Chapter 191: Destroying The Oasis
Western Desert, Thieving Heaven's dream realm.
Young Thieving Heaven stepped on the stage once more.
His appearance startled the surrounding clansmen.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Why is this despicable kid covered in bandages?"
"It seems like he suffered a heavy injury!"
Young Thieving Heaven bitterly laughed inwardly.
His opponent this time was a clan elder's grandson. When he saw young Thieving Heaven's heavily injured appearance, he instead retreated several steps, looking at young Thieving Heaven with extreme cautiousness.
"What scheme are you plotting?" The elder's grandson shouted: "You think by disguising as heavily injured, I will be tricked by you? You are underestimating me too much."
Young Thieving Heaven rolled his eyes, speechless.
The Gu Master presiding over this match was also speechless. He had investigative Gu and had already ascertained that the heavy injuries on young Thieving Heaven were real.
But Fang Yuan's fraudulent performances before had left such a deep impression on others that even though young Thieving Heaven was injured currently, they did not dare to believe it. Young Thieving Heaven's opponent even retreated several steps, appearing extremely cautious!
"Since it is so…" Young Thieving Heaven smiled bitterly, the corners of his lips suddenly rose as his gaze and expression changed a little.
Fang Yuan had once again gained control over young Thieving Heaven's body.
"Come, let me test sneak attack Gu in a real fight." Fang Yuan willed and activated this rank two Gu worm.
A blue baby phantom jumped out of young Thieving Heaven's aperture.
"What the…" The elder's grandson gave a startled cry, he was not able to react in time and the blue baby phantom pounced at his body.
"Thankfully, I played safe and had immediately activated my defensive Gu worm earlier, not giving any chance to my opponent!" The blue baby phantom's speed was extremely fast, the elder's grandson could only squeeze out two words while his mind was filled with thoughts.
But this thought was the final thought before he fainted.
Guh.
At the next moment, the elder's grandson coughed out blood, and his eyes opened wide with an incredulous look.
Then, he fell down to the ground, immediately losing his consciousness.
Fang Yuan won!
Silence fell among the crowd.
Almost everyone's eyes were opened wide as they saw a blue baby figure drill in and out of the elder's grandson's body which then jumped up and down before entering back into young Thieving Heaven's aperture.
"Despicable! He used a dirty trick again."
"What did he use? The speed was too fast, I actually could not see it clearly."
"It seems to be a rank two Gu worm!"
"What exactly was that? I only saw a blue baby phantom."
"My intuition tells me this blue baby phantom is not simple!"
This time, not only the observing mortals, even those rank two Gu Masters were visibly moved.
Sneak attack Gu's first appearance had shocked everyone!
In the following matches, young Thieving Heaven repeatedly used sneak attack Gu.
His battles were clean and quick, they could be summarized in a few steps — step on the stage, activate sneak attack Gu, opponent faints, and victory comes.
Young Thieving Heaven's dominance was so big that he suppressed all the competitors instantly.
The crowd was overwhelmed.
There was no unexpected mishap, young Thieving Heaven smoothly grasped first place. This result raised many eyebrows.
"He was actually concealing this trump card!"
"This kid was actually pretending to be weak, he is too crafty and sinister."
"Yes, he clearly has such strength, but actually resorted to such tricks. Hmm… but this also shows his true nature!"
Young Thieving Heaven was first place in the competition, but the clansmen were dissatisfied.
With Fang Yuan causing disaster from the start, young Thieving Heaven had lost everyone's favor.
Ordinary people pointed at young Thieving Heaven and whispered to each other, but the clan's higher-ups had their attention on sneak attack Gu.
"This Gu is so powerful, what is its origin?"
"That kid is a commoner, a penniless brat, how could he get such a top tier Gu worm?"
"I have investigated it, he has been living in the clan since his birth. But earlier this year, he was exiled, and this Gu worm was very likely obtained by him during the exile."
"You are saying this kid has inherited some senior's inheritance?"
"Yes, that is very likely to be true!"
