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"Killlllll..."
"Charge through!"
"Kill these goddamn dogs!"
Shouting, screaming, shrieking, cursing, dog barking, all these sounds merged into one, causing the ground to tremble.
The attack had just begun for ten minutes, but the mound was already overflowing with blood and corpses.
"Sir Chou Jiu, we are slow, with this kind of pace, when will we ever get into the bronze hall!" Mo Wu Tian urged.
Chou Jiu snickered: "The dog groups are huge, is it that easy to get through? It is better that we are slow, the righteous path will take on more pressure for us, we can benefit from the chaos better."
Chou Jiu was already Fang Yuan's slave, his greatest wish is to continue stalling for time.
Earlier, the righteous and demonic factions were at a stalemate, but this Mo Wu Tian had to ruin it by finding Xiao Mang to cooperate. Chou Jiu could not stop him, he could only go with the flow.
After starting the assault, he tried his best to slow them down.
They had planned to attack from two directions, but because of killer ghost doctor's manipulation, it caused the righteous faction to be further in the advancement, thus taking more hits. Meanwhile, the demonic path had less losses, but the assault's momentum was slowly, they were in danger of being surrounded.
"Chou Jiu, what are you thinking of! You are too muddled, we have to charge with vigor, how can we move so slowly? You are old and confused, can't you see? Our group is already in deep trouble, once our movement stops, we will be surrounded, we will be in greater danger than the righteous path!" Mo Wu Tian was stomping his feet in anger, shouting.
Chou Jiu stared with his eyes wide open, shouting back: "Mo Wu Tian, you junior, why are you screaming for nothing, what do you know? Doing it your way, how many people did we lose earlier! Later when we compete with the righteous faction for the immortal treasure, they will be our enemy, we have to weaken them!"
Saying so, Chou Jiu's tone changed, consoling softly: "Oh young man, it is not wise to charge ahead recklessly."
Because of what happened earlier, the majority of the demonic Gu Masters supported Chou Jiu and objected to Mo Wu Tian.
Mo Wu Tian's heart was furious, as he raised his head and screamed: "Old fool Chou Jiu, we have different opinions! You all can wait here and die, I am going to get my immortal treasure!"
Saying so, he moved ahead and charged towards the bronze hall.
Hu Mei Er, Li Xian and the others felt that Mo Wu Tian was right, they wanted to go ahead but their strength was insufficient, they could only go with the crowd.
"Youngsters are so rash." Chou Jiu sighed, then laughed: "Look, after being psyched by me, he is taking on the pressure for us. We will steadily move ahead, using the road that he paved for us, perfect!"
Everyone laughed, praising Chou Jiu's brilliance.
Countless dogs formed into a wave, as thousands of Gu Masters resisted them.
Blood flowed and broken limbs flew. All sorts of Gu worms competed, like the dance of fire and ice, lightning exploded and soil was overturned, green vines grew endlessly.
Yi Chong's body was covered in blue fish scales, black fins growing on his back with a light blue spiral wave around him. He seemed to have become a fearsome shark in the sea, charging ahead fearlessly.
Yi Huo turned into the god of fire, charging ahead as he slaughtered, everywhere he went, there was blazing flames and crying dogs.
Yan Jun used the phantom path Gu worm, turning into a hollow shadow as he evaded attacks again and again, safe and sound.
Li Xian used his rank five Gu and concealed his body while people were not noticing.
Kong Ri Tian turning into a rain of petals, floating in the sky.
The experts displayed all their abilities, getting close to the bronze hall. Among them, two were at the frontlines, and were the most prominent.
It was none other than Xiao Mang and Mo Wu Tian.
But good times did not last, Ba Huang and Ying Ming, the two dog emperors appeared, blocking their advancement like last time.
"It is time." At the frontlines, Tie Ruo Nan was bathed in blood as she stopped her footsteps, resting as she breathed heavily.
Tie clan's four old-timers were guarding by her side, other than that, there was Tie Bai Qi.
"We are a few thousand steps from the bronze hall, there are many dogs here, it is up to you, Lord Tie Bai Qi." Tie Ruo Nan said.
"Hehehe, I have been watching the whole time, my hands are itching already!" Tie Bai Qi took off his hat, showing off the third eye on his forehead.
Pew!
He activated his Gu worm, pushing the space before him with both hands, forming a black hole.
The black hole continued to spin, as numerous white apes jumped out.
The white ape army gushed out, forming into a strong formation as it charged towards the bronze hall.
"Young master, go ahead. I will block them here." TIe Bai Qi's tone was confident and powerful.
"We'll be counting on you, the Immortal Gu is most important, for the clan, we have to arrest Fang Yuan alive!" Tie Ruo Nan gritted her teeth, waving her hand and bringing the Tie clan four old-timers and starting their invasion.
With the white ape army to cover for them and sacrifice, Tie Ruo Nan successfully made it into the hall.
Fang Yuan was still refining Gu, he could not do anything else!
Land spirit wanted to strike, but Fang Yuan stopped it: "Ba Gui, don't force yourself! You have to control the dog groups while manipulating the immortal essence to assist me in refining Gu, how can you be further distracted? Bai Ning Bing, it will be up to you now, go block her!"
Bai Ning Bing snorted coldly, squinting her eyes as he blocked Tie Ruo Nan, engaging in fierce combat.
In the space before Fang Yuan, cloud smoke was moving violently.
In his previous life, he had already used third watch Gu by this time. But now, without Feng Tian Yu's help, Fang Yuan's progress was extremely slow, he had just thrown in the five hundred year lifespan Gu.
Without the refinement master Feng Tian Yu, Fang Yuan felt difficulty controlling the cloud smoke.
The cloud smoke reacted violently, causing Fang Yuan to almost fail several times, but he managed to salvage it every time.
Behind him, as Tie and Bai fought, Tie clan's four old-timers joined in.
Bai Ning Bing could not rival them, as she fell into a disadvantage, shouting: "Fang Zheng, I can't hold them back anymore, how long more do you need!"
The cloud smoke had finally absorbed the lifespan Gu, turning into the blood fields, golden wheat, filled with crops. It was the 'five hundred years as autumn' scene.
Fang Yuan's voice was nervous: "Hang in there, I need a lot of time!"
"If I die, you will not live too..." Bai Ning Bing cursed continuously.
Several moves later, Bai Ning Bing gasped roughly: "I can't continue! Fang Yuan, I am going to self-destruct!"
"Your aptitude has already returned to a hundred percent?" Fang Yuan was startled.
"What do you think!" Bai Ning Bing cursed.
The cloud smoke was slowly maturing, dissipating. From a water tank's size, it shrunk to a basin's size.
"Try to hold on, unless you can't control it anymore, don't..." Fang Yuan shouted.
"It is too late." Bai Ning Bing sighed deeply.
Crack crack...
Frost quickly gathered, as the cold aura spread everywhere in the main hall and the temperature decrease rapidly.
"What Gu is this?" Tie Ruo Nan's cry of surprise also reached Fang Yuan's ears.
Fang Yuan turned his head with difficulty to look and saw the main hall already becoming a world of ice and snow. Bai Ning Bing was floating high up in the air, her whole body turning into ice crystal, similar to the situation when she had self-destructed back at Qing Mao mountain.
The cold wind blustered and glacier rose, crushing towards Tie Ruo Nan with vast and majestic force.
"Is this the legendary Northern Dark Ice Soul physique?" Tie Ruo Nan cried out in surprise. But it was already too late, she was sealed within the ice like an insect in an amber.
The ice continued spreading towards Fang Yuan.
"Bai Ning Bing? Bai Ning Bing!" Fang Yuan worriedly shouted, but there was no response from Bai Ning Bing.
Her body had almost become one with ice and her whole face had started turning indistinct. Her crystal like eyes no longer shone and had thoroughly dimmed.
"Damn it!" Fang Yuan cursed, standing up and sending the Yang Gu towards Bai Ning Bing.
But halfway, the Yang Gu made a u-turn, and returned to Fang Yuan's right hand.
At the same time, the cloud smoke turned into a Gu worm, landing on Fang Yuan's left hand.
This Gu was like a peanut shell, golden and dazzling, the markings on the surface resembles bright red blood traces.
Earlier, the fake second aperture Gu could only live for a week, and was not stable. But this new Gu could survive for forty years! @@novelbin@@
"Hehehe." Fang Yuan raised his head and laughed, using liquid metal Gu and blocking the frost.
Then he said to Bai Ning Bing: "Bai Ning Bing, have you acted enough?"
The frost came to a stop.
Fang Yuan laughed again, saying: "Did you have a good time cooperating with Tie clan?"
This time, Bai Ning Bing could not longer act, she turned back into flesh body and stared at Fang Yuan with a shocked and solemn suspicion: "How did you!"
