188 RI
"Our Combat Immortal Sect is one of the ten great ancient sects. Lad, since you were recommended by my senior brother, you must know about the selection rules of Combat Immortal Sect, it will depend on your combat results.".
In Fang Yuan's vision, a Gu Master was looking down imposingly at him, saying: "If you want to officially become a disciple of Combat Immortal Sect, you have to put up a good fight and be one of the ten people left out of a hundred people, to be qualified to join the sect."
"Combat Immortal Sect..."
"Why is it this kind of dream."
"Spectral Soul Demon Venerable didn't seem to have joined Combat Immortal Sect during his life?"
"It seems that he absorbed many souls in the door of life and death and obtained lots of cultivation experiences. This is why it formed like this?"
Fang Yuan speculated inwardly.
At this time, the Gu Master took out three Gu worms.
This first Gu worm looked like a caterpillar, it was light blue and the size of an adult's thumb, the head had a small horn on it.
The second Gu worm was a butterfly with red patterns, emitting a warm aura.
The third Gu worm was a toad, it seemed like a grey rock.
Inside the dream realm, the Gu Master spoke: "These three Gu worms are water arrow Gu, fire cloak Gu, and spirit saliva Gu. You are a rank one Gu Master, choose one."
"I can only choose one?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Everyone can only choose one." The Gu Master in charge said expressionlessly.
Fang Yuan nodded, he assessed carefully: "Water arrow Gu is for attacking, but it is not good among offensive Gu. Fire cloak Gu is a defensive Gu, it grants me a cloak of fire that can burn enemies mildly, and spirit saliva Gu can be used to heal Gu Masters."
"If I can choose all of them, so be it. But if I can only choose one, it means this task needs cooperation. The earlier Gu Master said that there are a hundred people but ten spots. To explore this dream realm, I probably need to go ahead and get one of the ten spots."
"I choose fire cloak Gu." Fang Yuan thought, answering soon after.
He needed to race for time.
His dream realm exploration time was very precious. The soul would continuously be expended when exploring dream realms, once it weakens to a certain level, Fang Yuan's cognitive abilities would fall drastically. He would be unable to differentiate between reality and the dream, he would not know that he was dreaming. Eventually, his soul would be trapped in the dream, until he died, Fang Yuan would only have his body left in this world, like those pitiful Gu Immortals of Southern Border earlier.
Exploring dream realms was dangerous.
Especially when Fang Yuan was exploring it alone, without anyone around to take care of him. If any problems occurred, he would be unable to save himself, that would be terrible.
But who could Fang Yuan truly trust?
To grow his attainment level, Fang Yuan had to pay a price and take some risks.
"Of course, I have my trump card, I am not recklessly charging around like other Gu Immortals, needing to test their luck." Fang Yuan thought of this and immediately used an immortal killer move — Unravel Dream!
Large numbers of dream path mortal Gu were expended, a mystical power was displayed before Fang Yuan.
A Gu Master suddenly appeared.
The Gu Master from earlier was shocked, he asked the new Gu Master: "Senior brother, why are you here?"
The senior brother said: "I came to take a look, junior brother, give the spirit saliva Gu to this child."
"But senior brother, this is cheating, if it is discovered..." The junior brother was troubled.
The senior brother laughed: "Don't worry, spirit saliva Gu cannot be detected on the outside if it is used secretly. This child also chose fire cloak Gu, when he is concealed by it, who can see that he is healing himself?"
The junior brother nodded: "Since senior brother is saying that, I have nothing else to say. Take it."
Saying so, he tossed two Gu worms at Fang Yuan, fire cloak Gu and spirit saliva Gu.
Fang Yuan had just received them when the surrounding dream realm faded, becoming the second scene.
Unravel dream's effect would change to fit the dream realm, creating effects that would benefit the user.
Thus, unravel dream's actual effect would vary from dream realm to dream realm.
"But this time, after using unravel dream, I only obtained one extra mortal Gu in the dream. Unravel dream is an immortal killer move, this effect was rather small."
Fang Yuan thought about it, when he was exploring Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's dream realm, unravel dream had immediate results, like untying the wind knot grass instantly, it was direct progress of the dream realm. Unlike here, after using it, he only gained one more mortal Gu.
After all, Fang Yuan's cultivation level was rank two in this dream realm, he had limited primeval essence, he could not use Gu worms many times. Even though he obtained a second Gu, he had to use his primeval essence wisely, the actual help was not very big.
"Don't tell me that because this dream realm is too big, the rules of the dream realm are also stronger. Thus, external influences are less effective? In the five hundred years of my previous life, a batch of Gu Immortals also agreed with this point..."
Regardless of Fang Yuan's thoughts, the second scene had started.
Fang Yuan found that he was in dusty fog, the road in front of him seemed to be at level ground.
"This is the internal space of a Gu formation, it can accommodate a hundred people to fight, the Gu Masters controlling the Gu formation can also observe our situation, huh..."
Fang Yuan analyzed as a young man in the fog approached him.
Fang Yuan thought quickly, he called out: "Don't attack, friend, so many people are participating, we can ally first."
"Ally? You offended Young Master Long, you want others to ally with you?" The young man snickered as he shot out a water arrow.
Fang Yuan's figure shifted, he nimbly dodged it, before pouncing.
Seeing that Fang Yuan was getting close, the young man panicked, he used a second water arrow and tried to force Fang Yuan away.
But Fang Yuan was experienced, seeing the young man raise his hand, he knew where the arrow was heading.
Fang Yuan moved his feet and charged even quicker as the second water arrow missed him narrowly.
The youngster quickly moved back, retreating while firing arrows.
Fang Yuan observed patiently, even though he had a chance to get close, Fang Yuan purposely dodged instead. After a while, the young man was out of steam.
Fang Yuan smiled, slowly walking forward: "Right now, I can disqualify you easily, how about it? Join me and we can work together to deal with the others, I am very sincere!"
"Hmph!" The young man snorted: "Just the two of us against ninety-eight people, you are dreaming. You offended Young Master Long, you wanted to snatch his woman, and you still want to get into Combat Immortal Sect, you are simply dreaming! I would rather give up here than offend Young Master Long foolishly!"
Fang Yuan's heart sank.
In this case, wouldn't he have to deal with the other teenagers in this test alone?
This Young Master Long was truly a problem.
"No wonder earlier, Southern Border's righteous path Gu Immortals suffered heavy losses. This dream realm is too difficult. It is harder than even Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's dream realm!" Fang Yuan retreated, realizing that he was surrounded by thirty youngsters who had ganged up together, encircling him all around.
Bai Xiang grotto-heaven.
"I succeeded." Bai Ning Bing said plainly.
His gaze was still cold, he had a normal expression, but his appearance was quite tattered, he was charred black, like lamb on a barbecue rack, having been roasted for a long time.
When he spoke, smoke was coming out of his throat.
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit looked at him, nodding: "You used your own body to contain the fire, subduing the raging wave rising dragon fire. Do you know how dangerous this is, there is only a small chance of success, if you fail, your entire body will turn into ash."
"Regardless, I succeeded." Bai Ning Bing was still holding on desperately, when he spoke, each word was said with much difficulty, he was relying solely on his willpower.
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit chuckled: "Since you succeeded, you are now the new owner of this grotto-heaven. Greetings to young master."
Bai Ning Bing nodded, he did not say anything, he felt like he would faint if he uttered another word.
But if he fainted, according to Ying Wu Xie's words, he would be unable to control the raging wave rising dragon fire in his body, he would be burned to a crisp instantly.
At this time, Bai Xiang heavenly spirit said: "Young master, you are in a dangerous situation now, if you are careless, you will die completely, not even your soul will survive. If you were the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique, it would be better, but you had to be the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique. I have a cultivation method that suits your current state. This Gu refinement method uses the Gu Immortal themselves as Gu material, together with the raging wave rising dragon fire, you will be refined together, young master will leave the human race and become one of the variant humans — a dragonman."
"Dragonman?" Bai Ning Bing stared with wide eyes, thinking: "<
Bai Ning Bing did not speak, but Bai Xiang heavenly spirit knew his doubts.
