The two Gu Immortals who had previously bid against Yuan Fang now felt their souls flying away and spirits scattering. Staring at the auction items on the East Window Gu, they cried out in shock:
"This... this is actually Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's all living beings luck true inheritance! Just what kind of sacred being could produce such a supreme treasure?"
The two instantly realized they had provoked a major figure they absolutely could not afford to offend. They hurriedly sent a message to Yuan Fang, their tone extremely humble:
"We were offensive just now, it was entirely because we were blind and failed to recognize your greatness! This small gift is a token of our apology; we hope Your Excellency can be magnanimous..."
Yuan Fang glanced at the "apology gifts" they sent. They were just some mortal and immortal materials of the Sword Path. Their value wasn't top-tier, but better than nothing, so he accepted them for the time being.
At this moment, the focus of the auction was entirely concentrated on the central display stage. A Wisdom Path mortal Gu was placed there, sealing a strand of true meaning within it.
Whoever could absorb this true meaning would master the essence of the all living beings luck true inheritance, including the complete immortal gu recipe for the heavenly luck gu.
Medicine Emperor gazed at that true meaning, the sorrow in his eyes difficult to conceal. As a descendant of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and a member of the Golden Clans, he was personally witnessing the fading glory of his Family.
Among the Rank Eight Gu Immortals currently on the surface in Northern Plains, he was the only one with the Giant Sun Bloodline. Even the ancestor's King Court Blessed Land and eighty-eight true yang building had been destroyed.
The decline from generation to generation made his heart ache like it was being twisted:
"No matter what is said today, I must win the auction for the all living beings luck true inheritance! To revitalize my Golden Clans and restore the glory of Giant Sun!" A look of determination flashed in Medicine Emperor's eyes.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu's gaze was like it was stuck to a magnet, staring intently at that all living beings luck true meaning. His eyes bulged like a frog surfacing in a pond, poised for a fly near its mouth, ready to shoot out its sticky long tongue at any moment.
He cast an affectionate glance at his wife beside him, making a firm resolution in his heart:
"I have already passed one Great Tribulation; four more Heavenly Tribulations will make it a Myriad Tribulation. A point of no return... For the happiness of my wife and me, I am determined to get this all living beings luck true inheritance! Anyone who blocks me shall die!"
A raging fire ignited in Feng Jiu Ge's eyes, and the nine Central Continent Gu Immortals beside him also had eyes shining as bright as Sirius, all reaching a consensus:
"This item has a destiny with our Central Continent; we must obtain it!"
Five Elements Grandmaster and the others also secretly mobilized all their resources. Even if they had to empty mountains of gold and silver, they were determined to take this Legacy.
Seeing the entire venue boiling with excitement, Yuan Fang was secretly delighted and immediately spoke up:
"I require immortal gu and immortal materials of Strength Path, Sword Path, or Human Path in exchange."
"Human Path?"
Everyone broke into an uproar upon hearing this. Among the Gu Immortals present, very few had even heard of the "Human Path" school.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu also looked surprised—though he had a Killer Move related to Human Path called 'Ice Soul Shroud,' he could not produce Human Path immortal gu or immortal materials.
However, Yuan Fang's requirements were not limited to Human Path. As soon as he finished speaking, a Rank Seven Gu Immortal jumped out impatiently:
"I have a Strength Path rank six immortal gu, 'Six-Winged Pegasus Strength Gu,' plus thirty portions of Rank Seven immortal material, Sword Blade Fruits!"
"Hmph!" Old Ancestor Xue Hu snorted coldly and directly suppressed the bid:
"I offer a Rank Seven Slanted Sword Immortal Gu, plus three hundred portions of Rank Seven immortal material, Sword Wind! I am determined to get this all living beings luck true inheritance! Anyone else who dares to compete with me is an enemy of Old Ancestor Xue Hu, an enemy of the entire Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land!"
As soon as these words were spoken, more than half of the Rank Six Gu Immortals were frightened into silence. Who was Old Ancestor Xue Hu? He was the number one Rank Eight Gu Immortal of the Northern Plains Demonic Path!
Not to mention, he had recently obtained the Rank Eight Ice and Snow Path immortal gu, 'Snowy Night Immortal Gu,' making his battle strength even more formidable than his Peak.
