usable black iron.
Gu Zheng was nothing, but Tao Ze was obviously disappointed.
He has tried several times to fly directly in the air without using tools. Unfortunately, his current immortal power is not enough to support him in the air for a long time. It is okay for a short time, but it cannot reach the speed of high altitude.
flight status.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be one, we are looking for it!"
Gu Zheng comforted Tao, but in desperation, he could only make a turtle shell and use a calculation technique that he was not familiar with to divine a divination.
The hexagram technique was indeed popular for a period of time in the early prehistoric times, but it gradually faded away after the canonization of the gods. After the canonization of the gods, many people covered up or disguised themselves in order to prevent others from making assumptions about themselves. Unlike before the canonization of the gods, they tried to
If you know someone's origin or even where they are, you can calculate it directly.
After becoming a god, there are some people who learn divination, but not that many. Everyone pays more attention to cultivation. Except for those big guys, few people go out of their way to learn this. Divination sounds simple, but it is very complicated.
Consume your mind.
Among the people, after hearing such rumors, divination became popular, but most of them were charlatans.
Gu Zheng knew something about it at first, but he didn't study it in detail. Now he has no place to learn if he wants to, so he can only give it a try with his half-hearted effort. The first hexagram Gu Zheng divined pointed him to a place.
East.
There is no distance or time in the East, it is the East, which makes Monk Gu Zhengzhang Er scratch his head.
The east is too far away. Gu Zheng doesn't even know which continent he is in now. Who knows where he can go if he keeps walking eastward. Even if he is in Dongsheng China now, he still has a very, very long distance if he keeps heading east.
Only then could he reach the Endless Sea. He had promised Wu You that he would be back in half a year at the latest.
"Dongfang, we can only try it first?"
Although I didn't know why, I finally had a direction, which was much better than trying blindly. So I took Tao with me, and the two of them rode horses together, heading east directly. There was no destination, they just kept going all the way east.
This journey lasts for a month.
In a month, they encountered many places with people, but there were no iron mines there, let alone black iron. They also encountered some barren mountains, but Gu Zheng had no weapon spirit and could not explore. He could only rely on himself.
Xuan Tie was buried underground and he couldn't find it.
"If you are not good at hexagrams, it will really harm people!"
After walking for another month, Gu Zheng couldn't help but sigh that he couldn't keep going forward. If they kept walking, they wouldn't be able to return within half a year. The two of them had no burdens, and Tao was in a hurry. The speed of this journey was not slow.
We are now almost 10,000 miles away from Fucheng, and the people here no longer know where Fucheng is.
However, they did know that there was another big city called Wencheng, but it was far away. Gu Zheng didn't have time to go there, and that Wencheng was not due east.
"Tao, let's go back first, and I'll bring you to find him next time, okay?"
After deciding to go back, Gu Zheng whispered to Tao in a low voice while eating. Tao seemed very reluctant, but he nodded in the end.
These two months have not been in vain. Gu Zheng did not have as much time to practice as before, but his cultivation has improved a step further, reaching 70% of the third level. It seems to be no slower than practicing at home.
This made Gu Zheng a little confused. Could it be that Tie Xian Xian Jue can only be practiced faster if he has to practice outside all the time? Or, in other words, he can practice faster if he has to go out and travel constantly.
This result is somewhat bizarre, but it is not impossible.
The Immortal Technique of Tie Immortal was originally created by Tie Immortal. The original Tie Immortal was constantly going out, traveling around the wilderness, and then tasting various delicacies. When he was practicing before Guzheng, he often ran out, and he didn't feel it at that time.
This time, in order to improve his cultivation as quickly as possible, he would practice every day if he had the chance to stop. However, looking at it now, the speed of practicing at home is indeed not as fast as when he was always outside. When he ran away before, his speed was not slow either.
On the contrary, during the period when Fucheng was quiet, things changed very slowly.
I don’t know the specific reason, but it is always a good thing to speed up your cultivation. If it still slows down after you go back, then you may have to travel more often in the future.
Go back and speed up your practice. This trip will not be without gain.
"Monster, the monster is here to pull you, run away!"
On the second day after returning, Gu Zheng and Tao rested in a small village. The two children went out on horseback, which was always strange. Every time Gu Zheng would say that the adults were behind, and they came first, to dissuade them.
of doubt.
There is no agent to follow, which is the trouble.
"monster?"
Gu Zheng and Tao stood up together. This village was even smaller, with less than a hundred households. Now they were all running out, not knowing where they were going, and scattered in all directions.
They ran again, but Gu Zheng pulled Tao and ran in the opposite direction.
If there are monsters, they won't be able to run away from powerful monsters. They are not afraid of weak monsters, so it's better to go and see them directly.
After arriving at the village, Gu Zheng discovered that a tornado was blowing on the mountain behind the village. Yes, it was a tornado, without any evil spirit, just pure wind.
Seeing this scene, Gu Zheng couldn't laugh or cry. However, people in the early prehistoric times had little knowledge and did not understand that this was a normal natural phenomenon. They thought it was a monster coming, which was completely normal.
There are no monsters, just wind. Although this tornado is big, it will not last long. Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, the tornado became much smaller and finally disappeared.
Unfortunately, all the villagers had already fled. Gu Zheng had no choice but to explain. Even if he tried to explain, these people probably wouldn't listen. Seeing is believing. After all, they had seen a real tornado.
Gu Zheng looked at the surrounding terrain and shook his head secretly. There were mountains here, not flat land. The possibility of a tornado in such a place was indeed very small. He didn't know how they were unlucky enough to see it once.
"Tie, the monster is gone?"