The heavenly spirit continued: "It is indeed not inside <
"Duke Long is a Heavenly Court Gu Immortal, he has extremely high battle strength, like Sword Immortal Bo Qing in the past. He brought about the method of humans alike dragons 1 , he fused refinement path and transformation path, to create a brand new variant human race, the dragonman."
Bai Ning Bing's shock increased a bit more, he thought: "Who is this Duke Long? Even though I only became an immortal recently, knowledge is not my weakness, I know much more than ordinary Gu Immortals. Duke Long is someone on par with Bo Qing, how could he not be in historical records, is there no such person recorded in Gu Immortal history?"
"Is Bai Xiang heavenly spirit speaking rubbish?"
-x-X-x-
Bai Ning Bing knew that a land spirit or heavenly spirit was formed by the Gu Immortal's obsession fused with the immortal aperture's heavenly power, it was a mystical existence.
Because of the obsession, land spirits and heavenly spirits had an ownership acknowledgement requirement, and they could not lie.
But although land spirits and heavenly spirits could not lie, that did not mean they could not spout nonsense.
If land spirits or heavenly spirits obtain wrong information, but they think it is real, when they say it, it is not a lie.
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit's words were quite unbelievable.
Bo Qing was Bo Qing because he was a type of person rarely seen in human history.
What was Bo Qing's title?
The pseudo-Immortal Venerable who split the five regions with his sword, it was fortunate for the people in the world that love changed him!
He was publicly recognized by all Gu Immortals across different eras that he was at a level second to only rank nine Gu Venerables.
Such a person was extremely dazzling, like the moon in the night sky, even over the span of history with countless geniuses. If this Duke Long was a great expert at the level of Bo Qing, how could he not be in historical records?
Bai Ning Bing was full of doubts.
But at this time, Bai Xiang heavenly spirit did not answer his doubts, he asked: "Young master, your life is in great danger. We can only use the humans alike dragons Gu refinement method to turn yourself into a dragonman and resolve your crisis."
"However, this method is rather dangerous."
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit said this as he frowned, sighing as he said: "You must know that Gu refinement has very strict requirements towards the materials. A proficient refinement path expert would consider all of the dao marks that were inside each Gu material."
"And the humans alike dragons Gu refinement method uses the Gu Immortal themselves as the immortal material. But immortal materials like these vary from person to person. Every Gu Immortal has different number of dao marks of differing paths. Thus, this Gu refinement method has a low chance of success."
"If young master had the Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance Physique, or if you cultivated transformation path or refinement path, there is a greater chance. But you are on the other extreme, being the Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique!"
"Sigh... if you use this method, the chance of surviving is extremely minute. During the Gu refinement process, all of your dao marks will be affected. Young master, all of the ice and snow path dao marks in your body might vanish completely."
Bai Ning Bing's eyes shined brightly instead!
"My ice and snow path dao marks will vanish, does that mean the information path alliance agreement on me, and the transformation path dao marks, will also vanish?"
He was very stirred up.
All along, what troubled him most were the transformation path dao marks.
Back then, in Southern Border's Qing Mao Mountain, because of yin-yang rotation Gu, he turned from a guy to a girl. Now, once he used the phantom aperture, he would turn into a Gu Immortal, his transformation path dao marks would be suppressed and he would become a male again. If he did not use the phantom aperture and turned back to a mortal, his transformation path dao marks would turn him into a girl again.
Of course, the dao marks from Shadow Sect's information path alliance agreement were Bai Ning Bing's biggest restraint at the moment.
Was Bai Ning Bing someone who would submit to others?
All along, he merely had no methods or ways to break free.
"Use, this, method!" Bai Ning Bing did not hesitate, he struggled intensely and uttered three words.
Central Continent, Heavenly Court.
A female immortal was holding an information path Gu worm and inspecting it carefully.
She had a graceful figure with hair that extended to her waist, and was adorned in a beautiful purple robe. Her eyes were like deep pools, with a sense of sorrow shrouding her face.
It was the wisdom path great expert who replaced Heaven Overseeing Tower Lord, the temporary leader of Heavenly Court, Fairy Zi Wei!
She retracted her attention from the information path Gu worm as her lips curled into a smile.
"Love Gu actually acknowledged Zhao Lian Yun? Interesting."
Fairy Zi Wei was not surprised.
She knew many historical secrets, love Gu had never been reliable in history. In the past, it could acknowledge the inkman Mo Yao, and now, was it really that strange that it acknowledged the otherworldly demon Zhao Lian Yun?
"Spirit Affinity House's supreme elders cannot decide on this matter, so they are pushing the decision to me? They have gotten smarter."
Fairy Zi Wei sighed to herself.
Spirit Affinity House was not having a good time recently.
During the battle of Yi Tian Mountain, Bo Qing, even though he was dead, had become an immortal zombie, playing a crucial role in that battle. Long ago, he had joined Spirit Affinity House as Sword Immortal Bo Qing. Bo Qing's sword lights rampaged over Central Continent, it caused great damage to Central Continent, the ten great ancient sects, and even Heavenly Court. After the battle of Yi Tian Mountain ended, Spirit Affinity House endured immense pressure because of it.
Whether they should make Zhao Lian Yun the current generation fairy of Spirit Affinity House, these Spirit Affinity House supreme elders could not decide. It was a hard decision regardless of whether they make her the fairy or not.
Pushing this difficult problem to Fairy Zi Wei, they could avoid the responsibility themselves.
Fairy Zi Wei did not feel angry about it.
Because she was from Spirit Affinity House in the past.
Fairy Zi Wei was once a Gu Immortal from Spirit Affinity House, because of her great talent, after she became rank eight, she was accepted into Heavenly Court.
Even though the ten great ancient sects were lower level sects of Heavenly Court, their relationship was not as simple as superiors and subordinates.
Because many Heavenly Court Gu Immortals did not forget their roots, the sect that they came from, when descendants from these sects enter Heavenly Court, they would become natural political allies of these Gu Immortals.
Thus, Fairy Zi Wei sided with Spirit Affinity House, and was willing to settle this problem for them.
In fact, she and Fairy Bai Qing had some bloodline relationship.
And Fairy Bai Qing was Feng Jin Huang's mother, and Feng Jin Huang was vying with Zhao Lian Yun for the position of fairy, neither would relent.
If Spirit Affinity House's supreme elders acknowledged Zhao Lian Yun, they would be denying Feng Jin Huang the position, thus, they gave this problem to Fairy Zi Wei and let her decide.
This problem was a small matter to Fairy Zi Wei.
She was about to use the information path Gu worm to reply when she suddenly felt a tremor.
This tremor was mild, Fairy Zi Wei almost thought that she was imagining things.
But soon, a tremor occurred again, at an even greater intensity than before.
Fairy Zi Wei stood up in shock.
She had to be shocked.
Because she was in Heavenly Court now, this was such an important place that was managed for countless years, the defense was extremely tight, how could tremors occur for no reason?
The tremors continued, this situation attracted the attention of many Gu Immortals.
Granny Sha stopped refining Gu, she had an expression of shock.
Wei Ling Yang walked out of his hall and looked around.
Fairy Zi Wei could not sit anymore, she left the hall and heard some dragon roars vaguely in the tremors.
The dragon roars were getting louder, Heavenly Court was shaking with even more intensity now.
Under Fairy Zi Wei's shocked gaze, a dragon shaped pillar of light soared to the sky from deep within Heavenly Court.
"That place, is that deep within the immortal graveyard?" Don't tell me, a senior has awakened?" Fairy Zi Wei frowned.
At this time, Granny Sha and Wei Ling Yang came to her.
"Such a scene inside the immortal graveyard, it must be a senior from Heavenly Court. But I wonder which one?" Granny Sha deduced.
Wei Ling Yang said: "The immortal graveyard is unfathomable and mysterious, even we do not know how many Gu Immortals are slumbering in it. But Heavenly Court has experienced such huge tremors, this person who woke up must be very extraordinary!"