"This brat doesn't matter, the crucial thing is that this rank two Gu worm is really powerful. You have already seen its remarkable offensive power. It can be activated by a rank one Gu Master which means its primeval essence consumption is small, this is a top tier Gu worm. As long as our clan can arm ourselves with this Gu worm on a large scale, our strength will definitely soar.
At that time, we can definitely expand our operations and seize larger oases." The clan leader excitedly spoke, a fire of ambition flickering in his eyes.
As the dream realm continued, the clan's higher-up forces extended offers to young Thieving Heaven. They were either trying to invite him to visit their homes, or offer money and goods to get closer to him. Furthermore, some even wanted to marry their daughter to young Thieving Heaven.
"My good grandson, you have made it! You won't be able to hold on to this sneak attack Gu recipe, but you can use this to exchange for a large amount of benefits. Use it properly and you can even squeeze into the clan's higher-up circle. Hehehe!" Sha Xiao's voice echoed.
Young Thieving Heaven, however, was dead set on not handing over the Gu recipe.
"If I hand over the Gu recipe, a lot of babies will be implicated!"
"Then you can delay it for a while, after a few days, you will be going to the pool to select the reward of the competition winner. Don't forget grandpa's instructions." Sha Xiao contained his laughter, his voice turning cold and detached.
"Don't worry, I won't forget." Young Thieving Heaven promised.
After three days in the dream, he along with seven others were led by clan elders across the blockade and to the pool.
This was the most important resource area of the clan. There was also a natural spirit spring in the pool which produced primeval stones, and was the basis for survival of the clan.
Young Thieving Heaven's clan had not only planted a lot of Gu materials around the pool, they had also excavated underground caverns where they stored large amount of Gu worms.
Because young Thieving Heaven was the winner, he was brought to an underground cavern to choose a high quality Gu worm from inside.
He had just stepped inside when Sha Xiao's excited voice was heard: "It's here, it's here. I sense a dense Immortal Gu aura!"
"What Immortal Gu?" Young Thieving Heaven asked.
Right at this moment, Fang Yuan's sight suddenly turned dark.
His soul was once again being rapidly corroded by the dream realm.
After waiting for a seemingly endless time, Fang Yuan's soul had unknowingly left the dream realm.
The following events played out just like Fang Yuan's previous life like him going to green ghost desert, saving Fang Leng and Fang Yun and taking the identity of Suan Bu Jin.
A few days later.
Fang Yuan once again entered Thieving Heaven's dream realm.
The surroundings suddenly changed.
An oasis in the desert.
Fang Yuan was once again an observer.
"It is this place, it is this place!" Sha Xiao's voice was trembling from excitement.
Young Thieving Heaven's heart sank, Sha Xiao getting his wish was not something he wanted to see.
"Quick, throw that sheepskin map into the pool!" Sha Xiao commanded Young Thieving Heaven with a clear impatience.
Young Thieving Heaven was extremely doubtful: "Didn't you take my sheepskin map? How would I have it?"
Sha Xiao laughed darkly: "I have already made all the preparations, I have stitched that sheepskin map in your clothes. My good grandson, you only need to take off that piece of clothing and throw it to the pool!"
Young Thieving Heaven's heart sank further, as he thought inwardly: "This Sha Xiao is a scheming demon, he definitely has a huge plot in throwing that mysterious sheepskin map to the pool. How can I do a thing like helping him commit a crime? Although the clan banished me before, they have after all shown me kindness by raising me for many years. I cannot repay this kindness with ill-intent!"
"Quick, grandson, throw that clothing into the pool." Sha Xiao shouted: "Don't forget that my method is still marked in your body, if you don't do it, I will make sure you die a painful death."
Young Thieving Heaven's pupils immediately shrunk at the threat of death.
He thought of his family and returning home, falling into deep hesitation.
"Do I give up my moral conduct to return home? No, I can't do this. Sha Xiao might be incomparably strong, but I still have hope, I will fight to the end and will never lower my head to evil! I won't let down my, Ben Jie Sun's, name!"
Young Thieving Heaven's eyes shined brightly.