"In Shang clan city, you purposely lost to Yan Tu, getting Doctor Su Shou's help to remove the poison vow, and then secretly contacted Tie Ruo Nan. On San Cha mountain, you plotted together with the four old-timers... all these, did you think I was ignorant?" Fang Yuan played with the two Gu in his hands as he said.
Bai Ning Bing landed on the ground with a dazed expression, stunned beyond words.
"How did Fang Yuan find out all these? I was extremely secretive. This means, he was always watching coldly at my performance! Wait, I succeeded in planting the fixed star Gu though..."
"Fang Yuan, you demon, so what if you found out! You can't escape today, there is nowhere to run!" Tie Ruo Nan saw that the matter was exposed and quickly broke out of the ice, as the four old-timers joined her.
Fang Yuan chuckled, raising his left arm: "You mean the fixed star Gu? What if I chop off my arm?"
Tie clan's four old-timers frowned deeply.
Once Fang Yuan chopped off his arm, even if they used their killer move, they would only get his arm.
According to their understanding of Fang Yuan, sacrificing his left forearm was nothing to this cruel and wicked person.
"Hahaha!" Tie Ruo Nan suddenly laughed.
She pointed at Fang Yuan, shouting: "Fang Yuan, stop trying to deceive us! So what if you saw through our scheme? The dog group outside the hall cannot block the two factions. Soon, Xiao Mang, Chou Jiu, Mo Wu Tian, Yi Huo, Yi Chong and the others would charge in, can you defend the Immortal Gu?"
"You are a frenzied lunatic, killing so many Gu Masters and plundering their apertures to refine Gu. These crimes are unforgivable, Bai Ning Bing is the best witness! As long as we announce it to the world, you will be a wanted criminal everywhere. More importantly, your Immortal Gu is not done refining yet!"
"Do you still have a chance of succeeding? Impossible! You have no time left, not long later, this hall will be overrun by people, where can you run to? Try flying out? Hehe, you only way out now is to surrender to our Tie clan, and contribute that half-done Immortal Gu to us, as well as surrender the old clan leader's Gu worms, and enter the Demon Suppression Tower for reform, that's the only way you can keep your life."
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Tie Ruo Nan took a step forward and looked with a gaze that was sharp as a knife: "Fang Yuan, you are a smart man, you should be clear of your situation!"
"I am indeed clear of my situation." Fang Yuan's expression was tranquil: "And I am even more clear of your situation."
His lips revealed a trace of cold smile: "Immortal Gu refinement has indeed not finished, but this has let me preserve more portions of immortal essence, enough for me to kill you all!"
However, right at this time, Ba Gui appeared and spoke with a tearful expression: "No use, it is no use. There will be too much loss in immortal essence to kill them and the remaining amount won't be able to support the Gu refinement. Furthermore, it is late now, there are too many holes in the blessed land and it will completely collapse and disperse into smoke not long later."
Its biggest obsession was to complete the refinement of second aperture Gu, it did not even care about its own destruction.
Right now, Fang Yuan had only refined to this stage and the crucial step still remained which was also the most difficult step; but the situation no longer allowed him to continue.
"Young man, you made a grave mistake in your calculations, our Immortal Gu refinement is a failure!" The land spirit howled in grief.
"Refining Immortal Gu? Never expected it to be so lively here." Yan Jun calmly stepped into the main hall.
In the previous life, he had been obstructed by Feng Tian Yu, but now with no obstructions, he walked freely into the bronze hall.
"Heheh, Fang Yuan, you are not the blessed land's master, thus the land spirit will not completely obey your commands. Since young clan leader Yan Jun has arrived, the others also won't be far. Today, your loss is certain." Tie Ruo Nan had some fear towards the land spirit and could only continue to engage in psychological battle.
"No, there is still hope, the Gu refinement can't be considered a failure." Fang Yuan suddenly smiled.
He moved his gaze towards Bai Ning Bing.
Bai Ning Bing's heart tightened; if Fang Yuan used Yang Gu to force her to fight to the death, what course of path should she take?
However, Fang Yuan's gaze moved past Bai Ning Bing and turned towards the land spirit Ba Gui.
This aged Ba Gui was looking awful right now after crying, appearing extremely broken-hearted.
"Ba Gui, do you still want to refine second aperture Gu or not?" Fang Yuan transmitted his voice.
"Could, could it be that you have some way?" Ba Gui suddenly felt a trace of hope: "That's right, you are a reborn Gu Immortal, and with your previous life's experience, you should have expected this situation right!"
"No, the situation is beyond my expectations. The current me is only a mortal and I am unable to make a difference." Fang Yuan said frankly, "Ba Gui, I have failed you, the Gu refinement this time is indeed a failure."
The land spirit started wailing even louder.
However, Fang Yuan immediately changed the topic: "But this failure is only temporary, we can still have hope."
The land spirit's crying softened as it asked: "What do you mean?" @@novelbin@@
"After you die, I will be the only person who knows the recipe. The half-finished second aperture Gu is also with me, so Ba Gui, you must protect me."
"Of course I have to protect you! You are the only person who satisfied the requirements of the blessed land and are also a reborn Gu Immortal, there is a huge chance of the refinement of the second aperture Gu succeeding in the future even if it is a failure this time." The land spirit answered as a matter of fact.
"Good. it is is great that you have this understanding. However, you can only protect me for a period but not forever. Not long later, you will die. With the remaining immortal essence, we also cannot completely root out all the enemies in the blessed land. Even if you transport me to the outside world, there are many groups of Gu Masters on San Cha mountain." The corner of Fang Yuan's lips curled into a sinister smile.
Since the rebirth this time, everything was going smoothly. As he inched closer to success, he could not help but feel a trace of excitement.
"Then how do you want me to protect you?" The land spirit asked.
Fang Yuan chuckled and said profoundly: "Ba Gui, do you remember the third section of the second chapter of the <>?"
The land spirit was dazed as it guessed Fang Yuan's meaning, it said with hesitation: "You are saying... no, that won't work, there are two conditions that are not fulfilled. First of all, you need the light of glory of the immemorial era."
"Hehehe." Fang Yuan laughed satisfiedly at this, he raised his hand and pointed to the top of the bronze hall and shouted, "Look, the light is here!"
From the moment he stood up, he had inwardly asked the land spirit to share its vision, thus the situation outside was very clear to him.
Afterward, the talk with the Tie clansmen and others were only delaying the time and waiting for a good opportunity.
This was already the third time Fang Yuan had used Spring Autumn Cicada and by accumulating his experience, he had an even deeper understanding of rebirth.
There was indeed a butterfly effect to the aftermath of rebirth that could cause some things to change completely. However, there was also historical inertia; many great events that occurred were conflicts that accumulated over time, they only lacked a trigger point. Even without the original trigger, a new one would always appear. This was not something a person alone could influence and change easily.
Outside the main hall.
Xiao Mang was getting impatient fighting with Ying Ming and flew to the sky.
Rank four, gather light Gu.
Rank five, extreme light Gu.
Rank five, river under the sun Gu.
Killer move — Torrential Light Stream!
The river of light rolled and crashed as it poured down towards the blessed land.
The light was blinding, and the waves were fierce, it turned the entire battlefield white, and everyone closed their eyes, unable to resist such a strong light.
"Not good!" Tie Ruo Nan and others were in the main hall, Tie Bai Qi tried to stop it when he saw this, but the light river's formation was already complete and he could only reduce its impact by a little.
The grand light river was like a waterfall, crashing heavily on the bronze hall.
The roof of the hall was immediately broken through, and the light waterfall flew towards Fang Yuan.
"The light of glory of the immemorial era!" The land spirit cried out in shock.
Fang Yuan laughed loudly and poured his primeval essence into rank four bone wings Gu and rank five liquid metal Gu.
A pair of long and wide black wings spread out from his back, while the liquid metal covered his whole body like paint, spreading towards the black wings and dying his whole body with dazzling golden light.
"He, what is he doing?"
"Fang Yuan!"
In Tie Ruo Nan, Bai Ning Bing and the others' astonished gazes, Fang Yuan flapped his wings and flew directly towards the river of light!
Bam!
There was loud buzzing in his ears and the formidable impact forced Fang Yuan backwards.
However, he had killed many rank five Gu Masters before and obtained many movement Gu like golden aurora Gu and so on. Right now, he activated them all and flew against the flow of the waterfall, flying higher and higher.
When he flew out of the bronze hall, it immediately attracted countless gasps and doubts.
"What is that thing?"
"It is flashing with golden light and looks like a large bird!"
"No, that is a person, a warrior that has been soaked in molten gold!"
There was only a vast sea of whiteness in Fang Yuan's sight. His primeval essence was depleting rapidly by activating so many movement Gu and defensive Gu.
