Dark purple qi barrier was like a high tower firmly locking in thousand meters of area.
The qi barrier, however, did not isolate sight. Who knew how many eyes were secretly watching the scene from outside the barrier.
"Bai Ning Bing, just let yourself be captured obediently. It is impossible for you to escape!" Tie clan's four old-timers occupied east, south, west and north positions separately, locking Bai Ning Bing in the center.
Bai Ning Bing was sitting cross-legged on a boulder, her two hands holding primeval stones as she replenished her primeval essence.
"Bai Ning Bing, don't hold any delusions. You killed our Tie clansman, and still thinking you will be able to escape? Hmph." The four old-timers' gazes were grave and started fixedly at Bai Ning Bing, encircling her with no gaps.
Bai Ning Bing slowly opened her narrowed eyes, her eyes were calm and her tone was indifferent: "Tie clan's four old-timers, what use is it in speaking so much? If you want to capture and kill me, them bring it on! Even if I, Bai Ning Bing, die at your hands, I will definitely take a few of you down."
She paused for a while before continuing: "You have been continuously maintaining this qi barrier, it should have consumed a lot of your primeval essence, right? Hehe, I know you four are experts at team battle tactics while I am only at rank four initial stage. But you can bet on it that if you killed me, even if you guys don't die, you will definitely be heavily injured. And in case my partner appears, what will become of you then?"
"You..." The four old-timers of Tie clan were exasperated.
Bai Ning Bing might have borrowed Fang Yuan's name, but it struck their weak spot.
"Bai Ning Bing, stop being stubborn. Here, let me see what you can do." One of the old-timers stood up.
"Hehehe." Bai Ning Bing softly smiled and slowly stood up to take the challenge. Silver hair and snow white clothes, with a grace that stood out from the crowd, even if she was trapped, she was still calm, a confident bearing that showed she had no worries about this life and death situation.
The two began their fight; sand and pebbles started flying inside the qi barrier, snow light spread everywhere and the clash of steel resounded...
Far away on a short mountain peak stood a group of Shang clan Gu Masters.
"Another round of battle has begun again. This Bai Ning Bing is worthy of her fame in the battle stage. She is able to resist the four rank four middle stage Gu Masters attacking her in turns, she is not simple!" One of them sighed.
"Bai Ning Bing has outstanding battle sense, she is indeed strong. But another reason is because the four old-timers from Tie clan do not dare to use all their strength." Someone analyzed.
"That's right. The old-timers are worried and afraid of the counterattack from Bai Ning Bing when she is near death. They are good at team battle tactics, and their individual strength aren't as fearsome as the Gu Masters at the same level. If they become short of a member, their whole strength will fall sharply and it will be difficult for them to contend for the three kings inheritance."
"What I am worried about now is Bai Ning Bing has purple thorn token. If she takes it out, do we make a move?"
"Don't do anything for now. I have already sent the message, and the clan has already sent a strong reinforcement. Elder Yi Huo is rushing here!"
Hearing this information, Shang clan's Gu Masters rouse their spirits.
Yi Huo was not an ordinary Gu Master, he was one of the five great elders of Shang clan with a cultivation of rank four peak stage! He was one of the experts under Shang Yan Fei, now that he was dispatched, it was sure to change the situation of the entire San Cha mountain.
...
"To think the things turned out this way. If Bai Ning Bing is killed by Tie clan, our deal with Shang clan will fall through." In an underbrush, Meng Tu observed the battle inside the qi barrier with glowing eyes and said with a worried tone.
He was at the prime of his life and was at rank three peak stage, the same as his partner Jiao Huang.
These two were famous assassins in demonic path, some time back even the rank four middle stage righteous path Xiao Fu Lu died at their hands.
They accepted a mission from Shang clan; if they could kill Fang and Bai, they would be allowed to join Shang clan.
They had already made their move on Huo Tan mountain, but the lava crocodile group they attracted did not pose any problems to Fang and Bai.
The two did not give up and continued to follow Fang and Bai to San Cha mountain, waiting for an opportunity ever since.
"Sigh... what can we do? We are good at assassinations and not at frontal attacks. If we move in front of everyone, our success rate will be too low. If Bai Ning Bing dies, we also can't do anything about it; we can only leave it up to fate!" The old man Jiao Huang said with a sigh.
"Yes, who knows how many are watching from the darkness. Who is to say we haven't been discovered while coming here." Meng Tu powerlessly added.
They were assassin Gu Masters and paid particular attention to concealment; it was okay if they did not make a move, but once they made, it must be a fatal strike. Before making their move, they made went through meticulous planning and made large numbers of preparation before bursting out all at once.
If the success rate was too low, they would not make a move and would rather give up the deal.
This was also the reason they were able to survive while roaming in demonic path for such a long time.
Every well-known Gu Master had their own unique ways for survival.
...
"Hehehe... these four old-timers of Tie clan are in such an awkward state." Li Xian stood in front of the qi barrier and looked at the battle inside; his eyes narrowed and were filled with joy towards others' misfortune.
Although this place had already become a focus of many gazes at San Cha mountain, Li Xian did not care.
He was very confident that he would absolutely not be exposed by others.
This confidence came from his rank five Gu - Invisibility Gu!
Gu worms at rank five were rare. Many rank five Gu Masters would only have one or two rank five Gu on them for many years.
Invisibility Gu could only be detected by specific rank five investigative Gu. However, it had not been long since three kings inheritance opened and there has yet to be anyone who had broken through the middle rounds, so it was not likely to attract rank five Gu Masters to make a move.
Li Xian had his own fortuitous encounters to possess the scarce rank five Gu when he was rank four.
"This iron cabinet Gu recipe was created by Tie clan's refinement path master Tie Yi Ban. His original intention was to refine a type of firm and secure storage Gu. After he refined this Gu for the first time, he gave it to Tie Xue Leng to test out. The Divine Investigator used it to capture people and it was very durable. When supplemented with qi flow Gu, its effect was amplified. From then on, iron cabinet Gu had become an efficient mean for Tie clan to capture demonic Gu Masters."
"Hehe... but now, these Tie clan's old-timers have to maintain both Tie cabinet Gu and qi flow Gu, unable to execute their team attacks. If the four attack together, this purple qi barrier will disappear. Without any obstruction, Bai Ning Bing can run free and they will lose a lot of reputation. Hahaha, interesting, interesting. These old-timers have no way out."
Li Xian looked at the show, the corner of his lips could not help but curl up.
But when he thought of someone, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"Little beast king, he actually didn't come to rescue! Did he realize the truth behind this tricky situation or is he truly so cold blooded and decided to abandoned Bai Ning Bing? No matter which it is, it all proves how scary this person is... I should hand that Gu over to him."
...
A Gu was handed over to Fang Yuan.
Its appearance was like that of a bedbug, flat and wide, its head was quite small and its body looked oval shaped. Its whole body was yellow-orange, and gave off a metallic luster like a bronze.
People called it 'ancient bronze skin Gu'.
Bronze skin Gu was a series Gu from rank one to rank three. But if it were to advance to rank four, it would be ancient bronze skin Gu whose defensive power was much stronger than rank three bronze skin Gu.
"Li Xian, you are worthy of being a famous merchant of the demonic path. You could get me ancient bronze skin Gu this quick, it was really a correct decision to make the transaction with you. I don't have tea here, please have some wine."
Fang Yuan's tone was polite and his face appeared gentle as he welcomed Li Xian and poured him a cup of wine.
"No, no, it was nothing. It is my honor to be able to do business with lord little beast king." Li Xian appeared very modest, lowering his status.
The two discussed for a while. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
If someone who did not know about them saw this, they would think these two were good-natured and elegant. How would they think these two were two-faced, ruthless demonic path Gu Masters?
