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The elderly Gu Immortal's eyelids twitched, he had a certain guess, he asked: "So you are Senior Green Ant Ascetic, your wife must be Senior Wine Fairy?"
The Gu Immortal will nodded: "Indeed."
The old Gu Immortal let out a breath of air: "To speak truthfully, this junior is a Gu Immortal of Eastern Sea, Zui Xian Weng, over a million years have passed since your death."
The Gu Immortal will was slightly stunned before sighing: "Such a long time has passed... back then, to prevent that traitorous disciple from finding us, we specially hid our inheritance in an extremely concealed area, to think that it ended up like this, that traitorous disciple must have died already."
After pausing for a while, the Gu Immortal will thought of something and said: "Wait, Zui Xian Weng, put away your defensive method, let me test the truth of your words. How can I know if you are not one of my traitorous disciple's subordinates that came here to trick me?"
Zui Xian Weng hesitated for a moment but did not attack immediately, he was not confident in dealing with the arrangements here.
He spoke the truth: "I do not know if Wu Shuai is dead or not, but the situation is like this..."
Zui Xian Weng quickly explained everything, Green Ant Ascetic's will became stunned again, what in the world had happened?
Was this still Heavenly Court?
Fate Gu was actually destroyed!
Gu Yue Fang Yuan!
It was hard to imagine the existence of such a great demon in the world, truly a misfortune for the common people.
Green Ant Ascetic's will only accepted the facts after a long time.
"To think that the world became like this after a million years. Fate Gu was destroyed, even Duke Long lost and died! Whether that Wu Shuai actually revived or if he is just Fang Yuan's clone is no longer important, since that Fang Yuan inherited Dragon Palace, he will also inherit this grudge!" Green Ant Ascetic's will said firmly.
"So Zui Xian Weng, are you willing to oppose Fang Yuan for this true inheritance?" Green Ant's will asked.
Zui Xian Weng was silent for a long time before taking in a deep breath, gritting his teeth: "I am willing to do that!"
"Alright, we will make the agreement."
According to the instructions of Green Ant's will, Zui Xian Weng made his vow.
"Accept this inheritance, the two of us put all our effort into it, we created a killer move called golden bottle drunken wine!"
"Golden bottle contains green ants, drunken wine dilutes dragon qi! Army ant was created by me, I hid the one weakness of these ants extremely deeply, that traitorous disciple had no idea all along."
"As long as you use this golden bottle drunken wine killer move, you will be able to send the army ants into chaos and cause a backlash on the user. Most importantly, this is a food path killer move, it is hard to guard against!"
"So senior has prepared for it." Zui Xian Weng's eyes shined with bright light: "I cannot stay in this place for long, senior, please go into my immortal aperture, you can inform me of the remaining information later."
"Okay." Green Ant's will flew into Zui Xian Weng's immortal aperture, the latter took all the inheritance away and left.
Zui Xian Weng only took a glimpse of the inheritance details before feeling great joy internally.
This inheritance contained Green Ant Ascetic's enslavement path inheritance as well as Wine Fairy's food path true inheritance. The value of the enslavement path true inheritance was not high for Zui Xian Weng, but the Wine Fairy true inheritance was simply too valuable to him.
"It was not a waste of my effort to come here, it was worth it!" A smile appeared on Zui Xian Weng's face.
But the moment he left the place and arrived in the outside world, his expression immediately changed.
A battlefield killer move had been set up, it activated at once and trapped Zui Xian Weng.
"Heavenly Court! Qin Ding Ling!!" Zui Xian Weng was shocked to find out that Heavenly Court's Gu Immortals were surrounding him.
The leader was a female immortal, she had a tall nose, thin lips and eyes, a body covered in golden armor, her legs were long and smooth, she wore a white cape on her back, she radiated an elegant and noble aura, she had an air of indomitability!
She was the current leader of Heavenly Court, rank eight luck path great expert, Qin Ding Ling!
Zui Xian Weng's heart sank to rock bottom, he broke out in cold sweat: "It seems that I will lose my life in this fight."
Thoughts flashed rapidly in his mind, Zui Xian Weng gritted his teeth and cupped his fists: "I am willing to contribute all my inheritances, I will make contributions to the righteous path."
Qin Ding Ling smiled brightly, emanating with heroic aura: "Green Ant Ascetic's and Wine Fairy's inheritances are good, but is our Heavenly Court so greedy? We are the righteous leaders of over three million years, the number one super force in the world. Since you had the fortune to find this inheritance, then it belongs to you. Please do us the honor, sit down and have a cup of tea."
Saying so, Qin Ding Ling sat cross legged in the air, she took out cushions, a table, and cups.
Zui Xian Weng sat down without a choice, Qin Ding Ling personally poured tea for him.
Tea fragrance spread out, but Zui Xian Weng felt his heart turning cold as ice, his entire body was shivering, his cold sweat could not stop pouring.
What status did Qin Ding Ling have, she was actually treating an Eastern Sea lone immortal like Zui Xian Weng in such a respectful manner? She certainly had huge motivations behind this.
"Feel free to drink it." Qin Ding Ling stretched out her arm, smiling as she pointed.
Zui Xian Weng had no choice but to take a sip, he immediately placed the cup down, he asked while faking calmness: "I wonder what Lady Qin wants to say to me?"
The smile on Qin Ding Ling's lips became even wider.
She spoke casually: "Haven't you already guessed my intention? Zui Xian Weng, you are a smart person."
"No need to be so pessimistic, in the current world, even though demons have the upper hand, it is only temporary. Even throughout the history of millions of years, the righteous path has been dominant for most of the time, while the demonic path can only hide at some corners. We are currently in a special era, so some geniuses will wreak havoc, don't think that they are domineering and overpowering, they are merely the pioneers that will pave a road for the venerables ahead."
Zui Xian Weng lowered his head, not daring to make eye contact with Qin Ding Ling.
His arms were placed on the table as he clenched them uncontrollably, his palms were covered in sweat.
"In this tough situation, no matter what overbearing request Qin Ding Ling states, I have no choice but to agree to it." Zui Xian Weng sighed in his head with great sadness.
But Qin Ding Ling took out some evidence immediately after: "Not long after, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable will revive and return to Heavenly Court, she will lead the rise of Heavenly Court once again."
Zui Xian Weng saw the evidence and became deeply shocked: "Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's revival?"
Qin Ding Ling smiled: "Fate Gu has been destroyed, even venerables can be resurrected now. Demon Immortal Qi Jue is the best example now, but he has already been suppressed by my Heavenly Court. If even Demon Immortal Qi Jue can revive, how can our venerables not do so? Our Heavenly Court has three venerables, throughout the world, which super force can rival us?"
Zui Xian Weng stared in a dumbfounded manner, thoughts started to collide rapidly in his mind.
He had already decided to say yes, but after seeing proof of Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's revival, the balance in his heart was tilted towards Heavenly Court.
Even though Fang Yuan was strong as the number one demon, he only had pseudo venerable battle strength.
He could not compare to a venerable.
In the millions of years of human history, there had only been ten venerables, each one had shown their invincibility in their respective eras!
Venerables were invincible!
No matter how many pseudo venerables there were, they could not match a venerable in the end.
While Heavenly Court had the most number of venerables — Primordial Origin, Star Constellation, Genesis Lotus! Other than that, the only other super force that had a venerable was Longevity Heaven.
Zui Xian Weng's expression became calm gradually.
"I am willing to work for Heavenly Court!" He said in a solemn tone: "Let's set the agreement."
Qin Ding Ling shook her hands: "No need for that. With that Fang Yuan's ability, he will notice if we make an agreement. Furthermore, you need to return to Eastern Sea and join the Righteous Qi Alliance."
"We will not set an agreement?" Zui Xian Weng was stunned.
Qin Ding Ling added: "Write me a copy of the true inheritance, Heavenly Court will try to provide you the relevant Immortal Gu."
Zui Xian Weng was stunned again, he sighed in his heart: "No agreement and they are also giving me Immortal Gu?"
Qin Ding Ling waved her hand again: "You can leave now."
"This subordinate takes his leave." Zui Xian Weng left the battlefield with completely stunned emotions.
It was truly unbelievable.
He was freed just like that!
What Zui Xian Weng felt was deep admiration.
He started to admire Heavenly Court from the depths of his heart!
"This is the calibre of the number one force in the world! Qin Ding Ling is not afraid that I will not follow the agreement. With this attitude, she clearly doesn't think much of the inheritance, I am merely just one of her casual pawns. If I do not follow the agreement in the future, unlike Fang Yuan, can't Heavenly Court easily deal with me?"
Zui Xian Weng was filled with a chilly feeling internally.
While watching him leave, Fang Zheng could not help but ask: "Lady Qin Ding Ling, we're letting him go like this? What if he goes to join Fang Yuan and betrays us? Wouldn't we be giving this inheritance to Fang Yuan as well? Are we going to give up this method to counter Wu Shuai?"
Fang Zheng was very familiar with the content of the inheritance.
