Chapter 442: Jun Strength Gu
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Man tribe owned Hong Yan valley, they had won a few battles these years and had expanded greatly.
Northern plains was different from southern border.
Southern borders had a forest and mountain terrain, it was easy to defend but hard to attack, long distance travelling causes huge expenditure. Southern border clans worked on self development, accumulating slowly and growing stably, keeping a pure bloodline.
But northern plains was a huge grassland, there were lots of conquests going on. The tribes of northern plains rise up fast but also fall just as quickly. A few wins might allow a small size tribe to become a medium size tribe, and from a medium size tribe, expand into a large size tribe. But one loss could also cause this large size tribe to break down into numerous small size tribes.
Man tribe had absorbed Shi tribe recently, and the elder Shi Wu from Shi tribe became Man tribe's external elder.
He was a bone path Gu Master, he was the one who bought all the bone bamboo Gu in the market, as he claimed to be researching a new Gu path recipe.
Fang Yuan memorised this person to heart, before asking the shopkeeper about soul path and strength path Gu worms.
"I have a rank one jin strength Gu, it can raise the strength of a Gu Master by one jin 1 . Each Gu is sold for two hundred and twenty primeval stones."
"I have the rank two strength of ten jin Gu, it raises the Gu Master's strength by ten jin, it is sold for six hundred and ninety primeval stones."
"I also have the rank three jun strength Gu, one jun is thirty jin, each Gu is sold for four thousand five hundred and fifty primeval stones."
"Although I do not have the rank four strength of ten jun Gu, if customer needs it, i can arrange for it to be transported over, each strength of ten jun Gu is sold for thirty-six thousand primeval stones."
The shopkeeper gave a chain of prices that he was extremely familiar with.
At the end, he added: "Of course, this is only the jin strength Gu and jun strength Gu. If customer wants to walk on the strength path, and require beast strength Gu, we also have wolf strength Gu. It can give you the strength of a wolf, gaining stamina and endurance as well. I also have horse strength Gu, it can give you the strength of a horse, it is most useful for running."
Before, Fang Yuan was using beast strength Gu to walk on the ancient strength path. Jin strength Gu and jun strength Gu were new popular alternatives that appeared in the last few hundred years.
Although strength path was weak and no longer had its former glory, there was still developments done for it.
The one who had this contribution was a famous rank seven Gu Immortal in northern plains called Chu Du, titled 'Domination Immortal'. He was the one who invented the jin strength Gu and jun strength Gu, and even refined the rank six Immortal Gu 'Strength of a Thousand Jun'.
A jun was thirty jin.
A thousand jun was thirty thousand jin.
In one of Earth's legends, the Victorious Fighting Buddha's Jingu Bang was only thirteen thousand five hundred jin. Er Lang Shen's 'Three-pointed, Double-edged Lance' was only twenty five thousand two hundred jin.
Hu Du became a Gu Immortal three hundred years ago, the recipe he refined was widely spread, quickly becoming the main branch of the strength path in northern plains.
Ancient strength path used beast strength Gu, like green bull strength Gu, Biao strength Gu, dragon strength Gu and so on, Because the materials from the ancient times were already extremely rare by now, the cost of refining Gu was huge.
Domination Immortal Chu Du's recipe was superior in that the materials were easy to find and had low cost, and the success rate of the Gu refinement was higher than beast strength Gu.
Northern plains was most probably the region where strength path was most flourishing at the moment. Northern plains had battles and conquests often, with strength path's low cost, they gave evident increase in strength to low rank Gu Masters.
Thus, many Gu Masters in northern plains cultivated strength path as their minor path.
They often fought in fierce battles, when they expend their primeval essence, they would need their physical bodies to fight. Physical strength was very important then.
There is a phrase on Earth: war is the catalyst for technological advancement. This sentence worked perfectly well in this world as well. Northern plains was a place where new Gu worms were constantly invented.
From that Shi Wu elder who joined Man tribe, one could see the attitude that northern plains Gu Masters had towards innovation.
Domination Immortal later died in battle, by the hands of Feng Jiu Ge who descended from the heavenly court. After he died, he was crowned as the 'Twilight of Strength Path' by future generations, after his death was announced, countless Gu Masters in northern plains cried painfully.
"Sigh… the number of talents and geniuses in this world is like the number of stars in the night sky, the number of talented people are like carps in the river. The five regions are too big, the size of one Earth cannot compare to even one region. Especially in the battle five hundred years later, dragons and snakes rise from the land, experts and powerhouses compete, and old monsters come out of seclusion one after another, as new talents rise up to power. Countless heroes, conquerors, the differing personalities from the righteous and demonic paths clash and engage in a life-and-death battle. It is truly a grand and exciting event that would go down in history."
"I have already used old removal Gu secretly to remove ancient bronze skin, essence iron bones, and golden steel tendons, and even my beast phantoms. Firstly, these strength path beast phantoms originate from southern border, they would be restricted in northern plains, and could not be used well. Secondly, if I summon a beast phantom, there is a danger of exposing my identity."
"My greatest advantage now is Dang Hun mountain, and my five hundred years of experience, with the blessed land's resources, I can walk on the enslavement path. But enslavement path has a weakness, that is the 'beheading the leader' tactic, thus I need strength path to go along with it. Since I have Chang Shan Yin's appearance now, I also need to merge into northern plains, I should use this jun strength Gu."
Fang Yuan's thought flickered as he made a decision, requesting for the rank four strength of ten jun Gu from the shopkeeper.
Next, he looked at the soul path Gu worms.
There were much more soul path Gu worms than strength path.
There were ghost fire Gu, ghost cry Gu, ghost face Gu, ghost axe Gu and so on for attacking. There were ghost cage Gu, ghost hand Gu, ghost hitting wall for confinement and confusion.
For defense, there were ghost sealing shirt Gu, soul shield Gu and others. For healing, there were ghost qi Gu, ghost tears Gu and others. For investigation, there was ghost eye Gu. For movement, there were soul fly Gu, and elusive ghost Gu.
There were also ghost soldier Gu, impermanence ghost, air travel ghost, and nine son mother ghost Gu, all of them had to do with enslavement path.
This was the true manner of a great path.
Strength path was extremely weak now, while soul path was still standing strong, this point could be easily seen here.
Strength path Gu worms only consisted of jin strength Gu, jun strength Gu, and beast strength Gu, most were for attacking. In terms of defense, investigation, and assistance, there were little. It was hard to create a Gu set from just strength path Gu.
As for soul path, there were many Gu worms that were in all the different aspects. Forming into a set, they could help each other and obtain greater effects.
Look at that Domination Immortal Chu Du, he was a strength path Gu immortal, but he used other Gu worms for defense, investigation, and storage etc.
Fang Yuan came with an objective, he set aside all these soul path Gu worms, only looking at those which could be used to refine the soul.
There were no rank four Gu for that, but a bunch of rank three.
There was divine soul Gu, dragon soul Gu, ice soul Gu, dream soul Gu, moon soul Gu, general soul Gu, grudge soul Gu, poem soul Gu, horse soul Gu, heroic soul Gu, qi spirit Gu, body spirit Gu, cloud spirit Gu, wind spirit Gu, tiger spirit Gu, and others.
These Gu worms could refine the soul, they all had their unique use.
For example, refining the soul into ice soul, in the future when the Gu Master uses ice type Gu worms, they would gain a considerate boost. Cloud spirit, wind spirit, had the same effects.
If one used dragon soul Gu to refine a dragon soul, when he uses dragon strength Gu, dragon scales Gu, or dragon travel Gu, there would be a boost to the effect.
Fang Yuan looked for a while, and did not find any Gu that was more suitable for him, thus he chose the wolf soul Gu that he had planned to buy.
From ancient times, soul and enslavement were of the same origins.
Enslavement path was originally split from the soul path, when Gu Masters combined it with the immemorial wisdom path, the enslavement path finally became an independent path.
Beast enslavement Gu, slavery Gu, they were used to control the soul, allowing one to become a ruler of the mind.
If Fang Yuan refined the wolf soul, it would greatly help him in enslaving wolf packs.
The rank three wolf soul Gu was seven thousand and seven hundred primeval stones. Fang Yuan bought them in bulk, buying all of the stock in the shop, getting all eight wolf soul Gu.
Wolf soul Gu's effort could be stacked, a rank three wolf soul Gu was not enough to refine Fang Yuan's hundred man soul.
Wild Gu worms had their own will, they were hard to refine. But the Gu worms Fang Yuan bought had already been refined by others, thus when the transaction ended, all these Gu were in Fang Yuan's control.
He kept all these Gu inside his aperture, and left the shop, going to other shops.
His aim was rank two and three wolf enslavement Gu, as well as rank three wolf soul Gu.
A million primeval stones was insufficient, but what Fang Yuan wanted were common rank two and three Gu.
He did want to buy rank four Gu.
But this market was too small, there were few rank four Gu, and were all not the ones he wanted.
After three days, Fang Yuan became famous in the market. Every shop knew that there was a rank four expert buying Gu in bulk.
By the fifth day, Fang Yuan spent a lot already, over five to six hundred thousand primeval stones.
During this period, he would walk around the market's ranch often.
In the ranch, there were many livestock sold, of which big stomach horses were most popular. This horse, even mortals needed it badly. As for those who bought the hump wolves for battle, they were mostly Gu Masters.
There were also many Gu Masters who caught wild beasts to sell here. Like bulls, horses, falcons etc. On the grassland, the most commonly seen were wolves, they were also sold in large numbers.
Fang Yuan asked around, comparing goods and prices, until he saw a pack of thick back wolves that he wanted.
Fang Yuan had poison beard wolves and wind wolves. It was hard to replenish poison beard wolves, and since they were weak in the sunlight, they were destined to be eliminated. Wind wolves had fast speed, while thick back wolves had high defense. If they could be added into his wolf army, they would cooperate well together, and form a proper wolf pack.
But on the ninth day, Fang Yuan accidentally found out that among a group of water wolves, there was a young mutated beast.
He immediately bought these water wolves without causing suspicion, getting a great deal for himself.
The market lasted thirteen days.
Fang Yuan bought over a thousand water wolves, and many Gu refinement materials, as well as food to feed his Gu worms, as he left on the tenth day.
After his purchases, he had only three thousand primeval stones left on him.
Money was spent like flowing water, Ge Guang watched in amazement as he admired 'Chang Shan Yin' secretly, this hero truly had a grand disposition.
Fang Yuan followed Ge tribe and returned to his original place to stay.
He cultivated with all his heart, using wolf soul Gu to refine his soul while refining Gu on the other hand.
After two failures, he successfully refined the rank three golden back wolf skin Gu into the rank four azure wolf skin Gu.
Azure wolf skin Gu was used for defense, although it was common, it fixed Fang Yuan's problem of insufficient defense.
On this day, he finished his soul refinement and stopped cultivating, when a cry was heard outside his room.
"What happened?" He opened the door and asked the Gu Master who was guarding the place.
The Gu Master said grimly: "Our big missy Ge Yao died. The search team found her torn clothes in poison grassland, she was killed by poison beard wolves!"
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Chapter 443: Man Tribe's Challenge
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A month later, Ge Yao's death was finally discovered.
The news spread as many Ge tribesmen cried. Although Ge Yao had a troublesome personality, she was kind-hearted and the beauty of the tribe, people loved her. She had many pursuers in Ge tribe.
"Oh my daughter, it was father who harmed you…" Old Ge tribe leader was extremely upset, falling terribly ill.
Ge Guang was the stand-in tribe leader with the elders assisting him. Ge tribe was anguished and upset, they had a heavy mood.
Ge Yao's death had huge impacts. Man tribe leader's third son Man Duo fell in love with Ge Yao at first sight, he had been demanding for her, now that she was dead, where were they going to find a girl for him?
Man tribe was a large tribe, they had expanded greatly these years, and had absorbed many small tribes in the process. After a few victories, their morale was high, and they were even more arrogant against the despondent Ge tribe. During their conversations, they gave Ge Guang great pressure as they demanded fiercely.
Ge tribe was a newly arrived tribe, they were not as huge as Man tribe, and now that they had lost their home, they had to live in someone else's territory, relying on Hong Yan valley during the snowy climate. Thus, Ge Guang was very passive now, he was extremely anxious.
In his room, Fang Yuan sat on his bed as he opened his eyes.
On his right palm was a wolf soul Gu.
This Gu was about thumb-size, it was like a grey wolf-shaped doll, giving off an eerie blue light.
"This is the ninth wolf soul Gu." Fang Yuan injected his primeval essence and the wolf soul Gu expanded, in a few breaths' time, it turned into a grey-white wolf soul.
The wolf soul opened its mouth, howling silently as it crashed into Fang Yuan's body.
This impact was silent, but Fang Yuan could feel his soul trembling, as his eyes went into a daze.
The wolf soul directly crashed into his soul, the originally human-shaped hundred man soul underwent some reaction, and lost its human form, fusing with the wolf soul into a surging soul mist.
The soul mist did not disperse, instead it moved and rolled around in Fang Yuan's body, showing a wolf's head, tail, or even Fang Yuan's appearance at times.
After five minutes, the soul mist gathered and formed a new human soul.
Except this human soul was different.
Fang Yuan's hundred man soul earlier was completely his own appearance, his eyes, ears and nose were all the same. But after going through nine wolf soul Gu's refinement, although the hundred man soul was still human-shaped, there was a pair of wolf ears on his head, and his hair extended to his waist, his eyes also became wolf eyes, his entire body was thinner and his nose was sharper.
Before, his hundred man soul was huge and was almost bursting his actual body. But now, after refinement, it was more condensed and the color had turned from pale-white to a slight hint of grey-white.
Fang Yuan calculated, when he finishes using his wolf soul Gu, the hundred man soul would be refined to its limits.
By then, his entire soul would become half-man half-wolf, the so-called wolfman soul.
Wolfman soul is many times stronger than an ordinary hundred man soul.
After having the wolfman soul, Fang Yuan would be able to continue strengthening his soul, raising the hundred man soul to thousand or even ten thousand man soul.
Of course, ten thousand man soul was not the limit, there was even hundred million man soul.
"In theory, the soul can strengthen limitlessly. Back then, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable who created the soul path definitely surpassed hundred million man soul! His Demon Venerable Soul had a thousand arms and palms, three heads, the front head had dragon horns, lion mane, snake eyes, and elephant tusks. The left head had a peach forehead, grass hair, and three flower-like eyes. The right head had a cloud fringe, lightning eyes, fire ears, and golden mouth. He was unbelievable strong, his might was immeasurable. Even now, this appearance was still deeply worshipped and adored by many people. Many mortals in southern border use clay to create his statue, to pray to and give offerings."
Spectral Soul Demon Venerable was the number one soul cultivator in history. Fang Yuan's wolfman soul now was like a ant against a giant, he still needed to grow stronger.
After a little rest, Fang Yuan took out the strength of ten jun Gu.
This Gu was an iron weight, it was very heavy to carry.
Fang Yuan bought five strength of ten jun Gu, he was already using the third now, his body's physical strength had increased to twenty jun, that is, six hundred jin.
The rank four strength of ten jun Gu was weaker than rank four beast strength Gu, but its advantage was that the strength could be stacked.
Previously, Fang Yuan had used a kunlun bull strength Gu, and obtained the beast phantom of the kunlun bull. But if he used a second kunlun bull strength Gu, there would be no effects, and he would not get another beast phantom either.
But jun strength Gu did not have this restriction, it could be stacked until the body's limit was reached.
Of course, although Fang Yuan had the strength of six hundred jin, he could not unleash them all at once normally.
The common weaknesses of strength path, jun strength Gu still had them. Otherwise, Domination Immortal Chu Du would not be called the 'twilight of strength path', but the 'rise of strength path'.
Of course, similar beast strength Gu could be stacked, but an additional beast fetus Gu was needed to do so.
Many different recipes of beast fetus Gu were passed down. But even so, the materials needed for the Gu refinement were very rare, as the cost of the Gu refinement was too high, and the success rate was inferior to jun strength Gu, it eventually got eliminated in the competition.
Fang Yuan activated his primeval essence, injecting them into jun strength Gu. The jun strength Gu flew above his head, giving off a strange light. The light shone on Fang Yuan as his body was steadily modified.
But at this time, there were knocks on his door.
Soon after, a voice was heard: "Uncle Chang Shan Yin, junior Ge Guang would like to meet you."
Fang Yuan let him in, only to see that Ge Guang was in a pathetic state, there was even a white bone arrow on his shoulder, he was in a terrible condition.
Upon seeing Fang Yuan, Ge Guang kneeled on the ground, his eyes were red, begging: "Uncle, please save me."
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, he had an answer in his heart, as he spoke: "What happened? Is Man tribe attacking us at full force, have they charged into Ge tribe's camp already?"
Ge Guang answered: "Uncle is half right, the problem is Man tribe. The Man tribe leader's third son Man Duo heard that father was bedridden and unconscious, thus he immediately brought his Man tribe experts over to challenge us, wanting us to hand over my sister Ge Yao. But my sister is already dead, how can I hand her over to him? No matter how I explained, that Man Duo lad did not believe me. According to the rules of the grassland, we Ge tribe have to accept the challenge. Now, he had already killed our tribe's third elder, and even injured three people, even I lost to them."
Fang Yuan's guess was completely right, these few days, Man tribe had been oppressive and tyrannical, the more Ge tribe endured, the more it fuelled Man tribe's arrogance.
Although Fang Yuan had been cultivating hard these days, he was not in closed cultivation, he was clear of the outside situation.
"Speaking of which, Chang Shan Yin's return to northern plains requires a grand stage to create some commotion. I should use this chance to announce the return of the former hero."
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan helped Ge Yao up and said: "During these days, I have been imposing on Ge tribe, I cannot watch from the sidelines, bring me there."
"Uncle, I thank you on behalf of our entire tribe!" Ge Guang was overjoyed.
The two walked out, but before they got to the entrance, they heard the shouts and screams outside.
"Ge tribe is full of cowardly rats, come out and accept your death!" This was the voice of a young man.
"Man Duo, you are going too far!" A Ge tribe elder screamed.
"Hehehe, so what if I am bullying you. Leopards and wolves capture their prey, eagles and falcons bully small birds, this is the rule of the world! Quickly hand over Ge Yao, otherwise I will continue challenging you and kill every single member of Ge tribe."
"Despicable! If old tribe leader was here, would you dare?" Ge tribe elder rebuked.
Man Duo was furious: "Hmph, you are the despicable ones, you agreed to the wedding but now you refuse to hand over the woman. You went back on your words! I know, you are hiding Ge Yao, trying to stall for time. First, you said she ran away, now you said she's dead. Do you think I am a fool? If a mere rabbit dares to toy with a wolf, you will have to pay with your life. Shi Wu, continue beating them, challenge them. Ge tribe, quickly send your next victim here to fight. Hahaha!"
Ge tribe elders' expressions were pale, they looked at each other but none dared to go up.
Shi Wu was huge and bald, with his bulging muscles, he walked onto the stage with a cruel smile.
He was rank three peak stage, having great strength. The elder that Ge tribe sacrificed was beaten to death on the spot.
He walked on the center of the stage, staring at Ge tribe's camp: "Why is no one here? Don't tell me you are afraid!"
Ge tribe was furious and ashamed, fire burnt in their eyes as they stared at Shi Wu.
"Cowardly chicken, let me give you some courage. I have a hundred thousand primeval stones here, if anyone dares to come here and defeat me, I will hand the primeval stones over to you."
No one answered him.
Shi Wu laughed in a frenzy: "Ge tribe, Ge tribe, you are but a bunch of rabbits and sheep!"
"Have you laughed enough?" With Ge Guang leading the way, Fang Yuan walked out of the crowd with a plain expression.
Shi Wu's laughter stopped, his pupils shrunk as he looked at Fang Yuan in shock.
"Rank four Gu Master! Who is this person?" Not just Shi Wu, but all of the Man tribesmen here had this huge question.
"Was Man tribe concealing another rank four Gu Master?" Man Duo felt something amiss.
He came here to find trouble because old Ge tribe leader was bedridden. But to think that Ge tribe had a second rank four battle strength expert!
"Before I came, I had already checked clearly, where is this expert from?"
Carrying such suspicions, Man Duo jumped down from his horse, changing his attitude as he placed his right hand at his chest, greeting Fang Yuan: "Hello friend, you are not from Ge tribe, why must you interfere in our matters?"
Fang Yuan gave this Man Duo a glance, feeling amused by this young man.
The first time he had heard of this Man Duo was from Ge Yao's descriptions.
Although this Man Duo was the third son of Man tribe leader, he was weak and sickly since young, and had poor aptitude, only C grade. Although he was over twenty years old now, he only had rank two cultivation. He was dark and skinny like a monkey.
But he was definitely not as feeble as Ge Yao described, he had a scheming and devious pair of eyes, with the flames of ambition burning within them.
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Chapter 444: Man Tribe's Invitation
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In northern plains where only experts were respected, where only strength mattered, Man Duo was able to gain his father's favor, and was able to mobilize tribe elders to challenge Ge tribe. It showed his ability and courage, he was definitely not a good-for-nothing young master.
Fang Yuan's eyes showed amusement: "I, Chang Shan Yin, was fated to be Ge tribe's guest, I know northern plains rules and it is true that I should not interfere in others' business. But I had just heard this little brother taking out a hundred thousand primeval stones. I am lacking primeval stones recently, why would I reject money offered to me?"
Shi Wu heard this and wished he could slap his own mouth.
"My mouth was really itchy, to think I attracted a rank four expert." His heart was sour and bitter.
Man Duo laughed dryly: "This is an easy matter, if senior lacks primeval stones, this junior is willing to offer five hundred thousand primeval stones to you!"
What he meant was, he wanted Fang Yuan to keep out of this.
At once, Ge tribesmen looked nervously at Fang Yuan.
Although Fang Yuan was the legendary hero, it was only his reputation, those who truly acted like a hero were rare.
Moreover, there was a phrase: a wise man submits to circumstances . Ge tribe was in a slump now, while Man tribe was huge and powerful. Chang Shan Yin was only an outsider, he had no reason to help and bring trouble to himself.
Thus, Fang Yuan became the center of attention, his attitude decided how this situation would progress.
As everyone watched nervously, Fang Yuan laughed proudly: " A gentleman only takes wealth that he deserves. I do not feel that I deserve a gift of five hundred thousand primeval stones. But a hundred thousand primeval stones that I earn from battle is extremely valuable. Come, according to northern plains rules, I accept this battle."
Fang Yuan walked onto the stage.
"Uncle Chang Shan Yin!" Ge Guang felt extremely touched, tears were overflowing as he was lost for words, shouting behind Fang Yuan as he cheered.
The elders of Ge tribe were all extremely moved.
"As expected of Chang Shan Yin, a true righteous hero!"
"Unmoved by benefits and money, he is truly a man of justice."
"There are many people who offer icing on the cake, but few people help out in times of need. Chang Shan Yin will be an esteemed guest in our tribe forever!"
Man Duo's expression was grim, extremely ugly. He knew that there was no need to say more, he shut his mouth and looked at Shi Wu.
Shi Wu felt Man Duo's gaze and felt bitter in his heart.
He had just submitted to Man tribe not long ago, and became an external elder of Man tribe, he wanted to make contributions to the tribe badly. Although Man Duo's cultivation was low, he was the tribe elder's third son, upon hearing that old Ge tribe leader was sick, he came over with Man Duo to challenge them. But he did not expect to meet Chang Shan Yin!
Although the other party was only rank four initial stage, he was already rank three peak stage, the two stages might look close, but Wu Shi knew clearly that this difference in a large realm was incredibly large.
But in this situation, he had no other way out, if he avoided battle, he would be greatly despised and criticized. In northern plains which advocated courage and fighting spirit, he would no longer have a future.
Shi Wu gritted his teeth secretly as he entered the stage forcefully.
"Please." He bowed to Fang Yuan, barely forcing a smile.
Fang Yuan nodded lightly, standing on the spot as light azure wolf fur grew on his body rapidly.
The wolf fur covered his entire body, his ears, face, and even limbs.
"This is azure wolf skin Gu." Wu Shi's heart sank, although azure wolf skin Gu was a very common and ordinary rank four Gu, its defense was not something that a rank three Gu could easily penetrate.
The Ge tribesmen behind Fang Yuan all concentrated and watched as their eyes shone, awaiting Fang Yuan's grand display of his prowess.
Some even shouted loudly: "Kill this fellow, he killed our tribe's third elder!"
Shi Wu heard this and his heart shrunk, he sighed bitterly, feeling the huge trouble ahead of him: "Oh no! After the earlier battles, I have less than thirty percent of my primeval essence left, I am not his match at my peak condition, not to mention now."
Looking at Shi Wu who had a distracted gaze and stiff movements, Fang Yuan snickered in his heart. This person had lost his fighting spirit, even if he had his complete strength, he could not display half of it. After several matches, his primeval essence was obviously lacking.
Such an opponent, in Fang Yuan's eyes, was fish on a chopping board.
But Fang Yuan did not want to kill him.
For what?
He was Man tribe's external elder, if he killed him, that would be a slap on Man tribe's face. Although Fang Yuan was not afraid of trouble, he did not want to create unnecessary trouble for himself.
Even though Shi Wu killed a Ge tribe elder, that was their own business!
"Come!" Fang Yuan stepped, and activated wolf sprint Gu, bursting forward like an arrow, as afterimages appeared behind him.
Shi Wu's heart was already in despair, seeing Fang Yuan's fierce charge, he retreated in fear.
At the same time, he summoned three flying bone shields.
Piak piak piak!
Fang Yuan moved like a shadow, getting close for a physical fight, he struck three times and smashed all three bone shields.
Shi Wu tumbled and rolled away, summoning another three bone shields.
Piak piak piak!
As Fang Yuan attacked at lightning speed, the three bone shields broke again.
He had the strength of twenty jun now, although he could not display all of it, it was no problem breaking these shields.
"What other moves do you have, use them all." Fang Yuan did not attack again, he gave Shi Wu a chance to catch his breath.
Shi Wu was sweating profusely, he gritted his teeth and rubbed his hands, summoning two iron bone broad axes.
"Waaaaaaaah!" He shouted loudly, raising both axes as he attacked fiercely.
"Hehehe." Fang Yuan laughed lightly, not attacking but placing both arms behind his back, using the wolf travel Gu to move.
His movements were unpredictable, like petals floating in the air, his broad shoulder and thin waist gave a brilliant unrestrained feeling.
Shi Wu growled loudly, no matter how he moved both his axes, he could not even touch Fang Yuan's clothes, he was completely at Fang Yuan's mercy.
"Lie down." Fang Yuan sighed, stretching out one finger, it looked slow, but it rapidly touched the axe.
Shi Wu was already dizzy from Fang Yuan's movements, after feeling this force, he lost his balance and fell face flat on the ground.
Ge tribesmen saw his pathetic state and cheered loudly, as the thunderous sound turned into one phrase: "Kill him, kill him!"
Shi Wu's expression was ashen, his fighting spirit was gone. Fang Yuan had control of the entire situation, he was like a lion toying with a sheep. He felt that he was not Fang Yuan's match, but the more he thought like this, the less battle strength he could muster, and the worse the battle situation became.
Man Duo's heart also sank to rock-bottom.
"Damn it, this Shi Wu did not display his true ability, he was scared witless by the other party! But even so, that rank four Gu Master is too strong. He defeated elder Shi Wu without breaking a sweat. Sigh, If Shi Wu dies, I would lose a tribe elder, I would have to face the accusations and fury of my brothers when I return!"
But unexpectedly, Fang Yuan did not attack anymore.
"You are but a rank three, if I use rank four cultivation to kill you, others might think that I, the great Chang Shan Yin, am bullying the weak. Leave." Fang Yuan waved his hand.
"Uncle Chang Shan Yin! You cannot spare this scoundrel." Behind him, Ge Guang shouted.
But Fang Yuan ignored him.
Shi Wu reacted quickly, getting up and showed an expression of joy as he escaped death: "Thank you lord for sparing my life, thank you lord for sparing my life."
Fang Yuan frowned: "Scram."
"Yes, yes, yes." Shi Wu turned and left.
"Senior, I'll take my leave." Man Duo paid respects and rode his battle horse. Ge tribesmen mocked and scolded them as they left with great humiliation.
"Father, I have failed you, I am here to ask for punishment." Man Duo kneeled on the ground, lowering his head in shame and fear.
Man tribe leader had a muscular body, having rank four peak stage cultivation. He sat on the tiger skin chair grandly as he looked at Man Duo below his feet: "This time, old Ge tribe leader was bedridden, and you brought multiple rank three experts, how did you fail? You did badly for sure, but I heard news that Ge tribe brought out another rank four expert?"
"That is indeed so. Shi Wu was defeated by him. This person only displayed a bit of his actual strength, and he managed to toy around with our strongest elder Shi Wu, his true ability was unfathomable. However, I was in charge of this matter, it was my fault for not getting enough information, resulting in this failure. This child is very ashamed, I implore father to punish me!" Man Duo's eyes were red as he said in a sobbing manner.
Man tribe leader heard this and his tone relaxed: "Stand up, although you failed, you are still my son. Tell me about the incident."
Man Duo quickly spoke, describing the scenario that happened that day.
But when he had just started, Man tribe leader jumped up from his chair, staring fiercely at Man Duo: "He said he is Chang Shan Yin? Which Chang Shan Yin? Are you sure his name is Chang Shan Yin?"
"I would not dare to lie to father even with ten thousand guts." Man Duo quickly explained.
Man tribe leader was in a daze.
"Father, father." Man Duo called him softly: "Is this Chang Shan Yin an expert with a great background?"
Man tribe leader recovered from his daze, his expression was solemn: "I can't tell yet, he could be an imposter. But if it is true, then northern plains has another formidable character emerging… You can leave now, I will handle this matter."
Man Duo jumped from shock, his father was an extremely busy man, but now that he was handling this himself, that showed how important this Chang Shan Yin was.
"Chang Shan Yin, Chang Shan Yin, who in the world are you?"
A few days later, in Ge tribe.
"A few days ago, it was all thanks for brother Shan Yin's help. This is five hundred thousand primeval stones, it is a token of our gratitude, please accept it." Old Ge tribe leader had a pale expression, he seemed to have aged ten years after losing his daughter.
Fang Yuan rejected it for a few times before accepting it: "These days, I have been staying in your tribe, it is only right that I helped out. But I really lack primeval stones now, I shall borrow these from you for now."
"Brother Shan Yin had great morals, you are truly a hero of northern plains." Old Ge tribe leader was speaking, when his subordinate brought in an invitation, as well as a present.
The old tribe leader's expression was grim, he handed this invitation and present to Fang Yuan: "Brother Shan Yin, Man tribe leader knows you are here, he is inviting you to his tribe as a guest."
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Chapter 445: Fixing Battle Bone Wheel
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Fang Yuan took a look at the invitation, the words written were very polite, of course they were written using northern plains characters, they looked wild but profound, and at the end, there was Man tribe leader's name — Man Tu.
This letter was written by Man Tu personally, it showed his sincerity.
The content of the letter was Man tribe leader's admiration towards Chang Shan Yin, and stated that the matter earlier was but a misunderstanding among children, since Chang Shan Yin did not kill the external elder Shi Wu, Man tribe was extremely grateful.
Thus, he was holding a banquet at night, and was sincerely inviting Fang Yuan to come. At the same time, this present was an item to apologise on behalf of Shi Wu, for offending a hero.
Fang Yuan opened it and laughed: "This Man tribe spent a lot of effort."
In the box, there was a hundred bone bamboo Gu.
Evidently, after Man Duo returned, he investigated Fang Yuan clearly, and learnt that he was making purchases in the market.
"Oh brother Shan Yin, I have a favor to ask of you." Old tribe leader spoke.
Fang Yuan waved his hand: "I understand brother, don't worry, I will urge them during the banquet, to reduce the conflicts between both your tribes."
"Ah, my greatest thank to you, brother Shan Yin!" The old tribe leader was very touched, he got up in a hurry and bowed deeply towards Fang Yuan.
There was still some time until the banquet, Fang Yuan sent them off before closing his door.
Fang Yuan sat on the bed, he willed and a light flew out of his aperture.
The weak light dispersed revealing the battle bone wheel.
This rank five Gu is huge, its height was almost at the ceiling, once it appeared, the large room instantly felt cramped.
There were many cracks on the battle wheel, and even some severe scars that threatened to destroy it. The deepest scar was extremely damaging, nearly splitting the wheel into two, only connected by a little bit of white bone. It was a shocking sight.
This rank five Gu worm's luck was not good, after being beaten up by Chang Shan Yin, its original owner Ha Tu Gu died, causing it to become a wild Gu. It had to eat the skeletons on the battleground to barely survive, unable to fix its injuries.
After that, it was attacked by Fang Yuan and Ge Yao together, the Spring Autumn Cicada was a rank six Gu, it could not subdue rank five Gu easily. Fang Yuan could only beat it till its last breath to subdue it.
But precise so, the battle bone wheel was at the brink of destruction, when it appeared, several bone fragments fell off the wheel.
One could say, its situation could not be any worse.
Fang Yuan took out a bone bamboo Gu from the gift box, using Spring Autumn Cicada's aura, he refined it instantly.
This Gu worms was shaped like a finger-bone bamboo, it was pale white and looked like a white candle.
Fang Yuan held the bone bamboo Gu in his hand, as his primeval essence moved according to his will, going out of the aperture towards the underside of his tongue.
The ghost fire Gu was residing at the underside of his tongue, having formed into a blue lump of fire.
Fang Yuan breathed in and blew out.
With a 'huuu' sound, he breathed out a lump of eerie blue ghost fire.
The ghost fire landed on the bone bamboo Gu, slowly burning the top of the bamboo.
Fang Yuan held the bottom of the ghost bamboo Gu like he was holding a candle.
Ghost fire continued to burn, emitting a cold feeling that was chilling to the bone. As the top part of the bone bamboo Gu burnt with ghost fire, it slowly melted and turned into a trace of white bone smoke, floating up.
Fang Yuan placed the bone bamboo Gu closer to the battle bone wheel, and the white bone smoke moved towards the crack of the battle bone wheel like it was sucked over. The battle bone wheel shook slightly as it recovered slowly.
In a while, the eerie blue ghost fire got smaller, as Fang Yuan breathed out another lump of fire to sustain the candle.
After five minutes, this bone bamboo Gu was used up, as Fang Yuan took out the second bone bamboo Gu from the gift box and continued using the ghost fire to ignite it, causing white bone smoke to appear.
As he repeated the cycle, after more than thirty bone bamboo Gu, Fang Yuan finally repaired the deepest crack on that battle bone wheel completely.
The gift box which was filled with bone bamboo Gu had lost about a quarter of them, if Fang Yuan wanted to repair the entire battle bone wheel, just these bone bamboo Gu were not enough.
And the battle bone wheel was far from being usable in battle.
The deepest wound was fixed, but the other injuries were still plaguing the wheel.
It was like a patient, after Fang Yuan's resuscitation, it was pulled back from the abyss of death. But this patient was still in grave danger, it needed to continue receiving treatment.
" You cannot get fat from eating one mouthful , battle bone wheel's damage is too severe. But if that was not the case, I would not have been able to subdue it. Even if it is fully fixed now, my primeval essence cannot activate it. There is no rush here."
Fang Yuan got down from the bed, flexing his numb limbs as he opened the windows, it was already dark, the stars were shining in the sky.
"It is time." Thinking of the banquet at night, Fang Yuan stepped out of his room.
As he walked out the courtyard, Man Duo and Ge tribe's father and son were already waiting for him.
"Man Duo greets Lord Chang Shan Yin!" Man Duo saw Fang Yuan and immediately greeted, showing absolute respect.
"Have you all waited for a long time?" Fang Yuan nodded, asking casually.
"Man Duo replied: "It has only been six hours, it is not a problem. It is my great honor to stand before lord's doors. Senior Chang Shan Yin, father has already set up a grand banquet nearby, awaiting your arrival. Ge tribe's father and son will accompany you to this banquet as well."
Fang Yuan looked at this Man Duo, feeling pity in his heart.
This lad was intelligent and capable, but fate toyed with him, giving him poor aptitude, he was just like Fang Yuan in his previous life.
"Alright then, come along." Fang Yuan rode his hump wolf as he left Ge tribe campgrounds with the rest of them.
Man Duo guided the group of about a dozen people as they rode their hump wolves to a faraway place.
The cool night breeze blew past the ears, as the grassland was running in the opposite direction.
Moonlight poured down like water, one could clearly see at a short distance, but from afar, the moonlight looked like a foggy veil. The grass on the ground was oozing with jade-green essence. The mountains looked like they were gradually flowing towards the sky.
