Within the regret crying sea area, immortals were present.
Miao Ming Shen and the other three each stayed in a supplementary formation, they activated their formations as the power continued to seep into the underwater formation.
Fang Yuan was setting up his immortal formation now.
His aura was radiating at rank seven level, his body was covered in a light green halo, his eyes were filled with blue light, resembling lightning in the sea.
Waving his hand, a large number of mortal Gu flew into the sky like a swarm of bees, circling around and forming the shape of a supplementary formation.
Next, Fang Yuan took out immortal materials and used his killer moves to fill up this supplementary formation.
The newly arrived Ren Xiu Ping and others looked at Fang Yuan with gleaming eyes, they were silent upon seeing his formation arrangement.
The Gu Immortals all had complex expressions, even Shen Cong Sheng was the same.
"Being able to use immortal materials to set up formations, he is a formation path grandmaster."
"Chu Ying cultivates transformation path, to think that he has such attainment in formation path, this is very rare. How does he dual cultivate?"
"Perhaps he found a way to cultivate both transformation path and formation path without conflict, like how Heavenly Court's Thunder Ghost True Monarch cultivated lightning path and soul path, or how Nine Spiritual Fairy cultivates transformation path and enslavement path."
"It is not as simple as just a formation path grandmaster, Chu Ying's proficiency in creating formations is very high, and most impressively, he does not lack formation path immortal killer moves, his efficiency at creating formations is truly amazing!"
The immortals watched with increasing shock as Fang Yuan displayed his incredible formation path attainment.
"With such methods, he can handle a lot of missions on the Merit Obelisk."
"Most of the Merit Obelisk missions involve channeling of rivers and managing the ecology, this is very advantageous for Chu Ying."
"No wonder he could complete so many formations!"
"Ordinary formation path Gu Immortals need Immortal Gu to create immortal formations. But Chu Ying is a formation path grandmaster, he only needs to use immortal materials. This is too terrifying."
The Gu Immortals could not help but feel envy and jealousy, especially towards Miao Ming Shen and group who had joined Chu Ying much earlier and had a head start.
Ren Xiu Ping was already starting to consider if he should abandon Shen clan after this mission and defect to Fang Yuan instead.
Looking at the current situation, Fang Yuan was very magnanimous, earlier, even though Ren Xiu Ping was enemies with him, he had completely ignored it at the moment.
Ren Xiu Ping's worry was that Fang Yuan already had Miao Ming Shen's group, even Tu Tou Tuo and Zeng Luo Zi had a closer relationship to Fang Yuan than him.
"In Chu Ying's perspective, he could simply cooperate with the people he liked. Why would he seek the cooperation of an enemy like me?"
Ren Xiu Ping had a thought: "Even though he had formation path grandmaster attainment level, being able to use immortal materials to set up formations, his greatest limitation is also immortal materials. If he lacks immortal materials, I can contribute them to him and deepen our cooperation and relationship."
Ren Xiu Ping decided to give up some of his personal benefits, that was the only way he could entice Fang Yuan into cooperating with him.
"This formation has been created, Ren Xiu Ping, please go and defend it." Fang Yuan spoke at this time.
He had already set up several formations, this was like the previous few ones, even though they were made in the sky, once they were completed, they would sink into the sea.
"Sure, sure." Ren Xiu Ping smiled as he flew down, he entered the formation without checking it closely.
Ren Xiu Ping did not have formation path attainment, even if Fang Yuan created the formation before his very eyes, he could not understanding the profundity of this supplementary formation, but he believed that with Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's arrangements, Fang Yuan could not harm him.
Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable restricted Gu Immortals from fighting each other, it allowed them to trust each other to a large extent.
Fang Yuan continued to set up formations.
One, two three...
One by one, Gu Immortals entered their formations, the supplementary formations were getting stronger.
Ren Xiu Ping's expression was not good now.
Fang Yuan seemed to have an endless supply of immortal materials!
During this period of time, he saw domination copper, earthly limit astral qi, green jade wind, dark inkstone, heaven flying jade...
Fang Yuan's deep wealth silenced all of the immortals.
Ren Xiu Ping even gasped in shock several times.
With such wealth, how could he possibly compare?
And the thing that made Ren Xiu Ping the most dejected was Fang Yuan's attitude.
He spent all of these immortal materials to create formations, he did not even blink or hesitate, he was completely indifferent about the cost!
Even though Fang Yuan lacked immortal materials, that was for the sake of advancing his Immortal Gu. The immortal materials used to create these formations were merely just a tiny portion of Fang Yuan's treasury, even if he had to create another hundred supplementary formations, he could easily afford it.
Thus, Fang Yuan's actions were simply showing that he was incredibly affluent in the eyes of Ren Xiu Ping and the other Gu Immortals!
After expending some time and effort, all the supplementary formations were finally created.
Shen Cong Sheng and the rest went into their own formations that were scattered all around the underwater formation, if one watched from above, it would resemble the tail of a peacock.
Every single supplementary formation resembled the feathers that formed the eye of a peacock tail, they gathered strength that flowed all the way into the underwater formation.
The supplementary formations looked similar but they all had different effects.
This was because Fang Yuan modified every supplementary formation according to the respective Gu Immortal using it, for example, Miao Ming Shen's supplementary formation had space path immortal materials, it could raise his efficiency. Ren Xiu Ping's supplementary formation had several spaces in it that could accommodate desolate beasts, it would allow him to use his enslavement path expertise.
Other than that, the supplementary formations also had specific locations. Fang Yuan placed the weaker immortals like Hua Die and Feng Jiang at the periphery. Shen Cong Sheng who was the strongest was closest to the underwater formation.
Fang Yuan also created a supplementary formation for himself.
He entered it.
This supplementary formation was a refinement path Gu formation, its only use was to amplify the power of Fang Yuan's refinement path killer moves.
Within the supplementary formation, Fang Yuan activated his killer move — Refinement Formation Rain!
At once, rain started to drizzle above the sea.
Countless raindrops entered the underwater formation, the might of refinement path was displayed as Gu worms were refined by Fang Yuan one by one.
Shen Cong Sheng and the others did not find this rain powerful initially, but after a while, their eyes were opened wide.
Because during this short period of time, Fang Yuan had already refined the outer layer of the underwater formation.
"What killer move is this? It worked against this underwater formation!"
"It looks like a refinement path killer move?" Some were uncertain.
"Such a powerful refinement path killer move... does Chu Ying cultivate refinement path too?" Some found it unbelievable.
"This should be the effect of that supplementary formation!"
The Gu Immortals thought about it for a long time, they subconsciously decided to attribute it to the power of Fang Yuan's supplementary formation.
If Chu Ying also had such terrifying attainment in refinement path, able to refine the formation of Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, wouldn't he be a triple cultivator?
How would Ren Xiu Ping, Miao Ming Shen, and all these other elites who cultivated one path feel!
Even if it was the power of the supplementary formation, these Gu Immortals were still immensely shocked.
Shen Cong Sheng's pupils shrunk slightly, compared to the supplementary formation's power, he was more shocked at Fang Yuan's ambition.
He already understood it.
All of them controlling the supplementary formations were like crowbars while the underwater formation was like a tightly sealed wooden box.
The power of the supplementary formation invaded the underwater formation, it was like the crowbars trying to pry open the box.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan controlled the supplementary formation that was the core of this entire formation, it could flow in using the crack opened by the crowbars, to invade and turn these wooden boards into his own possession!
"Such formation path attainment, such ambition... he wants to take the entire formation for himself!"
"Chu Ying..." Shen Cong Sheng had a solemn expression, he secretly engraved this name into his heart.
This was not the first time Fang Yuan was using this refinement formation rain killer move.
This move used rank eight water refinement Immortal Gu as the core. Fang Yuan used many Gu worms to suppress the rank eight aura, disguising it as rank seven.
After rebirth, he annexed Lang Ya Sect and gained rank eight Immortal Gu Water Refinement, he created this move.
After returning to Southern Border, he used this killer move to refine Chi Qu You's formation and captured many Gu Immortals inside the formation.
This time, Fang Yuan used it with rank seven aura again, with the concealment of the supplementary formation, Shen Cong Sheng could not tell that it was truly rank eight.
The power of a rank eight killer move was truly extraordinary, the underwater formation was slowly refined by Fang Yuan bit by bit.
The more he refined it, the greater his control over the formation, with the help of his supplementary formations, he progressed with great speed without much problem.
However, after he refined thirty percent of the formation, refinement formation rain's effect fell drastically, his progress slowed down.
"Refinement formation rain is just a killer move, the actual effect depends on my understanding of this underwater formation." Fang Yuan expected this, he was not surprised, he was sufficiently patient.
He decided to spend some time here, to get regret Gu and the other Immortal Gu in the formation, his investments were worth it.
Originally, he was worried about the other Gu Immortals.
But now that Shen Cong Sheng had been invited here, Fang Yuan was not afraid that other Gu Immortals would use this time to surpass his contribution ranking.
The rate of formation refinement got slower and slower, eventually, Fang Yuan hit a brick.
This was an earth path rank seven Immortal Gu, its body was flat like a disk, yellowish brown, with a head and a tail, and four tentacles that look like hooks, growing evenly around the disk.
"This is territory Gu. Once a Gu Immortal plants it deep into the soil, it will emit a profound power that affects the surrounding soil and spreads out until it reaches its limit, everything that is within a thousand li of that territory will be controlled by the Gu Immortal." Fang Yuan recognized this Gu.
Territory Gu was very commonly seen.
Especially in Southern Border.
Many villages, even if they were not proficient in earth path, would try to get a rank three or four territory Gu. The village would plant this Gu in the soil and let a Gu Master in a position of authority use it, to raise and maintain their control over this territory.