Granny Sha nodded, she was also someone who had woken up from hibernation, but when she woke up, Heavenly Court was peaceful and quiet, without any commotion. It was a clear contrast to now.
Fairy Zi Wei breathed in deeply: "We'll know if we go and see."
The three immortals flew deep into the immortal graveyard, only to see a huge pit that had formed on the plain grassland.
Inside the pit, there was a withered and weak old man.
The old man saw the three Gu Immortals and quickly opened a slit of his eyes with much difficulty, saying weakly: "Water, water..."
Fairy Zi Wei quickly went ahead and used her healing methods.
Granny Sha and Wei Ling Yang looked at each other, the commotion was huge, but to think that this person was so weak when they saw him.
This was really surprising.
"My healing methods are not working." At this time, Fairy Zi Wei frowned as she spoke.
Wei Ling Yang quickly went ahead and used all his methods, but nothing was working on the old man.
Wei Ling Yang said solemnly: "Not good, this senior's body is very strange, my methods are not working. Senior's life force is dwindling, at this rate, he will die in less than a few minutes."
Fairy Zi Wei's eyes shined, she analyzed: "Earlier, senior said water, it must be a method to save him. Ordinary water would not work, then what water does he need?"
Granny Sha was a refinement path expert, she used her healing methods as she said: "There are three fires in this world, and also three waters. They are all rank nine immortal materials, Heavenly Court has stock of all of them, bring them here."
But the three types of water had no effect.
The old man could barely breathe, he was dying.
The three immortals were anxious, what should they do?"
Fairy Zi Wei suddenly pointed at the old man's head: "Senior's forehead had two protrusions, what are these rock-like things?"
Granny Sha was reminded as inspiration flashed in her mind: "I know what water it is!"
She took out the true dragon heavenly water, pouring this rank eight immortal material into the old man's mouth.
The old man obtained this water and his life force surged, his body started inflating, soon, his throat started moving, he had the strength to drink this water himself.
The result was immediate!
The three immortals were overjoyed.
After the old man drank five hundred grams of true dragon heavenly water, he pushed Granny Sha's hands away.
Granny Sha understood and stopped feeding him.
The old man stood up shakily.
He was different from before.
His dry skin had been puffed up, his entire facial shape had changed, he no longer looked like a skeleton.
He opened his aged eyes as he looked at the three immortals, sighing: "This is the last time I can awaken, true dragon heavenly water is not effective now, five hundred grams is enough, any more is a waste. I sensed that someone was using the humans alike dragons Gu refinement method, I can smell traces of fate, I had no choice but to wake up."
"You, you are Duke Long?!" Fairy Zi Wei stared with wide opened eyes, tongue-tied.
"That would be me."
-x-X-x-
Zhao Lian Yun was brought into a small secret room in her daze.
"Where is this?" She opened her eyes, looking around.
This secret room was extremely quiet, a bone chilling silence was embedded into every brick in this room, and every inch of the wall.
The secret room was not bright, it was dim like only a candle was lit, sending out faint traces of light, Zhao Lian Yun could barely see anything.
"Come here." From the traces of light, an aged voice spoke.
Zhao Lian Yun followed the direction of the voice.
As she got closer, she saw an elderly person who was as aged as that voice.
She was the first supreme elder of Spirit Affinity House.
First supreme elder looked at Zhao Lian Yun with a deep glance, focusing her attention on love Gu, which was on Zhao Lian Yun's shoulder.
Her gaze moved slightly, she quickly calmed down.
"Kneel down." First supreme elder said.
Zhao Lian Yun felt that even though this old woman did not feel special, she had an immense authority, her calm words carried force that made people feel obliged to obey her.
Thus, Zhao Lian Yun lowered her head as she saw a cushion on the ground.
She knelt down on the cushion, her upper body was straight as she looked at the old woman.
The old woman said: "Look ahead."
Zhao Lian Yun looked ahead, she saw that the secret room was getting bright, Zhao Lian Yun gasped as she stared with wide opened eyes.
Because she saw that on the wall in front, there were countless jade-like small tablets.
"These are life tablet Gu, each of the names there is a certain fairy of Spirit Affinity House in the past. From the first generation until now..." First supreme elder said slowly.
Zhao Lian Yun's breathing intensified, her gaze swept past this wall, there were countless tablets, she was dazzled.
At the top left hand corner, there was a tablet, with the first generation fairy's name written, Shui Ni.
Second generation fairy, Xun Yu.
Third generation fairy, Hui Xin.
...
She also saw Mo Yao, Lian Xiang, and other familiar names.
Zhao Lian Yun looked at these names, her breathing became rough. She was like a child, staring at the night sky that was flickering with countless stars.
She knew that these people were all past stars in the Gu Immortal world. Every generation of Spirit Affinity House's fairies was a Gu Immortal that was famous in Central Continent! They were extraordinary and unrivaled. They were like pearls that were linked together, from the past to the present, they weaved Spirit Affinity House's future, leaving behind dazzling brilliance and glory throughout history.
Zhao Lian Yun was dazed, at this moment, first supreme elder spoke: "From now onwards, you are the current generation fairy of Spirit Affinity House. Your life tablet Gu is already at the lowest position."
At this moment, Zhao Lian Yun's heart froze.
She stared with wide opened eyes, looking at the old lady, she was overjoyed but had endless doubts: "How can this be? Am I dreaming? According to Spirit Affinity House's rules, I am not qualified yet, I..."
She said this until she thought of something, she turned her gaze away as she looked at love Gu on her shoulder: "Is it because of this Gu?"
First supreme elder nodded slightly: "This is love Gu, you have already received love Gu's acknowledgement."
After Zhao Lian Yun fainted, when she woke up, she was already inside this secret room.
She was unsure of what love Gu looked like, but she knew that love Gu was the signature Gu of Spirit Affinity House!
"Is this love Gu?!" Zhao Lian Yun's body shook, her voice was also off pitch.
First supreme elder nodded again.
Zhao Lian Yun breathed intensely, intense joy was in her heart, it slowly oozed out as she felt like fortune had hit her in her head.
But this bliss was too sudden, it was too great, she did not feel any joy, she felt some fear and uneasiness.
She was afraid that everything was fake, she was worried that this was just a dream after she fainted.
Thus, she stared with wide opened eyes, asking first supreme elder nervously: "Why?"
This why contained too many questions.
Why did love Gu choose her?
Why did she become Spirit Affinity House's fairy?
Why did all this happen?
First supreme elder did not answer her, she sighed deeply as she said slowly: "You must have read <
Ren Zu obtained love, courage, and betrayal, he was no longer unable to progress due to fear.
He continued to move forward.
On this day, he walked on his road, hearing a voice behind: "Oh Ren Zu, I finally found you. Slow down, wait for me."
Ren Zu stopped moving, turning around. He saw a snowman running up to him.
"What is it, snowman." Ren Zu asked curiously.
The snowman said: "Oh Ren Zu, I finally found you. I am the strongest snowman in my tribe, snowmen are said to be afraid of fire, I want to prove that it is untrue. I traveled the world, I have already conquered the bright light glorious ring fire in the sky, the azure divine stone furnace fire in the earth, and the raging wave rising dragon fire in the sea. But I heard that there is a fourth type of fire in this world, called the fire of love. Once it burns, it can turn all life forms in this world into cinders. I do not believe it, I heard that you have just obtained love Gu, thus I wanted to try it."
"Fire of love?" Ren Zu was surprised, he was hearing it for the first time.
Thus, he called out love Gu, asking: "Oh Gu, oh Gu, can you emit the fire of love?"
Love Gu replied: "I can, and I cannot."
Ren Zu and the snowman were curious, they asked: "What do you mean by can and cannot?"
Love Gu explained: "I can because I am necessary in order to emit the fire of love. But I cannot, because I alone am not sufficient, two hearts are needed."
"Two hearts?" The snowman was worried, she took out her heart from her chest.
This heart was huge and tough, it was emitting strong pressure.
The snowman said: "This is my heart of domination, it is a pity that I only have one heart."