Under such a night sky, wolves sprinted on the never-ending land, as the beautiful moon gave an unrestrained sense of freedom!
As everyone sprinted, they saw a group of hump wolves on a mound. There were a group of Gu Masters sitting on the wolves' back. A Gu Master was waving a huge flag in his hands, that had the word 'Man' on it.
After seeing Fang Yuan, the group of Gu Masters rode the hump wolves as they came over.
Man Duo saw this and laughed: "Lord Chang Shan Yin, my father is the one ahead, he is here to welcome you."
This was the custom of northern plains — if an esteemed guest was invited, the host would often travel ten li, to greet them.
The two groups of hump wolves met in the middle.
Man tribe leader got off his wolf, laughing as he walked over: "Hahaha, today's moon is as bright as the sun, this is the radiance to welcome the return of northern plain's hero. Lord Chang, I have heard so much about you."
Man tribe leader was nine feet tall, he was extremely muscular and strong. He wore a loose sleeveless fur robe, showing his two shoulders, his ancient-bronze colored arms were thicker than a normal male's leg.
But just as he finished his sentence, it seemed like heaven played prank on him.
The night sky was covered by some dark clouds, as the moonlight vanished, causing the grassland to sink into darkness.
Man tribe leader's loud laughter became softer, as he felt extremely awkward.
It was Man Duo who was quick-witted, immediately laughing as his eyes rolled: "Senior Chang Shan Yin is our northern plains' great hero. Father, you are the most respected hero in our Man tribe. Tonight is a meeting of heroes! Look, the great aura of heroes caused heaven to tremble, causing winds and clouds to stir!"
His words caused the awkwardness to fade away, as Man tribe leader's expression returned to normal as he walked to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan and the others also got off the wolves.
Man Tu first gave Fang Yuan a deep greeting, as Fang Yuan placed his right hand as his chest to return the greeting.
Next, Man Tu stared at Man Duo intentionally, using a scolding tone: "Nonsense! How can I compare to Lord Chang. Lord Chang was renowned in northern plains as the Wolf King, he dominated the world with his wolf enslavement skill. He even killed the rank five Gu master Ha Tu Gu, eliminating a bunch of bandits and got rid of a great evil, causing his name to go down his history."
"Hehehe, tribe leader Man Tu, why are you so humble?" Fang Yuan laughed lightly: "You are Man tribe leader, ruler of near a thousand Gu Masters. You are a true conqueror, leading Man tribe to many victories, and you even control Hong Yan valley, you are the overlord of this area. My cultivated had fallen to rank four initial stage, while you are at peak stage, you surpass me greatly. Although I have wolf enslavement skill, I can only control beasts, unlike you who control people, our difference is night and day. Tribe leader Man Tu is the true heroic conqueror!"
Man Tu was stunned.
The Wolf King was well-known for his aloofness and arrogance, he was hard to talk to, to think he was so talkative now, and showed such a humble attitude.
But he understood quickly after thinking about it.
This Chang Shan Yin was famous when he was young, with the nature of a young man, he was arrogant. Now that he was a middle-aged man, and had gotten into such trouble, his nature was had already been refined, it was normal for him to be more composed now.
Man Tu did not expect Fang Yuan to be so approachable, but to receive such praise from Wolf King Chang Shan Yin, he was secretly happy.
He thought even more highly of Fang Yuan in his heart now.
Although his cultivation was rank four initial stage, he had once killed the rank five Ha Tu Gu, Man Tu did not dare to underestimate him.
He laughed and said: "Lord Chang was already rank four peak stage twenty years ago. Even though your cultivation fell due to injuries, you can still recover quickly, or even surpass your former cultivation. By then, how would my cultivation be your match?"
At this time, the dark clouds dispersed and moonlight shone down again.
"Hehehe, the two of you are the current hero and conqueror of northern plains." Ge tribe leader spoke at an appropriate timing: "The most valuable thing is that the meeting of tiger and wolf did not lead to a fight, but instead you appreciate each other. We are lucky to witness this, this is truly seeing the moon after the clouds part ."
Such words made everyone laugh.
"Hahaha, brother Ge, your words described the scenery perfectly. Quick, the banquet has already been prepared, it is just nearby!" Man Tu looked at Fang Yuan and made an inviting pose.
He did not set the banquet at his camp, but rushed here to set up the banquet close to Ge tribe camp, it showed his hospitality and sincerity.
"Good, after you!" Fang Yuan laughed and agreed, but his heart tightened.
The dark clouds came and left quickly, it was a peculiar sight. Most likely, Gu Masters were on the move, it has not been a month since he buried fixed immortal travel Gu. The Immortal Gu aura has not faded yet, hopefully a Gu Immortal does not find it.
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Chapter 446: Soul Path Gu Immortal Gui Wang
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In the night sky, the moon shone brightly.
A large group of dark clouds moved quickly despite looking slow, it moved above Fang Yuan and gang's head, five thousand li towards the south, towards the sky of an unnamed little hill.
Dark clouds covered the beautiful moonlight, casting a large shadow as darkness engulfed this hill.
The dark clouds stopped moving as a sword light flew out from it, it was the flying sword letter Gu.
The flying sword letter Gu shot into the mound, and entered a mysterious space, vanishing.
After a while, the little hill shook, as a bright red light flashed.
The red light was dazzling, like the setting of the sun, it gathered into a lump, like the creation of a red sun.
At once, the radius of a few hundred li was engulfed in bright red light.
From this mini sun, a jade bridge stretched out.
A rank six Gu Immortal, having a youthful appearance and a round and white face, stepped on the bridge and walked out.
He wore a snow fox fur robe, his face was glowing with red light as he looked up at the dark clouds, laughing: "Gui Wang, it has been a while."
Kek kek kek…
Accompanying the terrible sounding laughter, a person emerged from the dark clouds.
He gave off the strong aura of a rank six Gu Immortal, it was Gui Wang.
Gui Wang quickly descended, just as he was about to land on the ground, a large pair of greenish-black bat wings appeared behind his back.
The bat wings flapped as he remained in the air, looking at the rank six Gu Immortal on the bridge.
"Loner Hong Yu, these are the lava bats I promised you, a total of three million and five hundred thousand. Take a look." Gui Wang spoke, his voice was very coarse and unpleasant, it gave people goosebumps.
His appearance was also extremely ugly, messy hair, a high forehead, deep eye sockets, tightly shut eyes, and ears as large as half his brain.
Loner Hong Yu heard this and raised his head, looking at the dark clouds in the sky.
His brown eyes started heating up and turning red, turning into a color resembling heated metal.
His gaze literally became hot, as it pierced through the dark clouds and allowed him to see the countless bats flying inside.
These bats were all dark-red in color, giving off great heat. They screeched as they flew around each other.
Loner Hong Yu looked around as he nodded in satisfaction: "Three and a half million lava bats indeed, with them, my Hong Yu blessed land would not need to get rid of lava into the ground every month, I can benefit from this greatly. I will keep these lava bats."
" Kekekekek …" Gui Wang laughed heartily, the dark clouds tore open as the bats flew out after losing their restraints.
These bats did not fly around randomly, they quickly descended like a black-red waterfall, entering the sun.
Each blessed land's door was different.
This mini sun was Hong Yu blessed land's entrance.
After these chaotic bats were brought into Hong Yu blessed land, Gui Wang said: "Loner Hong Yu, since you accepted these bats, it means you agreed to barge into Lang Ya blessed land with me."
"Of course, when have I, Loner Hong Yu, ever broken my promise? A month later, we will get to Lang Ya blessed land. But that land spirit is still around, with just the two of us, it might not be enough." Loner Hong Yu said in worry.
"You do not have to worry about this, I have asked the Hua Hai three immortals to help." Gui Wang said.
"Oh? The righteous path's Hua Hai three immortals agreed?" Loner Hong Yu was shocked.
"Hmph, what is righteous, what is demonic? It is but personal interests. Lang Ya blessed land has countless recipes, the Hua Hai three immortals are obviously moved."
"Haha, you are right! I have to make arrangements for these bats, I will not send you off Gui Wang." Loner Hong Yu said.
Gui Wang snorted as his bat wings flapped, bringing his body into the dark clouds as quickly as lightning.
Dark clouds moved, flying towards the north, covering the moon in its path.
As it entered poison grassland's sky, the cloud stopped, Gui Wang stopped and showed some confusion: "Eh? What's going on! There is the aura of an Immortal Gu?"
He showed a look of disbelief as he landed, the place he was standing at was the location where Fang Yuan and Ge Yao first met.
"Although the Immortal Gu's aura is already extremely weak, it is a real Immortal Gu! Strange, there is the aura of an Immortal Gu, but no Gu Immortal's aura. Is this a wild Immortal Gu? No, that's not right, this is man-made. That means, a mortal obtained an Immortal Gu?"
Gui Wang thought about this and felt great excitement.
Fifty years had already passed since he rose to Gu Immortal realm, yet he still had no Immortal Gu, forced to use rank five Gu worms only.
Immortal Gu were extremely rare, many Gu Immortal live their entire life without having a single one.
"Don't tell me, after working hard for half my life, my luck is finally here?" An Immortal Gu's allure was overwhelming, Gui Wang's heart was palpitating.
He flapped his wings, following the Immortal Gu's aura as he flew over.
He wanted to search for the Gu using the trail of aura.
After a moment, he stopped, the sea of ghost face sunflowers was before him.
"To think there are so many ghost face sunflowers here, kekekek , they are mine!" Gui Wang laughed coldly, although his eyes were closed, it did not obstruct his vision.
He willed and the dark cloud which accompanied him started rolling, as it descended like a huge beast, biting the large field of sunflowers.
Immediately, countless ghost face Gu flew up as numerous ghost cry Gu started to shriek.
"Nether ghost claw!" Gui Wang stretched out his hand and a huge green claw shadow appeared, scooping up these ghost cry Gu and ghost face Gu.
At once, many wild Gu were caught.
A moment later, the dark clouds flew into the sky again, the sea of sunflowers was gone, only a huge crater was left in the ground.
"Great harvest." Gui Wang's mood was good, compared to the Immortal Gu, this was a small appetiser.
After leaving the newly created hole, Gui Wang frowned: "What's going on? The Immortal Gu's aura weakened? Don't tell me, it's sealed?"
He continued flying forward, trailing after fixed immortal travel Gu's aura, he was extremely fast.
After fifteen minutes, his eyebrows raised: "The Immortal Gu's aura moved from the ground to the air, how can this be?"
He looked around, and after a few breaths' time, he understood.
"I see, this is the earth spike rats' territory, this mortal Gu Master flew across it. Heh, his Gu worms are not bad, actually having a flying Gu."
Gui Wang snickered as he spread his wings and flew into the air.
He followed Fang Yuan's previous path, meeting the shadow crows along the way.
"A bunch of small birds." Gui Wang snorted, his body shook slightly as a hundred pale wandering ghosts flew out.
Rank five, hundred ghost night travel Gu!
The wandering spirits flew around, knocking into the shadow crows and smashing their soul to bits. The shadow crows' bodies were unharmed, but they fell down and were dismembered by the earth spike rats.
Gui Wang went on a slaughtering spree, as this area's blood smell intensified, causing more shadow crows to come and scavenge for food. At the same time, the entire earth spike rat group was alerted, they pierced out of the ground attempting to attack Gui Wang.
Gui Wang chuckled, activating hundred ghost night travel Gu and several hundred ghost face Gu.
At once, numerous spirits and souls flew in the air, different ghost faces danced in the air, like a stone mill crushing everything in its path.
Hundreds to thousands of shadow crows fell onto the ground like dumpling entering a pot. The earth spike rats feasted upon their bodies, but the wandering spirits and ghost faces caused damage to them as well.
Earth spikes hit Gui Wang's body one after another, but were repelled by the black light on his body. Other than that, many shadow crows assaulted him with their steel claws.
Gui Wang neither dodged nor avoided, he flew straight ahead.
If it was a rank five Gu Master, under such circumstances, facing numerous attacks every second, he would run out of primeval essence after a moment.
But Gu Immortals had immortal essence, one bead of green grape immortal essence could be diluted into a large amount of primeval essence, it could fill the entire blessed land for tens of years, even a hundred years without vanishing.
This meant that every Gu Immortal had endless primeval essence that they could use, able to use rank five Gu without stopping!
After thousands of shadow crows were sacrificed, the shadow crows retreated in fear.
Gui Wang did not chase them, after flying past the earth spike rats' territory, he landed at the place Fang Yuan landed.
This was where Fang Yuan used dusty Gu on bright pearl Gu.
"The aura thinned again! How can a mortal seal an Immortal Gu? No, there is another possibility, that is this Immortal Gu is heavily injured on the verge of death! I have to hurry." Gui Wang felt a strong sense of pressure as he continued flying close to the ground.
Using another rank five Gu worm to accelerate, he raised his speed again.
Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the battlefield where Chang Shan Yin and Ha Tu Gu fought to their deaths.
Here, Fang Yuan took out Chang Shan Yin's corpse and used dark toss Gu to suppress fixed immortal travel Gu's aura again.
Sensing that the Immortal Gu's aura was near indiscernible, Gui Wang's patience reached its limits. He stopped for a moment, using his investigative Gu to scan the surrounding, continuing on his journey after having no discoveries.
"This Immortal Gu will be mine. Be it dead or alive, I must see it!" Gui Wang flew close to the ground, swearing in his heart.
The banquet had already been going on for a long time, there were young women dancing, delicious wine and food to consume, under this lively atmosphere, Fang Yuan had already formed a brotherly relationship with Man Tu.
"Brother Man Tu, I offer you a toast. I hope that you can do me a favor and mend your relationship with Ge tribe." Fang Yuan raised his wine cup and drank.
Man Tu showed a look of difficulty, after drinking the wine in his cup, he said: "I would not dare to refuse brother Chang's wine, but Hong Yan valley is a small place, we Man tribe expanded quickly and now our numbers are huge. If we have to provide for another Man tribe, I'm afraid… Moreover, Ge tribe went back on their words, the promised wedding was delayed and even fell through. We are truly angry and disappointed!"
Man Tu sounded angry but he already had a scheme in his heart.
He wanted to absorb Ge tribe, but he could not find an excuse. At the same time old Ge tribe leader was a rank four Gu Master, with him still around, Man tribe could not take them down easily.
Thus, when Man Duo proposed the wedding, he agreed immediately.
Next, with news of Ge Yao's death from Ge tribe, Man Tu did not believe. In his opinion, this was an excuse of Ge tribe after they realized Man Tu's intention of devouring them!
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Chapter 447: Hints and Clues Gu
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Speaking about Ge tribe, the lively banquet atmosphere turned cold.
Old Ge tribe leader quickly stood up and gave an explanation.
Ge Guang stood at one side, looking at his father, he felt bitter and pained.
His sister was dead, his father was grieving, he wished none of this was real. But now, he had to explain to outsiders, proving to them that his daughter was truly dead.
This was such a painful torture.
While Man Tu listened to their explanations, he refused to accept it.
Chang Shan Yin was a righteous hero, and also the genius Gu Master that Chang tribe nurtured back in the day. After he killed Ha Tu Gu and the bandits, he was praised by the people, and with his great reputation, he was known by almost everyone in northern plains.
Thus, to give Chang Shan Yin face , Man Tu gave them his full attention.
But even if Chang Shan Yin's reputation was five or six times higher than now, it could not match the benefits of him absorbing Ge tribe. Now that he had a proper excuse to do so, Man Tu would not let go of it so easily
Thus, he 'patiently' listened to Ge tribe leader's explanation before looking at his third son.
Man Duo laughed coldly in his heart, standing up.
He bowed deeply at Fang Yuan, before taking out a Gu worms in public: "Please take a look Senior Chang."
This Gu looked like a butterfly, its long body was like an incense stick, with its tail still burning with thick smoke. The smoke changed into rainbow-like colors at times, while being colorless and odorless at times.
"Is this, the chase smoke Gu from ancient times?" Fang Yuan's gaze shone.
Man Duo was stunned, using a tone of admiration: "Senior is absolutely right, this junior is in awe of senior's knowledge. I obtained this Gu by chance, as long as one is stained by this smoke, it would not dissipate for months, it is perfect for finding someone's traces."
After pausing for a while, he continued: "To speak the truth, when junior first saw Ge Yao, I used this Gu on her. Now, as long as we activate this smoke Gu, the traces will appear and we can see it clearly."
Man Duo had a smug expression as he continued: "Ge tribe leader, if we use this Gu, and find Ge Yao hiding in your tribe's campgrounds, what will we do?"
He wanted to devour Ge tribe, he obviously had plans. This chase smoke Gu was suggested by Man Duo, to think that it would actually be used like this.
Facing Man Duo's threat, Ge tribe father and son relaxed in their heart.
This chase smoke Gu was good, once it was used, the truth of their words would be attested to without doubt.
But Fang Yuan's heart jumped, this chase smoke Gu could stain people who got close to it. He had once been in close proximity with Ge Yao, and even hugged her. With this smoke, wouldn't he be exposed?
What now?!
Fang Yuan did not expect this, his heart was sinking.
The Gu worm set on him was Chang Shan Yin's enslavement path Gu worms, it was good at huge battles, but had little use for personal fights.
At this banquet, he was only rank four initial stage, but Man tribe and Ge tribe leader had higher cultivation. There were even several elders and guards with rank three cultivation.
Even if he brought the wolves over, two to three thousand ordinary wolves could not turn this situation around!
At once, Fang Yuan's mind worked at lightning speed, all sorts of possibilities appeared as they sparked like flint.
Soon after, he laughed heartily: "This is great. With the chase smoke Gu to certify, the truth will be out. Junior, quickly use it."
He wanted to stall for time or reject the use of it, but that was impossible. Firstly, he as an outsider rejecting the use of chase smoke Gu was very strange, it was almost admitting his guilt. Secondly, be it Man tribe or Ge tribe, they both wanted to use chase smoke Gu to confirm some details, there was no way to change their minds now. Thirdly, chase smoke Gu was in the hands of someone else, even if Fang Yuan objected to it, could he stop Man tribe from using it?
Thus, Fang Yuan took the initiative to urge him, giving them an impression of being open and fearless.
Hearing Fang Yuan's words, Man Tu was overjoyed: "Since brother Chang Shan Yin has said it, son, use it."
But Man Duo was not happy, he observed the people's expressions, and realized that Man tribe father and son were looking forward to this.
"Is Ge Yao really dead?" Man Duo controlled his uneasiness and willed, activating this chase smoke Gu.
At once, the colorless and odorless smoke appeared in the air, turning black.
"Hmm?"
"Eh, what's going on?"
"This is…"
As expected, there was a thick cloud of smoke on Fang Yuan, in this illuminated banquet, it was very eye-catching.
At once, everyone's gaze was on him!
The lively atmosphere immediately turned solemn, no one said a word, there was a heavy mood in everyone.
Fang Yuan frowned, his expression was a combination of shock and surprise, it made people think he was innocent.
As if he thought that he was not eye-catching enough, Fang Yuan stood up from among the crowd, leaving his seat as he walked around. The black smoke trailed after him, forming a black smoke tail behind Fang Yuan.
Man Duo's gaze flickered as Man Tu said happily: "That means brother Chang Shan Yin has met Ge Yao, and even had close interaction with her!"
Old Man tribe leader had a complicated expression as he looked at Fang Yuan with a uncertain gaze.
Ge Guang was still young, he was not composed enough as he stood up from his seat, staring at Fang Yuan in suspicion, asking: "Uncle Chang Shan Yin, what is going on? Did you meet my sister Ge Yao when you were in poison grassland?"
Fang Yuan's expression was solemn, he did not explain himself, but walked back to his seat, saying seriously: "To speak the truth, you are suspicious, but so am I, why is there so much smoke following me?"
Man Duo said sinisterly: "Senior Chang is a great hero of northern plains, I would not dare to come up with a conjecture for your suspicions.
"Senior Chang Shan Yin!" Ge Guang could not hold it any longer, he stared at Fang Yuan with a flickering gaze.
Fang Yuan heard him and looked at Ge Guang in the eye with no guilt, then turning to old Ge tribe leader: "Brother Ge, you know my character. I swear in the name of the Wolf King, I did not meet your daughter in poison grassland!"
Ge tribe leader placed his right hand at his chest, making a great gesture with a solemn expression: "Brother Chang Shan Yin, we hit it off so well when we first met, I believe your words!"
Ge Guang by the side wanted to speak but he controlled himself.
Fang Yuan obviously understood that these words were not enough to dispel their suspicions. Immediately after, he frowned, showing a thinking expression, saying: "I slept for twenty years, after I woke up, I left poison grassland. Along the way, I subdued many poison beard wolves, during the cold nights, I rest on the fur of my wolves to gain warmth. Most likely, one of the wolves ate brother's daughter, and thus, the smoke was passed to me when we made contact."
"Is that so?" Ge Guang gritted his teeth, his gaze flickering continuously.
Fang Yuan's explanation made perfect sense, he was the first person who saw Fang Yuan leave poison grassland, when he saved him from the wind wolf group, he was manipulating the poison beard wolves.
"We can get to the truth easily, my wolf pack is still resting in Ge tribe's ranch, can everyone follow me to the ranch, and we will be able to see the truth." Fang Yuan suggested.
This suggestion made everyone interested.
"Then we will go ahead with this?" Man Tu turned his gaze at Ge tribe father and son, he still did not believe Ge Yao was dead.
Old Ge tribe leader stood up: "Let's go, we can be the witnesses."
Everyone rode their hump wolves towards Ge tribe's ranch.
Fang Yuan's wolf pack was resting inside, they were strong and fit.
Under the night sky, the poison beard wolves were more energetic.
Using the chase smoke Gu's black smoke, the group successfully found out that a few of the poison beard wolves had much thicker smoke than Fang Yuan.
Oh longevity heaven, with the blessing of our ancestors, the murderer of my daughter was here all along!" Ge tribe leader saw this and cried in pain, he next bowed deeply at Fang Yuan, just as he was about to speak, Fang Yuan stopped him.
"Brother Ge, I know what you want to say. These poison beard wolves are yours to deal with." Fang Yuan said.
Old Ge tribe leader cried tears of gratitude: "Benefactor Chang Shan Yin, thank you! You not only saved my son, but you also brought the murderer of my daughter here. You are the closest friend of our Ge tribe for eternity!"
Ge Guang was silent.
It was true that Fang Yuan saved him, but this was not enough to certify that he was innocent. If Chang Shan Yin killed his sister and ordered the poison beard wolves to consume his sister's corpse, that would also cause this result.
Man Tu was panicking at the side.
From start to end, he did not believe Ge Yao is dead.
If Ge tribe discovered the chase smoke Gu and cooperated with Ge Yao to fake this, it was very easy.
Thus, he spoke: "Ge tribe leader, you have truly misunderstood brother Chang Shan Yin. Brother Chang is a great hero of northern plains, he is such an admirable person, how could he commit such a sinful act? The way I see it, we should follow this chase smoke Gu into poison grassland and continue to collect evidence to clear brother Chang's name!"
He wanted to use Fang Yuan as an excuse to find out the truth, whether Ge Yao was really dead or not.
If Ge Yao entered poison grassland, there would surely be a trail of smoke along the way.
But at this time, Ge Guang spoke: "No need for that, I have a way to prove uncle Chang Shan Yin's innocence. Father, back then when you prepared a set of precious water path Gu worms for sister, you used the rank five hints and clues Gu on them. Sister knows this, thus if she is killed, she will follow your instructions to keep these Gu worms intact, leaving them for her murderer. This way, we can find her killer and exact revenge for her. As long as you take out that hints and clues Gu, that will be the best proof."
Saying so, Ge Guang looked deeply at Fang Yuan.
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Chapter 448: Obtaining another Rank Five Gu
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Gui Wang moved quickly along the way, following the faint Immortal Gu aura to a stalk of snow spirea.
"The Immortal Gu's aura stopped here, the trail ends here!" Gui Wang's gaze was anxious as he searched all around the snow spirea.
"No? No Immortal Gu! The snow spirea's snow wash Gu was already taken, obviously someone came here. But why is there no Immortal Gu? If the Immortal Gu continued moving, its aura would move too. But this aura ended here, is the Immortal Gu dead?" Gui Wang had a guess.
But he refused to believe this, he used his investigative Gu and searched the entire place thoroughly.
"No, there's nothing here!" Gui Wang gritted his teeth, his heart was filled with indignance and regret.
"Wait!" Suddenly, his gaze turned ruthless as he thought of a possibility: "At the center of this poison grass land is Zi Du blessed land, the rank seven Gu Immortal Lady Poison Scorpion lives in it. Did she take the Immortal Gu? A mortal's aperture cannot hold an Immortal Gu, but a Gu Immortal's aperture can. After the Immortal Gu enters the aperture, the aura would stop leaking. In that case, this would be the most logical explanation!"
"That means Lady Poison Scorpion stayed home and had an Immortal Gu arrive at her doorsteps? Damn it, curses!" Gui Wang stomped his foot, he would rather believe that the Gu was taken by Lady Poison Scorpion than the fact that it could have died.
But he would never guess that the real Immortal Gu did not die, but instead Fang Yuan used iron cabinet Gu to seal its aura before backtracking and burying the Gu along the way.
Gui Wang followed the aura's trail, moving forward, as Fang Yuan controlled the sealing, the Gu worm's aura weakened as he followed it, this created a speculation.
Gui Wang wanted to chase after the Gu, he would never have guessed that along the way, the fixed immortal travel Gu was buried somewhere.
When he thought of Lady Poison Scorpion, jealousy and hatred forced his speculations to hit a dead end.
"Lady Poison Scorpion is a rank seven Gu Immortal, she is very strong. I can gather the Hua Hai three immortals and Loner Hong Yu to attack Lang Ya blessed land, that is because of the promised benefits. I do not have the bargaining chips to get them to attack Zi Du blessed land as well. This is so hateful! If I came ten days ago, the Immortal Gu might have been mine."
"Looking at the time, Zi Du blessed land is about to open its doors and expel the poisonous gas inside, I am not her match, I should leave now."
Gui Wang stomped his feet and flew into the air, entering the dark clouds.
The dark cloud moved around as Gui Wang looked around with indignance, only after a long while did he fly back to his home.
This was destined to be a busy night, at Ge tribe ranch, everyone's attention was on Fang Yuan.
If Fang Yuan killed Ge Yao and took her Gu, the hints and clues Gu would cause him to be exposed.
Fang Yuan's earlier lie would be exposed as well — if you did not meet Ge Yao, why do you have her Gu?
By then, no explanations would work!
"Son!" Ge tribe leader stared angrily at Ge Guang, extremely furious: "Benefactor Chang Shan Yin is so righteous and upright, how can you be suspicious of him?! Quickly kneel down and kowtow to our benefactor to ask for forgiveness!"
"Father." Ge Guang was shocked, he did not expect Ge tribe leader's reaction.
Wasn't he always trying to get revenge for sister? Father missed out one point so I pointed it out for him, what did I do wrong?
At one side, Man tribe father and son started watching this show as bystanders.
"Brother Ge, your son had said that, you do have a hints and clues Gu right?" Fang Yuan's expression was calm, his gaze clear as water: "Then please take it out and activate it."
"This…" Old Ge tribe leader hesitated.
"Brother Ge, if you have a method to prove my innocence, why are you still hiding it? Hahaha, I am overjoyed by it." Fang Yuan smiled warmly.
Ge tribe leader observed his expression for a while, then looked at Man tribe's father and son. The two were staying silent, quietly watching this, but their gazes had deep meaning in them.
"Nevermind, since benefactor Chang Shan Yin insists, I will go ahead with it." Ge tribe leader gritted his teeth and took out hints and clues Gu.
This Gu was shaped like a black spider, it was fist-sized and was plump. Eight hairy black legs with shiny tips, resembling water chestnuts.
Ge tribe leader injected primeval essence, and hints and clues Gu's body gave out a faint white light. Within five hundred li, if there were Gu worms that were marked by the Gu Master, it would emit a red light and point in their direction. If the Gu Master was hiding the Gu worms inside their aperture, this range would be only within a thousand steps, but it stayed in Ge tribe leader's hand without having any changes.
Seeing this, Ge Guang kneeled on the ground with a plop and kowtowed to Fang Yuan: "Uncle Chang Shan Yin, I was wrong! I wanted to get to the bottom of the matter and offended you. Please punish me!"
"Quickly get up, I have to thank you for proving my innocence, what wrong did you do?" Fang Yuan smiled faintly as he helped Ge Guang get up.
Rewinding back to the day when Fang Yuan killed Ge Yao.
Before death, the young girl cried: "Chang Shan Yin! I don't know how I am blocking your path to success. But now, even if you kill me, I do not hate you. Maybe you are seeking revenge? I will leave all my Gu worms to you, I hope they can be of some use for your path to success."
" Cough cough… " The girl coughed out blood and begged Fang Yuan with a grieved smile, "I am going to die, but before I die, I have a small favor to ask. I hope you can hug me, I really want to feel your warm embrace…"
However, Fang Yuan did not move, his gaze coldly looking at the girl.
He looked at the girl and saw her expression becoming stiffer as vitality left her bit by bit.
Finally, the flower-like girl became an ice-cold corpse.
Fang Yuan fell into a long silence as he looked at Ge Yao's face.
"She gave all her Gu to me? What is the meaning of this?"
"She loved Chang Shan Yin indeed, but how can she not hate me for killing her? Her love was only a young girl's affection, breeding for only a few days. Her hatred was due to the loss of her life, the hatred of being killed. It is evident which is a stronger emotion."
"Heh! This girl is still too young, her acting is terrible, how can she hide that hatred in her eyes when she spoke to me? Although I lack Gu worms, and her Gu worms are all of high quality, she intentionally left them for me… to play it safe, I should not take them."
Next, Fang Yuan willed, and the poison beard wolves moved, devouring her corpse until nothing was left.
From start to end, he did not touch the Gu worms in Ge Yao's aperture at all.
"Seeing this result, Ge tribe leader breathed out a sigh of relief, praising Fang Yuan continuously: "Brother Chang Shan Yin, I have learnt much today. You are indeed a great hero of the grassland, your conduct is like tonight's moon, pure like water, with no impurities. No matter how dirty the floor is, it will not pollute the moon. No matter how thick the clouds are, they will not hinder your radiance. We Ge tribe owe you a great deal, my son was rash and suspected you. We only have this rank five hints and clues Gu, I will give it to you today as an apology, please accept it, otherwise, I will not be able to sleep properly."
Rank five Gu was hard to come by, but under everyone's gaze, Ge tribe leader handed it over to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan rejected it for a few times, but Ge tribe leader was very insistent, he had "no choice" but to accept it.
Just like this, Fang Yuan obtained his second rank five Gu in northern plains.
Next, everyone continued the banquet until late into the night, as they parted happily under the moon.
Man Tu invited Fang Yuan earnestly to be a guest as his tribe. But Fang Yuan said that he was going to leave not long later, to join the heroes assembly. But before leaving, he would go visit Man tribe first.
Looking at Fang Yuan and Ge tribe's father and son leave on their hump wolves, Man Tu's smile vanished and his expression turned ugly.
"It seems this Ge Yao is dead without doubt." Man Tu's tone was gloomy.
"Father, no need to fret." Man Duo at the side snickered: "This Ge tribe wants to make use of Hong Yan valley, he has to beg us, they have nowhere to run."
Listening to his son's words, Man Tu's expression relaxed, he patted Man Duo's shoulders: "You are right, I was too obsessed with it. These years, Man tribe had been expanding, you have contributed greatly to it. But you are only C grade in aptitude, your talent is insufficient, when father retires, and your elder brother takes charge of Man tribe, you have to assist him well."
"Yes father, do not worry." Man Duo replied curtly and positively, but he was snorting in his heart.
He was also his father's son, why can't he compete for the leader's role, why must he give it to his brother? Because of aptitude, he cannot become the tribe leader?
No!
"If elder brother ascended to the position of tribe leader, he will kill me. Sigh, what a pity, I wanted to marry Ge Yao to make Ge tribe part of my force, with this relationship tying us together. But heaven played a joke on me, Ge Yao actually died!"
"Unfilial son, kneel down!" Once they got into the secret room, with only the two of them left, Ge tribe leader's expression sank as he screamed at Ge Guang.
"Father!" Ge Guang was shocked, he did not understand why his father was so furious, but he subconsciously kneeled down first.
"Father, I am your son, you can scold or beat me, as long as your anger fades. But I have a request, I hope that father can tell me why you are so furious after you calm down. I will change and no longer make you angry." Ge Guang said.
Ge tribe leader laughed coldly, standing before Ge Guang and pointing at his nose: "I know you feel very indignant, let father tell you the reason, to let you know the immense danger we were in tonight! Did you really think Man Duo proposed to your sister because of her good looks?"
Ge Guang was stunned: "Was that not the case? Ge Yao was the beauty of our tribe, so many youngsters were chasing after her."
"Bullshit!" Ge tribe leader howled: "Beauty is just the icing on top of authority. Man Duo has Man Tu behind him, his objective is to devour our Ge tribe, that is why Man Tu supported Man Duo greatly to marry your sister."
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Chapter 449: Strength is the most important
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"Huh, Man tribe wants to devour our Ge tribe?" Ge Guang screamed.
Old Ge tribe leader sighed: "Sigh, your sister is already dead, they were not willing to listen to my explanation, why do you think that is the case? Because this excuse is perfect for them to send their troops! But father found Chang Shan Yin to assist us, he was the hero of northern plains, he had great reputation, and had Chang tribe behind him. Man Tu did not dare to accuse us blindly, thus he did not attack us tonight."
Ge Guang exclaimed: "There is such a twist behind it? But father, I do not understand, since you understood Man tribe's intentions already, why did you agree to this wedding, and betrothed sister to that monkey Man Duo?"
Ge tribe leader raised his finger, knocking on Ge Guang's head: "Do you not have a brain? Why did I agree to the wedding? Did you think I want to torture my own daughter?! It is because the great blizzard is coming, if we can become relatives through marriage, we can stay inside Hong Yan valley, and protect all our tribesmen! Sacrificing your sister's happiness to protect Ge tribe. This wedding is a transaction, sigh, but your sister ran away from her wedding, and died in poison grassland!"
Ge Guang frowned, blinking: "Father, I understand now."
"No, you know nothing." Ge tribe leader understood his son well, he explained in a disappointed tone: "Tonight, Man tribe leader invited Chang Shan Yin, and we followed him. But the truth is, their target was us, and I dragged Chang Shan Yin along as our shield."
"That Man Duo used the chase smoke Gu, he is truly evil! When all of you suspected Chang Shan Yin, I said to him that I trusted him completely. Did you think I was not suspicious? I am not so muddleheaded yet!"
Ge tribe leader stomped his foot, his tone was grim: "But father did not dare to suspect him. The reason we could contend with Man tribe is because of Chang Shan Yin. If we suspected him, their instigation would have succeeded, and ruined our relationship with Chang Shan Yin. If Chang Shan Yin did not side with us, we might not return alive from tonight's banquet."
Shock was written all over Ge Guang's face: "Ah, are they so daring, would they try to kill the both of us?"
"Hmph, why did you think that you met so many wind wolves during the search? In northern plains, there are lots of instances where beast groups were used to commit murder. But tonight, Man tribe might not kill us, but they would imprison us. By then, they would use Ge Yao's matter as an excuse to devour our Ge tribe, without us, Ge tribe would be without a leader, the result would be disastrous."
Hearing his father's explanation, Ge Guang finally understood the danger they were in, showing after-fear on his face.
"For the sake of the tribe, for the big picture, even if Chang Shan Yin was the killer, we cannot suspect him! Did you really think I forgot the hints and clues Gu? How can that be! But you had to mention it, if the killer was really Chang Shan Yin, what would we do?" Old Ge tribe leader spoke meaningfully.
Ge Guang fell into deep silence, after a long while, he said: "So that is why father gave the precious hints and clues Gu to Chang Shan Yin. It is to mend our relationship with him, so that he would side with us?"
Old Ge tribe leader nodded: "You are finally learning. Son, although you have outstanding aptitude, and high cultivation, you are still far from being the new Ge tribe leader."
"Father, it is great to have you around. I will have to learn more from you, Ge tribe can lose anybody but you father." Ge Guang said in admiration.
Ge tribe leader shook his head: "Time waits for no man, I am already old, Ge tribe is counting on you. Sigh… after this matter, I have understood Man Tu. He is a greedy jackal, no matter how much his wealth is, he would never be satisfied."
