Feng Chan Zi spied from a distance. The meeting with Yin Yun ended in a disaster as he was chased by a vicious Tiger Elephant for a few kilometers. However, Wind Cloud Manor's supreme elder managed to give it a slip before escaping to Tian Ti Mountain. He couldn't help but gnash his teeth due to the loss of immortal essence while cursing the useless Yin Yun who died to a simple-minded desolate beast. However, he had the mission of overlooking the matter of Gu Yue Lo Jik. It was a lucrative one, the kind Feng Chan Zi enjoyed due to his grandfather's doting nature.
Parents were often strict when nurturing and raising their children properly, but grandparents spoiled them rotten. The majority of Feng Chan Zi's cultivation and strength existed due to Wind Cloud Manor's first supreme elder, his grandfather, Bei Feng. The mission to lure lone gu immortals and seek trouble with Lo Jik allowed Feng Chan Zi to report higher costs related to employing lone gu immortals while simultaneously negotiating with said gu immortals and lowering the demanded price. He pocketed the difference for his own cultivation.
Yin Yun was his hired thug and Feng Chan Zi earned a lot. But he wasn't entirely rotten. He did not go overboard with personal profits and also supplied their sect's Heavenly Informant and wisdom path gu immortal with valuable data. He had to work hard because he knew the other eight sects also sent supreme elders like him to suppress Lo Jik.
'To think there would be such a beast tide. What a pleasant surprise!' Feng Chan Zi's heart eased once he activated his investigation killer moves and found no traces of other demonic path gu immortals lurking behind the scene. This beast tide was truly a natural disaster without any human manipulation. He watched Lo Jik while using several recording gu worms. Not only did he record the video of the battle, but the other investigation gu worms recorded things like qi fluctuations and other intangible and invisible aspects unregistered by the naked eye. All these things were valuable clues. Eventually, Lo Jik will be an open book to all of them and the nine sects would start sending their elites to thoroughly suppress Lo Jik alongside Spirit Affinity House's seemingly unstoppable rise of reputation ever since Feng Jiu Ge converted to righteous path.
Wind Cloud Manor and Spirit Affinity House were both based in the eastern region of Central Continent and were close to each other. This gave rise to constant conflicts among their members. So, Feng Chan Zi was particularly excited by the idea of suppressing Spirit Affinity House.
'Eh?!' He observed closely. His body quaked. 'That's an ancient desolate beast, Void Anaconda! Hmm… oh.' Feng Chan Zi was equipped with truly many information path gu worms despite being a wood path gu immortal. He quickly realized the truth and envied Lo Jik. 'That Void Anaconda must be hibernating. It's said that a Void Anaconda would begin its hibernation after the first 3000 years of its life. During this hibernation, the space path dao marks on their bodies would dissipate and change their surrounding environment to better suit their needs and also conceal them from any natural predator. Successfully surviving three hibernation cycles would cause a fundamental change in the beast and turn it into an immemorial desolate beast, True Void Anaconda. This beast would surpass its need for a blessed land's environment and shed its space path dao marks! These dao marks are shed in the form of a skin and is an extremely precious rank 7 space path material! Furthermore, this immemorial beast is truly dangerous. It can turn into a phantom state and enter wherever it wishes!'
Feng Chan Zi might be born with a platinum spoon in his mouth but he had enough talent to become a gu immortal. He belonged to Wind Cloud Manor and was an expert amongst experts, possessing a deep understanding of the gu world. Many rank 6 gu immortals might not know of a True Void Anaconda and the value of the materials it shed, but he did.
'Looking at this state of the corpse… damn it!' Feng Chan Zi wanted to curse Lo Jik's eighteen generations of ancestors and stomp his foot. 'It was already at the last cycle! Such bad luck. And to think the beast was killed so pitifully… Spirit Affinity House only revealed the video of Lo Jik scaring a Black Heaven Swallowing Snake stiff, but Elder Heavenly Informant gathered clues that Spirit Affinity House truly tamed that immemorial desolate beast. Our Wind Cloud Manor could have competed with Spirit Affinity House if we found this Void Anaconda before and nurtured it into a True Void Anaconda!'
'And this killer move.' He analyzed. 'It's been modified. There's not much information about Muscle Wings Gu, but looking at the shape of the wings on Lo Jik's Self Dharma, he must have used Muscle Wings to modify his signature killer move. Lo Jik now possesses the power of flight alongside great defense, offense, and regeneration. He also has a long-range method while using this killer move.'
'He is moving.' Wind Cloud Manor's supreme elder observed. 'Such speed… how did Lo Jik cultivate? This killer move is simply too outstanding. The speed of his flight is no worse than the usual activation of ordinary movement immortal killer move. And the benefits of flying are immense. Look at him go. Such fluidity! Such—'
Feng Chan Zi's eyes nearly bulged out of his skull as he stopped admiring Lo Jik and roared.