Ren Zu said: "Don't worry, I have a heart too."
Ren Zu originally had one heart, but he gave it to hope Gu.
He next obtained a heart of loneliness, self Gu was residing within it.
He also had a heart of discontent.
Thus, right now, he took out the heart of discontent.
The heart of discontent was dry and shriveled, it was small and weak, because this heart had little blood left. Ren Zu had once used almost all of his heart blood in Ordinary Abyss, to grow the grass and trees of achievement.
Love Gu flew into the heart of discontent and flew out, it flew into the heart of domination and flew out again.
It flew into the sky and said: "Alright, you want the fire of love, let these two hearts clash."
The snowman and Ren Zu took out their respective hearts, putting them together.
Crackle, sparks were created.
The sparks grew rapidly, turning into a blazing flame.
Fire of love!
The fire of love burned on Ren Zu's heart of discontent, it instantly turned this heart into ashes.
Ren Zu was stunned.
Love Gu said: "Love has a price, it makes people willing to sacrifice."
The snowman laughed: "Oh Ren Zu, thankfully you have two hearts, otherwise, without a heart, you would die."
The snowman turned to look at the heart of domination in her hand.
The fire of love enveloped this heart, but this heart shone brighter and brighter.
The snowman was nonchalant: "Oh what, this fire of love only has an impressive appearance, it neither has the heat of bright light glorious ring fire, or the heaviness of azure divine stone furnace fire, or the chaos of raging wave rising dragon fire."
As she said, she placed the heart of domination into her chest.
Next, her body started bursting out in flames, she started melting like snowflakes under the sun.
She turned pale from shock, she quickly patted and attempted to put out the fire of love.
But the fire of love could not be extinguished.
Eventually, the snowman completely melted, only her heart was left, burning in raging flames.
Ren Zu was extremely shocked, he felt that this snowman was very strong, to think that she would vanish like this.
"The fire of love is so scary." Ren Zu was shocked.
Love Gu said: "The result of love varies from heart to heart. The heart of the snowman was domination, but you had the heart of discontent, and it was completely burned from the fire. Thus, this was the result. Actually, there are good results that can occur when the fire of love burns."
The results of love varied, each experience of love was a risk and gamble.
Ren Zu suddenly thought of something, becoming stirred up: "Oh love Gu, you said that love can make people willing to sacrifice. This is wonderful, I will fall in love with the feathermen and make them willing to fly for me, so that they can save my daughter from Ordinary Abyss."
Right at this moment, a voice could be heard: "Father, father."
From the burning flames of the heart of domination, a boy jumped out.
He was Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance.
Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance jumped into Ren Zu's arms as he said: "Father, father, so I have a sister as well. I support you, let's go save sister."
Ren Zu was extremely overjoyed, he rubbed Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance's head as he said: "My son, you are so smart and sensible!"
Ren Zu brought Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance and went on a journey again, not long after, they returned to the gathering spot of the feathermen.
Ren Zu took out his heart of loneliness, saying to the feathermen: "Do you all have hearts?"
The feathermen answered: "We all have the heart of freedom."
Ren Zu laughed: "Then let us fall in love, I have a heart too, as well as love Gu."
The feathermen shook their heads: "The heart of freedom will be completely burned in the fire of love."
The process of pursuing love was also the process of losing freedom.
Ren Zu was persistent: "The results of love vary from hearts to hearts. Don't just look at one heart, my heart of loneliness is part of the process too."
But no matter how Ren Zu urged, the feathermen would not agree.
-x-X-x-
Ren Zu was helpless, he asked love Gu: "Oh Gu, oh Gu, they don't want to love me, you have to help me, and ignite the fire of love in our hearts."
Love Gu sighed: "This is beyond my abilities. I cannot force others to love, no matter what heart, it has to collide on its own free will."
Ren Zu shook his head: "No, this is a good chance to save my daughter, I cannot give up. Self Gu, I will rely on you."
Self Gu nodded, using its own strength.
It had once eaten a mouthful of strength Gu, right now, Ren Zu had his own strength.
Thus, these feathermen were all captured by Ren Zu, their hearts to dug out and used to collide with Ren Zu's heart.
But no matter how they collided, there were no hearts that created the spark of love.
Love Gu sighed: "Oh Ren Zu, forcing others to love is impossible, you will only create hatred."
As it said that, a Gu worm appeared before Ren Zu.
Ren Zu took a look, it was hatred Gu indeed.
Hatred Gu made all of the feathermen feel hatred.
They shouted: "Oh Ren Zu, you are too much, you are bullying us, we will make you pay the price!"
Thus, these feathermen flew up together, shining worms were flying out of their bodies, they were wild freedom Gu.
The freedom Gu fused together into a gigantic freedom Gu.
This freedom Gu easily took away Ren Zu's love Gu.
"Henceforth, love is free." This giant freedom Gu said.
Ren Zu's self Gu quickly flew out, it wanted to snatch love Gu, but it could not overpower freedom Gu, it only managed to take a bite of love Gu.
Self Gu said angrily: "Love, also belongs to oneself!"
...
After Zhao Lian Yun heard first supreme elder's words, she was still in a daze.
Stories in <
As a matter of fact, she did not expect that this strict granny would talk to her about <
Spirit Affinity House's first supreme elder saw Zhao Lian Yun's expression and knew that she had never paid close attention to <
Thus, first supreme elder said: "The love Gu on your shoulder is rank nine, but it has a major flaw."
"What flaw?" Zhao Lian Yun asked.
"It cannot be refined." First supreme elder said solemnly.
"What do you mean? Even... Gu Immortals cannot refine it?" Zhao Lian Yun asked.
First supreme elder smiled: "Not to mention Gu Immortals, even rank nine venerables cannot. In history, many venerables have tried. Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had attempted to refine this Gu for three years in a row without pause, but he still failed miserably."
Zhao Lian Yun heard this secret and stared with wide opened eyes.
"So there are things in this world that Immortal Venerables or Demon Venerables cannot do!" She exclaimed.
"Venerables only have the strongest battle strength, invincible in this world. But they are not omnipotent, in the past, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had to ask Long Hair Ancestor for help in terms of Gu refinement, this is an obvious conclusion." First supreme elder spoke slowly.
"Thus, love Gu cannot be controlled, it is free and nobody can give it orders." First supreme elder concluded.
"But why did it..." Zhao Lian Yun did not know what to say, she looked at love Gu on her shoulder.
In her vision, love Gu was so dazzling and bright.
First supreme elder said: "This is the acknowledgement of love Gu, this situation is rare, but it has happened quite a number of times before. The last time was Fairy Mo Yao."
"Why did it acknowledge me?" Zhao Lian Yun was curious.
First supreme elder shook her head: "I am not sure. But our sect has concluded two points. Firstly, a person has to believe in love to gain its acknowledgement, this is the foundation. Secondly, someone's love has to reach an intense level, the greater your love, the higher the chances of gaining love Gu's acknowledgement."
"Is that so?" Zhao Lian Yun blinked as she listened.
She realized, it was because she loved Ma Hong Yun so deeply, even willing to give up her own life, that love Gu came and acknowledged her.
Why did this not happen for Feng Jin Huang?
Because she had no lover.
Love was not familial affection or friendship.
First supreme elder continued: "Precisely because love Gu cannot be controlled, to make use of it, one needs love Gu's acknowledgement. Thus, there is a rule in our sect since we were created. Anyone who gains love Gu's acknowledgement, be it female or male, would be our sect's current generation fairy."
Zhao Lian Yun blinked: "There are male fairies too?"
First supreme elder smiled: "Our sect has a large proportion of females, but we also have males. Why would we not have them? Look at that tablet in the center, named Sheng Yu Shan, at the bottom right corner, with Qian Yuan Liang, these are all people dedicated to love in our sect's history."
"Actually, love Gu has many special effects. For example, it has a different appearance as seen by different people. How does it appear to you now?"
Zhao Lian Yun replied honestly: "Dazzling with multi-colored rainbows."
First supreme elder nodded: "To my sight, it is grey and unattractive, like a rock by the roadside."