" Time and tide wait for no man , land spirit help me, divine travel Gu!"
Immortal Gu divine travel landed on his palm.
"Jade sky Gu!"
A ray of green light shot out from his aperture and landed on his hand, turning into a jade-green colored bamboo that was hollow in the middle.
"What in the world is he trying to do? He actually faced the killer move head-on and flew up!" Tie Ruo Nan stared with wide-opened eyes, expressing her shock.
"Did little beast king give up, and is trying to end his life?" Yan Jun's jaws were wide open as he looked up in a daze.
"Something's up, I understand him! Everything Fang Yuan does has extremely deep meaning! No matter what, we can't let him have his way, we must disrupt this!" Bai Ning Bing's tone was hurried and for some reason, the bad feeling in her heart continued to become stronger.
Tie Ruo Nan nodded and agreed with Bai Ning Bing's words.
"Four old-timers!" She shouted.
"Understood!" The four old-timers immediately moved separately towards east, south, west and north directions; they kneeled on the ground and held their right wrist with their left hand, their right hands were spread out in a claw form and faced each other.
Killer move — Infinite search and lock!
Almost at the same time, Fang Yuan's left arm shone with an eerie-blue light; one could vaguely see the fixed star Gu on it.
This Gu was a star fragment of the immemorial era, it was like an eight-sided diamond and was crystal clear!
At the same time, all around Fang Yuan, space tore apart and four chains appeared, moving like pythons.
"Finally reacting at this point? Hmph, too late!" Fang Yuan gave a cold smile.
Divine travel Gu suddenly flew and pierced into his left arm, swallowing the fixed star Gu.
The four old timers coughed out blood as they lost the connection with the fixed star Gu.
The four chains moving beside Fang Yuan also lost their target and flew about carelessly before they were destroyed by the river of light.
After the divine travel Gu ate fixed star Gu, it went into the hollow jade sky Gu and rapidly formed a cocoon.
"Huh? There is a strange person flying directly towards my killer move?!" Xiao Mang was indescribably shocked. Others often did not have enough time to dodge his killer move but now there was actually a fool who was facing it head-on!
"Who is this guy? What is he trying to do?" Yi Huo, Yi Chong and the others stared at the sky with stupefied looks.
"Wait a second, this scene, where did I see it before!" Li Xian frowned deeply, a ray of light flashed in his astute mind.
"How could this be, he seems to be... refining Gu?" Feng Tian Yu looked up for a while and after seeing somewhat clearly he immediately became shocked.
"He is actually refining Gu using the killer move, his courage knows no bounds!" Mo Wu Tian's eyes shot out purple light that extended two inches into the air.
That's right, Fang Yuan was refining Gu.
This was Fang Yuan's plan.
When he enslaved killer ghost doctor, it was certain the second aperture Gu's refinement would fail.
Because at the last step of merging with divine travel Gu, Fang Yuan was not able to accomplish it by just himself. Previously, he had the help of refinement path grandmaster Feng Tian Yu and the assistance of the land spirit, before he was able to barely finish it.
Now, he did not have Feng Tian Yu's help, thus this step was destined to fail!
However, after rebirth, Fang Yuan had never truly thought of refining second aperture Gu.
He deceived the land spirit and intentionally delayed time to create such a special situation to convince the land spirit and refine this Gu.
Similar to the second aperture Gu, this Gu was also an Immortal Gu whose recipe was recorded in chapter two section three of <>!
<> was the first classic of the Gu world!
It appeared to be a story when one first read it but it actually held profound messages, recording the secrets of the ancient times and all kinds of Gu. Some Gu were directly described like wisdom Gu, strength Gu and so on. While some Gu were hidden, their descriptions were very vague, requiring the readers to dig through it and study carefully.
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The light of glory of the immemorial era shone on the cocoon.
Absorbing the glory of the immemorial era, the cocoon was undergoing a mystical change.
Fang Yuan's body was shining in golden brilliance, swimming up against the flow of the torrential light stream. Facing the strong killer move of a rank five Gu Master, liquid metal Gu's defense was starting to become useless.
The golden protection was washed away by the light eventually.
Especially the bone wings, it slowly revealed its original black color after being washed by the torrential light stream.
In the grand waterfall of light, a lone body was flying with great difficulty while facing great pressure.
Such a mystical sight naturally attracted many Gu Master's attention.
The battlefield slowly turned silent.
Land spirit assisted Fang Yuan fully, after the dogs lost their master, they scattered. All the Gu Masters stood on the spot, raising their heads and watching.
In their hearts, they had one question — "This scenario, I have obviously not seen it before, yet why do I find it so familiar?"
"I remember, I remember now!" Suddenly, someone shouted: "This scene was recorded in the legends of Ren Zu, that's why it is so familiar!"
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Getting such a reminder, many people realized at once.
"That's right, this was recorded in Ren Zu's second chapter, third section."
"I remember now, Verdant Great Sun flapped his wings and bathed in the light of glory in order to refine fixed immortal travel Gu, flying towards the sun."
People recalled, laughing immediately.
"What is this person doing? Copying Verdant Great Sun, and disregarding his life?"
"Haha, don't tell me he is thinking of refining fixed immortal travel Gu?"
"How is that possible! He has divine travel Gu?"
Of course Fang Yuan had it!
But divine travel Gu was not enough, it was recorded in <
Verdant Great Sun was afraid that divine travel Gu would send him to dangerous places while he was drunk. Divine travel Gu was ashamed because of this, thus directing him: "Go up into the sky, and in the azure heaven among the nine heavens, there is a bamboo forest. Inside the bamboo forest, pluck a jade bamboo that is jade sky in color. Next, go to blue heaven and during the night time, collect the eight-sided diamonds inside the star fragments. Next, when it is dawn, fly into the sky and use the light of glory of the rising sun to turn me into fixed immortal travel Gu. Once I become that Gu, I will no longer send you to random places when you are drunk."
Thus, Fang Yuan needed the a jade sky colored jade bamboo from azure heaven, and an eight-sided diamond star fragment from blue heaven.
And also, the light of glory of the immemorial era.
Did he have these?
Not at first.
But after rebirth, he killed Long Qing Tian and obtained jade sky Gu.
This Gu was rank five and originated from the immemorial era. It was like a dark green bamboo stem, palm size and hollow in the middle, giving off a texture of jade on the surface.
This was the azure heaven's jade bamboo!
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But the jade sky bamboo was not enough, he needed the eight-sided diamond star fragment.
Did he have it?
Of course not, but Bai Ning Bing planted it on him!
Indeed, the fixed star Gu.
This Gu was a star fragment from the immemorial era, looking like a diamond with eight sides, it was planted on Fang Yuan's left forearm, giving off starlight, able to project a half-transparent eerie blue light from his arm.
So now he had the jade sky bamboo and the eight-sided diamond star fragment, but to refine fixed immortal travel Gu, Fang Yuan needed one final condition — that is what the land spirit mentioned — the light of glory of the immemorial era.
Did Fang Yuan have this?
From start to end, he had never obtained it.
But Xiao Mang had it.
Xiao Mang controlled an extreme light Gu, this Gu was obtained by robbing graves, it was an incomplete Gu. It could only be used three times every month to unleash the light of glory. Once it exceeded three times, it would self-detonate.
And torrential light stream was a killer move that, in some aspects, replicated the light of glory.
Divine travel Gu, jade sky Gu, fixed star Gu, as well as the light of the immemorial era, all the conditions were fulfilled!
When Fang Yuan rebirthed and realized this, he discarded the second aperture Gu in his heart, changing his objective to refining the fixed immortal travel Gu.
But it was impossible to convince the land spirit.
The land spirit's obsession was to refine second aperture Gu.
Thus, Bai Ning Bing, Tie Ruo Nan, and the righteous demonic factions became Fang Yuan's tools!
He calculated meticulously in his heart, controlling the flow of events as he swayed them in his favor, causing this result. When the land spirit realized that no matter what, the second aperture Gu would not be refined successfully, it would change its goal to protecting Fang Yuan, as that is the only way hope remains.
The cocoon absorbed the sunlight, trembling slightly as the aura of an Immortal Gu leaked out uncontrollably.
Everyone was flabbergasted.
"Such an aura, how is this possible?!" Tie Ruo Nan, Bai Ning Bing and the others were staring with their eyes popping out.
"He is refining Gu, he is really refining an Immortal Gu?! Who is he? Is he the reincarnation of Verdant Great Sun?" Yi Huo, Yi Chong, and the others were staring with their jaws dropping.
"Fixed immortal travel! Is he really refining fixed immortal travel Gu? To think that I, Feng Tian Yu, would get the see the birth of an Immortal Gu!" This refinement master kneeled on the ground emotionally, tears overflowing on his face.