"Now that your sister is gone, we have no excuses left to use Hong Yan valley. But we cannot disband and join Man tribe right? Ge tribe cannot go extinct like this, otherwise I will be the greatest sinner of our tribe! After this night, I have already learnt that we cannot stay here any longer, otherwise we will definitely be devoured by Man tribe. A few days later, we will depart for the heroes assembly."
"Father, if we leave like this, will they let us go so easily?" Ge Guang was worried as he asked.
"Of course they are not willing to let us go, but we are travelling with Chang Shan Yin. Man Tu is wary of Chang Shan Yin, he would not strike." Ge tribe leader snickered.
"But, we are making use of senior Chang Shan Yin like this, isn't that…" Ge Guang was apprehensive.
"You fool! Why would we not make use of him? What's wrong with that? A good hunter makes full use of his surroundings. When we have insufficient strength, we use knowledge to supplement it. This is all for the survival of the clan!"
After Ge tribe leader scolded, he stopped and showed a complex expression: "But this Chang Shan Yin is truly a legendary heroic character… he might've already understood the situation, yet he still chose to side with us. Such a righteous and upright person, choosing to assist the weak, he is truly the role model of the righteous path, the light of the people. Son, rejoice, we Ge tribe actually met such a person!"
Time passed quickly, a few days went by.
Inside the room, Fang Yuan held his bone bamboo Gu as the ghost fire burnt it completely, breathing out heavily: "This is the final bone bamboo Gu."
These days, he worked hard and used up all hundred of the bone bamboo Gu in the gift box.
After his treatment, eight of battle bone wheel's most severe wounds were healed. Now, although the wheel was still covered in injuries and cracks, it had left the emergency stage.
Sending the battle bone wheel back to the aperture, Fang Yuan started to inspect his aperture.
He had rank four peak stage cultivation.
Thus, his aperture walls were in the form of transparent crystals. His primeval sea was at ninety percent full, all of it was true gold primeval essence.
But Fang Yuan had just arrived in northern plains, before he adapted to the environment, his true gold primeval essence was only at the initial stage light gold primeval essence.
Thus, Fang Yuan's cultivation was not progressing. Using light gold primeval essence, I cannot breakthrough the aperture walls and become a rank five Gu Master.
"To accelerate my adaptation, there are ways to do so, most commonly, it is to use the third watch Gu, to accelerate my own time. But that way, the Gu Master's lifespan will also be shortened proportionally.
Such a measure that pursued quick success was not acceptable to Fang Yuan.
It was not because he treasured his lifespan, but because of Spring Autumn Cicada.
If Fang Yuan used third watch Gu on himself, the river of time on him will flow three times faster. That way, the Spring Autumn Cicada's recovery will also be three times as fast.
Other than his vital Gu and fixed immortal travel Gu in poison grassland, Fang Yuan still had multiple Gu worms.
Among them were two rank five Gu from northern plains.
One was battle bone wheel, it was recovering and could not be used in the meantime.
The other was hints and clues Gu, it could be used to scout or track people.
"Ge tribe still had some foundations, they actually had a rank five hints and clues Gu. This Gu can be used to track Gu worms, it is used to capture wild Gu worms to prevent them from escaping. Unfortunately, even though Ge tribe leader had this Gu worm, he did not dare to search for his own daughter."
Towards the conflict between Ge tribe and Man tribe, Fang Yuan was clear as day.
Man Tu's third son Man Duo had great ambition, he wanted the tribe leader position, but because of his low cultivation, he wanted to have Ge tribe. After marrying Ge Yao, and making Ge tribe related to him through his wife, they would be able to fight for the tribe leader position.
Man Tu was not necessarily ignorant of his son's intentions, but he was very interested in devouring Ge tribe.
Meanwhile, Ge tribe wanted to use the marriage to sacrifice Ge Yao in exchange for Hong Yan valley, to survive the once in ten years great blizzard, and get through this difficulty.
Ge tribe naturally did not want to dissolve, but Man tribe wanted to gain the benefits of absorbing them without facing any consequences.
After Ge Yao escaped, Man tribe used this excuse to turn on them, in fact, they might have even caused Ge Guang's incident.
As long as they killed Ge tribe's father and son, Ge tribe would be leaderless, and they would fall into chaos, easily taken over by Man tribe.
Ge Guang was ignorant and naive, but old Ge tribe leader was experienced and wise, he knew the circumstances they were in, and found out that he was unable to satisfy Man Tu's greed, but at this point, they had no way out, thus he controlled himself and stayed inside the tribe, not giving Man tribe a chance to strike.
Chang Shan Yin's arrival gave Ge tribe hopes of getting out of this problem.
When old Ge tribe leader found out Fang Yuan's identity as Chang Shan Yin, he thought of using him. Thus, he attended to Fang Yuan warmly and even gave a million primeval stones as a gift.
Next, he did well, using Chang Shan Yin's power to contest with Man tribe.
At that moonlight banquet, it might have looked like a cosy gathering, but the three sides were competing, danger was lurking at every corner, and everyone was hiding their lethal weapons.
The result was —
Man tribe suffered a setback, not only did they fail to deal with Ge tribe, they even lost the excuse that they had, Ge Yao. But they did not lose, they were still the strongest among the three.
Ge tribe used Chang Shan Yin, making use of his reputation to protect their tribe, surviving this crisis. Even though they succeeded, they were still at the weaker position.
As for Fang Yuan, he pretended to be ignorant, using the two sides and their conflict to achieve his goal of spreading his name, while benefiting from their competition and strengthening himself.
Man is the spirit of all beings, when humans competed, it was not simply through fights and killing. Even in this primitive and open northern plains, knowledge and schemes was still used to compete..
As for Ge Yao…
This innocent young girl was only a sacrifice for the two tribe's political struggle.
In fact, according to Fang Yuan's personal guess, Ge Yao's escape was unnatural, she was able to get out of the tightly secured Ge tribe camp, mostly likely the old Ge tribe leader had arranged for it in an attempted to probe Man tribe. But accidents always happened in reality, plans cannot keep up with changes, Man tribe's eldest son or second son might've struck, afraid of Man Duo gaining power, hoping that Ge Yao would die. Anyway, after Ge Yao escaped to poison grassland and met Fang Yuan, the series of events unfolded.
Shaking his head, Fang Yuan cleared these guesses out of his mind: "The basis of any scheme is power. Why did Man tribe not attack Ge tribe directly, that is because they were not a super tribe but a large tribe only, they had limited strength. Why was Ge tribe able to stay safe until now, not just because of me, but also because of their foundation as a former large tribe. If old Ge tribe leader had rank five cultivation, he might've used hints and clues Gu long ago."
"No matter which world, strength is the foundation for everything. But now, the astute Ge tribe leader might be planning to migrate his tribe again. To deal with the ten year blizzard, he might need to borrow the imperial court's power!"
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Chapter 450: Measuring the stature of great men by the yardstick of small men
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What happened next was all according to Fang Yuan's expectations.
Just a day later, Ge tribe leader visited Fang Yuan, saying he had thought it through, he did not want to stay in Hong Yan valley, but instead wanted to migrate the entire tribe, to participate in the heroes assembly and fighting for a place in the imperial court.
Fang Yuan knew old Ge tribe leader's intentions, it was to make use of Chang Shan Yin once more to get free of Man tribe's control.
Fang Yuan agreed immediately, if he was to travel on the grassland alone, it would be troublesome. With the accompaniment of Ge tribe, the risks would be much lower, and he would have a layer of protection.
"Brother Ge is wise, but we cannot wait anymore, we should leave as soon as possible. Once we make a move, I'm sure Man tribe would notice immediately." Fang Yuan reminded.
Old Ge tribe leader's heart shook, just hearing this sentence, he knew Chang Shan Yin was aware of what was happening.
Fang Yuan continued: "I had originally promised Man tribe to visit them. But since Ge tribe is relocating, to play safe, I will not go to them. Just say that I had felt my cultivation returning during these few days and have gone into closed cultivation. I will write a letter now, I will have to trouble brother to find someone to send it over for me."
If Ge tribe did not relocate, then Fang Yuan would have no issues visiting Man tribe.
But if Ge tribe wanted to leave, Man tribe would not let go of them. Man tribe is worried about Ge tribe and Chang Shan Yin cooperating, they might even hold him captive, to deal with Ge tribe separately.
Earlier, when Ge Guang was attacked by the wind wolves, it was most likely done by Man tribe. Man tribe was after all part of the righteous faction, to prevent rumors from spreading, they would not kill Chang Shan Yin, but Ge tribe was too alluring, they could use all sorts of reasons to place Chang Shan Yin under house arrest, that was something they could do.
After old Ge tribe leader heard Fang Yuan's words, he looked at him deeply and stood up, bowing: "Standing before brother, my wisdom is nothing. I was muddleheaded earlier, brother has a clear picture of the current situation."
"Hehehe, as someone involved in this contest, it is easy for you to be misled, that is normal, do not worry about it. As long as we leave this area, Ge tribe would be free!" Fang Yuan consoled old Ge tribe leader as he wrote a letter and handed it to Ge tribe leader.
"Brother Ge, I have to cultivate, I will not send you off."
"Today, I will start the preparations for moving off, the letter will definitely be sent, goodbye."
Old Ge tribe leader took the letter and left the room.
After he returned to his tent, he called the elders for a meeting and gave the instructions to prepare for migration.
After Ge Yao's supposed marriage, Ge tribe elders have a terrible impression of Man tribe, they praised this ingenious decision.
After Ge tribe father and son returned to their study room, old Ge tribe leader opened Fang Yuan's letter immediately.
"Father, isn't this a bit…" Ge Guang felt embarrassed.
"Heh, let father teach you another lesson today. This is the letter Chang Shan Yin wrote to Man Tu, but he did not use a letter Gu, why do you think that is so?" Old Ge tribe leader snickered.
"Because he doesn't have a letter Gu? No, if he wants to use it, he can borrow it from us." Ge Guang thought about it, as his eyes flashed: "That mean, this is intentional?"
"Hehehe, that's right. The reason why he is sending a normal letter is so that we can see it. Ge tribe is about to migrate, next we will travel together, this letter is to display his intention to cooperate with us along the journey. Come here, we will look at this together." Saying so, Old Ge tribe leader unsealed the letter.
The content in the letter was very simple, it explained that Fang Yuan needed time to recover his cultivation through closed cultivation. He expressed great regret for not being able to visit Man tribe, and he would definitely make up for it in the future.
Next, he wanted to purchase bone bamboo Gu from Man tribe, saying that he will pay 120% of the market price for them. At the same time, he wrote a large number of Gu refinement materials, as well as Gu worms like third watch Gu, hoping they could have a transaction.
"Oh, so uncle Chang Shan Yin needed these Gu worms. Father, I think we should try and give them to him, after all, he has helped us so much." Ge Guang said.
Old Ge tribe leader stared at this letter, his eyes shining brilliantly as a chill emerged in his heart.
This battle between Ge tribe and Man tribe was mostly through hidden schemes, they did not fall out with each other on the surface, this was the rule of the righteous path that had to be adhered to.
They sacrificed many people, one of Ge tribe's elder died after being challenged by Man Duo, and Ge Yao also died in poison grassland. Other than that, many Gu Masters became the wolves' food.
In this contest, be it Man tribe or Ge tribe, neither of them were winners. Man tribe did not achieve their aims, and Ge tribe also had many sacrifices.
However, there was one person who benefited completely.
This person was 'Chang Shan Yin'.
Look at it this way, when 'Chang Shan Yin' left poison grassland, he was empty handed, without a proper set of Gu worms, but now?
In this hidden battle, he earned till his pockets were full, having over a million primeval stones as gains, not to mention the rank five hints and clues Gu.
Ge tribe leader suddenly understood: Ge tribe was making use of Chang Shan Yin, but was Chang Shan Yin not making use of them as well? Chang Shan Yin might seem like he was trapped between two tribes, forced into their political strife, and attracted problems for himself unnecessarily. But the truth was, neither of them wanted to offend him, thus he gained benefits from both sides!
"We do not need to prepare these for Chang Shan Yin. Man tribe will send these things over, in fact, they might even give these to him for free." Ge tribe leader heaved a sigh as he tried to expel that cold feeling in his heart.
"Huh?" Ge Guang was shocked: "How is that possible? Uncle Chang Shan Yin is evidently helping us, is Man tribe so stupid?"
"Someone in a high position sees things differently. What is the value of these things? Merely a few hundred primeval stones, it is nothing to Man tribe. Using these goods to gain the friendship of an expert, isn't that a good deal? Have you thought about how much we gave Chang Shan Yin already?"
Ge Guang immediately thought of the million primeval stones and the rank five hints and clues Gu.
Ge tribe leader sighed deeply, there was another meaning to this, but it was still too early for Ge Guang to comprehend.
Why did Chang Shan Yin want to deal with Man tribe?
He was not making a deal, he was establishing a relationship with them! Using this, Chang Shan Yin expressed to Man tribe that although he went back on his word and did not visit Man tribe, he was not their enemy despite being at Ge tribe. He did not want to be enemies with Man tribe, in fact he wanted to be friends, thus, they could undergo transactions.
Man Tu was not a fool, he would understand what Chang Shan Yin was trying to express in his letter, his goodwill. If Man tribe rejected this deal, that would be rejecting Fang Yuan's kindness. If they sold the goods according to their price, this would show an indifferent attitude. If they gifted the goods to Fang Yuan, that would mean Man tribe was accepting this kindness, and was willing to be friends with Chang Shan Yin.
This deal was not important, the underlying meaning was.
Such a hidden and implicit communication method was something the righteous path higher-ups often did.
Ge tribe leader suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking: "This Chang Shan Yin, the reason why he is helping Ge tribe might not be due to his righteous nature. But because he can have the greatest benefits by siding with us."
Man tribe was huge and powerful, having a Chang Shan Yin was only adding icing on the cake. But Ge tribe was weak, with Chang Shan Yin, it was simply a great asset as he had the ability to stabilize the power balance between the two.
With this thought, old Ge tribe leader shuddered, the coldness in his heart became thicker, almost freezing his bones.
The old tribe leader subconsciously rejected this thought: "If Chang Shan Yin is such a scheming person despite being a hero of this magnitude, would there still be righteousness and light in this world? I am simply measuring the stature of great men by the yardstick of small men."
Three days later.
Man tribe's father and son stood on the mound, watching Ge tribe leave towards the south.
"Lord father… there is something I don't understand, I would like to ask father." Man Duo asked.
"Speak."
"You gave the things mentioned in the letter to Chang Shan Yin for free, I understand the meaning of that. But why did you also give Ge tribe a thousand and five hundred tonnes of provisions. Not only is our prey escaping, we even have to supply them, this…" Man Duo felt indignant.
Man Tu's expression was solemn, looking at the leaving Ge tribe, he said: "Man Hao, explain."
Elder Man Hao who was standing at the side laughed as he explained: "No need to worry third young master, lord tribe leader had planned this long ago. Ge tribe is dreaming if they want to leave so easily, there are a large number of wolf lure Gu inside the provisions, at the same time, we have tribesmen ahead, with three myriad wolf groups waiting in ambush for them."
"So that's it!" Man Duo understood at once: "Father is wise, once Ge tribe is unable to resist the wolf pack, our tribe will move out and save them, assimilating them using this chance. In future, if anyone suspects us, father can use this thousand and a half tonnes of provisions to show his sincerity and magnanimity, it will shut those suspicious people up. But…"
Towards the end, Man Duo was hesitant.
Man Hao sighed, saying: "But this way, Ge tribe would suffer great losses, and the gains of our tribe from taking over Ge tribe would be far less. In fact, we might even have to invest an amount of resources to take care of the injured."
But Man Duo shook his head, Man Hao's concerns were not the same as him: "Ge tribe has that Chang Shan Yin, he is hailed as the Wolf King, can these wolves stop him?"
Man Tu started frowning.
Man Duo expressed his own worry, he had such thoughts as well.
But Ge tribe left too quickly, Man tribe was part of the righteous path, they could not act recklessly, in this short period, they could only gather three myriad wolf groups.
If Ge tribes survives this assault, Man tribe can only watch them leave. But if they suffer great losses during the process, Man tribe would have the excuse to send 'reinforcements'.
The greatest uncertainty in this plan was Chang Shan Yin.
"Don't worry third young master, although this Chang Shan Yin is known as the Wolf King, that is over twenty years ago. His current cultivation is only rank four initial stage, and during the banquet, we checked secretly, his soul is no longer thousand man soul but has dropped to hundred man soul." Man Hao spoke with disdain.
"Hehe, even if he is the Wolf King, he is only a weak and barely surviving Old Wolf King. Moreover, what trump cards does he have? Only a thousand wind wolves and a thousand poison beard wolves, and a thousand water wolves. Hahaha, against three ten thousand wolf groups, what can his wolves do? The way I see it, his reputation will be ruined soon enough. We can prepare to devour Ge tribe already."
Man Duo did not rebuke him, but said: "Hopefully so."
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Chapter 451: Turtleback Wolf Group
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"Urgent report! A large group of turtleback wolves has appeared three thousand li ahead. They have a huge number, estimated to be a group of ten thousand wolves!" Ge tribe's investigative Gu Master came running over and reported to Ge tribe leader.
Ge tribe leader's expression turned solemn and waved his hand to the Gu Master: "Investigate it again."
Not long earlier, he had already received a letter Gu from investigative Gu Masters. But often in the battlefield, to prevent the letter Gu from being cut off by the enemies, investigative Gu Masters would come over to personally deliver the message.
"Turtleback wolf is the wolf species with the strongest defense. Ten thousand of these wolves will be a difficult bone to chew."
"We have already ordered Gu Masters to lure them, but there has been no results. This wolf group is heading towards us."
"Hmph, how long has it been since we started migrating? It seems Man tribe doesn't want to let us go…."
"Fortunately, these wolves are not fast which leaves us time to arrange our formation."
Ge tribe's elders made comments one after another.
In the chaotic northern plains, none of the Gu Masters that could climb to a high position was a fool. Right now, all the elders had already realized the truth.
Most of Ge tribe's troops had already halted their movements and formed into a circular formation. Large number of Gu Masters were nervously using Gu worms to erect high walls, archer towers and many layers of defense.
The higher-ups of the Ge tribe were overseeing the situation from the central tent.
"Son." Ge tribe leader softly called.
"Father, I am here." Ge Guang immediately answered.
"Invite Lord Chang Shan Yin to come over." At this battle which concerned the survival of the tribe, Ge tribe leader was not willing to let go of any battle strength.
"Yes." Ge Guang bowed and left; he had just walked of the main tent when he saw Fang Yuan.
"Uncle." Ge Guang greeted cheerfully.
Fang Yuan nodded his head, directly walking towards him and said in a slightly urgent tone: "I know about the wolf group's invasion. How is the situation?"
"We have about eight minutes before the wolf group reaches. Since our relocation, to prevent Man tribe from playing tricks, father had assigned light cavalries to scout a distance of six hundred li !" Ge Guang followed Fang Yuan and reported to him from the side.
The two walked inside the main tent which was situation on a mound.
The mound had already been raised by using Gu worms; the higher-ups of Ge tribe had excellent field of view from the mound.
This was because they encountered the wolf group. If they had ran into the eagle or owl group, they would have dug a tunnel. Different methods dealt with different situations.
Seeing Fang Yuan, the Ge tribe higher-ups hurriedly greeted him. The atmosphere here was tense like a storm was brewing.
"Our Ge tribe is really fortunate to have brother Wolf King to help us, I can be at ease." Ge tribe leader sighed and spoke with gratitude.
"Hehehe, the fate between me and the Ge tribe is not shallow. Friends should help each other when they walk the same path! How is the situation?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Please take a look." Ge tribe leader led Fang Yuan towards a table where there was a sheepskin which had a map drawn on it. He pointed towards it and introduced the surrounding terrain, Ge tribe's defensive lines and wolf group's movement.
"Sir has arranged it properly, there is nothing wrong." Fang Yuan first praised, then pointed towards a mark on the map.
Everyone's gaze followed his finger; it was a river beside their camp.
"Since there is such a danger area, why don't you use it for defense?" Fang Yuan proposed.
"Brother might not know yet, we have already thought of it, but most of the troops have slow movement and it will be too late by the time we reach the river, set up a camp again and arrange new defensive lines." Ge tribe leader gave a bitter smile.
For the tribe's migration, most of the tribesmen were using big stomach horses. However, due to many things being stored in the big stomach horses, their speed was slow.
Ge tribe's Gu Masters could quickly reach the riverside on the hump wolves. But most of the mortals would fall behind and once the wolf group arrived, all the mortals might be annihilated.
Without mortals, how could there be any future new Gu Masters in any tribes? Mortals were the cornerstone of all tribes.
However, Fang Yuan gave a bright smile: "Brother, I am also a northern plainsmen, I naturally know this. We are not able to go to the riverside, but we can let the river come to us."
The Ge tribe's higher-ups' eyes brightened at these words.
"Right, we can dig a canal and draw in the river to help us defend."
"Turtleback wolves have heavy bodies and are unable to swim; once they fall into the river, they will sink to the bottom and drown to death."
"Lord tribe leader, send the command quickly!"
Ge tribe leader also directly sent the command: "I command Ge Cui, Ge Xiang, and Ge Mi to lead the first, seventh and eighteenth troop respectively, immediately stop all current tasks and go to the riverside to dig a canal. As for the third, fifth and the sixteenth troop, you shall take over the unfinished tasks of first, seventh and eighteenth troop."
"Yes!" The investigative Gu Master outside the tent immediately received the order.
Several breaths later, three letter Gu flew out separately towards distant locations.
"Fortunately, brother was here to guide us out of this bewilderment." The old tribe leader greeted Fang Yuan again with a grateful expression that came from the depths of his heart.
Just relying on this suggestion from Fang Yuan, they could preserve around a hundred Gu Masters and even could reduce the casualties.
He is the Wolf King after all…
Instantly, all the Ge tribe's elders' gaze towards Fang Yuan faintly changed into that of praise and admiration.
During this tense and busy period, time passed quickly.
Investigative Gu Masters came to the camp one after another to report the position of the wolf group. At the same time, they had also clearly scouted the numbers of the turtleback wolves.
Over thirty-eight thousand!
When the wolf group was only eight hundred li away from the camp, Ge tribe leader began to call back the investigative Gu Masters orderly.
By the time the wolf group reached five hundred li away from the camp, the canal was formed and the river water was drawn in.
When they reached three hundred li , three defensive lines finished forming and combat troops were deployed urgently. The support and logistics Gu Masters in charge of the construction retreated one after another, using primeval stones to quickly recover their primeval essence. They did not dare to relax for even a moment. When the battlefront was unable to endure, they would have to go as reinforcements.
At a hundred li away, everyone could see a large number of ghostly shadows of the wolves in the horizon.
In the main tent, eight investigative Gu were activated; smoke rose and could be seen from all directions.
Turtleback wolf group was mainly coming from the northern side. At the same time, there were also a lot of wolves coming from the northeast and southeast.
As the wolf group neared closer and closer, all the mortals could see them clearly.
Turtleback wolves possessed broad physique, their whole body was dark-green and had dark-blue eyes. On their back was a shell like that of a turtle.
This shell was very heavy and about one-third of a turtleback wolf's weight was due to it. Apart from defensive purpose, it could also store nutrition just like camels.
The charging of a few tens of thousands of wolves caused the ground to start shaking.
Fang Yuan walked out of the main tent and gazed at the grassland only to see large numbers of wolves moving on the ground. He then looked at the camp below; the Ge tribesmen were moving about busily without disorder, it was a normal thing to encounter beast attacks in northern plains. Thus, whether it were Gu Masters or mortals, they had cultivated a strong mind.
The first defensive line at the north was the first to meet the attack.
"Fight!" A Gu Master leader who was watching from a tower shouted loudly and threw a wind blade.
Soon after, the surrounding Gu Masters also began to make their moves.
A row of wind blades flew far, cutting over dozens of turtleback wolves instantly.
When the wolf group reached closer, the Gu Masters abandoned the wind blades and used the more powerful fire Gu, lightning Gu and so on.
For a moment, countless colorful lights burst out in the battlefield, like simultaneously fired fireworks. Human shouts, furious wolf howls and the piercing sound from the wind blades formed into a medley of sounds.
The wolf group's offensive was like a rain that came unceasingly, and succeeded in charging over. They first came across the earth walls.
The earth walls were thick, and their foundation had been reinforced with copper and iron.
Countless turtleback wolves were badly bruised when they smashed against these earth walls and even died on the spot.
However, the wolf group advanced wave upon wave, some trampled upon the corpses and leapt high, while some clawed the earth walls to pierce through.
Next, the defensive lines at the south east and north east also entered the battlefield.
Shouting resounded all over the sky and casualties began to appear. Healing Gu Masters began to show their worth.
Because they had made sufficient preparations, the whole Ge tribe was moving very orderly.
"Look, it is a myriad wolf king!" Someone shouted while pointing at a certain direction.
Everyone immediately followed the voice and looked.
This turtleback myriad wolf king was enormous, even ten times the size of a normal turtleback wolf was slightly inferior to it. Its tyrannical aura manifested as it crouched on the ground and howled, commanding the wolf group to divide.
Turtleback wolf group divided into five to six groups and began to circle around the Ge tribe camp, searching for a hole in the defense.
Like this, Ge tribe was surrounded by wolves from every directions, and battle unfolded everywhere.
On a nameless hill outside of the battlefield, a group of man tribesmen were using Gu worms to conceal themselves and were using investigative Gu to observe the situation.
"The battle has started!" Man Hao smiled, taking joy in Ge tribe's calamity.
"Ge tribe actually channeled the river through a canal, Ge tribe leader is truly an old fox! But, there are over thirty thousand turtleback wolves, even if Ge tribe is able to resist them, they would suffer serious losses." Man Hong smiled coldly.
His appearance was strikingly similar to the tribe leader Man Tu; he was Man Tu's eldest son and had a cultivation of rank three middle stage.
"Young tribe leader is right. Even if Ge tribe can block the first wave of the wolf group, there is still the second wave and also third wave." Man Hao flattered.
Although Man Hong was the eldest son, but he was still not truly the young tribe leader. However, Man Hao had already pledged his allegiance to Man Hong and was his zealous supporter; he called Man Hong as young tribe leader, it was a flattery and also his expectation.
"Young tribe leader?" Man Hong did not refute and instead nodded his head, "Father has given this important task to me, I will be establishing great merits by finishing this and might indeed be a young tribe leader when we return to the tribe. Unfortunately, that sneaky brat Man Duo did not come over, otherwise I could borrow the strength of others and conveniently get rid of that sinister brat!"
"Man Duo might be somewhat intelligent, but his aptitude is lacking and he is simply not young tribe leader's match. Look, hundred wolf kings have made their move!" Man Hao said.
Hundred beast kings had rank two Gu worms residing in their bodies, and were very strong. Their appearance immediately caused the pressure on the Ge tribe's frontline forces to increase greatly. The number of casualties increased sharply, and 2 to 3 hundred wolf kings smashed the earth walls and pierced through the Ge tribe's defense.
"Hehehe." Looking at the Ge tribe's Gu Masters dying one after another, Man Hong showed a pleased, sinister smile.
This ignorant bunch of fools actually did not join Man tribe, now weren't they suffering their just desserts?
"Hmm?" Man Hong's smile stiffened; through the investigative Gu worm, he saw a wolf enslavement Gu entering a hundred wolf king.
It immediately changed its alignment and let out a howl, causing the wolves beside it to fall into chaos.
Soon after, these turtleback wolves followed the wolf king towards the Ge tribe's camp and gathered under a Gu Master.
Man Hong narrowed his eyes and looked at this Gu Master: "Could this person be the Wolf King, Chang Shan Yin?"
"Yes, young tribe leader." Man Hao confirmed.
Man Hong scoffed: "Father said he was the greatest uncertainty. Let me see what ability he has!"
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Chapter 452: Intense Battle (1/3)
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"Look there, it is the great hero of northern plains, Chang Shan Yin!"
"Chang Shan Yin struck, he truly is spectacular!"
The camp was cheering.
Not only Man tribe, but even Ge tribe Gu Masters were looking at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan had just tested his skills, subduing a hundred wolf king and instantly made several hundred turtleback wolves part of his force, it turned this battlefield into a safe zone.
"Chang Shan Yin…" High up on the mound, old Ge tribe leader looked at Fang Yuan's back view as he muttered.
In everyone's mind, there was one question — The former Wolf King, the genius of northern plains, how much battle strength did he have left now?
Fang Yuan looked at the tens of thousands of turtleback wolves in front of him with an earnest gaze.
In other people's perspective, these wolves were a threat, but in Fang Yuan's eyes, these were presents sent to him.
He was worried about not having enough wolves in his group, but if he could subdue these wolf kings, his battle strength would surge!
At this time, it was a clear blue sky as sunlight shone down, vision was clear as the battle was ongoing.
Ge tribe had prepared sufficiently, having three earth walls to defend them, and also built water canals to divide the incoming wolves into segments, preventing them from encircling the Gu Masters, this was a terrain advantage.
Looking at themselves, Ge tribe's Gu Masters were defending with young tribe leader Ge Guang leading, they were extremely safe. Ge tribe were united in defending against the wolf groups, their hearts were as one, this was the most favourable condition.
"If I travelled alone, I would have to run away from a beast group of such a grand scale. But now, all the conditions were perfect for me! This is a godsend opportunity placed in front of me, how can I not make full use of it?"
Thinking so, Fang Yuan laughed cheerfully, his battle intent rose as he said to the people: "Everyone, come with me!"
Ge Guang and the others responded.
Under Fang Yuan's lead, the Gu Masters started to move their formation, going to another area of the battlefield.
Bam!
A tall arrow tower fell onto the ground, smashed into pieces.
The culprit behind this roared loudly as it battled a dozen rank two Gu Masters around it.
This was a hundred wolf king.
At this point, all the wolves around it had died, it was battle alone fiercely.
The surrounding Gu Masters used their Gu worms to attack from a distance, trapping it as they whittled away its life slowly.
On the battlefield, there were three Gu Master corpses.
At this point, Fang Yuan and the others ride their hump wolves and arrived.
"Wolf enslavement Gu, Go!" Fang Yuan pointed with his finger and the rank two wolf enslavement Gu turned into a light smoke, landing on this hundred wolf king's body.
The wolf king howled angrily, unwilling to be enslaved, resisting with all its energy.
Fang Yuan's eyes shone as he suppressed it with his hundred man soul!
The wolf king whimpered as the smoke settled into its body, turning it into Fang Yuan's personal pet instantly.
The hundred wolf king sprawled on the ground, keeping its claws and teeth as its body was covered in injuries, oozing with blood.
"Healing Gu Master." Fang Yuan instructed, and a Gu Master walked out from behind him, activating his Gu worm and healing this hundred wolf king.
"This goddamn beast! He killed my brother!" A young Gu Master who had entered battle still wanted to attack.
"Ge Can!" Ge Guang shouted, staring at this person.
The young Gu Master's neck stiffened as he walked to the hundred wolf king, kicking it fiercely, but did not try to kill it.
Next, he covered his face and cried, sobbing uncontrollably.
The surrounding Gu Masters felt a strong resonance with him.
After the young Gu Master cried for a while, he raised his head, wiping his tears as he said: "Go, let's continue killing wolves!"
"Alright!"
"Let's follow brother Ge Can."
This ordinary small group entered the battlefield again.
"Let's go to the next stop." Fang Yuan continued to move ahead.
At the northwest area, three hundred wolf kings broke through the earth walls and ravaging the line of defense.
Fang Yuan quickly arrived: "I am Wolf King Chang Shan Yin, all Gu Masters listen to my instructions."
With Ge Guang beside him, he successfully gained the commanding rights.
"These three hundred wolf kings, what are their respective Gu worms?" Fang Yuan asked.
Immediately someone reported.
Fang Yuan's eyes shone as he split the people into three groups.
"Group one will lure the left hundred wolf king, and bring it to the second line of defense." Fang Yuan instructed.
"Bring it there?" A Gu Master was shocked, expressing his concern.
Fang Yuan stared at him fiercely: "I said bring it over, so do as I say. This is an order!"
"Yes!"
"Group two, restrict the wolf king on the right, make sure you destroy its defensive Gu."
"Yes!"
"Group three, follow me." Fang Yuan waved his hand and entered the battlefield personally.
After a bit of battle, he used the wolf enslavement Gu.
The light smoke was about to land, when this wolf king shot out a flame that burnt the smoke away.
Fang Yuan's expression turned cold, he felt heartache losing this rank two wolf enslavement Gu.
Ge Guang scolded: "Why did it still have a firelight Gu?"
"Please forgive me young tribe leader, this is the first time this Gu has been used!' The subordinate quickly reported.
"Ge Guang, you are in charge of this firelight Gu, use all methods you have, I will come back shortly." Fang Yuan saw that this wolf king could not be handled in the meantime, thus he gave his instructions and passed the trouble to others. Meanwhile, he swapped his target to another wolf king, using a wolf enslavement Gu.
This wolf king's defensive Gu worms was already destroyed by Gu Masters, without any accidents, Fang Yuan easily captured it.
When he turned around, Ge Guang already created trees and sealed this hundred wolf king's mouth with vines, it could not shoot out any more flames.
"Good job." Fang Yuan praised as he used a wolf enslavement Gu.
The hundred wolf king watched the light smoke enter its body, after a mild resistance, it lost to the hundred man soul, becoming another one of Fang Yuan's pet.
After keeping these two hundred wolf kings, Fang Yuan turned around and captured the hundred wolf king at the second line of defense as well.
In just a short time, Fang Yuan divided the three hundred wolf kings up, and captured them one by one, resolving this crisis.
Everyone was amazed, they continue following behind Fang Yuan, listening to his commands. Eventually, they realised that as long as they followed his commands, they would result in the least injuries or deaths possible.
"This Chang Shan Yin has some skills." Outside the battlefield, eldest son Man Hong used his investigative Gu worm to watch Fang Yuan's performance, his expression sinking.
"His soul is a hundred man soul, it is not hard to subdue these hundred wolf kings. But just this cannot change the situation. It will depend on his wolf manipulation skill!" Man Hao consoled at the side.
"Mmm…"
Fang Yuan sat on the ground directly, holding two primeval stones as he recovered his primeval essence.
Activating wolf enslavement Gu did not expend much primeval essence, but most importantly, it was the burden on his soul.
Fang Yuan subdued hundred wolf kings one after another, he used his hundred man soul to suppress the wolf kings. After the competition between souls, Fang Yuan's soul became more impatient and impulsive, while the annoyed feeling in his heart intensified.
If he left this symptom alone, he might develop dizziness, or worse his soul might get damaged, losing his memories or lowering his intelligence.
Fang Yuan closed his eyes and mediated, calming his mind and soothing his soul.
After resting for a while, the hundred man soul stabilized, all his negative emotions vanished into thin air!
"Everyone, continue following me on our conquest." Fang Yuan rode on his hump wolf as Ge Guang and the others followed.
Like this, after moving around the battlefield for a while, Fang Yuan subdued three hundred wolf kings, and eight hundred ordinary turtleback wolves.
Howl!
Fang Yuan's actions angered a thousand wolf king.
Seeing his subordinates surrender to an enemy, this thousand wolf king howled as it led the wolf group towards Fang Yuan, attacking fiercely.
A thousand beast king could control thousands of wild beasts, while also having several hundred beasts kings under it.
There were rank three Gu worms in its body, ignoring the wolf group, at least three cooperative Gu Master groups were needed to kill one thousand beast king. If there were three rank three Gu Masters, they could barely match evenly with it.
Seeing the thousand beast king charging over, Ge Guang and the others' expression changed. They were mostly rank two elites, only Ge Guang was a rank three Gu Master.
"Don't worry young tribe leader, we are here to give you a hand!" Just at this moment, three Ge tribe elders came over.
Fang Yuan had made an agreement with Ge tribe higher-ups in the main tent, Ge tribe had to help out in this.
"Hahaha, with your help, this wolf is as good as ours." Fang Yuan laughed heartily.
An intense battle occured.
This thousand wolf king attacked in a frenzy, it used its claws and teeth, and was even able to summon a wolf strength phantom. On the battlefield, it rampaged and moved about without restraints, attacking mercilessly.
But on Fang Yuan's side, they had greater strength. Four rank three Gu Masters, one rank four Gu Master, as well as a number of rank two elites.
After two elders were mildly injured, Fang Yuan found a good opportunity and used a rank three wolf enslavement Gu.
The rank three wolf enslavement Gu turned into a light smoke, much thicker than the rank two version, as it landed on the thousand wolf king.