"Li Xian, you don't need to be so polite, you can simply call me Fang Zheng. Let me first give you fifty thousand primeval stones, consider it a deposit for our future transactions." Fang Yuan brought out primeval elder Gu and waved his hand, bringing out fifty thousand primeval stones.
Primeval elder Gu appeared like a crystal ball, there were a lot of primeval stones stored in it, the old man in the clouds in the ball appeared to look very kind.
Li Xian looked at the wide smile on the old man's face, he could not help evaluating Fang Yuan much more highly.
"I will have to trouble you to help me with something." Fang Yuan suddenly spoke.
Li Xian's gaze flashed and immediately said: "Please speak."
Fang Yuan brought Li Xian towards the depths of the cave and pointed to a stone vat: "I have a stone vat here but I lack a fire type Gu. I will have to ask you to help me melt these bronze pieces and put them in the stone vat."
Li Xian let out a sigh of relief and smiled: "I just so happen to have a fire type Gu. It will only require a slight effort."
The temperature inside the cave rapidly soared.
After a while, Li Xian melted the bronze pieces into metallic liquid, the stone vat was filled almost to the brink.
Fang Yuan took out coal stones and piled them under stone vat to maintain the temperature.
Then, under Li Xian's astonished gaze, he softly jumped right into the vat.
The boiling bronze liquid sizzled and immediately burned Fang Yuan's clothes. His whole body was soaked in the bronze liquid and only his head was revealed outside.
"Little... Lord little beast king, what are you doing?!" Right now, Li Xian could smell the odor of burnt smell.
Fang Yuan activated the ancient bronze skin Gu in his aperture while smiling with gritted teeth: "Li Xian, don't you know? There is a method to use this ancient bronze skin Gu and accelerate the speed by thirty percent, that is to use it with bronze liquid."
When ancient bronze skin Gu was activated, it could remodel the skin and flesh of the Gu Master into ancient bronze skin. If it was used with the body soaking in bronze liquid, it could shorten the time required. Li Xian had also heard of it, but he had never thought of this.
When Fang Yuan was preparing these things, he had thought these were supplementary materials for refining Gu.
Because this method was extremely painful and cruel.
Gu Master must come in touch with scalding, boiling bronze liquid without using any defensive means. Only a perverted masochist would choose this method.
Is little beast king a masochist?
Li Xian kept on thinking of this question as he returned to his cave with a dazed expression.
At this time, there was another person who was also thinking of Fang Yuan.
"Fang Yuan, why have you not appeared yet?" Bai Ning Bing sat cross-legged on the ground, her eyes half-narrowed as she faintly felt the situation was far from reassuring.
"We have used poison vow Gu, he absolutely cannot leave me in the lurch. But he still hasn't appeared now, could he still be inside the inheritance or maybe met with some trouble?"
-x-X-x-
A Gu worm floated above Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan's primeval sea slowly fell as he activated this Gu.
This Gu was like a black bone, its two ends were round and smooth, with a thin body. It was emitting black rays of light while floating in the air.
The black light shone upon Fang Yuan's body, passed through his skin and flesh, and brought changes in his skeleton.
Fang Yuan had already used iron bone Gu, his skeleton was pitch black and was firm like iron. But under the effect of this Gu, his skeleton slowly became more firm.
This was essence iron bone Gu, a rank four Gu; one could get iron bone Gu by reverse-refining it.
Three days after handing over the ancient bronze skin Gu, Li Xian personally came to deliver this Gu to Fang Yuan.
Essence iron bone Gu could make Fang Yuan's skeleton even more firm and the effect was many times stronger than iron bone Gu. But at the same time, the process needed much more time.
Fang Yuan had been using essence iron bone continually these days along with ancient bronze skin Gu to temper his body.
In this period, he was also using nine eyes liquor worm to purify his primeval essence, refining his initial stage light gold primeval essence into bright gold primeval essence. Then he used bright gold primeval essence to cleanse his aperture and strengthen its foundation.
He made use of every minute and second, cultivating bitterly, and he could feel his strength increasing little by little every day.
"It has already been over a month since I left King Quan Inheritance. I am almost finished with using ancient bronze skin Gu, but there is still quite a distance before I completely master essence iron bone Gu. Unless I use universe path Gu to accelerate the flow of time." Fang Yuan pondered.
The so called universe path was related to time. @@novelbin@@
The Gu Masters of this path used time related Gu worms.
Third watch Gu and Spring Autumn Cicada belonged to this category.
In fact, there were far more universe path Gu than just these two. It had a full range of Gu from rank one to rank five.
Normal Gu Masters, if they did not have the patience to do this type of grinding work and wanted to speed their progress, they could ask universe path Gu Masters to help or use a universe path Gu themself to accelerate their time.
"But my situation is different from ordinary Gu Masters. I have Spring Autumn Cicada, if I accelerate my time, Spring Autumn Cicada's recovery speed will also increase and will be my death warrant!"
The time flow in Gu Immortal blessed land in San Cha mountain was three times faster than the outside world. The time Fang Yuan spent in King Quan Inheritance had already caused Spring Autumn Cicada to make some recovery, thus Fang Yuan could only patiently choose the method of bitter cultivation.
Just as he was cultivating, there came an unfamiliar voice from outside the cave.
"Little beast king, could you come out to have a chat?"
Fang Yuan walked out of the cave and saw the person clearly, he looked slightly doubtful: "So it was Elder Yi Huo."
Yi Huo was very handsome; sharp eyes, high bridged nose, and long red hair like it was on fire.
He was a fire path Gu Master who was very famous in Southern Border. People called him 'blazing inferno', his cultivation was rank four peak stage!
'Yi Huo is one of the five great elders of Shang clan, an expert under Shang Yan Fei and was ranked above light swordsman Wei Yang. The only one that could command him was Shang Yan Fei, his arrival was surely going to change the power balance of San Cha mountain.' Fang Yuan quickly thought about it and welcomed Yi Huo inside his cave.
"Little beast king, my purpose in coming here is simple, it is to invite you to join our Shang clan." Yi Huo entered the cave, but he did not sit and directly expressed his purpose in coming.
"Join your Shang clan?" Fang Yuan raised his brows, he could fully sense the swift and decisive nature of 'blazing inferno'.
"Right." Yi Huo nodded, his eyes looking straight at Fang Yuan as he smiled, "You and Bai Ning Bing have stayed for some time at Shang clan, you guys surely have deep understanding of our Shang clan's strength, so I won't say much on it. The main thing is your partner Bai Ning Bing has been trapped by the four old-timers of Tie clan for around two months now. As long as you two join Shang clan, I will immediately set out and rescue Bai Ning Bing."
His tone was filled with confidence as if rescuing Bai Ning Bing was an easy matter.
When he spoke, he was slightly smiling; his handsome face was like a perfect statue and when he revealed his teeth, it was dazzling like the sun. Many people would feel ashamed when interacting with him.
Yi Huo and Wei Yang had a similar background, they both ruled Shang clan battle stage and were absolute geniuses.
Among the five great elders of Shang clan, Yi Huo was the most popular and was also publicly recognized as the elder with the highest chance of advancing to rank five!
Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with a contemplative light.
He was not surprised at Shang clan sending Yi Huo here. Shang clan had been in control of San Cha mountain for a period of time before, but was later suppressed by Wu clan. And with the appearance of demonic path experts, Shang clan groups found it even more difficult to hold their heads up.
Under this situation, Shang clan as a top clan, would naturally send an expert to change the situation.
In Fang Yuan's previous life memories, Yi Huo was dispatched here by Shang clan. He suppressed Wu Shen Tong and Yi Chong, and defeated Kong Ri Tian and Long Qing Tian, being the ruler of San Cha mountain for a time.
But later, his dominance drove Long Qing Tian anxious. Long Qing Tian used blue halo Gu and poisoned him. He had no choice but to return to Shang clan city to be treated by Doctor Su Shou.