Territory Gu was a very useful Gu worm but it was very expensive, it was often used by forces. Individual Gu Masters did not need it.
Territory Immortal Gu was actually kept within Dragon Whale Paradise, this Gu was quite useful to Fang Yuan as well.
Fang Yuan could conveniently use this Gu worm to manage his immortal aperture. He could alter the landscape of the territory that he creates using territory Gu.
Even if it was not useful, Fang Yuan still had to refine this earth path Immortal Gu. It was the key obstacle now, it stopped Fang Yuan from progressing further.
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"It is a little troublesome, I need to make deductions. Everyone, take a rest for now." Fang Yuan spoke.
The obstacle of territory Gu not only blocked Fang Yuan but also the other Gu Immortals. No matter how they activated the supplementary formation, they could not penetrate the formation anymore.
The Gu Immortals started to rest, but not without talking among themselves.
"We finally met with an obstacle."
"I thought that Chu Ying would be able to continue refining it endlessly."
"Don't joke, this is a formation that Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable created personally, how in the world can this Chu Ying possibly refine such a formation?"
"But if he cannot refine it, what will happen to our mission?"
"Indeed, even though Chu Ying is a formation path grandmaster, deduction is the expertise of wisdom path. What can he deduce?"
The Gu Immortals had complex emotions.
On one hand, they could finally let out a sigh of relief after seeing Fang Yuan face an obstacle.
On the other hand, the fact that Fang Yuan was stuck meant that they were also not able to progress and gain more benefits.
The Gu Immortals wanted Fang Yuan to break through this obstacle but they were also inherently unwilling to see him succeed.
"Alright, I deduced it, let's continue." Fang Yuan said.
"What?" The immortals were stumped, his speed was too terrifying.
Fang Yuan flew out of the supplementary formation and floated in the air: "To get through this obstacle, we need to modify the supplementary formations a little, everyone, don't be anxious to take action."
Next, he willed as immortal essence got rapidly expended, supplementary formations followed his will and thought, changing locations. Some supplementary formations moved back while others moved in front, getting closer to the underwater formation.
Eventually, Miao Ming Shen's supplementary formation was closely placed beside Ren Xiu Ping's formation, they were tightly connected together.
Fang Yuan said to them: "Next, the two of you will lead the supplementary formations while the others help out."
Ren Xiu Ping and Miao Ming Shen nodded, they had complex expressions, not expecting that they of all people would actually cooperate.
After modifying the supplementary formations, Fang Yuan entered his supplementary formation again, he did not rush to activate refinement formation rain, instead he gave specific instructions to the immortals within these formations, using his own steps and methods to activate these supplementary formations in a particular manner.
The power of the supplementary formation changed, it was like a thin cluster of sand, falling through the cracks of the underwater formation and slowing down its operations bit by bit.
And this change was what Fang Yuan needed to make use of.
He quickly activated refinement formation rain and successfully refined territory Gu after a while!
After passing this obstacle, a new sense of ease was felt by the immortals as the supplementary formation's power surged like a wave and rampaged in the underwater formation. Only after it took over sixty percent of the formation did it stop at a new obstacle.
A huge wave of shock emerged in the hearts of Shen Cong Sheng and the rest.
"So powerful!"
"To think that this Chu Ying is so impressive."
"More than half of this underwater formation belongs to him now."
"The supplementary formations he designed are very profound, they can be adjusted according to situations. This is not a fixed formation, it is a transformative formation!"
Fang Yuan's performance surpassed their highest expectations, they could not help but feel deeply astonished.
Three days and two nights later, Fang Yuan refined a few more earth path Immortal Gu and a vast number of mortal Gu. At this point, the sixty percent of the formation was finally under Fang Yuan's control.
"But the remaining forty percent is the core of this underwater formation. With just the supplementary formations and myself, we cannot break through it in the short term." Fang Yuan knew his own limits. He had already reached the current limit of his abilities after reaching this point.
After all, this earth path formation was created by Paradise Earth, his earth path attainment level was supreme grandmaster!
Fang Yuan tried to use the sixty percent that he refined to interfere with the remaining forty percent.
Fang Yuan tried to use the underwater formation against itself.
Guh.
A moment later, Fang Yuan suddenly coughed out blood as his soul shook, his face turned pale. Many supplementary formations including the one he was in broke apart, the Gu Immortals within fell into the water as they shouted in shock, each of them faced varying levels of backlash.
Fang Yuan's plan failed, even though he controlled sixty percent of the formation, he could not do anything to the remaining core forty percent!
"As expected of Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, even after over half of it was refined, it still remained unmoved." Fang Yuan's heart shook.
He sighed to himself as he called out: "Everyone, I am sorry, I did not see the profundity of the formation and caused you to get injured."
The injured Gu Immortals shook their head, they quickly replied that they were fine.
In their opinion, it was outstanding that Chu Ying could reach this stage, he far exceeded their expectations.
Fang Yuan squinted his eyes as he thought: "It seems that we can only dismantle the formation now."
After resting for a while, he started to dismantle the formation.
Because the external sixty percent was already refined by him, the dismantling was very successful.
But this was not a normal dismantling process, Fang Yuan only took apart sixty percent of the formation, thus during this process, Gu worms were destroyed when the formation was taken apart. But Fang Yuan paid attention to the Immortal Gu and protected them, he successfully obtained them. As for the mortal Gu, even if some of them were destroyed, it was not a big deal.
Miao Ming Shen, Ren Xiu Ping, and the rest watched with wide opened eyes!
When they controlled the supplementary formation earlier, they could not sense the exact situation within the formation, there was only a faint connection.
Now that Fang Yuan dismantled the formation, they could see all of the Gu worms that he was getting.
"So many Gu worms!"
"I see so many long-lost earth path mortal Gu, they were all created when Paradise Earth was still a Gu Master."
"There are also Immortal Gu, oh heavens, there are eight Immortal Gu!"
"Most of these Immortal Gu are rank seven, there are few rank six Immortal Gu!"
"Chu Ying took them all!"
"Indeed, he did not even give us a single one..."
The Gu Immortals watched as Fang Yuan took his Immortal Gu, they were staring in a daze, some of them were even salivating intensely.
Most of these were earth path Immortal Gu, they were not suitable for use but Immortal Gu were unique, they could be traded for other Immortal Gu!
Tu Tou Tuo's eyes were bloodshot, he was almost spewing fire from them!
He was an earth path Gu Immortal, watching as Fang Yuan kept the earth path Immortal Gu in his immortal aperture, he felt his mouth turning dry and his heart palpitating intensely.
While dismantling the formation, he gulped several times, he wanted to speak but could only swallow his saliva in the end.
He really wanted to snatch these Immortal Gu!
But his logic told him that it would be the most stupid move to do so.
Even a rank eight like Shen Cong Sheng could not do anything, how could he?
In the end, Tu Tou Tuo heaved a deep sigh, he swallowed all of his envy and jealousy into his stomach along with his saliva.
His mind moved quickly, thinking of how to get these Immortal Gu. He knew that he was not crucial to this plan, so the only way was to deepen his cooperation and relationship with Chu Ying by displaying his value, it would help in the future when he asks Chu Ying to exchange Gu.
The only good thing was that Chu Ying cultivated transformation path and formation path, he did not cultivate earth path. Thus, there was a high possibility that Chu Ying would sell these Immortal Gu in the future.
The pitiful Tu Tou Tuo did not know that Fang Yuan's earth path attainment level was at grandmaster, it was even higher than his!
After Fang Yuan dismantled the outer part of the formation, the immortals came to congratulate him.
"Congratulations, congratulations."
"Chu Ying, you've earned a fortune this time. Even though you used so many immortal materials, you gained a large number of Immortal Gu! It is truly a huge profit."
"To speak the truth, my saliva is about to drip to the ground."
"Outstanding methods, all I feel is admiration towards you."
"Chu Ying, I am Tu Tou Tuo, I am quite interested in these earth path Immortal Gu that you obtained. If you wish to sell or exchange them, please inform me, I am sure that you will be satisfied with my offer."
Fang Yuan thanked them one by one with calm emotions.
He simply had too many Immortal Gu already!
It could scare them all to death if he said the exact number.
And this batch of Immortal Gu that he just obtained was not his biggest gain recently.
Earlier in the River of Time, Fang Yuan defeated Heavenly Court, even though he lost the stone lotus island, his gains were huge.
He dismantled six Immortal Gu House from Heavenly Court, even though many Immortal Gu died in the battle, there were many Immortal Gu left.
For example, the core Immortal Gu of the river suppression lotus sealing formation, Suppression and Bone Seal; the two time path core of Moment Stage, Instant and That Time; Immortal Gu Permanence in Eternal Yacht; the Early Autumn, Mid Autumn, and Late Autumn of Three Autumn Yellow Crane Platform; and the Immortal Gu in Sun and Moon Temple, Sun Day and Moon Month.
These Immortal Gu were mostly rank seven, some were rank eight!
As for Shark Flow Lever, even though it was completely destroyed without a single one left, it had a special construction style, it used a combination of desolate beasts and Immortal Gu. While Fang Yuan took his loot and gains from the battlefield, he reverse-deduced most of the contents of Shark Flow Lever using the clues he found. This gave him a huge inspiration, currently, Fang Yuan's clone was already making deductions to try to incorporate Twelve Zodiac battle formation into his Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Right now, there was only forty percent of the underwater formation left in front of Fang Yuan and the others.
Using refinement formation rain would have little to no effect already.
The power of the supplementary formation could no longer do anything.