It turned out that Heavenly Court had found this inheritance long ago, but before taking it, Qin Ding Ling had some intuition. Her instincts told her to not take the inheritance, it would be better to make her move three days later.
Qin Ding Ling followed her instincts and waited for three days, finally trapping Zui Xian Weng.
At this point, she realized the meaning behind her intuition.
Qin Ding Ling smiled: "Fang Yuan possesses the sovereign immortal aperture and has annexed many grotto-heavens, he even has Paradise Earth's inheritor and the variant human alliance under him, we cannot estimate the speed of his growth at all. If we set an agreement with Zui Xian Weng, it will leave a huge piece of evidence behind."
"However, when Zui Xian Weng drank the tea, I had already used my method to influence his luck. This will cause him to become enemies with Fang Yuan without doubt."
Fang Zheng was not convinced, he held onto his beliefs: "Even so, I feel that we should gain a complete hold of this inheritance and use it as a trump card against Fang Yuan. This Zui Xian Weng is just a lone cultivator of Eastern Sea..."
Qin Ding Ling chuckled: "You are underestimating Zui Xian Weng while also overestimating the value of this inheritance."
"Zui Xian Weng is a person who can endure hardship, he is a wise man who knows his circumstances, he possesses one of the three pools in the world, Wine Pool, he is a food path expert. The inheritance of his lineage has always been passed down very stably, while his luck is also very deep and sturdy!"
"Food path is powerful, while Zui Xian Weng cultivates food path solely, he can almost be considered a representative figure of this path. This has significant meaning!"
"As for this inheritance?" Qin Ding Ling shook her head: "In my opinion, the most valuable thing is not the killer move golden bottle drunken wine, but that human path wine drinker Immortal Gu recipe."
This inheritance that Green Ant Ascetic and Wine Fairy created together contained a human path Immortal Gu recipe.
Wine drinker Gu.
Similar to hero Gu, scholar Gu, craftsman Gu, and farmer Gu, except that it was not at the mortal level, it was an Immortal Gu!
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Fang Zheng blinked a few times, having understood something: "You mean to say that even if golden bottle drunken wine is effective and kills Wu Shuai successfully, he is still just a clone of Fang Yuan's, it will not truly shake his foundation. Right now, with Dragon Palace destroyed, Wu Shuai's biggest use is gone."
"Meanwhile, the wine drinker Immortal Gu recipe is the symbol of human path prosperity, it will be the path that our Heavenly Court will focus on in the future!"
Qin Ding Ling patted Fang Zheng's shoulder: "You have learned well!"
"No matter how strong Fang Yuan is, he is not a threat unless he becomes venerable."
"Star Constellation Immortal Venerable has already succeeded in Crazed Demon Cave, the most urgent matter is to bring her back now. No matter how great of a commotion Fang Yuan causes, he is just like a cicada's cry at the end of autumn, he has few days remaining."
"I am not Fang Yuan's match while Heavenly Court cannot afford another loss, thus, I have been dragging on the matter about the Eastern Sea Righteous Qi Alliance."
"Right now, we need to put in effort for the Crazed Demon Cave battle. It will not be easy to bring back our venerable, we need to conserve strength and prioritize on that."
"As long as Star Constellation Immortal Venerable returns to Heavenly Court, even ten of Fang Yuan added together cannot cause any problems for us."
"Yes, you are absolutely right!" Fang Zheng did not refute nor hold any suspicions towards Qin Ding Ling's plan.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had already proven her strength in history!
She had succeeded Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable's position and stabilized the fruits of humanity's labor, she expanded on the prosperity of humanity by getting involved in the other four regions. Before dying, she plotted against three Demon Venerables and preserved Heavenly Court when they attacked, she was truly a great and noble contributor.
Fang Zheng sighed internally: "Fang Yuan, I am not your match. Right now, even Heavenly Court is inferior, but someone can deal with you in the end. Throughout history, evil has never prevailed! If Star Constellation Immortal Venerable makes a move, can you stop her? You are already finished, even though I understand you, I will not pity you. You deserve a bitter end, this is the price to pay for all the sins you have committed!"
Fang Yuan inspected the inheritance in his hand.
He read through it rapidly.
With Meng Qiu Zhen exploring dream realms for him, all of his attainment levels were rising shockingly.
Using these attainment levels, all sorts of inheritances felt shallow in his eyes. Only a small number could give him a decent surprise at times.
These inheritances mostly came from Qi Sea Ancestor and the variant human alliance.
Because of the qi tides, Eastern Sea's exposed inheritances were mostly gathered into Fang Yuan's hands now.
Of course, there were still some excellent inheritances that were kept secret by the lucky forces not contributing them.
But Fang Yuan did not mind it.
At his current level, most inheritances in the world had little to no value from his perspective. His attainment was too high, in just a few breaths of time, he could create a superb inheritance himself.
These inheritances were merely a small supplement to his theories and knowledge base.
"Treasure yellow heaven also has inheritance transactions, this is really a rare sight." Fang Yuan suddenly thought of something, he could transact most of these inheritances that he currently had.
What was the point of transactions? It was to exchange with others for some things that you were more suitable with, in order to cultivate more smoothly.
Because doing this had benefits for Fang Yuan to become venerable.
One of the four venerable ascension conditions was to break through the Heavenly Dao blockade.
The Heavenly Dao sought balance and suppressed Gu Immortals and venerables. The more widely spread these inheritances were, the stronger the cultivators would become, and the more effort the Heavenly Dao would need to suppress them.
This way, when Fang Yuan reaches a crucial moment in his venerable ascension, the Heavenly Dao blockade that obstructed him would fall in strength relatively.
This point was proven by historical records as well.
During the ten venerables' eras, countless geniuses emerged one after another, grand heroes existed at the same time, being as numerous as the stars in the sky!
"To breakthrough the Heavenly Dao blockade, other than luck path, there is also human path. Divine Emperor City is the sacred land of human path, if I can obtain the human path essence inside it, it will help me greatly!" Fang Yuan thought.
Divine Emperor City, painting world.
In a market within the city, people gathered together to watch the performance at the center of the square.
A middle aged man with a muscular body wore beast skin clothing and held a leather whip in his hands as he swung it.
As the leather whip moved, it emitted cracking sounds.
A leopard danced around on the ground while following the tune of the whip.
The middle aged man suddenly stored his whip, he placed his head into the leopard's huge mouth.
The leopard opened its mouth widely, its teeth were sharp as blades, only millimeters away from the man's skull.
The surrounding audience gasped loudly.
But the leopard did not bite it, after waiting for some time, the middle aged man moved his head out again.
Immediately, applause resounded.
The middle aged man took out a bronze bowl and walked around the audience while holding it.
He moved quickly as he raised the bowl, shouting: "Friends, if you have money, please support me, otherwise, please help to promote my performance. Haha, if you think this was enjoyable, don't hesitate to give some tips."
The middle aged man's entertaining performance was well liked by the audience, a large number of primeval stones were tossed into the bronze bowl as they emitted sharp sounds.
Not far away, a human path great expert, Eastern Sea's rank eight Gu Immortal Shen Shang, watched with a stunned expression.
"This is the reason why I got you to come here." Fang Di Chang said, as he sat beside Shen Shang and drank tea.
Shen Shang finally retracted his gaze.
"Amazing, amazing!" He praised uncontrollably: "This Divine Emperor City painting world is really amazing."
The middle aged man was a beast tamer, this profession had never existed in the painting world before. But after the ten children of human path led their troops to explore growling beast painting world and returned in failure, they recuperated for some time and this profession appeared.
In the market, in addition to hero Gu, scholar Gu, soldier Gu, and craftsman Gu, there was a new type of Gu — beast tamer Gu!
Once beast tamer Gu was activated, it could turn into a beast tamer.
Beast tamers were specialized to deal with wild beasts, they were more proficient at taming wild beasts to use for themselves.
Evidently, this new beast tamer Gu was created to deal with growling beast painting world!
"Who created this new Gu worm?" Shen Shang asked.
Fang Di Chang shook his head: "Beast tamer Gu appeared so naturally, I did my best to investigate but I found no specific targets."
Shen Shang nodded: "Your Beggar Sect is the strongest information collection organization in here. It might not be a person, it might be this painting world itself or Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable's arrangement."
Fang Di Chang took in a breath of human will Gu to replenish himself before saying: "Now that beast tamer Gu has appeared, growling beast painting world will be at a disadvantage, it is only a matter of time until it is taken down. The scariest part of human path likely lies here. I underestimated this path after all."
Shen Shang moved his fingers around the cup as he concluded: "Now it seems that there are three types of human path Gu worms. The first are profession Gu, for example, craftsman Gu, hero Gu, and beast tamer Gu. The second are organizational position Gu, for example your beggar sect Gu and sect elder Gu. The third type are human emotion and virtue Gu, for example, traveling son Gu and doting mother Gu."
"Human emotion and virtue Gu? Brother Shen, it seems that you have made great progress in your cultivation recently, that is an appropriate classification." Fang Di Chang congratulated.