However, this time, Yi Huo came to San Cha mountain to recruit him. This was beyond Fang Yuan's expectation.
"Lord Yi Huo, I wonder if this invitation came from Shang clan or it is your own thought?" Fang Yuan's gaze flashed, and asked.
"Hahaha, of course it is my own thought. Fang Zheng, you created a lot of commotion at Shang clan battle stage, and almost became the ruler of battle stage. I have been watching you, you are a genius! If you join Shang clan, it will be greatly beneficial to you." Yi Huo laughed loudly and replied.
Fang Yuan smiled as the trace of doubt he had melted away.
"Sir Yi Huo, from what I know, Shang clan's external elders don't have the authority to recommend talents, right?"
External elder, this title made Yi Huo slightly furrow his brows: "You are right. But if you can become the ruler of the battle stage, you can become an external elder of Shang clan. With your talent, I believe the title of the ruler of battle stage is just a matter of time for you."
Fang Yuan could not help but scoff, and did not reply.
Yi Huo's brows furrowed deeper, this scoff sounded ear-piercing to him.
He patiently said: "Fang Zheng, I will tell you the truth. Before I came here, lord clan leader made a promise to me. As long as I accomplish great accomplishments at San Cha mountain and take control of the situation, I will be bestowed a surname when I return to Shang clan city. At that time, I will no longer be Yi Huo, but Shang Huo. I will become a true elder of Shang clan and I will have the authority to recommend talents."
"Eh? So it was like that..." Fang Yuan clearly revealed a surprised expression, his gaze flickered and he sank into contemplation.
Yi Huo waited for a long time but after getting no response from Fang Yuan, his brows furrowed even deeper and he took the initiative to ask: "Have you thought it through?"
Fang Yuan shook his head: "This matter is too significant, I need to consider it properly."
Yi Huo's brows relaxed a little: "Since that is so, then I will give you three days. I will come here again after three days, I hope to get a satisfactory reply then."
"Alright." Fang Yuan nodded in agreement and accompanied Yi Huo out of the cave.
Three days later.
"You still haven't thought it through?" Yi Huo looked at Fang Yuan with some doubts.
"This is a serious matter, I really need to properly consider it." Fang Yuan answered with a heavy voice.
"Alright, I will give you three more days. Fang Zheng, I think highly of you."
Another three days later.
"Lord Yi Huo, I have thought over this matter over and again. I appreciate your good intent but I still prefer the freedom of the demonic path." Fang Yuan sincerely replied.
"What? You thought for three days and this is your answer?" Yi Huo's tone showed his fury.
"Lord Yi Huo, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." Fang Yuan's gaze was profound and there was severity within his soft words.
Yi Huo gritted his teeth and said with a deep voice: "Fang Zheng, you need to think it clearly. The four old-timers of Tie clan are not easy opponents. If I don't help out, everything bodes ill for Bai Ning Bing. Besides this, Sky Tiger Xue San Si whom you killed is Century Boy's goddaughter. Century Boy has been watching you all this while, he is a wood path Gu Master at rank four upper stage and is a thorny character of demonic path."
"Eh? So it was like that." Fang Yuan showed hesitation, "Then... let me consider it again. Give me ten days of time to think it through."
"Ten days?" Yi Huo immediately wrinkled his brows.
"Fine." He thought for a while and nodded, "This is enough time for you to think everything through clearly. I believe you will make the most sensible choice. But I have to remind you that time cannot be dragged on further, your woman is in crisis. Anything can happen during this time."
Yi Huo considered Bai Ning Bing as Fang Yuan's woman which Fang Yuan felt was quite laughable.
Whether Bai Ning Bing died or not, it was not an especially important matter to him.
Anyway, the poison vow Gu was already destroyed and he had also matured, reaching rank four initial stage.
Saving Bai Ning Bing or not, it depended on his will.
But if there was no Bai Ning Bing, Fang Yuan would become a lone force and it would definitely create a negative influence on his plans at San Cha mountain.
"There is no need to go save Bai Ning Bing urgently, I should still focus on cultivating and advance forward. I have already no need for the bone flesh unity Gu. As for Bai Ning Bing, she can be outside for a while and attract the attention for me. I should take this chance to surpass her, it will be convenient for me to suppress her in future. And with so many eyes watching the situation, those four old foxes of Tie clan absolutely won't move in for the kill."
Fang Yuan saw the whole situation clearly.
"As for Yi Huo's invitation... hehe."
Ten days later.
"Lord Yi Huo, thank you for your good intention. These days, I have pondered restlessly and from every angle, but I still feel that being free is the best." Fang Yuan wore an earnest expression as he said this.
Yi Huo's expression naturally became unsightly: "Fang Zheng, you have been doing this over and over again, are you playing with me?"
"Lord Yi Huo, your words are not right. I have always been sincere with you. I understand your mood. But right now, the most important thing is three kings inheritance. There is already not much time left before the next opening of the inheritance."
With the mention of the opening of three kings inheritance, Yi Huo could only suppress the anger in his heart. He took a deep look at Fang Yuan and left the cave.
-x-X-x-
Five days later.
The three light pillars appeared on San Cha mountain, piercing through the clouds towards the sky.
The red light pillar was burning like fire; it was King Bao's inheritance. Yellow light pillar was bright and dazzling; it was King Quan's inheritance. Blue light pillar had a demonic charm; it was King Xin's inheritance.
After a gap of several months, three kings inheritance opened again.
Yi Huo gazed at these three light pillars at the peak, his fierce eyes under his dashing brows flickered with faint radiance.
"Is this three kings inheritance? Sure enough, it gives off a magnificent feeling!" As long as I accomplish great achievements here, I can truly join Shang clan and change my surname to Shang, becoming a member of Shang clan."
Right now, excitement was surging like waves in his heart.
"Hmph, little beast king doesn't know what's good for him, actually refusing me again and again. But, he apparently knows some secrets related to three kings inheritance. If I can take him in as my subordinate, it will be a great help to me in controlling San Cha mountain."
Yi Huo could not help but think of Fang Yuan.
Yi Huo was one of the five great elders of Shang clan and possessed his own information channel. He already knew Fang Yuan had made a huge sum of money at Shang clan city by relying on his knowledge of some secrets of three kings inheritance.
Besides this, Fang Yuan, himself, possessed outstanding battle prowess, having the fighting strength of a rank four middle stage.
Moreover, Bai Ning Bing never left the little beast king's side. Recruiting one naturally meant gaining the other.
Thus, Yi Huo had accommodated to Fang Yuan and displayed complete sincerity to move him.
But Fang Yuan did not know what was good for him and refused him time and again.
Yi Huo could not help starting to feel angry: "When I come out of three kings inheritance, I will teach this little beast king a lesson and let him know that not everyone can fetch a good price! But, for now... I need to suppress some hindrances."
Yi Huo collected his disorganized thoughts and looked towards the few figures at a distance.
'Pink butterfly gentleman' Kong Ri Tian!
'He who once dyed the sky blue' Long Qing Tian!
Wu clan elder Wu Shen Tong!
Yi clan elder Yi Chong!
These four were all rank four peak stage experts. Every time the inheritance opened, they would be the first to move towards the entrance.
This time was no exception!
"Hahaha, I have reserved King Bao Inheritance. Who dares to contend with me?" Yi Huo threw his head back and laughed loudly, his laughter wild and unrestrained. He crossed his arms and looked at the four with a fierce gaze.
He was fire path Gu Master, King Bao was also of the same path. King Bao's inheritance was naturally the best choice for him.
"Blazing Inferno..." Wu Shen Tong narrowed his eyes and mumbled with some fear towards Yi Huo's reputation.
Yi Huo was one of the five great generals of Shang clan with the nickname of Blazing Inferno, he was at the peak of power! Even Wu Shen Tong had no choice but to admit that Yi Huo was a notch above him.
