Fang Yuan smiled toward Hu Immortal and said, "That's right. I brought these Gu worms because I already knew the general situation within the blessed land beforehand…"
Hu Immortal was merely a newly advanced Gu Immortal and was extremely poor. For some reason, she did not possess Connecting Heaven Gu or Divine Sense Gu to connect to Yellow Treasure Heaven. This situation had given Fang Yuan a headache in his previous life, forcing him to walk a long road before finally reaching Lang Ya blessed land and obtaining Connecting Heaven Gu and Divine Sense Gu.
But in this life, he had refined Second Aperture Gu on the very first attempt, leaving behind a large amount of immortal and mortal materials, along with even a three-hundred-year Lifespan Gu! Fang Yuan possessed dozens of recipes for refining Connecting Heaven Gu and Divine Sense Gu, and he could casually modify the recipe if certain required materials were unavailable.
Thus, using the immortal and mortal materials within the blessed land of Three Kings inheritance, he raised most of his strength path Gu worms to rank four while also refining Divine Sense Gu and Connecting Heaven Gu!
Fang Yuan understood the difficult situation of Hu Immortal blessed land. If he wished to preserve it without suffering losses, he needed to connect to Yellow Treasure Heaven so he could obtain the materials and Gu worms he required — whether for preparing against the sixth earthly calamity or managing the blessed land and developing resource points into profitable projects.
"It is easy to do things in secret, but difficult to do them openly." This saying was profound and perfectly described his current situation!
Fang Yuan was under pressure from potentially being exposed by Heaven's Will or the venerables secretly observing from the shadows. He had to balance every step carefully and not become blinded by greed. Although he could take a different path from his previous life and avoid following everything exactly as before, there were still limits to this.
For example, with his attainment in formation path, space path, and wisdom path, he could casually create a space path Immortal Gu House using Fixed Immortal Travel and Divine Travel Gu.
But was he foolish enough to actually do such a thing? Merely revealing that possibility was already proof that something was wrong, and he would immediately become an eyesore to Heaven's Will and the venerables.
At that point, Fang Yuan had no doubt that Heavenly Court would come directly to Hu Immortal blessed land to kill him. Therefore, Fang Yuan possessed a clear understanding of his own situation. He could not freely travel everywhere using Fixed Immortal Travel and seize precious inheritances, resource points, and Immortal Gu as he pleased.
Even if he clearly knew their locations and possessed methods to obtain them.
Only after becoming a Gu Immortal and creating an immortal killer move capable of concealing himself from Heaven's Will and the prying eyes of the venerables would he be able to freely seize those inheritances, Immortal Gu, and resource points.
For now, he could only rely upon Yellow Treasure Heaven and the resources within it for exchange, obtaining the greatest possible benefits. In any case, this was not truly bad. Fang Yuan could create many astonishing things using mortal Gu and mortal materials.
For example, he could construct immortal formations using certain mortal Gu, and he could also create mortal killer moves no weaker than some of the weaker immortal killer moves. Furthermore, he possessed abundant experience in organizing and nurturing resource points until they produced outputs far beyond their normal potential!
Fang Yuan took out all the immortal materials he had obtained from the blessed land of Three Kings inheritance. The quantity was not large, but it was still considered excellent.
"Master! This is so much! We can sell these immortal materials for immortal essence stones and purchase huge fox groups — even beast emperors!" Little Hu Immortal became excited as she flew around the resources joyfully, inspecting them one by one.
"Mmm, Little Hu Immortal, connect to Yellow Treasure Heaven and place these immortal materials for sale… This is the ice water of the old desolate beast, Ice Crystal Phoenix. This rank six immortal material is worth approximately three immortal essence stones, and this…"
Fang Yuan taught Little Hu Immortal the value of every material while also giving her additional instructions that greatly expanded the young land spirit's knowledge.
Little Hu Immortal's watery eyes sparkled as she listened attentively, thinking inwardly:
"Master is truly incredible! It feels as though he has a solution to every problem, and his knowledge simply surpasses the heavens themselves!"
Fang Yuan left Hu Immortal to handle matters within Yellow Treasure Heaven while he himself moved toward a location where a temporary prison had been created for Fang Zheng.
A simple mortal formation had been constructed by Fang Yuan, yet it was already more than enough to suppress Fang Zheng and keep him in a permanent sleeping state. Fang Yuan controlled the formation and awakened Fang Zheng.
Fang Zheng was thrown onto the ground, his aperture emptied of all Gu worms. He was no better than a mortal now. The moment the formation activated, a small bolt of lightning shot out and struck him. Fang Zheng's body trembled several times while his hair stood on end chaotically.
Fang Zheng awoke in terror, his eyes bloodshot as he shouted:
"Master! Where are you, Master!"
But Fang Yuan's mocking voice poured over him like cold water.
"Oh? You mean that miserable soul?… He abandoned you the instant you were captured. He is not your master. He merely used you to cling to life and planned to seize your body once you entered a life-and-death situation."
Fang Zheng shouted angrily:
"Murderer! You killed aunt and uncle! Fang Yuan, you lying demon! Where is Master?! You must release me, otherwise Immortal Crane Sect will attack you! I am an elite disciple of Immortal Crane Sect, and my master is an elder within the sect!"
Fang Zheng screamed like an enraged child, kicking and punching the stone walls of Dang Hun Mountain until the skin on his fists tore apart. But Fang Yuan said nothing until Fang Zheng exhausted himself and collapsed onto the ground, curling into himself.
"Fang Zheng, you must understand. In this world, almost nobody truly cares for another person except for a rare few. Even the person you call your master is merely a liar who came to destroy our clan. He only saved you in order to obtain clues leading to me… And the moment you became trapped in unavoidable danger, he abandoned you immediately. Think about it carefully. Without your so-called master, you would still be on Qing Mao Mountain alongside Shen Cui, uncle, and aunt. Therefore, the one who destroyed our clan was not me — it was your master."
Fang Zheng trembled with anger and fear. He wanted to scream that Fang Yuan was lying, but the tears and mucus running across his face made speaking difficult. In the end, he could only utter:
"Li… liar!"
Fang Yuan said nothing. Instead, he took out a lump of filled will and injected it directly into Fang Zheng's mind. In the next moment, Fang Zheng began convulsing violently from pain, but Fang Yuan simply activated the formation and left him to suffer.
"With time, you will understand this, Fang Zheng. You are nothing more than a pawn chosen by Heaven, just like I once was."
Fang Yuan did not kill his younger brother, and the reason was certainly not pity or sentimentality.
Rather, he possessed a vague intuition that killing him would result in a tremendous loss, and this intuition did not come from nowhere. Fang Yuan possessed great grandmaster attainment in heaven path, grandmaster attainment in luck path, great grandmaster attainment in wisdom path, quasi-supreme grandmaster attainment in time path, and grandmaster attainment in human path.
All these factors combined to create within him a highly developed intuition toward matters that would benefit him in the future.
And Fang Zheng was an important pawn — important enough for Fang Yuan to abandon the thought of killing this troublesome headache.