Fang Yuan used his hundred man soul to suppress it, and after a dozen breaths' time, the light smoke succeeded and completely fused into the thousand wolf king's soul.
This was the first thousand beast king Fang Yuan subdued in this battle.
After the thousand wolf king surrendered, the two hundred wolf kings and several thousand ordinary turtleback wolves under it also changed allegiance.
Such a great number of turtleback wolves revolted and switched to Ge tribe's faction, causing this part of the battlefield to cease battle.
The entire wolf group only had around fifteen thousand wolf kings, but now one was taken by Fang Yuan.
At this moment, even the myriad wolf king felt something amiss, it howled as a huge four-leaf windblade rotated and shot towards Fang Yuan.
"Three claw water dragon Gu!" A clan elder shouted, pushing with his hands as a light blue water dragon crashed into the windblade, exploding and causing a small drizzle.
"Fist stone Gu!" The second elder punched with his right fist, as a large rock was created in mid air, flying forward like a fist, but was shaved by the windblade.
"Lightning web Gu!" The third elder shot out a large web made of lightning, covering the windblade.
The windblade was weakened, after it was covered by the lightning web, it rotated furiously and cut the web open, but it was at its final moments. As it flew in the air, it slowly dissipated.
Throughout the whole process, Fang Yuan did not do anything.
Ge tribe's Gu Masters were very protective of Fang Yuan, even if he was a rank four Gu Master that had higher cutlivation than them.
Enslavement path Gu Masters' lives were extremely important. Thus, when they battled, there were often Gu Masters in charge of protecting them.
Ge tribe's actions were not overly protective, it was just a norm of the Gu Master world.
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Chapter 453: Intense Battle (2/3)
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Myriad wolf king's attack caused all of Ge tribe to be nervous.
Far away, Man Hong's eyes brightened: "Is this myriad wolf king going to join the fight?"
But soon, his gaze dimmed.
After myriad wolf king failed in its attack, it did not make another attack and instead continued sitting at the rear while commanding the wolf group.
A branch of a thousand wolf group moved over to fill the gap created due to the previous thousand wolf king's surrender.
Crimson flames burned all over this thousand wolf king and its nose let out thick black smoke from time to time.
"A rank three self-ignition Gu." Fang Yuan recognized one of the Gu.
With this Gu worm protecting the thousand wolf king, wolf enslavement Gu's smoke would be burned off before it even landed.
Fang Yuan's eyelids twitched and he glanced at the far away myriad wolf king. Myriad wolf king also seemed to be staring back at him; when beasts evolves to myriad beast king stage, their intelligence would greatly surpass similar species, and this myriad wolf king was clearly indicating its decision to target Fang Yuan.
"Ge Guang stay behind and cooperate with three elders to kill this wolf! As for the others, follow me." Fang Yuan turned around and walked; subduing this thousand wolf king was not an impossible matter, but it would be very troublesome and time consuming.
This wolf was not suitable, so it was better to go to another. Anyway, the battlefield was so large, Fang Yuan did not believe all of them would have methods to suppress wolf enslavement Gu.
Sure enough, he moved around to several places and reaped great harvests. In just about two hours, he subdued seventeen hundred wolf kings and two thousand wolf kings.
Adding in all the wolves, Fang Yuan now had four thousand wolf kings, over thirty hundred wolf kings and ordinary wolves were already over eight thousand in number, nearing ten thousand.
Most of them were all turtleback wolves, but there was also a thousand beast level wind wolf king. Among the hundred wolf kings, there were also poison beard wolf king, water wolf king and wind wolf king.
With his actions, the military strength between the two sides in the battlefield was being equalized. A portion of the thirty thousand ten thousand wolf group was incorporated by Fang Yuan into his troop and adding in countless deaths, the wolf group only had about twenty thousand remaining now.
The battle surged on like wildfire and Ge tribe leader eased his brows, seeing the hope of victory.
"With Chang Shan Yin making his move, the pressure on my tribe's troops has greatly decreased."
"He is after all the legendary hero, his skills are truly exceptional!"
"This is not strange, he is a rank four Gu Master, moreover he walks the enslavement path; such battlefields are his domain."
All the elders praised and the atmosphere in the main tent became relaxed.
"Don't be careless, myriad wolf king still has not made its move, the outcome of this battle is yet to be certain." Ge tribe leader timely warned others.
"Lord tribe leader is right, we can't relax yet."
"In my opinion, this myriad wolf king might not join the fight. The wolf group has suffered huge losses, it is normal for the wolf king to retreat in this situation."
"Huh? Not good!"
Just as they were talking of it, myriad wolf king suddenly let out a long howl. All the wolves in the battlefield simultaneously went into crazed offense when they heard this howl.
Over twenty thousand turtleback wolves charged towards the camp without caring for their lives; for a moment, Ge tribe was caught off-guard and was utterly losing.
"Order the frontline to quickly retreat to the second defensive line." Ge tribe leader immediately commanded.
"The wolf group is making an all-out attack!" Ge Guang who was on the frontline paled.
"Go help the Gu Masters to retreat, I will go back to the ranch to rest and organize, wait for my support." Fang Yuan's expression was dark.
"Lord, we have been ordered by the tribe leader to protect you." Some Gu Masters hesitated.
Fang Yuan opened his eyes and let out a sharp gaze; the Gu Masters where his gaze landed all lowered their head.
"Ge Guang." Fang Yuan looked at the young tribe leader of Ge tribe.
Ge Guang gritted his teeth: "I shall listen to uncle."
He then waved his hand: "All of you follow me!"
Fang Yuan returned to the ranch alone, surrounded by wolves.
He gathered all the wolves together. With close to ten thousand wolves crowding together, this temporary ranch immediately felt narrow.
Fang Yuan willed and a strong vigorous water wolf moved out of the wolf group.
To ordinary people, this was a water wolf. But in Fang Yuan's eyes, it was a white-eyes wolf.
White-eyes wolf was a mutated beast, like Biao among tigers and lightning boar among boars. Every single ordinary adult mutated beasts would attract wild Gu worms and possessed the strength that could match myriad beast kings.
However, this white-eyes wolf was still in infancy and had not matured yet. The fur on its whole body was like water and was dyed with a light blue color; the appearance of a common water wolf. But as long as people carefully observed it, they would discover its pupils was more white with little black, greatly differing from ordinary water wolves.
When it completely reached adulthood, its pupils would become white. At the same time, its vision would be greatly magnified, comparable to some rank four investigative Gu and even at night, its vision would not be affected.
Fang Yuan had accidentally discovered this white-eyes wolf in the market, and without making any suspicious movements, he bought all the water wolves.
At present, this white-eyes wolf had already been planted with rank three wolf enslavement Gu by Fang Yuan. And to speed up its growth, he had used third watch Gu.
This created a violent increase in the white-eyes wolf's appetite, about thirteen times more than the ordinary water wolves. Also, its lifespan had shortened.
"Go." Fang Yuan gave a command and this white-eyes wolf whose speed already surpassed that of the wind wolves, quickly moved out of the ranch towards the higher grounds.
Wolf care Gu!
Fang Yuan covered his right eye and only used his left eye to look at the white-eyes wolf. At the same time, he poured his primeval essence into Chang Shan Yin's investigative Gu.
Instantly, the scene in his left eye changed; as if he was overlooking the battlefield from a high ground.
This was the ability of the wolf care Gu; it could share the sight of the specific wolf to the Gu Master's eyes.
Fang Yuan then opened his right eye, and two different scenes transmitted to his brain at the same time.
His left eye showed the battlefield, letting him be clear on the situation; and his right eye showed the ranch where the wolves were crowded together.
Fang Yuan summoned all the wolf kings and searched through the Gu worms in their body.
If there were any rare Gu worms, Fang Yuan would take them so as to not let them be destroyed in the battlefield.
Naturally, his main focus was the wolf enslavement Gu.
Wolf enslavement Gu was a one time expendable Gu.
To capture so many wolf kings, Fang Yuan had used up a lot of wolf enslavement Gu.
Generally speaking, wolf kings would have corresponding wolf enslavement Gu on them.
Sure enough, Fang Yuan got a rank three wolf enslavement Gu and five rank two wolf enslavement Gu from these wolf kings.
As for other Gu worms, they were all ordinary with only one or two being better. But they could not catch Fang Yuan's eyes, so he left them on the wolf kings to preserve their battle strength.
Wolf smoke Gu!
Fang Yuan activated this rank four healing Gu which was especially used to heal the injuries on wolves. Surging smoke enveloped the whole ranch for a long time.
Fang Yuan's primeval sea rapidly lowered to the bottom.
The primeval essence consumption to heal so many wolves at once was very huge.
When the primeval sea hit the bottom, Fang Yuan took out primeval stones and quickly recovered his primeval essence.
After healing them twice more, Fang Yuan saw Ge tribe leader lead a group of elders and rush towards the frontlines. Soon, intense explosions sounded out from the frontlines.
Through his left eye, Fang Yuan saw that the motionless myriad wolf king had also joined the fight. Ge tribe leader and others all went all-out against it.
With myriad wolf king joining the fight, there was a tremendous influence on the wolves and under its lead, the wolf group began to fight with even more madness.
The second defensive line of Ge tribe was also thus broken.
Fortunately, with the canal blocking the way, most of Ge tribe's Gu Masters could smoothly retreat towards the third defensive line and maintain the defense. For a moment, the atmosphere on the battlefield intensified to the extreme, causing great palpitation in the people.
The third defensive line was the final defense. Behind it was the weakest mortals, in case it was broken through, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"There is no time to heal again." After recovering the primeval essence in his aperture to ninety percent, Fang Yuan looked at the surroundings.
After three rounds of healing, the heavy injuries on these wolves had become light injuries while the light injuries were completely healed.
Wolf howl Gu!
Fang Yuan howled towards the sky, letting out a furious howl like that of a wolf king.
Under the effect of the Gu worm, the wolf group on the ranch faintly enlarged, their energy inflated and their battle strength multiplied!
Fang Yuan laughed loudly and rode on a hump wolf, with a shift of his mind, the wolf group immediately started howling together.
Howl—!
At this moment, when the sky was dyed red with the setting sun, when the wind was starting to blow strongly and when the battle was raging, the wolf howl spread without restrain, travelling a thousand li.
"Eh? Chang Shan Yin is making his move!" Outside the battlefield, Man Hong and Man Hao's expression turned grave.
Ge tribe, however, was jubilant.
"Chang Shan Yin, it is lord Chang Shan Yin!"
"We still have lord Chang Shan Yin…"
"Lord Chang Shan Yin is coming to support us, everyone persevere!!"
"Step aside, open up a path for lord Chang Shan Yin."
Instantly, Ge tribe's troop morale rose rapidly.
Fang Yuan sat upright on the hump wolf and lightly waved his hand; close to ten thousand wolves surged forward, moving past the simplistic fence around the ranch, but they did not go to rescue the northern side, but instead moved towards the south.
Just like the collapse of a large dam, a powerful flood burst out! The whole wolf group rapidly charged out of the camp; twelve hundred wolf kings arranged as the arrowhead ruthlessly charged into the battlefield
The enemy wolf group had fought for a long time and was already exhausted, and now this new battle force attacked them, causing countless deaths in moments.
With only one assault, Fang Yuan collapsed the offense of the turtleback wolves on the southern side of the camp.
Wolf enslavement Gu! Wolf enslavement Gu! Wolf enslavement Gu!
Under the protection of the wolf group, Fang Yuan repeatedly activated three wolf enslavement Gu; the enslavement Gu changed into faint smoke and subdued three hundred wolf kings in moments.
"Charge to the left!" He willed it and the whole wolf army smoothly changed direction and charged towards the southeast battle.
Fang Yuan's gaze scanned the battle like an eagle and soon locked onto the thousand wolf king.
Thousand wolf king howled and did its utmost to command the wolf group. But most of the wolf group were in deeply locked in the battle in the frontline and would be difficult for them to turn around for a while.
This thousand wolf king could only mobilize a few hundred wolves which were easily drowned by Fang Yuan's army.
Rank three wolf enslavement Gu!
Fang Yuan caught the chance and a faint smoke drilled down into the thousand wolf king; this thousand wolf king might have been scared stiff as it let out a whimper, its soul did not give any resistance and was quickly subdued.
This was the fifth thousand wolf king!
The wolf group that had been fighting with the Gu Masters, under its beckoning, stopped the fight and gathered under Fang Yuan's army.
The chaos at the southeast area immediately ceased!
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Chapter 454: Intense Battle (3/3)
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The battle that the Gu Masters had been fighting with their lives on the line was settled in the blink of an eye. Their mortal enemies had instead become their allies.
"Is this the ability of lord Chang Shan Yin?"
"Terrifying, terrifying…"
"Leading myriad wolf groups by himself, no wonder he is called Wolf King!"
Gu Masters looked at Fang Yuan with stupefied gazes. Their gazes looked at his receding figure, leaving this place towards another battlefield.
Moving unhindered, truly unhindered!
All those who dared to block his way were completely swept away.
Under his will, tens of thousands of wolves rushed forward. Under his indication, his troops moved everywhere, unrivalled!
With just his lone strength, he was overturning the crisis, changing the whole situation; he was the light of the enslavement path!
Outside the battlefield, Man Hong, Man Hao and the rest all lost color in their face.
Under their complicated gaze, Fang Yuan's wolf group rapidly expanded like a rolling snowball, getting bigger the more they killed. Everywhere they moved, they would leave behind ruins and a group of stupefied Gu Masters, before they swaggered off.
This wolf commanding tactic was simply unreasonable and also extremely domineering!
Under this huge strength, small hindrances were directly crushed.
Fang Yuan intentionally avoided the myriad wolf king's battlefield and circled around the Ge tribe camp, subduing three thousand wolf kings. In total, the number of thousand wolf kings he had reached eight.
As for the number of hundred wolf kings, they had almost doubled, reaching fifty-nine.
Fang Yuan's wolf formation was like a mythical beast, swallowing all turtleback wolves on its path and expanding itself.
After repeatedly subduing these wolf kings, Fang Yuan's soul also suffered from backlash; he felt jittery and nauseous.
Fang Yuan endured this feeling and gathered the wolf group before returning to the ranch.
The ranch could not hold these wolves anymore.
There were too many wolves, Fang Yuan also did not know the exact amount clearly, he could only guess the amount had surpassed twelve thousand.
Fang Yuan did not hurry to join the battle.
The situation was already determined now. He got off the hump wolf and closed his eyes to rest his spirit.
Every set interval, he would open his eyes to observe the battlefield through the white-eyes wolf's vision and keep an eye on the situation of Ge tribe leader and the others. These higher-ups of Ge tribe could not die. If they died, Man tribe might be roused into making a move.
After resting for a while, although Fang Yuan had not fully recovered, there was no problem in commanding the wolves. He joined the battlefield again.
This time, he only mobilized the eight thousand wolf kings to the battle. Ordinary wolves was too low of a threat against myriad wolf king.
On his way, every Ge tribesmen would call out his name loudly.
"Chang Shan Yin has come to assist!" Hearing such voices, Ge tribe's higher-ups who were surrounding the myriad wolf king all felt their spirits invigorated.
"Everyone, please take a step back and rest for a moment, let me handle this!" Fang Yuan reached the battlefield and under his will, the eight thousand wolf kings encircled the myriad wolf king.
Myriad wolf king already had the intention to retreat, but whether it charged left or right, it could not break through the encirclement.
"Such wolf manipulation skills!" Seeing the myriad wolf king being played around by Fang Yuan, Man Hao, Man Hong and the rest revealed astonished expressions.
Previously, Fang Yuan had charged with grand troops, flattening everything on his way, so they were not able to see his wolf manipulating skill. Now, he was commanding the wolves meticulously, revealing the top-tier wolf manipulation skill of the northern plains.
There were merely eight thousand wolf king, and seven of them could not display their full strength due to the pressure from the myriad wolf king.
However, under Fang Yuan's control, the myriad wolf king felt like it was encircled by thousands of soldiers, as if it was a fly that was trapped in spider web.
Finally, the myriad wolf king was thoroughly exhausted to death by Fang Yuan, and in its final counterattack before death, it took away a thousand wolf king's life.
"Wolf King! Lord Chang Shan Yin is truly the Wolf King!" Looking at the myriad wolf king's enormous body falling down loudly, all the Gu Masters cheered loudly.
"Wolf King!"
"Wolf King! Wolf King!"
With this battle, everyone felt the nickname of Wolf King was truly fitting.
The shouting surged one after another and soon many joined in, shouting loudly with fervent gazes, and some even had tears falling from their eyes.
This was a type of emotional feeling, a type of worship towards the heroes, reverence towards the strength.
"With this person here, it is easier said than done for us to annex Ge tribe!" Man Hong's expression looked ashen to the extreme, this battle had thoroughly dispelled his ambitions.
"Wolf King…" Man Hao who had felt contempt towards Chang Shan Yin, absent-mindedly muttered this name. He had never felt how heavy the weight of this name was as much as this moment!
On the battlefield, Ge tribe leader brought the elders towards Fang Yuan.
"The might of the former hero still remains! Today's battle really makes me prostrate in admiration. I, on behalf of the whole Ge tribe, express my utmost gratitude to your favor of helping us!" Ge tribe leader deeply bowed towards Fang Yuan.
"Brother Ge, you speak too highly of me. Let's clean up the battlefield quickly." Fang Yuan smiled.
The myriad wolf king's corpse was lying on the ground, but Fang Yuan did not take the matters into his own hand to avoid suspicion.
"If I had a rank four wolf enslavement Gu, I could have taken in this turtleback wolf myriad wolf king, such a pity." Fang Yuan felt regret in his heart.
Rank four beast enslavement Gu could control myriad beast kings. A myriad beast group was a huge force to a tribe.
Thus, normally, rank four beast enslavement Gu was not sold in the markets of northern plains.
For the price of many Gu worms, once they reached rank four, would rise sharply. Beast enslavement Gu was one of them, there was also relic Gu besides this.
Fang Yuan had only been able to purchase rank two and rank three wolf enslavement Gu in the market, and did not get a rank four wolf enslavement Gu.
"Right now, I have a large amount of rank two and three wolf enslavement Gu. But it seems I will have to refine the rank four wolf enslavement Gu myself."
Fang Yuan currently lacked rank four wolf enslavement Gu; with rank four wolf enslavement Gu, he could control myriad wolf king, and the burden on his soul to control the wolf group through the wolf king would decrease by a lot.
His mutated beast white-eyes wolf was currently an infant and could be enslaved by rank three Gu. But once it matured, it would require rank four enslavement Gu, otherwise it would not listen to commands and could even flee.
"Lord, we have found a rank four wolf enslavement Gu!" Right at this time, a Gu Master that was searching through the myriad wolf king's corpse shouted loudly.
"What?" Ge tribe leader's eyes flashed brightly and soon after, laughed, "Haha, precious Gu should fit a hero, this Gu should be give to brother Chang."
Although there was a great probability for a rank four beast enslavement Gu to reside in myriad beast king, Fang Yuan was still happy.
There might have been some flaws in today's battle, but the outcome still made Fang Yuan very satisfied.
It was regretful to have killed the myriad wolf king, but he was still able to obtain a rank four wolf enslavement Gu.
This Gu worm's arrival was really at great timing, it had been a long time since Fang Yuan had such a good thing happen to him.
He carefully accepted this Gu worm and said his goodbye to the Ge tribe's higher-ups, he did not even join in the celebratory banquet, using the excuse of refining this rank four Gu to evade it.
Nightfall.
The celebratory bonfire outside the tents was burning brightly. The victorious shouts and the cries for the casualties mixed together and spread towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, his mind was calm as he looked in his aperture.
The ninety percent primeval sea was tranquil, the water shining brightly like gold. Unfortunately, Fang Yuan had still not completely adapted to the northern plains, thus there was still the suppression, causing his cultivation to temporarily stagnate; the true gold primeval essence looked amazing but was useless right now.
However, cultivation was only one part of strength.
There were other ways for Fang Yuan to increase his strength.
For example, the strength of ten jun Gu he was currently holding.
This Gu was also a rank four Gu, but its price was much lower than a rank four beast enslavement Gu. And because it could be easily refined and the manufacturing costs were also low, it was rather common in the market.
Strength of ten jun Gu did not look anything special, looking just like a common iron weight.
Fang Yuan poured primeval essence to it, it then floated above Fang Yuan and let out dreamy light which shone upon Fang Yuan's whole body, engraving some Dao marks of the strength path on Fang Yuan's body.
After a while, the strength of ten jun Gu suddenly let out a slight explosion and broke into pieces, falling down on Fang Yuan's hair.
Strength of ten jun Gu was an expendable Gu, this was the third strength of ten jun Gu Fang Yuan had used.
Fang Yuan shook off the iron pieces and grasped his fists, feeling an increased strength: "The strength increase has reached a bottleneck. Next, I need to enhance my skeleton, skin, tendons and so on, to cause the water bucket – my body – to become deeper, larger and firmer, so it can hold even more strength.
Fang Yuan's gaze flashed as he took out a wolf soul Gu.
"This is the final wolf soul Gu."
Fang Yuan poured his primeval essence into the wolf soul Gu; the wolf soul Gu burst and changed into a grey wolf soul that smashed into his body.
Hundred man soul and wolf soul tangled with each other, the difficulty this time was many times more than before. Previously, when Fang Yuan used the wolf soul Gu, he only had over three thousand wolves under him. Now, after today's battle, he had taken in many wolf kings and thus the burden on his soul was much bigger.
Fang Yuan's brows furrowed into a knot, sweat perspired out of his forehead and he gritted his teeth to persevere; finally, the hundred man soul and the wolf soul merged together.
Boom!
A soft sound echoed in his ears, the long term quantitative accumulation had brought a qualitative change at this moment.
Hundred man soul had thoroughly changed into the wolfman soul.
The wolfman soul looked like a grey color that had been condensed to an extreme. The soul's appearance was mostly like Fang Yuan's, except the bridge of the nose was longer, eyes sharper and his body thinner. There were two sharp wolf ears, long hair that reached his waist and a hairy wolf tail that grew out of his butt.
With the formation of the wolfman soul, Fang Yuan felt relaxed as if he had gotten rid of a very heavy burden.
In his mind, the connection to the wolves became much more close, and he could even feel a faint familiar feeling from the wolf kings' souls.
This was not there when he had the hundred man soul.
After forming the wolfman soul, Fang Yuan gained the aura of a wolf, causing these wolf kings to think him as one of their species. Thus, it was no longer the pure suppression using the hundred man soul, but also a feeling of approval from the wolves.
"Hundred man soul was almost reaching its limits after enslaving so many wolves. Now, with wolfman soul, I can take in three times more wolf kings!"
"It is just that there will probably be few opportunities like today. But the grassland is so big and the wolf group are plenty, I will at least be able to double this wolf group on our way to the heroes assembly."
Looking at the large amount of rank two wolf enslavement Gu in his aperture, many rank three wolf enslavement Gu and one rank four wolf enslavement Gu, Fang Yuan was full of expectations towards the future.
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Chapter 455: Night Assault
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There were few stars in the sky.
Bone-chilling wind blew through the grassland at night.
Two hump wolves were moving through this night; carrying Ge tribe's investigative Gu Masters, one old and one young.
"Huff huff huff, so cold." The young Gu Master curled up his body and blew out hot air.
"I told you to wear some more clothes, but you didn't want to. This is called suffering from not listening to your elders ." The old Gu Master laughed, he was wearing a thick leather robe with long sleeves and long boots, along with a felt hat; he did not feel the slightest bit of cold.
"Uncle, this is my first time scouting, I lack experience." The young Gu Master mumbled in a soft voice before swearing, "F*ck, when I go out to scout tomorrow, I will definitely wear the thickest clothes."
"It should not be overly thick. Overly thick clothes will only affect your movement in battle. Moreover, you are likely to doze off if it is too warm. We are the eyes of Ge tribe, we need to be vigilant at all times. The best would be clothes that will keep you just warm, so you will feel cold if you stay still for long, this will urge you to keep on scouting." The old Gu Master shared his experience solemnly.
It was already the third day since the battle with the turtleback wolves.
The old Gu Master's partner had died in the battlefield, thus the young Gu Master was sent over to make up for the gap; the young Gu Master was still inexperienced and needed the old Gu Master's guidance.
"Uncle…" The young Gu Master was just about to open his mouth.
"Shush!" The old Gu Master suddenly stretched out his hand to signal a stop, his eyes squinted and looked at the light that suddenly emerged far away.
"What is that?" The old Gu Master was immediately on guard, he used his investigative Gu but could not make out anything.
"Kid, use your hand-ear Gu to listen!" The old Gu Master commanded.
"Yes!" The young Gu Master did not dare to be careless, he immediately turned over his body and got off the hump wolf and stretched out his right hand.
He transferred primeval essence towards his right palm; grass sprouted out from the palm, creating a flesh bud. The flesh bud then opened up to form an ear.
The young man closely stuck this ear on the ground and attentively listened.
"There is nothing other than the sound of the wind." The young Gu Master did his best to listen but got no result.
He laughed: "Uncle, are you trying to scare me? There is not even a fart."
"The battle just ended, so maybe I was too nervous." The old Gu Master heaved a sigh. He again looked at a distance, but there was nothing unusual; he felt his eyesight might have blurred just before.
"What is there to be nervous about, there is the old tribe leader here and we also have the Wolf King Chang Shan Yin with us. There is no need to be afraid even if another group of turtleback wolves come." The young man's gaze flashed when he talked of Fang Yuan, unable to conceal the worship in his eyes.
"Yes, it is indeed our tribe's fortune to have the help of the Wolf King." The old Gu Master sighed as he recalled the scene in the battlefield.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Suddenly, the sound of arrows quickly moving through the air spread towards them!
"Who?" The old Gu Master shouted, he subconsciously jumped off the hump wolf and smoothly rolled several times.
Thud thud thud…
Sharp bone spears pierced the ground one after another.
"Enemy attack!" The old Gu Master had this thought the first moment. He quickly stood up and hurriedly warned towards the young Gu Master.
The young man had already been pierced by a bone spear and had died on the spot.
The old Gu Master's heart twitched, but he did not have the time to grieve, immediately taking out a signal Gu from his aperture.
But before he was able to activate it, he was hit by a fatal attack.
He stiffly stood on the spot like a statue. A line of blood slowly appeared on his neck, becoming clearer and clearer.
Finally, his head inclined towards the side and fell on the ground, completely separated from the neck.
Fresh blood spurted out like a geyser from his neck.
Several figures walked out of the darkness, leading them was Man tribe's external elder Shi Wu. He looked at the two corpses and proudly said: "These ants, killing them is as easy as flipping my palm."
"Lord elder is formidable!"
"With lord elder here, Ge tribe's investigative Gu Masters are only empty shells!"
Several Gu Masters following behind flattered.
Shi Wu narrowed his eyes in joy and looked towards the direction of the Ge tribe's troops: "Hmph, this Ge tribe could win earlier because of their scouting, being able to make ample preparation in advance. This time, lord tribe leader has dispatched almost all the elders, Ge tribe will not be able to escape the calamity this time! Hehehe, I really want to see the shocked and frightened expressions on these people when ten thousand nights wolves attack them at once."
Ge tribe might have already been on the move for several days, leaving Hong Yan valley and succeeding in defeating the turtleback wolf group, but Man tribe had no intention to let them go.
Three days after the attack of the turtleback wolf group, Man tribe Gu Masters secretly led night wolf group to make the second wave of attack on Ge tribe. At the same time, Man tribe's elders also moved out to kill large numbers of Ge tribe's investigative Gu Masters.
A large conspiracy against Ge tribe was already unfolding.
When this ten thousand wolf group was discovered, they were only hundred li away from the camp.
"Wolf attack! Wolf attack!" An investigative Gu Master observing from a watchtower shouted.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh…
Several signal Gu were shot out into the sky, bursting into bright fireworks.
"Everyone get up, there is an attack, it is a group of ten thousand night wolves!!" The Ge tribesmen who were in a deep sleep were startled awake.
"Quick, notify the tribe leader!" Investigative Gu Masters rushed about as quickly as they could.
Human figures gradually appeared from everywhere in the Ge tribe camp; doubts and panicked shouts mixed to form a commotion.
In the main tent, Ge tribe leader's expression paled when he got this news.
"Those damned investigative Gu Masters!" This was the first thought of the old tribe leader.
But he soon frowned.
Even if the night wolves were difficult to detect at night, but with so many night wolves, why hadn't the investigative Gu Masters reported sooner?
His sharp senses smelled a trace of conspiracy.
He quickly threw these thoughts to the back of his mind. It was not the time to think of these!
"The night wolves are already so close to the camp, there is no time to construct defensive lines! What do we do?""
In this boundless darkness, there was no clear intel on the enemy situation.
Ge tribe leader only knew this wolf group was large, at least a ten thousand wolf group. But he did not know if there were other wolf group or if Man tribe's Gu Masters were hiding in the surroundings.
At this urgent moment, Ge tribe leader could not think of a countermeasure and could only send an order: "Send my command, all Ge tribe Gu Masters shall gather in the main tent!"
The night wolf group was fast and had reached the camp.
"The wolf group is here!"
"Block them, we must block them!"
"Quick, activate light sphere Gu."
A Gu Master who was at the frontline shot out a rank two light sphere Gu towards the sky.
Under the illumination of the light sphere, the densely packed night wolf group showed their appearances.
These night wolves were thin with strong posture, they had black glossy skin but had no fur. Their black pupils and claws gave off a cruel light.
A hundred wolf king growled and charged over.
"My god!" The Gu Master could only shout in shock before he was killed instantly by the wolf king.
The night wolf group was like a torrent, bursting through the simplistic stakes around the camp, and started their massacre.
Right now, Ge tribe's Gu Masters were still gathering towards the central main tent.
The vast outer camp had already turned into a sight of the netherworld. The wolves were howling excitedly, humans were wailing in grief and the cries of fear bursted forth together.
Night wolves were fast, and were tearing through the tents. Many mortals who were still in their sleep died cruelly under their claws.
They used death and blood as a warning.
The inner camp was in an uproar; the terrified humans surged out and tried to run away, trampling over each other.
A night raid!
Ge tribe leader stood outside the main tent; the corners of his eyes were almost tore open at this sight, his heart was bleeding.
The wolf group's massacre indeed caused many deaths, but even more deaths were caused by the people trampling on each other. Such a chaotic situation already was already beyond control, causing the Ge tribe leader's plan to counterattack after organizing the troops to be in vain.
Most of the Gu Masters were trapped among the chaos.
Only many of the elders and a few elite Gu Masters were able to successfully gather in the main tent.
"Our advantage is no more!"
Ge tribe leader closed his eyes in pain, his body was cold as he fell into deep despair and grief.
"With this battle, even if we luckily gather in the remaining people, Ge tribe will fall down to a small scale tribe! Ge tribe had fallen in my hands! I am ashamed to face my ancestors! I am Ge tribe's sinner!"
In the main tent; some elders were shouting, some had lifeless expressions and some were panicking.
"Ge tribe is still not finished, everyone, there is only one way left to turn around this situation!" Following the sound, Fang Yuan walked into the main tent.
Ge tribe leader's eyes brightened like a drowning person finding a life-saving log.
"Brother, please speak quickly!" He looked at Fang Yuan and asked hurriedly.
Fang Yuan got right to the point and said resolutely: "Now, the camp is in chaos, we cannot simply defend, the situation has gone out of control. Only by using offense as defense, can we have a chance at survival."
"Wolf King, your meaning is?" Ge tribe leader mumbled.
Everyone looked at each other.
Fang Yuan smiled lightly: "Brother Ge, did you forget that I have a rank four wolf enslavement Gu with me?"
He looked at everyone's expressions and continued: "The ones here are all Ge tribe's elites, its strongest battle strength. We will form into a group and immediately move out, flowing against the wolf raid towards the myriad wolf king. In the battle, I will subdue the myriad wolf king, and the whole situation will turn around!"
Everyone's expressions changed.
This was a thoroughly messed up plan!
One should know, Gu Masters would rely on terrain advantage to resist the myriad beast group and fight a war of attrition, but even this would create huge casualties. Now, Fang Yuan wanted them to use their blood and flesh body to charge against the offense of the myriad beast group and kill myriad wolf king among the countless wolves; this was simply courting doom.
This method was too risky, if someone else said it, they would have been furiously rebuked and even ruthlessly ridiculed it.
However, it was Chang Shan Yin proposing it which caused everyone to fall into silence.
"Madness, this is complete madness." An elder mumbled.
Others showed hesitant expressions; going against the momentum of the wolf group would result in deaths nine out of ten times. Frankly speaking, it was asking them to give up their lives in exchange for the survival of the whole clan.
These rank three Gu Masters had been higher-ups for a long time and would normally be living luxuriously. All of them cherished their lives.
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Chapter 456: A Hero's Call
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Ge tribe leader was hesitating, he was not a coward afraid of dying, because at this age, his cultivation was stagnant and he had already stopped caring about life and death.
His hesitation was, whether to use this method or not.
Ge tribe's era was over, but that did not mean it was destroyed completely.
If mortals died, they can just be replenished through snatching, in a Gu Master's eye, mortals were just numbers. As long as the Gu masters were intact, and the elders were intact, the tribe's structure would still be around.
If they retreated now, and gave up on the rest, only Ge tribe's higher-ups would be left, they would have to seek refuge with Man tribe.
But Man tribe had the intention to devour Ge tribe, this night wolf group's assault was most likely part of their schemes!
But if they used Fang Yuan's method, the risks were too great. If they fail, Ge tribe's higher-ups were finished, and the mortals would only be sheep waiting to get eaten.
"Father, and all the uncles here, I think that uncle Chang is right, this is the only way to save the tribe!" Ge Guang spoke, seeing the hesitant group, he felt a chill in his heart.
He was still young, he was hot blooded. At the crucial moment, he saw everyone's true colors, he had never seen this fragile side of Ge tribe.
Fang Yuan snickered in his heart.
When he first heard that the wolves were attacking, he was shocked, but soon he felt great joy.
If he was able to subdue this myriad beast king here, then his strength would rise once more, it could potentially double!
This was a one-off opportunity, he wanted to grab onto it. But under such circumstances, to enslave the myriad wolf king, he would need Ge tribe's help.
There was danger in charging at the frontlines, but to Fang Yuan, it was not too much of a problem.
He was a rank four Gu Master with a rank three eagle wings Gu, if the situation turned south, he could fly away to escape easily.
It was too much of a pity to let Ge tribe decline like this, since he wanted to make use of them, he should maximise their worth.
"Everyone!" Fang Yuan shouted, attracting everyone's gazes.
His words resounded like thunder, as he shouted: "What are you waiting for? Why are you hesitant? Are all Ge tribesmen cowardly and afraid of death?!"
"Listen, those are the cries of our Ge tribesmen, these vile night wolves are slaughtering our parents, our friends, our wives and children! If Ge tribe is wiped out tonight, you will all be homeless!"
"Can you bear to see our family die right under our very eyes? I cannot! Although I, Chang Shan Yin, am just an outsider, during these days of living here, I felt warmth, I felt the intense love that the Ge tribesmen had towards each other. For your friends, for the justice of this world, I will charge forward, and fight for a chance of survival for everyone."
"The males of Ge tribe, are your sabres still around? Your ancestors are watching you. Are cowardice and weakness flowing in your blood?"
Fang Yuan shouted in a righteous tone, his aura was overwhelming.
His voice was so long, even the Gu Masters outside the king tent were attracted. The tribe elders looked at him deeply with a shocked gaze.
What was a hero?
The ability to turn the tides and overcome difficulty, that was only the hero's strength.
But at the crucial moment, at the moment of death, he would step forward and face the difficulty head on, he brought confidence and courage to others. That was the true demeanour of a hero!
Ge Guang heard Fang Yuan's words and his body trembled.
At this moment, Fang Yuan's image was so majestic, it was deeply engraved in his heart.
His eyes were shining, his pupils turned red, his heart was pounding, he felt a warm feeling surging inside him.
Swoosh , Ge Guang activated sabre Gu, holding it in his right hand as he raised it up highly.
Next, this young Ge tribe leader screamed: "No! The warriors of Ge tribe are still around. Ge tribe's sabres are still around! Our ancestors are all watching us descendants! Oh Wolf King, others might be afraid of death, but I, Ge Guang, am willing to follow you to the depths of hell!!"
Saying so, a few hot-tempered elders were so triggered they shouted in shame.
"So what, the worst result is death, there is nothing to fear!"
"Those f*cking night wolves, I will kill you all!"
"Wolf King, young tribe leader, consider me, Ge De, a member of the vanguard troop!"
These people not only responded, they even gave a disdainful and scornful gaze towards their surroundings.