"Hmph, I will deal with you!" Kong Ri Tian snorted, his whole body suddenly exploded and turned into phoenix winged golden butterflies.
Hundreds and thousands of golden butterflies, with wings as sharp as knives, enveloped Yi Huo.
"Blazing inferno, you have been in the limelight the last few years." Long Qing Tian also laughed gloomily and pushed his palm.
Whoosh!
A greenish-blue palm of light, with poison gas curling around it, broke the void and directly smacked towards Yi Huo's face.
"Let me spar too." Yi Chong sneered and suddenly moved.
Swish!
Blue water waves surged up out of nowhere, engulfing Yi Huo within.
All of a sudden, three rank four peak stage Gu Masters attacked Yi Huo at the same time.
"Good." Yi Huo's lips curled up into an arrogant smile, he stretched his arms then smacked his chest with his palms.
Bam!
Majestic flames suddenly burst forth.
In an instant, the fiery color overwhelmed the light pillars of three kings inheritance and illuminated San Cha mountain.
Flames surged up with incomparable heat and ferocity.
The flames effortlessly covered the water wave, burned the poison palm and sent the phoenix winged golden butterflies retreating in a sorry figure. The golden butterflies flew far away and converged, changing back into Kong Ri Tian.
"This is his rank five Gu prairie fire?" Seeing such a huge fire, Yi Chong and Long Qing Tian's expressions changed.
Kong Ri Tian did not say a word, while Wu Shen Tong's eyes flashed.
"This is the might of Elder Yi Huo!" Shang clan Gu Masters shouted out loudly in excitement.
Yi Huo stood proudly within the flames, giving a feeling of a deity. His fiery red hair seemed to merge with the flames, giving off a wild and intense bearing.
The flames swiftly dispersed and he walked towards the red light pillar, King Bao Inheritance.
The four Gu Masters watched him move towards the light pillar, all of their expressions were more or less stiff and unsightly, but they did not block him. This was them acknowledging Yi Huo's might.
After Yi Huo entered King Bao Inheritance, Kong Ri Tian and other three glanced at each other, but they had no more interest to fight.
Among them, Kong Ri Tian and Long Qing Tian entered King Xin Inheritance; Wu Shen Tong and Yi Chong entered King Quan Inheritance.
"Yi Huo is worthy of being one of the five great experts of Shang clan, he has rank five Gu prairie fire, formidable indeed!"
"These days, Yi Huo has been repeatedly going to little beast king's place, their relation is not shallow."
"Hmph! Black and white twin demons are known as demonic path Gu Masters, but they are actually lackeys of righteous path. They spent some time at Shang clan and everyone knows they have a deep relation with Shang clan's young master Shang Xin Ci."
A group of rank four upper stage Gu Masters started discussing after they saw Yi Huo suppressing other four Gu Masters and enter the light pillar with his head high.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Rank four peak stage experts had all entered the inheritance, now it was these people's turn.
"Century Boy, your goddaughter Xue San Si was killed by little beast king. When are you going to take revenge?" A righteous Gu Master among the group suddenly asked while taking gloating at his misfortune.
Century Boy coldly snorted: "Although Yi Huo has rank five Gu, the battle just before was only a probe, no one used their true methods. If they were to truly fight it out, who lives and who dies is still not certain."
Although he said so, he was actually very afraid.
He had thought of taking the chance that Bai Ning Bing was imprisoned, to find trouble for Fang Yuan. But Yi Huo repeatedly visited Fang Yuan's residence, so he could only restrain his impulse and quietly observe.
Now, when he saw Yi Huo easily suppressing other four, Century Boy's heart became much more heavy.
"Such a great opportunity like three kings inheritance is in front of us, who will foolishly battle each other to death? Let's go, we need to enter too." Soon, this group of rank four upper stage Gu Masters also entered the inheritance.
Fang Yuan climbed up to the peak and was immediately recognized.
"Little beast king!"
"It is Fang Zheng."
"He is entering King Xin Inheritance."
From the peak to the middle of mountain, many Gu Masters stared as they looked at Fang Yuan entering into the light pillar.
"He really forgot about his partner?"
"Bnb is still trapped by the four old fellows of Tie clan. This Fang Zheng is actually paying it no heed as if nothing has happened, like he hasn't heard of it." Even demonic Gu Masters felt a chill in their hearts.
"Look, this is the heartlessness of demonic path Gu Masters!" Some righteous path Gu Masters commented disdainfully.
"Fang Yuan... you bastard!" Bai Ning Bing also witnessed this scene from inside the qi barrier.
Her face became pale with anger, she clenched her fists tightly and fiercely gritted her teeth.
The four old-timers of Tie clan looked at each other.
They were in an embarrassing situation right now.
Although they succeeded in trapping Bai Ning Bing, Fang Yuan did not come to rescue her. This made their defensive tactics a cold irony.
"Damn it! We can't deal with so many matters, this time, there will be no share for us at three kings inheritance!"
"How about we retreat?"
"Impossible! We four move together, if we retreat without gaining anything, this will be an insult to our Tie clan and I am afraid we will not be able to raise our heads in front of others."
"Then what should we do?" @@novelbin@@
Three pairs of eyes looked at the fourth old man, their leader.
The old man pondered for a while and made a decision.
He spoke with a heavy voice: "Request for reinforcements! Shang clan has sent reinforcement, there will naturally be support from our Tie clan too. In the present situation, the competition has turned more intense. Only rank four peak stage powers can fight for a seat. As long as the clan sends a rank four peak stage reinforcement, then with our rank four middle stage strength...."
"Big brother is right."
"Shang clan has sent Yi Huo, if we ask for reinforcement now, we won't lose face."
"Right, we need to ask support from the clan!
.....
There was endless grey fog completely filling Fang Yuan's vision and reminding him that he had already entered King Xin Inheritance.
Fang Yuan surveyed his surroundings, he could not tell east from west. However, in his aperture, Spring Autumn Cicada shook its wings slightly. The flow of time here was still three times faster than the outside world.
"I need to hurry." Fang Yuan felt a sense of urgency.
The constantly recovering Spring Autumn Cicada was becoming more and more like a ticking time bomb.
He grabbed a paper crane Gu and activated it.
A 'key' was required to enter King Xin Inheritance and it was a paper crane Gu. At this very moment, Fang Yuan could only use paper crane Gu, his other Gu besides Spring Autumn Cicada, were all suppressed by the heavenly power.
Paper crane Gu floated in the air in front of him; it flapped its wings and led the way ahead.
Fang Yuan followed the paper crane and slowly moved forward.
He reached a hill and could see a blurry human figure in the fog.
"Human... come out... compete... let's compete." The human figure opened its mouth, the sound was boorish and sporadic.
When Fang Yuan walked closer, the human figure gradually became clearer.
His figure was similar to ordinary humans, two hands and two legs. It was just that he was very buff, and reddish brown hair grew from all over his body; chest, limbs, even on his face and buttocks.
He looked at Fang Yuan with his bronze bell-like large eyes.
"Compete... let's compete. Lose... die!" He roared, his eyes were filled with blood veins and looked very malevolent.
Fang Yuan had already expected this and was not surprised, his expression calm.
This was a mutated human.
Beasts had mutated beasts, just like Biao among the tigers, lycan among wolves and mastiff among dogs. Humans also had mutated humans, the mutated human Fang Yuan ran into now was a hairy man.
Hairy man's whole body were covered with hair, even their eyelids. This type of mutated human has extremely low intelligence but had natural talent in Gu refinement.
There was a group of hairy man in King Xin Inheritance, they were the obstacles Gu Masters had to clear to go forward. Only by winning against them could the Gu Masters continue on. If they lost, the Gu Masters would be torn to shreds by the powerful hairy men and become their food.
"Come." Fang Yuan stood at a distance of ten steps from the hairy man with a tranquil expression.