Shen Shang waved his hand: "I am ashamed, that is merely a classification of my own opinion."
Traveling son Gu and doting mother Gu were once regarded as emotion path Gu worms, but in essence, they were actually human path.
This was quite a common sight in history as well.
The essence of Gu worms usually only showed itself after the path progressed to a certain level.
"The painting world is really the sacred land of human path, I am feeling quite expectant now. When the ten children of human path leave this place and bring human path to the world of the five regions, I wonder how big the commotion will be, many different Gu worms will be classified into human path by then."
Shen Shang said with deep emotions: "I believe that many human path Gu worms scattered and forgotten somewhere in the world will gain recognition from people once again."
Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable had truly made a noble achievement!
Before him, human path was like the leaves on a tree, it only concerned a small individual group of cultivators.
But Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable created the painting world, he held up the tree of human path and supported its trunk, allowing it to grow and nurture.
Human path was no longer empty internally, it was a complete path now. It had most of the foundational roots and sturdy roots, it even had countless leaves on it.
Fang Di Chang did not speak, he was feeling increasingly worried in his heart.
Even though he had not gotten a clear understanding of Divine Emperor City and the painting world's profundities, there was already something that was certain to him.
Human path was bound to prosper, Heavenly Court had already started to focus on developing this path!
"I am afraid that developing human path has become Heavenly Court's main strategy! This path is not simple, what should my main body do now? He might not even know this yet, I am only a lump of will that is barely surviving. How can I inform my main body of this crucial information?"
With the destruction of fate Gu, anything could happen in the world.
Demon Immortal Qi Jue and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had already revived, the Prophecy of Three Venerables was no longer certain, human path and food path had the chance of prospering in this new era.
Dream path was mentioned in the Prophecy of Three Venerables, it was originally the fated path that was meant to prosper or even rule over this new era!
In the past, human path was something that only venerables or individuals with great talent could comprehend. But after Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable strengthened its roots and foundation, human path was already suitable for everyone to cultivate. Heavenly Court owned Divine Emperor City, this was a huge advantage in itself.
As for food path, this path was created in the Olden Antiquity Era and had never been widely spread. Now, without the restriction of Fate, it also started to show signs of prosperity.
The entire world had gone chaotic because of Fang Yuan.
The dead were reviving, secluded paths were now starting to prosper.
As for the future?
Fang Di Chang shook his head, the future was too complex and uncertain, he could not see clearly beyond this chaos.
Luck Suppression Heavenly Palace.
Hei Lou Lan was summoned by Immortal Zombie Giant Sun.
"Hei Lou Lan, my descendant, it is now time for you to risk your life." Immortal Zombie Giant Sun got right to the point: "You want to surpass that Gu Yue Fang Yuan? Now is your chance! Go into Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven."
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Hei Lou Lan woke up and opened her eyes in a daze.
"Where... is this?" Her blurry vision started to clear up, she found that she was lying on a stone bed.
Around the stone bed, there was a large tent made of skin.
At the center of the tent, there was a huge pot hanging on a metal rack.
The pot was bubbling and seemingly contained boiling soup. At the bottom of the pot, there was a red rat spewing fire continuously.
"You woke up?" The flap of the tent was pulled aside as a person walked in.
This was a beautiful middle aged woman, her clothes were quite simple, she had a beast skin top and skirt, her shoulders, tummy, and half of her breasts were exposed.
On her chest and back, there was a blue phoenix tattoo, not only was it very vivid and lively, it even emitted a faint blue light.
Hei Lou Lan struggled and managed to sit up.
During the process, she found that her clothes had been changed as well, it was the same as the middle aged woman, having a wild and brutish style.
"I am Desolate Extremity Lu Tong Lan, you are now inside Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven." The middle aged woman smiled as she walked towards Hei Lou Lan.
Hei Lou Lan had fully woken up now.
Longevity Heaven had the Eight Extremities, their names were Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow, Space, Time, Flood and Desolate respectively. Black Extremity was Sun Ming Lu, he cultivated formation path. This woman in front of her was Desolate Extremity, she had been staying within Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven.
"Lady Lu, what should I do?" Hei Lou Lan inquired. Immortal Zombie Giant Sun had only told her to listen to Desolate Extremity's instructions after arriving here.
Lu Tong Lan smiled: "In here, you should call me Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader. Your current identity is my illegitimate daughter, I birthed you long ago and left you outside. Recently, when relocating the tribe, I found you by accident and brought you back."
"Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven has countless tribes, we coexist with the beasts, it is very different from the five regions. Every ten thousand years, all the tribes would gather and hold the Myriad Tribes Ceremony. This is your fortuitous encounter!"
"Alright, now, you need to start drinking soup."
Lu Tong Lan scooped a huge bowl of hot soup and passed it to Hei Lou Lan.
Hei Lou Lan sat at the side of the bed, she held the hot metal bowl, the fragrance of food drifted into her nose.
She was currently hungry, she immediately drank a large mouthful.
But when the soup entered her mouth, it had a peculiar and spicy taste, it was not nice at all!
"Cough cough!" Hei Lou Lan was not prepared for this, she almost gagged on reflex.
But Lu Tong Lan had a solemn expression: "Drink it, this soup is extremely important for you, you need to finish every single drop of it in the pot. Drink."
Hei Lou Lan knew that this was Immortal Zombie Giant Sun's arrangement, she frowned as she drank one bowl, followed by another.
By the third bowl, she could not take it anymore, her stomach was bloated and painful.
Lu Tong Lan had been guarding her the entire time, seeing this, she nodded: "Stop here for now, your body is at its limit."
Hei Lou Lan started to experience diarrhea, it was very serious, she almost went weak from it.
But Lu Tong Lan did not let her off, even though Hei Lou Lan was lying down in a weak state, Lu Tong Lan brought the bowl over and poured the hot soup into her mouth.
Hei Lou Lan drank as the diarrhea intensified, she felt extremely terrible.
"What is the point of drinking this soup?" Hei Lou Lan asked.
Lu Tong Lan answered: "Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven is different from the five regions, those who succeed in life are those who can eat well. I specially prepared this soup for you to expand your appetite. During the process of having diarrhea, your body is adapting to it. Even though it is initially very severe and seems nearly fatal, the symptoms will gradually become lighter. In less than three days, you will be back to normal and feel extremely hungry."
Hei Lou Lan stayed in the stone bed for two days and nights before regaining her strength, she could barely walk again.
By the third day, like what Lu Tong Lan had said, she recovered her strength and the diarrhea was gone, her appetite increased and her stomach growled since the early morning.
Lu Tong Lan cooked soup for Hei Lou Lan again.
"This is meat soup, it is different from before." Lu Tong Lan said while taking out five to six rats and tossed them into the pot.
The rat struggled in the pot, squeaking loudly.
Lu Tong Lan's expression did not change, she took out several poisonous snakes of various colors, tossing them into the pot.
The snakes and rats gradually melted in the soup, floating at the top like colorful mud.
Lu Tong Lan took out several black rocks that resembled charcoal and tossed them inside as well.
Hei Lou Lan's eyelids were twitching at first, but soon she understood certain details.
"Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, are you refining Gu?" Hei Lou Lan asked in curiosity, she saw that when making the soup, Lu Tong Lan used many refinement path techniques.
Lu Tong Lan continued to cook the soup as she smiled and said: "Hei Lou Lan, you are quite perceptive. This snake-rat soup is already done."
Hei Lou Lan was stunned, she watched as Lu Tong Lan stopped cooking the soup.
"Did the Gu refinement fail? This is a pity." Hei Lou Lan said: "After all, the snakes and rats used earlier were ancient desolate beasts."
But Lu Tong Lan shook her head: "I said before, I am brewing soup, not refining Gu. The snake-rat soup is very perfect, you need to drink it all."
"What?" Hei Lou Lan was stunned again.
Lu Tong Lan scooped a huge bowl of soup and passed it to Hei Lou Lan.
Hei Lou Lan drank a mouthful and frowned immediately, this soup was ten times as disgusting as the diarrhea soup earlier! With just one mouthful, her entire tongue went numb, even her throat was gradually becoming numb.
By the time she finished the hot soup, her entire body expanded like a balloon, even her skin and flesh were bloated, hair started to grow on her body rapidly.
The hair grew extremely quickly, after a few minutes, Hei Lou Lan's hair almost filled the entire tent.
And the hair had various colors.
Red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, purple, white, black, there were various colors of differing quantity, none of them were the same.
Lu Tong Lan inspected the hair, even counting the number of hairs of each color meticulously.
Next, at her will, the blue phoenix tattoo on her chest floated up and spat out a lump of blue fire.
The blue fire burned the hair, in almost an instant, all of Hei Lou Lan's newly grown hair was gone.
Hei Lou Lan stared with wide eyes and asked curiously: "What method is this? It is really amazing, I am completely unharmed."
Lu Tong Lan smiled: "This is my blue phoenix totem. Inside Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven, totems are the mainstream way of cultivation. Even though we use Gu worms as well, totems are the symbol of our strength and status."