In the blessed land, the few remaining hairy men all kneeled down.
This moment, they were idolizing this person refining an Immortal Gu!
Unbelievable.
An event of the immemorial era was unfolding before them…
An unimaginable grandness and beauty caused many Gu Masters' bodies to shook. Was it excitement, fear, or both?
At once, Fang Yuan's figure was the center of everyone's attention.
No matter how glaring the torrential light stream was, everyone's eyes were wide open, staring without blinking.
The Immortal Gu's aura became more intense, but at this crucial moment, something happened.
"Trying to use my power to refine an Immortal Gu? Hmph!" Xiao Mang was no fool, after realizing this, he immediately stopped his killer move.
The torrential light stream ended!
Everyone gasped loudly.
"NOOOO!" Feng Tian Yu screamed, his heart pained as he showed grief and despair.
In his vision, the torrential light stream was like a cut ribbon, flowing down weakly, with just three breath's time, the Gu Master in the light waterfall would be freed. Such a short time was not enough to birth an Immortal Gu.
But why would Fang Yuan not anticipate this?
Third watch Gu! Third watch Gu!
He activated two third watch Gu targeting the cocoon.
At once, time accelerated by nine times, as the Immortal Gu's aura surged!
"He used two time path Gu worms to accelerate time?" Feng Tian Yu got up like he was jolted with lightning, his eyes glowing as his face turned red, there was still hope?
But immediately, his red face turned pale, as Feng Tian Yu plopped on the ground with a dejected expression, crying: "It is useless, the acceleration is only a temporary measure, if the Immortal Gu is created too quickly, it will not be able to stabilize its aura, and will be destroyed through self-detonation…"
But was Fang Yuan ignorant about this?
He took out a Gu worm.
This Gu had an plain appearance, like a grey stone disc.
In his previous life, he obtained it from Feng Tian Yu, this time, he got it from killer ghost doctor Chou Jiu.
What Gu?
Undefeated hundred battles!
Undefeated hundred battles Gu!, rank five expenditure Gu, once used, it allowed a Gu Master's refinement to succeed for sure!
The next moment, Feng Tian Yu was stunned, grabbing his head and screaming in great joy: "How can this be!"
Because he felt the Immortal Gu's aura stabilizing like a miracle!
The cocoon broke open, and a green butterfly flew out — fixed immortal travel Gu!
"It truly is an Immortal Gu!"
"Beautiful beyond words…"
"Who in the world is he, he actually refined an Immortal Gu?!"
At once, everyone's hearts were pounding, regardless of whether they were aware or unaware of the circumstances, they were speechless and shocked to their limits.
Xiao Mang was stupefied, Mo Wu Tian was in a daze.
"Is this the re-enactment of a legend?"
"What era am I living in?!"
Fang Yuan flew out of the light waterfall, as fixed immortal travel Gu flew around him. Each time it flapped its wings, green light flickered like pollen, it was a beautiful sight.
Of course, Fang Yuan paid a huge price.
A rank five killer move was not a joke, liquid metal Gu died, golden aurora Gu and the others were greatly damaged. The black wings on his back were torn and tattered.
As the liquid metal faded, Fang Yuan's identity was revealed.
At once, a commotion burst out.
"Who is he?" Mo Wu Tian's pupils shrunk.
"It, it's him, little beast king!" Hu Mei Er and Li Xian were shocked.
"It's him!" Yi Huo's eyes were popping out.
"It is actually him?!" Jiao Huang and Meng Tu looked at each other, trembling, feeling each other's shock, after-fear, and joy. They had the guts to assassinate such a strong foe? A man who can refine an Immortal Gu?!
"Fang Yuan…" Bai Ning Bing, Tie Ruo Nan and the others who knew the situation witnessed this miracle with their own eyes, watching like a still statue.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, during the immemorial era, Verdant Great Sun flapped his wings, refining an fixed immortal travel Gu.
But now, Fang Yuan was doing the same, using his mortal body to accomplish such a grand feat under everyone's observation.
Once this matter spread, his name would be renowned throughout the continent, shocking the whole southern border.
"You really succeeded in refining fixed immortal travel Gu, incredible! As expected of a future Gu Immortal." Fang Yuan could hear land spirit's praise and sigh.
Fang Yuan laughed heartily: "Fixed immortal travel Gu can allow a Gu Master to roam the world, going anywhere he wanted. But it is still an Immortal Gu, your help is needed, to activate it using immortal essence."
Ba Gui: "Of course. There is still some immortal essence left in the cauldron, recall in your mind where you want to go, you should choose a safe place. Remember, the image in your head has to be the same as the real place, there cannot be too big of a difference."
"I understand that."
Ba Gui sighed, speaking wholeheartedly: "Using the fixed immortal travel would allow you to escape this predicament, but without immortal essence, the blessed land will be destroyed immediately. Death is a relief for me. I just wish you would succeed in refining second aperture Gu in the future, and do not waste this opportunity. Before we part, do you have anything to say to me?"
Fang Yuan opened his mouth, but no words came out.
He moved his tattered black wings, flying in the sky and looking around.
The torn bronze hall, the mound battlefield overflowing with blood, and the ruined Gu Immortal blessed land…
Goodbye, Bai Ning Bing.
Goodbye, Tie Ruo Nan.
Goodbye, Southern Border.
The land spirit did not know that Fang Yuan was about to take a an even greater risk. But life was a gamble, if one did not gamble when they had the chance, when would they succeed?
If man did not have aspirations as grand as heaven, they would be letting down their eight feet body! 1
Thinking like this, Fang Yuan felt great ambition and aspiration, his heart boiling with anticipation. Standing before everyone, he felt an urge and expressed it as a poem.
The people present heard him recite —
Since ancient times land immortal pass with the wind, today three kings return to eternal slumber.
Who would not experience failure? Verdant Sun died regretfully. Start over again and proclaim oneself as King.
The carp swims up the heavenly waterfall, travelling alone in the desolate lands and defying heaven.
Spreading my wings and flying away today, becoming an immortal and whipping the phoenix on another day!
As he said so, Fang Yuan laughed loudly.
Everyone was speechless.
Only the land spirit shouted: "Grand aspirations, I will send you on your journey!"
Immortal essence entered the fixed immortal travel Gu, and jade light flashed, as Fang Yuan vanished from the air.
Only his clothes were left, floating in the air like a kite with its strings cut.
"He vanished!"
"He used the fixed immortal travel Gu, I wonder where he went."
"Ah! Why is heaven and earth shaking?"
Everyone was stunned.
At this time, intense winds blew as mountains broke, the world was collapsing. Loopholes after loopholes were formed, connecting to the outside world.
"Damn it, escape quickly."
"The blessed land is collapsing, the winds of assimilation is coming!"
"If we do not escape now, we will die, I do not want to die!"
The experts were frightened and shocked, frantically escaping as San Cha mountain went into chaos once again.
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Central Continent, Tian Ti mountain.
In Hu Immortal blessed land, on Dang Hun mountain, the battle for Hu Immortal blessed land was reaching its end.
"Fang Zheng, hang in there, victory is within reach!" Lord Sky Crane encouraged.
The skin on Fang Zheng's arms and legs were torn, as blood flowed down.
He surpassed Ying Sheng Ji, Xiao Qi Xing, his body was numb from pain, and his brain was unable to think, there was only Dang Hun mountain left in his mind.
Being the first to ascend, he only had one thought left in his mind.
"I am the great Feng Jin Huang, how can I lose here? I have never lost since I was born, this time is no exception! Come out, dream wings!"
Feng Jin Huang shouted, and a beautiful pair of wings grew from her shoulders.
This pair of wings was extremely elegant and beautiful, all sorts of lights shone on it, it was dazzling and alluring, with just one flap, Feng Jin Huang ascended easily.
"What?"
"This is…"
"The legendary Immortal Gu — Dream Wings!"
The nine Gu Immortals were shocked.
Most Immortal Gu could only be used with immortal essence. But dreams wings were different, it used the Gu Master's spirit and soul instead.
Feng Jin Huang was only a mortal, activating the dream wings forcefully would cause severe damage to her soul, amnesia at best, becoming retarded at worst.
But Feng Jin Huang was competitive, she wanted victory, willing to pay any price!
Under Fang Zheng, stunned gaze, she overtook him, taking back her head.
The dream wings were folded back as Feng Jin Huang stood at the side of the cliff, breathing heavily, she felt a strong dizziness from the depths of her soul, almost causing her to faint.
She reached her limits.
Forcefully activating an Immortal Gu, it was not easy for Feng Jin Huang to reach this step.
"I actually lost!" Fang Zheng stared with wide opened eyes, dejected and upset.
Feng Jin Huang's arms were already at the edge of the peak, she was one step away!
"I, I am about… to win!"