Even though Fang Yuan tried very hard, there was no progress. He understood that this underwater formation was like a hard tortoise shell, its defense was very tight.
"Should I wait for my clone Wu Shuai to raise my earth path attainment level or should I attack directly?" Fang Yuan thought about it, he decided to save time and attack now.
After all, he had so many people with him now, he had to make good use of them.
Immediately, he asked these Gu Immortals to attack while he and a few other Gu Immortals stayed to manipulate the supplementary formation.
Boom boom boom!
All sorts of killer moves were unleashed upon the underwater formation, causing huge ripples and waves.
The formation only had forty percent left, after being attacked by so many strong immortals, including a rank eight Gu Immortal like Shen Cong Sheng, its operations were hindered as all sorts of flaws appeared.
Fang Yuan was overjoyed, he quickly used the supplementary formation to invade the formation using these loopholes.
"I regret it!" Suddenly, from within, a loud crying voice resounded in the area.
"What was I doing? I should not have attacked the formation."
"I regret it! Why did I listen to Chu Ying?"
"I should not have come to Dragon Whale Paradise, now I am completely trapped, I truly regret everything."
...
The immortals quickly stopped their actions, their morale fell to rock bottom as regret Gu exerted its influence on them.
Only Fang Yuan remained unmoved, bright light shined in his eyes as he thought: "The demonic immortal within the formation is spreading the power of regret Gu to weaken its influence on him. He wants to escape!"
Bam bam bam!
Loud sounds were emitted from within the underwater formation.
The formation had flaws to begin with, right now, these gaps spread as they formed into a huge crack.
Shen Cong Sheng shouted loudly as he temporarily suppressed the effect of regret Gu, his eyes were bloodshot as he attacked the formation's crack fiercely.
Immortal killer move — Grand Collision!
Boom!
The power of this move cooperated with the demon within, the formation broke apart as the sealed demonic immortal flew out like a black arrow.
Shen Cong Sheng was overjoyed, he flew closer: "Ancestor Shen Shang, I am a descendant of Shen clan, I am your junior!"
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The sudden change occurred in front of all the immortals.
Shen Cong Sheng got close to the mysterious demonic immortal, he showed an agitated expression.
"Finally, I've finally found you, Ancestor Shen Shang!" Shen Cong Sheng shouted in a slightly trembling voice.
His true motive in coming here was to save his ancestor, Shen Shang.
Shen Shang was the most outstanding Gu Immortal in Shen clan, he had outstanding talent that was publicly recognized. In fact, when he was still a rank six Gu Immortal, a wisdom path rank eight great expert had said that he was the 'hundreds of years eastern immortal leader, with half of a venerable's talent', it meant that he would become the leader of Eastern Sea's immortals in hundreds of years when he reaches rank eight, his talent was so high it could compare to half a venerable.
However, Shen Shang pursued strength and gradually fell into the demonic path, he started to commit heinous deeds.
His clan treasured his talent and even though they punished him, it was not a severe punishment, they protected him continuously.
Shen Shang did not change his ways, he became more daring and as a righteous path Gu Immortal on the surface, he acted like a demon.
Eastern Sea's Gu Immortal world was kept in the dark, Shen clan managed to conceal the fact but they could not hide it from Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable.
Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable took action, suppressing him, but did not expose his identity publicly.
Shen clan did not dare to publicize it, they only announced that Shen Shang had died from his tribulation.
After Shen Cong Sheng captured Gu Yue Fang Zheng, Heavenly Court contacted him and told him about Shen Shang's information, in exchange for Fang Zheng.
Therefore, Shen Cong Sheng learned that Shen Shang was still alive, and that he was imprisoned within Dragon Whale Paradise.
In order to enter Dragon Whale Paradise, Shen Cong Sheng mobilized the whole of Shen clan to investigate and search in secret.
Right at this time, Ren Xiu Ping targeted Miao Ming Shen and attacked them, exposing clues leading to the blue dragon whale.
After Shen clan learned of this, Shen Cong Sheng led them to force Ren Xiu Ping to submit, they learned that Miao Ming Shen had a way to find the exact location of the blue dragon whale.
Miao Ming Shen gathered eight immortals to search for the Paradise Earth true inheritance in the blue dragon whale, Ren Xiu Ping and Shen Cong Sheng learned about it and followed them.
After that, it led to a series of events.
After Shen Cong Sheng came to Dragon Whale Paradise, he tried all the ways possible to find Shen Shang's location, after a few missions, Shen clan Gu Immortal Shen Qi got the information of regret crying sea.
Shen Cong Sheng guessed that the demonic immortal in regret crying sea was likely Shen Shang!
However, he could not be happy for long because he heard of terrifying news.
Chu Ying actually accepted the mission to kill Shen Shang!
This shocked Shen Cong Sheng, he quickly contacted Fang Yuan, lying that he was looking for response Gu and offering a large amount of immortal materials to express his goodwill.
Thus, Fang Yuan brought Shen Cong Sheng into regret crying sea.
Shen Cong Sheng waited secretly and did not make a move, only at the last moment, he acted and saved Shen Shang with one attack.
This change made everyone dumbfounded other than the Shen clan Gu Immortals.
Immediately, Miao Ming Shen and the rest had dark expressions, their hearts sank to rock bottom.
Shen Cong Sheng was a rank eight Gu Immortal to begin with, they had another Shen Shang who was a rank eight Gu Immortal now as well. Back then, Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable had to suppress him personally, he definitely had outstanding battle strength that was not to be underestimated.
With Shen Shang, Shen clan's strength rose greatly. Not only in Dragon Whale Paradise, but even in Eastern Sea, there would be a shocking change.
Currently, in Eastern Sea's righteous path, Shen clan would be the only super force with two rank eight Gu Immortals!
Shen clan would become the strongest force in Eastern Sea.
This would have huge impact and bring immense benefits to Shen clan.
Back then, Heavenly Court exposed this secret to them, it was no wonder that Shen Cong Sheng immediately released Fang Zheng without caring about Qi Sea Ancestor, who was hinting that he wanted to get Fang Zheng.
"You are a descendant of my Shen clan?" Shen Shang floated in the air, looking at Shen Cong Sheng, his eyes shined with brilliance as he nodded: "Indeed, you are a member of Shen clan. What year is it now?"
Shen Shang had a hoarse voice, it was even more course than crows.
He wore a grey robe that was tattered, his face was pale and his hair was messy, his eyes were bloodshot and red. His peak rank eight aura radiated from his body with an intense force.
Shen Cong Sheng answered his question and told him that Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable had died long ago.
"So long has passed." Shen Shang sighed deeply: "Lord Paradise Earth died after all, sigh..."
His attitude towards Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable was a bit strange.
Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable suppressed him but he actually called Paradise Earth 'Lord'.
After sighing, Shen Shang looked towards Fang Yuan and the other immortals.
He gazed around and understood the situation, he cupped his fists and smiled: "Good, it seems that my Shen clan has many talented people."
Afterwards, he focused his gaze on Fang Yuan as he spoke in a gentle tone: "Friend, I was able to escape thanks to you. It was mostly due to your effort, do you wish to join Shen clan and become our external supreme elder?"
He actually wanted to recruit Fang Yuan.
Indeed, Fang Yuan had displayed sufficient value already.
Just his formation path grandmaster status was something Shen clan wanted. And looking at his attainment and age, it was possible that he could break through to formation path great grandmaster in his lifetime.
Shen Cong Sheng cupped his fists towards Fang Yuan, adding: "Chu Ying, I lied earlier but I did not have a choice. Saving our Ancestor Shen Shang is extremely important to Shen clan, I hope you can understand."
Fang Yuan nodded with a plain expression, he even had a smile on his face: "Of course I understand, if it were me, I would do the same."
"But Shen clan wants to recruit me? Hehehe..." Fang Yuan laughed as he shook his head.
Shen Cong Sheng said coldly: "Friend Chu Ying, why are you laughing?"
Fang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "On what foundation is your Shen clan trying to recruit me? You guys are simply unqualified."
Shen Cong Sheng's gaze turned cold as ice.
His Shen clan was an Eastern Sea super force, they owned seven large sea areas and thousands of middle and small sea areas, they even had two rank eights now. With such strength, they were not qualified to recruit a tiny lone immortal?"
"Hmph, Chu Ying, don't be too arrogant."
"My Shen clan is giving you a chance, this is the magnanimity of our Ancestor Shen Shang."
"Don't think too highly of yourself!"
Shen Xiao and Shen Qi quickly spoke, they flew out of the supplementary formations, gathering with Shen Cong Sheng and Shen Shang.
Shen Shang's bloodshot eyes had deep killing intent, he looked at Fang Yuan and spoke with an icy voice: "Chu Ying? I need to remind you, you were all sent here by the Merit Obelisk, Paradise Earth's method restricts you from fighting each other. But I have been trapped here for countless years, I am not restricted by the Merit Obelisk, so all of you can be attacked by me."
The expressions of Miao Ming Shen and the rest changed, their worst nightmare had come true!
What should they do now?
Right when they were helpless, they suddenly heard Fang Yuan laughing loudly as he pointed his finger at Shen Shang who was in the sky, provoking him to attack.
Miao Ming Shen and the rest were dumbfounded.
Was this courage or stupidity?
They could not tell.
Shen Shang's eyes shined with blood red light as he lowered his voice that was filled with anger: "You are courting death, then go die!"
Saying so, he opened his mouth as a blood colored sound wave in a ball shape shot towards Fang Yuan.
The sound wave was very fast, in almost an instant, it flew through the sky and landed on the supplementary formation.
Boom!
The supplementary formation collapsed instantly, it did not even last for a moment.