Even more people were triggered by this, after all, northern plainsmen were usually very courageous.
"Kill! Use our blood to prove the bravery of us Ge tribesmen!"
"Battle to the death, battle to the death!"
"Count me in, I will battle too!!"
The overwhelming atmosphere burst out in the tent.
Even elders who did not want to join this fight shouted out their willingness to participate. They did not want to be called a coward for life. In northern plains, as long as one gains such a bad reputation, they would be despised by everyone.
The development of this situation was far beyond the hesitant Ge tribe leader's control.
He was old, he did not want to take risks.
He already had the intention to retreat long ago, as long as the higher-up Gu Masters were around, Ge tribe had their foundation and could start all over again.
If they charged forward, the risks were too great, there was an unknown number of night wolves in the darkness of the night, other than that, Man tribe might even be scheming something, and Chang Shan Yin might not succeed in subduing the myriad wolf king. Even if everyone charged out, if the myriad wolf king refused to fight them head on and chose to escape, what then?
Fang Yuan's plans had too many flaws, it was not reliable.
"Oh no." Old Ge tribe leader saw the surrounding elders' red eyes and realized that his hesitation was already useless, they had no choice but to fight now.
"Battle to the death! Battle to the death!"
"For Ge tribe, for tomorrow!"
"A battle of life and death, this will show our overwhelming bravery and courage!"
Outside the main tent, cheers and slogans were resounding as the morale of the troops surged, they were united now.
Fang Yuan's words easily turned the situation towards his intended direction.
Everyone's heart was united, old Ge tribe leader no choice but to go along with them, he bowed deeply towards Fang Yuan: "Wolf King, you are a true hero! Ge tribe's future lies in your hands, we will accompany your wolf group in charging forward and taking down the myriad wolf king."
Everyone accepted the orders.
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, Ge tribe leader's intention was to sacrifice the wolf group to protect the Ge tribe Gu Masters.
But a little sacrifice was no big deal. As long as he obtains the myriad wolf king, it would be a huge gain!
"Everyone, charge with me!" Fang Yuan shouted, bringing all the Gu Masters and left the main tent.
A few hundred wolf kings and thousand wolf kings also gathered.
"Brother Chang, why are there only these wolves? Where are your other wolf kings? Where is your wolf army?" Old Ge tribe leader questioned, his heart sinking.
Fang Yuan snorted in his heart, why did he have to sacrifice his wolf kings to protect these Ge tribesmen?
All living beings in this world were equal, there were none who were more valuable or royal than another.
Wolves and men were both living beings, ignoring their standpoint, they were equal lifeforms.
Why did wolves have to sacrifice their lives for men? Were humans more noble than wolves?
No.
Whether one was noble or lowly, that was only a class system. And that system was based off strength.
Be it Earth or this world, the biggest law was the elimination of the weak, the big fish eats the small fish, the small fish eats the shrimps.
The so-called nobility was built on the foundation of greater strength. Without this, even the purest and most elegant lady is nothing more than a promiscuous b*tch!
Fang Yuan needed Ge tribe's accompaniment earlier because he had few wolves, it was dangerous for him to travel alone, and there were greater difficulties in doing so.
But now, he had the myriad wolf group, Ge tribe's value diminished greatly.
The wolves obeyed him, he could control their life and death at will. But could Ge tribesmen allow this?
"For an outsider, you want me to sacrifice my closest and most loyal subjects? Did you really think I was a dimwit like all your hot-blooded tribesmen?" Although Fang Yuan felt great disdain in his heart, he showed a confident and warm smile, saying to old Ge tribe leader: "Don't worry brother Ge, the situation is chaotic now, the ranch was destroyed and the wolves are scattered. I have ordered the wolf kings to assemble, soon, we will have a reinforcement wolf troop coming."
Old Ge tribe leader looked at Fang Yuan deeply, and was about to speak.
But Fang Yuan did not give him the chance, he shouted: "Everyone, Ge tribe's survival depends on this moment, charge with me!"
Saying so, he squeezed with his legs and ordered the hump wolf below him to charge forward.
"Kill!"
"Kill these goddamn wolves!"
"For Ge tribe, for tomorrow!"
Everyone shouted in a frenzy, as young Ge tribe leader followed behind Fang Yuan closely.
Old Ge tribe leader was so angry he pulled his son back, shouting at his ear: "Remember, you are the young tribe leader of Ge tribe!"
After that, the father and son started to charge towards the night wolves while protected deep inside the formation.
Two rank four, seventeen rank three, and a great number of rank two elites, it was a great strength, like a sabre that stabbed into the battlefield.
They had an overwhelming aura, no wolves could stop them, soon, they charged out of the camp and went straight for the myriad wolf king.
Once out of the camp, everyone's pressure intensified. Especially the Gu Masters at the outer edge, all they could see were night wolves.
Wind blades, water dragons, stone fists, golden cones… all sorts of attacks were unleashed like cheap fireworks. The wolves were hit unguarded, and many died in the process.
Everyone fought and killed, creating a path for themselves.
Howl!
Myriad wolf king howled, and twelve thousand wolf kings and tens of hundred wolf kings gathered, attacking Fang Yuan and gang from all directions.
Myriad wolf king understood Fang Yuan's intentions, to compete against him, it sent elites to fight the elites.
Fang Yuan had stealthily gone to the most inner circle of the group, he shouted in a frenzy: "Chaaaaaarge! Faster, if you do not charge faster, we are all dead meat! If we enslave the myriad wolf king, we would overturn the situation!"
In a moment, hundred wolf kings and thousand wolf kings entered the battle.
The troop's advancement became even slower, as many rank two elites were sacrificed.
"Oh no, my primeval essence is running low, I can only activate the self-detonate Gu… For the tribe!" A tribe elder shouted loudly, going out of the formation and charging into the wolves.
The wolf king opened its mouth as it bit him.
This tribe elder snickered as he exploded, killing this thousand wolf king on the spot!
This was the first tribe elder that died in this battle.
Old tribe leader saw this and he felt his heart bleeding.
These elders were the foundation of Ge tribe, they were the main pillars of support. Seeing their deaths, old tribe leader could almost see the collapse of the main tent.
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Chapter 457: Wolf King, where are your reinforcements?!
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The old tribe leader became increasingly dissatisfied with Fang Yuan, shouting: "Wolf King, where are your promised reinforcements?"
"Brother Ge need not worry, they will arrive soon! Everyone, follow me to take revenge for the elder's death!!" Fang Yuan roared and moved ahead of everyone towards the frontline.
"Protect Lord Chang Shan Yin!" Ge Guang immediately shouted.
"Lord Wolf King, you are our key to victory, please stay within our protection zone!"
"Kill, kill these beasts!!"
Everyone in the troop had bloodshot eyes, they forgot any worries of death and entered a berserk state. Even if they died, they would take the wolves with them.
The ferocious nature of northern plains natives could be seen clearly.
Ge Guang who was charging towards the front was dragged behind by the old tribe leader: "Stay behind me!"
Ge Guang shouted and after killing for a while, he moved towards the front again.
Ge tribe leader angrily grabbed him again and raised his hand: "Stay behind me, don't forget you are our Ge tribe's young tribe leader!"
"This old guy…" Fang Yuan sneered inwardly when he saw this scene. In the whole troop, the old tribe leader and him were the only two people with a clear mind.
"You guys go ahead, I will pin down these damned wolves!" Battle hall elder shouted.
His body suddenly inflated and became a giant rockman. He was a Gu Master at rank three peak stage, but now his cultivation suddenly surged to be comparable to rank four stage!
"Battle hall elder!" Ge tribe leader felt extreme heartache; battle hall elder was Ge tribe's second strongest expert, but he was sacrificing his life here.
"Once lord battle hall elder used this Gu, he had already sacrificed his own life…" Everyone felt an intense tragic feeling.
"Don't let battle hall elder's sacrifice be in vain, we will definitely turn the tide!" Fang Yuan shouted.
"Come, you beasts, let this old man keep you company. Hahaha!" Battle hall elder laughed heartily and with just his own strength, temporarily pinned down almost all the hundred wolf kings and thousand wolf kings.
With his help, the troop could finally reach the myriad wolf king.
"Kill!" Since things had already happened, Ge tribe leader charged forward without saying anything.
The rest also followed behind and sent out formidable killer moves.
Night wolf king spurted out acidic liquid and shot out poisonous needles, its whole body was covered with a layer of golden light and looked extremely ferocious.
"This is golden bell shield Gu, we must destroy it, only then can I use wolf enslavement Gu." Fang Yuan shouted.
Howl….
The wolf group howled and snarled as they surrounded the troop. Besides the Gu Masters, large numbers of night wolves were near the night wolf king.
The Gu Masters would have to deal with the night wolf king and also these ordinary night wolves.
More and more Gu Masters died; they used their life and blood to compose a moving battle song.
Night wolf king was extremely fast, much more faster than cheetahs. It did not have any fur but its black skin shone like armor and had great defensive power.
It moved here and there, and every time its strong and sharp claws attacked, an unlucky Gu Master would be torn to pieces. Every time its slender tail flung, the surrounding battlefield would be cleared.
Gu Masters continued to die and injuries also started accumulating on the night wolf king's body. But the golden bell shield Gu was still not broken.
The offense had only continued for a short while when a large group of wolf kings rushed over from behind.
Battle hall elder was dead and these wolf kings were no longer hindered.
"Wolf King, where are your reinforcements?!" Ge tribe leader shouted as his heart became filled with worry.
"Soon, just a little longer!" Fang Yuan hurriedly replied and ordered, "Ge Guang, lead a group and pin down these wolf kings."
"Understood! Uncle Chang can rest at ease, as long as I have a breath left, I will not let these wolf kings disturb you! Those willing to follow me, come over!" Ge Guang shouted and turned around, valiantly rushing towards those wolf kings.
Ge tribe leader's face turned purple with anger.
Fang Yuan shouted again from the side: "Brother Ge, don't be dazed, we need to quickly break the golden bell shield Gu. Once I enslave the wolf king, not only us, even the whole Ge tribe will be rescued!"
"Chang Shan Yin… If anything happens to my son, I will not let you off!" The old tribe leader swore in his heart.
He did not dare to call back Ge Guang under everyone's eyes, this would be showing favoritism openly. He could only attack the night wolf king in a frenzy.
"Tribe leader is mighty!" All the elders felt their morale raise when they saw the old tribe leader showing off his might.
"This old guy has extraordinary battle strength, he really concealed it deeply." Even Fang Yuan could not help looking at the old tribe leader in a new light.
Those who were at high positions definitely had some areas that surpassed others. The old tribe leader had led Ge tribe for so long, he was astute, capable and not a simple character.
The wolf king was ruthlessly beaten by the old tribe leader; it suddenly opened its mouth and shot out numerous eerie blue ghost fire.
Ghost fire Gu was a rank two soul path Gu. Once it advanced, it would be rank three ghost flame Gu. However, the ones being let out now were from the rank four ghost blaze Gu on the night wolf king.
The ghost fire surged rapidly, its bone-chilling coldness forced the Gu Masters to retreat; the tight encirclement also loosened.
Night wolf king thus gained precious time to take a breather and immediately prepared to retreat.
"Don't even think about it!" Ge tribe leader shouted and suddenly breathed in violently, sucking in all the ghost fire into his stomach.
Rank four — swallow fire Gu!
This Gu was not an attack Gu. Accurately speaking, it was a storage Gu, especially meant to store fire.
"This old guy has many good Gu worms." Fang Yuan was inwardly surprised.
Ge tribe leader's stomach inflated by three times after he swallowed all the ghost fire, appearing quite abnormal.
At the same time, his skin turned dark-blue, and blood started flowing out of eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
Rank four — vine claw Gu!
Ge tribe leader shouted and extended out his left hand.
His left hand inflated by five times and turned into wooden root. His five fingers turned into strong purple vines and like a snake or a whip, it whipped towards the night wolf king.
The purple vines grew quickly and bound the night wolf king.
Night wolf king's attempt to flee was thwarted, it struggled with all its might and used its enormous brute force to violently tear apart the vines.
Ge tribe leader's face turned pale, although he had cultivated strength path as a minor path, how could his strength compare to the strength of the night wolf king.
The purple vines were roughly torn apart. Ge tribe leader screamed in pain, his left hand turned back to its original shape and his five fingers were all broken!
"Wolf King…" The old tribe leader snarled.
Fang Yuan knew he was going to ask 'where are your reinforcements', thus he walked towards him and said: "Brother Ge, careful!"
Right at this time, the night wolf king's tail flung over.
Fang Yuan activated azure wolf skin Gu and moved towards the tail, appearing like he was blocking the attack for Ge tribe leader.
Smash.
A clear sound echoed and he was thrown far away by the wolf tail.
"This… I could have avoided it!" The old tribe leader was stupefied.
"Quick, go save Lord Wolf King!" Academy elder furiously shouted and rushed towards Fang Yuan.
The night wolf king rushed over, it could sense that Ge tribe leader possessed the greatest threat towards it, so it directed most of its attacks towards the old tribe leader.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The old tribe leader dodged and used his Gu worms to bombard the night wolf king; a man and a beast were fighting a life and death battle.
"Dragon Head Drill!" The old tribe leader attacked and retreated, before suddenly activating three Gu simultaneously, unleashing his killer move!
A four clawed wood dragon roared and soared. The dragon head turned into a pike and continuously spiralled, directly smashing against the night wolf king.
The golden bell shield Gu that had been protecting the night wolf king until now, flickered and finally broke.
Dragon head drill still had plenty of strength left as it pierced into the night wolf king's body. The night wolf king let out a painful howl; the sound was so loud that it seemed to tear everyone's eardrums, even suppressing all the mixed sounds in the battlefield.
With this heavy injury, the night wolf king's speed was greatly reduced and blood flowed out of it like a fountain.
But before the Gu Masters could rejoice, this night wolf king's eyes suddenly turned crimson, its battle intent surged and it counterattacked madly, forgetting all its pain.
Its battle strength had not fallen, but instead rose to almost double of its original strength.
"This is the rank four brave fight Gu, damn it! Chang Shan Yin, where is Chang Shan Yin!" The old tribe leader shouted.
"Lord Wolf King has fainted, we are currently healing him!" Academy elder and the others were protecting the 'fainted' Wolf King from the wolf group.
"Of all times, he chose this moment to faint!" The old tribe leader almost spurted out blood when he heard this. His eyelids fierce twitched and fiercely shouted: "Then, we won't wait for Chang Shan Yin! We will kill this myriad wolf king. The wolf group will collapse when we kill it!"
Although the night wolf king's strength rose, but without the protection of the golden bell shield Gu, it was easily injured.
The battle turned extremely bitter, almost every moment, there would be rank three Gu Masters being heavily injured or even dead.
With the intense battle lasting till now, the primeval essence in the Gu Masters were also almost used up. For the victory, they had to use this limited primeval essence to continue to battle.
Exchanging injuries for injuries, wasting each other's energy, the side that was able to remain standing at the end would be the victor.
The night wolf king felt the aura of death and became even more berserk.
The Gu Masters were all in disorder, only the old tribe leader was holding up a fight.
"Persevere, hold on!" The old tribe leader moved here and there, working as a rescue worker, and timely saved an elder. He repeatedly shouted, causing his voice to become very hoarse. His speed also became slower and his concentration started to slip.
He was old after all.
"Old tribe leader, careful!" An elder shouted from a short distance away.
The old tribe leader quickly turned his head and saw the night wolf king high in the air, pouncing towards him with murderous intent.
"Retreat!"
The old tribe leader had this thought, but his body could only stagger, the exhaustion had accumulated so much that had finally surpassed what his aged body could endure.
He was out of energy!
Boom!
The next moment, the night wolf king pounced and ruthlessly smashed him to the ground.
"Old tribe leader!!" Everyone shouted and rushed over as they forgot about the danger around them.
Ge tribe leader madly poured his primeval essence into his defensive Gu, creating a thick wooden shield.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The night wolf king's claws repeatedly smashed the wooden shield; the wooden shield only lasted for few breaths' time before it collapsed. The enormous wolf claws then smashed upon Ge tribe leader.
The old tribe leader had also used Gu worms similar to ancient bronze skin and essence iron bones Gu, but he was not able to resist the tyrannical strike of the night wolf king.
"Old tribe leader!" Everyone cried out and crazily attacked, trying to draw away the night wolf king's attention.
But the night wolf king only had Ge tribe leader in its eyes, it was going to kill the old tribe leader to vent its anger even if it had to endure the attacks.
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Chapter 458: Death of the Old Tribe Leader
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"Father!" Ge Guang immediately let out a wild howl at this scene, his eyes almost splitting open.
Brave fight Gu's effect disappeared, the night wolf king's battle intent disappeared and it got away from Ge tribe leader's body, pushed back by everyone's attacks.
"This is the moment!" Fang Yuan's heart stirred and he 'woke up'.
Rank four — wolf enslavement Gu!
Wolf enslavement Gu turned into a large cloud of smoke and moved towards night wolf king's head, covering it.
The night wolf king's battle intent had disappeared and with its heavy injuries, its consciousness was almost already on the verge of collapsing; and now it had to contend against Fang Yuan's soul.
Fang Yuan's soul already surpassed the strength of hundred man soul.
Night wolf king had an intense feeling of conflict, but it sensed the aura of a similar species from Fang Yuan's wolfman soul.
This feeling of conflict thus rapidly decreased and under the pressure of Fang Yuan's soul, it did not last for long; the smoke merged with its body.
"Success!" Fang Yuan's eyes shone brightly.
Wolf smoke Gu!
He quickly hurried to the battlefield and breathed out large amounts of wolf smoke, covering the night wolf king.
Night wolf king's critical injuries were soon stabilized.
It let out a long howl; under this howl, the night wolf group turned chaotic and shortly retreated.
Ge tribe's crisis was resolved!
However, the surviving Gu Masters did not have any happiness of winning. They gathered around a deep pit.
Inside the deep pit was Ge tribe leader.
Several Gu Masters were beside him, doing all they could to heal him.
Ge tribe leader's body had already become a mushy paste, but under this intensive healing, most of his body was gradually restored.
However, it was in vain!
His injuries were fatal, and following the exhaustion of the healing Gu Masters' primeval essence, the slight hope of bringing the old tribe leader back to life also completely disappeared.
"Father, father!" Ge Guang kneeled on the ground, grabbed Ge tribe leader's hand and shouted loudly in heartache.
"Old tribe leader…" Remaining elders were also filled with tears.
The old tribe leader's face suddenly had a trace of red, and before his death, he exerted his last strength to grab Ge Guang's hand: "My son, be careful of…"
He was just about to say Chang Shan Yin's name, but right at this time, Fang Yuan pushed his way through the crowd.
"Brother Ge!" His face was full of sorrow, his shoulders slightly shook and warm tears trickled down his eyes.
The old tribe leader gazed deeply at Fang Yuan, his mouth opened and closed a few times but in the end, he had no choice but to change the subject: "Son, from today on, you are Ge tribe's leader!"
"Father, you can't die, I am still lacking by a lot, I still need your guidance. Ge tribe needs you!" Ge Guang replied with tears covering his face.
The old tribe leader gasped like a fish that was out of water, his vision dimmed and his consciousness rapidly faded like the ebbing wave.
The aura of death on him was already extremely dense.
"But I am not at ease! I have too many things I am unable to let go of…"
The obsession in him allowed the old tribe leader to muster the final drop and trace of strength; he grabbed Ge Guang's hand, as his blurred vision cleared up for an instant.
An unknown burst of strength gave him a final breath of life; he shook Ge Guang's hand: "Son, you need to remember you are Ge tribe's leader. For the tribe, never let yourself be impetuous and let your emotions affect you!"
With these words, the old tribe leader's body stiffened and his raised head also softly fell down.
Life left his body. This Ge tribe leader who did his utmost for the tribe, becoming the leader at thirty-eight, and dying in battle at eighty-seven. For Ge tribe, he did everything that he could, using every last drop of his blood.
To protect Ge tribe, he fought an intense battle against the wolf group and bravely sacrificed himself!
"Father? Father!!" Ge Guang howled, not willing to accept this cruel reality.
But truth was truth, since it had already happened, there is no way to salvage or change it.
"Father…"
"Old tribe leader…"
The battlefield was engulfed in great sadness and crying voices lingered in everyone's ears.
Dawn gradually approached, in the main tent, bright light had been kept on for the entire night.
At daybreak, Man Tu finally received a letter Gu from the battlefield.
"As long as we take over Ge tribe, our Man tribe's power will double!" With this expectation, he opened the letter Gu and hurriedly skimmed through it.
His gaze soon dimmed, disappointment appearing on his face.
"Lord father, could it be that even though we exerted almost all our forces, we still didn't succeed?" Man Duo was at the side, having waited similarly for a long time.
Man Tu let out a long sigh: "The night wolf group had already charged to Ge tribe camp, but Ge tribe leader and Chang Shan Yin joined hands to gather all their high level strength and staked everything on a counterattack. Chang Shan Yin subdued the night wolf king and put an end to the desperate battle. Ge tribe made a comeback…"
"Chang Shan Yin, him again…" Man Duo fell into deep silence.
Soon after, his eyes brightened as he suggested: "Lord father, we have not lost yet, there is still the final third wave of the wind wolf group. I have a plan."
"Ah? Speak."
"Our Man tribe was defeated twice, the real reason being the Wolf King Chang Shan Yin. This person is indeed amazing, as long as we get rid of him, Ge tribe will be ours."
"What plan do you have, speak up, don't keep me in suspense."
Man Duo laughed sinisterly and frankly said: "Chang Shan Yin has subdued the night wolf king, this is his strength but also his weakness. With the night wolf king, he has control over the wolf night wolf group. Such huge battle strength surpasses the whole of Ge tribe. Chang Shan Yin has become a ferocious beast that is lying beside Ge tribe, as long as he has a slightly bad intention, Ge tribe will be in danger. An astute person like Ge tribe leader will definitely be fearful and afraid. We will use this to spread rumors and make Ge tribe suspicious of Chang Shan Yin, driving a wedge between them."
Man Tu regretfully sighed: "This plan is good, but is no longer useful. I haven't told you that the Ge tribe leader has already died under the night wolf king. Ge Guang has already succeeded the tribe leader position."
"What?" Man Duo was stunned, "That old fox actually died? How could it happen so coincidentally?"
With the Ge tribe leader's death, the whole Ge tribe only had Chang Shan Yin as a rank four Gu Master, others simply could not compete with him.
Add in the losses the Ge tribe suffered after two battles, and Chang Shan Yin's wolf group enlarging to over twenty thousand, the strength between the two sides was already completely overturned. The situation was all up to Fang Yuan now and with his high prestige, no rumors could shake his authority.
"Ge tribe leader died, but the Wolf King still remains strong and has again subdued a large wolf group. Lord father, does this mean we have no more chance?" Man Duo asked indignantly.
Man Tu snorted, he put the letter Gu on the table and got up from his seat, pacing across the main tent with his hands behind his back.
"What more can we do? Are we going to mobilize the tribe and send troops? We have already lost the excuse called Ge Yao, we have no proper reasons left. This time, I listened to your plan and mobilized the elders, that was already overstepping the borders. Chang Shan Yin, our Man tribe lost simply because of this person." Man Tu heaved a long sigh.
"Then the third wave of wolf group…" Man Duo hesitated before asking.
A ferocious light flashed past Man Tu's eyes: "Since we have already reached this stage, then continue luring them. We will create even more losses to Ge tribe. If this wind wolf group is also taken by Chang Shan Yin, then I will wait to see the great Wolf King make a fool out of himself!"
Several days later, Fang Yuan let his large army and welcomed the wind wolf group.
With his exquisite control, he was able to gain a huge victory. Besides killing the myriad wind wolf king, he also subdued large numbers of thousand wolf kings and hundred wolf kings.
After calculating the results after the battle, Fang Yuan discovered his wolf group had already reached an enormous number of thirty-five thousand.
It was like doing business, the early stage was the most difficult, once capital was accumulated, it would be easy to expand.
After three battles, Fang Yuan's army of wolves had taken its form.
But to reach this stage, Ge tribe also paid a huge price. Countless mortals died along with large numbers of higher-up Gu Masters. Less than half of the elders remained and even Ge tribe leader had to sacrifice himself.
"Uncle Chang, it is really thanks to you that our Ge tribe could break away from Man tribe's control." Several days later, Ge Guang paid a visit to Fang Yuan, bringing a rank four impermanence bone Gu with him.
"Uncle Chang's favor to Ge tribe is as great as the mountains and rivers. But Ge tribe is beset with difficulties inside and out, so we are not able to repay your kindness. Junior saw this rank four Gu in the tribe's warehouse, I thought it might be of use to uncle so I brought it over." Ge Guang calmly said.
Setbacks force people to mature. With his father's death, Ge Guang received the position and became the tribe leader. His entire personality seemed to have changed and was much more steadfast.
"You have only recently assumed the tribe leader position and have been managing the tribe, if you need any help, you can tell me. Maybe there are some disagreements with the other elders, you can tell me." Fang Yuan accepted the impermanence bone Gu and asked in concern.
"There might be two-faced elders. It is only that the tribe has few primeval stones currently and we also suffered huge losses to our provisions, providing for the injured and so on are emptying the tribe warehouse. The situation has stabilized now, several days ago, some tribesmen even secretly escaped. Sigh, especially the matter regarding food, if this continues, the provisions will be emptied out in half a month and the whole tribe will have to go hungry." Ge Guang said this and looked at Fang Yuan, his gaze somewhat evasive.
Fang Yuan chuckled: "I know what you want to say, the tribe has to expend a lot to feed my wolf group."
Ge Guang promptly stood up: "Junior is ashamed, uncle Chang has shown kindness to our Ge tribe, but right now, Uncle you…"
"Hehehe, no matter. Actually, even if you had not mentioned it today, I would have done so. The wolf group's number has gone up a lot, I do not wish to trouble your tribe. So I will personally lead the wolf group to hunt for food. At the same time, while hunting, I will intentionally cut down on their numbers. The wolf meat produced can be used as rations for Ge tribesmen." Fang Yuan warmly smiled.
"Uncle Chang, I don't know what I can say to express my respect towards you!" Ge Guang was moved, his eyes reddened as he realized a friend in need is a friend indeed.
"Speaking of it, I am also to blame for your father's death. After all, I made that suggestion. I will reduce my wolf group to thirty-two thousand, I will move along with your Ge tribe, I'm sure you need this protective force as well, do you understand what I am saying?"
"I understand."
Fang Yuan patted his shoulder: "Work hard, don't let down your father's expectations. You can leave now."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Looking at Ge Guang's receding figure, Fang Yuan sneered.
The young man was so naive and tender, if Ge tribe leader was here, he would already have tried all ways to weaken the wolf group right now.
After all, Fang Yuan already had the strength to exterminate the whole Ge tribe.
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Chapter 459: Lang Ya Blessed Land
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The sun slowly rose from the east, as rays shone down on the vast, limitless grassland.
Enormous iron-shelled flowers bloomed at a visible rate. A small pink rabbit jumped out of the flower.
This was a pink flower rabbit, a common animal in the grassland.
It did not dig holes, but instead lived in the stamen of the iron-shelled flowers. Iron-shelled flowers had steel like firm petals and could defend against wolves and birds.
The pink flower rabbit hopped towards a flower. It sniffed first and after sensing there was no poison, it began to eat it.
Suddenly, the pink flower rabbit's ears twitched, an intense warning emerging in its heart.
Whoosh.
Immediately, an iron feather arrow shot through it and stabbed into the grassland.
Two investigative Gu Masters were coming over from a distance on their hump wolf.
"Brother, your iron feather arrow Gu never misses."
"Sigh, the provisions in the tribe have been decreasing. We have no choice but to hunt down wild animals and provide food for the tribesmen."
The two were talking about Ge tribe's recent situation with worried expressions.
Although Fang Yuan decreased the numbers of his wolves and the dead wolves were also made into dried meat, to Ge tribe that had so many tribesmen, it could only ease a portion of their problems regarding supplies.
As the provisions decreased further, Ge tribesmen were panicking.
The two investigative Gu Masters continued forward.
Not long later, Ge tribe's troops also moved here like an old beast.
Most of the mortals were pulling big stomach horses, while some slightly well-off households were letting curved-horn bulls pull handcarts which were packed with goods.
Gu Masters were mostly riding on hump wolves and because there was no need to battle, a lot of goods were tied around the hump wolves as well.
Besides these, there were also the lizard house Gu that were very prominent, moving forward like an elephant with their huge legs.
Fang Yuan was lying in a lizard house Gu, his eyes closed as he rested his mind while meditating.
After he had taken in large numbers of wolves, the burden on his soul had become very heavy. Every day, he needed to sleep for at least four hours, and also close his eyes to rest his spirits from time to time.
It was not easy to become an enslavement path Gu Master.
Every path had its own expertise and advantages. At the same time, there were also disadvantages and difficulties.
His body followed lizard house Gu's movement, bobbing up and down. His mind went into his aperture.
The true gold primeval sea was slightly bellowing in waves, the crystal walls were bright and clear. With such degree of clearness, if he was in Hu Immortal blessed land, he could have already tried advancing to rank five.
But right now, Fang Yuan was in northern plains and his cultivation was slowed down temporarily.
He looked at his Gu worms.
His vital Gu rank six Spring Autumn Cicada was hiding its figure, hibernating at the center of the aperture.
Above the sea, a lump of dark cloud with the shape of a wolf was floating. This was the wolf smoke Gu, used specifically to heal wolves.
On the surface of the primeval sea was the rank five battle bone wheel; it still had many cracks and was drifting along with the waves.
The snow wash Gu was doing the same. It was like a snow willow leaf floating on surface of the sea.
Hints and clues Gu that looked like a cuttlefish was swimming in the primeval sea.
At the bottom of the sea were large numbers of wolf enslavement Gu; there were many rank two, few rank three and no rank four wolf enslavement Gu.
There were also two Strength of ten Jun Gu at the bottom. Fang Yuan had bought five Strength of ten Jun Gu, he had used three and now only two remained.
A Gu with the head of a wolf and stomach of a fish was lying at the bottom of the sea, roaming around from time to time.
This was wolf swallow Gu, a rank four storage Gu.
Fang Yuan had another storage Gu as well. It looked like a cup, it was the rank five moving perspective cup Gu. Naturally, it only had rank four effectiveness in northern plains.
Besides the ones in the aperture, there was a vague second pupil in Fang Yuan's left eye; it was wolf care Gu.
In his throat was wolf howl Gu.
On the underside of his tongue was ghost fire Gu.
On his chest was an azure wolf tattoo; it was azure wolf skin Gu.
On his back was a tattoo of a pair of eagle wings; it was rank three eagle wings Gu.
He also had bone bamboo Gu and wolf soul Gu, but they were already used up.
There were two rank four wolf sprint Gu on both his feet, they were used for movement.
Of course, Immortal Gu fixed immortal travel was buried in poison grassland.
"I have inherited Chang Shan Yin's set of Gu worms. Now, I have tens of thousands of wolves, I can say that I already have achieved small success in enslavement path."
But with this level of strength, bullying the weak was possibly but there were still many glaring weaknesses when fighting against experts.
Enslavement path's Gu Master's greatest fear was 'beheading the leader' tactics. When Fang Yuan collaborated with Ge tribe earlier, they were dealing with a wolf group that did not have high intelligence. It would be much more difficult to fight against Gu Masters.
As long as the Gu Master was not stupid, they would target Fang Yuan first.
Back then, Chang Shan Yin was able to kill off Ha Tu Gu's group of bandits; besides having thousand man soul, he had several myriad wolf kings, hundreds of thousands of wolves, and even a trump card; a pack of elite wolves made up of mutated white-eye wolves.
Fang Yuan's current strength in enslavement path was not even twenty percent of the real Chang Shan Yin.
"My biggest problem now is that I have hit a bottleneck, my cultivation in all aspects have halted. Regarding my soul, I have already cultivated a wolfman soul, and to further strengthen it, the best method is to use guts Gu. Unfortunately, I am in northern plains and cannot go back to Hu Immortal blessed land. Dang Hun mountain is also dying, waiting for me to save it. Because of Immortal Gu Gruel Mud's effects, fewer guts Gu are being produced now."
Several days ago, Fang Yuan used impermanence bone Gu to completely transform his bones into impermanence bones.
Human bodies were like leather bags where soul was stowed. Impermanence bones allowed Fang Yuan to make this leather bag firmer, containing thousand man soul was no longer a problem.
"My cultivation has stagnated because of the suppression from the region. My soul has also reached a bottleneck. Regarding strength path, after using three Strength of ten Jun Gu and raising my strength by thirty jun, it had also reached my body's limit."
"Besides this, with the explosive expansion of the wolf group, the disadvantage of enslavement path has become prominent. To feed these wolf group, I have to release them every day to let them hunt by themselves or lead them to hunt, and if my luck is bad, they might have to starve. The burden is too heavy and the resource consumption is also a lot. If this task was not entrusted to Ge tribe, it would not be something I can do alone."
Fang Yuan had taken the initiative to reduce the numbers of the wolf wolf group to reduce the pressure on him.
Enslavement path Gu Masters consumed a lot of resources and were often only raised by large scale clans. Even super clans could only nurture two to three of them.
These days, Fang Yuan had been considering how to solve the problem of food.
Different from others, he had one great advantage; he controlled a blessed land.
If the wolf group could be sent to the blessed land for feeding and be taken out when he needed them, this problem would be perfectly resolved.
But Hu Immortal blessed land was in central continent and hole earth Gu's range was limited to a region. That is to say, hole earth Gu could connect to any place in central continent, but it would be useless beyond central continent.
Hole earth Gu was of no use, so Fang Yuan thought of stargate Gu.
This was a new Gu invented during the chaotic battle of the five regions in his past life.
It was a rank five expendable Gu and had stricter activation requirements than hole earth Gu. It could only be activated using the power of the stars in black heaven, and only during the night when there were many stars in the sky.
But it had a huge range that traverse the five regions.
Fang Yuan had the recipe for stargate Gu, but the materials required were rare; it needed many ancient Gu worms and one or two supplementary materials were even from the immemorial era.
Moreover, the refinement success rate of stargate Gu was extremely low, there might not even be one success out of a hundred refinement attempts.
A reason as to why Fang Yuan did not try to exchange for the materials to make stargate Gu in his transaction with Immortal Crane Sect was this.
Another important reason was blue charm lightning shadow.
After Fang Yuan expelled the blue charm lightning shadow from the blessed land, it had been hovering around Tian Ti mountain, not having the slightest intent to give up entering Hu Immortal blessed land.
Immortal Crane Sect also did not take care of this problem, the Gu Immortals on Tian Ti mountain also only cared about their own problems and did not bother about other people's misfortune.
How was the use of stargate Gu and blue charm lightning shadow related?
As mentioned earlier, stargate Gu needed time to absorb the power of the stars in black heaven to form. But Hu Immortal blessed land was a world of its own and had neither a sun nor stars.
If Fang Yuan wanted to absorb the power of the stars, he would have to open the entrance and let the starlight from the outside world enter.
But if he did this, blue charm lightning shadow would use the chance to break in.
The trade-off was absolutely unacceptable.
Dang Hun mountain was dying, its might had greatly reduced; if blue charm lightning shadow entered the blessed land, it would make the current situation many times worse.
Thus, stargate Gu could not be used.
"It seems I can only look at Lang Ya blessed land to see if there is a way to resolve this. According to this speed, we will reach crescent lake in about seven days."
Fang Yuan sighed, placing his hopes on Lang Ya blessed land.
In the dark night with sparse stars, the moon shone brightly and cold wind blew.
On the grassland, there was a crescent moon shaped lake that was fifteen thousand li long and five thousand li wide. The two ends of the lakes were bent and pointed while the middle part was wide like a crescent moon. The lake was tranquil and gave off a crystal-like sparkle. The crescent moon in the sky and the crescent lake gave off their respective light.
It was crescent lake.
The aquatic plants were plentiful here, the surrounding was tranquil, and many kinds of living beings lived here.
There were three-horned rhinos, water wolves, dragon-fish, iron-shelled flowers, steep cliff grass and so on. Horseshoe trees surrounded this lake, forming a sparse woodland.
Lumps of pitch black dark clouds surged over from far away, bringing a chilling and evil aura.
The dark clouds blocked the moonlight and casted a dense shadow. The shadow was like an evil beast, crossing across the crescent lake's surface and stopping at its center.
"It is here." Several people stood on the cloud, and one of them was cackling.
He was ugly, his forehead was bulging out, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes were closed, and his ears were big and conspicuous. Having disheveled hair and wearing a black robe, he was giving off a thick evil aura.