At this moment, Feng Jin Huang forced herself to raise her head, using the last bit of strength she had.
Her eyes were glowing like amber, her beautiful appearance and her snow-white long neck, was shining like jade in the blessed land's pink light.
She was like a young phoenix, expanding its wings for the first time.
Brilliant and glorious!
At once, even Gu Immortals were dazed.
Fang Zheng raised his head to look at her, as Hu Immortal land spirit stared at her in a daze, everyone was waiting for Feng Jin Huang's victory.
Feng Jin Huang did not let everyone down, she bit her lips, placing her arms at the edge of the cliff.
Next, she used her remaining strength to drag her body up as well. But at this moment!
Swoosh!
Jade light flashed, and a man appeared on the mountain peak.
This man was completely naked, his left forearm had a hole as blood flowed out of it. His youthful body, was strong and muscular, giving off the aura of a veteran expert who had undergone countless battles.
"Brother?!" Fang Zheng was shocked, slipping and falling down the cliff.
The ten Gu Immortals were shocked. Who, who is this naked man?!
Feng Jin Huang raised her snow-white neck, looking at Fang Yuan from his feet, stunned and watching with her eyes wide open like a statue.
Fang Yuan's body was muscular, the giant monster on his lower body entered Feng Jin Huang's vision without any doubt.
"I really came here? Tsk, fixed immortal travel Gu has such a weakness, it cannot transport clothes along with me. But thankfully, I placed my Gu worms inside my aperture, and brought them along.
Fang Yuan looked around, realizing his situation.
"Eh? Isn't this person below me Feng Jin Huang?"
It seems <
"I succeeded, all my risks paid off. So what if I failed to refine second aperture Gu? Now I have something better, the entire Hu Immortal blessed land, and fixed immortal travel Gu! Hahahahaha…" Fang Yuan laughed crazily in his heart.
"Unfortunately, she has the Immortal Gu dream wings, I can't kill her yet." Fang Yuan looked at Feng Jin Huang regretfully, before raising his right foot.
Under the ten Gu Immortal's supervision, his right foot landed on Feng Jin Huang's face, as a jade-like feeling could be felt on his feet.
"Scram." Fang Yuan pushed, and kicked the weak and dazed Feng Jin Huang down.
Feng Jin Huang was already out of strength, how could she resist Fang Yuan's kick, she immediately descended.
Fang Yuan turned around, facing the land spirit.
"Little Hu Immortal, aren't you calling me you master?"
"Ma… master…" The little girl stared at Fang Yuan, shocked.
After she reacted, she used her small tender hands to cover her large crystal clear eyes.
Next, she lowered her head, her face red with shame, as she stomped her foot, shaking her head, saying meekly: "Master, aren't you shameful, you are so old already, quickly wear some clothes!"
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Nine days later.
Atop of a lush green mountain valley, a small waterfall flowed downwards like a strip of silvery silk.
The waterfall's stream flowed into an ancient lake. The ancient lake was deep and dark jade in color, with ripples on the surface of the water.
In the pond, all kinds of carp were swimming about.
On the top of a white rock beside the water, Feng Jin Huang sat with her eyes closed.
Her face, bright and beautiful, was reflected in the water, causing this ancient lake to gain a brilliant elegance. The colorful carps in the water, the clear pool water, the silvery waterfall, and the green valley all complimented each other.
However, Feng Jin Huang's pretty brows were deeply scrunched.
Although she has tried her best to calm down, every time she closed her eyes for more than thirty breaths, an image flashed in her mind from the depths of her heart.
On an illustrious pink crystal mountain peak, a naked man looked down at her with his black eerie pupils.
She was sprawling on the edge of the cliff, and when she looked up, she saw everything on the man's body.
His bleeding left arm with a bloody hole, his strong muscles, his broad chest, and the massive thing between his legs... the image was engraved into her heart.
The memory was so vivid that the events of that day could never be forgotten by this proud woman.
Especially since afterwards, the man stretched out his right foot and stepped on her face!
Feng Jin Huang wanted to forget the feeling of being trampled on her face, yet the feeling was so vivid that she could clearly recall it even now.
"Forget it, Forget him! Keep a peace of mind, peace, peace of mind, calm down..." Feng Jin Huang breathed more and more rapidly.
Her breathing became heavier, and her chest moved rapidly as a result, and was becoming faster.
In her heart, shame, humiliation, and hatred mixed together, turning into a volcano.
"How dare he? He dared to do that to me! Ahhh!" Feng Jin Huang could not bear it anymore, and suddenly opened her phoenix eyes and stood up abruptly, raising her head and screaming.
Boom!
The volcano in her heart erupted, filling her chest with anger, almost melting her entire body!
"You are a despicable and shameless man, you dared to step on my face. I want to tear you to pieces!" Feng Jin Huang roared, her eyes glowing with fire as she punched randomly.
Bam Bam Bam Bam...
The loud smashing sound, like the sound of thunder, erupted continuously.
Feng Jin Huang's eyes exuded fire, the beautiful flames evaporated the ancient lake and burnt the green hills around her. She punched without a target, as her frenzied barrage sent the surrounding mountain rocks flying, as the ground cracked!
After almost a few short breaths, Feng Jin Huang completely decimated the valley. Such terrifying battle strength, even if ten Fang Yuan attacked together, he could not reach such a power level.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
"This scoundrel!!!"
"I want rend your flesh, limb by limb! I want to step on your bones and crush them into pieces! I'll make you suffer for seven days and seven nights!"
"I swear, I'll make you to suffer endless pain, I want you to die and regret everything you have done to me. Then, I'll turn you into ashes and scatter you into the wind!"
Feng Jin Huang bellowed without stopping, the anger in her chest making her lose all rationality.
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A few hundred miles away, there were grass cottages built on a mountain peak.
Through the window of the cottage, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at Feng Jin Huang, looking worried.
"Oh, my little Feng Er..." Inside the cottage, a beauty was dressed in white silk adorned with a green belt. She was dignified and elegant, bearing a resemblance to Feng Jin Huang.
She was the biological mother of Feng Jin Huang, Fairy Bai Qing, a rank six Gu Immortal!
"Stop looking. You have already watched her for seven or eight times the during the last ten minutes. The jade sea tide tea that I carefully brewed for you is getting cold by now, go sit down and drink it." Feng Jiu Ge sat by her side, helplessly saying.
"Drink, drink, drink, all you care about is drinking tea. Is Feng Jin Huang even your daughter? As her father, aren't you worried at all?" Bai Qing turned around, her brows were wrinkled and her tone was resentful.
"Sigh! Our daughter, Feng Er, had always been competitive since she was a child. Her talent was excellent, and no one was her match in her sect, but suddenly she stumbled and lost. Hu Immortal Inheritance was the first failure of her life, but it is also the most important. You are her father, but you're actually still in the mood to drink tea here?"
"Nevermind the failure, what's more important is, Feng-Er suffered such a huge loss! She actually got trampled by someone! Think about it, Feng Er is proud and had never paid attention to any man her age. Yet she was beaten in such a way, with someone's foot on her face, and for the first time, saw a similar aged man's body. This, this..."
The more Fairy Bai Qing talked, the more anxious she grew, and her eyes slowly turned red.
Feng Jiu Ge looked at her and immediately got up, getting to her side, holding her in his arms. He frantically comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry my Qing Er. Isn't your husband still here? In fact, in my opinion, this event was not without benefits."
"Oh? What good is there?" Bai Qing casted a doubtful gaze at him.
"Sigh, Feng Er is our pride and joy, I'm proud of her yet also worried. She's too competitive and always wants to get first place. Yes, her talent is higher than mine, and she also has great comprehension abilities, but so what if her talent is higher, is it higher than all the heroes in the world? No matter how good her talent is, can it compare to Desolate Ancient Moon?" Feng Jiu explained in earnest.
"The great Desolate Ancient Moon, daughter of Ren Zu, failed countless times. Feng Er had always experienced success and victory but had never understood the taste of failure. This is one of her defects, and also her weakness."
"Qing Er, you are a rank six Gu Immortal, and I am a rank seven Gu Immortal, but even if it was a rank nine Immortal Venerable or Demon Venerable, they can only live long, but not forever. We are able to protect Feng Er now, but one day we will leave her. By that time, she will only be able to rely on herself. Experiencing this failure will help her mature."
"Birds leave the nest and fly alone. After they withstand setbacks, they can train their wings and fight in the sky. In the future, when Feng Er leaves us, we can be relieved."
"Feng Er is my baby, I would love nothing more than to protect her inside the blessed land forever..." Fairy Bai Qing leaned on Feng Jiu Ge's chest as she wiped her tears.
She sighed and said: "Sigh, you are right, Feng Er will leave us one day, we should let her train more. But this is too much, she had lost too much this time. Hu Immortal Inheritance was lost, she was even bullied by that Immortal Crane Sect lad, are you as her father not going to do anything about it?"