Hei Lou Lan's eyes shined with bright light: "If I am not wrong, this totem is not simple, each line and marking on the totem is a dao mark! The essence of the totem is a killer move! There actually exists such an amazing method in the world, does everyone cultivate totems in here?"
"Hahaha." Lu Tong Lan laughed even louder: "Hei Lou Lan, you are the genius that our lord chose to send here indeed. You saw the essence of the totem with just one glimpse. Indeed, our Gu cultivation killer moves use Gu worms or expend Gu materials. While Gu worms are fragments of the Great Dao, Gu materials are agglomerations of dao marks. The totems here use the same logic, it is just that the cultivation way uses Gu worms to assist slightly, the main method is still to rely on our consumption and digestion."
"Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven is Reckless Savage Demon Venerable's immortal aperture, this Demon Venerable left his immortal aperture within the body of the gluttonous demon frog, allowing this grotto-heaven to have a food path environment."
The gluttonous demon frog was a legendary immemorial beast, it contained an unimaginable number of food path dao marks.
With the influence of food path dao marks, within Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven, humans could eat Gu materials to increase their corresponding dao marks. Using the Gu worms here, they can gradually construct their own totems.
Hei Lou Lan did not guess wrongly, totems were a special type of killer move. Normally, they would stay on the surface of the Gu cultivator's body. Once primeval essence or immortal essence was instilled, they would turn solid and fly out to fight.
"Totem killer moves have a lot of advantages, ordinary killer moves need to activate Gu worms and expend thoughts when they are used spontaneously. But totems only need to be constructed beforehand, you can save a lot of effort and time as a result!"
"In the five regions outside world, even though Gu Houses also contain fixed killer moves, totems can be refined and improved upon continuously. Meanwhile, strong Immortal Gu Houses have no room for improvement." Lu Tong Lan continued to explain.
Hei Lou Lan started to frown: "I have the Great Strength True Martial Physique, I should cultivate strength path, but this totem seems to be a transformation path killer move?"
Lu Tong Lan shook her head: "Not quite so."
"The other specialty of totems is that they can be suitable for all Gu paths. I, for example, cultivate fire path, after devouring all sorts of materials, I used Gu worms to construct my blue phoenix totem killer move. This totem is a fire path killer move, it is very suitable for me."
"As for you cultivating strength path, you can also construct your own strength path totem."
Hei Lou Lan cupped her fists and said solemnly: "Please teach me, senior."
"Of course." Lu Tong Lan pointed at the empty pot: "The snake-rat soup I gave you to drink earlier is meant to decipher your physique and learn what ingredients you are suitable to eat, and what kinds of ingredients are the best for your natural absorption and contain the most nutrients you need, as for your totem, it is something unique to you, only you will know what it truly becomes."
There were countless totems, even if they looked similar, each one was different.
Lu Tong Lan continued to speak in concern: "Hei Lou Lan, you need to make use of your time and quickly construct your totem. This killer move is the only method you can use when you join the Myriad Tribes Ceremony."
After Hei Lou Lan understood all this background information, she started to wholeheartedly cultivate this method.
Each time Lu Tong Lan cooked something, she would eat it without leaving anything behind, using this food path environment to allow her body to absorb dao marks.
Lu Tong Lan initially boiled soup, gradually, there was meat and vegetables, she also added more grains as well.
All of the food had one similarity, they tasted horrible.
But Hei Lou Lan was an ambitious person, as long as it could raise her strength, she could eat anything regardless of the taste, even if she felt intense pain in her stomach countless times, as if she was in living hell.
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Hei Lou Lan cultivated while sitting on the stone bed.
Long after, she opened her eyes slowly.
She lowered her head and looked at her chest, there was a totem.
The totem was very simplistic and only had a few strokes, however, the markings were very clear, one could see a black cat that was drawn on it.
The black cat was young and small, it looked very adorable, its tail was raised up as its back was crouched, its front paws grabbed the ground, as if it was going to pounce at the next moment.
"Desolate Extremity lent me the relevant Gu worms, using them, the first form of my totem killer move has been completed."
Hei Lou Lan calculated the time in her mind.
Ever since she came here and cultivated the first form of her totem, thirty days had passed.
During these thirty days, Hei Lou Lan did not leave even once, other than eating and attending to daily affairs, she only cultivated the entire time.
She did not relax or slack off at any moment, she worked really hard.
Suddenly, there was an argument outside the tent.
"Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, you are going overboard!"
"Indeed, these last days, you used so many ingredients in our inventory for your illegitimate daughter."
"Initially, you used the ancient desolate beast single horned deer to increase your daughter's appetite. After that you made the snake-rat soup and used ancient desolate beast snakes and rats just to find out the recipe most suited for your daughter! After that, you have been consistently draining our reserves dry, the ingredients you pick are at least desolate beast level."
"We nominated you as the leader but you are being so selfish, you have let down the entire tribe's expectations!"
Hei Lou Lan heard this and showed a peculiar expression.
It seems that the tribe elders were currently questioning and blaming their tribe leader Lu Tong Lan.
"Speaking of which, I have been using a lot of immortal materials recently, is Desolate Extremity unable to control the situation anymore?" Hei Lou Lan guessed.
At the next moment, Lu Tong Lan's voice resounded: "Tribe elders, no need to be angry. I am doing this for the sake of our tribe. Lan, come out."
Hei Lou Lan heard this and finally left the tent that she had stayed in for a month's time.
This was a valley with lush greenery, there was a river not far away.
There were tents of various sizes all around, they formed into a tribe.
The tent that Hei Lou Lan was in was right at the center, it was the safest location. At the same time, this was the largest tent in this place.
At the area outside of the tent, a group of people confronted Lu Tong Lan.
These people were also wearing beast skin and exposed a large portion of their body, most of them were elderly people, being all Gu Immortals. The thing that attracted Hei Lou Lan's attention were the totems on their bodies.
"Lan, come over here." Lu Tong Lan waved.
Hei Lou Lan did not speak as she walked towards Lu Tong Lan.
The tribe elders' gazes were focused on Hei Lou Lan's body, or more precisely, on her chest.
The expressions of the elders started to change.
Some were in disbelief, while some became very excited.
"This, this is?"
"Has my vision gone bad?"
"Can anyone confirm with me, is this the dark capital strength tiger?!"
Lu Tong Lan smiled: "Indeed, this is the dark capital strength tiger totem!"
The tribe elders were silent, their bodies were shaking from agitation.
Lu Tong Lan continued: "I know what you want to ask, since my daughter has the dark capital strength tiger totem, I am sure you all understand she has the sacred physique! Only the sacred physique can cultivate the dark capital strength tiger totem."
The elders gasped at once.
Lu Tong Lan waited for some time, after their discussions became softer, she continued: "Now, do you still think that I am being selfish?"
"Of course not!" An elder shook his head and said with a firm attitude.
"This is the sacred physique, it allows a person to directly advance in the Myriad Tribes Ceremony and challenge the Predicament!" An elder stared at Hei Lou Lan with a heated and excited gaze.
"As long as the sacred physique survives in the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, our entire tribe will benefit from it, we will become one of the back-up sacred tribes." Another elder started to dream about the beautiful future.
"Sacred physique? Are they referring to my Great Strength True Martial Physique?" Hei Lou Lan calmed down because she knew that the entire situation was still firmly within Lu Tong Lan's control.
Lu Tong Lan's lips curled up: "Why just the back-up, can't we directly become the sacred tribe?"
The elders' expressions froze before quickly shaking their heads.
"Tribe leader, don't be so hasty!'
"Your daughter has rank seven cultivation level but to become the winner of the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, her cultivation level is not high enough."
"We need to be patient, as long as she becomes rank eight, we will not need to challenge anything, according to the customs, she will be the Sacred King!"
"We need to protect and nurture her in order to become the sacred tribe. Why do we need to take a risk?"
Lu Tong Lan was silent for a while before nodding: "Elders, you are right, I was too hasty. But undeniably, the stronger Lan becomes, the higher our position in the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, and the more benefits our tribe will receive. Isn't that right?"
The elders nodded: "Of course."
Lu Tong Lan suddenly bowed: "Thus, I hope everyone can understand and help to improve Lan's totem with your full effort. The more benefits she receives, the more gains we will have later on!"
The elders reacted and some nodded in agreement, while others pointed at Lu Tong Lan and smiled brightly: "So this was all part of your scheme, Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader."
Because of Lu Tong Lan's meticulous arrangement, Hei Lou Lan was accepted by the tribe at her first appearance.
Hei Lou Lan also understood that one of the main reasons why Immortal Zombie Giant Sun sent her here was because the Great Strength True Martial Physique was really useful in Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven.
Afterwards, Hei Lou Lan asked Lu Tong Lan why the Great Strength True Martial Physique was considered the sacred physique in this place and why it had such a huge status.
Lu Tong Lan answered: "The rumor is that Reckless Savage Demon Venerable has the Great Strength True Martial Physique. Nobody can confirm if this rumor is true or not."