It was none other than the rank six Gu Immortal — Gui Wang.
"Lang Ya blessed land is hidden here?" Loner Hong Yu casually asked from the side.
He was also a rank six Gu Immortal; with the appearance of a youth, round face and fair appearance.
"I personally investigated this, there can be no mistake. Calculating the time, it will soon be the time for Lang Ya blessed land to face its earthly calamity. Kekekek, we will observe the changes first and make our move together when the time comes." Gui Wang's tone was filled with confidence.
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Chapter 460: Number One Refinement Path Immortal of All Times
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Time passed bit by bit. The several figures on the dark clouds waited quietly.
Other than Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu, there were also three female immortals.
Each of these three immortals were beautiful and charming; they were the Hua Hai three immortals.
The cold looking blue robed immortal was Fairy Qing Suo. The petite and fair girl wearing a yellow garment was Fairy Huang Sha. The coquettish girl wearing a pink skirt was Fairy Fen Meng.
The three stood together at some distance away from Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu; like they were on different sides.
Fairy Qing Suo looked at crescent lake while Fairy Huang Sha and Fairy Fen Meng were conversing softly, glancing at Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu from time to time with vigilant gazes.
Not mentioning Gui Wang's ugly appearance that caused the three beauties to feel revulsion, Loner Hong Yu killed his own parents to refine a Gu, and betrayed his brothers, it caused the three female immortals of the righteous path to feel contempt.
But Lang Ya blessed land was an extremely important matter, the Gu Immortal that had resided here before was the famous 'number one refinement path immortal'— Long Hair Ancestor.
This person had rank eight cultivation and was extremely proficient in refinement path, having great talent in refinement path that was rare even during immemorial times.
He had lived a long life, he lived during the era of two venerables; Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.
What did this mean? This meant that these two rank nine Gu Immortals did not live as long as him.
His refinement path talent even made Thieving Heaven and Giant Sun, two venerables, sigh in admiration countless times, and concede to him. They had both requested Long Hair Ancestor to refine Gu for them.
In the statistics made by later generations, Long Hair Ancestor had refined at least thirty-eight Immortal Gu in his life; this was only the conclusive summary, it did not account for his many legends and rumors.
However, such a person also could not fight against the flow of the river of time and finally died of old age.
According to the rumors, he became a land spirit after death and was still refining Gu incessantly in Lang Ya blessed land.
Lang Ya blessed land was Long Hair Ancestor's residence, thus it contained large amounts of Gu worms recipes, including recipes for Immortal Gu!
Hua Hai three immortals might not like Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu, but the allure of Immortal Gu recipe was enough to let them set aside their righteous path identity and collaborate with these two demonic path Gu Immortals.
Time slowly passed.
Crack.
Suddenly a soft sound echoed, the space on top of crescent lake cracked open and revealed a shining flash of lightning.
"The earthly calamity has begun!" Gui Wang shouted excitedly.
For a while, above the center of crescent lake, lightning rumbled unceasingly.
This was no doubt the descent of the earthly calamity, having created a hole in the blessed land.
Loner Hong Yu's gaze shone as he stared at this scene without blinking.
Hua Hai three immortals glanced at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes; their breathing also became faster.
Immortal Gu were difficult to find, none of these five Gu Immortals possessed a single Immortal Gu. Of course, they had rank five Gu, and in large amounts at that, with all of them being top quality Gu.
But no matter how many mortal Gu they had, it could not match a single Immortal Gu.
Gu Immortals' thirst for Immortal Gu were much more greater than a lecherous person seeing an absolute beauty.
Rumble…
Thunder rumbled in the air above the lake with lightning smashing down continually, resembling a thunderstorm pouring from above.
The second hole, third hole… the earthly calamity created hole after holes.
"This is the earthly calamity — 'Endless Thunder and Lightning Rain', such terrifying might." Loner Hong Yu expressed shock at this sight.
"If this occurred in our Hua Hai blessed land, even if we three sisters join forces, we might not be able to resist it. Lang Ya blessed land is indeed worthy of being Long Hair Ancestor's residence, can we really snatch the Immortal Gu recipe this time?" Hua Hai three immortals looked at each other, their faces were pale.
Previously, Gui Wang had given them many benefits and thus Hua Hai three immortals came rushing over. Now, the three felt this task would not be easy and forcing their way into Lang Ya blessed land would not be a simple matter.
Gu Immortals were the elites of the human race with wisdom that far surpassed the norm.
Be it the Hua Hai three immortals or Loner Hong Yu, they were all cautious and vigilant.
Gui Wang observed everyone's expressions and coarsely laughed: "This dogshit world has always been trying to maintain balance! Blessed land has fortune, so the world sends down calamities and tribulations, doing all that it can to wear down this fortune. The better the blessed land is managed, the stronger the calamities and tribulations they will face. Look at the might of this 'endless thunder and lightning rain', isn't it comparable to those blessed lands that has forbidden grounds? Everyone, just think of it, how many recipes are stored in this Lang Ya blessed land? There are definitely many Immortal Gu recipes, otherwise why would this shitty heaven send down such a powerful earthly calamity?"
These words moved the immortals' heart.
Desire and vigor appeared in these people's gaze when they thought of the Immortal Gu.
"Gui Wang is right. I have also entered some blessed lands before, and those ownerless blessed lands that were on the verge of collapse had earthly calamities that were as weak as a drizzle. But the blessed land is extremely important, which Gu Immortal would not want it to develop well?" Loner Hong Yu laughed bitterly: "The more developed the blessed land, the stronger the calamities and tribulations, it is not easy to be a Gu Immortal…"
"Kekekekek… cultivation means going against heaven, this shitty heaven wants to weaken us and suppress us, so we have to go against it and progress." Gui Wang added.
"Both of you are rather extreme. Cultivation is actually following the mandate of heaven. We use Gu worms to study the great Dao and law of the world. We manage the blessed land in order to bring blessings and nurture fortune in place of heaven and earth, for all living things to prosper." Immortal Qing Suo retorted with a clear and pleasant voice.
Loner Hong Yu did not reply, he did not want to argue about this topic, considering the situation.
This was the difference in ideals between demonic path and righteous path. Since immemorial times, the difference in perspective had been debated with no conclusion to which is closer to the truth.
Gui Wang laughed and pointed to the hole below: "The earthly calamity has become even more dangerous. To prevent the land spirit from cutting off these holes, we should strike now."
"Alright." Loner Hong Yu expressed his support.
"Please make a move first, Gui Wang." The three immortal fairies reached a consensus.
Gui Wang snickered and took out a green grape immortal essence bead, he then activated a Gu worm that flew towards the hole while holding the immortal essence bead.
This Gu worm entered the blessed land, but it was either suppressed or destroyed by the earthly calamity, as Gui Wang instantly lost his connection with it.
However, Gui Wang's green grape immortal essence also entered Lang Ya blessed land and immediately exploded, causing the immortal essence in Lang Ya blessed land to be expended.
To Gu Immortals, every bead of immortal essence was very precious. Normally, the Gu Immortals would always try to accumulate them and would not use them lightly unless absolutely necessary.
Seeing Gui Wang act act as the example, the other four successively sent out an immortal essence bead.
Gui Wang sent his second immortal essence bead, and the others also sent their second immortal essence bead.
After Gu Immortals die, they would form into the land spirit, but will no longer produce immortal essence. The immortal essence left for the land spirit, would decrease the more it was used, while Gui Wang and the group were four people and occupied the advantage in numbers.
But even after a hundred rounds, this Lang Ya blessed land still had immortal essence to use.
Besides Gui Wang, the other immortals showed signs of hesitation.
"That Long Hair Ancestor was a rank eight Gu Immortal, although he died, the immortal essence he left were white litchi immortal essence. One hundred green grape immortal essence beads cannot compare to one white litchi immortal essence." When it was Fairy Fen Meng's turn, she held a green grape immortal essence bead but did not immediately make a move.
Gui Wang's eyes flickered with a dark light and sneered: "What are you afraid of? Long Hair Ancestor is a person from Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's times, and did everything to prolong his life till he was struggling at death's door during Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's times, and finally died of old age. Although he left behind white litchi immortal essence, but the blessed land has already endured through the eras of Spectral Soul Demon Venerable and Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable. The former Lang Ya grotto-heaven had already fell and became a blessed land. Now, how much white litchi immortal essence would there be left? Probably only some diluted immortal essence paste."
Loner Hong Yu chuckled: "Gui Wang makes sense. You guys also saw the earthly calamity just before. Lang Ya blessed land holds so many recipes, even including many Immortal Gu recipes, this good fortune is too big and thus the earthly calamity is so strong. Even if it has more white litchi immortal essence left, they would also be quickly exhausted."
"In this world, the daring are rewarded and the cowards starve! Throw in more immortal essence, having invested so much already, do we give up at this point? We might not be that far from succeeding." Gui Wang enticed.
The three female immortals glanced at each other, Fairy Qing Suo spoke: "You are correct, but our immortal essence was saved by us bit by bit, and did not appear out of nowhere. Let's do this, we will throw in fifty more beads and see what happens."
Like this, after sending immortal essence beads for fifty more rounds, Lang Ya blessed land started to show its inability to keep up.
Gui Wang laughed heartily as he cackled.
The three female immortals used to feel that Gui Wang's laughter was coarse and ear-piercing, but now they felt happiness from hearing it. They could almost see the Immortal Gu recipes beckoning them.
Thirty more rounds later, the four immortals' immortal essence entered the blessed land and inflated, mutually affecting each other and creating a chain explosion, but the blessed land had no activity.
This meant the blessed land's immortal essence was used up!
"Everyone, I shall move first!" Gui Wang suddenly laughed, and flapped his blue-black bat wings towards the hole, and was the first one to enter Lang Ya blessed land.
"Not good!" Loner Hong Yu shouted, and fearing he would fall behind, he turned into a red light and shot ahead.
"These demonic path Gu Masters are indeed treacherous and crafty!"
Hua Hai three immortals twitched their nose with anger and quickly followed behind.
The three immortals entered the blessed land and felt their rank five Gu could be casually activated.
"Lang Ya blessed land's immortal essence has definitely been emptied!" Fairy Huang Sha said with excitement.
The three immortals charged past the endless thunder and lightning rain and arrived at the depths of the blessed land.
However, what they saw was a scene of white clouds covering the whole area.
In the sea of clouds, there were twelve buildings, each decorated grandly and was majestic, having the beauty of a thousand years of history. Around the buildings; immortal cranes flew, feathermen hovered in the air, colorful clouds moved around and the fragrance of sandalwood pervaded the air.
"This is cloud soil, one can step on it like real land and its soil is very fertile, far surpassing the mortal world's soil." Fairy Qing Suo stepped with her beautiful feet and spoke excitedly.
"A scene worthy of the Old Ancestor Immortal!" Fairy Fen Meng exclaimed in admiration.
"Legend has it that within the twelve cloud buildings, there are countless recipes stored! To think I can see them personally today." Fairy Huang Sha felt really fortunate.
"Hahaha, everything is mine!" Far away, Gui Wang's ear-piercing voice spread to them, he was flying into a building on the sea of clouds.
As for Loner Hong Yu, he had already approached a nearby cloud building.
Hua Hai three immortals frowned and after looking at each other, they flew separately towards three cloud buildings.
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Chapter 461: Prophecy of Three Venerables
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Several days later.
Carts rumbled and horses neighed.
Ge tribesmen arrived at crescent lake and set up camp around the sparse horseshoe trees.
Ge Guang and the Ge tribe's higher-ups could finally heave a sigh of relief.
Aquatic plants were plentiful here along with large numbers of beast groups. They could hold a hunting festival and store provisions for their later journey.
"We finally arrived." Fang Yuan was overwhelmed in his heart.
At night, he used the excuse of leading the wolf group to hunt to leave Ge tribe's sight.
It was a moonless night, but there were many stars.
The wolf group sprinted against the flow of the night wind as they discovered several small-mid sized beast groups, devouring them one by one.
The wolf group excitedly howled, they had been in a half-starving state these days and now they could eat to their fill.
Even if he had a group of thirty thousand wolves, Fang Yuan still carefully maneuvered the wolf group's movement. The wolf group might be of a large scale, but crescent lake had many dangers, there was an even larger group of water wolves, a three-horned rhino group and a group of a thousand mutated beasts, and finally, a worm group that had hundreds of thousands and even up to a million insects.
Of course these worm groups and beast groups had their own territory and would not move around everywhere like those on the grassland.
There was plenty of aquatic plants beside crescent lake; they did not need to move around to search for food.
As long as Fang Yuan and Ge tribe did not invade their territory, the beasts and worms would not find any issues with them.
According to his previous life's memories, Fang Yuan moved along the lakeside towards the east and arrived at a stone forest.
This stone forest was very common; there were stone pillars which were grey, purplish black, greenish-yellow and so on, quietly standing straight with a precise distance between them.
There were many stone forests beside crescent lake, but this particular forest was rather special. If someone looked from high above, they would only see grey-white stone pillars and would discover that the stone pillars vaguely formed into a 'thief' 1 character.
This stone forest had a really impressive origin; it was personally created by Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable.
Back then, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable requested Long Hair Ancestor to refine a Gu for him. Thus, he made a bet with him, he won three rounds out of five; the Long Hair Ancestor had no choice but to accept his loss and agreed to refine the Gu.
Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable wanted to enter the legendary space door all his life, and requested Long Hair Ancestor to refine the Immortal Gu — Space Escape Gu, an Immortal Gu that could allow a Gu Master to enter the space door.
He placed all his effort in researching the recipe for it. Long Hair Ancestor was very excited and felt that the recipe was good and proper, but there were some places that could be improved.
After discussing with Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, the Demon Venerable became very happy and exclaimed that Long Hair Ancestor's refinement path attainment far surpassed his.
The two immortals cooperated and spent twenty-one years to successfully refine 'Space Escape Gu'.
However, although this Gu was refined and Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable could activate it, it was not able to enter the Space Door no matter what he did.
The Demon Venerable felt discouraged and the proud Long Hair Ancestor also suffered a huge setback.
Later, Long Hair Ancestor researched with Giant Sun Immortal Venerable but did not make any progress. The space escape Gu became the only failure in Long Hair Ancestor's life.
It was said that even at his deathbed, Long Hair Ancestor could not forget this. His good friend Immortal Yi Yan could not endure seeing his old friend pass away like this and expended fifty years of his life to deduce the future.
He predicted that many years later, after three great eras, three venerables would appear, two men and one woman. The first was Spectral Soul Demon Venerable, second was Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable and third was Great Dream Immortal Venerable. As for the problem regarding the space escape Gu, it would be solved by Great Dream Immortal Venerable.
Immortal Yi Yan was a rank eight wisdom path Gu Immortal and was proficient in making predictions, he often made accurate one sentence predictions, and was thus known as Immortal Yi Yan 2 . And this deduced prophecy would later be known as the famous 'Prophecy of Three Venerables'.
Sure enough, the world went through countless changes and continuously moved forward, after Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, Spectral Soul Demon Venerable appeared. After the Demon Venerable died, a rank nine male Gu Immortal appeared in righteous path and was, as predicted, known as Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable.
Now Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable was already dead, 'Prophecy of Three Venerables' was mostly complete, only Great Dream Immortal Venerable who has yet to be born remains.
Speaking of it, Long Hair Ancestor was both happy and sad at this prophecy.
Happy because the problem of space escape Gu could finally be resolved. Sad because he would not be able to see that day.
Long Hair Ancestor died and turned into a land spirit with only one obsession – to see Great Dream Immortal Venerable. As long as she solved the problem of space escape Gu, the whole Lang Ya blessed land would belong to her.
"Back then, when Long Hair Ancestor refined the space escape Gu for Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, the result was a failure but they could not find the problem with it. Being greatly embarrassed, he promised to refine nine more Gu worms for Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and he would even provide all the materials required to refine the Gu. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable later requested Long Hair Ancestor to refine six Immortal Gu. Before Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable mysteriously disappeared, he set up his inheritances in the five regions and made an agreement with Long Hair Ancestor that the remaining three chances for Gu refinement will be left for his inheritor. Long Hair Ancestor agreed and the two made a secret code."
"After more than a decade from now, one of the Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritances would suddenly activate and be known by everyone. The content of the inheritance is a riddle and the riddle points towards Lang Ya blessed land. From then on, a craze of solving riddles in northern plains with countless people trying to solve it started. The rumors spread endlessly, but no one succeeded."
"Later, Ma Hong Yun was forced to flee after being defeated on the battlefield and came running to crescent lake. At the lakeside, he encountered a premeditated ambush. Panicked and left with no choice, he ran over to this stone forest and accidentally discovered a passage in the stone forest. Going through this secret passage, he entered Lang Ya blessed land and met the land spirit. After getting the secret code right, Lang Ya land spirit refined three Gu worms for him as per the agreement."
"Ma Hong Yun obtained these three rank five Gu and after recovering from his injuries, he returned to the stone forest and turned the tide with great might; starting all over again and finally, he obtained the throne of the imperial court for the second time."
Fang Yuan recalled while slowly moving forward.
Then, his eyes brightened and he stopped before a purple stone pillar.
This stone pillar was also common, but a stone that was flat like a stool was near the bottom of the pillar.
During that time, after Ma Hong Yun was defeated, he was chased by the enemy troops and was already on the verge of death. He fled to this place and had nowhere to run with his injuries reaching a critical state.
He sat on this stone stool and gazed up at the sky while leaning on the stone pillar.
Suddenly, he felt that this stone pillar looked like his dear wife.
His consciousness was on the verge of collapsing, he used his blood-stained hand to gently caress the stone pillar and said with deep love: "Lian Yun, oh Lian Yun… I really regret not listening to your advice. I want to see you, I want to tell you personally: I love you, I was wrong…"
At this time, the enemies had already arrived and were raising their sabres high.
But at the next moment!
Ma Hong Yun suddenly disappeared; he had entered Lang Ya blessed land.
Fang Yuan sat at this stone stool, leaning on the pillar and gazing up.
But he could not see a woman's appearance anywhere on the stone pillar.
Fang Yuan laughed uncontrollably: "It seems this Ma Hong Yun was just thinking of his wife when he stared at the stone pillar. His longing was so deep that he could see Zhao Lian Yun on anything."
This Zhao Lian Yun was also a weird woman, in the future she became a wisdom path Gu Immortal and was a good wife to Ma Hong Yun, helping him strategise. But currently, she was only a little girl.
Fang Yuan took out a dagger and cut his flesh, letting the fresh blood smear this purple stone pillar.
Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable had put a mysterious Gu worm on this purple stone pillar. Blood was only the first criteria for its activation, there was still the second criteria, that was to say 'I want'.
When Fang Yuan said these two words, his body instantly disappeared and his vision suddenly changed.
When he regained his senses, he was in a room.
In the room, the smell of an alchemy furnace wafted in the air. There were dragon pillars, golden curtains, crane lanterns and vermillion windows.
A sagely old man was sitting cross legged on a bed of cloud, his eyes closed as if he was meditating.
He was thin with white hair, having a beard that reached his chest and a ruddy face like that of a baby's. He was wearing a wide robe and the two sleeves were fluttering in the air.
"Demon Venerable's inheritor Chang Shan Yin has come to pay respects." Fang Yuan touched his chest with his right hand and slightly bowed.
"You are Chang Shan Yin?" The old man slightly opened his eyes, his eyes flashed with bright light as he looked at Fang Yuan with a gaze that seemed to materialized, "This outer skin of yours is quite interesting. Hm… you used human skin along with shame plum, autumn voice grass. Hmm, there is also pill fire Gu, medicine strength Gu, and some…"
The land spirit frowned deeply and caressed his beard, a hesitant expression on his face.
He could actually see through Fang Yuan's disguise and even roughly deduce human skin Gu's recipe by just observing.
"Lad, do you want to exchange this Gu worm's recipe? I will use a similar grade Gu worm to exchange for it. Or you can choose a similar grade Gu worm recipe. Ah, right! Secret code, the secret code!" After speaking for a while, the land spirit suddenly remembered the secret code and smacked his head.
Fang Yuan shrugged his shoulders: "The secret code that you created with the Demon Venerable back then? Ha, there is no secret code. As for the human skin Gu recipe, I cannot exchange it yet."
"You don't want to exchange? Why!" The land spirit was furious, a heavy pressure pressed down on Fang Yuan; he could not budge, his whole skeleton emitted creaking noises under the suppression.
But he sneered with no concern: "I have my reasons for not doing the exchange. You do not need to know about it!"
The land spirit laughed sinisterly: "Hehe, you don't want to exchange, then I shall imprison you here and peel off your skin. After studying it few times, I can reverse engineer the recipe of this human skin Gu."
"No, you can't make a move on me." Fang Yuan was confident, "I am Demon Venerable's inheritor, you can't do anything to me before the agreement of the three Gu is completed."
According to Earth's understanding, the land spirit was equivalent to an artificial intelligence.
Except that, this land spirit birthed from Long Hair Ancestor had quite a high intelligence and was good at scaring others. In his past life, Ma Hong Yun had been scared by the land spirit and lost the precious opportunity to refine Immortal Gu, refining only three rank five Gu. After that incident, Ma Hong Yun regretted it endlessly. After becoming a Gu Immortal, whenever he thought of this matter, he would wring his hands and sigh.
"You!" The land spirit blew its beard and opened its eyes which seemed to puff out fire; a posture that seemed ready to kill.
But Fang Yuan remained unmoved.
The land spirit kept on staring for a long while before suddenly turning exhausted like a ball that was leaking air.
He then scowled miserably and got off the bed of clouds, walking towards Fang Yuan and softly pleaded while pulling his sleeves: "Young lad, please do a good deed and exchange this recipe with me, please?!"
Fang Yuan was speechless!
This… what was this situation? His attitude change was way too fast!
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Chapter 462: Exchanging Gu
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"Young lad, please have some tea. This is a high-grade cloud smoke tea, have a taste of it." Lang Ya land spirit sat at the edge of the bed as he brewed a cup of tea for Fang Yuan personally.
Fang Yuan sat at the spot the land spirit was sitting at previously, looking at this 'peculiar' land spirit wordlessly.
In the conversation earlier, Fang Yuan had talked to this land spirit, and understood — this land spirit liked collecting recipes, it will try its best to get its hands on any new recipes it discovers.
If it were any other person, the land spirit would've extorted and threatened him already. But Fang Yuan was a Demon Venerable's inheritor, he did not dare to do so, thus he could only beg nicely.
"Handsome young lad, is the tea not nice? Are you happy? For the sake of this tea, exchange that human skin recipe with me please." Lang Ya land spirit showed a smiling expression as he tried to please Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan drank his tea silently.
The mysterious, strong, and sagely image of Lang Ya land spirit collapsed rapidly.
"Young lad, do me a favor, pity this old man! I live alone here, I am so lonely, so bored, so thirsty. I can only look at these recipes daily to pass time. Are you so cruel, to reject the request of such a pitiful old man like me?" The land spirit had a grandpa appearance, having white beard, white hair, and white eyebrows, staring at Fang Yuan pitifully.
"Hey, have some self awareness, you are a land spirit, not a human." Fang Yuan's eyes were twitching.
"Young lad, whatever you say, as long as you will give the recipe to me, you can do anything to me!" The 'grandpa' winked at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan controlled his urge to kick this creep, as he shouted: "No means no."
"Lang Ya land spirit's body shuddered, as it started crying, rolling on the ground: "No, I want to exchange. I want the recipe, I want the recipe, young lad, you are too cruel, too ruthless, you lack compassion. Why are you not exchanging the recipe with me, will it kill you? Please just exchange it."
"Seriously, rumors cannot compare to meeting in real life…" Fang Yuan's head was full of black lines as the image of Lang Ya land spirit that he had broke into pieces, and was stepped into tiny shards on the ground.
However, this showed Lang Ya land spirit's innocence and sincerity.
The land spirit grandpa rolled on the ground and cried for a long time, but Fang Yuan did not relent.
He had no choice but to stand up, with tears all over his face, even his beard, hair, and eyebrows were wet.
"Young lad, what's wrong with your conscience? You are simply too cruel, as expected of the inheritor of a Demon Venerable…" The grandpa complained as he looked at Fang Yuan, like a wife who had just been cheated on.
Fang Yuan could not stand this gaze, he shuddered as he sighed: "Nevermind, nevermind, I can give you the human skin Gu's recipe. But you have to wait until the time is right."
"Young lad, you are awesome, you are the kindest person ever. So when will the time be right?" Land spirit was extremely overjoyed.
"Hehehe, five hundred years later."
Land spirit grandpa frowned, and immediately slumped: "That's so long away…"
"Hmph, this is the best I am willing to offer, why, you don't want to exchange anymore?"
"Of course I want to exchange. It's just five hundred years, I can wait. Young lad, I will be waiting for you, this is our agreement for a lifetime." The old grandpa said affectionately.
Fang Yuan held his face, sighing deeply: "I have a recipe here, I want to exchange it for connecting heaven Gu."
Once he heard Fang Yuan's request, Lang Ya land spirit's expression changed, he stood up right and raised his head slightly, showing an arrogant expression: "Oh, you want to get connecting heaven Gu…"
He spoke slowly and casually: "To tell you the truth young lad, I have an uncountable number of recipes here. If the recipe you produce is already owned by me, I will not take it."
Fang Yuan laughed confidently: "Old man, your era is long over. Bring me a brush and paper, I will write a portion of it for you."
Just after he wrote half of the content, Fang Yuan stopped.
"Write, write it, what else is there?" Land spirit stood at the side, scratching his ears as his eyes shone. He had already confirmed that this was a new recipe, he had never seen it before.
"This is a rank five recipe, where is your connecting heaven Gu?"
"Here, here." Land spirit waved his hand and a connecting heaven Gu appeared on the table.
Fang Yuan finished writing this recipe and refined the connecting heaven Gu, keeping it in his aperture.
At the side, land spirit looked at this recipe gleefully.
The Gu worm in the recipe was a new Gu discovered by Gu Masters five hundred years later. During the chaotic five region battle, it was an era of innovation, of all sorts of new Gu were developed and created.
Every time such a chaotic era appeared, a rank nine Gu Immortal would be born.
Fang Yuan had his previous life's memories, although he forgot a lot of things, he still had a great number of recipes inside his head.
These recipes, to exaggerate, were ahead of the current times by an era! Of course the land spirit had never heard of them.
"Do you have divine sense Gu?" Fang Yuan kept connecting heaven Gu and asked.
"Yes."
"Exchange?"
"You still have recipes?" Land spirit grandpa was shocked and overjoyed.
Fang Yuan smiled as he took the brush and paper, writing once again.
But this time, halfway through, the land spirit laughed: "Young man, I have the recipe of this Gu worm already."
"Oh?" Fang Yuan stopped writing, his expression was stunned.
He did not think that the land spirit was lying. Land spirits were pure, yes means yes, and no means no.
"If you don't believe me, you can look at this." Lang Ya land spirit grabbed the air, and a cowhide recipe appeared, landing on the table.
Fang Yuan took a look, it was the real deal.
"It seems that the Gu worms in my memories, although they only appeared five hundred years later, might not be new Gu after all."
Thinking so, Fang Yuan laughed, saying to the land spirit: "No worries, if this is no use, I have another recipe."
But this time, Fang Yuan only wrote a third of it before the land spirit clapped: "Although I do not have this recipe, I have something very similar, look at this."
Saying so, he handed Fang Yuan a recipe, it was 90% similar to his.
Fang Yuan immediately understood: "My recipe might have been improved on by a Gu Master using an ancient recipe."
"Young lad, this recipe does not have much value, I will not exchange for it." Land spirit said.
Fang Yuan revised his plans.
When Long Hair Ancestor was alive, he loved to collect and research on recipes. He was known as the number one immortal of the refinement path of all times. He lived for a long period of time, and collected a vast number of recipes, he could be said to have been an extremely successful collector.
As for Fang Yuan's generation of the new age, they had not reached the apex of the time period, at least Great Dream Immortal Venerable had not appeared yet. The Gu worm recipes in Fang Yuan's memories, compared to Lang Ya blessed land's accumulation from many eras, seemed to be extremely insignificant.
"Look at these then." Fang Yuan started scribbling again.
But for these recipes, either Lang Ya blessed land had it or it was a modified ancient recipe, the land spirit had no intentions to get them.
Fang Yuan was helpless.
In his memories, there were some Gu worms that were definitely new, but they had a great importance in the future, each represented a great benefit to him, and could easily change the situation of the regions. Once they get exposed by Lang Ya blessed land, his losses were small issues, but it might potentially alter history, the disadvantages were too great for Fang Yuan compared to the gains.
"Land spirit, look at this recipe." Fang Yuan thought, and wrote the stargate Gu's recipe.
Land spirit took a look and was interested. The more Fang Yuan wrote, the more its interest grew.
"I've never seen these recipes before, they are rather peculiar, very peculiar." The old grandpa muttered as he rubbed his chin.
This was a rank five Gu recipe, Fang Yuan successfully obtained the divine sense Gu from it.
"Young lad, this stargate Gu is interesting, it has the effect to cross the five regions. The five regions have their respective barriers at the boundaries, but this can actually make use the power of black heaven. This type of Gu worm, usually only hole earth Gu and connecting heaven Gu are popular classics. But this stargate Gu can compete with the two of them, and is not inferior in any way! Did you create this Gu's recipe?" Land spirit asked.
"Of course!" Fang Yuan admitted it without hesitation.
He had zero guilt in impersonating and taking this glory for himself.
Next, he started to brag shamelessly: "The few recipes earlier were also devised by me, although I also used some current recipes as the base for my research."
This act undoubtedly deepened his relationship with Lang Ya land spirit.
"Little friend, you have talent for refinement path, I am truly amazed!" Land spirit grandpa stopped calling Fang Yuan young lad, but started calling him little friend.
"But this stargate Gu has its weaknesses. You need to gather starlight at night to activate it. Other than that, this Gu's refinement success rate is low, but if we add a few supplementary materials into it, we can raise the success rate by 30%."
Next, the land spirit listed a few materials.
Fang Yuan frowned as he listened, he had never heard of these materials.
It seems that they were either materials from the immemorial era, or just simply too rare and unique, with little use normally.
Land spirit continued: "It seems this stargate Gu is best paired with the starlight fireflies. WIth the starlight fireflies, you will have starlight, and the stargate Gu can be used regardless of time or location."
"What?" Fang Yuan heard this and his heart pounded, asking quickly: "Starlight firelfies, what are starlight fireflies?"
"You don't know about starlight fireflies? That's true, they were already extremely rare during the immemorial era, and were extinct during the olden era. When the immemorial nine heavens were still around, most of the starlight fireflies lived in orange heaven." Land spirit exposed another ancient secret.
Fang Yuan was disappointed: "Since it is extinct, there's no need to mention it."
"The so-called extinct is merely in the mortal realm, recently, I saw a swarm of starlight firelight when making a transaction in treasure yellow heaven, I think it belongs to Star Lord Wan Xiang." Land spirit recalled.
"Really?" Fang Yuan's eyes were shining.
The reason he exchanged for connecting heaven Gu and divine sense Gu were so that he could impersonate a Gu Immortal and make transactions in treasure yellow heaven, to obtain resources and stop his reliance on Immortal Crane Sect.
Land spirit's words greatly increased his interest in the starlight fireflies.
Fang Yuan's eyes rolled, laughing craftily: "Land spirit, I still have many recipes here, but I only want starlight fireflies!"
Land spirit shook its head: "I can't exchange that."
"Why?"
"I do not have starlight firefly Gu." Land spirit said as a matter of fact.
Fang Yuan said snappily: "If you do not have starlight firefly Gu, can't you use connecting heaven Gu to buy it in treasure yellow heaven?"
The land spirit looked at Fang Yuan with a weird expression: "Why do I have to buy starlight firefly Gu?"
"If you do not buy starlight firefly Gu, how are you going to exchange for my recipe?"
Land spirit shook its head, adamantly saying: "Your recipe can only exchange for Gu worms I currently have in the blessed land."
Fang Yuan was speechless, the land spirit was rigid, it could not make such compromises, after all, it was not human, as a land spirit, it could not make flexible decisions.
In the end, after Fang Yuan talked until his lips were about to tear, no progress was made.
The land spirit only followed the rules.
Fang Yuan could only stop his attempt, but suddenly he had a thought: "Wait, you said you will only exchange for Gu that are currently in your blessed land?"
"Yes."
Fang Yuan licked his dry lips: "Then I'll use my Immortal Gu recipe to exchange for your Heavenly Primeval Treasure Imperial Lotus, is that okay?"
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Chapter 463: Fang Yuan's awkwardness
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Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus was a a rank six Immortal Gu, but it was not a natural Gu, instead was invented by Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable.
Rank three Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, rank four Heavenly Essence Treasure Monarch Lotus and rank five Heavenly Essence Treasure King Lotus could produce primeval essence, giving an enormous help in a Gu Master's primeval essence recovery.
Rank six and above Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus, however, produced immortal essence and had extremely huge use.
Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable relied on this Gu to become the person with the most abundant immortal essence among rank nine Gu Immortals in all history.
After Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable died, his Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus was protected with layers of layers of security, becoming a famous treasure in the world. However, after dozen of years, an extremely daring rank seven Gu Immortal stole it.
This rank seven Gu Immortal was the venerable after Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable, the one who became the heavenly thief, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable.
After Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable died, this Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus was also destroyed.
Long Hair Ancestor had many interactions with Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and after the Demon Venerable went missing for hundreds of years, Long Hair Ancestor tried to refine the Gu. Finally, he succeeded in refining a rank six Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus.
Later, he developed a preference for it and advanced it to rank eight stage.
Immortal Gu were one of a kind and their names also remained the same. After they advance to stages beyond rank six , their names would not change.
For example — Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus and Spring Autumn Cicada; when they advanced from rank six to rank seven, they would still be called Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus and Spring Autumn Cicada.
After Long Hair Ancestor died, his obsession merged with the heavenly power to form a land spirit. This rank eight Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus also remained in Lang Ya blessed land.
"Lang Ya blessed land would later be accidentally discovered by a soul path Gu Immortal called Gui Wang, leading the first wave of attacks. The result was that they were captured by the land spirit. However, the news regarding Lang Ya blessed land was leaked by Gui Wang and attracted more Gu Immortals. Later, a second wave of attacks came, and later, the third wave and so on. During the seventh wave, the heavenly court dispatched several rank seven Gu Immortals who brought Immortal Gu to the mortal realm."
"After a tragic battle, Lang Ya blessed land finally collapsed while the Gu Immortals also suffered disastrous losses. Feng Jiu Ge died in this battle. However, Lang Ya blessed land's great number of recipes were taken by the heavenly court. Central continent's strength thus rose sharply and with just their strength, they attacked the four great regions."
With his previous life's memories, Fang Yuan was clear of the future development.
At this moment, when Fang Yuan suddenly mentioned the use of Immortal Gu recipe to exchange for Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus, the land spirit refused without hesitation: "This is not possible! Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus can produce immortal essence, it is the reason why I can defend against the calamities and tribulations. At the same time, I need to use these immortal essence to refine Gu. Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus is non-exchangeable."
"Is that so." Fang Yuan nodded with some disappointment since he had some expectations.
However, the land spirit's next sentence ignited his hope again.
"However, I have other Immortal Gu here. What recipe do you have? Rank seven recipe can only be exchanged for rank six Immortal Gu. Rank eight recipe can be exchanged for rank seven or rank six Immortal Gu."
Fang Yuan's eyes let out a bright light.
He knew Lang Ya blessed land had a rank seven beast enslavement Gu.
This Immortal Gu could subdue any wild beast in the world; including mutated beasts, myriad beast emperor, even desolate beasts and ancient desolate beasts!
Long Hair Ancestor used this Gu to subdue many desolate beasts, including several ancient desolate beasts whom he buried under the twelve cloud buildings.
With these desolate beasts' protection, the whole Lang Ya blessed land became a fortified castle and was able to resist till the sixth wave of Gu Immortals' crazed attack, and finally fell at the seventh wave.
"This beast enslavement Gu is extremely important to the blessed land, the land spirit definitely won't exchange it. But Long Hair Ancestor has refined many Immortal Gu, he definitely had more than just beast enslavement Gu and Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus."
Fang Yuan felt a rush and after thinking for a moment, he began to write a recipe.
The old land spirit looked from the side with his hands behind his back. After observing for a while, he started laughing: "This is the second aperture Gu's recipe, right?"
"Eh? You have this recipe too?" Fang Yuan stopped writing.
"Of course, I have countless recipes here, including thousands of Immortal Gu recipes." The land spirit said proudly.