"Hmph." Feng Jiu snorted, squinting as his eyes shone with a cold light: "Immortal Crane Sect went too far indeed, even though they had promised to compensate us and the other eight major sects. But Feng Er is my daughter, how she can experience such bullying? I have already written a letter and it has been sent to them. If this He Feng Yang does not know what's good for him, I will go to their sect to find him and settle the score!"
Fairy Bai Qing's heart eased, it turns out that her husband had already acted. But immediately, Bai Qing was nervous and looked at her husband: "Husband, don't be rash, don't make a huge commotion. Back when you attacked the top ten sects, Immortal Crane Sect was also one of the victims. They know that you're the strongest, but don't do this kind of thing again."
"I know, I know. Haha, you can be at ease." Feng Jiu Ge calmed his wife lying in his arms, his eyes subconsciously squinting as he snorted in his heart: "Out of the top ten sects in central continent now, none are worthy of facing off against me."
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South of the Central Continent, thirty thousand feet above the mountains.
In the sky, Fei He mountain was floating among a sea of clouds, looking magnificent and grand.
Trees were swaying on the mountain as ten thousand cranes flew by, giving off a living atmosphere of an Immortal's residence.
Currently, in Shang Qing pavilion at the top of the mountain, it was a heavy and grim atmosphere.
"Feng Jiu Ge has gone too far!" The supreme first elder was staring furiously, his hands clutching a thin letter as he trembled with anger.
With a bang, he slammed the letter on the white jade stone table.
In the letter, Feng Jie Ge listed several overbearing demands. But despite so, supreme first elder did not dare to destroy or burn this letter.
This letter was shining with an azure green color, it was the transformation of the rank five letter sending green bird Gu. Once destroyed, Feng Jiu Ge would sense it, if he became furious, the situation would become troublesome.
This guy, Feng Jiu Ge, was born into the demonic path. In the past, he obtained a rare opportunity and cultivated painstakingly, soundlessly reaching rank six Gu Immortal realm. Once he came out, he amazed the world as he challenged all the heroes in the world, and no one could stop him. The ten sects sent people to challenge him, but they all lost terribly, forced to join forces to resist him.
Feng Jiu Ge, was not afraid, fighting as he travelled for over ten million miles, suddenly changing his tactic and going for the yellow dragon, causing the ten sects to lose miserably. The scene was total chaos and there was nothing anyone could do.
Fortunately, Fairy Bai Qing from Spirit Affinity House moved him with true love, finally reforming this demonic head.
"Back in the day, Feng Jiu Ge used his rank six cultivation and caused a commotion among the ten sects, it was unimaginable. Now, he has rank seven cultivation and has Spirit Affinity House, one of the ten sects backing him. This person has the demeanour of a heavenly immortal, although his requests are slightly overbearing, we can agree to it." Supreme second elder took out the letter, reading it and said with a calm tone.
"He Feng Yang, how can there be such a huge mistake in this matter you were in charge of? That Fang Yuan is not our disciple at all, what motives do you have, defending him like this?" A thunderous voice echoed in Shang Qing pavilion, causing the windows to vibrate.
The person speaking was Lei Tan, rank six Gu Immortal, and was at loggerheads with He Feng Yang.
Places with people have conflict, Immortal Crane Sect also has their conflicts and competition among factions.
At once, all the gazes fell on He Feng Yang.
He Feng Yang was like a young man, gentle like jade. A pair of jade colored brows extended to his waist.
His expression was calm, looking around slowly, then laughed and said: "This Fang Yuan is indeed not our disciple, but his brother Fang Zheng is one of us, the leader of the elite disciples of this generation."
Lei Tan snickered: "A tiny elite disciple's relative, he is worth our backing, the entire Immortal Crane Sect?! He Feng Yang, do you know how much compensation we will have to give to the nine sects for this Fang Yuan?"
"Of course I know." He Feng Yang glanced at Lei Tan, laughing in disdain: "But these things, even if you multiply it by three, can't compare to a Hu Immortal blessed land. Not to mention a fixed immortal travel Gu?"
At once, many of the supreme elders understood.
"He Feng Yang! What are you trying to say?" Lei Tan frowned, asking impatiently.
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He Feng Yang only smiled without replying Lei Tan's question.
It was supreme third elder who laughed and replied: "I understand Elder Feng Yang's intention. If we didn't choose to shield this Fang Yuan, Hu Immortal blessed land would still be up for grabs for the ten sects. However, by admitting that Fang Yuan is a member of our Immortal Crane Sect, we have eliminated the other nine opponents, letting only our Immortal Crane Sect seize control of this blessed land."
Lei Tan's gaze flickered and his expression slightly changed, but he no longer asked any questions.
At this moment, He Feng Yang stood up from his seat.
He first cupped his fists towards supreme third elder who explaining the reason: "Third elder is wise! Things happened too suddenly, who could have thought a mortal would use the Immortal Gu fixed immortal travel to appear the peak of Dang Hun mountain and inherit Hu Immortal blessed land in front of everyone."
"This Hu Immortal inheritance is at Tian Ti mountain. Everyone might know Tian Ti mountain is the stairs that connects to the heavenly court. Even though it was destroyed and had been abandoned for many years, it still represents the might of the heavenly court. In a way, attacking Hu Immortal blessed land is attacking Tian Ti mountain; and attacking Tian Ti mountain is attacking the heavenly court."
"Thus, although there are many blessed lands on Tian Ti mountain, there has never been anyone who had the courage to attack it. Even this time, we waited for Hu Immortal blessed land to open before we ten Gu Immortals joined forces to enlarge the passage, with no intention of attacking."
"Even if we really attacked Hu Immortal blessed land, the blessed land has a land spirit which would require at least three rank six Gu Immortals to join hands and even then they might not succeed. Moreover, the control area of the blessed land is being protected by Dang Hun mountain. Without five or six Gu Immortals cooperating earnestly, who would dare to say they can climb to the peak? Lei Tan, can you?"
Lei Tan snorted, he wanted to retort but kept quiet in the end.
In blessed lands, the land spirit could freely mobilize all the resources and their battle prowess could be compared to a Gu Immortal. The most important thing was that the land spirit could suppress rank one to rank five Gu worms.
If a Gu Immortal wanted to attack the blessed land, their most powerful weapon would be Immortal Gu because land spirits could not restrict Immortal Gu.
However, Immortal Gu were hard to find and many Gu Immortals did not even have one Immortal Gu. Even if they had, it might not necessarily be suited to attack.
This was the classic situation of low offense but high defense.
If they were set on attacking the blessed land, it would often require the cooperation of several Gu Immortals to create a numerical advantage, and then competing through the expenditure of immortal essence. Once the blessed land's immortal essence was exhausted, they could start their attack.
However in truth, unless it was some special situation, Gu Immortals rarely attacked blessed lands.
Because it was really not worth it.
Not only was immortal essence precious and hard to accumulate, there was also the danger of the blessed land self-destructing.
In the case where the land spirit could not defend and chose to destroy the blessed land, the winds of assimilation would blow over and destroy everything, causing the attackers to have no gains.
When Gu Immortals attacked blessed lands, they would often gain nothing and instead suffer heavy losses. Unless it was a matter of deep hatred, nobody would agree to do such a transaction that only created loss.
Seeing that Lei Tan was keeping quiet, He Feng Yang continued: "That Fang Yuan ascended to the peak and got the inheritance, immediately commanding the land spirit to close the blessed land. Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng looks almost the same, the Gu Immortals of the other nine sects realized this and subconsciously thought this was our Immortal Crane Sect's hidden move and questioned me one after another. At that time, I thought that if I were to say the truth, the Hu Immortal Inheritance's belonging would be undecided once again as the ten sects would still compete and fight over it. Thus, I acknowledged it, and even if we had to pay such a price for it, we have eliminated the other nine great sects from the competition. Like this, we can secretly strategize about Hu Immortal blessed land without worrying about other forces."
He Feng Yang explained the whole story, Lei Tan snorted and asked: "There is a big problem in this plan! Hu Immortal blessed land is on Tian Ti mountain and is also closed now, without attacking and creating a loophole, how can we enter?"
He Feng Yang laughed, it seems he already predicted this: "How could I not have any plans? Blessed lands face calamities and tribulations; Hu Immortal died during the fifth earthly calamity. I have already calculated the time, Hu Immortal blessed land will face the sixth earthly calamity in a year and three months' time. Fang Yuan is only a mortal, how could he know how to resist the earthly calamity? Even with the help of the land spirit, without a sect's support, the blessed land will suffer heavy damage at that time and a loophole will appear."