This was not important, Hei Lou Lan soon left this information behind.
She continued cultivating her totem killer move.
This time, not only did Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader Lu Tong Lan help her, the entire tribe was also chipping in.
Hei Lou Lan's totem soon grew from a small cat into a black leopard.
At this point, the elders' help also started to dwindle.
Throughout the process, the immortal material expenditure was immense. But the good news for Hei Lou Lan was that her dark capital strength tiger totem had incredible power when used, far beyond her previous methods.
The dark capital strength tiger totem became her strongest killer move!
"But this is not enough!" Desolate Extremity Lu Tong Lan said truthfully once after cultivating: "Since our lord sent you here, I will do my best to nurture you and not let our lord down! Those elders did not use up their inventory, but I do not have much resources left. Don't worry, in a few days, the situation will change."
The elders had their descendants too, even though Hei Lou Lan had the sacred physique, she was still the tribe leader's descendant, the elders would not expend all their resources for her, this was a natural thing.
Several days later, Blue Phoenix Tribe was suddenly attacked by their mortal enemy Fire Blend Tribe, they suffered huge losses and were forced to escape from the valley.
While retreating, Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader led her troops and retaliated harshly. Fire Blend Tribe was caught off guard and was forced out of the valley, allowing Blue Phoenix Tribe to regain their territory.
Fire Blend Tribe was not resigned to give up, they stayed outside the valley and went into a stalemate with Blue Phoenix Tribe, waiting for an opportunity to arise.
Late at night on this day.
Lu Tong Lan brought Hei Lou Lan away from the gathering point, going to a cave in the valley to meet Fire Blend Tribe Leader.
Fire Blend Tribe Leader looked at the shocked Hei Lou Lan and smiled while explaining: "I am Yellow Extremity Jiao Huo."
It turned out that this situation was just Lu Tong Lan's and Jiao Huo's performance.
Jiao Huo took out a large amount of immortal materials and handed them to Lu Tong Lan: "These are all the Gu materials I can find that are suitable for Hei Lou Lan."
"Other than that, we have these..." Jiao Huo had a strange expression as he took out several corpses.
These were the corpses of Fire Blend Tribe's Gu Immortal elders who had died from battle earlier!
Lu Tong Lan also took out several corpses, these were the ones sacrificed from Blue Phoenix Tribe.
In front of Hei Lou Lan, Jiao Huo started to cut the meat while Lu Tong Lan prepared the pot and flame.
Hei Lou Lan was stunned: "You want me to eat these people?!"
Jiao Huo cut the human flesh as he smiled: "No need to think of them as humans, just treat them as immortal materials. Normally speaking, when Gu Immortals die, as long as they are not immortal zombies, their dao marks will go back into their immortal apertures. But the Gu cultivators here are different, their immortal aperture will be digested by Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven before it falls in place, the totem killer moves on them are created by dao marks, they are fixed and contain the most value within the body."
Saying so, Jiao Huo picked out a few pieces of meat from the pile and tossed them into the pot.
Lu Tong Lan stirred the meat soup while saying: "Hei Lou Lan, there aren't many pieces of meat that suit you. But because they are humans after all, they are easier for you to absorb, it will help greatly in your totem's growth!"
Hei Lou Lan turned pale as her voice changed slightly: "Is the act of eating people popularized in this Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven?"
Lu Tong Lan looked at the human meat soup in the pot as she said plainly: "Of course not. Even though eating people can help the growth of totems, it is still a demonic act. Publicly eating your tribesmen means you are a demonic path member, you will face judgment. That is why we brought you here secretly to hide from the rest. You have the sacred physique, but if you are found to be eating people, your status will be lost. There is no helping it, we have little time, to raise your strength to the limit, eating humans is the best way."
"It's cooked, go ahead and eat."
Lu Tong Lan served the soup as Hei Lou Lan received it with a numb expression.
The human meat soup was far more delicious than all the food she had been eating previously. But after her first mouthful, Hei Lou Lan started to vomit intensely.
Lu Tong Lan and Jiao Huo looked at her calmly.
Hei Lou Lan vomited until even her gastric acid came out, she asked the two: "Have you eaten human flesh as well?"
Lu Tong Lan shook her head, but Jiao Huo nodded and said: "I was the first to arrive, after some time, my identity as an outsider was exposed and I got hunted down. All of my rations were consumed, I fell into desperation and had to eat people to raise the power of my totem killer move. Relying on that, I managed to survive and change my identity, eventually becoming the current Fire Blend Tribe Leader."
Lu Tong Lan said with a calm tone: "Hei Lou Lan, you can choose not to eat it. We will not force you to do this, we are only trying to complete master's tasks to the best of our abilities. I have not eaten human flesh before, I can understand why you reject it. This is only a method to become stronger, you can also eat other ingredients to help your totem grow, it will only take more time."
"It will take more time?" Hei Lou Lan's ears twitched.
She smiled bitterly as she muttered to herself: "The difference between me and him is already so large like a heavenly chasm, if I do not make good use of my time, how can I ever surpass him? If it were him in this situation, would he choose to eat the human meat?"
The answer was obvious!
"I'll eat it." Hei Lou Lan had a solemn expression as she came to the pot.
She drank the soup with huge gulps, she ate the meat in large mouthfuls!
Lu Tong Lan's expression changed while Jiao Huo nodded slightly.
Such a person... it was no wonder their lord had such a high evaluation regarding her!
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Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven.
The myriad tribes were gathered on Moon Field Slope.
"The Myriad Tribes Ceremony is held here?" Hei Lou Lan looked at the barren land and expressed her disappointment.
Every Myriad Tribes Ceremony was held at Moon Field Slope.
But in Hei Lou Lan's opinion, this place was empty and desolate, there was yellow sand everywhere, nothing else was in sight. When wind blew, sand would stir and move in the air visibly.
"The Myriad Tribes Ceremony is different from the Thousand Tribes Ceremony, it is a grand event that involves the entire Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven, held once every ten thousand years. This is my first time taking part in it too." Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, one of the Eight Extremities, Desolate Extremity Lu Tong Lan, replied.
Behind them were the Blue Phoenix Tribe members.
Half a year ago, there was an intense fight between Blue Phoenix Tribe and Fire Blend Tribe, the result was that Blue Phoenix Tribe lost many Gu Immortal elders. But as a result, Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader gained a deeper control of the entire tribe.
"Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, Sacred Child!"
"This is the Sacred Child?"
"Hahaha, I've heard that Blue Phoenix Tribe produced a Sacred Child, this is making us envious."
Entering Moon Field Slope, Lu Tong Lan met a few familiar faces. These people were either famous experts, tribe leaders, or elders, they had high authority and status.
Hei Lou Lan's reputation had already spread recently, her identity as a Sacred Child was too eye-catching.
"Hmph!" A cold grunt could be heard as Fire Blend Tribe Leader stared at Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, Hei Lou Lan, and the rest with a furious gaze.
Around him, there was also a group of tribe leaders and elders.
"Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, you came too slowly, are you afraid?" Jiao Huo asked arrogantly.
Lu Tong Lan immediately retaliated with a cold laugh: "Even if I am afraid, it will not be because of you. What fear can you create?"
"Tribe leaders, the Myriad Tribes Ceremony is about to begin, if anyone fights, they will be the enemy of the myriad tribes, we will use them as the ceremonial tribute." The elder of a large tribe saw this situation and came over.
Immediately after, the elder said to Jiao Huo: "Fire Blend Tribe Leader, why are you still here? My tribe leader has already held a banquet, you cannot be late."
Jiao Huo snorted coldly, leaving some words for Lu Tong Lan: "I'll let you off for now."
Saying so, he led the people around him and left.
"Fire Blend Tribe Leader, this guy..." After he left, the tribe leaders around Lu Tong Lan spoke out.
"Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, even though Fire Blend Tribe Leader lost to you half a year ago and his strength fell greatly, you cannot be careless, he has already gone over to Yellow Bell Tribe."
"Yellow Bell Tribe is a super tribe, not just its tribe leader but even the first elder have rank eight cultivation level!"
These experts spoke one after another, detailing the information of Fire Blend Tribe Leader.
Hei Lou Lan listened without making a sound, gaining a deeper understanding of Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven's situation.
"The situation here is not too different from the five regions, the weaker forces still have to join larger forces. Lu Tong Lan and Jiao Huo are two of the Eight Extremities, even when they cultivate in here and use totem killer moves, they are still superior to others, being experts among rank sevens. Thus, a group of people gathered around them."
"But the truly top tier forces are still existences like Yellow Bell Tribe. It seems that Jiao Huo's plan succeeded, he made use of his tribe's weakness as an excuse to get close to Yellow Bell Tribe."
"Who could ever imagine that these two irreconcilable enemies were actually the closest allies in this world?"
Hei Lou Lan felt deep admiration towards these two people and their methods.
Days later, the Myriad Tribes Ceremony began.
"In the name of Great God Reckless Savage, Purple Gold Tribe offers thirty golden sand carps as tribute!"