"Fuck you and your ancestors, Lo Jik! Stay away!"
Feng Chang Zi activated his killer move and shot back while Self Dharma shortened the distance between them. The beasts chased behind Lo Jik. He had a bow in his left hand as he continued shooting arrows at the beast and aggravated them even more.
The most dangerous were the pair of Ancient Mixed Heavenly Eagles. They were extremely swift and surpassed Lo Jik in speed. But Lo Jik was no slouch when it comes to flying. He dodged and weaved. These eagles would occasionally crash into the five other flying desolate beasts, making them cry out in pain. The eyes of these beasts were already bloodshot!
Feng Chan Zi's scalp numbed from fright. He was slower than Lo Jik. After all, his movement killer move was at the mortal level. Feng Chan Zi's area of excellence was controlling the battlefield. He gritted his teeth the moment he felt the ten desolate and ancient desolate beasts eyeing him with equal hatred and hunger.
"Ah! You must be Brother Feng Chan Zi." He heard Lo Jik laugh shamelessly. "Your grandfather is impressive… but fuck your family too! Haha! This feeling of brotherhood and sharing each other's burden is truly gratifying. We even curse each other like brothers."
Feng Chan Zi nearly vomited a mouthful of blood because of Lo Jik's words.
Brotherhood?
This is your understanding of friendship?!
'Damn it!' Feng Chan Zi was also a flying master, but his speed was slower. He saw Lo Jik dodging Mixed Heavenly Eagles from a distance and felt he could mimic the same achievement, but now he realized how dangerous these beasts were. His gaze sharpened while he suppressed his heartache. He activated another immortal gu worm.
A green shadow shot out of Feng Chan Zi's body.
Lo Jik observed everything clearly.
There were a few other gu immortals hidden in the distance but Lo Jik did not target him. Whether his personal history with the sect or Spirit Affinity House's constant skirmishes with it, nobody felt it was weird that Lo Jik targeted someone from Wind Cloud Manor. The gu immortals from the other eight sects also made no move to assist Lo Jik and Feng Chan Zi. Furthermore, Feng Chan Zi was not as quick as Lo Jik to bring this tribulation onto others.
Currently, Feng Chan Zi used his signature method.
Next to Feng Chan Zi flew a humanoid avatar made from grass and vines. Its body was robust and gave exuded an aura of power. Vines grew out of its head and waist, acting like hair and a battle skirt respectively.
It was a grass puppet avatar created by rank 6 Grass Puppet Immortal Gu. Old Man Bei Feng gifted Fang Chan Zi this immortal gu worm once he successfully advanced to rank 6.
'Where is my powerful and doting grandfather?' Lo Jik sighed. His trait was amazing but it could never copy an immortal gu worm.
Feng Chan Zi controlled this puppet avatar. It was similar to Lo Jik's Wine Drinker Immortal Gu and represented a rank 6 battle strength. Coordinating with each other, Feng Chan Zi quickly let the puppet avatar attract the beast group's attention while shooting Lo Jik a furious glare. In essence, Lo Jik was using Feng Chan Zi to get rid of these beasts. This hatred was nearly irreconcilable!
Lo Jik's gaze flashed with intrigue.
'I'm the target.' He knew that much. He knew things that could even get a rank 8 gu immortal like Bei Feng in trouble. These things, if spoken openly, could paint a target on anyone's back. 'How will these beasts react if pull further away. Two of them even have wild immortal gu worms on their bodies. Wild immortal gu… heh, it's not truly 'wild.''
Lo Jik flapped his wings and flew further away.
*Roar*
The gigantic Ancient Battle Gorilla roared as spit flew from its mouth. Each droplet of spit could create a shallow pool for mortals. The aura of immortal gu worm on its body fluctuated as the agitation in Feng Chan Zi's heart transformed into pure terror. Lo Jik suddenly shot another arrow which struck the gorilla with a strange angle, targeting the wild immortal gu worm hidden on its left leg.
*Bam*
Several defensive gu worms on the gorilla's body lit up, defending against the arrow while the beast opened its mouth wide open and unleashed a majestic pillar of light.
The warning signs in Feng Chan Zi's mind rose to the very limit as he hurriedly used an immortal killer move, exchanging his position with the grass puppet avatar. It was a trump card of his, something the proud and arrogant supreme elder never expected to use here.
The pillar of light was truly shocking and powerful. It obliterated grass puppet avatar and continued ahead towards Lo Jik, who evaded the attack dexterously.
'Rank 6 Strong Blow Gu.' His eyes glimmered. 'It expends the user's strength to shoot out a massive breath of strength qi.'
As expected, Battle Gorilla's body weakened considerably. It slowed down and panted loudly.