An intense explosion occurred, a huge sea wave surged into the sky, it was tens of feet tall.
Before the wave landed, the explosion had already caused damage to the surroundings, Miao Ming Shen and the rest had to fly into the sky, away from their supplementary formations.
All of the supplementary formations were destroyed, Miao Ming Shen and the rest had ashen expressions.
Shen Shang's attack was definitely at rank eight level, it was terrifying! From their perspective, there was little chance that Chu Ying survived that.
The truth was, they did not care about Chu Ying's situation right now, they were more worried about themselves.
Because Shen Shang had proven his words from earlier with action, he could really attack Miao Ming Shen and the others!
"Ancestor is so powerful!" Shen Cong Sheng squinted, he knew the inside details. Shen Shang did not cultivate sound path primarily, the sound path method he used earlier was not his true strength.
"Chu Ying is dead meat!"
"Good that he died, I disliked him from the start."
"Indeed, he only had rank seven cultivation level but acted so arrogantly because he knew things about the Dragon Whale Paradise, he truly had no regard for us."
"He dared to provoke a rank eight, he truly wanted to die... die...."
Shen Xiao said as he suddenly stammered.
After the huge waves crashed down, new enormous waves were formed.
Within the steam and mist, a shiny ship that was covered in silver-white light appeared in front of all of the immortals.
Chu Ying's arms were behind his back, he stood at the deck as he carried the same smile as before.
Shen Shang saw this as his pupils shrunk, he gasped with shock: "Rank eight Immortal Gu House?"
The other Gu Immortals were all stunned!
They were so familiar with this Immortal Gu House, no, in the current five regions, which Gu Immortal did not know about this Immortal Gu House?
"This is... Myriad Year Flying Warship!" Ren Xiu Ping cried out, he felt his scalp going numb.
"Chu Ying actually has Myriad Year Flying Warship, who in the world is he?" Shen Xiao was tongue-tied.
The immortals stared at Fang Yuan with fixed gazes, he gradually dispelled familiar face as he showed his true appearance.
After seeing his true appearance, all of the immortals' hearts shook, none of them could stay indifferent.
Hua Die screamed out loud: "It's Fang Yuan!"
She was too shocked, she had always felt that Fang Yuan was high and mighty, far away from people like them, to think that he was around her the entire time.
It was truly unbelievable!
"It's Fang Yuan!!" Shen clan's Gu Immortals gritted their teeth, some were breathing and gasping loudly.
"So that was it." Miao Ming Shen gulped as he swallowed his saliva. Chu Ying was a fake identity of Fang Yuan, after all, how could such a powerful lone immortal appear in Eastern Sea suddenly?
It was Fang Yuan after all!
Who was Fang Yuan?
He had inherited many venerable inheritances, he was someone who could not be assessed with common sense.
No wonder Chu Ying had such attainment in transformation path and formation path. This was just a fragment of Fang Yuan's true strength.
Now everything made sense.
Shen Cong Sheng's expression was pale as he gritted his teeth, in just a short time, sweat had gathered on his forehead already.
So it was this great demon Fang Yuan!
No wonder he had such an attitude, even against two rank eights, he showed such disdain towards Shen clan.
It was normal!
Shen Cong Sheng suddenly felt that it was a logical situation, all of his anger towards Chu Ying's arrogance vanished completely without a trace!
Fang Yuan dared to provoke even Heavenly Court and kill their members, how could Shen clan even compare?
After his anger subsided, he felt intense fear afterwards.
He actually met with Fang Yuan, this was such a problematic person!
Shen Cong Sheng sighed in his heart, his luck was really bad, why did he meet Fang Yuan of all people?
At this moment, his rank eight strength could not give him confidence, he was panicking internally.
At this moment, Shen Cong Sheng heard Shen Shang's voice: "Who is Fang Yuan?"
Shen Cong Sheng looked at Shen Shang who had a confused expression.
He felt that this was very strange!
This Gu Immortal only had rank seven cultivation level, he had only changed his appearance.
Why were they all so afraid?
Shen Shang looked at Shen Cong Sheng with a gaze that had slight questioning, it seemed to be saying: You are a great rank eight, why are you afraid of a rank seven, what is there to fear!
Even though Fang Yuan showed his appearance, he did not reveal his rank eight aura, it was still concealed.
Shen Cong Sheng blinked as he shuddered internally.
Could he remain calm?
Could he look at Fang Yuan using common sense and cultivation level?
He was a ruthless demon who dared to trample on Heavenly Court, he destroyed six Immortal Gu Houses belonging to Heavenly Court earlier, he even slaughtered a bunch of Heavenly Court Gu Immortals!
He was ruthless and scheming, even Heavenly Court was without options against him.
Now that Shen clan offended him, forget about two rank eights, even if they had a group of rank eights, Shen Cong Sheng would not feel safe at all.
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At this point, Fang Yuan was no longer like before.
Heavenly Court was the reason for his overwhelming fame and dominance. Even though he only displayed rank seven cultivation level, it was enough to intimidate most rank eight Gu Immortals in the world.
"Ancestor." Shen Cong Sheng sent an information path mortal Gu to Shen Shang, it contained everything they knew about Fang Yuan.
Shen Shang received the mortal Gu as his divine sense swept through it, he looked towards Fang Yuan with a new type of gaze.
"Fang Yuan? Even Heavenly Court cannot do anything against you, hahaha, interesting!" Shen Shang's eyes burst out with blood red light, he laughed wildly: "To think that a person like you would appear in the world, this is wonderful, because now... I won't feel lonely."
Saying so, a strong aura burst out of his body, overwhelming the surroundings and dominating everyone's hearts.
Not only did Shen Shang not feel threatened by Fang Yuan's information, he even became extremely motivated to fight.
Looking at Shen Shang's action, Shen Cong Sheng felt a sense of confidence in his heart: "I'm likely not Fang Yuan's match, but with Ancestor Shen Shang here who is not an ordinary rank eight Gu Immortal, the outcome is still unknown!"
While he was thinking that, a silver light shot out and filled Shen Cong Sheng's vision.
"Damn it!" The alarms in Shen Cong Sheng's mind rang wildly, he quickly retreated.
At the next moment, Myriad Year Flying Warship flew over, drawing a beautiful arc of light in the air as it traveled.
If he reacted slower and stayed on the spot, Shen Cong Sheng would have been hit by Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Shen Cong Sheng did not dare to imagine the result of that collision.
This was the advantage of an Immortal Gu House.
Activating immortal killer moves took time, but using an Immortal Gu House to charge and rampage would instantly allow one to unleash an offensive method.
Myriad Year Flying Warship shot off again.
Fang Yuan mobilized Myriad Year Flying Warship and went after Shen Shang, ignoring Shen Cong Sheng completely.
Shen Shang did not dare to test Myriad Year Flying Warship with his bare body either, he was forced into being chased around by Myriad Year Flying Warship.
Shen Cong Sheng and the other Shen clan Gu Immortals wanted to help out but they were helpless when they found out that they could not attack Fang Yuan.
"Damn it!" Shen Cong Sheng gritted his teeth, in this situation, Shen clan's superiority in numbers could not be used, they could only watch as Fang Yuan fought against Shen Shang.
As for Miao Ming Shen and the rest, they did not dare to participate in such a battle, they were retreating already, hiding at a corner of the battlefield.
"Shen Shang, as an ancestor of Shen clan, all you can do is run around?" Fang Yuan mocked from within Myriad Year Flying Warship.
But even inside Myriad Year Flying Warship, he was still restricted by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's method. Fang Yuan had many subordinates in the sovereign immortal aperture but he could not let them out.
He could only control Myriad Year Flying Warship alone.
If he could let out his subordinates, his numbers would far surpass Shen clan.
"Hmph, arrogant junior!" Shen Shang was angered by Fang Yuan's words, he stopped in the air and used an immortal killer move.
Shen Shang's flying attainment was very high, he was able to fly rapidly, capable of catching up to Myriad Year Flying Warship.
In the process of escaping, he had been preparing his killer move, he finally unleashed it now.
Immortal killer move — Night Song!
The melancholic song quickly spread across the battlefield, and the sadness contained in it was like a tidal wave, constantly filling the hearts of the people.
The song had a slow tempo, it focused on the person's vocals, along with the sounds of drums and zithers, it was traditional yet sad.
Hua Die and Feng Jiang who were at the periphery were already crying.
Miao Ming Shen, Ren Xiu Ping, and the rest all had sad expressions, they could not help it.
Fang Yuan snorted coldly, Myriad Year Flying Warship shined with radiance as it helped him to block the power of night song.
But Shen Shang had already achieved his goal.
He activated night song, not to directly deal with the Gu Immortals here, but to create a battlefield environment.
The song enveloped the sea and sky, a trace of twilight mist spread out from the sound waves, permeating the entire field, and after a few breaths, the entire regret crying sea turned pitch black.
The Gu Immortals were trapped in this dark area and could not see anything, all they could hear was the sorrowful night song, their morale and battle intent fell drastically. If this continued, they were going to be defenseless.
Even though Fang Yuan was barely affected, the surrounding darkness meant that he had lost sight of his target as well.
Fang Yuan immediately activated his investigative method, to try to find Shen Shang's location.
But Shen Shang sensed something as he laughed: "Fang Yuan, you fell for my trap."
Saying so, he activated a killer move — Sensory Injury.
Fang Yuan grunted immediately, he was directly hit by it.
He was shocked as he quickly realized: "This is a human path killer move! No wonder my Myriad Year Flying Warship could not guard against it."
Immortal Gu Houses had both offense and defense, they provided a huge assurance to the Gu Immortal and were very safe.
But this defense was not perfect.