"How could this be?"
First supreme elder smiled lightly, deep wisdom hidden in her eyes: "I stopped believing in love long ago, thus, love Gu looks like that to me. In the generations of fairies, love Gu has always looked different, some see clear water, some see peach blossoms, there were countless forms that were observed."
"And also, love Gu has varying effects."
"Please enlighten me." Zhao Lian Yun said.
First supreme elder continued: "Normally speaking, a Gu worm, be it mortal or immortal, has only one effect. Like water arrow Gu, it can only shoot water arrows. But love Gu is different, it can be said to have unlimited effects. It can shoot fire, heal, or provide defense for instance."
Zhao Lian Yun became overjoyed as she listened: "So amazing!"
First supreme elder shook her head: "Love Gu is a rank nine Gu, it is naturally extraordinary. It has unlimited effects, but it cannot be controlled, if you want it to attack, it will bring you to fly away. If you want to defend, it will heal you. Often, when you want it to work, it does absolutely nothing. When you do not want it to activate, it will come out and unleash its might."
Zhao Lian Yun was a little disheartened, but she soon gathered her spirits: "Even so, it is a rank nine Immortal Gu, any of the effects used must be extraordinary."
First supreme elder said: "You are right, but you forgot something, strength cannot be gained from nothing, you have to pay a price. Every time love Gu is used, it will take something away from you."
Zhao Lian Yun was nervous: "What thing?"
"The most common thing is immortal essence. But you are not a Gu Immortal, it might take away your beauty, your eyesight, or your lifespan." First supreme elder said grimly.
Zhao Lian Yun's expression was pale, she looked at the love Gu on her shoulder again.
But now, her gaze was very different from before.
"This Immortal Gu might end up accelerating my death? If that is the case, I need to make good use of my time!" Zhao Lian Yun made a resolute decision.
She mustered her spirits, saying to first supreme elder: "Even if I have a pay a big price, I will save Ma Hong Yun. Elder, if I become Spirit Affinity House's current generation fairy, can I use the sect's power to return to Northern Plains?"
First supreme elder did not answer Zhao Lian Yun immediately.
She had a complex expression.
A while ago, Heavenly Court's Duke Long awakened, when news got out, the ten great ancient sects were stirred!
Duke Long was on par with Bo Qing in terms of strength. With just his own power, he created a brand new race, the dragonman.
In other words, he was the ancestor of dragonmen.
He had a legendary life, but his reputation was not high, buried deep in history. Even in the ten great ancient sects, barely anyone knew of him.
Duke Long had great seniority, he was unbelievably old, when he woke up, Fairy Zi Wei immediately gave up her position as leader, handing it to Duke Long.
The other Heavenly Court Gu Immortals were all in agreement.
Duke Long used information path methods and understood the situation, he immediately ordered for Zhao Lian Yun to be Spirit Affinity House's current generation fairy.
Not just that, Duke Long even gave Zhao Lian Yun a phantom aperture, turning her into a Gu Immortal. More absurdly, he even ordered the ten great ancient sects to cooperate with Zhao Lian Yun, to bring a team to Northern Plains and save Ma Hong Yun after some time.
The ten great ancient sects were in tumult, but they all obeyed him without objection.
Because of historical reasons, nobody dared to question Duke Long's arrangements regarding love Gu.
Such news were not for Zhao Lian Yun to know about.
First supreme elder also did not want her to know.
Zhao Lian Yun was kneeling before her now, but she had fainted for a few days already. She would not know that the ten great ancient sects were engaged in a contest regarding the huge storm surrounding her.
Zhao Lian Yun saw that first supreme elder did not answer her, she became very nervous. She was afraid that first supreme elder would say no.
But first supreme elder soon said: "Zhao Lian Yun, you are an otherworldly demon who obtained the Thieving Heaven true inheritance. Perhaps you might be one of the most unique fairies in Spirit Affinity House."
"And maybe because of your special traits..."
"Don't worry, Heavenly Court has been alerted by this, the ten great ancient sects will go ahead and form a team consisting of you as the core, to rescue your lover Ma Hong Yun in Northern Plains."
"What?!" Zhao Lian Yun stared with wide opened eyes, hearing this, she was extremely joyful and surprised!
-x-X-x-
Southern Border, super Gu formation.
Ba Quan Feng looked in Wu clan's direction, wondering discontentedly: "What is going on? This Wu Yi Hai is so patient, he is cultivating in seclusion and not going outside?"
He found it hard to believe.
Wu clan's members usually acted overbearingly, once in a while, they would find trouble with others.
Wu Yi Hai was Wu Yong's half-brother, he had very high status in Wu clan. But he actually chose to cultivate in seclusion and normally did not interact with Gu Immortals.
Ba De shook his head.
He said solemnly: "Now it seems, this Wu Yi Hai is not simple at all."
"Or rather, he is even harder to deal with than the rank seven Wu clan Gu Immortal earlier."
Ba Quan Feng laughed:" How can that be? He is merely a lone cultivator from Eastern Sea."
Old Treeman Ba De looked at Ba Quan Feng: "If he is only an ordinary lone cultivator, how can he manage this immortal opportunity business so outstandingly? Even if we place pressure on the business, we cannot do anything to Wu Yi Hai."
"These last days, we have prepared many ways, but this person completely ignored us, facing our taunts, he chose to stay silent and endure it. Such a person is far more dangerous than other Wu clan Gu Immortals."
Ba Quan Feng's expression changed, he breathed in deeply: "Lord Old Treeman, even you give him high praise, it seems this person is really outstanding. Why don't we go and ruin this immortal opportunity business, to force him to act?"
Ba De shook his head: "Impossible, he will definitely not do anything. If we expose this matter, the immortal opportunity business will certainly fall apart since it is not allowed in the first place. But we will not be able to harm Wu Yi Hai, and we will even offend the six other clans with them, all of their animosity will be drawn towards us. By then, Wu Yi Hai would benefit from it and unite them to form an even tighter political force."
Ba Quan Feng stared with wide opened eyes, bellowing: "Then what do we do?"
"Wait."
"Wait?"
"Wait for an opportunity." Old Treeman Ba De said: "The opportunity that we can create right now is small and insignificant. In that case, we wait for a better opportunity in the future."
Ba Quan Feng gritted his teeth: "Then wouldn't Wu clan be above us? How long would we need to wait, we might have to wait for a very long time."
Old Treeman Ba De's expression turned cold, he no longer spoke, only looking at Ba Quan Feng silently.
Ba Quan Feng felt an immense pressure from his gaze.
He took three steps back, lowering his head as sweat appeared on his forehead: "Lord, I... I..."
"You are too rash Little Feng, these last days, your mental state is not right." Ba De said slowly.
"Yes, yes lord, I was wrong." Ba Quan Feng obediently admitted his mistake in an earnest manner.
"Wu clan indeed lost a rank eight Gu Immortal, but they are still a huge force. The other clans are observing Wu clan, but nobody wants to strike first, because we have not uncovered Wu clan's true foundation yet. If Ba clan is the first to jump out and is met with Wu clan's iron fist, we would suffer a loss, while the other clans would benefit, do you understand?"
"Yes, I will remember lord's words."
"You will stay in seclusion, if Wu Yi Hai does not come out, you will also stay inside." Ba De said expressionlessly.
"Yes, lord." Ba Quan Feng had a bitter expression as he acknowledged this, before taking his leave.
Fang Yuan was still inside a dream realm.
The Gu Immortals outside all thought he was undergoing closed cultivation, most Gu Immortals thought that this was Wu Yi Hai's trait as an Eastern Sea lone cultivator, he had not adjusted his mindset. After all, lone immortals and secluded immortals loved to enter secluded cultivation.
A small portion, including Ba De, thought that Fang Yuan was purposely doing this to deal with their political methods.
But nobody thought that Fang Yuan was secretly exploring the dream realm!
Inside the dream realm, it was now a crucial moment.
Young Master Long had already gained a huge advantage in battle, he laughed at Fang Yuan: "You no longer stand a chance, you cannot win. If you surrender now, you can still save some face."