Several Gu along with some materials appeared out of nowhere in the air and floated lightly to Fang Yuan's hands.
At the same time, the hairy man also received the same things.
The Gu refinement had begun.
Winner lives, loser dies!
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The earliest record of hairy men was in <>.
It was said that Ren Zu dug out his two eyes which turned into a son and a daughter; the son was Verdant Great Sun and the daughter was Desolate Ancient Moon.
Verdant Great Sun liked to drink wine a lot, one time he caused an incident while being drunk and was trapped at the depths of the ordinary abyss. In the end, he profited from the disaster and obtained reputation Gu which looked like chrysanthemum, and was able to escape alive.
Because of reputation Gu, Verdant Great Sun's reputation gradually became bigger. Soon, news that Verdant Great Sun was a huge drunkard spread all over the world.
One day, a group of tiger-striped honey bees brought their beehive and found Verdant Great Sun.
"Verdant Great Sun, we heard you really liked drinking wine and you have been saying the wine made by the four heaven and earth monkeys are the most delicious in the world. But how could the wine they brewed compare to our honey wine? Today, we have specially brought our honey for you to have a taste."
Each of these honey bees was the size of a leopard with patterns on their body resembling tiger stripes; golden with black stripes on top. They were speaking politely but their tone contained a threatening and forceful intent.
Verdant Great Sun complained in his heart, this was truly misfortune befalling on someone who merely stayed home . Tiger-striped honey bees were very powerful, he was not a match against one of them, let alone a whole group.
Verdant Great Sun could only reluctantly taste the honey wine inside the beehive.
He had only taken a sip when his eyes brightened.
Honey wine was sweet but not overly sweet, the wine fragrance was mellow and very delicious, absolutely a treasure of the world!
"Delicious, delicious, really delicious. This honey wine makes one feel like the most fortunate person in the world!" Verdant Great Sun drank a mouthful of wine, praising it to the high heavens.
Tiger-striped honey bees laughed, feeling very happy.
The leader asked Verdant Great Sun: "The tell us which tastes more delicious, our honey wine or the wines of the four heaven and earth monkeys?"
Verdant Great Sun was already drunk and forgot about the terror of the tiger-striped honey bees, speaking frankly: "They all have their own merits, it is very difficult to compare them."
Tiger-striped honey bees were furious: He said our wine is actually at the same level as those mere monkeys? This Verdant Great Sun is too hateful, we need to teach him a lesson!
They were just about to attack when suddenly Verdant Great Sun disappeared.
This intoxication of Verdant Great Sun lasted for seven days and seven nights.
In his haziness, he heard a voice call calling out for him from the darkness: "Verdant Great Sun, wake up quick. If you don't wake up, you will be eaten..."
Verdant Great Sun was startled awake.
He discovered he was bound up and was being carried by a group of savage people.
This group of savage people had hair all over their body and their two eyes were dark blue. There was already a bonfire burning and above the bonfire was a cauldron.
The savage people quietly sat down, speaking pleasant sounding words.
"We are refining eternal Gu and were just lacking a human to be the catalyst. Now heaven has sent us Verdant Great Sun, it is truly worthy of celebration!"
"Human is the spirit of all living beings, Ren Zu is the spirit ancestor. Verdant Great Sun was born from his left eye and has ample spiritual energy. The way I see it, the refinement will succeed this time!"
"Throw him into the cauldron quick, we will obtain eternal Gu and live for eternity..."
Verdant Great Sun turned pale from fright at these words; immediately shouting out and struggling with all his strength.
However, these savage people remained unmoved.
At this very moment, Verdant Great Sun again heard the voice from before in his mind.
"Sigh, it is no use. These savages are the hairy men, loved by the world. They have an innate talent in refining Gu worms."
Verdant Great Sun instantly forgot his predicament and curiously asked in his mind: "Who are you?"
That voice laughed: "I am divine travel Gu, as long as any person drinks four different top-tier wines in the world, they will give birth to me in their hearts. I can let you teleport to any place you wish."
Verdant Great Sun was exulted: "Then, please quickly bring me out of here."
Divine travel Gu sighed: "It is no use. You can only use me when you are drunk. Your mind is sober now and so you can't use me."
Verdant Great Sun suddenly realized: "So that is why I was trapped in the isolated island and almost starved to death that time. Fortunately, I obtained reputation Gu and could leave the ordinary abyss. So it was you who harmed me!"
Divine travel Gu replied: "Sigh, human, I did not have any intent to harm you, it was all because you used my strength after you became drunk. You don't need to blame me, last time you were almost captured by the tiger-striped honey bees, but you were able to escape thanks to me. One harm and one rescue, we can call it even."
Verdant Great Sun also thought of the tiger-striped honey bees and no longer blamed divine travel Gu.
He was thrown into the cauldron by the hairy men.
The huge fire was burning hotter under the cauldron and the liquid temperature inside also soared.
"Add agates and red pepper!" A hairy man threw precious agates and red pepper into the cauldron.
The liquid inside the cauldron immediately changed to red and dyed Verdant Great Sun's body red.
"Add blue smoke fox child !" A hairy man grabbed a small fox and threw it into the cauldron.
The small fox's whole body was hairy and looked extremely cute with its eyes like black diamonds. But the moment it touched the liquid, it turned into blue smoke and blended into the water.
The liquid in the cauldron slowly boiled and Verdant Great Sun also felt more despair, feeling it would be difficult to escape the disaster this time.
Hairy men continued to add in many supplementary materials and Gu worms.
"Add vanity Gu!" A hairy man threw a Gu into the cauldron.
This Gu was strange and looked like a huge blue crab. But different from real crabs, its crab shell was hollow.
The moment it saw Verdant Great Sun, the huge crab like vanity Gu was very excited: "You, you are Verdant Great Sun? I have heard about you, but had never expected I would meet you here, it is really my good fortune. I am too happy, too excited."
Verdant Great Sun gave a bitter smile: "How can it be good fortune when we are about to die."
"I don't care about death. I only wanted to ask, how did you become so famous? I really admire you! I have the utmost admiration for people like you." Vanity Gu asked with urgency.
"I am not in the mood to talk about this now, I need to escape." Verdant Great Sun struggled in the cauldron and tried to climb up, but was quickly pressed down into the cauldron by a watching hairy man.
"Quick, tell me, tell me quick!" Vanity Gu was not tactful and wholeheartedly wanted to ask for guidance.
Verdant Great Sun furiously rebuked: "Can't you see the situation we are in now?"
Vanity Gu opened its eyes wide and started at Verdant Great Sun before it beamed with pleasure: "I understand, I understand now. If I want to be popular, I need to endure the heat. Thank you for the guidance, thank you. Verdant Great Sun, as thanks, I will do a favor for you."
Saying so, the vanity Gu exploded.
This explosion was not intense and was very light, only giving off a soft 'bang' sound. The vanity Gu turned into a formless poisonous wind and attacked the hearts of all the hairy men.
The crystal clear dark blue eyes of the hairy men turned red.
Verdant Great Sun was dazed for a good while, before coming back to his senses. He could not help sighing at vanity Gu's sacrifice, and immediately shouted: "Although you hairy men can refine Gu, but it is nothing. Even if you all live for eternity, so what? You are so ugly with hair all over your body, you are simply an abomination."
The hairy men were stupefied.
If it was before, they would not care about Verdant Great Sun.
But now, the poison of vanity had spread in the depths of their hearts, shrouding their intelligence.
Hearing Verdant Great Sun's shouts, the hairy men started refuting loudly: "Nonsense, nonsense! We hairy men are the most perfect, there can be nothing more beautiful than hair all over the body!"
Verdant Great Sun was suddenly hit by an inspiration: "No matter how beautiful your hair is, could it be as beautiful as my hair?"