When Fang Yuan designed Myriad Year Flying Warship, he considered most paths but human path was his weakness, he was not a human path grandmaster back then.
By the time he gained the attainment level, Myriad Year Flying Warship was already built, it could not be changed, he could only adjust it a little but there could not be major modifications.
And most importantly, Fang Yuan lacked defensive human path Immortal Gu.
"Shen Shang definitely has a high rank human path Immortal Gu!" After Fang Yuan was hit, he understood a bit of his enemy's foundation.
In terms of information, Fang Yuan was the one at the losing end.
He did not know much about Shen Shang, but Shen Shang knew a lot about him.
Fang Yuan had trump cards of course, like his rank eight cultivation level, five restriction profound light qi, and others, but he intended to keep these methods as a secret, he did not want to expose them now.
Within this Dragon Whale Paradise, Fang Yuan could not attack Shen Cong Sheng, Miao Ming Shen, and Ren Xiu Ping. If they brought this information out of Dragon Whale Paradise, it was easy for others to find out.
Thus, Fang Yuan decided to use the methods that he had already exposed before to fight.
Immortal killer move — Daybreak Sword!
Myriad Year Flying Warship's aura surged as a blinding white light shot out.
From the silver-white light bubbled the water of the River of Time, from which countless strands of silver light emerged.
The silver rays quickly condensed and took shape, transforming into many sharp sword-like blades that shot out violently.
The group of flying swords whistled past, pointing straight at Shen Shang.
Daybreak flying sword was a genuine rank eight killer move, its power was immense, but when Shen Shang saw the group of flying swords, he laughed loudly and did not dodge.
Silver-white flying swords landed on his body.
Shen Shang's body surged with a mysterious aura, he did not die but was covered in injuries.
But soon, all the injuries over his body disappeared and turned into dao marks.
"Incredible! The records in the clan are indeed correct, Ancestor Shen Shang was most proficient at healing." Shen Cong Sheng saw this scene and exclaimed in his mind.
When Shen Shang was still young, he was a healing physician. When he was a Gu Master, he began to travel Eastern Sea, and because of his powerful and unique healing methods, he soon became famous and well-known. He was also praised for his charitable acts, often helping the poor and needy without charging the slightest consultation fee, he received a warm welcome wherever he went.
Precisely because of his fame and reputation established in his youth, when he fell into the demonic path later and committed all sorts of demonic acts, Eastern Sea's Gu Immortals did not manage to link these crimes to him.
Within Myriad Year Flying Warship, Fang Yuan squinted his eyes and felt something amiss: "This healing method is another human path killer move!"
Under normal circumstances, the injuries of Gu Immortals would have dense dao marks that were difficult to heal.
But Shen Shang possessed human path methods, he could heal himself with extreme efficiency and yielded quick results.
The group of flying swords continued to shoot out, many of them piercing through his body.
However, these wounds were completely healed almost instantly.
Immortal killer move — Mutual Injuries!
Shen Shang saw that the time was ripe and quickly unleashed the killer move that he had already prepared.
In Myriad Year Flying Warship, Fang Yuan grunted as hundreds of wounds instantly formed on his body, wounds burst open and blood splattered everywhere.
The wounds were filled with human path dao marks, which then spread rapidly from the wounds, scattering everywhere while being connected as one.
Alarm bells rang in Fang Yuan's heart!
These human path dao marks were like a hanging rope around his neck, once the numbers increased, it would endanger Fang Yuan's life.
At the crucial moment, Fang Yuan activated his wisdom path killer move first!
In an instant, the thoughts in his mind blossomed like fireworks, all sorts of thoughts collided, converged and fused into each other.
"Shen Shang's methods are bizarre, he was able to bypass Myriad Year Flying Warship to directly injure me!"
"Such a terrifying killer move... His human path attainment level is definitely more than a level above mine, I'm afraid he's a human path quasi-supreme grandmaster!"
"Any killer move needs to sense its target first, it can only take effect after it senses its target. How did he sense me?"
"I see. The previous night song killer move was just a trap to lure me into detecting him. He then followed this connection and found his way to me."
Everything in this world was interconnected.
When a fist hits a sand dune, a pit would appear on the sand, while the fist would also be covered in sand and mud.
Previously, Eastern Sea wisdom path Gu Immortal Hua An deduced Fang Yuan, but instead, Fang Yuan followed this connection and deduced Hua An's situation.
Not long ago, Heavenly Court Gu Immortals moved to blockade the stone lotus island with the river suppression lotus sealing formation, and it was with this layer of suppression and sealing that Fang Yuan was able to follow this connection and destroy the river suppression lotus sealing formation.
Now, Shen Shang did the same thing to sense Fang Yuan, it followed the same logic.
In just half a breath of time, Fang Yuan had already figured it out.
He immediately made his move, making Myriad Year Flying Warship retreat while scattering the daybreak flying swords, while he began to activate a healing killer move on himself.
His reaction was so swift that it left Shen Shang slightly stunned.
At the next moment, this demonic immortal, who was suppressed by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable himself, laughed with a hint of madness: "Fang Yuan! Do you think you'll be safe if you don't attack me? Hahaha, watch closely!"
As he said that, he activated a killer move again, his five fingers spread wide and his palm pressed against his chest.
Immortal killer move — Light Injuries!
Shen Shang grunted as he was hit by his own killer move, his expression turned pale.
Within Myriad Year Flying Warship, Fang Yuan's body shook as he coughed out a huge mouthful of blood.
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Non-conflicting dao marks!
The sovereign immortal body's greatest advantage was also its greatest weakness, at this moment, it was fully exposed.
All along, Fang Yuan had been consciously avoiding this flaw, but Shen Shang's killer move was too peculiar, it could not be guarded against.
Who could have thought that night song killer move was just a trap?
Shen Shang was chased by Myriad Year Flying Warship, it was a normal thing to use this killer move to conceal his own traces.
If Fang Yuan did not use an investigative method, Shen Shang would hide within the darkness, he would not be able to do anything.
The human path dao marks on Fang Yuan's injuries grew rapidly!
The light injuries on Shen Shang's body also affected Fang Yuan due to the killer move mutual injuries.
And in Fang Yuan's case, because of non-conflicting dao marks, his light injuries became heavy injuries.
But thankfully, all sorts of healing killer moves had their full effect when used on Fang Yuan as well.
Thus, as he used a powerful healing method on himself, Fang Yuan instantly recovered.
Immortal killer move — Heavy Injuries!
Shen Shang snickered as he started to hurt himself, with greater intensity than before.
Fang Yuan's body shook intensely, his vision turned dark as his seven orifices started to bleed.
"No! In terms of healing methods, I cannot compare to Shen Shang, I need to find another way." Fang Yuan understood as determination flashed in his eyes.
Immortal killer move — Heavy Injuries!
Immortal killer move — Heavy Injuries!
Immortal killer move — Heavy Injuries!
Shen Shang continued to injury himself as he turned crazy, he laughed loudly as blood spewed out of his mouth.
He heavily injured himself but rapidly healed as well, continuing the cycle.
This was such a strange fighting style, it made all the Gu Immortals dumbfounded.
Miao Ming Shen and the rest had nervous expressions, they were very worried.
Shen clan's Gu Immortals were very excited.
Even though they could not see Fang Yuan's condition, his flying swords had disintegrated while Myriad Year Flying Warship continued to back off.
"Ancestor Shen Shang actually forced back Fang Yuan! Impressive." Shen Cong Sheng was very excited, he could also see the rise of Shen clan.
Miao Ming Shen's eyes shined with bright light as he thought to himself: "Not good, even though Fang Yuan has Myriad Year Flying Warship, Shen Shang's offensive methods bypass this Immortal Gu House, it counters Fang Yuan. He is just a rank seven after all while Shen Shang is a genuine rank eight Gu Immortal."
Gui Qi Ye and Tu Tou Tuo were very confused: "This Shen Shang was suppressed by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable back then, it is not normal that he could live for so long."
"And the strange thing is, he does not lack Immortal Gu! When Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable suppressed him, didn't he take away or destroy his Immortal Gu first?"
"Ugh!" Right at this moment, Shen Shang's wild laughter came to an abrupt stop.
Surprise and confusion appeared on his face.
His connection to Fang Yuan was weakening rapidly.
How did Fang Yuan do it?
How could he break and get around this method so quickly?!
Immortal killer move — Self Cleansing!
Self cleansing could eliminate harmful dao marks on the user's body, Fang Yuan used this killer move to quickly get rid of the human path dao marks on his body.
The blood red light in Shen Shang's eyes flickered, he started to mutilate himself even more intensely, causing the human path dao marks on Fang Yuan's body to grow rapidly.
As long as a single human path dao mark remained on Fang Yuan's body, he could use this connection to attack Fang Yuan while bypassing Myriad Year Flying Warship.
But right now, Fang Yuan had already stabilized the situation.
Myriad Year Flying Warship gradually flew closer as Fang Yuan's voice resounded from within: "It is my turn now, Shen Shang."
Twelve Zodiac ancient battle formation!
Bam.
With a loud sound, the huge grey stone giant appeared again.
The giant moved extremely quickly, its two hands grabbed towards Shen Shang as they spread open.
Shen Shang squinted and snorted coldly, he quickly retreated, attempting to pull some distance from the giant.
Under Fang Yuan's manipulation, the grey stone giant only attempted to capture Shen Shang, it did not attack fiercely.
The grey stone giant had very powerful offensive methods, even though this was not the River of Time, it still had peak rank eight strength.
But he was currently using capture as the objective instead of hurting Shen Shang, Shen Shang had no choice but to dodge.
The battle went into a deadlock.
