Chapter 565: Bottle of Insects, Ancient Tortoise Shell
The call of "Master" brought great shock to the disciples and independent cultivators of the Lu clan.
But the expression on the Gu God's face was more like the sky was falling.
She pursed her lips, her face ashen, and looked at Zheng Fa with a look that could be described as a fight to the death - to some extent, Zheng Fa, who had cracked the secrets of her Gu Dao, had become her great enemy.
No matter what fate or bones, at this moment, they are no match for the threat posed by Zheng Fa to her.
Zheng Fa watched the Gu God's expression change, and he became secretly alert. There were actually two reasons why their trick was so effective:
The first is the inherent flaw of Gu Dao. Although Gu Dao is powerful because of the insect swarm, it is also fragile because of the insect swarm.
Essentially, the more complex a system is, the more prone it is to problems, especially with Zheng Fa and the other three traitors.
The second reason is actually more important. Zheng Fa and his men caught the Gu God by surprise.
In any case, the Gu God is the best among the True Immortals. It is difficult for the Jiushan Sect to figure out his methods at once, so they have to be careful.
The Gu God glanced at the chaotic swarm of insects, her expression becoming increasingly ugly. Her green hair danced wildly behind her, revealing her flawless, even extremely seductive body.
But Zheng Fa didn't feel any temptation at all!
Behind the Gu God's long legs as straight as jade, six more spider legs grew out. The hair on them was pitch black, hard as nails, and emitted a cold light.
The belly is white, tender and soft, but is covered with densely packed compound eyes.
Her chest was like a mountain with an impressive curve, but the mountain had turned a dark green, like two poison sacs.
Behind her, two hard wings as big as door panels grew out, like cockroach wings.
The cherry lips turned into a mouth with fangs, and the long hair turned into countless ferocious tentacles.
Zheng Fa felt that he was quite knowledgeable, and at this moment, he couldn't help but take a step back.
Can this thing be cultivated by humans?
But the swarm of insects in the Insect Valley seemed to have met the most beautiful and supreme of their own kind.
All of a sudden they stopped fighting, raised their heads, and kept chirping towards the Gu God.
"careful!"
Zheng Fa shouted, and his body turned into a long rainbow, and he retreated with Senior Sister Zhang and the other two girls.
There was a snapping sound from where he had just stood. The sharp teeth of the Gu God collided with each other and bit into nothing.
It was not until this moment that the shadow of the Gu God on the top of the mountain slowly disappeared.
Looking at the wings fluttering behind the Gu God, Zheng Fa also sighed in his heart, this Gu God is so fast!
The Gu God Statue was so angry with Zheng Fa that he chased the three of them relentlessly.
But if it’s just a matter of escaping... no, if it’s a matter of speed, Zheng Fa is not inferior to anyone in his life!
He took Senior Sister Zhang and the Gu God with him, shuttling back and forth in the valley, chasing each other and engaging in a thrilling off-road race.
In theory, there is a huge gap in strength between the two, especially in magic power, which is not at the same level at all. Zheng Fa is only a Mahayana now, while Gu Shen is already a true immortal.
If it comes to a contest of consumption, Zheng Fa will never be able to defeat the Gu God.
However, after a while of chasing, the Gu God's movements became slower and slower, as if he was out of strength.
She paused in the air, and two low humming sounds came from her mouth:
"mean!"
Zheng Fa glanced at Xie Qingxue and said, "She is scolding you!"
Xie Qingxue put her hands back into her sleeves and looked up at the sky as if nothing had happened, but there was still a hint of shyness in her eyes.
The two sides were chasing each other just now, and Xie Qingxue was not idle either, she was spreading medicine all the time.
The reason why she was in such an awkward situation was, on the one hand, because this style of fighting was totally against the way of sword cultivation.
On the other hand, the medicine was too strong.
Zheng Fa is a little cautious by nature. Compared with the Gu God, the Jiushan Sect is just a small workshop, so the overall idea can be summed up in one word - fierce!
Just now, what Xie Qingxue had been spreading along the way was a substance that could induce most poisonous insects to mate.
At this time, the behavior of the insect swarms in the valley was simply shameless.