In the original work, Old Ancestor Xue Hu did not have a Rank Eight immortal gu, which was clearly illogical—one must know that in the original work, he could fight two opponents at once and defeat two Rank Eight Gu Immortals; how could he not have a trump card?
Even that old fellow Tao Zhu, a Southern Border Loose Cultivator, had two Rank Eight immortal gu; how could Old Ancestor Xue Hu not have any?
Therefore, in my book, Old Ancestor Xue Hu possesses two Rank Eight immortal gu.
Besides the 'Snowy Night Immortal Gu,' the other is the core of the 'Ice Soul Shroud' Killer Move—the Rank Eight Ice and Snow Path immortal gu, 'Cold Garment.'
But Northern Plains did not have only one Rank Eight in Old Ancestor Xue Hu. Medicine Emperor immediately stood up, fuming with rage:
"Old Monster Xue Hu! Others fear you, but I do not! I have a Rank Seven Fist Strength Immortal Gu, plus two Strength Path Killer Moves with the Fist Strength Immortal Gu as the core!"
Five Elements Grandmaster was also not to be outdone and called out his bid loudly:
"Little brother, I have a Rank Seven Soldier Weapon Immortal Gu! Friend in room number twenty, do you consider this a Human Path immortal gu?"
Yuan Fang responded with silence. The Soldier Weapon Immortal Gu belonged to the Weapon Path, not the Human Path he wanted, and he had no interest in the Weapon Path at the moment.
Seeing this, Old Ancestor Xue Hu laughed heartily, mocked them, and then increased his bid again.
The bidding between Medicine Emperor and Old Ancestor Xue Hu instantly reached a fever pitch. The two were like mortal enemies, their bids soaring all the way to a height that Yuan Fang found hard to imagine.
Unfortunately, Medicine Emperor had already consumed too many resources earlier and gradually became unable to keep up. As time passed, reason gradually overcame obsession, and he finally let out a long sigh, choosing to give up.
Just as Old Ancestor Xue Hu thought victory was within his grasp and began to laugh wildly, a clear voice echoed leisurely:
"I have a Rank Seven Tide Strength Immortal Gu, a rank six Sword Chirp Immortal Gu, plus a Rank Eight Space Path immortal material—Azure Blue Tanuki Stomach Bag."
"Holy crap!"
Yuan Fang's heart shook violently. This Azure Blue Tanuki Stomach Bag was a Rank Eight Space Path immortal material that could be directly refined into an immortal aperture to expand its area!
The original work said it was equivalent to half an immortal aperture but didn't specify if it was a blessed land or a grotto-heaven. Because of Old Immortal Kong Jue, the author here defaults it to half a grotto-heaven.
How big is a grotto-heaven?
Among the Rank Eight Gu Immortals of Northern Plains during the same period, there were only a few like Old Ancestor Xue Hu, Medicine Emperor, Five Elements Grandmaster, Prince Feng Xian, and Heavenly Lord Bai Zu.
Yet a small Huawen Grotto-Heaven could nurture a Rank Eight Gu Immortal.
From this, it can be seen that the area of a grotto-heaven is at least comparable to a country; naturally, half a grotto-heaven wouldn't be small either.
Here, we might as well give it an exact size—it's equivalent to a certain beautiful country, entirely filled with oceans and containing a massive amount of Water Path dao marks.
Counting the losses, it's enough to let a Rank Six Gu Immortal's Water Path dao marks break through directly to the Rank Seven level!
Unfortunately, it was Water Path. Yuan Fang had just sold the Water Path immortal gu, Worldly Wave Trace.
The ones who could produce such a grand offer were naturally Feng Jiu Ge's group. Feng Jiu Ge smiled slightly and added:
"I see Your Excellency does not seem to cultivate Water Path. Coincidentally, my Prince Feng Xian possesses a secret method left behind by Old Immortal Kong Jue that can convert the dao marks of this Azure Blue Tanuki Stomach Bag into five paths: Space, Cloud, Sword, Star, and Dark."
Yuan Fang was about to agree, but Old Ancestor Xue Hu was still unwilling to give up and gritted his teeth to continue raising the bid. In the end, both sides took a step back and agreed to split the heaven and earth luck true inheritance half and half.