Shen Shang dodged the Twelve Zodiac battle formation while using killer moves to mutilate himself.
Meanwhile, Fang Yuan manipulated Myriad Year Flying Warship as he healed himself, using self cleansing to get rid of harmful human path dao marks.
Myriad Year Flying Warship and the grey stone giant worked together, chasing after Shen Shang and obstructing him.
Shen Shang was already having some trouble dodging Myriad Year Flying Warship, with the addition of the grey stone giant, he fell into a disadvantage.
Every time he was about to get caught, Shen Shang would emit a loud scream that caused sound waves to burst out, opening a path for him.
Both sides continued to fight, rampaging in the battlefield, it implicated Miao Ming Shen's group, as well as the Shen clan immortals.
Hua Die and Feng Jiang were first to give up, they were transported away from the battlefield.
Followed by Tong Hua, Tu Tou Tuo, Gui Qi Ye and the rest.
After that were Shen clan's immortals, Miao Ming Shen, and Ren Xiu Ping.
Eventually, only Shen Cong Sheng was left in the battlefield, not everyone was qualified to watch a battle between rank eights after all.
Shen Cong Sheng's expression became increasingly dark.
The battle was tilting in Fang Yuan's favor, Shen Shang was getting into a difficult spot while Fang Yuan was having an easier time now.
"This lad has deep wisdom path attainment, he has countless thoughts in his mind, he can multitask easily. In this aspect, I am at the losing end." Shen Shang gritted his teeth, at this point in the battle, he felt like he had fallen into a swamp, the more he struggled, the deeper he sank.
The battle had already left his control!
Suddenly, Fang Yuan walked out of the cabin, arriving at the bow of the ship.
He pointed at Shen Shang as a time path killer move was unleashed.
Shen Shang was caught off guard, he could not dodge, after getting hit by this move, his movement slowed, the rate of time on him had been halved.
The grey stone giant used this chance to grab Shen Shang, it squeezed.
Shen Shang laughed loudly, his hair was messy and his eyes were bloodshot, he had no fear: "Go ahead and kill me!"
Fang Yuan snorted, he ordered the grey stone giant, it gripped to form a cage of ten fingers, imprisoning Shen Shang and preventing him from moving.
After understanding Shen Shang's offensive methods, Fang Yuan easily countered it. As long as he was captured and not killed, he could not do anything to harm Fang Yuan.
Shen Shang struggled, he screamed wildly but could not escape.
Shen Cong Sheng saw that the situation was bad, he wanted to help but was quickly faced with backlash, he could not get away from Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable's restrictions.
"I finally succeeded." Fang Yuan let out a breath of air.
Shen Shang lived up to his reputation, this person who was suppressed by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable personally really had some skills.
His methods were peculiar and strange, they were hard to guard against, Fang Yuan had fallen for them earlier.
Of course, Fang Yuan still controlled the situation without wasting many of his hidden trump cards.
In the worst case, Fang Yuan could return to the starting island, with this assurance, he could not lose to begin with.
"Ahhhh...." Shen Shang shouted loudly, his face was distorted.
Fang Yuan's brows slowly started to furrow.
Shen Shang's current situation was quite strange, he constantly laughed and struggled madly without using any immortal killer moves.
At the next moment, his bloodshot eyes turned pitch black, the black color spread until it filled his eyes.
With a light sound, a lump of black fire started to burn on his body.
Within the fire, Shen Shang's body shook like he was having a spasm, he drooled uncontrollably as he waved his limbs around, he growled like a wild beast that was out of control.
The black fire on Shen Shang's body was not eye-catching, but once it spread to the grey stone giant's hands, the giant screamed in pain as it got burned by the fire.
After both hands got into contact with the black fire, they started to melt, completely defenseless against this strange black fire.
Fang Yuan's gaze turned colder, the peculiarity and strength of this black fire was far beyond his imagination.
Seeing that the situation was bad, Fang Yuan quickly deactivated the ancient battle formation.
At the next moment, the grey stone giant vanished while twelve immemorial year beasts appeared in the sky.
Among them, two immemorial year beasts contacted the black fire and lost their reasoning, they rolled around in the sky, growling in pain as they struggled intensely.
Thankfully, the other ten immemorial year beasts acted like this was their biggest threat, after regaining freedom, they quickly fled from the black fire as far as they could.
Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng frowned deeply with solemn expressions.
This black fire was too strange, the two of them could not tell what path this black fire belonged to!
At the same time, they felt an extreme feeling of threat, their skulls felt numb as they sensed this danger.
The black fire was like the enemy of all lifeforms!
The two immemorial year beasts were already covered in the fire, they growled as they fell to the ground.
Fang Yuan had a strong premonition, if these two immemorial year beasts fell into the seawater, the black fire would cause an even greater tragedy.
But he did not do anything, he went into Myriad Year Flying Warship and retreated.
Shen Shang who had lost the restriction of the grey stone giant floated in the air and laughed wildly like a lunatic.
Shen Cong Sheng called him several times but it went unheard. Seeing this strange situation, Shen Cong Sheng also wisely chose to retreat.
Right when those two immemorial year beasts were about to enter the water, a golden-white pillar of light shot out from the underwater formation, pushing these two immemorial year beasts up into the sky.
The underwater formation that had only forty percent left burst out with unprecedented power as it operated at full force!
The golden-white light expanded as it covered Shen Shang as well.
The black fire continued to burn Shen Shang and the two immemorial year beasts but the white-gold light pillar immobilized them on the spot.
Such a change caused Shen Cong Sheng to be stunned.
Suddenly, Fang Yuan made his move, daybreak flying swords flew out and pierced the white-gold light pillar, stabbing into Shen Shang.
"Stop it!" Watching that his ancestor was attacked by Fang Yuan, Shen Cong Sheng shouted anxiously.
Fang Yuan smiled coldly as he activated his flying swords with even greater intensity.
This odd black fire was very harmful, seeing that the underwater formation had taken action to stop it from even entering the sea, it was obvious.
Shen Cong Sheng could only watch helplessly.
Fang Yuan willed again as his flying swords split into two groups, the other group went to attack his immemorial year beasts.
Due to the attack of the daybreak flying swords, the black fire still burned but it had weakened by a very slight amount.
Daybreak sword was a rank eight killer move, yet it nearly had no effect!
Fang Yuan continued to attack, but the black fire suddenly changed, transforming into lumps of silver-white mist.
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"This black fire can still transform?" Fang Yuan's eyes shined with bright light, he shook his head immediately after, the silver-white mist still had a strange aura, it did not belong to any path .
The silver-white mist did not seem to be fundamentally different from the black fire, and while enveloped by it, Shen Shang was still going crazy, the two immemorial year beasts were also continuing to howl.
When Fang Yuan fired his daybreak flying swords again, he discovered that the power of the daybreak flying swords actually boosted the silver-white mist, causing the latter to increase in size.
Suspicious, Fang Yuan immediately changed his mind and went on a furious rampage with wind blades instead.
The silver-white mist was weakened again, but the rate of decline was still very small.
After the attack lasted for a while, the silver-white mist suddenly turned into three large whirlwinds, covering Shen Shang and the two immemorial year beasts.
Fang Yuan's wind blades shot into the whirlwind and began to boost the latter's power again.
Fang Yuan started to experiment and wisely began to swap his tactics.
Other Gu Immortals might have to stop but Fang Yuan cultivated all paths, he had an astonishing number of Immortal Gu at his disposal, he also had attainment level in many paths, he was even more skilled at transitioning to different paths.
Under Fang Yuan's attack, the strange black fire kept transforming and getting smaller and smaller.
The two immemorial year beasts were the first to die without their corpses left, Fang Yuan was soon left with only Shen Shang as his target.
"Wait, wait! Fang Yuan, I have a huge amount of wealth to gift to you." Shen Cong Sheng could no longer watch this continue, he called out loudly.
To his joy, Fang Yuan actually stopped.
Fang Yuan looked at Shen Cong Sheng and smiled: "Do you want me to let your clan's ancestor go? You should know that this is a demonic immortal, the very demonic immortal that Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable suppressed personally in the past. You've seen his current state, crazy as a beast, delirious, and consistent with what is described on the Merit Obelisk. You still want to save him?"
Shen Cong Sheng looked deeply at the imprisoned Shen Shang in the pillar of light and made up his mind: "I believe this madness is only temporary. It would be too much of a coincidence if Ancestor Shen Shang happened to fall into permanent madness right when I was about to rescue him, right?"
"And what price can you pay for that?" Fang Yuan asked.
"How about you take a look at this?" Shen Cong Sheng pulled out an immortal material.
It was a bag.
The bag was not large and seemed to be the size of a grown man's fist. However, the surface of the bag was covered with a pattern that seemed like gems or blue swirls.
If one stared closely, one would notice that these sapphire-like swirls were constantly rotating.
But when one came back to one's senses, these lines were still lines, as if the scene had just been an illusion.
Fang Yuan, however, raised his eyebrows and lightly smiled: "So it's the treasure blue beaver's stomach pouch."
Treasure blue beaver was an immemorial desolate beast, often traveling between Eastern Sea and immemorial blue heaven. Now that immemorial blue heaven had shattered, the treasure blue beaver also went extinct. In history, the Gu Immortal who slaughtered the most treasure blue beavers was Old Immortal Kong Jue.
Old Immortal Kong Jue was one of the three supreme grandmasters of refinement path, comparable to Long Hair Ancestor. The treasure blue beaver that he went after and paid attention to was naturally extraordinary.
