Continuing from where we left off:
Yuan Fang obtained twenty Rank Eight white litchi immortal essence from Lang Ya Earth Spirit and borrowed the malice immortal gu. He used these to refine the immortal gu house near water pavilion and also refined the Luck Path immortal gu "Calamity Beckoning."
That concludes the recap.
Yuan Fang stared at the immortal gu in his palm, a cold arc curling at the corners of his mouth. Although this Gu could help one immerse themselves in joy, it was not quite suitable for schemes and calculations.
He flicked his fingertips and activated the malice gu; Yuan Fang's malice instantly flowed throughout his body, and his thoughts became sinister and sharp.
"The immediate priority is to grow stronger."
This thought thundered in his mind. He needed the Ten Thousand Me killer move; only then could he gain a firm foothold in the brutal competition for the eighty-eight true yang building. At the same time, he thought of the Myriad Self immortal gu.
He searched through his memories of the original work, and the Gu recipe for the Myriad Self immortal gu clearly emerged:
Drinking Blade Wine, Blade Gu, Positive and Negative God-Sniper Needle, Floating Life Fire, Self-Reliance Gu, all-out effort gu... every single one was extremely rare, and he currently had almost no stock in hand.
As for the Ten Thousand Me killer move, without wisdom gu to perform the deductions, he couldn't even begin to grasp it.
However, he was not entirely without support. The amplification from the near water pavilion caused his combat strength to skyrocket, enough to crush ordinary Gu Immortals. He took stock of his immortal gu:
self gu (vital Gu), Calamity Beckoning Gu, the immortal gu within the Rank Seven immortal gu house near water pavilion, as well as the borrowed malice gu and the attitude gu found in the Northern Ice Plain.
Although near water pavilion was powerful and could resist Rank Eight Gu Immortals, being the immortal gu house of Shui Ni, the founding Ancestral Master of the Spring Path Sect, its strength was like a mantis trying to stop a carriage when facing the complete eighty-eight true yang building.
"Too weak..." Yuan Fang murmured to himself, the power of the malice gu making his gaze increasingly cold. Suddenly, a flash of cunning crossed his eyes:
"This malice gu is borrowed. If I use my self gu to take a few bites of it, wouldn't I be earning Wisdom Path dao marks for free?"
This was practically the malice gu digging its own grave—it was precisely the malice it fostered that allowed Yuan Fang to come up with such a sinister idea.
Yuan Fang took up a small knife and precisely carved a piece of immortal gu meat from the malice gu, feeding it to his self gu. The self gu's eyes instantly became greedy, wearing a particularly exaggerated expression, much like an AI-generated image.
Under the terrified gaze of the malice gu, the self gu greedily devoured the piece of the malice gu's flesh until nothing was left.
A surge of pure Wisdom Path power flooded into his body, and Yuan Fang's Wisdom Path dao marks directly skyrocketed by five hundred. Meanwhile, the malice gu only withered slightly, clearly having been raised to be extremely hardy by the Lang Ya Earth Spirit. Without hesitation, Yuan Fang made another cut.
This time, his Wisdom Path dao marks broke through the one-thousand mark, and his Wisdom Path Realm even directly stepped into the Great Master level!
The malice gu completely wilted, its aura faint and dying. Yuan Fang immediately used the star gate gu to send it back to the Lang Ya Blessed Land. As long as the Gu didn't die in his own hands, there would be no trouble.
Seeing the dying malice gu, the Lang Ya Earth Spirit jumped in distress and hastily fed it rare Gu food before looking at Yuan Fang: "What happened?"
Yuan Fang looked composed: "I encountered a Thievery Path Gu Immortal, and it was stolen away. I risked my life to chase it back; if I had been a step later, it would have been completely destroyed. These wounds are all claw marks from that thief."
"So, you should actually be thanking me."
(malice gu: ***)
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit believed him implicitly. He carefully put away the malice gu, then turned around with a face full of smiles to brew a cup of tea:
"Young man, too many of those Desolate Beasts died in battle last time, and I need to replenish my combat strength. Help me enslave two powerful Desolate Beasts, and I'll lend you this Rank Seven beast taming gu."
Yuan Fang held the tea cup, slowly swirling it: "That's a bit difficult to manage."
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit immediately upped the ante: "Once it's done, I'll lend you another Space Path Immortal Rank Killer Move that can significantly increase the time flow of your blessed land."
A sharp light flashed in Yuan Fang's eyes, but his expression remained calm: "Just that isn't enough. I also want some Wisdom Path mortal Killer Moves, as well as ancient books on Hairy People customs."
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit was overjoyed; in his eyes, these things were far less precious than Gu Refining resources, so he agreed immediately.
With the beast taming gu, Yuan Fang easily captured the Desolate Beast Meteor Bear and the Desolate Beast Falling Star Hound. The Lang Ya Earth Spirit kept his promise, increasing the time flow of Yuan Fang's blessed land to fifty times and teaching him six Wisdom Path Killer Moves:
- Knowing Astronomy: Deducing incoming enemies, weather, and stars.
- Knowing Geography: Deducing Gu Formations and terrain.
- Killer Move Unraveling: Analyzing flaws.
- Fighting Humans: Predicting schemes.
- Hiding Clumsiness: Concealing oneself.