Fang Yuan was covered in injuries, he was breathing roughly as he gritted his teeth, not speaking.
This was the seventh scene of the dream realm.
Fang Yuan's cultivation level was also at rank five.
But Young Master Long was even stronger than him, at rank five peak stage.
Not only that, Young Master Long had many useful Gu worms, and with his dragonman constitution, be it the defense of his dragon scales, or the regenerative properties of his dragon blood, they were on par with rank five Gu worms.
His advantage was too huge!
Be it cultivation level, Gu worms, or his own human body, Fang Yuan was suppressed heavily by Young Master Long.
It was already a huge surprise to the spectators in the dream realm that the fight lasted this long.
In their opinion, even though Fang Yuan's spirit was commendable, this battle's result was already decided.
"Now, you have less than five percent of your primeval essence, let's see how you block my attack!" Young Master Long shouted as he pounced at Fang Yuan.
Even though Fang Yuan was in a bad state, his gaze was very clear, as he counted down in his head.
After several failed explorations, he had already learned that he did not need to defeat Young Master Long in this battle, he needed to stall for time, he needed sufficient time.
Once time was up, a chance would occur.
"Seven breaths of time left. This time, I should give it a try, immortal killer move — Unravel Dream!" Fang Yuan called out in his mind.
Ping.
Young Master Long, who was approaching imposingly and arrogantly as he took large steps towards Fang Yuan, suddenly fell face down on the ground, after tripping over a rock.
The entire arena turned silent.
All of the female Gu Masters who were cheering for Young Master Long since the start of the battle went quiet.
"How could I make such a mistake?!" Young Master Long had a jade-like appearance, but his face was flushing red as he turned angry from shame.
He quickly got up, shouting as he charged at Fang Yuan again.
Fang Yuan could only barely stand now, his injuries were too severe.
He was simply waiting for his defeat, the entire place started cheering for Young Master Long again.
"Go, Young Master Long! Defeat this overconfident challenger!"
"Ah, I will remember this scene in my heart. Young Master Long is so charming, if only I could stand beside him, that would be great."
"If he could talk to me, I would be satisfied in this life."
The male Gu Masters were roaring, the female Gu Masters were calling out while cupping their hands or holding their faces.
Immortal killer move — Unravel Dream!
Fang Yuan could only use this again, because he could no longer put up a fight in this battle.
Whoosh.
A soft sound echoed.
Young Master Long's movement paused.
He was taking large steps, and was ready to win the battle, but now, an unexpected accident occurred again.
Maybe because he took steps that were too large, or maybe his clothes were torn in the fight earlier, but now, his pants entirely ripped.
Wind blew, young master Long felt a chill in his crotch.
The entire place went silent.
Even Fang Yuan was surprised, thinking: "The effect of unravel dream currently is really quite peculiar."
"Ah—!" Suddenly, female Gu Masters screamed.
The place went into a clamor.
"What is happening?"
"Hahahaha!"
"Young Master Long's pants ripped."
"So Young Master Long does not wear underwear."
The male Gu Masters were watching with interest while the female Gu Masters were covering their faces, using the gaps between their fingers to continue watching secretly.
But the view was quite disappointing.
"So Young Master Long's.... is this small."
Young Master Long: "..."
His body was shaking intensely, his face was completely red, veins were popping on his forehead, his expression was extremely scary and malicious.
"Ahhhh! I will kill you!!" The shame in his heart was driving Young Master Long crazy, he pounced at Fang Yuan ferociously.
However, Fang Yuan smiled like a winner.
At the next moment, seven breaths of time had passed.
Plop.
With a soft sound, Young Master Long's entire body self-detonated.
His dragon blood splattered on Fang Yuan's face.
The entire place went into a commotion.
"Young, Young Master Long!"
"Why did this happen?!" Several female Gu Masters fainted on the spot.
"Did Young Master Long kill himself due to the shame and embarrassment?"
"It must be him." A Gu Master pointed at Fang Yuan: "He must have used some evil method to kill Young Master Long. He is a blood path demon!"
Boom boom boom.
At the next moment, the spectating dragonmen all self-detonated one after another.
At once, blood splattered all over the place, the surviving Gu Masters were in chaos.
Fang Yuan blinked, worried that these people would bring problems to him, but suddenly, the dream realm transformed as a new scene appeared.
"Puff, this seventh scene is finally over." Fang Yuan let out a breath.
He had been stuck at this seventh scene for three days. According to the special trait of the dream realm, he had to go through scene by scene, otherwise, he would need to repeat it endlessly.
A moment later, Fang Yuan left the dream realm after failing the eighth scene.
After regaining his senses, he treated his injuries.
The dream realm caused severe damage to the soul.
Thankfully, Fang Yuan's soul foundation was outstanding, and with guts Gu, these injuries were no problem.
More than ten breaths later, Fang Yuan's soul was as good as before.
Next, he inspected his gains.
"Hmm, not bad, my water path attainment level has already reached quasi-grandmaster."
Fang Yuan's water path attainment level was originally ordinary, it was not even master level. But the main character of this dream realm was a water path cultivator.
By the time Fang Yuan got to the seventh scene, his water path attainment level went from ordinary to master, after he passed the seventh scene, it became extremely close to grandmaster.
"It seems that the protagonist of this dream realm had very high achievements, they were definitely higher than rank six."
"Now that I have water path attainment level, I can annex most of those blessed lands inside City Well, in Eastern Sea. Wonderful, wonderful!"
-x-X-x-
"However, the mortal Gu for unravel dream were expended greatly. Right now, I can use less than ten unravel dreams."
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan frowned lightly.
This was a problem.
Unravel dream was very effective, but the expenditure of dream path mortal Gu was huge.
And because these dream path mortal Gu were all refined by Fang Yuan solely, he could not raise their production.
Give these dream path Gu recipes to Lang Ya Sect and get the hairy man Gu Immortals to refine Gu for him?
Fang Yuan did not even consider this.
At this time period, the value of these dream path mortal Gu was higher than Immortal Gu!
Of course, Fang Yuan believed that Lang Ya land spirit could afford to pay this, but there was no absolute secret in this world, if it was exposed, the impact would be too big.
Fang Yuan was at the peak of the five regions in terms of dream realm exploration, if these dream path mortal Gu recipes were known to others, his advantage would be gone.
This was what Fang Yuan did not want to see.
Thus, he would rather refine them himself, even though the production was lower, he had to keep it strictly to himself. As long as he did not expose it, who would know?
"I cannot get others to help, but I can make use of things like spring dream fruit trees to raise the efficiency of my dream path mortal Gu refinement." Fang Yuan thought of the spring dream fruit tree again.
Spring dream fruit trees were a very special type of plant.
It existed in dreams and did not have solid form. But it needed a real living tree as its foundation to survive.
Fang Yuan knew of one spring dream fruit tree, it was at the base of a nameless mountain in Central Continent.
This volcano erupted every several hundred years, the large amounts of volcanic ash created fertile soil in the surroundings. Thus, many people lived there.
Fang Yuan had once harvested the fruits of this spring dream fruit tree, they helped him greatly.
But Fang Yuan could not transplant this spring dream fruit tree.
The spring dream fruit tree at the base of the volcano was residing with a thousand year fire date tree. If Fang Yuan moved it, the spring dream fruit tree would be destroyed.
And Central Continent was a lions' den to Fang Yuan now, he could not go there.
Familiar face could allow him to disguise himself, but he could not avoid wisdom path Gu Immortals' deductions. Dark limit Immortal Gu could help him, but it was only rank six, that was not enough.
Fang Yuan could not solve this problem currently, it was out of his abilities.
And he also could not find a second spring dream fruit tree, he had no such methods, he could only give up.
After resting for a while, Fang Yuan did not rush into the dream realm.
He needed to deduce the eighth scene.
He was a wisdom path grandmaster, deducing things in advance could help him to explore the dream realm.
This was his advantage, he obviously made use of it.