"Grandpa, this timing might not be suitable. I have yet to choose the Gu, the clan's Gu Masters are observing me from the side. If I rashly throw my clothes into the pool, it will be intercepted by the guards before it can even land in the pool. This pool is our clan's most important water source after all." Young Thieving Heaven inwardly said to Sha Xiao.
Sha Xiao was stunned for a moment, before slowly speaking: "I was impatient grandson, you are right. But you must find an opportunity when others are unaware and finish this task. If you cannot accomplish it, you can go die! If you can complete it, hehe, grandpa will give you unimaginable benefits!"
Sha Xiao threatened as well as enticed, young Thieving Heaven quickly agreed but was not even a little moved inwardly.
The clan's Gu Masters led young Thieving Heaven to the underground cavern: "You are the winner of the competition, go choose your Gu. Remember, you only have fifteen minutes."
Young Thieving Heaven thanked them and walked into the cavern. There were countless square holes in the walls.
The square holes were of all sizes, most of them containing Gu worms.
These rank one Gu worms were of all kinds and shapes, dazzling young Thieving Heaven.
He inwardly exclaimed: "Although I heard there were countless Gu worms in the world, now that I am personally seeing the storage of the clan, I am truly sensing how magical this world is!"
"Eh? There is a door there?"
Young Thieving Heaven pushed open the small door and entered another underground cavern.
This small cavern's size was only about one-third of the previous cavern. There were similar square holes carved in the walls, but the Gu worms in the holes were rank two.
Young Thieving Heaven sighed in his mind as he looked at the Gu worms: "Oh! I have no one to guide me, I simply don't know what Gu worm is better and suits me. Also, that demon Sha Xiao is plotting a huge scheme, what should I do? Ask for help from the clan?"
Right at this moment, Fang Yuan once again gained control over young Thieving Heaven's body.
Fang Yuan took a deep breath and controlled young Thieving Heaven's body.
He first activated sneak attack Gu.
Immediately at the activation, a blue baby figure jumped out and pounced towards the front.
In the blink of an eye, the blue baby phantom entered the cavern wall. The whole process was silent as if nothing had happened.
Fang Yuan chose three rank one Gu from the large cavern, immediately refining them and combining them into a killer move.
This killer move was activated, immediately forming a giant rhino strength path phantom.
The rhino strength path phantom moved its limbs and directly charged towards the cavern wall.
This part of the cavern walls had already been internally destroyed by sneak attack Gu's power. Now, as the rhino phantom smashed into it, it immediately collapsed loudly.
Following, large amount of water surged out of the hole.
Water surged in large amounts, a layer of light membrane suddenly shone on the wall, blocking most of the water.
"What happened?"
"Move quickly, something happened!"
Shocked voices came from outside the cavern, the guards immediately rushed in after sensing something wrong.
"What use is it in discovering now?" Fang Yuan sneered, activating sneak attack Gu along with other two Gu to form a killer move.
The rank two killer move covered him with a layer of blue light, increasing his speed sharply.
Fang Yuan moved quickly towards that membrane of light blocking the water, directly passing through it and entering the pool!
By the time the two guards entered, they only saw Fang Yuan's receding figure entering the pool.
"This is a traitor!" One guard shouted furiously with bloodshot eyes: "The clan nurtured and raised you, how could you dare to do this?! Was your conscience eaten by the dogs? Die!"
He immediately attacked.
But the other guard quickly stopped him: "Are you crazy? What would we do if your move kills the Gu worms in the cavern? The important thing is to repair the defense as quickly as possible to reduce the losses. The smaller the losses, the lighter our punishment would be!"
That guard did not want to continue listening to the advice, he shook off his companion's arm.
"You repair the defenses, I will capture this thief!" He threw behind these words, before passing through the light membrane to chase Fang Yuan.
"Thief, how dare you do this! Did you do this because you hated the clan for banishing you, or were you ordered by someone?" The chasing guard could speak even in water.
Fang Yuan didn't resist and allowed the guard to capture him.
The guard was about to hit, Fang Yuan when suddenly the spirit spring started burbling in the pool like it was boiling.
"What's going on?" The rank three guard was moving to the surface while holding Fang Yuan in one hand, when he saw this situation.