Though Yuan Fang was somewhat helpless, his harvest was still abundant:
Feng Jiu Ge gave him the rank six Sword Chirp Immortal Gu and the Rank Eight immortal material Azure Blue Tanuki Stomach Bag;
Old Ancestor Xue Hu offered the Rank Seven Heaven-Opening Strength Immortal Gu, as well as a large amount of rank six Sword Path immortal materials that Yuan Fang had long coveted—these materials were precisely what he needed for the Giant Sword Immortal Gu recipe he had recently created.
Watching Old Ancestor Xue Hu and the disguised Feng Jiu Ge each absorb the true meaning, Yuan Fang feared these Gu recipes and insights weren't valuable enough and had already secretly contacted Fang Yuan, ready to use Fixed Immortal Travel to flee at any moment.
Fortunately, Old Ancestor Xue Hu soon laughed out in pleasant surprise:
"Hahaha! I've become a Luck Path quasi-Grandmaster!"
It turned out that the heavenly luck gu was helping. Back in King Court Blessed Land, Fang Yuan hadn't completely absorbed all the Luck Path true meaning because he had momentarily neglected to check.
This kind of low-level mistake shouldn't have happened to Fang Yuan or Yuan Fang, yet it did, which precisely proved the power of the heavenly luck gu.
In a great mood, Old Ancestor Xue Hu looked at Yuan Fang: "Kid, do you have any other Luck Path immortal gu or mortal Gu? Bring them all out for this old man to see."
Yuan Fang then took out some Luck Path mortal Gu, such as Bad Luck Gu, Inspect Luck Gu, Good Luck Gu, Shift Calamity Gu, Curse Gu, Strong Luck Gu, and so on.
These Gu were better than nothing to a Gu Immortal, but Old Ancestor Xue Hu accepted them all, gave Yuan Fang five immortal essence stones, and even invited him to join Great Snow Mountain Blessed Land.
Yuan Fang naturally declined politely—he didn't want to walk into a tiger's den.
The auction did not end with the distribution of the all living beings luck true inheritance. All the Gu Immortal slaves Yuan Fang brought were sold, gathering the immortal materials required by Lang Ya Earth Spirit.
He also saw a rank six Fast Sword Immortal Gu, but unfortunately, he had no more immortal gu to trade, and there were very few Sword Path Gu Immortals present, so this immortal gu ultimately failed to sell.
Just then, Fang Yuan's voice suddenly rang in Yuan Fang's mind:
"Hei Lou Lan has fallen into a dream realm. According to our alliance agreement, I need to leave first. Lend me those strength path immortal gu you just auctioned; I'm going to save her."
Yuan Fang readily agreed. The rest of the auction had nothing much to see. After it ended, he handed ten thousand courage gu to Qin Bai Sheng and entered Luo Po Valley.
A month later, Yuan Fang's soul cultivation finally broke through to the hundred-thousand-man soul level, and only then did he leave Luo Po Valley.
During this period, a fierce battle broke out between Qin Bai Sheng and Feng Jiu Ge.
In the original work, Feng Jiu Ge eventually defeated Qin Bai Sheng, but in this life, Qin Bai Sheng's battle strength was even greater than before.
When Feng Jiu Ge was about to win, Qin Bai Sheng unleashed his trump card Killer Move, 'Five Finger Fist Heart Sword,' and the two eventually fought to a draw.
But any discerning person could see that Feng Jiu Ge was superior—because from beginning to end, he had not used his bottom-of-the-barrel 'Great Wind Song.'
At the same time, Old Ancestor Xue Hu also engaged in a world-shaking battle with Medicine Emperor and Five Elements Grandmaster, eventually overpowering them all and securing his position as the number one Rank Eight of the contemporary Northern Plains.
(Not including figures in eternal heaven like Bing Sai Chuan or Mao Li Qiu, although Mao Li Qiu is quite a character)
When Yuan Fang returned to Fox Immortal Blessed Land with his hundred-thousand-man soul, Fang Yuan had already rescued Hei Lou Lan and, in the process, 'tricked' her Self Strength Immortal Gu away from her.
Hei Lou Lan was so angry she cursed: "Shameless bastard!"