Because he had drank vajra monkey's strong wine, his hair had become blazing fire.
The hairy men were baffled at his words.
The beautiful fire was flickering and changing all the time. Even they could not help but admit the movement of Verdant Great Sun's hair was beautiful.
Verdant Great Sun continued to stimulate them: "Even if you obtain eternity, you won't be as beautiful as me! Look at my hair, it is as colorful and charismatic as fire."
The hairy men were spurred on by Verdant Great Sun, and finally someone could not endure it: "You have such amazing hair, I will have it too. Look at mine!"
He then used a fire torch to ignite his whole body.
The hair on his body burned and he became a fiery man.
"Hahaha, you only have beautiful hair, but my whole body is beautiful now." This hairy man shouted.
Soon, the other hairy men also rushed to do the same.
All of them became fiery men, the fire burned them and the intense pain caused them to howl in pain.
But when they realized this, it was too late for them to extinguish the fire, and bombastically displayed their beauty.
Divine travel Gu was overjoyed and praised Verdant Great Sun endlessly: "Human, you are really clever, actually thinking of this method."
Verdant Great Sun escaped out of the cauldron and succeeded in surviving. He replied in his mind with a cold smile: "It is not me who is clever. It is the vanity in people that have turned them stupid. They often silently endure pain for false beauty, giving up the goals they should truly pursue."
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Grand white moon gold, skull stones, dragon-side tooth, young autumn grass along with fifty primeval stones, a flower boar Gu and a boar cage Gu.
This was handed to Fang Yuan as the materials for Gu refinement.
In front of him, the hairy man was already sitting cross-legged on the ground and refining Gu.
Although Fang Yuan was not a refinement path Gu Master, he had ventured into the refinement path in his previous life and knew many recipes.
Right now, he had three choices, every choice would refine a new Gu.
The inheritance did not mention which Gu he had to refine, this meant the Gu he refined needed to be better than the hairy man.
Fang Yuan looked at the process of the hairy man refining Gu and could already guess what he was going to refine.
He sneered inwardly, but on his face appeared a respectful and flattering smile: "Lord hairy man, you are really amazing. The method of your Gu refinement really makes this one sigh in amazement. You are a Gu refinement grandmaster, there is no Gu in this world which you can't refine."
"Ah? Haha! You... tactful." The hairy man laughed loudly, clearly happy.
This distraction immediately caused the Gu refinement to fail.
The hairy man's expression suddenly changed and shouted in fear: "No!"
But it was already late.
Heavenly power descended as lightning and struck the hairy man into ashes.
"Hehe." Fang Yuan indifferently laughed and collected the materials in his hand. Under the paper crane Gu's lead, he slowly walked towards the next round.
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Light dispersed and a Gu slowly landed onto Fang Yuan's palm.
This was water cage Gu which was used especially to capture wild Gu worms and was very effective.
The hairy man in front was in the process of refining Gu. When he saw Fang Yuan was already done, he immediately let out a desperate howl.
Thunder crackled in the sky and the hairy man was killed.
Similar to King Quan Inheritance, King Xin Inheritance was also extremely cruel. Gu Masters had to tread through blood and death to move a step forward.
Fang Yuan sighed and stored the water cage Gu before continuing forward.
If he remembered correctly, this was already the thirty-second round in King Xin Inheritance.
King Xin Inheritance was an inheritance related to refinement path. The difficulty increased every ten rounds and the hairy men that appeared also became smarter and stronger.
In the early twenty or so rounds, Fang Yuan was able to rely on his speech to flatter the hairy men and disrupt their concentration, causing their Gu refinement to fail and give him effortless victories.
But starting from thirtieth round, the hairy men that appeared were huge and had remarkable intelligence; Fang Yuan could only compete fairly.
But fortunately, the Gu refinement materials of the first twenty rounds were accumulated by Fang Yuan and gave him ample options in refining Gu.
These Gu refinement materials could be saved by the Gu Masters and used for future rounds.
This was also a trick King Xin had left behind when she set up his inheritance. In Fang Yuan's previous life, this trick was made public only after a year. Right now, it was a secret, even if some people realized this trick, the number was only a small fraction of the participants.
Fang Yuan was able to rush forward like this because of his plentiful accumulation and his previous life's experiences. His achievement here were even better than at King Quan Inheritance.
From fortieth round, the difficulty of King Xin Inheritance increased by several folds.
At this stage, Gu Masters could use one of their Gu. But in King Xin Inheritance, the Gu they use must be of refinement path.
Fang Yuan did not have any refinement path Gu, the materials on him were also almost used up.
He began to feel the difficulty of advancing forward.
It was become very difficult to cross each round.
What was good was that after fortieth round, King Xin Inheritance gave the Gu Masters a corresponding reward.
These rewards could be refinement path Gu worms, recipes, primeval stones and so on, and were very generous.
When Fang Yuan broke through to forty-fourth round, he was given an opportunity to leave. He took this opportunity and left King Xin Inheritance.
The time he spent this time in King Xin Inheritance was even longer than in King Quan Inheritance.
Returning to San Cha mountain, Fang Yuan found Tie clan's purple light barrier was still standing tall. Tie clan's four old-timers were very patient and did not enter three kings inheritance; Bai Ning Bing was still trapped.
The three light pillars on the mountain peaks had already shrunk down to a cup sized thickness.
But as long as the light pillars existed, even if it was only the thickness of a tiny needle, it meant the doors had not closed and people could still enter.
But every time the inheritance opened up, no matter which inheritance of three kings inheritance Gu Masters chose, they could only enter one time.
Fang Yuan looked for Li Xian and made another transaction again.
Li Xian received many things from Fang Yuan and was inwardly startled.
"I have a bad news for you. Tie clan's four old-timers have already requested for support from their clan, Tie clan has already sent a group of reinforcements over and it might be unfavorable for sir."
Fang Yuan was not surprised, this action of Tie clan's four old-timers was also within his expectations: "Eh? Who did they send as reinforcements?"
"The head is Tie clan's Tie Ba Xiu, he is a strength path Gu Master with rank four upper stage cultivation. Besides him, there is also Tie Ruo Nan. She is one of the eight young masters of Tie clan and is a rising star who has been in limelight these two years! Every one of Tie clan's eight young masters are dragons and phoenixes. Especially this Tie Ruo Nan, she is the daughter of Divine Investigator Tie Xue Leng and already has rank four initial stage cultivation at such a young age."
Li Xian placed emphasis on Tie Ruo Nan in this batch of reinforcements, and only gave small snippets of information regarding Tie Ba Xiu and others.
Tie Ba Xiu was already a famous character and everyone knew of him. But Tie Ruo Nan was a rising star and could only be said to have some reputation and had yet to be famous around Southern Border.
Li Xian, however, did not know Fang Yuan was familiar with Tie Ruo Nan.
'Sure enough, she advanced to rank four. Tie Ba Xiu, Tie clan indeed sent this group just like in my previous life...' Fang Yuan pondered in his mind.
Li Xian had been observing Fang Yuan's expression the whole time, but seeing him remain calm, he was increasingly feeling more afraid.
"Lord little beast king, when this batch of Tie clansmen arrives, Tie clan's four old-timers will be free to deal with Bai Ning Bing. There is still time if you make a move now." Li Xian persuaded, with sincerity showing all over his face.
"I will have to ask you to pay more attention to our future deals." Fang Yuan smiled and left the cave.
The moment Fang Yuan left, Li Xian's expression turned grave.
His small eyes flashed with sharp light: "I have been fanning the flames to this extent but this little beast king remains unmoved. Is he really not worried about his partner's safety? Could it be the relation between Bai Ning Bing and him is not as close as the rumors say? He is a man and Bai Ning Bing is so beautiful, he will definitely go rescue her. It seems I need to contact Hu Mei Er..."
Riling up people's emotions had become basic nature to him. He watched others fight and fished in troubled water, obtaining huge benefits.