"Haha! This beast and his immortal gu worms are mine!" Lo Jik laughed loudly, his words fueling the hatred in Feng Chan Zi's heart. The latter roared hoarsely. He had nearly died and his treasured immortal gu worm was also injured earlier.
"You will die a terrible death, Lo Jik! These treasures are mine!" Feng Chan Zi shot ahead, greed overcoming his mind.
'Well… if you say so.' Lo Jik didn't follow and merely smiled in response.
Other gu immortals in his vicinity stirred. Nobody wanted Feng Chan Zi and Wind Cloud Manor to grow and benefit from this disaster. However, Feng Chan Zi was too close. He had immense advantage. He was also backed by his grandfather. None of the gu immortals had a similar connection and did not dare offend a rank 8 gu immortal monster.
'I finally had the time to scout. The second immortal gu worm is in Battle Gorilla's anus. A true pity. I can only give up on these two immortal gu worm and this exceptional strength path ancient desolate beast.'
Lo Jik discreetly eyed the remaining desolate beasts as Feng Chan Zi's wild charge attracted their attention.
"Die!" Feng Chan Zi attacked the gorilla with a shocking immortal killer move. Its aura made several gu immortals' heart jump in surprise. It was Feng Chan Zi's method of intimidating the competition.
He grew closer to the beast as his attack left a deep scratch on the gorilla's body. Feng Chan Zi had given his all, but he was a rank 6 gu immortal whose foundation in dao marks lacked against an ancient desolate beast like an Ancient Battle Gorilla. The latter's body was extremely tough and the strength path dao marks on its body resisted the wood path dao marks of Feng Chan Zi's killer move. However, Feng Chan Zi never relied on his own strength.
'Now's the best time to strike, Grandfather!'
Within Feng Chan Zi was his grandfather's will and methods. A grand aura emerged from his body as Battle Gorilla finally felt a threat to its life. It roared as its body surged with a milky light.
"Oh, no!" Bei Feng's will shouted, shocking Feng Chan Zi.
'Boom.' Lo Jik smirked and activated his defensive killer moves and moved within an instant. He knew that escaping unscathed was impossible. However, he wanted to maintain his battle strength and prey on the weak. That was the true way of cultivation.
*Boom*
Battle Gorilla's body exploded into a pure white mass. The pillar of light spread like a dangerous beast, reaching the sky and expanding to the surroundings in an unchecked fashion. All this happened within a fraction of a second. The other two ancient desolate beasts had the quickest response time but what use was response time when they could only put so much distance between themselves and the accursed gorilla with a rank 6 Explosive Demise Immortal Gu hidden up its ass?
The light caught fire the next second.
A deafening explosion spread out, devouring everything in its path. Strength path dao marks flooded the surroundings.
Rank 6 Explosive Demise Immortal Gu was a strange gu worm. Although rank 6, it could be used to its full capacity even by rank 8 gu immortals, so no gu immortal developed a recipe for rank 7 and rank 8 Explosive Demise Immortal Gu Worm. Once activated, this immortal gu worm expended all the strength path dao marks on the user's body to create a terrifying explosion!
Ancient desolate beasts had similar amount of dao marks as a rank 7 gu immortal, far surpassing the shallow depths cultivated by the likes of Lo Jik.
He grunted in pain as foreign strength path dao marks within the explosion left his Self Dharma shaking like a kite within a storm. It fluctuated constantly while Lo Jik kept spitting mouthfuls of blood.
He was the farthest from the explosion but he still suffered dangerous injuries.
'Move! Move!'
Aura of immortal gu worm slipped Lo Jik's body during the explosion. The Self Dharma killer move fluctuated before turning dense. It grew significantly smaller, transforming from a sixty meter giant to a six-meter figure filled with immortal might.
Immortal killer move—Self Dharma!
It made use of rank 6 Self-Reliance Immortal Gu. All the aspects of this killer move evolved to the level of an immortal killer move. Lo Jik's injuries healed at a breakneck pace. After all, the injuries were cause by strength path dao marks. It was easy for Self-Reliance Gu worm to heal it. Circumstances would have been more complicated if the source of his injuries were Mixed Heavenly Eagle's wind and bone path dao marks. He would have needed to first deal with those dao marks using different methods before healing his injuries.
His gaze brightened despite the intense pain.
The explosion lasted a few seconds before dissipating. The battlefield, fortunately, was already far from Tian Ti in the earlier chase. Feng Chan Zi's surroundings were filled with strength path dao marks. The ground was completely razed and the forest around them vanished. The clouds were torn apart and sunlight filled with open space.
There was no dust.
Feng Chan Zi was covered by a deep-yellow bubble. Though haggard and pale, he did not suffer any injuries. He looked around.
'Fortunately, grandfather left several methods on my body.' He swallowed thickly as his grandfather's will snorted coldly.