This thing is of no use to humans, but the Gu God doesn't look like a human at all now.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Zheng Fa really saw some...charm on his ferocious face.
The Gu God seemed to have noticed his abnormality. He was breathing heavily, but he no longer chased Zheng Fa and the other two.
She turned around and fell into the valley, her eight legs supporting the ground, and suddenly she let out a sharp scream.
The entire valley was shaking, and an ancient and heavy bronze tripod that could hold the entire valley flew out from the bottom of the valley.
She used the tripod to carry the swarm of insects and flew towards Haori Mountain.
She wants to run!
No one expected that the Gu God would be so decisive. Seeing that the situation was not good, he ran away very fast.
Outside the mountain, several disciples of the Lu clan had a message written on their faces: I haven’t even reached the cauldron yet!
They also saw clearly that the reason the Gu God escaped this time was not because she was afraid of Zheng Fa and the other two, but rather because she felt that Zheng Fa's methods were too strange and despicable. In this struggle, she was restricted in every way. It would be better for her to retreat first and then get back at him later.
But the question is, isn't this a trap for them?
The Gu God has run away, what should these delivery people do?
But the next moment, this group of people stopped worrying because no one could escape!
Zheng Fa stood on the top of the mountain, holding a jade bottle high in his hand, with the mouth of the bottle facing the Gu God, and magic power surged all over his body.
After a few breaths, he shouted coldly:
"receive!"
The Gu God turned around suddenly and screamed, "It's it!"
At this moment, she finally understood what was the thing about Zheng Fa that made her so wary and even vaguely afraid - the Yin and Yang Qi Bottle!
"Why didn't you use it before? No, were you waiting for me to escape?"
The tone of her words was filled with hatred, regret and even fear.
Zheng Fa smiled lightly and did not answer.
But the Gu God is right.
The Yin-Yang Qi Bottle was obtained from the Golden-Winged Roc. Zheng Fa pondered it for a long time before he figured out its function.
The function of this treasure bottle can be summed up in three words:
Collect, trap, and refine.
To collect means to lock the enemy with the mouth of the bottle and put it into the bottle.
The purpose of "trapping" is naturally the space that the jade bottle has, and "refining" is to use the yin and yang energies to dissolve the enemy's flesh and bones.
This thing is extremely powerful. When the Golden-Winged Dapeng lost this treasure, it was like losing his father.
Zheng Fa has quite a few treasures in his hands, and this jade bottle is not the strongest one. However, it is a perfect match for dealing with the Gu God.
The yin and yang energies rotated at the mouth of the jade bottle, forming a small vortex.
The Gu God and the swarm of insects in the cauldron seemed to be pulled by an irresistible force and flew backwards towards Zheng Fa and the others.
The Gu God was fine, as she was a true immortal after all, but those poisonous insects were different, as they had already entered the jade bottle.
And every time a poisonous insect flew into the bottle, the power of the poisonous god would be reduced a little. Everyone could see that over time, she would inevitably be put into the bottle.
The hundreds of compound eyes in the Gu God's abdomen stared at the Yin-Yang Qi Bottle, revealing deep fear.
At this moment, even the disciples of the Lu clan had to admit that the Gu God seemed to have met his nemesis in front of this treasure bottle!
The Yin-Yang Qi Bottle and Zheng Fa's magical power in his sleeve can both be used to capture the enemy.
But there are also big differences between the two.
Zheng Fa's magical power of Qiankun in his sleeve relies on the power of Yuan magnetic field to capture people. To put it bluntly, it is a way of making bricks fly. After practicing it to the end, it is no different from a black hole. As long as the enemy is within the range of his spiritual consciousness, everything will be sucked in.
As for the Yin-Yang Qi Bottle, according to Zheng Fa's previous experiments, he found that this thing was very exquisite:
It's a targeted attack, sucking only one person.
Zheng Fa had a deduction that this jade bottle seemed to identify the target based on the cultivator's skills or even the inheritance of the Dao Fruit.
To use an inappropriate analogy:
The magical power in his sleeve is like an antibiotic, which can kill both good and bad creatures.