"Is this true?" Hu Mei Er's eyes brightened with high spirits when she got the news from Li Xian.
"Why would I deceive my darling?" Li Xian smiled while caressing Hu Mei Er's waist.
Hu Mei Er smiled tenderly and threw herself into Li Xian's chest, acting coquettishly: "It is still big brother Li Xian who loves me the most."
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A round pearl quietly rested on Fang Yuan's palm.
It was golden all over and was only the size of a thumb. In the dusky cave, the pearl let out faint golden luster.
This was a yellow gold relic Gu, rank four Gu!
This Gu's market supply was strictly controlled by all great clans. Even Li Xian could not get it.
It was all because this Gu could directly raise a rank four Gu Master's cultivation by a small realm. Rank four and rank five were already the higher-ups of a clan; a yellow gold relic Gu could change the power structure of the higher-ups.
"I was quite lucky this time, actually receiving a yellow gold relic Gu as reward in King Xin Inheritance." Fang Yuan sighed before activating this Gu with a thought.
Yellow gold relic Gu immediately turned into golden ray of light and entered Fang Yuan's aperture.
The ninety percent primeval sea in Fang Yuan's aperture surged and ebbed. In the center, Spring Autumn Cicada appeared and disappeared at times.
When yellow gold relic Gu entered the aperture, it was firmly suppressed by the indistinct aura of Spring Autumn Cicada. Fang Yuan could only make Spring Autumn Cicada conceal itself then use yellow gold relic Gu.
A ball of golden light immediately spread and covered the whole aperture. Bright golden primeval essence converged together, cleansing the aperture walls.
A night passed and when the light of clear dawn shone upon San Cha mountain, Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
Rank four middle stage!
If he used nine eyes liquor worm, he would possess rank four upper stage essence gold primeval essence!
This moment, he had officially surpassed Bai Ning Bing in cultivation. At the same time, the stable aperture walls could bear even more of Spring Autumn Cicada's pressure now, somewhat delaying this death warrant.
"Next, it is refining Gu..."
Fang Yuan did not urgently use liquor worm, but instead took out a Gu.
This Gu was a ball of bone the size of a quail egg. On the surface, there were alternating black and white stripes like on a zebra.
Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing had once used this to soar to the skies.
This was the footless bird.
Although it was only at rank three, it could move ten thousand miles and was the number one mount under rank five. But it had a great a weakness - it could only fly once.
The moment it landed, it was the moment of its death.
This footless bird Gu was also obtained from King Xin Inheritance as a reward for Fang Yuan.
Nine palace flowers, aspiring stone, golden crow's essence, chilling grass... Fang Yuan threw all these materials into the footless bird Gu and also constantly threw in primeval stones.
Most of these Gu refinement materials were materials Fang Yuan had remaining from King Xin Inheritance, while a portion was bought from Li Xian.
He used up a total of a hundred and eighty thousand primeval stones before the Gu refinement finished.
Bone wings Gu!
It was a rank four Gu. It looked like a feather, was spotless white, had bony texture and was light as a feather.
Under Fang Yuan's will, this Gu flew towards his back and spread, forming into something resembling two pairs of folded wings that covered almost all of Fang Yuan's back.
He poured primeval essence into the bone wings Gu... suddenly, intense pain attacked him as countless bones grew out from his backbone and ribs. The bony outgrowth pierced through his flesh and grew out before converging together and forming two enormous bone wings.
These bone wings were like the wings on a bird; wide and long. When folded up, the tail of the wings could touch the ground. The current Fang Yuan was truly an eight foot tall man.
Whoosh!
There was a soft sound as the bone wings stretched out. The cave did not look so spacious anymore.
Normal bone wings were spotless white. But the bone wings on Fang Yuan was not only pitch black, but also let out a metallic luster like that of steel and iron.
This was because Fang Yuan's skeleton surpassed ordinary, having been reformed by iron bone Gu and at the same time, he had constantly been using rank four essence iron bone recently.
This led to Fang Yuan's bone wings to far surpass other people's in terms of sturdiness. Rather than to say they were only bone wings, it was better to say they were iron bone wings!
Fang Yuan softly flapped the wings, there was only a blowing sound before a strong whirlwind blew up.
Bone wings could be used as he wished and was like a natural part of his body.
Fang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
Ordinary Gu Masters were rather cautious in using bone wings Gu. They would often train for two to three years before they were able to fly. If it were to be used in battle, they would have to train even longer, at least five years and above.
After all, humans were creatures who walked on the ground and not flying creatures.
However, Fang Yuan had no such problem.
After five hundred years in his previous life, he had similarly gained plentiful experiences terms of flying.
One could well imagine, if he suddenly used them, it was sure to catch his enemies off guard.
His newly advanced cultivation and bone wings Gu became the new trump cards of Fang Yuan!
"Now, it is time to deal with Bai Ning Bing's matter." Fang Yuan kept the bone wings, a chilling light flashing past his eyes.
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A group of seven people silently moved through a forest.
'We have been hurrying on our way without resting all these days and are already very close to San Cha mountain.' Tie Ba Xiu thought while rushing through the forest, stepping across stones and tree roots.
He was tall and had a buff physique, on his square face was a steady expression which gave a feeling of reliability.
His cultivation was rank four upper stage and his fame had spread throughout Southern Border. When he was young, he was spurned by the clan, pushed aside and forced to drift outside.
Then he encountered a righteous Gu Master inheritance and changed to strength path, making his name renowned in the world.
Now, he was a famous character of the righteous path. With rank five Gu 'earth overlord', he was called 'present age overlord' and had battle strength that surpassed ordinary rank four peak stage!
'At present, there are five rank four peak stage Gu Masters on San Cha mountain; Long Qing Tian, Yi Chong, Kong Ri Tian, Wu Shen Tong and Yi Huo. Among them, Yi Huo's battle prowess is very high and will be the strongest opponent. In addition to this, there will be more and more formidable characters who will join this struggle. It is just that I do not know what Tie Ruo Nan has planned.'
Thinking of this, Tie Ba Xiu could not help turning his gaze towards Tie Ruo Nan who was running beside him.
Although he had impressive battle prowess, in the group that was sent over this time by the clan, he was not the head. Rather, it was a young junior - Tie Ruo Nan!
After Tie Ruo Nan returned to the clan, she cultivated hard and displayed extremely strong aptitude and talent. Now, she was already one of the Tie clan's eight young masters. She was meticulous, sensitive to the smallest details and was already being called 'little divine investigator'. She was the strongest rising star that emerged in Tie clan these years, she was gradually soaring up and was being watched by many.
This time, when the four old-timers requested for reinforcements, the clan made an exception and appointed Tie Ruo Nan as the leader of this group. Even Tie Ba Xiu, this famous senior had to obey her orders. This showed how much the Tie clan higher ups expected from her.
Tie Ba Xiu only took a glance before retracting his gaze.
He was not in the least bit concerned about the clan's arrangement and was also not jealous.
Tie Ba Xiu was very loyal to the clan; for the clan's future hope, he was willing to be an assistant, willing to become a stepping stone.
In fact, when he was down and out, he had received Divine Investigator Tie Xue Leng's help. Tie Ba Xiu had always felt grateful towards him and with the interaction over these days, he sensed Tie Ruo Nan's brilliance.
"As expected of Divine Investigator's daughter! Big Brother Xue Leng, you have a worthy successor, you can rest assured in the afterlife." Tie Ba Xiu was gratified.
He was very satisfied with Tie Ruo Nan. Not only did he admire her cultivation talents, he admired her leadership capability even more.
Outstanding young Gu Masters had gathered around Tie Ruo Nan. Not mentioning anything else, one just needed to look at the current group of people.
Tie Mu, rank three peak stage Gu Master, looked gentlemanly and was brimming with talent. He had received many invitations but he chose to join Tie Ruo Nan.