"Hand over the immortal materials, Gu Yue Lo Jik!"
Feng Chan Zi came to be and gasped with a start.
Where did the desolate beasts go?
Where were the two ancient desolate beasts?
He stared at the floating Lo Jik. He looked much worse. His robes were tattered and blood flowed from several injuries on his body, soaking what was left of his clothes.
A new pair of Muscle Wings flapped behind him.
"Results?" Lo Jik sneered and looked at the rank 8 gu immortal's will, laughing loudly.
"Go and beg Fairy Yi and my sect's first supreme elder, hahaha! How would I know the location of the corpses? Who told you to start this beast tide?"
Feng Chan Zi instantly paled as he gritted his teeth. Veins popped around his temples and he growled.
"Slanders! We did no such thing!"
"Prove it to someone who cares. I only saw you sniffing around the battlefield. I only saw you charging at Battle Gorilla like a raving lunatic! You are clearly suspicious. Come, if you want to fight then I shall accompany you for 300 rounds! But my sect will investigate this matter clearly."
Feng Chan Zi was speechless by his audacity.
Could he not see Bei Feng's will?
Could he not understand the might of a rank 8 gu immortal?
Every other gu immortal in Central Continent would be considerate of his feelings and his grandfather's reputation when dealing with him. However, Feng Chan Zi was the one who met a true lunatic.
"You stole our spoils of battle! Hand them over or else!" Feng Chan Zi would not back down either. He recalled the immortal gu worm on the female Mixed Heavenly Eagle and his breathing turned rough.
Lo Jik stared at Feng Chan Zi before chuckling and shaking his head.
"I might have done you a favor if it was actual first supreme elder of your sect here. But you? Oh, Brother Feng. Your jokes are as foolish as your attempt at charging Battle Gorilla."
Bei Feng's will suddenly thought of something. He was a will and his thinking was a bit slower, but he was still an extension of a rank 8 gu immortal. He hurriedly kept Feng Chan Zi from doing anything more reckless and transmitted plainly.
"This lad has a surprising expertise in wisdom path. The earlier charge was truly too dangerous and foolish, but you won't make such a mistake."
Feng Chan Zi's expression changed.
'Did Lo Jik use a wisdom path on me? When?'
Feng Chan Zi recalled the arrow that struck Battle Gorilla. It had passed Feng Chan Zi. Could that arrow have a wisdom path effect influencing his thoughts and emotions—
"It's his words." Bei Feng pointed accurately. He stared at Lo Jik with slightly greater intensity, adding, "this lad deliberately clued us into the truth by bringing the matter of you charging Battle Gorilla twice. He wants us to know about his wisdom path method to… hide something else."
"He is stalling, grandfather. Let's beat him and force our gains out." Feng Chan Zi had different ideas. "He suffered from the explosion. How could he be in a great condition?"
Bei Feng was more experienced as the will sighed.
"No. It's a smokescreen. Lo Jik is most likely completely healed and wants us to attack him for more benefits. It's too dangerous right now. I spent a lot of thoughts to save you. The explosion from Explosive Demise Immortal Gu caught me off-guard and I had to spend more than usual thoughts to activate the defensive killer move. It's inadvisable to continue this conflict."
"Grandfather!" Feng Chan Zi nearly attacked regardless of his grandfather's suggestion.
"Chan Zi!" Bei Feng shouted. "You are not in optimal condition and there's no point in increasing our losses. We aren't alone. There are still other gu immortals from the remaining eight sects, and the explosion from before will definitely attract other gu immortals. There might even be demonic path gu immortals. Those scoundrels won't let you go scot-free for my face."
Feng Chan Zi calmed down.
"Nothing?" Lo Jik chuckled as he flew away, much to the spectating gu immortals' disappointment. "Till we meet again, Brother Feng. Remember, brothers are only found in hardship. Hahaha! It's like we are already sworn brothers!"
A gust of wind blew near Feng Chan Zi as he watched the empty face with changing expressions.
'You will suffer a terrible death, Gu Yue Lo Jik! We are not done!' He snorted coldly and flew to another direction.
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Alternate Title: Lo Jik making brothers everywhere he goes; Heaven's Will suddenly concentrating on Wind Cloud Manor now that it has Lo Jik's brother; Feng Chan Zi: Ah, such skills *Also Feng Chan Zi: &*^&*%!@!@&^*^*^%*; Weaving and dodging; Making a fool of the world; Sneaking to Feng Chan Zi; Recruiting a distraction; Immortal Dharma; Battle Gorilla AF: Exploding anus go!; Wild pokemon moves everywhere; Hyperbeam and Self-Destruct af; Losing two strength path immortal gu worms; Wild immortal gu worms?; Dangerous secrets; Cursing the non-existent eighteen generations; Truly, a pair of sworn brothers; A true lunatic; Pitiful Void Anaconda
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