- Aloof from the World: Making oneself nearly impossible to deduce.
Yuan Fang sent the ancient books on Hairy People customs into his blessed land, letting them spread among the various tribes. Subsequently, he went alone to Soul Searching Mountain and targeted the girl at the Peak of Rank Five, Gu Yue Mo Yan.
"It's you! Immortal Path Killer Move—Only I Am Supreme!"
The power of the immortal gu was integrated into the Killer Move, requiring no mortal gu for support. Gu Yue Mo Yan was instantly enslaved, her eyes vacant as she allowed Yuan Fang to lead her away.
Yuan Fang replaced her vital Gu and all the Gu worms on her body with Human Path mortal gu and sent her to the Northern Plains to undergo tribulation.
With the amplification from near water pavilion, Yuan Fang easily protected Gu Yue Mo Yan as she underwent tribulation to ascend to an immortal. She obtained a high-grade blessed land, but no immortal gu remained.
Yuan Fang then gave the order for Gu Yue Mo Yan to commit suicide within his blessed land, and he subsequently annexed her Human Path blessed land.
His Human Path dao marks increased by another hundred, totaling five hundred; the blessed land's area expanded to twelve million mu. He settled ten ethnic groups, including the Human Race, Hairy People, and Stone Men, in the blessed land, letting them fight one another to continuously generate Human Path dao marks.
Gu Yue Fuqi and the others gazed at the chaotic world on the other side of the sea, completely dumbfounded. It turned out the world hadn't been unified yet; it seemed the comrades still needed to work hard.
Yuan Fang didn't care at all. Returning to Gu Yue Village, he selected Gu Yue Chi Zhong, who was also at the Peak of Rank Five, and used the same methods to refine him into a Human Path Gu Immortal, obtaining a medium-grade blessed land.
His Human Path dao marks increased by another seventy, but Yuan Fang had to stop—the new dao marks were beginning to conflict with the original ones and required time to refine.
During his period of secluded cultivation, Fang Yuan obtained a Floor Owner Token from a backup in Central Continent, and together with Hei Lou Lan's, they gathered a ten-edge Floor Owner Token.
Yuan Fang and Fang Yuan also helped Great White Cloud Life obtain a fifteen-year Longevity Gu, allowing him to extend his life, and they reunited with him. Great White Cloud Life had just caused the deaths of Gao Yang and Zhu Zai, and he was incredibly moved at this moment.
Furthermore, the level that originally had the flying bear strength gu as a reward was actually changed to the Soul Purification Immortal Gu—the core of the Ten Thousand Me killer move!
Although Yuan Fang was determined to get it, he couldn't leave because he had to refine the newly added dao marks, so he could only entrust the matter to Fang Yuan and repeatedly emphasized its importance.
Fang Yuan did not fail his trust; not only did he get the Soul Purification Immortal Gu, but he also brought back an unexpected surprise:
Ten thousand White Lotus Giant Silkworm Gu, as well as forty types of White Lotus Giant Silkworm Gu recipes.
This was precisely the food for the Soul Purification Immortal Gu. In the original work, Fang Yuan had once traveled everywhere for it, but now it was easily obtained by Fang Yuan—clearly, it was Ma Hong Yun, the owner of the Rank Eight Fortune Rivaling Heaven immortal gu, helping in secret again.
An even greater surprise was that a subsequent level also rewarded the rank six movement immortal gu "stepping on clouds."
Meanwhile, on the seventy-sixth floor of the eighty-eight true yang building, Gu Yue Qing Shu obtained the Rank Five wood charm gu and also several immortal gu recipes, among which was the green vine immortal gu he had dreamed of.
And to refine the green vine immortal gu, one needed the Rank Five wood charm gu.
He did not hesitate to change his vital Gu to the wood charm gu and reverse-refined his original Rank Four wood charm gu into a five-hundred-year Longevity Gu.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang immediately came knocking on his door, wanting to purchase the Longevity Gu. Gu Yue Qing Shu proposed a condition: "Help me gather the immortal materials for the green vine immortal gu and assist me in ascending to an immortal, and I will give you a hundred-year Longevity Gu."
Yuan Fang readily agreed. Longevity Gu were priceless; this deal was a guaranteed profit.
He turned around to find the Lang Ya Earth Spirit, wanting to exchange immortal essence stones for immortal materials. This time, however, the Lang Ya Earth Spirit had grown smarter.
"I have too many immortal essence stones," he said. "I want an Ancient Desolate Beast to guard the blessed land."
Yuan Fang immediately refused. He couldn't let the Lang Ya Blessed Land gain such a powerful combat force, or it would be inconvenient to plot against it later.
The Lang Ya Earth Spirit also felt the request was a bit excessive and took a step back:
"Then take the Beast Enslavement immortal gu and help me bring back five Desolate Beasts, and gather these Gu materials. I want to refine the extinct Group Strength Gu, which requires stone monkey hair. Go to Treasure Yellow Heaven and buy it from Immortal Monkey King. Someone has been using Treasure Yellow Heaven to deduce my whereabouts lately, so the transaction is up to you."
Yuan Fang looked at the stone monkey hair on the list, his brow furrowing slightly, but he still agreed: "Fine."
He activated the heaven connecting gu, connecting to the transaction Information Path of Treasure Yellow Heaven. A new transaction was about to begin.