Tie Ao Kai, rank three upper stage, he might look dazed and sleepy, but in the field of investigative ability, he had true prowess.
There was also Tie Dao Ku, an offense Gu Master with outstanding battle prowess. He had once served another young master but was now recruited by Tie Ruo Nan.
Tie Xian Hua, one of the beauties in the clan, young and beautiful. Even clan elders praised her defensive abilities.
These talents gathered under Tie Ruo Nan and would become her crew. Tie Ba Xiu seemed to see the radiant scene where this crew endlessly grew and assisted Tie Ruo Nan in ascending to the position of clan leader.
Each one of the eight young masters of Tie clan had a chance to contend for clan leader's position!
As they ran quickly, lights and shadows fluctuated in their vision and green light shone on Tie Ruo Nan's face.
Her slender legs revealed her youthful beauty as she ran through the forest.
Having gained much experiences these years, Tie Ruo Nan had clearly matured. Her brows were sharp as sword and her eyes shone like the stars; when one looked at her from the side, one could feel her power. Her thick eyelashes shaded the resolute light in her eyes.
"San Cha mountain!"
She recited this name in her mind.
She had already received news about San Cha mountain. And she was even aware that San Cha mountain had become a place of unstable changes, a struggling whirlpool that swallowed lives, engulfing countless people of both demonic and righteous paths.
Originally, Tie Ruo Nan had not thought of participating. But an unexpected information made her realize there were hidden details regarding Qing Mao mountain back then.
Her father Tie Xue Leng lost his life at Qing Mao mountain; a hero of a generation had fallen.
Anything that concerned her father, she had to check it out. Thus, she personally accepted the order and hurried to San Cha mountain.
"Bai Ning Bing... Fang Zheng... the truth about Qing Mao mountain, I will get to the bottom of it!"
The group moved forward.
The group of seven moved in an standard battle formation.
The investigative Gu Master Tie Ao Kai was at front, Tie Ruo Nan and Tie Ba Xiu was at middle. Healing Gu Master was at the rear with defensive Gu Master Tie Xian Hua beside him.
No matter what the terrain was, the battle formation showed no signs of disorder. No matter what happened, this group responded to it at the first sight and was not caught unprepared.
"Who is it?!"
Suddenly, Tie Ao Kai who was at the front stopped and shouted, alerting the group.
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The whole group swiftly came to a stop, the formation changed slightly to form into the best battle array; it was both closely linked and was also faintly loose to leave a way for retreat.
They could attack if they progressed, and defend if they retreated.
A person who crossed his arms and was standing on a boulder, glanced down at this group of people.
He was tall, with strong back and narrow waist, although he was not exaggeratedly muscular, he still gave a feeling of sturdiness.
He was wearing tight-fitting black clothes, he was standing there alone but it felt like a mountain was standing.
Especially, his black pupils, they were dark as abyss and gave an unfathomable feeling.
"Fang Zheng!" Tie Ruo Nan's pupils shrunk when she saw this person and blurted out.
This person was indeed Fang Yuan.
"Tie Ruo Nan, we meet again." The corner of Fang Yuan's lips curled up into a smile, a grim intent was revealed from his expression.
Little beast king!
Tie Ba Xiu's eyes narrowed and a severe light flashed past them.
The other five people of the group were behaving like they were facing a great enemy. They were very well equipped with intel and knew the person in front of them; a rising star of the demonic path with outstanding battle prowess, his actions were wild and unrestrained - an extremely dangerous character!
"Fang Zheng, I trust you have been since we last met?" Tie Ruo Nan revealed a complicated expression on her face and continued after a sigh, "Fang Zheng, you came to compromise? Actually, there is nothing to it. I know the struggles of three kings inheritance, you either live or die, there are no ways for retreat. Bai Ning Bing ran into my Tie clan's Gu Master and killed him in as a last-ditch move. I have friendly relations with you both, how about this, come to Tie clan as a guest, explain the matter clearly and redeem this sin by doing some assignments for Tie clan. I can plea for leniency for you and Tie clan won't pursue this matter anymore."
When she was speaking, Tie Ao Kai nervously activated his Gu to secretly scan his surroundings.
It was truly strange Fang Yuan appeared alone. Maybe there were others lying in ambush!
Fang Yuan could not help but sneer at Tie Ruo Nan's words: "Sin? She only killed a person, what sin is there? The only slight difference is this person has a somewhat tougher background, that's all. Tie Ruo Nan, I didn't think you were so childish. Thinking of luring me into going to Tie clan, and capture me there? When I enter Tie clan, I will be a dragon swimming in shallow water, a tiger moving in plain sight , wouldn't I be completely at your mercy then?"
Tie Ruo Nan deeply furrowed her brows: "Fang Zheng, you have changed a lot over these years. You feel no guilt over killing a person? Anyway, I am not telling lies. I pledge on my honor that I will guarantee your safety and guarantee you will be given fair trial."
Fang Yuan scoffed: "Is your Tie clan considered safe? At the moment, Divine Thief Lu Zuan Feng has been causing havoc at Tie clan, even infiltrating Demon Suppression Tower. Your Tie clan can't even help yourselves, can you guarantee my safety? Laughable, truly laughable."
"What? The clan has kept the news regarding Divine Thief Lu Zuan Feng confidential. He is an outsider and has also been staying far away here at San Cha mountain, how could he be so clear of the matter?"
The seven people of Tie clan turned pale.
Divine Thief Lu Zuan Feng was a rank five expert, the matter of him infiltrating Demon Suppression Tower had already caused a lot of disturbance in Tie clan's higher ups.
Tie clan had always viewed itself as the holy land of the righteous path, its Demon Suppression Tower was even a renowned prison for the demonic path, but Lu Zuan Feng entered and left it as he pleased. This level of humiliation and disgrace was tightly guarded and kept a secret by Tie clan; even top clans like Wu clan and Shang clan had no knowledge of it.
However, this little beast king unexpectedly knew it!
"Do you really believe such nonsense?" Tie Ba Xiu could not help but refuse it as it concerned the reputation of Tie clan.
"Leader, there are no one in the surroundings, he is alone." At this time, Tie Ao Kai reported in a soft voice.
A bright light immediately flashed through Tie Ruo Nan's mind and she fixed her gaze at Fang Yuan: "Fang Zheng, I understand your intent. You want to use this information to blackmail us and exchange for Bai Ning Bing's life? We can do that! But we need to know how you you came to know about this secret. Otherwise, we will absolutely not let her go."
Fang Yuan threw his head back and laughed loudly: "Tie Ruo Nan, you are truly naive. I just spoke those words casually. You still don't understand the purpose of me coming here? Don't you know there is a battle tactic called besiege an enemy stronghold in order to strike at the reinforcements ?"
"What, you want to go against us?" Tie Ruo Nan's pupils slightly widened, revealing an inconceivable expression.
The others also looked at Fang Yuan as if they were looking at an idiot.
We are a group of seven while you are just by yourself. We have rank four upper stage senior Tie Ba Xiu, rank four initial stage Tie Ruo Nan, and five rank three Gu Masters, each of them an expert. Just you alone wants to go against us?
"Has this little beast king lost his mind? Is there a problem with his brain?" For a moment, everyone had this thought.
Fang Yuan knew their thoughts as he looked at the change in their expression and eyes.
He did not feel like refuting them. With a cold smile, he suddenly pounced towards the group from high above like a northern goshawk.
"He really attacked?"
"Looking for death!"
The seven people were both startled and furious.
"No, this aura, how could he be at rank four middle stage?!"
Next instance, the seven all felt their hearts thump as they sensed the aura on Fang Yuan.
Facts speak louder than words.
"Rank four middle stage! Not initial stage?" Tie Ruo Nan's eyes opened wide and was stunned at the revelation.
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