In terms of wisdom path, he did not lack attainment level, but Immortal Gu instead. Unravel Mystery was his only wisdom path Immortal Gu, it was alone without any accompanying wisdom path killer moves, thus, Unravel Mystery had little use.
Right now, Fang Yuan was barely making use of it.
In terms of wisdom path, he was not focusing on developing it currently, so Fang Yuan was keeping things in this state.
Deductions were not just for dream realm, but also Fang Yuan's current environment and situation.
"If I guessed correctly, Ba clan is my biggest enemy. Earlier, they looked for many ways to find trouble with me but I solved it all, now it seems that they want to observe on the sidelines."
Ba clan's passive state was making Fang Yuan feel wary.
If they did not do anything, Fang Yuan would not know what they were thinking, preparing, or scheming. If they took action, Fang Yuan could sense their plan and deal with it, resolving whatever problems they sent to him.
"All in all, the situation is quite good, Wu Yi Hai's identity is really useful now."
"The weakness of the immortal opportunity business was no longer an issue after my arrangement, it became a scheme displayed right in front of me. Maybe I can trap some stupid Gu Immortals?"
After all, wisdom path Gu Immortals were few in numbers.
Even if there were wisdom path Gu Immortals, they might not be righteous, if they did not know the rules of the righteous path, it was impossible.
As for Wu An or Wu Liao, they were doing their work properly, Fang Yuan did not have to bother with them.
Wu Liao had come to report some matters to Fang Yuan earlier, but Fang Yuan was determined to leave the work to them, he said that he was not to be bothered unless there were major matters.
Wu Liao was extremely disappointed, thinking that Fang Yuan was the same as the previous rank seven, his attitude towards Fang Yuan turned cold.
Fang Yuan sensed this easily but ignored it.
This giant dream realm was expanding slowly at all times.
When Fang Yuan secretly explored it, the dream realm would shrink, but to the entire dream realm, it was just a small portion, it only would slow down the speed of the dream realm's expansion.
He could easily conceal it.
Those demonic path and lone immortals who explored the dream realm through the immortal opportunity business were Fang Yuan's greatest concealment.
These people usually met with difficulties in the dream realm, but there were one or two of them who could bring out dream path materials even though they failed the exploration.
These dream path materials could naturally refine dream path Gu worms.
These Gu Immortals treated them like treasure, even though only a small number had gains, the remaining Gu Immortals were extremely excited.
The righteous path clans were also secretly purchasing the Gu materials from these Gu Immortals.
Wu clan was no exception.
However, the Gu Immortals who gained dream path Gu materials rarely chose to sell them, they kept them as valuables.
Wu clan only purchased around ten Gu materials, Fang Yuan did not dare to touch these materials, Wu clan was keeping a close eye on them.
After resting for a while, Fang Yuan went into the dream realm.
It was not the giant dream realm, but his own dream.
To get dream path Gu materials, one's own dream realm was the best and safest option.
Unfortunately, these Gu Immortals did not know that.
Southern Border, Bai Xiang grotto-heaven.
At the center of a huge Gu formation, Bai Ning Bing sat down with difficulty.
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit was in the air, manipulating the Gu formation.
The Gu formation operated silently, multi-colored lights were flickering from time to time, gathering in a stream, or splitting up like flowers, flying around aimlessly.
Bai Ning Bing had a pale expression, but his aura was much more stable than before.
This was because the Gu formation was enduring a portion of the pressure for him. He used his body to contain the raging wave rising dragon fire, it was truly too reckless, his life was on the line.
"Next is the most important step, we will target the raging wave rising dragon fire in your body!" Bai Xiang heavenly spirit had a solemn expression: "Young master, you need to persevere and be completely focused, you need to coordinate with the Gu formation and suppress the raging wave rising dragon fire. The entire process will take forty-nine days. During that period, you will not get any rest, if I do not say stop, it would not have ended yet. Even at the final moment, if you lose concentration, you will die for sure."
Bai Ning Bing's eyes were seeing stars, he felt dizzy, almost unable to sit properly.
In this situation, not to mention forty-nine days, he would not even last half a day.
In this critical junction, his lips curled up, he was smiling.
"Hehehe, this is so fun."
"According to my current condition, this is an impossible task..."
"This can test the true limits of my body."
"Even if I die like this, it is very interesting!"
His body was tired, but he was very energetic in his mind.
Breathing in deeply, Bai Ning Bing called out to Bai Xiang heavenly spirit: "Why are you waiting, aren't you going to start?"
Bai Xiang heavenly spirit smiled as he thought: "I had waited so long for this young master to arrive, he seems to be quite capable, he has no fear towards death."
Thinking so, Bai Xiang heavenly spirit activated the Gu formation.
Boom!
At the next moment, brilliant lights burst out of the Gu formation, spreading over the entire place.
"Ah—!" Bai Ning Bing screamed as he raised his head.
A huge flame burst out of his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
Raging flames spread over his body, turning Bai Ning Bing into a human shaped fire pillar.
Pain, pain, pain!
Bai Ning Bing was someone who would not frown even if he was heavily injured, but now, he had no such composure, he screamed loudly in pain.
Simply because the pain was too intense, he had to do this to vent the anguish.
Bai Ning Bing was originally expecting the pain of a burning fire. But in fact, it was not like this.
While screaming, he realized something: This humans alike dragons Gu refinement method not only targeted the raging wave rising dragon fire but Bai Ning Bing himself. Be it his body or soul, or the dao marks in his body, they were all melted and separated under the humans alike dragons Gu refinement method.
This was the same as processing Bai Ning Bing as an immortal material, the pain was simply too immense to describe.
"Hang on, hang on!" Bai Xiang heavenly spirit screamed anxiously.
Bai Ning Bing's eyes already had turned over to show the whites, the intense pain sent him into despair, he was in a state of being close to unconsciousness.
If he fainted, at that very moment, he would be burnt to a crisp by the raging dragon fire!
Northern Plains, Snowy Mountain first peak.
Ma Hong Yun was also screaming.
"Ahhhh!" The veins on his neck were popping.
Intense lightning danced in his body, Ma Hong Yun's body was shaking intensely, he seemed to be spasming or dancing frantically.
After a moment, the lightning faded, as Ma Hong Yun breathed roughly with sweat pouring out of his pores, he did not have any strength left.
"Failed again?" Lady Wan Shou frowned, feeling slightly angry.
Ma Hong Yun had already been lightning refined countless times, even though he suffered each time, he did not lack any limbs, he was still intact. Furthermore, his cultivation level had risen to rank five peak stage.
This made Lady Wan Shou speechless.
-x-X-x-
Central Continent.
In a certain village.
Rumble!
Intense rumbling was occurring on the mountain.
An endless amount of rocks and soil were falling down the mountain grandly like an avalanche.
"Quickly escape for our lives!"
"I am going to die, I am going to die..."
"Father, where are you, don't leave me behind!"
Seeing the disaster unfold, the peaceful village exploded into complete chaos.
Countless people were scurrying around in a frenzy, some were lying on the ground in despair, children were crying as mothers held onto them, many had given up resisting.
In a situation without anyone noticing, a figure was floating in the sky.
It was a rank seven Gu Immortal.
He was dressed in a silky blue robe, his long hair extended to his shoulder, he was not brawny, but rather delicate looking.
At this moment, he was frowning, muttering as he looked at the mud flow: "This mud flow is very strange."
Normally speaking, before the mud flow there would be huge rain, but now, the weather was sunny.
The truth was, the environment of the surrounding tens of thousands of li had been secretly modified by the rank seven Gu Immortal, he could ensure a proper amount of rain and sun to gain plentiful harvests yearly.
Plop.
Mountain rocks suddenly burst apart, as a huge brass shell appeared from underneath.
The rank seven Gu Immortal with a blue robe floated in the sky, looking at this extremely eye-catching scene.
He frowned slightly, before it eased: "Oh. So it's a swamp crab."
The swamp crab was a desolate beast, its body was covered in a hard shell, its eyes had vanished due to evolution, it had no weaknesses left.
It was the king of the swamp among desolate beasts.