"In the name of Great God Reckless Savage, Ice lake Tribe offers three fetus lions as tribute!"
"In the name of Great God Reckless Savage, Yellow Bell Tribe offers a vast heavenly sparrow group, ten sight plundering vines, and one outsider as tribute!"
At the central field of all the tribes, they took turns to slaughter and contribute their sacrificial tokens.
Some tribes were weak, they only contributed desolate beasts. Some tribes that were slightly inferior to Blue Phoenix Tribe offered ancient desolate beasts instead.
As for the strongest forces like Yellow Bell Tribe, they offered a large amount of ancient desolate beasts and plants, or even several immemorial desolate beasts and plants.
From time to time, outsiders would be captured and brought here to be killed in public view.
These outsiders were all Gu Immortals with at least rank seven cultivation level. The outsiders that Yellow Bell Tribe executed were even rank eight Gu Immortals!
"If these things were given to me as food, my totem would grow by a large amount." Hei Lou Lan felt it was a pity.
Be it desolate beasts or Gu Immortal corpses, once they landed on the yellow soil, they would melt like candles, absorbed into the earth gradually.
It was as if this ground was a silent beast devouring all of the sacrifices without making a sound.
"This Moon Field Slope contains a huge secret, it is definitely not so simple!" Hei Lou Lan thought, she watched as the sacrifices sank into the yellow earth ground, the soil that was dyed red slowly returned to its yellow color.
No matter what cultivation level the outsiders have, each time they were sacrificed, the myriad tribes would cheer.
The cheers were loud like tsunamis or earthquakes, it was truly stunning.
Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven had existed for so many years, rumors had definitely spread. Even Immortal Zombie Giant Sun had sent people in regularly, others went in as well.
"Good, kill them all! These otherworldly demons deserve death!"
"In historical records, each time the Myriad Tribes Ceremony is held, these otherworldly demons will appear."
"Let's kill all of these outsiders, how dare they invade our world!"
Hei Lou Lan listened to their discussions while feeling deep and strange emotions surging internally.
The inhabitants of Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven saw this grotto-heaven as the whole world, they treated outsiders as otherworldly demons, not knowing that the outside world was even larger!
This made Hei Lou Lan think of City Well in <
The sacrificial ceremony lasted for a day, other than the super tribes who were allowed to openly hold their ceremony at the central field, the other tribes could only do their sacrificial ceremonies at their own camps.
On the night of the ceremony, there was a large bonfire celebration.
Leather drums made stunning noises as tens of thousands of bonfires were lit, countless people who wore beast skin clothings and feathered accessories danced around their bonfires as they laughed, danced, sang, and enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
Many men and women were attracted to each other, they held each other's hands and left the bonfire, returning to their own tents, away from the laughter and noise outside, to engage in the most intense and enjoyable ritual on their beds.
Of course, some approached Hei Lou Lan too.
"This is the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, the most sacred moment of all. Lady Sacred Child, we are a match made in heaven, we will produce the most outstanding offspring." The son of a tribe leader brought a large amount of immortal materials and approached Hei Lou Lan.
This young man belonged to a super tribe, on the same level as Yellow Bell Tribe. His father was the tribe leader, a rank eight Gu Immortal, while he himself was rank six.
Hei Lou Lan had an ugly expression, she rejected him on the spot.
The young man laughed instead: "Great, I didn't want to get close to you anyway, you are too ugly. But father gave me orders I could not defy, I had to come here. Hopefully, we never meet again!"
Other than the young man, an elderly rank eight expert also came to her.
He brought a large amount of extremely valuable immortal materials.
"With these immortal materials, Sacred Child, your totem will reach greater success!" The elderly rank eight Gu Immortal spoke: "Even though you are ugly, I am old and still do not have a son, we can cooperate and achieve a win-win status."
Hei Lou Lan had a cold expression and rejected him as well.
The old rank eight Gu Immortal shook his head and sighed before leaving: "Sacred Child, you are still too young, after missing this opportunity, it might never come to you again. Not everyone can accept your ugly appearance, only people like me who have already gone past that stage can ignore the opinions of everyone else."
Hei Lou Lan almost screamed at him to scram.
Even though she did not care about her appearance, she was still a great beauty at heart.
Her parents were both extremely good looking, she inherited their good genes and was beautiful enough to be a fairy of Northern Plains.
But within Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven, the concept of beauty differed greatly from the outside world.
The inhabitants here worshiped muscles, skin color should not be pale or smooth, they had to be dark and rough, giving people a sense of strength and power.
Thus, in this place, Hei Lou Lan was an ugly woman rarely seen in a hundred years.
The first time anyone sees Hei Lou Lan, they would subconsciously think: It was no wonder Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader abandoned this daughter in the past, she is simply too ugly! But possessing the sacred physique despite the ugliness, heaven is truly balanced and impartial.
On this night, Hei Lou Lan was pestered repeatedly until daybreak.
The Myriad Tribes Competition started!
At the area in front of every tribe, there was a blank space.
It was the field for their competition.
"I, Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, challenge Stardust Tribe Leader by betting a divine peacock feather." Lu Tong Lan brought Hei Lou Lan to the area of Stardust Tribe.
She was challenging the tribe for Hei Lou Lan.
"It seems that Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader is after that white thread tendon of the five emperor eel." Stardust Tribe Leader smiled bitterly as he walked into the empty space.
In the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, a challenge could not be rejected.
"Please start." Lu Tong Lan instilled immortal essence, her blue phoenix totem shined in bright light, turning solid and flying towards Stardust Tribe Leader.
Stardust Tribe Leader gritted his teeth, shouting as his totem flew into the sky, turning into a single-horned mountain goat.
The single-horned mountain goat crashed towards the blue phoenix, creating a huge cloud of stardust.
The blue phoenix dodged as it chirped, spitting out a torrent of blue flames.
The blue flames were extremely hot, the single-horned mountain goat was swept by the flames and got encircled, it tried to break out several times.
Each time the single-horned mountain goat tried to act, the blue phoenix would intercept and force it back.
"Lu Tong Lan definitely has a stronger totem, but the main reason for this situation is the difference in combat attainment of the two tribe leaders." Hei Lou Lan watched at the side and realized.
"As expected of Blue Phoenix Tribe Leader, sigh, I admit defeat." Not long after, Stardust Tribe Leader said.
He needed to preserve his strength, the Myriad Tribes Ceremony had just started. If he got injured and could not fight anymore, more people would challenge him and cause him to lose more immortal materials.
Lu Tong Lan stopped immediately.
Stardust Tribe Leader arranged for the white thread tendon of the five emperor eel to be given to the winner.
Both sides did not go overboard.
"Stardust Tribe Leader, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can send a letter to my Blue Phoenix Tribe. If it is a trivial matter, we will definitely help you." Lu Tong Lan said before leaving.
Stardust Tribe Leader's expression soothed.
Even though one could not reject challenges in the Myriad Tribes Ceremony, they could invite others to help them out. This was also why many weaker forces chose to join or side with super forces of their own accord.
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With the full support of Desolate Extremity Lu Tong Lan, Hei Lou Lan started to devour a large amount of immortal materials again.
After digesting them, her totem finally reached greater success!
"Good, your dark capital strength tiger totem has formed completely. With just this move, you are a peak expert among rank sevens, even in the outside world of the five regions." Lu Tong Lan was very happy: "Now, if you are interested, you can give it a go."
The Myriad Tribes Ceremony had reached a cruel stage of the competition.
Every day, a large number of tribes were defeated, their experts got injured, and they lost many resources in their inventories. There were even those who went after their enemies, they did not bet on immortal materials but a person's life instead!
What made Hei Lou Lan feel a chill inside was that any Gu Immortal who died during the Myriad Tribes Ceremony would be sacrificed on the spot, merging into the yellow soil land.
Blue Phoenix Tribe was still in a good state.
Because of Hei Lou Lan's identity as a Sacred Child, as long as she was alive, when she reaches rank eight, the entire Blue Phoenix Tribe would be elevated to the Sacred Tribe, they would have high authority.
Thus, almost nobody provoked Blue Phoenix Tribe.
Even if some people felt jealousy and hatred, wanting to attack Hei Lou Lan before she grew stronger, they would be filled with caution, they would not attack the Sacred Child during this important event, it was disrespectful to Great God Reckless Savage after all!
During the day, the myriad tribes engaged in continuous combat. At night, countless tribe leaders and elders conversed in secret, forming alliances while working and scheming together.
Lu Tong Lan and Jiao Huo were also secretly in contact.
Anyone who wanted to target Blue Phoenix Tribe might likely contact Fire Blend Tribe, the opposite was also true.
Blue Phoenix Tribe, which possessed a Sacred Child, attracted a lot of jealousy, even including those people who were friendly to Lu Tong Lan normally!
Fire Blend Tribe did not have a good time either, they lost a good number of elders half a year ago, they became weaker and had to join Yellow Bell Tribe as a subsidiary force.
But Yellow Bell Tribe had enemies too.