Lei Tan scoffed: "Even if there is a loophole, do you dare to attack? Didn't you say just before that Hu Immortal inheritance is on Tian Ti mountain!"
He Feng Yang instantly replied: "Forcefully attacking is a terrible move and we will only use it if all else fails. That Fang Yuan is only a mortal, as long as a loophole appears and we use some plans and schemes, is there a worry of failing to capture him? Hehe, once the earth calamity passes, he will definitely start worrying and thirst for external help. I have already planned it, first we use Fang Zheng and use the kinship to move and persuade him into cooperating for some transactions. As we make more transactions, his guard against us will naturally loosen, and using logic to persuade him, we might just convince him to join Immortal Crane Sect!"
"If he keeps on being stubborn, we can use some secret methods. Slavery Gu is one good method. There aren't many ways to deal with the land spirit, but there are plenty of ways to deal with a mortal like him. If we can obtain fixed immortal travel Gu like this, then it is no doubt the perfect outcome."
The elders present felt a rush of excitement at the mention of fixed immortal travel Gu. Many began to whisper and discuss with each other; the outcome He Feng Yang portrayed was truly beautiful. Most importantly, his plan had a chance of success.
Lei Tan could feel the change in the atmosphere as he sat down in anger: "You speak nice words, let's hope it goes our way."
Supreme third elder mumbled: "Besides special Gu like dream wings Gu that needs to be activated using the soul, most of the other Immortal Gu need immortal essence to activate, and this fixed immortal travel Gu is not an exception. This Fang Yuan has fixed immortal travel Gu and with the help of land spirit to use the blessed land's immortal essence, he can escape any time he wishes. We need to be very careful to deal with him. Furthermore, there is one point to note, he is but a mortal yet he possesses an Immortal Gu, he should have a rather deep background."
He Feng Yang nodded: "Junior has already thought of this point. Back then, when I claimed Fang Yuan was our sect's disciple, I checked the reactions of the other nine sects. It seems that not one of the Central Continent's nine sects are behind him. I am guessing, since Fang Yuan came from Southern Border, he is very likely to have a super clan of Southern Border behind him. But be it Wu clan, Shang clan, Tie clan, Yi clan or other super clans, they are all situated far at Southern Border and cannot help him here. If they were to enter Central Continent, their battle strength would be suppressed. Our Immortal Crane Sect is one of the ten great sects of Central Continent, we have a huge chance of winning against them."
All the elders nodded at these words and started another round of soft discussions. @@novelbin@@
"Indeed, a mighty dragon cannot suppress the local snake."
"Central continent is our Immortal Crane Sect's territory!"
"If they were to make a move, hmph."
"Even if their battle prowess was not suppressed, our Immortal Crane Sect is still stronger than any super groups of the four other regions by a mile."
Third elder's furrowed brows relaxed: "There is one doubt remaining. To use fixed immortal travel Gu, the user needs to have a vivid memory and clear understanding of the terrain he teleports to. Fang Yuan is only a mortal from the far away Southern Border, how could he know the scenery in Hu Immortal blessed land? And how could his timing be so precise? Could it be, Hu Immortal had once set an inheritance in Southern Border? Or it could be one of the tricks of Tian Ti mountain's demonic path Gu Immortals?"
He Feng Yang bowed: "Junior is also not clear about this. This matter is strange, originally, there was only a clue about the blood sea inheritance. At that time, one of our sect disciples defected and fled to Southern Border. A few years ago, I sent Lord Sky Crane to Southern Border to clean up and trash and bring back the inheritance. But Lord Sky Crane failed and instead it was Fang Yuan who obtained the inheritance, gaining blood skull Gu. This kid is very ruthless and sinister, unexpectedly killing all his clansmen on the spot and used blood skull Gu to raise his aptitude. Lord Sky Crane was unresigned and brought back Fang Zheng for future plans to retrieve the Gu.
He Feng Yang naturally had never have expected a nobody to so outrageously disrupt his plan back then, causing such a huge problem for him.
This was a weird feeling.
It was as if person was walking on the road, when suddenly a small ant jumped on their nose and started scratching it.
Where did this ant come from? Such guts!
The person could just crush it with their finger but because of the peculiar situation, they were not able to catch the ant and could only let this ant feel triumphant for the time being.
"Not this blood sea inheritance again..." Hearing He Feng Yang narrate the whole story, the elders present frowned, their heart turned irritated.
Blood Sea inheritance came from a big shot of the demonic path, Blood Sea Ancestor.
He killed people like cutting grass and his infamy had gone down in history. With the might of a rank seven Gu Immortal, he had unexpectedly set up hundreds of thousands of inheritance sites that spread over Central Continent, Southern Border, Northern Plains, Western Desert and Eastern Sea.
Before his death, he had laughed and proclaimed: "Blood path is not lonely, my mark will remain for all eternity!
Now, just like he proclaimed, countless mortals had benefitted. Blood sea inheritance was already proclaimed as the most popular inheritance with the greatest number in the world. There was no competition! Countless righteous path figures were getting headaches because of it.
"Didn't that Xue Tu who was only a butcher, become a famous demonic cultivator after obtaining blood sea inheritance?"
"Years ago, Myriad Dragon Dock's Song Zi Xing obtained one of the true blood sea inheritances and defected his sect, causing great humiliation to our ten great sects. Now, he is already a rank seven Gu Immortal with the title 'Blood Dragon'. To kill this defector and wipe away their humiliation, Myriad Dragon Dock dispatched eight Gu Immortals - five rank six and three rank seven. The result was he killed four of them, crippled three of them and beat one into retreating!"
"It is said that Blood Sea has nine true inheritances. They are: blood skull Gu, blood handprint Gu, blood qi Gu, blood sweat Gu, menses blood Gu, blood shadow Gu, blood battle Gu, as well as the ancient desolate beast violent blood dragon bat and finally, the rank six Immortal Gu blood deity. He was truly someone who achieved great success in blood path..."
"Speaking of which, four true inheritances of the Blood Sea Ancestor had already shown up. One is blood skull Gu which is with Fang Yuan. Another is blood handprint Gu which is with Southern Border's current Shang clan leader. Violent blood dragon bat is with Song Zi Xing."
"It is said that Shang clan leader has already obtained the second blood sea inheritance..."
"That is only an unconfirmed rumor, there is no evidence to conclude it."
The elders whispered to one another.
"Alright, there is no need to talk about blood sea true inheritance. It is like searching for a needle in a haystack, all kinds of rumors are increasing day by day. My ears are already getting callus from hearing them." Supreme Grand Elder waved his hand and immediately put a stop to the discussion.
He turned his gaze towards He Feng Yang: "Elder He Feng Yang, since you brought up this method, then you shall be in charge of it. If you are able to seize the blessed land and establish your merit, the sect will not be stingy in rewarding you."
"Junior understands!" He Feng Yang accepted the order with a smile.
Seeing He Feng Yang gain such a lucrative task, Lei Tan felt stifled, but since it was Supreme Grand Elder who said so, he could only hide his hatred inside.
However, Supreme Grand Elder added: "Since you are in charge of it, then Elder Feng Yang, you should hand over your one's own way Gu, right? In Feng Jiu Ge's demand, he had asked for an Immortal Gu. You are the person in charge of this matter, so you should be the one to settle this."
Lei Tan was immediately joyous.
He Feng Yang could only accept the order with a bitter smile.
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Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
All he saw before him was a blur pink color, as his vision gradually returned, he saw a thin silk curtain.
A light wind blew, the chimes rang, the light pink curtain slowly swayed, making it feel like a dream or illusion.
Fang Yuan slowly got up from his bed.
This round bed was extremely large, forty to fifty people could fit on it.
A silk blanket that was red on the bottom with golden rims was covering his body.
Fang Yuan looked around and found himself in a large bedroom.
There was a stove beside the bed, burning some incense. There was a fragrance that arouses people's feelings in the air.
This room was made with golden brick walls, silver bricks were used on the ground. Beside the bed, the corners of the room, tables and chairs, dressing table, all of them had large amounts of pearls, agate, diamonds and all sorts of precious gems. @@novelbin@@
The room was grand and elegant, luxurious and glorious, the affluence of the previous owner was emanating in the room.
This was Hu Immortal's Dang Hun Palace.
"It is a gentle home." Fang Yuan commented lightly, getting down from his bed.
His body shook uncontrollably, as his brain was still dizzy.
Fang Yuan did not find it strange, instead he understood clearly — this was because he had forced himself too much back on San Cha mountain.
Bai Ning Bing's betrayal, the pressure from the two factions, and he even had to scheme against the land spirit. First refining second aperture, then refine the fixed immortal travel Gu in the torrential light stream. The entire process was accompanied by the mental pressure of taking a risky gamble. To Fang Yuan, be it his body or mind, they had reached their limits.