This Yin-Yang Qi Bottle is a bit like a gene-targeted drug. It has high precision and does not consume much mana, but its range and power are not that strong.
For Zheng Fa, the magical power of Qiankun in his sleeve is more useful. On the one hand, it can also allow Zheng Fa to control the Yuan magnetic field and establish a thick earth Yuan magnetic formation.
Second, this is his innate magical power and does not require any pre-swing.
But dealing with the Gu God is different. The Gu God is essentially a swarm of insects. There are too many of them, and Zheng Fa’s spiritual sense cannot find them one by one.
On the other hand, these things are poisonous!
He put it in his sleeve and couldn't hold it.
The Yin-Yang Qi Bottle is different - in essence, these vast number of poisonous insects and the Gu God are one and the same person. The insect swarm is the Gu God, and the Gu God is the insect swarm. It is difficult to catch them all in one fell swoop, but they are completely and accurately attacked by the Yin-Yang Qi Bottle.
The only problem for Zheng Fa before was:
He wants to use this treasure bottle, which will take some time to prepare.
He had not completely refined this jade bottle, and it was not his innate magical power, so it would take some time for him to circulate his magic power to use it.
At this moment, those wandering cultivators also saw through Zheng Fa's plan.
"If Zheng Fa had taken out this treasure at the beginning, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the chance to use it..."
"The only chance is when the Gu God escapes."
"No wonder the Gu God was so scared before."
The faces of the people from the Lu clan were even more frightened - the Gu God was about to be defeated, how could they be okay?
But at this moment, the Gu God showed his decisiveness as the Demon Ancestor.
She glanced at the tripod beneath her, as if reluctant to leave. Then, her whole body stiffened and she fell from the air, with no trace of life on her face.
Not only her, but the countless poisonous insects in the cauldron all fell dead at the bottom of the cauldron and turned into corpses.
Only the ancient treasure tripod, having lost the control of the Gu God, fell to the ground.
"Dead?"
Xie Qingxue asked puzzledly.
Zheng Fa cautiously stepped forward, looked at the Gu God carefully, and then shook his head: "This thing... looks a bit like a cicada shell."
Senior Sister Zhang and the other two were stunned, and then they took a closer look.
The body of the Gu God appears intact, but it is empty inside. In the sunlight, it has a somewhat transparent texture.
"But all the poisonous insects in the cauldron are really dead."
"That Gu God..."
"I don't think she would commit suicide."
Xie Qingxue nodded slowly, feeling a little regretful: "Next time, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."
"According to our investigation, these Gu insects should be the essence of the Gu God's insect swarm. I think the Gu God would be sad to lose them." Zheng Fa smiled and looked at the treasured tripod in front of him, wondering, "Why do I feel that she cares more about this tripod than her own life and the insect swarm?"
Senior Sister Zhang carefully recalled the previous situation and nodded, "Yes, I thought she was reluctant to leave the insect swarm. Now I think it's this bronze tripod that she is more reluctant to leave."
Zheng Fa carefully looked at the tripod in front of him. There were some mysterious runes and patterns engraved on the belly of the bronze tripod.
"Thank you, Fairy. Do you recognize these patterns?"
Xie Qingxue shook her head: "There is nothing similar in Tianhe Sect."
Zheng Fa nodded, and then he heard bursts of kowtows coming from outside the valley.
He looked outside the mountain and saw that at the foot of the mountain, there were wandering cultivators all over the mountain, kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to him repeatedly, and muttering things like "thank you for saving your life".
Those people from the Lu clan stood stiffly on the ground, looking like they wanted to kneel but didn't dare.
Zheng Fa didn't care about them either. He just took these people and flew towards the territory of Jiushan Sect.
Along the way, he and Senior Sister Zhang were still unwilling to give up and searched everywhere for the traces of the Gu God and the Gu insect.
"Hiding from us..." Zheng Fa looked at the several Gu worms that hurriedly burrowed into the ground, frowning slightly and shaking his head, "So, the Gu God is probably not dead after all."
Senior Sister Zhang also agreed: "She gave up those poisonous insects because she was probably afraid that we could influence her..."
Zheng Fa also had such a guess. If the Gu God had other insect swarms, then it would be understandable for him to abandon those in the valley.
