A deafening explosion rang out as the bright moon still water tower crashed down, heavily smashing onto the Mei Lan Movie, pinning it firmly to the ground and leaving it with no room to move or resist.
Seeing this, eight Rank Five experts immediately flew out from the bright moon still water tower, simultaneously activating Rank Five Mortal Path Killer Moves:
"Mortal Path Killer Move — Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation!"
(Cao Ren: I understand this.)
In the next moment, eight golden locks shot through the air, trapping both the bright moon still water tower and the suppressed Mei Lan Movie. Golden light burst from the locks, transforming into countless golden chains that wove together into an airtight golden sphere, completely enveloping the Mei Lan Movie within.
Meanwhile, the bright moon still water tower flew in front of Fang Yuan, erecting a barrier to protect him from being injured by the aftershocks.
The Mei Lan Movie had just crushed over a thousand newborn small crabs, but the reproductive capacity of the Mud Swamp Crab was terrifying; in just a moment, countless more small crabs were born, densely crawling all over the surroundings.
The others did not dare to relax in the slightest, all focusing their minds to prepare Killer Moves. They knew clearly that the Mei Lan Movie was only suppressed and was still in good condition, having lost less than a third of its combat power.
For this Mortal Path Killer Move to be able to trap an existence with rank six combat power for even a moment was already the limit.
Sure enough, after a brief moment, the golden sphere emitted an overburdened humming sound, and with a flash of lightning, the golden sphere shattered with a bang.
The enraged Mei Lan Movie was about to turn and attack Fang Yuan when it was met with over a hundred majestic Mortal Path Killer Moves, but even as these Killer Moves bombarded its body, they failed to injure it in the slightest.
Seeing the Killer Moves that were usually quite powerful hit the Mei Lan Movie only to force it back dozens of steps, the Gu Yue Clan Members all secretly sighed at the difference between immortals and Mortals. A burning fire of yearning ignited in Fang Zheng's eyes as he secretly clenched his fists to encourage himself:
"Fang Zheng! In your lifetime, you must possess such strength! You must become a legendary Gu Immortal and see the scenery of rank six with your own eyes. You must become a 'big tree' like Brother Qing Shu, sheltering the clansmen from wind and rain. You must become stronger to protect the Gu Yue Clan, so that all the clansmen can live peacefully and happily!"
Just as the Mei Lan Movie was about to pounce toward the Gu Yue Clan Members, a giant pincer suddenly reached out and clamped tightly onto its waist. The Mud Swamp Crab's sudden attack caught the Mei Lan Movie off guard.
"Good opportunity! Clansmen, kill this blue demon!"
Gu Yue Qing Shu shouted loudly, and the other clansmen activated their Killer Moves one after another, launching a storm-like onslaught against the Mei Lan Movie.
The Mei Lan Movie struggled desperately to break free, but the Mud Swamp Crab extended another giant pincer, clamping it fiercely onto its head, nearly killing it. The Mei Lan Movie originally had middle stage rank six combat power, but within the blessed land, it was suppressed by the geographical advantage, reducing its strength by more than half.
On the other hand, although the Mud Swamp Crab had no advantage on the grassland, it had the help of the Earth Spirit, so its combat power was not reduced at all. Under such circumstances, how could the Mud Swamp Crab not win?
Although it could not fly, the restrained Mei Lan Movie did not even have the chance to fly, and with the Gu Yue Clan Members assisting from the side, its defeat was a foregone conclusion.
In the end, this Mei Lan Movie that had plagued the blessed land for many years finally could not hold on any longer. It used its last bit of strength to break free from the Mud Swamp Crab's giant pincers, but shortly after flying out, it was grabbed by Fang Yuan, whose six monstrous arms worked with his own two arms to give it a vicious beating.
After being disciplined by the Immortal Venerable's methods, the Mei Lan Movie's combat power was nearly zero. Fang Yuan carried it like a hen and threw it into Soul Searching Mountain. There was already an indestructible dungeon in Soul Searching Mountain that was connected to the bright moon still water tower; once imprisoned inside, there was no possibility of escape.
In the dungeon, not only was the power of Soul Searching Mountain constantly suppressing it, but it would also periodically release attacks to torture the Mei Lan Movie. Over time, it would not only be covered in wounds but would not even have a chance to recover.
As for why Fang Yuan did not kill the Mei Lan Movie on the spot, the reason was simple—this thing would be of great use in the future. And this use was precisely related to the rank six Blood Path immortal gu, blood god child.
The blood god child resembled a flying mosquito and was crimson all over; the Rank Five Mortal Gu Blood Droplets was its predecessor. In the five hundred years of Fang Yuan's previous life, he had spent a great deal of effort trying to obtain this blood god child immortal gu, but he had never succeeded. This Gu could continuously refine blood path clones with rank six combat power.
(In the original work, it was not mentioned what was needed to refine these blood path clones. However, Blood Path has the characteristic of using Mortal materials to replace immortal materials, so it is likely not refined using immortal materials. Combined with the characteristics of the Thunder God Child immortal gu, desolate beasts or Gu Immortals with rank six combat power should be used here as the main materials for refining blood path clones.)