The ten pairs of claws were extraordinarily firm, the first pair of pincers was more fearsome than steel poles, a pair of pincers that could break mountain rocks or cut a flood dragon in half! Its remaining eighteen claws, although thinner than the first pair, they were still thicker than hundred year old trees.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal saw this swamp crab and his eyes shone, feeling pleased.
He was a water path Gu Immortal, this swamp crab had both earth path and water path dao marks. Killing it would give this blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal a lot of usable immortal materials.
"But the swamp crab is only a desolate beast, if I nurture it well, it might grow into the ancient desolate beast muddy swamp crab, and above that, there is the mud coat swamp crab. The mud coat swamp crab is an immemorial desolate beast, I can stop dreaming about it. My immortal aperture blessed land cannot nurture an immemorial desolate beast, but I can try to get a muddy swamp crab."
Thinking of this, the blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal attacked.
He extended his hand out of his wide sleeves.
His skin was pale, and his fingers were slim.
His ten fingers moved around elegantly, they were covered in layers of multi-colored lights.
This was his special method to manipulate Gu worms!
Soon, countless Gu worm auras rose in his body, there were mortal Gu and also Immortal Gu, different auras weaved together, creating a complex aura that spread everywhere.
The swamp crab in the mountain had no eyes, but using its wild beast instinct, it acutely sensed the threat in the air.
The swamp crab started to go back inside the mountain.
Its huge brass shell had already half sunken into it.
But at this moment, the blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal finished his preparations, his immortal killer move was unleashed!
Rumble...
Blue waves resembling the tides of the sea appeared out of nowhere, crashing towards the swamp crab.
The swamp crab was huge, it could not dodge, it was swept by the waves.
But even with the ebb and flow, the swamp crab did not move, its body was too heavy.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal's lips curled with a confident smile of victory, his ten fingers moved rapidly, only the afterimages of his fingers could be seen, it was a dazzling sight.
His immortal killer move was not ordinary.
As his red date immortal essence continued to be consumed, the light blue waves turned into dark blue waves, the waves got stronger and were three times as powerful as before.
A deep spiral was formed in the water under the blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal's skillful manipulation.
The swamp crab was in the middle of the spiral, it could not put up resistance, it was swept by the spiral.
Swish swish swish!
The swamp crab's heavy body started to move quickly in the spiral, like a piece of seaweed, it could not help itself.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal made a grabbing motion with his hands, as countless shadows of fingers dissipated in the sky, the tides expanded and rose into a torrential tsunami.
Boom!
With a huge sound, a gigantic tide of water crashed onto the swamp crab's back.
The swamp crab's shell was very hard, but with the impact of the tsunami, a huge dent was formed on the smooth shell.
The swamp crab did not move, it had fainted on the spot.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal laughed heartily, he spread out the fingers on his right hand, as he raised his index finger.
A gush of water shot up from the tides like a geyser, dragging the swamp crab's body towards the blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal.
The Gu Immortal opened his immortal aperture's entrance, storing this swamp crab.
"Immortal! It is an immortal!!"
"Thank you lord immortal, you saved our entire village."
"This immortal even defeated the crab monster in the mountain!"
Such a grand battle shocked the mortals in the village intensely.
Only after the battle was over, they reacted and shouted in joy, kowtowing to him.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal closed his immortal aperture's entrance, he smiled lightly as he looked at the people below.
It turned out that while fighting the swamp crab, he had placed a part of his concentration in manipulating the waves to sweep away all of the falling rocks and mud.
"As expected indeed of the famous water path Gu Immortal in Central Continent, Mu Ling Lan." At this time, a voice came from the clouds.
The blue robed rank seven Gu Immortal moved all ten fingers as he stored away all of the water that was flooding the place.
Next, he flew into the clouds and met with another Gu Immortal.
This immortal wore a blue robe and had a square face, he had thick eyebrows and a tall nose bridge, he was emanating an aura of righteousness that could not be violated.
Mu Ling Lan smiled as he greeted: "So Senior Shi Ge has arrived."
Shi Ge returned the greeting: "I just arrived, to think that I would get to see your method of subduing the swamp crab."
Mu Ling Lan waved his hand, saying humbly: "My methods are just small tricks from your perspective. But, Senior Shi Ge, I hear you have also gotten orders from Heavenly Court to join this Northern Plains battle?"
Shi Ge nodded: "That's right, Mu Ling Lan, you are also in the list of names, why don't we travel together."
Mu Ling Lan had an appreciative expression: "It is my honor to travel with senior."
Thus, the two immortals traveled together.
The mortals were left behind, looking at the sky as they sighed in amazement.
Mu Ling Lan and Shi Ge spoke along the way, they were not silent.
Even though both were rank seven, Shi Ge was higher in seniority, having passed two grand tribulations, while Mu Ling Lan was still not at the first grand tribulation. Thus, Mu Ling Lan was seeking advice while Shi Ge taught him some things.
Along the way, Shi Ge suddenly descended as he floated in the air and waited.
Mu Ling Lan did not understand, this was not the gathering point.
Shi Ge smiled: "Pardon me, I have a son called Zheng Yi, he had recently passed his ascension tribulation and become a Gu Immortal. But he lacks experience and is still very childish. I intend to bring him along in this Northern Plains trip to train him."
"So that's it." Mu Ling Lan realized, looking towards the direction that Shi Ge was gazing at.
Under the cloud cover, there was a small city.
There were many buildings in the city, in one restaurant, a storyteller was talking about folklore regarding justice and heroism.
"Good, good kill!" Among the guests, one young lad with thick eyebrows was dressed like a farmer with innocent eyes. Hearing the story of the main character killing the rich and helping the poor, he clapped in happiness.
His screaming was loud and caused the curtains to shake slightly.
The storyteller was shocked as he paused.
The surrounding guests were all unhappily muttering: "Why are you screaming?"
"Screaming all of a sudden, you'll scare us to death."
"Why are you screaming, listen to the story quietly, or we will chase you away, little peasant."
The young lad was flushing red, he scratched his head and he looked around in embarrassment: "Sorry, sorry everyone."
The guests heard his polite apology and their clamoring became softer, they no longer bothered about it.
The young lad sat down slowly but suddenly his expression changed, he stood up as the table and chairs around him were pushed away, causing an even bigger commotion.
"What now, you lad!"
"Hey lad, are you asking for a beating!!"
The guests were furious, but suddenly, the young man's body shone with light as he shot out of the building like an arrow, tearing a hole in the window as he flew to the sky.
The restaurant went into chaos, countless people were shouting in panic.
The young lad came before Shi Ge and Mu Ling Lan as he cupped his fists, greeting politely.
He was Shi Ge's son — Shi Zheng Yi 1 .
The three immortals continued on their journey, a few days later, they arrived at a mountain range.
An Immortal Gu House was stationed here.
It was a pavilion, exquisite and small, there were countless bird cages hanging on it, as birds chirped continuously.
This was an Immortal Gu House of Heavenly Lotus Sect, Canary Pavilion.
Shi Ge saw this and nodded slightly: "I have long since heard that Immortal Gu Houses would be sent out to attack Northern Plains. To think that this is Heavenly Lotus Sect's Canary Pavilion, this pavilion specializes in capturing flying beasts, it can move quickly, it is a good choice."
Mu Ling Lan added: "Heavenly Lotus Sect was created by Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable, it owns the highest number of Immortal Gu Houses, it makes sense that Heavenly Lotus Sect could send out an Immortal Gu House."
Shi Zheng Yi asked in confusion: "Heavenly Lotus Sect has Canary Pavilion, Yue Yang Palace, and Heavenly Pool, is there a fourth Immortal Gu House?"
Mu Ling Lan smiled: "Little Yi, you might not know, recently, Heavenly Lotus Sect created its fourth Immortal Gu House, but it was kept secret."
Shi Zheng Yi heard this and thought: "Senior Mu Ling Lan is from Spirit Butterfly Valley, this sect is most skilled in information path, it is not strange that he knows some secrets. But Heavenly Lotus Sect has four Immortal Gu Houses now, it is truly shocking."