This is equivalent to the main system being poisoned and starting the backup.
"There aren't many poisonous insects left in this area." Zheng Fa straightened up and looked around. "Or rather, there don't seem to be many poisonous insects in the entire Haori Mountain."
"Is she...scared?"
"Either he's afraid of us, or he's looking for a place to recover."
"Nine Lights Heaven?"
"It's hard to say..." Zheng Fa shook his head. "From what she said before, it seems she's also very afraid of the Creation Demon Ancestor and the White Bone Demon Ancestor. If she's seriously injured, she might not dare to return to Jiuyao Heaven."
After some guesswork, they were still unsure. Since they couldn't find any trace of the Gu God, they simply went back to the Nine Mountains Realm.
After having those wandering cultivators and Lu tribe captives taken back for resettlement, Zheng Facai gathered everyone together and talked about the battle in the valley.
"So, the Gu God ran away?" Uncle Pang frowned.
"No, she should be seriously injured." Zheng Fa shook his head. "Those poisonous insects should be her lifeblood. Without them, the Gu God's Dharma body is probably incomplete, otherwise she wouldn't be hiding."
Uncle Pang thought about it and nodded slightly.
The Gu God doesn't seem to be a tolerant and generous person. If he is not injured, he will probably take revenge.
To be fair, Zheng Fa and the other two were acting with careless intent this time. In terms of real strength, without the Thick Earth Yuanci Formation and the Zhuxian Sword Formation, it would be difficult for them to defeat the Gu God if it happened again.
The fact that the Gu God didn't dare to show up at this time could only mean one thing - Zheng Fa had severely injured her this time, forcing her to find a place to recover.
"At least the insect swarm has disappeared." Uncle Pang thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if my disciples can hold on for a few more days."
Indeed, although the formation can stop the tide of insects, it also needs people - for so many days, the Shenxiao Legion has hardly had a rest, and those who are really cultivating immortals cannot stand such overtime.
This battle also solved the predicament of the Shenxiao Legion.
After making some guesses about the state of the Gu God, Zheng Fa thought of the spoils again.
"Fairy Xiao, take a look at this tripod." He took out the bronze tripod and asked the Jiushan history expert, "Do you recognize the pattern on it?"
Xiao Yuying also became interested and stood in front of the bronze tripod, looking at it with fascination.
After a long while, she said uncertainly, "I...seem to have seen this style of pattern before."
"like?"
"Yes, very rarely. In all these years, I've only seen it once. Look."
She pulled out a few tortoise shells from her sleeves, pointed at the patterns on them and asked, "Do they look a bit similar?"
The tortoise shell was as black as jade, with crack-like lines on the back. Next to the lines, there were several patterns that looked like both words and pictures.
A group of people stared at the tortoise shell for a long time, then looked back at the bronze tripod for a long time, and they all thought it looked like it.
"Fairy Xiao, where did you get this tortoise shell?"
"It was also a coincidence. There was nothing else in the ruins except this tortoise shell." Xiao Yuying paused and continued, "But... I have always suspected that the ruins were very old."
"Early? How early?"
"It's older than any cave I know of. It's at least from the Second Era, or even earlier."
Zheng Fa was inevitably a little surprised: "There's only one tortoise shell, how did you determine it?"
"I was actually searching a cave dwelling. That cave dwelling was the residence of a cultivator from the late Second Era. The style of its magical artifacts and architecture all matched the style of the time," Xiao Yuying explained. "But as I searched, I discovered that the cave dwelling was actually built on top of another cave dwelling. In other words, it was one relic and two cave dwellings, one on top of the other."
Uncle Pang suddenly realized, "That's right... after all, there are only so many spiritual veins, and there will always be people who build caves on top of their predecessors."
"Therefore, I speculate that the ruins are even older. Unfortunately, there are only these ordinary tortoise shells inside. Out of curiosity, I also kept them."
"Them? How many are there?"
"There are more than 560 pieces in total, but not every piece has words on it. I still have some."
Zheng Fa looked down at the tortoise shell in Xiao Yuying's hand. Why does this thing sound familiar?
(End of this chapter)
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