Not to mention, this stomach pouch alone was half an immortal aperture, it contained space path and water path dao marks, there was a whole small world inside of it, which could hide countless treasures. A Gu Immortal could obtain it and merge it into his or her immortal aperture, increasing the size of their grotto-heaven.
Because of this characteristic, the treasure blue beaver had been hunted down and killed extensively by Gu Immortals. It was no surprise that treasure blue beavers went extinct.
The stomach pouch of the treasure blue beaver could be said to be the most valuable thing in its body. And in today's world where treasure blue beavers were extinct, the value of this stomach pouch was even higher than normal!
In short, this was an extremely rare and highly valuable treasure.
Fang Yuan reached out his hand and directly took this stomach pouch from Shen Cong Sheng's hands.
The stomach pouch was light and the surface was very slippery.
Fang Yuan inspected it and found that nothing was tampered, so he put it into his immortal aperture in front of Shen Cong Sheng without any concern.
Next, he smiled: "Anything else?"
Shen Cong Sheng took a deep breath and pulled out a long black rod with much difficulty: "And this one too, catch it."
He gathered strength and threw the black rod at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan stretched out his arm to catch it, the rod was very heavy, but he also had a lot of strength path dao marks on him, it was naturally easy.
Unlike Shen Cong Sheng who was a pure sound path Gu Immortal.
This black rod was taller than Fang Yuan, it had the thickness of a goose egg, the surface was also very rough, the weight was not light, as if it was a crude iron tool.
However, Fang Yuan could feel a dense aura of life from it.
This was an ancient desolate plant!
But it had no roots, no branches, nor leaves, there was only the trunk.
At the top of the trunk, there were countless star marks, some of them were five-edged, some two-edged, compactly arranged, all of them were emitting pale starlight.
"Falling star rod tree." Fang Yuan spoke.
Shen Cong Sheng nodded his head and exclaimed: "Fang Yuan, your extensive knowledge is to be admired."
The growth conditions of this tree were still a mystery as it had been extraordinarily rare and low in quantity since ancient times.
It had the unique trait of constantly attracting stars, falling into the trunk of the tree and turning into a single star mark. That was why it was called falling star.
According to rumors, one of the motives that Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable had when he traveled the world alone was to collect this tree.
The value of the falling star rod tree did not just lie in itself.
By planting it in the immortal aperture, the Gu Immortal could use it to create an entire system of orbiting stars. It was a unique ecology that brought incremental gains every year, and the total amount of gains over time, day after day, year after year, was almost impossible to estimate.
Like the treasure blue beaver's stomach pouch, Fang Yuan placed the falling star rod tree into the immortal aperture once again, the natural demeanor that he had almost gave Shen Cong Sheng the illusion that this rare immemorial desolate plant belonged to Fang Yuan in the first place!
"What else?" Fang Yuan smiled: "These alone can't exchange for a rank eight great expert."
Shen Cong Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "I'm sure this immortal material will be able to satisfy you."
This time, he took out a lump of water.
The water was constrained in a ball, constantly creating waves. The waves were not just on the surface of the water, but even within the water, it was rising endlessly.
Although there were countless waves, they were uncluttered.
The water waves rose and fell in unison, advancing at one moment and retreating at the next, it could be called an orderly advance and retreat.
When Fang Yuan saw this, his eyes shined with bright light and he said: "Advancing and retreating tidal water."
Indeed, this was one of the three great waters of the world, advancing and retreating tidal water.
It was a rank nine immortal material!
This point alone made it far more valuable than the treasure blue beaver stomach pouch and the falling star rod tree combined.
Not to mention that it had many wonderful uses.
"I have a total of twelve portions of the advancing and retreating tidal water here, I can give them all to you." Shen Cong Sheng gave his offer.
Fang Yuan could not help but sigh lightly: "Shen clan is worthy of being a super force of Eastern Sea, you really have impressive assets."
Shen Cong Sheng smiled: "We are flattered."
But at the next moment, Fang Yuan said: "But that's not enough."
"It's not enough?" Shen Cong Sheng's pupils shrank as he showed an awkward expression.
Fang Yuan sneered and began to use his daybreak swords again, stabbing Shen Shang one sword at a time.
Shen Shang was still insane and kept on growling.
Shen Cong Sheng gnashed his teeth as he watched his ancestor being attacked: "My ancestor is insane now, he is not the same as an intact rank eight Gu Immortal. We both know that!"
"But as you said before, there should still be times when he doesn't go crazy, shouldn't there?" Fang Yuan was still sneering.
"Fang Yuan!" Shen Cong Sheng said in a low voice.
"What?" Fang Yuan raised his hand, a large number of daybreak flying swords shot towards Shen Shang.
Shen Cong Sheng almost gritted his teeth till they shattered: "Alright, what else do you want, Immortal Gu?"
"Of course I won't be that greedy." Fang Yuan shook his head and said with ease: "I want immortal materials, but not like the three that you gave me. They are all too highly ranked, I need a large number of rank six and seven immortal materials, the larger the variety and quantity, the better it will be."
"Shen clan is one of the super forces of Eastern Sea, you own seven large sea areas and thousands of middle and small sea areas, you'll even have two rank eight existences in the future. This little request should not be hard, right?"
"Of course... not." Shen Cong Sheng's expression was heavy: "But what will our Shen clan get? A crazy rank eight? He is a hidden threat himself. And it's a hidden threat that can even force the merciful Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable to personally take action to eliminate!"
Shen Cong Sheng was definitely a qualified leader.
When it came to the clan's interests, he was logical to the point of being almost emotionless.
Undeniably, Shen Shang's insanity had caused his value to plummet immensely. And the terrifying hidden danger he was carrying further reduced this value to almost a negative number.
Shen clan wanted as many rank eights as they could. But they did not want a crazy rank eight without any reasoning!
A rank eight without sanity was just a burden, unable to differentiate enemy and friend, they were a laughing stock for others, and would even bring calamity to Shen clan because of their reckless killing.
Shen Cong Sheng saw the hidden threat within Shen Shang and kept the worry in his heart. He also did not have the slightest confidence that he would be able to solve this problem.
Therefore, when he took out these three valuable resources in exchange for Shen Shang, he showed great sincerity.
Fang Yuan laughed and pointed his finger at Shen Shang: "He is your ancestor, the person you went to great lengths to save."
At this point, he paused: "Of course, this is by no means the only thing you will get. You'll also gain... my friendship."
"Oh?" Shen Cong Sheng showed a look of sudden interest: "How so?"
"In today's world, with the earth veins frequently shifting and the five regions fusing as one, it's bound to be a chaotic world. Although Shen clan is in Eastern Sea, it is by no means a paradise. Eastern Sea has the most resources and wealth that lure people's greed, even when the five regional walls exist, there is a steady stream of Gu Immortals coming here, what do you think will happen in the future?"
Fang Yuan spoke casually: "In this situation, what is the use of the differentiating righteous path and demonic path? If Shen clan and I join forces, it will be a strong partnership. Of course, we can keep this partnership hidden as much as we want. Your esteemed clan is extremely affluent, while I am free to do anything I want without burden."
"Central Continent is far more powerful than the other four regions, so if they attack Eastern Sea in the future, will Shen clan want to surrender or remain self-reliant? Even if you surrender, will all the super forces in Eastern Sea surrender? This is why, there is never a shortage of enemies, but allies like me are extremely rare to come across."
"The fact that you and I have met here is truly a great opportunity. If we continue to fight, it will only lead to a lose-lose situation. But if we help each other, it will be a win-win situation. Currently, we are dealing with the Paradise Earth true inheritance and Shen Shang, in the future, we will cooperate to deal with Central Continent and manipulate the entire state of the world!"
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Fang Yuan's words made Shen Cong Sheng go silent.
The sea breeze ruffled his clothes as he hovered in the air, deep in thought.
Fang Yuan stopped attacking with his daybreak swords and allowed him to ponder quietly.
The future of the five regions chaotic war had already been foreseen by all the major forces. Shen clan was a super force in Eastern Sea, but in such a chaotic situation, it was also like a rocky boat in a stormy sea.
Shen Cong Sheng was not stupid, other leaders of their respective forces also had great foresight, they were considering what direction they should take in the future when chaos ensues.
This was a big change, and if one was not careful, the tide of the great era would drown all those who did not plan well ahead of the storm!
This certainly included super forces.
Throughout history, even in relatively peaceful times, countless super forces had disappeared. Not to mention the great era when a venerable would appear, almost all of the existing order would be overturned, and in the midst of this, countless super forces would be destroyed and created, the situation of the five regions would become completely altered beyond recognition.
How should one attempt to live in such an era?
This was something that every Gu Immortal with foresight was wondering about.
Should they cooperate and join forces with Fang Yuan?
This was the question Shen Cong Sheng had to think about now.
In terms of qualifications, Fang Yuan was perfectly qualified to work with Shen clan, in fact, Shen Cong Sheng was still a little worried that Shen clan was the unqualified party. Because he himself was not a match for Fang Yuan.
But if he rescued Shen Shang and resolved the hidden threat in his body, along with Shen clan's Immortal Gu House... They would have the foundation to cooperate with Fang Yuan.
Shen Cong Sheng knew that Shen clan needed external allies like Fang Yuan.
It might be unlikely in times of peace, but in the future, when the five regions chaotic war starts, there would be a great chance that Shen clan would be in danger and at the point of extermination.
At this time... Fang Yuan would certainly be unreliable!
It would be a blessing if he did not gang up on Shen clan in the first place.
Shen Cong Sheng knew very well about Fang Yuan's demonic nature.
But what about the time when Shen clan needs to deal with an equivalent super force? For example, Xie clan, Cai clan, Hua clan, Tang clan, and even Song clan...