All of the experts continued to fight and kill.
But thankfully, because only totems could be used in battle, the death toll was much lower.
In normal situations, other killer moves would be used in a battle of life and death. Totems were mostly trump cards, a good number of non-totem killer moves were also held as trump cards.
Hei Lou Lan gained a lot of insight these few days.
She saw all sorts of totems, she recognized many outstanding experts.
Her totem had already reached greater success, the path ahead of her was to continue eating with the dark capital strength tiger as the foundation, to fuse with other dao marks and gradually turn it into a totem that suited Hei Lou Lan specifically.
But there was another path, she could construct a second or third totem.
Experts who had many totems had a larger range of methods, but because their efforts were split, the quality of their totems were lower as well.
By investing the same effort and resources, cultivating one totem was naturally stronger.
As for which route to take, Hei Lou Lan was still thinking about it: "In historical records, Reckless Savage Demon Venerable had countless totems, each one was extremely strong. They had at least rank eight battle strength, some were even at pseudo venerable battle strength. It seems that Reckless Savage Demon Venerable took the second path."
As days passed, the situation of the myriad tribes changed rapidly every day.
Initially, those normal tribes with only Gu Masters started to lose and assimilate into each other rapidly. But this situation actually extended to the super forces as well, eventually, even a super force like Yellow Bell Tribe showed signs of downfall!
When three rank eight Gu Immortals died on Moon Field Slope, this yellow soil land started to emit a faint yellow light.
In this yellow light, a road slowly appeared before them.
"Myriad Life Road has appeared!"
"Huff... the myriad tribes challenge has finally ended."
"Only publicly recognized experts can enter the Myriad Life Road and find the immortal opportunities left behind by Great God Reckless Savage!"
Hei Lou Lan had some realization too: "So all the sacrifices are meant to open up this Myriad Life Road."
As the one with the sacred physique, she did not need to be tested, she was qualified to enter the Myriad Life Road immediately.
After the tribes discussed among themselves, they chose eighty-eight people.
There were eleven people of each respective rank.
Among the tribes, there were no rank nine Gu cultivators, thus the maximum number was only eighty-eight.
For some reason, this number struck a chord with Hei Lou Lan.
Under countless envious gazes, eighty-eight people stepped onto the Myriad Life Road.
From the outside, the Myriad Life Road looked like an illusory image. But when Hei Lou Lan and the rest stepped into it, they felt a completely different sensation.
"It feels like there is really a road, I can step on it firmly." Hei Lou Lan walked for over ten steps, her expression changed gradually.
She was accompanied by Lu Tong Lan.
Not far away behind her, there was Jiao Huo.
These two were part of the Eight Extremities after all, they had successfully emerged from the competition and became one of the eighty-eight chosen people.
"Walking on this Myriad Life Road, every step expends our strength, will, and even immortal essence." Hei Lou Lan said.
Lu Tong Lan added: "More accurately speaking, our foundation and strength are depleted at a certain rate proportionately."
There was fairness for everyone walking on this road, they experienced the same difficulty.
Gu Immortals were stronger than Gu Masters, but the difficulty level for Gu Masters was decided according to their own strength.
This caused many Gu Masters to move ahead of the Gu Immortals instead.
"I found a Gu worm, they are crawling on the ground, once we pick them up, they can be instantly refined!"
"Quickly look, there are so many food ingredients, this is worth a fortune."
Many people shouted and cheered, they quickly gained some plentiful rewards.
The myriad tribes outside could not see this scene, they could only see eighty-eight figures that shrunk to the size of black dots as they became concealed by the heavenly road in the sky.
Hei Lou Lan observed closely and soon found something strange.
"The heavenly road is uneven, the slope is upwards at times and downwards at times. When going up, there will be Gu worms and Gu materials, when going down, even though there are no rewards, we will expend less of our strength." Hei Lou Lan analyzed, suddenly gasping in shock: "Strange, this feels like something depicted in <
She quickly looked at Lu Tong Lan as the latter smiled: "You are right, this is Upslope Road and Downslope Road."
Hei Lou Lan could not help but shake internally!
Her eyes shined with bright light: "This means to say, I can obtain the legendary ability Gu and effort Gu here?"
Lu Tong Lan replied: "That will depend on your fortune. If these Gu worm really exist here, I am sure they will be near the end of the heavenly road."
Hei Lou Lan gritted her teeth as she made up her mind: "This is a fortuitous encounter that I cannot let go of! In history, Gu worms that are mentioned in <
Hei Lou Lan started to move ahead.
Lu Tong Lan instructed her: "Don't take the Downslope Road, try to walk on the Upslope Road. This is the guidance of our lord."
Hei Lou Lan was a little bewildered.
Normally speaking, the Downslope Road had a small expenditure on the person, it was most logical to walk on it. Only until the second half of the heavenly road should one start walking on the Upslope Road.
But Immortal Zombie Giant Sun's advice was the opposite.
Hei Lou Lan hesitated for a moment but decided to trust Immortal Zombie Giant Sun.
She and Lu Tong Lan walked together, trying to go on the Upslope Road as much as they could.
They found a lot of Gu worms and materials while walking on the Upslope Road, yet most were just mortal Gu and materials.
Not long after, they started to find immortal materials. As for the Gu Immortals who traveled the same distance as them, because they walked on the Downslope Road quite often, their rewards were fewer and also kept within the range of mortal materials.
Hei Lou Lan realized at once: "The heavenly road does not calculate distance traveled but the quality of the road traveled instead. It does not split into the first or second half, it only sees if we are giving it our full effort when we walk on the road. By putting in my full effort, I have a chance of making desirable gains. But if I slack off and take the easy path, I might consume all my strength without gaining anything significant."
Lu Tong Lan and Hei Lou Lan continued ahead.
When they found the first rank six Immortal Gu, the first Predicament also appeared.
Predicaments had all sorts of shapes and sizes, they were translucent and had various colors.
The Predicament in Hei Lou Lan's path was light brown in color, it resembled a raccoon with the size of a mountain, blocking the heavenly road.
"Predicament, a wild beast recorded in <
Hei Lou Lan took in a deep breath, working with Lu Tong Lan to attack the Predicament.
The Predicament roared as it charged towards Hei Lou Lan and Lu Tong Lan.
The two of them felt their vision blurring and changing, they arrived in a light brown secluded space.
"We are inside the Predicament, we were eaten by it." Lu Tong Lan immediately said.
Predicaments were very special entities, rumor had it that the first person who created a battlefield killer move took inspiration from researching the Predicaments.
Each Predicament could also be treated as a natural battlefield killer move.
Within the Predicament, calamities and tribulations formed and descended.
Lu Tong Lan took the lead: "I will block the calamities and tribulations, Hei Lou Lan, you will break out of the Predicament!"
Hei Lou Lan was stunned: "What should I do?"
"You have the Great Strength True Martial Physique, according to the records of <
Hei Lou Lan gritted her teeth, activating her strength path killer moves and attacking the place randomly.
A moment later, joy flashed on her face as she felt a movement in the space.
The tribulations became fiercer.
But Lu Tong Lan was very happy: "Continue with that, this Predicament is already staking its life to fight!"
Hei Lou Lan suddenly thought: She had the Great Strength True Martial Physique, but others did not. What could they do if they faced a Predicament?
"Dark capital strength tiger, come out!" Hei Lou Lan willed as she expended a large amount of rank seven immortal essence.
Roar!
With a surging black light, the huge black tiger condensed into solid form and charged ahead.
With a loud sound, a huge hole was formed.
"Let's go!" Hei Lou Lan and Lu Tong Lan flew out of the hole together, returning to the outside world.
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The Predicament growled, clenching its body at the area of the injury.
The dark capital strength tiger totem created a huge hole and caused it to weaken greatly.
Its body continued to shrink like a burst balloon, until it was only half of its original size, before the hole closed up and mended itself.
After stabilizing its condition, the Predicament did not dare to attack Hei Lou Lan anymore, it screeched and ran away.
Hei Lou Lan did not chase it, she picked up the rank six Immortal Gu and continued on the road with Lu Tong Lan.
The two walked on the Upslope Road with all their effort, gaining greater and greater rewards.
A while later, they obtained two rank six Immortal Gu and one rank seven Immortal Gu.
Their encounters soon alerted the others, they started to use their full strength to walk on the Upslope Road.
Gradually, some expended all their strength and fell from the heavenly road, crashing onto the yellow land of the Moon Field Slope.
Some encountered the Predicaments but did not manage to break out, dying inside. There were some who defeated their Predicaments but lost too much strength, they had gloomy expressions.
Predicaments were a mystical type of wild beasts in essence, one's battle strength had to be greatly exceeding their endurance limit for them to lose. Only strength path methods had greater effect.
Hei Lou Lan felt more difficulty as she walked.
After defeating two more Predicaments, she found that from a total of eighty-eight people, only thirty or so were left.