'Such wealth, I see why even the heavenly court decided to attack.' Fang Yuan's eyes flashed as he sighed inwardly.
"In that case…" He contemplated and started writing on another paper.
He was writing the recipe for the rank six Blood Deity.
The land spirit's eyes immediately let out a bright light when he saw the start of the recipe. But the light gradually dimmed.
When Fang Yuan had written the third line, the land spirit said: "Although your blood path recipe might be amazing, it is only a remnant recipe. Even though some parts were patched up, there are many conflicts in the steps; there is a very small chance of successfully refining it. You cannot exchange this recipe for an Immortal Gu."
Fang Yuan let out a sigh.
Back then, this Blood Deity recipe that he obtained was a remnant piece. After his painstaking research and request for other Gu Immortals to repair it, this current recipe was formed.
He knew, however, this recipe was not accurate. The reason why he did not choose to refine Blood Deity in his previous life was also mainly because of this.
Later, through a coincidental opportunity, he obtained the accurate recipe for Spring Autumn Cicada. Thereupon, he abandoned the Blood Deity to refine Spring Autumn Cicada.
However, Spring Autumn Cicada involved his greatest secret of rebirth, even if Lang Ya blessed land did not have this recipe, Fang Yuan would not take it out to exchange.
He had taken the initiative to expose it in three kings blessed land because he was in dire straits and wanted to gamble for an overwhelming benefit.
However, right now, he was not in a tight spot and thus did not need to take the risk.
Since it was like this, Fang Yuan did not continue writing the recipe for the Blood Deity.
The Immortal Gu recipes he knew was only about a dozen. But most of them was remnant recipes. Blood Deity's recipe was already the best of these remnant recipes.
He only had two intact and correct Immortal Gu recipes; second aperture Gu and Spring Autumn Cicada. However, Lang Ya blessed land already had the recipe of the former while Fang Yuan did not dare to expose the latter.
Fang Yuan fell into silence and after thinking for a while, he asked: "Land spirit, can I use rank five recipe to exchanged for a stargate Gu?"
The land spirit shook his head: "No. You can only exchange for the Gu worms that I currently have."
Fang Yuan was unresigned and asked: "Land spirit, could it be that you don't want to refine stargate Gu? This is a completely new Gu we are talking about here."
"Of course I want to. Although it is not suitable for me to use, I can put it in treasure yellow heaven to sell. Hmm… but I can refine it whenever I want to, and I am not certain when I will do it." The land spirit suddenly reacted.
He showed his intelligence at this time.
"Little friend, you are Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritor. You have three opportunities to ask me to refine Gu. But if you want to refine Immortal Gu, whether it succeeds or fails, it will be counted as one chance. If you want to refine mortal Gu, I will definitely make you the Gu. If you want the stargate Gu, I can refine it successfully for you." The land spirit proposed.
Fang Yuan suddenly realized that there were these small details.
No wonder Ma Hong Yun choose to refine three rank five Gu; at that time, when he fell into this place, he was only a mortal and might not know the value of a Immortal Gu. Moreover, a mortal body cannot use Immortal Gu. Thus, he refined three rank five Gu that could immediately increase his battle strength. After returning to the outside world, he turned the tide around, gathering his troops again and turned defeat into victory.
When Ma Hong Yun later became a Gu Immortal, he realized how precious the opportunity in Lang Ya blessed land was. Unfortunately, he could only regret at that time.
Ma Hong Yun's awkwardness became Fang Yuan's awkwardness too.
Fang Yuan was only a mortal now, even if he got an Immortal Gu, he could not use it. Little Hu land spirit could use Immortal Gu, but whether it was hole earth Gu, connecting heaven Gu or stargate Gu, they could not support an Immortal Gu.
That is to say, even if Fang Yuan possessed an Immortal Gu, he could not send it to Hu Immortal blessed land.
Moreover, these three opportunities to refine Immortal Gu also had a precondition, that is Fang Yuan had to provide the recipes for them.
If there was an error in the recipe, the refinement would fail. Immortal Gu were the only one of its kind, if someone else already possessed that Immortal Gu, the refinement would fail then as well.
According to the land spirit's words, if the Immortal Gu refinement fails, one opportunity would be lost.
Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable could refine six Immortal Gu at that time; one reason was because Long Hair Ancestor was arrogant and refused to fail intentionally, and another reason was Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable was brimming with talent with formidable ability and had made sufficient preparation and made use of every opportunity, causing Long Hair Ancestor to lose great amounts of precious and rare Gu refinement materials six times.
Now, Long Hair Ancestor was dead and had turned into a land spirit, although he would not play tricks when refining Immortal Gu for Fang Yuan, he was after all a land spirit and not Long Hair Ancestor himself, thus his ability in Gu refinement was greatly reduced.
'In that case, do I waste one precious opportunity to refine a stargate Gu?'
Fang Yuan fell into deep contemplation.
According to common sense, these three opportunities should be sufficiently exploited to refine three Immortal Gu like Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable did back in the day.
However, Fang Yuan had huge problems in doing so.
Firstly, he did not have Immortal Gu recipes. Secondly, he did not have the ability of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable, and could not guarantee the success of Immortal Gu's refinement. If the refinement failed, it would mean one chance wasted. It was worse than refining a rank five Gu. The final crucial point was that he was only a mortal and could not use Immortal Gu. Although Immortal Gu had a very high value, it was of no help to him and would instead attract disaster, it would be worse than a rank five Gu.
Even rank five Gu was not suitable for Fang Yuan; with Fang Yuan's current situation in northern plains, using rank four was the best.
"Of course, I can leave these three opportunities for now. Anyway, I have already obtained the opportunities, even if Ma Hong Yun came personally or that Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritor appears, there would be no effect. However, I truly need stargate Gu at present!"
Fang Yuan was hesitating and felt that he was in an awkward position.
His current strength path cultivation only had thirty jun of strength, he urgently needed Gu worms to reform his skin and flesh. In terms of enslavement path cultivation, there was a great burden in feeding the wolf group and without a tribe to support them, he could only maintain around thirty thousand wolves by himself.
In terms of soul, the wolfman soul was already formed, he could go to Dang Hun mountain and use guts Gu to strengthen it. In terms of cultivation, he fulfilled the conditions to breakthrough, but because of the region's suppression, he could not breakthrough to rank five right now.
His current situation was like a chess player with all the chess pieces in places where they could not be moved. He was stuck in a deadlock, facing a huge bottleneck.
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Chapter 464: Either Eternal Life or Shit
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If there were no external influences and Fang Yuan could just rely on his own strength, he would be able to accumulate strength and breakthrough when the opportunity comes.
However, because of Spring Autumn Cicada, what he lacked was time. Not only that, if he wasted time and could not make it to some opportunities, the advantage of his rebirth would also be gone.
"These three chances are indeed very precious. Although blindly saving these chances for the future may give the impression that I will be able to make full use of these opportunities, it will in fact delay my growth. Specific situations need specific analysis; I cannot blindly follow Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's example, but Ma Hong Yun's choices also wasted these three chances."
After deep and careful contemplation, Fang Yuan made his decision.
"Land spirit, I have thought it through." Fang Yuan spoke slowly, "This time, my request is for you to refine stargate Gu. As for the remaining two chances, I will leave it for later."
"You really want me to refine stargate Gu? You need to know you are giving up a precious chance to refine Immortal Gu. Maybe, you can take a gamble and use that recipe for Blood Deity." land spirit instead tried to persuade Fang Yuan.
He liked recipes to an extreme degree, Blood Deity's recipe might be damaged but he still wanted to collect it.
Fang Yuan shook his head, when he decided on something, he would not hesitate: "No, refine stargate Gu."
"Alright. There is no strongest Gu worm in this world, only a Gu worm that is most suitable for oneself. You can't use Immortal Gu, but looks like this stargate Gu is extremely useful to you. I will refine this Gu for you."
The land spirit grandpa then willed as he teleported five Gu Immortals over.
Among these five Gu Immortals; one was very ugly, one had a ruddy face, one wore blue clothes, one wore yellow garments and one wore pink skirt. They were Gui Wang's group.
They attacked Lang Ya blessed land, throwing in their green grape immortal essence to expend Lang Ya blessed land's white litchi immortal essence.
However, the result was that the land spirit had intentionally shown weakness in order to capture all of them.
Lang Ya blessed land had rank eight Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus and would never lack white litchi immortal essence. Gui Wang and the group did not have an Immortal Gu, thus the land spirit enticed them into the blessed land.
It waited till these five rushed into the cloud buildings before confining their rank five Gu.
Gui Wang and the rest realized the situation was bad, promptly using all their immortal essence but they could not compare to the Lang Ya land spirit.
The land spirit did not use even a single desolate beast to capture these five immortals.
Having cultivated to this stage, the five immortals knew to adapt to the circumstances and immediately chose to save their lives by submitting to the land spirit.
After finding themselves teleported over, they soon reacted and bowed to the land spirit, greeting together: "Subordinates greet Lord Lang Ya land spirit!"
"Hm…" The land spirit stroked his snow white beard, recovering his sagely demeanor just like when Fang Yua first saw him.
"This is Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritor Chang Shan Yin, greet him." land spirit introduced Fang Yuan.
"Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritor?!" The five immortals looked at each other, clearly seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
Their contempt towards Fang Yuan because of his mortal identity immediately disappeared. Who was Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable? He was a rank nine Gu Immortal!
Since Immemorial Era to Remote Antiquity Era, Olden Antiquity Era, Medieval Antiquity Era, Early Antiquity Era to present age, only around ten venerable level Gu Immortals had appeared in human history.
An inheritor of a rank nine Gu Immortal…
This identity shocked the five immortals before this shock turned into envy and jealousy.
"Why don't I have such luck to become an inheritor?"
"This kid's luck is too good, simply too heaven defying. He actually became Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritor!"
"Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable had set up many inheritances, it is rumored that his greatest inheritance is in space cave. I wonder how many inheritances did he get?"
The five immortals' thoughts surged rapidly while they greeted Fang Yuan.
The act of Gu Immortals greeting mortals was like an elephant kowtowing to an ant. But the five immortals did not feel any humiliation.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan was extremely indifferent, even if a rank nine Gu Immortal kowtowed to him, he would not feel any honor. If the roles were reversed, even if he had to beg and kneel to a mortal, he would not feel any humiliation.
In his eyes, all that would eventually die were equal.The only difference was whether they died early or late.
Be it those with status and social class, whether they were nobles or peasants, they were nothing more than a group of fools waiting to die. All of them live in a fake world with self-imposed rules, by comparing the lives of each other, a portion of these fools would feel that they were living a great life.
In truth, those fools who think of themselves as nobles or aristocrats were only deceiving themselves. And those fools who think of themselves as lowly are even more pitiful. Are kings given their high status upon birth? All living beings are born equal, why should one bow to others?
"There is only immortality, only eternal life should be the goal one should pursue! If one cannot live forever, is there any difference between a rank nine Gu Immortal and a pile of shit in the gutter?! I am a huge fool, but I do not wish to be a fool that is made of shit…"
There was no way to express such mental behavior and aspirations to others, and even more importantly Fang Yuan did not want to express them.
Fang Yuan indifferently accepted the greetings of the five immortals then looked at Lang Ya land spirit: "Land spirit, are you not going to personally refine the Gu?"
"Of course I will personally refine it, but having these five as support can be considered making use of trash." Land spirit snickered.
Being called trash and also being disregarded by Fang Yuan caused these five immortals' expressions to turn unsightly.
Rage was burning in them, but they were captives right now and they could not flare out. They could only helplessly hold in this anger and listen to the land spirit's commands.
However, the first try at Gu refinement by former Long Hair Ancestor who turned into a land spirit, along with the help of five immortals, ended up in failure.
"Hmph, this stargate Gu is rather difficult. There was no mistakes from me, but rather the refinement itself has only a fixed success rate." The land spirit explained and said to Fang Yuan, "Don't worry, stargate Gu is only rank five, I will definitely complete the refinement for you."
"Hehe, I will be waiting." Fang Yuan lied down on the cloud bed with no hurry.
The time flow in Lang Ya blessed land was thirty-six times faster than the outside world. Over a month here would only be a day in outside world.
The land spirit had inherited Long Hair Ancestor's arrogance and his temperament became bad when he failed.
He glanced at Fang Yuan and saw that he had already finished drinking the cloud mist tea, he casually pointed to an immortal: "You! Clumsy and having breasts for brains, I don't need you to refine the Gu, go make tea for my little friend!"
The female immortal who was scolded and ordered was Fairy Huang Sha.
She was furious, but did not dare to flare up as her life was in Lang Ya land spirit's hands. She could only bite her lips and forcibly restrain her anger to steep tea for Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan, however, said: "I don't like to drink tea, do you have wine here? I only like drinking top quality wine, there should be some in your grand Lang Ya blessed land, right?"
"Hmph! Why would there not be? Celestial horse wine and destitute wine, both are top quality wine, which one do you want to drink?"
"Bring out both of them for me to taste." Fang Yuan said without batting an eyelid.
Thereupon, Fairy Huang Sha became Fang Yuan's serving maid.
The celestial horse wine was milky white and gave off a thick fragrance of milk; it tasted silky, mellow and soft. Destitute wine did not have any special color, looking like clear soup, and did not have even a bit of wine fragrance; it also tasted flavorless. However, the after-effect was extremely strong, usually only one mouthful would be enough to make one completely drunk for seven-eight days.
Taking advantage of the land spirit refining Gu, Fang Yuan just took a light sip before openly storing these two vats of wine in wolf swallow Gu.
The second Gu refinement attempt also failed.
The land spirit's expression became even more unsightly as he howled: "Hmph, I don't believe it, I will continue!"
The land spirit naturally sensed Fang Yuan storing the wine, but right now because of his self-respect, he chose to ignore it.
"Young master, please be merciful and save this servant." Looking at the land spirit and the rest going for third attempt at Gu refinement, Fairy Huang Sha implored to Fang Yuan with a soft and weeping voice.
Her skin was white and tender, like a litchi whose skin had just been removed. Her eyebrows were bluish-black, her eyes were like a lake hiding an amorous gaze. Her breasts were very big and her waist was thin, her figure was endlessly seductive and one could even say it could shock heart and soul.
Right now, as she talked with eyes that had tears in them, let alone men, even women would be moved.
"If you can save this servant, I am willing to serve you for my whole life and follow your orders." Fairy Huang Sha implored again with soft voice.
This was a pleading from a female Gu Immortal!
If it were any other mortal men, they would already be extremely moved and their little brother would furiously rise up. Men all had a desire to conquer, especially if it was conquering a noble woman.
But Fang Yuan did not even glance at her. These five immortals were all cannon fodder in his past life, they all died in Lang Ya blessed land. They paid a proper price for their greed and impulse.
Although Fairy Huang Sha was beautiful, she was no different from a pile of dung in the gutter in Fang Yuan's mind.
"But if I cannot obtain immortality, I am also a pile of shit in the gutter… hehehe." Fang Yuan sneered in his mind.
Fairy Huang Sha was about to plead again. She had complete confidence in her beauty, and right now she had a feeling that this person might be her only chance to escape with her life.
However how could she know Fang Yuan was even more abnormal than Lang Ya land spirit.
"You are too noisy, get lost." Fang Yuan directly kicked the half leaning delicate body of Fairy Huang Sha.
Fairy Huang Sha fell down on the floor, she was baffled and could not react for a long while.
She was actually rejected? Is he not a man?!
A strong sense of humiliation struck her proud heart, causing her face to become twisted and her gaze towards Fang Yuan filled with extreme resentment.
"Hehe." Fang Yuan scoffed, got off the cloud bed and walked towards Fairy Huang Sha, then he lifted his foot in front of her face.
A dull sound was heard, Fairy Huang Sha was kicked over and her head struck the floor, producing another heavy dull sound.
Her rank five Gu worms were all taken away. Under the situation where her immortal essence was used up and was under Lang Ya blessed land's suppression as well, how could she be Fang Yuan's match?
"You!"
Fairy Huang Sha's lungs were about to burst with anger, her incisor tooth had broken from the kck, causing her mouth to fill with blood. She let out a deep growl and her expression turned malevolent; compared to her weeping and pitiful look just before, they looked like two completely different person.
"Hmph, how can mere beauty entice me? If you look at me one more time, do you believe I will not smash all your teeth?" Fang Yuan's dark and deep pupils shone with cruelty.
Fairy Huang Sha's delicate body shuddered, she tightly clenched her fists and seemed to exhaust all her strength to stand up.
But she lowered her head in the end and did not look at Fang Yuan again.
At the other side, stargate Gu's refinement failed again.
The land spirit stomped his foot in anger, his expression turning even worse. He was aware of the situation with Fairy Huang Sha.
He approached Fang Yuan and smiled: "Little friend, please don't get angry. I just captured this little thing, so haven't had the time to teach them properly. You can play with her if you want, make her dance or strip her clothes or do anything you want. Hehehe, materials have been used up, I will go buy them."
Hearing these words, Fairy Huang Sha seemed to have fallen into an ice hole. An intense feeling of humiliation surged in her heart like a tide.
"Make me strip my clothes and dance?!"
This proposal made her feel incomparably cold and afraid. Since young till now, she had never received such treatment. A grand Gu Immortal being played with, Fairy Huang Sha felt it would be better to die instead!
Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu at the side seemed to have been stimulated as they licked their dry lips and looked at Fairy Huang Sha with burning gaze.
The two who were normally close to Fairy Huang Sha like sisters, Fairy Fen Meng and Fairy Qing Suo, remained silent as if they had not heard anything.
As the tragedy was about to unfold, Fang Yuan sneered: "Strip her clothes, make her dance? No need, what meaning is there in that? Lust? Desire to conquer? Hmph, nothing but pointless urges. What I am interested in now is only stargate Gu."
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Chapter 465: The night sky is really beautiful
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Gui Wang and Loner Hong Yu were very disappointed.
Fairy Qing Suo and Fairy Fen Meng let out a breath of turbid air, their expressions were complex.
The heavy stone in Fairy Huang Sha's heart fell and her body completely relaxed, almost falling down to the ground. The hatred in her heart towards Fang Yuan and the land spirit deepened by several times.
"As long as I can escape, as long as I can make a comeback, I will cut your bodies into a thousand pieces to relieve this hatred in my heart!"
"Hehe… little friend is indeed worthy of being a Demon Venerable's inheritor." The land spirit let out a forced laughter and took out connecting heaven Gu.
This connecting heaven Gu turned into a round mirror when it was activated and flew to the top of the land spirit and stayed there.
The scene of pitch darkness in the mirror suddenly changed, letting out a bright yellow light.
The land spirit activated divine sense Gu, divine sense was transmitted into the mirror in waves after waves, and exchanged with other waves of divine sense.
At the same time, the surface of the mirror continuously changed and showed pictures of all kinds of materials.
The land spirit seemed to have already made an agreement; he took out two immortal essence stones out of nowhere and threw into the connecting heaven Gu.
The surface of the mirror seemed to ripple; the immortal essence stones went into the mirror and materials were spurted out by the mirror one after another.
"This time, I have bought twenty sets of materials, I don't believe the refinement won't succeed!" The land spirit said fiercely.
The Gu refinement began again and at the final stage, bright starlight converged to become a pair of oval stones.
"Success!" The land spirit laughed heartily and handed these two oval blue gemstone like Gu worms to Fang Yuan, "This is stargate Gu, I have finished the agreement."
"How do I know if it works or not?" Fang Yuan held this pair of stargate Gu and asked.
The land spirit fumed in anger as if it had received a great insult: "Are you doubting my Gu refinement ability? You can exchange it if it won't do!"
"Alright, I shall take my leave then." Fang Yuan was extremely straightforward and expressed his intent to leave.
The land spirit fiercely stared at his eyes: "Leaving just like that? Then the remaining two chances, you won't use them now?"
"I am saving them for now. Where is the exit?"
The land spirit waved his hand, teleporting the five immortals away. His expression then greatly eased: "What recipes do you have now? Write them all out and let me look."
"None left. If I had any, I would have exchanged them with you." Fang Yuan shirked.
"I have a feeling little friend, you have something good still left!" The land spirit looked at Fang Yuan doubtfully and mumbled, "Alright then, I shall wait for your return."
The land spirit then waved his sleeve.
Fang Yuan's vision blurred and when it cleared, he saw he was back at the stone forest. Beside him was the stone stool he sat at before and behind was that purple stone pillar.
The stars shone brightly at the sky, the temperature was low and one could see their breath coming out.
Everything before seemed like a dream, causing Fang Yuan to feel like it was all a life-like illusion.
He looked at the sky, he had spent quite some time in Lang Ya blessed land, but only 1/36 of that time had passed in the outside world.
Stargate Gu, divine sense Gu, connecting heaven Gu and the two small vat of top quality wine in wolf swallow Gu were clear evidences that allowed Fang Yuan to recall this fortuitous encounter.
"I had intended to use all the three chances, but who knew I could use recipes to exchange for Gu, thus I still have two chances left. If this stargate Gu can be used, it would make spending a Gu refinement chance worth it!"
Fang Yuan thought of this as he left the place and returned to the wolf group.
This was a time where he had to make use of every second to prevent causing any complications. Fang Yuan sat cross-legged at the grassy land under the protection of the wolf kings and began writing a letter.
The letter was soon finished, he then activated moving perspective cup Gu. After a moment, the moving perspective cup exchanged with the other one through the space cave; and Fang Yuan took out a rank four Gu and a letter from it.
This Gu was like a dried fish, named dried pond Gu and was a water path Gu worm with a special effect. It is used to boost the effects of other Gu worms.
Once this Gu arrived in northern plains, it was immediately suppressed to rank three.
Fang Yuan browsed through the letter and nodded in satisfaction: "During these days when I was not at the blessed land, it seems little Hu Immortal had been extremely diligent and did not forget the task I gave before I left, refining twenty dried pond Gu. Great!"
Fang Yuan then sent another letter including several praises towards little Hu Immortal.
"Master praised me, I am so happy." Little Hu Immortal's face flushed with happiness after she read the letter.
"Master, I miss you…" Little Hu Immortal lied down on the table and started writing, "When master is not here, I feel anxious. Master, are you okay? I am sending another dried pond Gu there."
Little Hu Immortal used her delicate small hand to fold the letter properly before putting it into moving perspective cup Gu.
At the same time, she also added a dried pond Gu.
After a good while, moving perspective cup Gu leisurely flew up and entered space cave, exchanging with the other moving perspective cup and appearing before Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan immediately took out the dried pond Gu and glanced at the letter. Then he absorbed primeval stones to recover his primeval essence before activating moving perspective cup Gu again.
After repeating this over and over, he received a total of eight dried pond Gu.
"If I use the eight dried pond Gu together, their effects should stack up and match a rank four level."
Fang Yuan crushed these dried pond Gu on the spot; the dried pond Gu turned into eight halos which twisted around moving perspective cup Gu. At the same time, on Hu Immortal blessed land, Little Hu Immortal also crushed eight dried pond Gu and overlaid them on moving perspective cup Gu.
Moving perspective cup Gu was a rank five Gu, but in northern plains, it was suppressed to rank four. Thus, it could only transport rank four Gu worms.
Now, after using eight dried pond Gu, moving perspective cup Gu's ability advanced to rank five and could transport rank five Gu.
Fang Yuan waited for a while before taking out connecting heaven Gu and gravely put it in moving perspective cup Gu, then transferred his primeval essence.
After successful activation, the two moving perspective cup completed their exchange in space cave and the cup with connecting heaven Gu appeared in Hu Immortal blessed land.
Little Hu Immortal cheered and took out the connecting heaven Gu.
Tiny cracks appeared on moving perspective cup Gu.
Although dried pond Gu could amplify a Gu worm's ability, it was like draining the pond to get the fish or burning the forest to hunt. Although it greatly raised the power, the Gu worm would perish because of the excessively forced power-up.
Next, Fang Yuan sent divine sense Gu to Hu Immortal blessed land, and the cracks on moving perspective cup Gu intensified.
Fang Yuan silently took out primeval stones and quickly replenished his primeval essence.
He then sent one blue gemstone of the stargate Gu to Hu Immortal blessed land.
Fortunately, stargate Gu was not an Immortal Gu, but a rank five Gu, allowing Fang Yuan to be barely able to use moving perspective cup Gu to send it to Hu Immortal blessed land.
After the stargate Gu was sent to the blessed land, moving perspective cup Gu had already become deformed with cracks all over it and was on the verge of collapse.
At this point, it could still be used for one last time.
Fang Yuan stored the moving perspective cup Gu in his aperture and did not use it again.
He was waiting now.
Moving perspective cup Gu had been refined by him and possessed his will. But he had already lent it to little Hu Immortal, thus she could also use it.
The several times before were all him using moving perspective cup Gu.
It was because Hu Immortal blessed land's timeflow was several times faster than at northern plains. If little Hu Immortal recklessly activated it from the blessed land, it was very possible Fang Yuan would not have been prepared.
" Puff … it is up to little Hu Immortal now. If she fails, she will have to send another moving perspective cup Gu for the final use. Hopefully, she can succeed."
Before Fang Yuan left, he had refined only one set of moving perspective cup Gu. But he had reminded Little Hu Immortal. For a period of time, Little Hu Immortal and Immortal Crane Sect had made several transactions and exchanged many Gu refinement materials, and had already refined the second set of moving perspective cup Gu.
Time was becoming somewhat difficult to endure.
Whether it was connecting heaven Gu or divine sense Gu, they were both rank five Gu and had an extremely huge demand for primeval essence. Even a rank five peak stage Gu Master might only be able to last for several breaths. Thus, usually only Gu Immortals or land spirits would consume immortals essence to use them.
As for why Fang Yuan did not activate moving perspective cup Gu at Lang Ya blessed land, it was because he did not want to expose them. If it was exposed, the Lang Ya land spirit would definitely demand for its recipe.
Minutes ticked by, and with several times the speed at Hu Immortal blessed land.
The chilly night wind made Fang Yuan slightly restless. He stood up and began to pace around.
The sky was filled with many stars, providing sufficient starlight. The stargate Gu in Fang Yuan's hand, however, had no movement.
"Did it fail? Was that group of starlight firefly Gu at treasure yellow heaven bought by someone else?" As time passed by, Fang Yuan's heart continued to sink.
He stopped pacing about and stood on the spot for a long while with his hands behind his back.
He gazed afar, crescent lake sparkled with light in tranquilness. The wolf group beside him; some were standing and some were lying down, all with different postures.
He could not help thinking back to that scene when he went to capture the liquor worm at Qing Mao mountain.
He broke out in laughter, his worries gone and his gaze once more became unclouded.
All the worries, all the pressure, all the impatience since the start till now dispersed with the wind.
He gazed at the night sky and breathed out all the turbid air in him, and suddenly felt that his current life was so beautiful; giving everything to pursue the greatest goal, having no regrets.
He came to an understanding, his heart was clear like a mirror that could not be stained by dust, tranquil like this crescent lake.
Since his rebirth at Qing Mao mountain, he had always been exhausting his mind, and now he suddenly understood something.
This comprehension was unclear as it lingered around his heart before finally turning into a sentence, he mumbled: "The night sky is really beautiful."
This was his heartfelt emotion.
The moment he said these words, Fang Yuan's body lightened and felt he had unloaded a thousand jin of weight, as if he was about to fly.
His entire disposition also seemed to have changed. The cold aura disappeared without a trace, turning into a clear and carefree aura. The dark pupils with abysmal depths let out a clear light now, just like a newborn baby or like a star.
The stargate Gu in his hand slightly shook at this moment and the shaking intensified.
Fang Yuan opened his hand.
The blue gemstone-like stargate Gu leisurely flew in the air, large amounts of starlight gathered and condensed towards it. The scene was beautiful and dreamy.
In an instant, the starlight formed into an enormous oval door.
Stargate Gu had succeeded!
Fang Yuan calmly watched it; the corner of his lips slightly curled up into a smile, but his eyes were still calm as water.
He unhurriedly stepped into the stargate, the starlight in front of him turned into a whirlpool and flew away with his body.
After a dozen or so breaths of time, he walked out of the stargate and appeared in Hu Immortal blessed land.
"Master, you are back!" Little Hu Immortal was extremely happy as she leapt into Fang Yuan's chest.
Fang Yuan chuckled and rubbed the land spirit's tiny head.
"Yes, I am back." He gently said.
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Chapter 466: There is nothing that cannot be sold
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After several months, Fang Yuan finally returned to Hu Immortal blessed land.
The little Hu Immortal land spirit became very excited upon his return; the flow of time inside of the immortal land was five times faster compared to the outside world. While Fang Yuan had only spent a few months in northern plains, to her, it had already been a year.
Fang Yuan looked at the stargate behind him.
This stargate, compared to the one in northern plains, was much smaller. It was about the height of a person, and barely allowed Fang Yuan to fit through.
The one at the crescent lake in northern plains was much taller, and was many times wider.
"Stargate Gu isn't isn't split into main and sub Gu, it consumes too much primeval essence, even a rank five peak stage Gu Master cannot sustain it for three breaths' time, only immortal essence could allow it to be used continuously. If little Hu Immortal land spirit activates it first, while i hold the other half in my hands and activate it along with her, I will not have to consume primeval essence."
"However, the stargate Gu's activation not only requires large amount of primeval essence, it also needs a large amount of starlight, in order to form the gate. Northern plains is one of the five regions, stars fill the sky and starlight is abundant. But here in the Hu Immortal blessed land, the starlight is vastly inferior, as the only source comes from the starlight firefly Gu."
As Fang Yuan was inwardly thought to himself, his gaze rested upon the small swarm of starlight firefly Gu that fluttered about in the air.
The starlight firefly Gu was a rank three Gu, small in size, almost like a normal firefly, but when they were activated, they emitted genuine azure starlight.
This swarm of fireflies, originally consisted of more than five hundred, but because of the activations of the stargate Gu, thirty-two of them already died. In order to maintain the activated stargate Gu, one firefly dies in every three breath's time.
Five hundred starlight firefly Gu, while it may seem like a large amount, it could not maintain the gate for a long period of time.
Because of this, Fang Yuan commanded little Hu Immortal to deactivate the stargate Gu.
The stargate dissipated, and reverted back into a oval sapphire. Little Hu Immortal stretched out her pale and delicate hands, and commanded the precious stargate Gu to return to her.
"Master, here you go!" Little Hu Immortal cupped the stargate Gu with both of her hands, and looked up with her big watery eyes, offering the stargate Gu to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan gently rubbed her little fox ears, and gave her a soft smile: "I'm leaving it with you, so take good care of it. If I need to use it in the future, I will contact you using the moving perspective cup Gu."
"Yes, Master! I'll definitely take good care of it!" Little Hu Immortal solemnly put the stargate Gu within the small pocket of her dress, and patted it with her tiny hand.
As for the stargate Gu in northern plains, it rested on the grassland, closely guarded by the myriad wolf pack.
"Master, there are two pieces of immortal essence stones left. I listened to your instructions, using the Immortal Gu recipe to trade for the starlight firefly Gu, this is the excess." Little Hu immortal presented them to him.
Normal primeval stones, were the size of duck eggs, and were grey in color. Immortal essence stones were also the size of duck eggs, but were not oval in shape, rather, they were round like pearls, and the entire body was glossy, having a translucent and sparkly appearance. They resembled crystals, but had the lustre of jade.
If normal primeval stones were equated to mortals, then the immortal essence stones could be equated to immortals.
Immortal essence stones were extremely precious, as it can be used to replenish immortal essence. In addition, it was also used in transactions between immortals, adopted as a precious currency. In the vast Gu world, only the heavenly court could produce immortal essence stones.
"I see immortal essence stones once again." Fang Yuan smiled with a sigh.
These two immortal essence stones were incredibly valuable, more valuable than two hundred million primeval essence stones.
In his previous five hundred years, the most number of immortal essence stones Fang Yuan had held at one point in time was merely over sixty pieces.
Fang Yuan put away the immortal essence stones, "Good, let's return to Dang Hun mountain".
Little Hu Immortal grew delighted upon hearing this, and quickly held Fang Yuan's hand, and in the next moment they teleported inside Dang Hun palace.
"Quickly activate the connecting heaven Gu." Fang Yuan commanded.
There was another stargate Gu was in northern plains, he could not relax.
Trouble brews as time passes, Fang Yuan should act quickly and efficiently settle the matters of Hu Immortal blessed land.
Little Hu immortal promptly activated the connecting heaven Gu.
Hole earth Gu, once planted in the blessed land, could no longer be changed. It was the same for connecting heaven Gu.
Fang Yuan's connecting heaven Gu, since it was linked to treasure yellow heaven, it could no longer be altered.
Little Hu Immortal consumed a slight amount of immortal essence, and the entire body of the Gu worm grew into a round mirror, and floated in the air.
Reflected in the mirror was a scene of treasure yellow heaven.
The grotto-heaven was deserted and absolutely empty, with a lemon-like yellow color dying the air slightly. The grotto-heaven was devoid of any mountains, vegetation, and animals which were usually found in ordinary grotto-heavens.
Above blessed lands were grotto-heavens.
The most famous grotto-heaven was recorded within , it was the famous immemorial nine heavens.
Verdant Great Sun refined the fixed immortal travel Gu, and flew up to the nine heavens. In azure heaven, he obtained a segment of the jade-green jade bamboo. In blue heaven, he collected the eight-sided diamonds inside the star fragments.
The immemorial nine heavens consisted of; white heaven, red heaven, orange heaven, yellow heaven, green heaven, azure heaven, blue heaven, purple heaven, and black heaven.
But later, when Ren Zu's son caused havoc in heaven and earth, red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, and purple, the seven heavens were destroyed consecutively, and all that remained were white and black heavens, with the two alternating between day and night.
The treasure yellow heaven, was closely related to the yellow heaven of the immemorial nine heavens.
In the Medieval Antiquity Era, a rank eight Gu Immortal, known as Daoist Countless Treasures, acquired a fragment of yellow heaven by chance. He fused the fragment into his grotto-heaven, and formed treasure yellow heaven.
Treasure yellow heaven was a very unique grotto-heaven, it was empty without any mountains, trees, or rivers, and there were also no birds, beasts, worms, or fish, there were only precious treasure within.
There was a rank eight immortal Gu in treasure yellow heaven — treasure light Gu.
Rank one to rank three treasure light Gu were everywhere, rank four to rank five treasure light Gu were often held in the hands of large forces. Above rank five, the treasure light Immortal Gu, of course, there was only one which was inside treasure yellow heaven.
Treasure light Gu specialized in assessing the value of an item. The greater the value of the item, the brighter the light of the treasure light Gu.
In Shang clan city, the battle stage would use the treasure light Gu to evaluate the value of their various Gu worms, and thus assess the strength of the Gu master.
The main application of treasure light Gu was not merely appraisal, but it could also be used to search for treasure.
The range of the treasure light Gu was small, and often had to be used in tandem with other Gu worms to boost its detection range.
In the past, Daoist Countless Treasures used the Immortal Gu treasure light to find countless number of treasures. As time passed, he gained his reputation and title of "Countless Treasures".
Little Hu Immortal continuously activated the connecting heaven Gu, the image in the mirror changed constantly, as pictures of various objects appeared.
Gu worms, beast groups, variant humans, vegetation, ore veins, soil, water, quality wine, and other various supplies, all that could be bought was sold.
Suddenly, the screen displayed a swarm of starlight firefly Gu.
"Master, this is sold by Starlord Wan Xiang." Little Hu Immortal land spirit used the divine sense Gu to communicate with the merchant.
"Starlight firefly Gu cannot reproduce, I need a large amount of ordinary starlight fireflies." Fang Yuan nodded as he said.
Little Hu Immortal communicated for a while, then turned to Fang Yuan: "Master, Starlord Wan Xiang said he's not selling."
Fang Yuan was not upset, but instead chuckled: "Hehe, there is nothing that cannot be sold in this world. Not selling merely means the price isn't high enough, the benefits are not enough to entice them."
As he spoke, he recalled the remnant recipes of a few Immortal Gu, he wrote them down on a piece of cowhide, and threw it into the connecting heaven Gu.
The cowhide was completely ordinary, but because it recorded the remnant recipes of Immortal Gu, it was invaluable.
Once it passed through the connecting heaven Gu and arrived at treasure yellow heaven, all of the cowhide pieces showed three to nine meters of treasure light. This treasure light was rainbow-colored, a beautiful mix of purple and red, it was exceptionally beautiful.
"Inform him that the price is negotiable." Fang Yuan gave a bright smile, and informed little Hu Immortal.
He wasn't afraid of Starlord Wan Xiang's refusal.
Immortal Gu were incomparably enticing to Gu Immortals. Although they were just remnant recipes, they were still often in high demand without ample supply.