Shen clan was situated near the center of Eastern Sea, surrounded by many super forces, it was as if they were caught in a siege.
Without seeking a direction to break out and grow while they could, during the five regions chaotic war, they would end up as fodder for other powerful enemies.
Under such circumstances, if Shen clan could pay a large sum of resources in exchange for powerful help like Fang Yuan, why should they hesitate?
Fang Yuan possessed a rank eight Immortal Gu House, multiple venerable inheritances, and was able to repeatedly trample Heavenly Court underfoot. Such a powerful battle power was what Shen clan needed, it was something every super force desired.
If they did not cooperate with Fang Yuan now, what would they do if he worked with their enemies in the future?
In the current situation, Heavenly Court had to repair fate Gu, Fang Yuan wanted to deal with Heavenly Court, he needed a large amount of low ranked immortal materials, this was a great chance to cooperate with him!
Just like Fang Yuan said, this was a chance for both Shen clan and himself.
Both sides had their own needs.
Of course there were still many concerns, working with a demon like Fang Yuan was indeed very risky.
For example, if he goes back on his word in the future, he would still be free to do as he pleased, nobody including Heavenly Court could do anything about it, what could Shen clan possibly do with him?
Moreover, it is impossible to make an alliance agreement here, both sides lacked a basis for trust.
But in reality, even if there was an agreement, could they not break it themselves?
What if Fang Yuan goes back on his word in the future?
As long as they cooperated and achieved mutual benefits, why would Fang Yuan decide to turn on them?
Risk was definitely present, but how could anything in the world contain no risk?
Risk was secondary, profit was the main thing.
Shen Cong Sheng would not want anything that was high risk with low returns. But when the risk was great and the reward was also great, Shen Cong Sheng would never let it go!
The thing that Shen Cong Sheng appreciated the most was not Fang Yuan's battle strength, but his decision to share the mission with Miao Ming Shen, and even with himself.
From this, Shen Cong Sheng could tell that Fang Yuan was different from ordinary demonic path Gu Immortals! He was rational, he had the ability to think and act like the righteous path.
Pondering for a long time, Shen Cong Sheng nodded slowly with a solemn expression: "This is a chance, for both you and me. Hehehe, fine, why not take a gamble? In the future, if one remains stagnant, they will fall off. If Ancestor Shen Shang regains his senses, I will definitely try to persuade him to stop attacking you."
"These are all the low ranked immortal materials that I currently have, please accept them." Shen Cong Sheng displayed his sincerity once again.
Fang Yuan kept them all into his immortal aperture, he had stopped using daybreak sword, he slowly retreated: "Good! I'm going down to retrieve the underwater formation."
Retrieving the underwater formation was a lot of work for Fang Yuan, but in the end, he succeeded.
Fang Yuan stabbed and injured Shen Shang, although the white-gold pillar of light did not stop it, the daybreak swords still caused damage to the pillar, thus damaging the underwater formation.
The underwater formation was already only forty percent left, Shen Shang had broken out of it, which caused a huge opening, in Fang Yuan's eyes, it was full of cracks that he could target.
If he continued to fight, before Shen Shang dies, the underwater formation would probably collapse first.
Once it collapses, it was very likely to implicate the Immortal Gu inside. Fang Yuan could not control which Immortal Gu would be injured or destroyed, but if regret Gu gets destroyed, Fang Yuan's plans would be severely thwarted.
This was also one of the reasons why Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng had joined forces.
The formation was taken away by Fang Yuan, the white-gold pillar that extended towards the sky dissipated, while Shen Shang regained his freedom.
"Ancestor." Shen Cong Sheng shouted while retreating.
Fang Yuan manipulated Myriad Year Flying Warship and cautiously retreated.
Shen Shang was still shrieking, fallen into a state of insanity, there was not the slightest sign of awakening.
"Shen Cong Sheng, do you need me to lend a hand?" Fang Yuan asked.
"No need." Shen Cong Sheng stared at Shen Cong Sheng, unable to figure out what state or condition he was in, there was nothing he could do: "We'd better wait until ancestor awakens on his own."
"Fine." Fang Yuan said as he controlled Myriad Year Flying Warship, moving further away.
Just at this moment, Shen Shang suddenly moved, his body was like an arrow, flying away.
"Ancestor!" Shen Cong Sheng cried out and chased after him.
Fang Yuan likewise maneuvered Myriad Year Flying Warship to chase after him.
But Shen Shang was extremely fast, Myriad Year Flying Warship was only a little bit faster.
Fang Yuan did not dare to use Myriad Year Flying Warship to directly stop Shen Shang. Because of this, Shen Shang managed to fly out of regret crying sea.
Shen Cong Sheng and Fang Yuan wanted to continue their pursuit, but they were stopped by an invisible barrier.
"Damn it!" Shen Cong Sheng's face was livid, he almost cursed out loud.
This was the method of Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, which he had already experienced before, it prevented the foreign Gu Immortals from running around, so every mission had a certain limitation on where they could go.
This constraint did not take effect on Shen Shang, but it obstructed Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng.
The two of them could only watch as Shen Shang flew away in a blur, eventually turning into a small black dot in the sky.
"It looks like he won't come back." Fang Yuan sighed.
Shen Cong Sheng looked stiff and watched for a long time before finally regaining his usual demeanor. He turned to Fang Yuan and forced a smile: "In that case, let's go back first."
Fang Yuan consoled, "Brother Shen, there is no need to be overly concerned, although your ancestor escaped, he cannot leave Dragon Whale Paradise. If he comes to his senses, he will definitely try to contact you by all means. If he is still insane, that would be even easier for us. The Merit Obelisk will not watch him endanger the environment and people, there will surely be more missions to come, just like this one, to kill your Ancestor Shen Shang."
Fang Yuan's words were reasonable, Shen Cong Sheng listened and nodded repeatedly, the look on his face eased a little.
Under the Merit Obelisk, the atmosphere was tense and heavy.
Two groups of people were distinctly separated.
One group consisted of Miao Ming Shen, Zeng Luo Zi, Tu Tou Tuo, and the rest.
The other group consisted of the Shen clan members, with Ren Xiu Ping and Tong Hua around.
"I wonder what's going on in regret crying sea..."
"Yeah, that is Fang Yuan after all. This demon has defeated Heavenly Court time and again, he is really scary."
"My clan has two rank eight Gu Immortals that can help out each other. Especially with Ancestor Shen Shang here, Fang Yuan isn't anything to fear."
"Don't forget, the reason why Fang Yuan was able to defeat Heavenly Court was because they were in the River of Time."
"But our first supreme elder is also restricted by Paradise Earth Immortal Venerable, so he can't fight Fang Yuan anyway."
"Sigh..."
The Shen clan Gu Immortals whispered, while Miao Ming Shen's group remained silent.
They were eager to teleport back and see how the battle progressed, but they were afraid that as soon as they teleported over, they would be affected by the horrific aftermath of the battle, and they might get caught up in it and die a terrible death.
No one was willing to take a foolish risk, so they were all here anxiously waiting for the results of the battle.
Two white lights flashed as Fang Yuan and Shen Cong Sheng appeared together.
"They're back!"
"Why don't we see Ancestor Shen Shang?"
"Fang Yuan is still alive, damn it!"
The immortals' thoughts were shaking as their expressions changed.
"Hehehe, Fang Yuan, thanks to this information of yours, it will save me a lot of time and effort." Shen Cong Sheng exclaimed.
Fang Yuan smiled and waved his hand: "This is my sincerity. As I said, it will be a win-win situation if you and I cooperate."
The group of immortals were shocked again and became dumbfounded.
What the heck was this!
You two were just fighting each other earlier! Why were you suddenly on good terms?
What actually happened?
Where was Ancestor Shen Shang?
The Gu Immortals could not help but feel startled and amazed.
Shen Cong Sheng laughed: "I have reached an agreement with Fang Yuan to cooperate for now. Take out all the immortal materials you have on you."
"What?" The Shen clan Gu Immortals were dumbfounded.
Shen Cong Sheng nodded his head and emphasized: "This is the agreement we made, transfer all your rank six and seven immortal materials to him now."
"First supreme elder, this..." The immortals looked at each other.
Shen Cong Sheng showed a solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "This is an order!"
The Shen clan Gu Immortals were speechless.
What has happened?!
Oh great first supreme elder, what in the world are you thinking?
They were simply wondering if the first supreme elder in front of them had been controlled by Fang Yuan!
The Shen clan Gu Immortals dawdled before finally taking out their respective immortal materials and handed them over to Fang Yuan on the spot.
Fang Yuan smiled and received them one by one.
He knew that the Shen clan Gu Immortals would definitely not hand over all the immortal materials, but it did not matter, the materials that Fang Yuan needed for his refinement had been mostly obtained already.
After Shen clan's Gu Immortals had finished handing them over, Shen Cong Sheng looked at Ren Xiu Ping and Tong Hua.
"Us too?" Ren Xiu Ping could not believe it as his expression turned livid.
Shen Cong Sheng's gaze was cold as he nodded: "Shen clan will reward you for this."
Ren Xiu Ping almost cursed out loud.
Your Shen clan is cooperating with Fang Yuan, what does that have to do with me?!
I came to join your force but you treated me like this. This is just too...
Shen Cong Sheng saw Ren Xiu Ping's hesitation and smiled slightly: "Do you still not believe in me, even if you don't trust me, my Shen clan's credibility is not worth your trust?"
"Lord, please forgive me, of course I believe you. It was just that I could not react in time." Ren Xiu Ping laughed and endured the pain while transferring most of his immortal materials to Fang Yuan.
Tong Hua had an extremely ugly expression but she had no choice but to follow him.