"I am starting to lose my ability to continue, a lot of my strength has been depleted, while the Predicaments that show up are getting stronger. My remaining battle strength is only enough for one more Predicament." Hei Lou Lan gritted her teeth, feeling unresigned.
"Don't worry, I have a way, let's continue." Lu Tong Lan patted Hei Lou Lan's shoulder with an optimistic attitude.
After encountering another Predicament, Lu Tong Lan used her blue phoenix totem and worked with the dark capital strength tiger to defeat the Predicament.
"Be careful, don't let it escape!" This time, Lu Tong Lan shouted and acted in time, not allowing the Predicament to escape as they killed it successfully.
"Eat it." Lu Tong Lan cut the Predicament's flesh and gave Hei Lou Lan a piece.
Hei Lou Lan had read <
Each piece of the Predicament's meat that she ate, she felt her strength returned by a portion. After she and Lu Tong Lan devoured the entire Predicament, her strength had mostly recovered.
But this way, the method was exposed.
Many Gu cultivators saw this and started to mimic them.
But a portion of the Gu cultivators were not surprised, they knew about this long ago.
"You cannot overeat the Predicament's flesh, otherwise, your heart will burn and your mind will collapse." Lu Tong Lan sighed: "Let's continue."
After several more minutes, Jiao Huo chased up to Hei Lou Lan and Lu Tong Lan.
"What do you want?" Lu Tong Lan pretended to be unhappy as she called out.
Jiao Huo snorted coldly: "Only seven of us are left, we want to cooperate, of course. We can settle the score outside, but here, we need to look at the big picture!"
Lu Tong Lan was silent.
"Tribe leader Jiao Huo is right, the Predicaments are getting stronger, we need to work together." Yellow Bell Tribe Leader also arrived, he looked at Hei Lou Lan and said: "Sacred Child, you are qualified to cooperate with us and fight together."
Next, Yellow Bell Tribe Leader looked at the others: "Since everyone could reach this far, we are all qualified to work together. What do you think?"
Among the seven that were left, one was rank six, two were rank eight, while the last four were rank seven.
Everyone looked at each other, turning silent for a moment.
"Working together will allow us to get further indeed!"
"But how do we distribute Immortal Gu and immortal materials?" The rank six Gu Immortal asked the crucial question.
If they had to compete, he would definitely lose against them.
Yellow Bell Tribe Leader pondered and spoke: "There is no need to fight over Immortal Gu and immortal materials, we can take them in turns. As for the sequence, we can discuss it. If anyone ignores the rules, they will be everyone's enemy. The Myriad Life Road only appears once every ten thousand years, whoever disobeys the rules will face the pursuit of everyone!"
"Okay." The other rank eight Gu Immortal agreed.
But regarding the sequence, everyone argued for a long time.
The one who was placed first naturally would get the lowest value of resources. The one who got the later rewards would gain greater value. But who had the confidence to last until the end?
Right now, everyone was near their limit, otherwise, they would not have cooperated. If their position was later and got eliminated before they could gain the rewards, it would be a huge loss!
Everyone thought about it for a while before deciding the sequence and continuing on.
After defeating two Predicaments, the first rank eight Immortal Gu appeared!
According to the sequence, it belonged to that rank six Gu Immortal.
Under everyone's gaze, the rank six Gu Immortal collected the Immortal Gu with trepidation.
The two rank eight Gu Immortals did not snatch it, their turn was later, this rank six Gu Immortal also had a decent status, his father was a famous rank eight expert.
With the appearance of a rank eight Immortal Gu, the group of seven became quite tense.
Moving along another segment of the Upslope Road, there were no Predicaments blocking their way, but the group found a dragon horn grass.
Dragon horn grass was an immemorial desolate plant, it was shaped like a coral, similar to a dragon horn, every segment was the length of a finger, it would grow by one segment every month.
According to the sequence, it was Jiao Huo's turn now.
Jiao Huo collected the dragon horn grass while feeling helpless internally, he wanted an Immortal Gu, Longevity Heaven did not lack such immortal material resources.
"Everyone, I can't continue. I'm really sorry, please understand, I am not trying to leave after getting my reward!" After walking for some time, the rank six Gu Immortal said with a pale expression and shaking body.
Yellow Bell Tribe Leader nodded: "Go back, at this rate, you will die of exhaustion."
The rank six Gu Immortal bowed deeply and fell towards the ground.
While in the air, he fell unconscious, luckily, there were people waiting for him at the ground.
After the rank six Gu Immortal left, the trend started as people also reached their limits. First was the other rank eight Gu Immortal, followed by Lu Tong Lan.
That rank eight Gu Immortal had not reached his turn yet before getting eliminated, he had an ugly expression when he left.
Lu Tong Lan was also at her limit, she instructed Hei Lou Lan to be careful before leaving.
Only four were left, they were Hei Lou Lan, Jiao Huo, Yellow Bell Tribe Leader, and a young rank seven Gu Immortal.
"What Gu is this?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
Everyone saw an extraordinary rank eight Immortal Gu, it looked like an ant with the size of an adult's fist, it emitted a rainbow colored light.
"This is quantity change Gu!" Yellow Bell Tribe Leader laughed heartily, it was his turn now.
With this Immortal Gu, he could make the target go from one to ten, ten to a hundred, increasingly greatly in quantity. Of course, the immortal essence expenditure was also raised accordingly. Some targets could not be multiplied, for example, any Immortal Gu.
Of course, this Immortal Gu could be used in combat as well.
For example, if the enemy shot out a torrent of flames, quantity change Gu could reduce the number of flames and weaken the enemy's offenses rapidly.
However, they had to defeat this Predicament in order to get the Immortal Gu.
After an intense battle, everyone won and shared the meat together.
Yellow Bell Tribe Leader was the happiest, not only did he get a top tier Immortal Gu, his strength also recovered to an extent.
Everyone continued on their way.
A Predicament blocked them again, but there was nothing on the ground.
One could not turn back on the heavenly road, they were forced to engage in a tough battle, killing the Predicament and eating its flesh.
Everyone recovered some more strength.
Walking on the Upslope Road, a rank eight Immortal Gu appeared.
It was a rhinoceros beetle that resembled an ingot of steel, it was thickly armored and stoutly built.
"This is actually... fortitude Gu!!"
"Fortitude Gu, did I see wrongly?'
"It really is fortitude Gu, this is an Immortal Gu recorded in <
Everyone was shocked as they looked towards the rank seven Gu Immortal. According to the sequence, it was his turn.
This Gu Immortal was really the greatest dark horse in this Myriad Tribes Ceremony. His entire body was shaking from excitement now!
After an intense battle, the Predicament shouted pitifully and fell on the ground.
Everyone split the meat while the rank seven Gu Immortal took fortitude Gu.
"This trip was worth it, it was worth it!" The rank seven Gu Immortal muttered to himself, feeling excited.
Yellow Bell Tribe Leader spoke to recruit him.
"I'll consider it." The rank seven Gu Immortal rejected immediately, Yellow Bell Tribe Leader frowned before relaxing his expression immediately.
"This person will not have a good time in the future." Hei Lou Lan saw this but did not expose it. The rank seven Gu Immortal's pride had swelled up, he was disregarding Yellow Bell Tribe Leader, thinking he had immense value himself.
But it was not strange, Hei Lou Lan knew that it was obvious: In the future, many people would go ahead and attempt to recruit this rank seven Gu Immortal. Maybe this rank seven Gu Immortal might get sick of hearing such words.
Everyone set off again.
Predicaments blocked the way, but there were no Immortal Gu or immortal materials.
One could not backtrack on the heavenly road, they had to kill this Predicament.
But Jiao Huo rejected the Predicament's flesh.
"I can't eat it anymore, I am at my limit. If I eat any more, my heart will burn and I will die." Jiao Huo sighed, looking at Hei Lou Lan deeply before leaving.
Only Hei Lou Lan, Yellow Bell Tribe Leader, and the rank seven Gu Immortal were left.
Hei Lou Lan had chosen her reward earlier, now that Jiao Huo was out, according to the sequence, it was Yellow Bell Tribe Leader's turn again.
But after several segments of road, they had no gains, they even met two Predicaments, after an intense battle, even though they gained some flesh, the recovery could not match the expenditure, their strength fell sharply.
"Don't be anxious or dejected. I've seen the pattern already, the further we go, the more the Predicaments and the fewer the Immortal Gu and immortal materials, but any rewards that show up are all top tier!" Yellow Bell Tribe Leader tried to raise the morale, he was the next beneficiary, he did not want his efforts to be wasted here.
Like what he said, they finally saw another rank eight Immortal Gu in the end.
This Immortal Gu was shaped like a spider but it was a long body and many compound eyes, shining in blue and red crystal lights, it seemed like a fusion of ruby and sapphire.
"Ability Gu! Another famous Immortal Gu from <
"This Immortal Gu is incredible, it is even better than my fortitude Gu." The rank seven Gu Immortal also gasped.
"Kill this Predicament, I'll stake my life to kill this Predicament!!" Yellow Bell Tribe Leader's eyes were red, he spoke while breathing roughly.