Now that Fang Yuan had the complete Gu recipe for the blood god child, with such a good opportunity, if he didn't refine it now, when would he?
To refine the blood god child immortal gu, a massive amount of Blood Path immortal materials was required. This was not difficult; at worst, he could just kill several hundred thousand people. However, some immortal materials could not be entirely replaced by Mortal materials.
Fang Yuan activated the heaven connecting gu to communicate with Treasure Yellow Heaven, purchasing rank six Blood Path immortal materials at a high price. This attracted the attention of many Gu Immortals:
"Hmph, a Blood Path madman, everyone has the right to execute him!"
"Truly audacious, aren't you afraid the Ten Great Ancient Sects will come and capture you?"
But soon, these clamoring voices fell silent.
Because the price Fang Yuan offered was high enough to make even them tempted. They were all at the level of Gu Immortals, so they more or less had some Blood Path immortal materials. Perhaps they happened to have the Blood Path immortal materials he needed.
However, the Blood Path immortal materials Fang Yuan wanted were very rare, and even these Gu Immortals did not have them. So they began to curse again. Fang Yuan sneered; these Gu Immortals probably had little experience in the world and relied on their families to become immortals, possessing no real strength.
Just then, a will appeared in Treasure Yellow Heaven, interrupting his thoughts. The owner of that will spoke:
"Blood Path is not lonely, it has poisoned the world for ten thousand years."
"Junior, I have all the Blood Path immortal materials you want to purchase. Give me thirty immortal essence stones, and I will sell them all to you. How about it?"
Fang Yuan instantly recognized the owner of this will—it was Song Zi Xing, the Blood Path Gu Immortal who dominated Central Continent.
(It seems his name is Song Zi Xing, I forgot.)
In his previous life, Fang Yuan had even attacked Fox Immortal Blessed Land with Song Zi Xing's son, and even killed Feng Jin Huang.
After hearing Song Zi Xing's price, Fang Yuan shook his head and sent his will to Treasure Yellow Heaven:
"Senior, thirty immortal essence stones is truly too much. This Junior has only recently attained immortality and doesn't have that many immortal essence stones on hand."
After hearing this, Song Zi Xing, who was likely in urgent need of immortal essence stones, pondered for a moment before speaking with a hint of mockery in his tone:
"Very well, Junior, consider it your lucky day. It suits my mood. How about this, as a Blood Path Senior, I will help you, a rising star of the Blood Path. In my view... twenty-eight immortal essence stones, how about it?"
Fang Yuan, however, feigned hesitation and bargained: "This price is still expensive. According to market rates, these Blood Path immortal materials are worth at most twenty-five immortal essence stones."
Song Zi Xing initially tried to decline using the rarity of the immortal materials as an excuse, but Fang Yuan would not budge an inch. Coupled with Song Zi Xing's urgent need for immortal essence stones, the two sides finally settled on a closing price of twenty-three immortal essence stones.
With these Blood Path immortal materials, the indispensable immortal materials for refining the blood god child were complete. As for where the Blood Path Mortal materials to replace the other immortal materials would come from, Fang Yuan first ruled out the two regions of Central Continent and Northern Plains.
Central Continent had the Heavenly Court, the Demon Judgment Board, and the Ten Great Ancient Sects; Northern Plains had eternal heaven and the Golden Clans, but its terrain was mostly open grasslands, flat and easy for reinforcements to arrive.
After thinking it over, Fang Yuan finally decided to choose Western Desert as the place for Gu Refining.
Western Desert was still a boundless expanse of yellow sand. Fang Yuan stood on the eaves of the bright moon still water tower, driving this mortal gu house to travel swiftly over the desert. The desert wind howled with grit, leaving the outer walls of the bright moon still water tower covered in dust and thick yellow sand accumulated in the carvings of the eaves.
Deep in the desert, there was an oasis with a pool of water embedded in its center, surrounded by yellow earth walls made of rammed earth—this was the camp of the Yang Family of Western Desert. With two Rank Five Gu Masters presiding over it, it was considered a large-scale Family in Western Desert.
But such a foundation was not even enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of Fang Yuan and the Gu Yue Clan.
Fang Yuan scanned the busy Yang Family members in the camp and turned to give Gu Yue Yao Le a look. Yao Le understood; she possessed the Hidden Soul Beast Raiment Gu and could carry a massive number of beast groups with her. She immediately summoned a hundred thousand bears. The dark tide of bears roared as it charged fiercely toward the Yang Family camp.
Yao Le was a Slave Path Gu Master. She originally controlled bone beasts, but she happened to prefer bears, so she simply switched to controlling bears. At this moment, she was holding a fluffy little bear cub.