Tao asked suddenly, not to mention other people, even Tao thought it was a monster, and he still couldn't tell what kind of monster it was.
"That's not a monster, it's the wind!" Gu Zheng explained.
"wind?"
Tao was confused and obviously didn't believe it. Gu Zheng was helpless. Now Tao is more difficult to coax than before. He has always been a curious baby and has to figure out everything.
"Let's go, I'll take you up and have a look!"
I couldn't explain it clearly, so I could only take him there. The tornado was on the mountain. The distance was not very close, but to the two of them, the distance was nothing. Xiao Bailong stayed outside the village, and the two of them ran quickly. After a while, they were gone.
Arrived at the mountain.
After the tornado, the mountain was in a mess. Many leaves were swept away, and the gravel on the ground was also blown away, making it look very smooth.
"This is all the power of the wind, the power of nature. If you observe carefully, there is no evil spirit here, and there is no fluctuation of fairy power, right?"
Gu Zheng explained to him, and then used his immortal power to make a small tornado himself, asking him to compare the difference between this tornado and the natural tornado just now.
Tao seemed to understand, but he also knew that the tornado just now was indeed different from Gu Zheng's.
"Okay, let's go back!"
After Gu Zheng explained, he wanted to take him back, but Tao didn't move, but stared straight ahead. Gu Zheng followed his gaze and only saw a cave.
The caves are normal, many caves are inhabited by wild animals, and the insides are very smelly.
There was nothing unusual about the cave. There was no evil spirit coming out, but there was no smell either. It was probably just an empty cave.
"Tao, what's wrong with you?"
"I want to see it!"
After Tao answered, he broke away from Gu Zheng and walked toward the cave. Gu Zheng could only follow him and stay with him.
The cave was empty, with nothing in it, but it was quite deep. Tao kept moving forward, and Gu Zheng followed him closely until he reached the depths of the cave.
There is something here, but it is a haystack, and there seems to be human hair on the haystack. Gu Zheng only took one look and understood what kind of place this was.
It is estimated that some young man in the village was unwilling to be lonely and made a tender nest. You can imagine what they used this haystack for.
Tao walked to the mountain wall beside him and gently touched the mountain wall. Soon, he suddenly raised his hand and struck the mountain wall with a palm.
It was too late for Gu Zheng to stop him. Tao was already in the realm of Qi Transformation, and his power was much stronger than him. With this palm, the cave was shaken, and the mountain wall was split open by him.
There is a passage inside.
This passage was obviously man-made, and this time it was Gu Zheng's turn to widen his eyes.
He didn't even know there was a passage here. How could Tao know it? Is it just because his cultivation level was higher than his own? But that shouldn't be the case. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to know it outside the cave, which was even more strange.
Even if his cultivation level is higher than his own, there is no way he would know there is a passage right there.
After opening the passage, Tao was about to go down. Gu Zheng grabbed him. Tao looked back at Gu Zheng, shook his head slightly, and insisted on going down.
Although he didn't speak, Gu Zheng had already seen his determination, so he could only take out the life and death book and the reincarnation pen, and walked carefully in front of Tao.
They don't know what's here at all, which means there may be many potential dangers. The Book of Life and Death is an innate treasure, and it has certain defensive capabilities. Unfortunately, it is not the Book of the Earth. The Book of the Earth has the strongest defense. With the Book of the Earth, he can
Don't be afraid to venture into such dangerous places.
Of course, Gu Zheng is just thinking about it. It is a great blessing to get one of the three books of heaven, earth and man. You can't be so greedy and think about others.
After opening the stone wall, there was a long staircase. They walked for more than ten minutes before reaching the bottom. At the bottom was an empty stone pavilion. There was an evergreen lamp next to it, but it had been extinguished.
Gu Zheng lit the fire, and both of them had good eyesight. Everything in the stone pavilion could be seen clearly instantly.
The stone pavilion is more than 300 square meters, neither too big nor too small. In the center is a stone platform, with a black thing stuck on the stone platform, which looks like a knife.
There are some things placed around the stone pavilion, including jade bottles, jade boxes, and other things.
Tao didn't even glance at the things around him. He walked straight to the center, walked to the knife in the middle, and stretched out his hand to touch it.
"etc!"
Gu Zheng hurriedly stopped him. The knife was completely black and not small. From a visual inspection, it was taller than their height. The most important thing was that the knife was in a sealed state. Even Gu Zheng couldn't see this.
What kind of knife is it?
"I feel like it's calling me?"
Tao raised his head and said "summon" to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment. This sword could actually summon, and it was summoning Tao.
A weapon that can summon others is definitely not an ordinary thing. It is at the lowest level of a top-grade immortal weapon, like the Tie Immortal Token or the Chaos Tower, and it is a top-grade fairy weapon that can generate weapon spirits. Only in this way can it be achieved.
A top-quality fairy weapon with a weapon spirit summons Taoist. What does it want to do?
"Wait a minute, let me take a look and then talk!"
Gu Zheng did not dare to be careless. He was not afraid of a single weapon without its owner, but what if there was an owner? This was a top-notch fairy-level weapon. Anyone with such a weapon must be a powerful character.
After placing the Immortal Killing Gourd, Gu Zheng walked to the knife and examined it carefully.
The knife is indeed sealed. No one knows who sealed it or how. However, the seal is not strong and can be unlocked in one go. Even an ordinary person can undo it by simply pulling the ring.
This made Gu Zheng even more confused. If this was the case, the knife should have been able to lure the villagers to come and open the ring to free him, but it didn't. It waited until they arrived before calling Tao. What's the point?