When he used the fixed immortal travel Gu to arrive at Dang Hun Mountain, Feng Jin Huang and Fang Zheng were at their limits, but so was he.
Compared to them, Fang Yuan's mental pressure was greater. Spring Autumn Cicada could no longer be used, and he had snatched the Hu Immortal Inheritance right in front of the ten sects' Gu Immortals, he was trying to pull the teeth out of a tiger , like playing with fire, it was an extremely dangerous move!
Fang Yuan was the first to ascend the mountain, and the land spirit chased the other competitors away. After Fang Yuan officially became the blessed land's owner, he ordered the land spirit to close the entire blessed land.
After instructing the land spirit with a few key points, Fang Yuan relaxed at a safe area, falling asleep instantly.
"Just how long did I sleep..." Fang Yuan shook his head, he still felt extremely tired, there was a sense of weakness coming from his soul.
At the same time, his ears were buzzing, as his brain could not think as quickly as normal. It was difficult to process questions in his head.
"Oh no, I injured my soul." Fang Yuan's heart sank, sensing his condition was not looking good.
The main reason was became of the Immortal Gu refinement.
Were Immortal Gu so easily to refine? Many Gu Immortals would suffer a backlash when making a mistake while attempting to do so, injured at best, death at worst.
Fang Yuan used a mortal's body to refine an Immortal Gu. The main reason was because the recipe was good, originating from Ren Zu's tales. Secondly, the materials used were appropriate, focused on the divine travel Gu, looking from another angle, it was simply converting divine travel Gu into fixed immortal travel Gu.
It was not like in Fang Yuan's previous life, where he used a large number of mortal Gu to refine the Immortal Gu Spring Autumn Cicada. Turning from mortal to immortal, the difficulty was a hundred fold.
"Even so, the foundation of my soul was too weak and got injured. But thankfully, this is Dang Hun mountain..." Thinking so, Fang Yuan's expression turned solemn, as he said lightly: "Where is the land spirit?"
Swoosh, Hu Immortal land spirit appeared before him.
"Master, you are finally awake." Hu Immortal lowered her head, her face was red as she looked at her feet, speaking in a meek tone.
She had the appearance of a five to six year old girl, she was cute and young. With a colorful dress, and a snow-white fox tail behind her, swaying to express her unease.
"Master, when you were sleeping, I acted on my own accord and healed the injury on your left arm. I wanted to bring you clothes but what we have here are not your size." Hu Immortal land spirit reported.
The clothes she mentioned was Hu Immortal's clothing, they were women's clothing, of course Fang Yuan could not fit in them.
Fang Yuan frowned: "Clothing is not important, how long have I slept? During this period, did any strong enemies attack the blessed land?"
Hu Immortal's eyes were large and shining, blinking: "Master, during the seven days you were asleep, nobody attacked."
"Oh?" Fang Yuan's eyes shone.
He did not know that Immortal Crane Sect's He Feng Yang defended him, blocking the assault of the other nine sects.
But he understood somewhat why no Gu Immortals attacked the blessed land.
Hu Immortal blessed land was not like the three kings blessed land on San Cha mountain.
This blessed land was still very young, it had a land spirit and ample immortal essence storage, and even Dang Hun mountain as the core protection of the blessed land.
These three elements made Hu Immortal blessed land as secure as a fortress, most Gu Immortals had no way to force their way in.
How hard was it to attack this blessed land, Fang Yuan knew most clearly!
Five hundred years into his past life, he allied with almost ten demonic Gu Immortals, invading this place. Eventually, he had a narrow victory, only he and Song Zhong were left.
Song Zhong was the son of Song Zi Xing, a rising star of the demonic path, he has not been born yet.
"Back then, I was already a senior of the demonic path. Song Zhong inherited his father's inheritance, gaining great strength and was able to fight with me for tens of rounds without a winner emerging, causing him to rise to fame from that battle."
Thinking of his past life, being used as a stepping stone for this junior Song Zhong, Fang Yuan snickered continuously.
"Everything's changed now. I'll find a chance to kill Song Zi Xing, hehe, let's see how you'll come into this world."
Song Zi Xing had one part of the blood sea inheritance, it was the ancient desolate beast violent blood dragon bat. This dragon bat is not a Gu worm, it can be captured and taken away.
"With the violent blood dragon bat, I will gain an endless number of blood bats. Manipulating blood bats was one of my greatest skill in my previous life. Of course, that is a plan for the future. Now, I have to rely on this blessed land to cultivate quickly, getting back to my Gu Immortal stage!"
Thinking so, Fang Yuan thought of an important question: "Land spirit, how long more till the next earthly calamity?"
"Master, I was about to inform you if you did not ask me. Right now, the blessed land has already endured five earthly calamities, the sixth is a year and three months away." Hu Immortal's voice was filled with anxiety and worry.
"What? A year and three months!" Fang Yuan jumped up from his bed, unable to sit any longer, his face turning grim.
Everything exists in balance, heaven is impartial. Strength comes with weakness, blessing comes with calamities. Blessed lands have calamities and tribulations, an earthly calamity every ten years, and a heavenly tribulation every hundred years.
Not mentioning the heavenly tribulation but just the earthly calamity; once it occurs, the might is overwhelming, often causing great disasters, if the blessed land cannot endure it, they will face destruction.
Fang Yuan had a blessed land in his previous life, he was extremely clear of the danger of his current situation!
To a blessed land, every earthly calamity is a strict test. Earthly calamities get stronger than the one before, Hu Immortal died in the fifth, and Fang Yuan was about to face the even stronger sixth calamity.
"There are only a year and three months left to the earthly calamity. Why was it not mentioned in Feng Jin Huang's biography? That's right, she is a disciple of Spirit Affinity House, her parents are both Gu Immortals, with their help, it is not hard to block the earthly calamity. But to me, this is a grave situation!"
The sixth calamity is coming too quickly, even with Fang Yuan's experience, he would not have time to make ample preparations.
Other than that, he still had to guard against external enemies.
"Under everyone's watchful eye, I snatched Hu Immortal blessed land, although the tens sects have not made a move, they are surely waiting to pounce on me. I understand now, the ten sects are waiting for the earthly calamity, and want to make use of it?"
Once the earthly calamity descends, the land spirit will have to face it with everything she had, she would not have time to take care of this master. Fang Yuan was still rank four upper stage, he was easy to target. Once he dies, the blessed land would be ownerless, and the land spirit will have to find a new master.
If the earthly calamity causes a huge loophole, Gu Masters outside would be able to enter at will. If the ten sects find trouble then, it would add on to his problems, and the situation would certainly turn deadly.
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, because his soul was injured, it caused his head to hurt.
He rearranged his scattered thoughts, and breathed out deeply, deciding: "I'll take a look at the situation, make the best preparations for this earthly calamity. If I fail, I will give up the blessed land and order it to self-destruct, not giving the righteous path any resources for free, then escape using fixed immortal travel Gu."
Although the blessed land was good, how could it compare to his safety?
With such a thought, Fang Yuan called the land spirit to bring him outside, he needed to know more about the blessed land now.
"Yes." Land spirit nodded obediently, but hesitantly added: "Master, you do not like clothes? Actually, wearing nice clothing would make one feel more energised, and you will feel happier too."
Fang Yuan: "..."
The dresses in Dang Hun palace was not for Fang Yuan to wear. But he had stored some spare clothing inside the tusita flower.
After changing into a black robe, Fang Yuan followed the land spirit, going up on the stairs and reaching the mountain peak.
Dang Hun montain's winds were very strong.
But land spirit waved her hand, and it turned into a soothing breeze.
"Master, this blessed land has 4000km2 of land. The flow of time is five times. The 4000km2 of land is mostly grassland, the grass is made up of blue degree grass, water chestnut grass, and six divine grass primarily, there are also seven treasure flowers and milk tea flowers etc."
The land spirit introduced as she drew a virtual image, floating in the air for Fang Yuan to see.
In the image, there was a classic grassland, with all sorts of colors, like a grass carpet right before him.
The blue and poisonous blue degree grass, the chestnut shaped water chestnut grass, six divine grass which looked like six thin leaves with the feeling of jade. And also the seven colored seven treasure flower, the cup shaped milk tea flower filled with nectar that were like milk tea.
With these seven as the main, there were also a lot of weed and wild flowers.
Fang Yuan looked as he nodded.
Do not look down on these grass and flowers, they are cultivation resources.
These seven types of grass and flowers were Gu refinement ingredients. Some of the flowers and grass even has wild Gu worms. With 4000km2 worth of land, compared to Earth, that was one and a half Hong Kong added together. How many Gu would there be in total?
These wild Gu worms were extremely easy to catch. With just a command from Fang Yuan, the land spirit would be able to capture them intact and hand it over to Fang Yuan.