The moment the hundred thousand bears crashed into the Yang Family camp, two Rank Five auras suddenly soared into the sky. The two presiding Gu Masters of the Yang Family were about to fly out to protect their clansmen when a shimmering giant sword shot through the air, so fast it left only a silver flash, piercing through the forehead of one of the Rank Five Elders on the spot.
Seeing his fellow Elder killed instantly, the Yang Clan Chief's heart trembled with shock. He hastily activated all his Gu worms to set up a defense. However, he saw the owner of the Flying Sword slowly descend. It was a youth dressed in black, his wide black robes fluttering in the wind and sand, his black hair reaching his waist, and his skin possessing the characteristic pallor of a youth; it was Fang Yuan.
What he had just used was a Sword Path Killer Move created by Yuan Fang—'Giant Sword Technique'.
Anyone who had read 'A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality' would know the 'Giant Sword Technique', but it had been refined by Yuan Fang into a Rank Five Sword Path Mortal Gu, 'Giant Sword Gu'. Combined with several other Mortal Gu, it created this overbearing Sword Path Killer Move.
Perhaps due to the accumulation of his previous life, Yuan Fang was born with an extraordinary affinity for Sword Path. Fang Yuan had once inferred that Yuan Fang's Sword Path attainment was at least at the Grandmaster level, and possibly even a Sword Path quasi-Great Grandmaster.
It was precisely because of this that he could create several Sword Path Killer Moves and Sword Path Gu worms in a short period—this was the Heaven-Defying advantage of an Otherworldly Demon.
Facing Fang Yuan's unprecedented Gu worms and Killer Moves, the Yang Family members only felt a chill rise from the soles of their feet to the tops of their heads as fear gripped everyone's hearts.
But fear could not change the outcome. Fang Yuan raised his hand for another Giant Sword Technique. The moment the silver flash struck, the Yang Clan Chief did not even have time to scream before being split in two, his corpse falling straight to the ground.
"Not good! Lord Clan Chief has been killed! Lord Yang Li is also dead! Even a Rank Five couldn't stop him!"
(Yang Li was the first Rank Five Gu Master to die.)
The screams of the Yang Family members rose and fell. A Peak Rank Four Elder named Yang Heng had eyes nearly bursting from their sockets as he roared with bloodshot eyes:
"Avenge Lord Clan Chief! Avenge Lord Yang Li!"
The clansmen roared in resistance, and even Mortals holding brooms, pot lids, and kitchen knives rushed forward. But this burst of passion, in the face of an absolute gap in strength, was nothing more than the foolish courage of a moth to a flame.
In the end, the cold wind blew across the oasis, freezing the hot blood of everyone in the Yang Family. In the camp, the corpses of humans and bears were piled up, and blood soaked the yellow sand. In Fang Yuan's eyes, every one of these corpses was excellent Blood Path Mortal material for refining the blood god child.
After looting the Yang Family camp, Fang Yuan tirelessly wiped out the neighboring Wang and Tan families. The oasis in Western Desert turned into a Hell on earth in the blink of an eye.
The Caravans of the Song and Zhang families were wiped out by Fang Yuan one after another, and from then on, he obtained hundreds of thousands of Blood Path Mortal materials.
Having finished this, Fang Yuan brushed the sand from his hands, activated the star gate gu, and returned to Fox Immortal Blessed Land.
In the next moment, Little Fox Immortal teleported in front of Fang Yuan, threw herself into his arms, and rubbed her head against his chest:
"Master, Master! You're finally back! The Ten Great Ancient Sects' order for ancient glory light Gu worms and the order for Stone Man slaves have arrived again! I just calculated it, this single order can earn us fifty-eight immortal essence stones!"
Hearing Little Fox Immortal's cheerful voice, a rare sincere smile appeared on the corner of Fang Yuan's mouth. Thinking back to the five hundred years of his previous life, he had spent all his effort, and his highest net worth was only thirty-six immortal essence stones; now, his wealth had already far exceeded that of an ordinary Rank Six Gu Immortal. This speed of accumulation was something he wouldn't have dared to imagine in his previous life.
immortal essence stones were already abundant, and the supplies for refining the blood god child seemed more than enough, but Fang Yuan knew in his heart that he still lacked one crucial blood path gu material—this thing was the core key to refining the blood god child immortal gu.
That was using a blood relative as a gu material. The higher the loyalty of the person being refined, the more loyal the refined Blood Path clone would be; conversely, if the blood relative being refined hated him to the bone, the Blood Path clone would easily develop a rebellious heart.
But before that, Fang Yuan still needed to prepare enough green grape immortal essence. There were only sixty-three beads of green grape immortal essence left in Fox Immortal Blessed Land. If he were ambushed while refining the Gu, this small amount of immortal essence would not be enough to support the consumption.
After some thought, Fang Yuan exchanged ten immortal essence stones for ten beads of green grape immortal essence, bringing the blessed land's green grape immortal essence reserve to seventy-three beads, only then feeling slightly more at ease.
Everything was ready, except for this last gu material. Regarding this, a cold light flashed in the depths of Fang Yuan's eyes, and he already had a plan in mind.