Looking at those Gu Immortals who had lived for a long time and had great foundations, which one of them did not have tens of Immortal Gu remnant recipes in their hands?
But these remnant recipes were rarely sold.
Similar or closely related Immortal Gu remnant recipes, when combined with each other, would often allow the actual recipe to be discovered. After the Immortal Gu were refined using the recipe, no one else would be able to create them.
Because of this, the Immortal Gu remnant recipes were rarely traded. Even if they were sold, it would be to exchange remnant recipes for remnant recipes.
Earlier, Fang Yuan had only given the most lacking recipe that he could remember, the treasure light only glowed for one meter, and Starlord Wan Xiang gave him a swarm of starlight fireflies, and two immortal essence stones in exchange.
Now, with so many secret recipes, the treasure light was at least three meters, Starlord Wan Xiang had to be moved.
These remnant recipes, once sent in, attracted countless gazes within treasure yellow heaven.
A large number of divine senses were immediately sent over, little Hu Immortal had to use the divine sense Gu until her little cheeks turned pale.
"Master, so many Gu Immortals have sent their divine senses over, asking for the price for these remnant recipes!"
Fang Yuan gave a laugh, "Send a message over, tell them: Each of these recipes can be sold, but they have to queue up one by one. Tell them about the starlight firefly, demand at least a hundred thousand."
Little Hu Immortal sent her divine sense over, and immediately, someone called 'Fairy Yao Guang', a female Gu Immortal said that she nurtured a large number of starlight fireflies in her blessed land, and wished to exchange.
Fang Yuan smiled.
As expected, Starlord Wan Xiang also changed his attitude, repeatedly approaching him with offers.
A third Gu immortal, calling himself 'Di Yuan' , said he possessed a large number of starlight fireflies.
Fang Yuan paused for a short while, and when he did not see another Gu Immortal making an offer, he could help but let out a sigh of sorrow: these starlight fireflies were immemorial creatures, by the present age, only a small amount were still around.
With competitors, everything became easier.
Fang Yuan stayed silent, and let the three Immortals bid against each other. This was an undisguised scheme, but how could there be any morons who cultivated to the level of Gu Immortal? The three immortals did not bid against each other aggressively, instead they negotiated properly, each offering thirty-three thousand starlight fireflies.
The three groups of starlight fireflies, entered the connecting heaven Gu respectively, each emitting a treasure light.
Among them, Fairy Yao Guang's group of fireflies emitted the most feeble light, only three meters in length, Di Yuan's fireflies emitted a treasure light of five and a half meters, while Starlord Wan Xiang's fireflies emitted the most powerful light, seven meters in length. This was because there were many starlight firefly Gu mixed in with his group of fireflies.
"It seem this Starlord Wan Xiang nurtured a lot of starlight fireflies. I remember now, originally after the stargate Gu appeared, Starlord Wan Xiang acted quickly and relied on selling starlight fireflies Gu to earn a large amount of immortal essence stones."
Fang Yuan suddenly recalled this bit of information.
Five hundred years of memories contained too much information, many details were not clear, but upon seeing this, his originally obscure memory became clearer.
After the appearance of the stargate Gu, the price of starlight firefly Gu also rose like a boat riding the tide. In the future, the treasure yellow heaven would not even sell starlight firefly swarms anymore, but only sold starlight firefly Gu.
Gu worms cannot reproduce, but only ordinary insects had that capability.
Immediately, Fang Yuan traded three recipes, and obtained over a hundred thousand starlight fireflies. As long as he bred them carefully afterwards, Fang Yuan would be able to produce his own starlight firefly Gu and not need to pay an exorbitant price to purchase them in the future.
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Chapter 467: Wisdom Path
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Despite having purchased over a hundred thousand starlight fireflies, the trade was far from over.
Fang Yuan also needed to take care of the issue of feeding these insects.
"Starlight fireflies consume star fragment grass, I happen to have a large amount of star fragment grass on me, I can sell them to you." Starlord Wan Xiang conveyed his thoughts using divine sense.
"I need the seeds as well as your farming knowledge. Let's look at the treasure light intensity first." Fang Yuan spoke through little Hu Immortal, who relayed the information to Starlord Wan Xiang, Fairy Yao Guang, and Di Yuan using divine sense.
Soon, three documents entered into treasure yellow heaven, each giving off a strong treasure light.
This time, instead of Starlord Wan Xiang, it was Fairy Yao Guang's document which had the greatest treasure light, at nearly two meters tall.
"I am most fond of growing grass, I deliberately migrated a small swarm of starlight fireflies for the production of star fragment grass. If you follow my instructions, you will definitely not suffer losses." Fairy Yao Guang conveyed with her divine sense.
Fang Yuan contemplated.
Originally he had already forgotten about it, after all in his previous life, he had had no use for and had never use the stargate Gu.
Now, through the successive reminders from Lang Ya land spirit, connecting heaven Gu, and Starlord Wan Xiang, his brain gradually began to recall more distinct memories.
In his memories,once stargate Gu came into the limelight, everything related to starlight firefly Gu became secret, not a single person wanted to sell information.
"Now that Lang Ya land spirit had obtained stargate Gu's recipe, perhaps it might refine the stargate Gu, then put it in treasure yellow heaven for sale. Once the stargate Gu is put up for sale in treasure yellow heaven, getting more of such secret information will not be easy."
Thinking of that, Fang Yuan made his decision, he let little Hu Immortal transmit his thoughts: "I will buy from all three of you, we'll deal using immortal essence stones."
The purchasing power of immortal essence stones was very high.
One piece of immortal essence stone, could purchase all three documents, with a quarter remaining.
Fang Yuan opened the three documents, and saw many things written on them—
"Star fragment grass can only be planted in the sky, it grows on clouds. Therefore, it is a good idea to use high quality cloud soil…"
"Star fragment grass is fond of yin energy, but loathes yang energy, therefore excessive sunlight can kill the star fragment grass. However, it cannot be completely derived of light, the amount it requires is about…"
"If starlight fireflies live in the star fragment grass, it will aid in spreading the seeds, and possibly increase the area that the grass can grow in as well as its quality…"
Among the three documents: Di Yuan was simple and brief, Starlord Wan Xiang had innovative ideas, and Fairy Yao Guang was verbose and detailed. Fang Yuan used their knowledge to make up for his shortcomings, and quickly memorized everything. In an instant, he became an expert in cultivating star fragment grass.
He laughed internally: "With this, I will become the largest seller of starlight fireflies in the future. When the stargate Gu is becomes popular, I will make a fortune!"
"It's time to buy liquor." Fang Yuan did not forget the need to purchase top quality wine.
He had already collected three kinds of top quality wines, this was the last one left.
Within treasure yellow heaven, naturally, top quality wine was sold. It was primarily used to refine Gu by Gu Immortals, but it was also an excellent beverage for enjoying life.
But when Fang Yuan wanted to purchase his wine, the whole of treasure yellow heaven erupted, as countless divine senses were stirred up.
"Immortal Gu, someone is selling Immortal Gu!" Little Hu Immortal land spirit cried out.
The mirror flashed, and the image of an Immortal Gu appeared.
"Divine travel Gu!" Fang Yuan's pupils shrunk.
The immortal Gu that was being sold was exactly the one he needed, divine travel Gu. Someone was one step ahead of him and had already grabbed possession of the divine travel Gu.
"Sigh, after all is said and done, I was late by one step." Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.
He wanted to refine second aperture Gu, thus he needed divine travel Gu. But in three kings blessed land, due to the circumstances, he refined divine travel Gu into fixed immortal travel Gu.
According to the records in , consuming four top quality wines was the criteria to obtain divine travel Gu. Fang Yuan had been collecting wine for this purpose, but now, someone was a step ahead of him.
"Without divine travel Gu, the second aperture Gu would be stuck at the last step, I won't be able to complete it. Thankfully, there is still a few decades of its lifespan."
"All in all, it was because I was too high profile on San Cha mountain when I refined the Gu, causing everyone to know about it. It is not strange that someone snatched it from me."
Fang Yuan shrugged, he had predicted this long ago.
When he used divine travel Gu to refine fixed immortal travel Gu, it was seen by a lot of Gu Masters. This definitely caused a great commotion, the Gu Immortals in southern border were not idiots, how could they not act?
But earlier, Fang Yuan was banking on the competition between Gu Immortals, that they would restrict each other and delay their progress, thus he was working hard to collect the wines.
In life, there were always a few things that one had to work hard for despite a low chance of success so that they would not have regrets. If they did not even work for it, then it would be absolutely hopeless.
"Regarding matters in this world, most do not go according to one's wishes, I am used to that. But since this divine travel Gu was put up for transaction here, I have to take a look, there might still be a chance."
Fang Yuan took it in his stride, he did not worry about losses or boast over gains, his mind was always peaceful and calm.
Since treasure yellow heaven was the greatest transaction market among Gu Immortals, there were very rare instances where Immortal Gu were sold.
These transactions were mostly using Immortal Gu to trade for Immortal Gu. But the Gu Immortal who sold the divine travel Gu, Old Man Yan Shi, had a rather peculiar transaction request.
"I want to use this divine travel Gu to exchange for the second aperture Gu's recipe."
The information in this request was too stunning, it created a lot of commotion. In treasure yellow heaven, the divine senses of all sorts of Gu Immortals were interacting with each other, turning the scene into chaos.
"Divine travel Gu! To think that we will get to see this legendary Gu worm today."
"Although it is an Immortal Gu, the divine travel Gu's ability is way too random. Back then, even Ren Zu's son got into trouble using it, it will be even more dangerous for us tiny Gu Immortals."
"But divine travel Gu is still an Immortal Gu, keeping it with you, when you are forced into a dead end, you can use it to gamble at the moment of despair."
"Compared to the divine travel Gu, I am more interested in the second aperture Gu's recipe!"
"That's right, I've heard of the second aperture Gu long ago, but to think the recipe really exists?"
"A second aperture! Hehe, mortals might not understand the full value of this, but to us Gu Immortals, who would not be moved?"
Fang Yuan had already stood up, gazing at the connecting heaven Gu in mid air.
He had the second aperture Gu's recipe, he just needed a thought to exchange for this Gu.
But!
"This Old Man Yan Shi who is selling the divine travel Gu is coming for me. He requested for the second aperture Gu's recipe… and his timing in selling this Gu was neither early nor late, he picked the exact moment when I was browsing through… impressive! This Gu Immortal is mostly likely on the immemorial wisdom path, he is adept at predictions and deductions. The fact that I had used connecting heaven Gu and was trading in treasure yellow heaven was already foreseen by him!"
Wisdom path was a very mysterious path among Gu Masters. It had been passed down since the immemorial era, but the numbers were always very small.
The creator of the wisdom path was Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, the lord of the second generation heavenly court. She lived for nineteen thousand years, and had the second longest lifespan among the rank nine Gu Immortals.
Before she died, she deduced from the heavenly secret, and obtained the information of all that happened three million years after her death. She found out that after her death, the heavenly court would be without a lord for a long time, causing a long period of turmoil as three Demon Venerables appear.
She made three arrangements that dealt with each of the three Demon Venerables respectively. Next, she instructed her descendants to follow what she said to ensure that the heavenly court was peaceful for three hundred years.
After she died, there was a huge turmoil indeed as the era shifted, as during three great generations, three Demon Venerables appeared one after another.
The three Demon Venerables were invincible during their times, attacking the heavenly court but were obstructed by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's plans, failing and causing the heavenly court to stay intact.
"Wisdom path Gu Immortal… Old Man Yan Shi…" Fang Yuan squinted his eyes, muttering. It was not a good thing to be targeted by a wisdom path Gu immortal.
Wisdom path Gu Immortals knew about the heavenly secret and were most skilled at making arrangements ahead of time and making predictions about the future. Often, they could scheme against people without them knowing, causing others to fall into traps unknowingly.
"I gathered too much attention in southern border, and ended up attracting a wisdom path Gu Immortal. Hehehe, in this life I was courageous and made great progress, charging through a dangerous cliff, I went too fast and with just my mortal body, I gained the attention of a Gu Immortal!"
Such a scenario was like an ant attracting the attention of an elephant.
At once, Fang Yuan could almost see a pair of wise and scheming eyes piercing through the connecting heaven Gu to observe himself.
The air was filled with formless pressure.
But Fang Yuan's state of mind was no longer like before, he laughed with his head up high, dispelling the pressure in his heart.
"Good, the schemes of a wisdom path Gu Immortal makes this much more interesting. Hmph, just a mere divine travel Gu, just a mere second aperture Gu, how can that entice me?"
His five hundred years of experience nurtured a keen instinct that was sensitive to danger.
Fang Yuan had a vague feeling, this divine travel Gu was likely bait that Old Man Yan Shi was using to attract him.
"Although an Immortal Gu is good, my goal is eternal life, this so-called Immortal Gu is merely a tool in my cultivation journey."
At the same time, in southern border, Sheng Si blessed land.
An old man, wearing a black robe, gave off the eerie aura of a rank seven Gu Immortal as he sat on the cushion silently.
His face was wrinkled, his eyes were dark without any white parts in them.
He stared at the connecting heaven Gu in the sky, feeling the divine senses moving about inside treasure yellow heaven. He was expressionless and motionless.
It was Old Man Yan Shi!
Before the old man was the kneeling killer ghost doctor Chou Jiu.
He looked at connecting heaven Gu for a long time, before showing disappointment: "Supreme Master, it seems that Fang Yuan did not take the bait."
Old Man Yan Shi smiled, not showing any annoyance: "This tiny fish is interesting, he is able to let go so easily, as a mere mortal, his disposition surpasses a large number of Gu Immortals. But he was too daring, he turned you into his slave and messed with us Shadow Sect. He is simply courting death."
Chou Jiu quickly bowed: "All thanks to Supreme Master's return, otherwise, I would've suffered the fate of being a slave for life!"
"Mm…" Old Man Yan Shi raised his head: "Little disciple, I have already altered the slavery Gu on you. I calculated that Fang Yuan would join the righteous demonic battle of Yi Tian mountain, at that time you can be a spy by his side, and wait for a chance to strike."
"Yes, Supreme Master!"
"Mm, go down and call your junior sister Bai Ning Bing."
"Yes, this disciple takes his leave."
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Chapter 468: Scheme
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An Immortal Gu was hovering in the air, emitting quiet and exquisite light.
A lemon colored halo completely covered Bai Ning Bing's body and sank into her aperture.
Yellow-green light colored vines had already creeped around her aperture walls, densely attached to the walls.
After a moment, Old Man Yan Shi took a deep breath and recalled the Immortal Gu back to his aperture: "Alright, I have used everlasting Gu's ability on your aperture; you will be fine for the next three months. According to your cultivation speed, you must come here after three months to reinforce your aperture again."
It has already been a long time since the San Cha mountain battle. Bai Ning Bing's aptitude had already recovered to a hundred percent, restoring one of the ten extreme aptitudes – Northern Dark Ice Soul physique.
A hundred percent primeval essence emitted an extremely great pressure on her aperture. If not for Old Man Yan Shi using everlasting Gu to reinforce her aperture, Bai Ning Bing would not have survived till now.
Although Old Man Yan Shi was her life saving benefactor, Bai Ning Bing did not feel any gratitude, instead she stood upright with an ice cold demeanour.
After Old Man Yan Shi took away the Immortal Gu, she opened her blue eyes, her gaze cold and her expression indifferent.
She was no more the novice, greenhorn kid from back then.
By travelling alongside Fang Yuan, she had learned many things.
Old Man Yan Shi had taken the initiative to look for her after knowing about her through Chou Jiu, clearly to make use of her. Her joining Shadow Sect was also no more than a transaction.
Old Man Yan Shi smiled warmly: "Bai Ning Bing, as long as you sincerely pledge allegiance to Shadow Sect, and make a new sea oath, I will turn you back to a male."
"Hmph, no need. You are helping me to suppress my aperture, so I am joining Shadow Sect temporarily to help you deal with Fang Yuan and obtain fixed immortal travel Gu from him; this is nothing more than a fair transaction. As for my male body, I will personally retrieve it, only then can it be spectacular. How could I, Bai Ning Bing, do something like relying on others?"
Bai Ning Bing then turned around and left.
Only when she exited the secret room, did Bai Ning Bing's ice cold expression loosen up, her brows furrowed and her gaze turned cold.
She did not like this rank seven wisdom path Gu Immortal Old Man Yan Shi; she always felt he had a hidden motive.
Although the other was a Gu Immortal, Bai Ning Bing had never feared death. As a person who was not afraid of death, why would she be afraid of Gu Immortals?
However, they had the same objective, both f them wanted to deal with Fang Yuan, so Bai Ning Bing agreed to this transaction and joined Shadow Sect temporarily.
"Fang Yuan…"
When she thought of him, Bai Ning Bing could not help thinking back to the scene at three kings blessed land.
Under countless people's eyes, Fang Yuan flew towards heaven and with a mortal body, refined an Immortal Gu!
Shortly after, three kings blessed land collapsed and everyone fell into chaos as they hurried to leave San Cha mountain. Winds of assimilation blew and wiped out the whole San Cha mountain until it was a barren land.
Little beast king's name was talked by countless people and soon spread to the whole southern border crazily. Fang Yuan disappeared, and Gu Immortals gave orders to all their forces to look for him.
Bai Ning Bing who had travelled together with him, naturally became a target all great forces chased after. Whether it was righteous path or demonic path, they all wanted to get her.
If not for Wei Yang's sense of brotherhood and thus intentionally let go of Bai Ning Bing, as well as her meeting Chou Jiu while gravely injured, Bai Ning Bing would have been a captive somewhere already.
After Chou Jiu healed her injuries, he made a proposal to her to join Shadow Sect and deal with Fang Yuan together.
After Bai Ning Bing's scheme against Fang Yuan failed, she was even confident of her guess that Fang Yuan had a prediction Gu. And when she heard behind Chou Jiu was a similar predictive wisdom path Gu Immortal, she could not help but be moved.
Although she did not fear death, she was truly not resigned to losing her life like that and letting Fang Yuan live; it would be her greatest defeat, and was too lackluster.
Thus, she agreed to Chou Jiu's request and temporarily joined Shadow Sect, making an oath in front of the Immortal Gu, Sea Oath Gu, with Old Man Yan Shi and Chou Jiu: She was free to leave and regain her freedom once they killed Fang Yuan. At the same time, Shadow Sect cannot directly or indirectly make a move against her.
When Bai Ning Bing's receding figure disappeared, Old Man Yan Shi's expression slowly turned dark.
Bai Ning Bing had a demonic nature, causing even this wisdom path Gu Immortal Old Man Yan Shi to find it hard to control her.
"This kid has no care for laws and morality, and is only joining hands with me because of the situation. She is absolutely not someone who will stay under others for long." Old Man Yan Shi's gaze was extremely profound.
"But it is not important. I have planned for so many years in my quest for immortality, why would I be afraid of the tiny ripples that this little fish can create? Hmph!"
Old Man Yan Shi coldly snorted and turned his gaze to connecting heaven Gu's screen.
Right at this time, a divine sense was transmitted to him —"I have second aperture Gu's recipe here, I want to exchange with your divine travel Gu."
The owner of the divine sense called himself Lang Ya old immortal.
"Hehehehe…" Old Man Yan Shi laughed heartily.
The fish has taken the bait!
Who said this bait could only lure Fang Yuan? Fang Yuan was only a small fish, Lang Ya land spirit was the true big fish.
"Lang Ya blessed land is rumored to have stored countless recipes. It has dropped from a grotto-heaven to a blessed land, and in the present age, it can be said to be the number one blessed land! Even more importantly, this blessed land has a lot of Immortal Gu as well. Heavenly Essence Treasure Imperial Lotus is at the top, I must obtain it!"
Old Man Yan Shi's eyes flickered with a burning light filled with avarice.
He had been scheming since a long, long time ago.
In actual fact, the second aperture Gu recipe that Lang Ya blessed land had was intentionally due to his planning.
With Lang Ya land spirit's love for collecting recipes and refining Gu, he would definitely want to refine second aperture Gu!
"Now I have to wait for a good opportunity!" Old Man Yan Shi sneered at the side while sending out his divine sense to accept Lang Ya land spirit's offer and began their transaction at Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Divine travel Gu came out from the mirror, even if the connecting heaven Gu's ability had been amplified by many other Gu, it still caused the connecting heaven Gu to be filled with cracks, and after several breaths, completely collapsed.
Lang Ya land spirit did not care about this connecting heaven Gu, there were still many connecting heaven Gu left in the blessed land.
The land spirit looked at divine travel Gu with a burning gaze and laughed heartily: "I had already wanted to refine second aperture Gu, haha, this is really too good!"
He took out another connecting heaven Gu on the spot and connected to treasure yellow heaven, looking for Gu refinement materials without restraint.
"Hehehe, an easy pray!" Old Man Yan Shi laughed heartily as he looked at this scene through connecting heaven Gu.
A heavyweight transaction relating to Immortal Gu naturally would be noticed by many Gu Immortals.
Fang Yuan was also paying attention.
"Who bought the divine travel Gu?" Fang Yuan's gaze flashed and immediately asked Little Hu Immortal.
"It is Lang Ya old immortal." Little Hu Immortal replied with clear voice.
"Lang Ya land spirit… Just like what I expected." Fang Yuan slightly narrowed his eyes before concentrating on connecting heaven Gu again.
After a moment, he discovered Lang Ya land spirit wantonly buying Gu refinement materials; his eyes flashed with rays of cold light.
"Hmph, so many Gu Immortals are dumping precious Gu refinement materials to Lang Ya land spirit. This is clearly a trap. The land spirits have wisdom, but their obsessions are much deeper and can be easily exploited by Gu Immortals. Wait a second…"
Fang Yuan's thoughts suddenly shook.
The immortals selling the Gu refinement materials were metal path Gu Immortal Tie Jia Zi, soul path Gu Immortal Wang Gan Yang, wood path Gu Immortal Fairy Tan Xiang, enslavement path Gu Immortal Great Immortal Xue Xiong… These names were familiar.
'Weren't they the Gu Immortals who participated in the second wave of attacks against Lang Ya blessed land?'
For a moment, Fang Yuan's eyes flickered with sharp light, he became aware of an enormous scheme that had not been recorded in the history.
"So it was like this! In my past life, Lang Ya blessed land endured six waves of attack before finally collapsing in the seventh wave. So there were manipulators behind the scene, they were hatching a sinister plot."
Before, Fang Yuan was only an audience, but now that he was involved, he discovered this truth.
"This Old Man Yan Shi's purpose in selling divine travel Gu is not just to aim at me, his bigger target is Lang Ya blessed land. Out of the seven waves of attack, how many did he organize?"
"If he is southern border's Gu Immortal, then why would these northern plains Gu Immortals listen to his arrangements? Is he indirectly making use of them or did he give them a direct order?"
No doubt, the wisdom path Gu Immortal Old Man Yan Shi had organized a group of immortals; just this information created a formless pressure.
Fang Yuan did not know right now that this organization was the Shadow Sect he had heard before!
But this did not hinder him from guessing the strength and the mystery of this organization.
An organization that spanned across southern border and northern plains, how big would it be? But Fang Yuan had never heard of such an organization, even in the five hundred years of his past life. How mysterious was this organization?
"Of course, all these speculations are based on the foundation that Old Man Yan Shi is a Gu Immortal of Southern Border. Maybe it is all just a coincidence?"
"Let me think again, did Old Man Yan Shi plan the first wave of attack? As for the next waves of attack, did he have a hand in them? As for the seventh wave, it was Heavenly Court's move, that was absolutely not something Old Man Yan Shi could control."
Fang Yuan was certain of this.
Heavenly Court was high above others, it originated from central continent and had a formidable background, it was not something an immortal of Southern Border could interfere in.
Among the five great regions, since ancient times till now, the greatest Gu Immortal organization was only the Heavenly Court.
Heavenly Court's might made people feel suffocation. Only rank eight and rank nine Gu Immortals could establish their presence there.
This point could be judged from the conclusion.
After the Heavenly Court made their move, they left after taking away all the recipes in Lang Ya blessed land.
"Where was Old Man Yan Shi at that time in my previous life?"
Old Man Yan Shi was a mysterious character who had hidden in the depths of the history! Behind him was a mysterious organization that had influence in both northern plains and southern border, two great regions.
"Wisdom path Gu Immortal, a mysterious organization, Heavenly Court… The path to immortality is truly fraught with danger at every step. When I burst through these obstacles, how great would I feel?"
The higher the difficulty and stronger the enemies, the more fighting spirit Fang Yuan would have.
The path he was walking on was destined to be a lonely one from the start, destined to make an enemy of the world. Heavenly Court and the mysterious organization were like two giant beasts blocking this path. At the same time, this dark path was filled with thorns, traps and schemes.
This was an incomparably difficult path.
And no one had been able to reach the end since ancient times.
Fang Yuan, however, was fighting by himself, marching by himself and waging war by himself.
The source of all his motivation was the simplest, most insatiable, most sneered at and most incomprehensible…
Dream.
A seemingly unrealistic dream about eternal life.
Whether he could succeed or not, Fang Yuan had never considered it.
He only knew that even if he failed and died, he would have no regrets.
Today, through a transaction, he discovered the whirlpool that had been hidden in the shadows. Then he looked at the prospects of his own path which was filled with incomparable darkness, incomparable danger and dead ends at almost every step.
"Since there is no path to walk on, I shall carve out my own path."
Fang Yuan smiled, his gaze containing a profound light and his disordered thoughts all tidied up as he once again concentrated on connecting heaven Gu.
It was time to buy relic Gu.
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Chapter 469: Living Chess
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Relic Gu can directly increase the foundation of the aperture, raising a Gu Master's cultivation realm.
From rank one two five, they were: green copper, red steel, white silver, yellow gold, and purple crystal relic Gu. Relic Gu were mortal Gu, there were no rank six and above Immortal Gu for it.
Among them, green copper, red steel, and white silver relic Gu were widely sold in the market. As for yellow gold and purple crystal relic Gu, because they affected the battle strength of rank four and five Gu Masters, and could influence the status of many forces, they were restricted and controlled by large organisations, and were hardly sold in the market.
But in treasure yellow heaven, yellow gold and purple crystal relic Gu were available.
Gu Immortals could not raise their cultivation through purple crystal relic Gu, but they were still very rare Gu.
Because not only could these two Gu be used to rank cultivation, they were used to refine Immortal Gu as well. In Immortal Gu recipes, they were often used as important catalysts.
Other than refinement, if a Gu Immortal had descendants, they would collect many relic Gu for their clans or juniors to use.
Thus in treasure yellow heaven, although rank one to three relic Gu were sold in batches, there were few rank four yellow gold relic Gu, and even less purple gold relic Gu.
Yellow gold, purple crystal relic Gu, these were widely used in Immortal Gu recipes, when Fang Yuan refined the Spring Autumn Cicada, and the second aperture Gu, he used them in the process. In fact, even the Immortal Gu Blood Deity's remnant recipe also required large amounts of relic Gu.
But because Immortal Gu were involved, prices of relic Gu were always sky high. Even so, this situation was way better than the mortal realm's restrict control.
Fang Yuan immediately bought three purple crystal relic Gu, and spent a great sum to buy an immediate success Gu.
This Gu was much more expensive than purple crystal relic Gu, because it could raise the success rate of Gu refinement.
Thereafter, Fang Yuan bought a large number of low rank Gu and refinement materials, preparing to refine rank five breath concealment Gu and others.
Although treasure yellow heaven could inspect the treasure light, just the height of the light could not detect whether the Gu worm had been tampered with. Thus, it is not very safe, and Fang Yuan decided to refine the Gu himself to be safe.
Selling all the remnant recipes in his hand and buying large amounts of resources, after deducting treasure yellow heaven's processing fee, Fang Yuan had twenty-eight pieces of immortal essence stones left in his possession.
Of course, he could repeatedly sell these Immortal Gu remnant recipes, but their corresponding treasure light would decrease, only after an amount of time would the treasure light recover.
Transactions in treasure yellow heaven heavily depended on the treasure light. The stronger the light, the higher the price. When the treasure light weakened, the sale price would fall as well.
After all, the value of remnant recipes drop when more people know about them. If he continued to sell them, Fang Yuan's earning will decrease, and the Gu Immortals who bought them earlier would feel that they suffered a loss. Waiting for a period of time before selling it again benefited both parties.
The seller sells at the original price, while buyers gain a lot of precious time to research on the recipe, after all, Immortal Gu were unique once they were created.
"This way, the most precious recipes I have left are Spring Autumn Cicada, second aperture Gu, and the remnant recipe of Blood Deity. As for the other recipes, I can sell them again, but only in a few months."
This time obviously referred to the five regions' time.
As for the other recipes like using divine travel Gu to refine fixed immortal travel Gu were known by all. There would be no light if it was placed into treasure yellow heaven.
"Rockmen, I have to provide them to Immortal Crane Sect, this is to make sure Immortal Crane Sect does not find out the truth, so that I can relieve our tensions and stall for time."
Now that Dang Hun mountain was dying, the production of guts Gu were decreasing. The number of rockmen in each transaction had been dropping, as Immortal Crane Sect's patience was running thin. They would fight eventually, but Fang Yuan had to stall for as much time as he could.
"But thankfully, they would only think that I was defending Hu Immortal blessed land from the inside, and was a trapped fish. They would never expect me to have gone to northern plains, and was even able to return. Even that Old Man Yan Shi would not see this coming."
Wisdom path Gu Immortals were skilled at deductions and predictions, but they could not gain information out of nothing. They had to use all sorts of clues and traces, to track back to the source and make their deductions.
Fang Yuan's vital Gu was Spring Autumn Cicada, his greatest advantage was rebirth. With five hundred years of memories, he had stargate Gu, moving perspective cup Gu, all these were Gu worms that were more advanced than the current five regions by a generation.
"I can't sell remnant recipes for the time being, and the rockmen have to be supplied to Immortal Crane Sect, but I have other things to sell!"
Fang Yuan had a plan long ago, this item was none other than soil.
The soil in treasure yellow heaven were all rare goods, like cloud soil, rotten soil, salt soil etc. Many blessed land produced soil, and they would sell it inside treasure yellow heaven to exchange for what they needed with other Gu Masters.
The soil Fang Yuan wanted to sell was not ordinary either, it was the gruel mud.
Back then, when the earthly calamity struck and Dang Hun mountain was damaged, polluted by the ability of Immortal Gu Gruel Mud, the entire mountain started to turn into rotten mud.
But in this world, fortune and misfortune came together.
Although Dang Hun mountain rocks were turned into mud, they contained the gruel mud Immortal Gu's power, in Gu Immortals' eyes, this was a must-have ingredient when refining the gruel mud Immortal Gu!
As expected, after Fang Yuan placed it into treasure yellow heaven, a large amount of attention was garnered.
"What day is it today, so many good things are on sale?"
"Gruel mud, this is the real gruel mud, I can feel the intense Immortal Gu aura from it."
"It is a pity I do not have the gruel mud Immortal Gu's recipe, I have no use for this mud…"
The divine senses of the Gu Immortals were moving about as many sent their divine senses to compete for the item.
"I need the gruel mud Immortal Gu's recipe, I will not exchange it for anything else." Under Fang Yuan's orders, little Hu Immortal sent her divine sense over.
This strict request caused the Gu Immortals to scoff.
"Using a pile of mud to exchange for an Immortal Gu's recipe? You are way too greedy."
"The gruel mud Immortal Gu is a one-time consumable Gu, the recipe is evidently more important than Gu worm itself, you have the face to say you want to exchange it for the recipe?"
"This is too unrealistic, I advice you to change your condition, otherwise, this pile of mud will stay in treasure yellow heaven without a buyer forever."
But little Hu Immortal quickly said: "I am not requesting for the complete Immortal recipe, whoever has the remnant recipe with the highest treasure light will get this."
The Gu Immortals stopped talking, starting to observe this.
Soon, a Gu Immortal took out a remnant recipe and the treasure light was about four meters.
This was not up to Fang Yuan's standards, he stared at the mirror and laughed, instructing little Hu Immortal: "As long as the other Gu Immortals each took out a remnant recipe, we will add one jin of gruel mud."
"Yes master!" Little Hu Immortal replied quickly.
In Hu Immortal blessed land, there was a lot of gruel mud.
From start to end, all the gruel mud were cleared out of Dang Hun mountain by little Hu Immortal, but they did not throw it out of the blessed land, instead transferring it to the west area.
After these years, through the conversion of the gruel mud inside the blessed land, there was a swamp forming slowly.
The former disaster was now a resource.
In treasure yellow heaven, the Gu Immortals' divine senses were in a commotion.
With the addition of every remnant recipe, little Hu Immortal would add a jin of gruel mud. Such an act was telling others clearly — we have a ton of it here!
All the remnant recipes were added in one by one, as the treasure light intensified. From the four meters, it had already rose to about six meters and was still increasing.
Fang Yuan looked for a while and his smile became wider.
His soul was from Earth, his marketing skills far surpassed this world. On Earth, enterprises boomed while in treasure yellow heaven, immortal essence stones could barely be used as the currency of trade, most transactions were done using the primitive bartering method.
Fang Yuan's method was a form of increasing his exposure, it attracted many Gu Immortals to sell the remnant recipe of the gruel mud Immortal Gu.
Of course, this was only a tiny trick.
Next, Fang Yuan instructed little Hu Immortal to handle the other matters one by one.
"It is about time, I have to go now."
Fang Yuan was counting the time, dividing the time he spent in Hu Immortal blessed land by five, was the amount of time that had passed in northern plains.
"Master, goodbye, you have to come back often okay." Little Hu Immortal brought Fang Yuan to the west area of the blessed land, and under the radiance of the starlight firefly Gu, it activated the stargate Gu once again.
Fang Yuan was carrying many refinement materials, as well as low rank Gu worms as he stepped into the stargate.
Not long after, he stepped out of the other stargate, back to the crescent lake in northern plains.
As he had calculated, it was currently near dawn, as the sun was rising, the first ray of sunlight shining on the land.
The light breeze caused small ripples along the surface of the lake.
The air was refreshing, there was dew on the grass near him, and there were bird groups gathering on the surface of the lake, spreading their wings like they were dancing.
Fang Yuan breathed in deeply, his heart was overjoyed.
Snatching Ma Hong Yun's fortune by force, Fang Yuan obtained Lang Ya land spirit's help this time. In Lang Ya blessed land, he used one of the chances to obtain the stargate Gu and others.
After that, he returned to Hu Immortal blessed land and used connecting heaven Gu to settle the problem of the lack of resources.
"But after this, all my stagnating chess pieces have room for further development. The entire chessboard is alive once more."
As the sky turned bright, Fang Yuan returned to Ge tribe camp under the wolf group's accompaniment.
"I am going to refine Gu in closed cultivation, nobody is to disturb me." He gave his orders as he locked himself inside the lizard house, starting his Gu refinement.
Regardless of where the Gu refinement materials came from, the Gu worms created belonged to the region it is born in. That is to say, although the materials in Fang Yuan's hands came from central continent, as long as he refined them inside northern plains, all of them will be northern plains Gu, and would not be suppressed here.
The first Gu he was going to refine was the moving perspective cup Gu.
Moving perspective cup Gu was rank five, the set that was refined in Hu Immortal blessed land was about to break, it could only be used one more time. After visiting treasure yellow heaven, Fang Yuan had the resources now, he was obviously going to refine another set of moving perspective cup Gu.
At the same time, in crescent lake.
Yan tribe's nine Gu Masters were travelling quickly on their hump wolves.
"Stop, there are wolf footprints here!" Yan tribe leader stopped his wolf, looking at the large number of footprints in front of him, he expressed great shock.
"So many wolves, this is a myriad wolf group…" The other Gu Masters exclaimed.
"Ge tribe camp is not too far away, do you think this myriad wolf group is heading towards them?"
"Not good! Look at these footprints, there are poison beard wolves, wind wolves, as well as turtleback wolves and night wolves and so on."
"Wild wolf groups only live among themselves, a mix of so many wolves only means that they are being controlled by a Gu Master!"
Yan tribe leader pondered: "Ge tribe was once a large size tribe, but now that they were forced to migrate, they are no longer as great as before, they have no way of feeding such a huge wolf group. Most likely, this wolf group belongs to a demonic Gu Master, our objective this time is to seek reinforcements from Ge tribe, let's go see what happens first. If Ge tribe faces trouble, we will retreat quietly. If we can do them a cheap favor, we will help them encircle the wolves."
"Yes lord tribe leader!" Everyone shouted.
"Go, let's go to Ge tribe."
The hump wolves moved again, bringing these people towards Ge tribe camp.
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