Legend says there is a River of Time in this world...
Stop with the legends! Get to the point!
Fine, let's get to the point.
"Second Rebirth... I succeeded again."
Yuan Fang was ecstatic. Inside the aperture, the heavenly origin treasure lotus and his own Gu insects lay quietly dormant, hiding many Gu Yue First Generation's Gu insects; the spring autumn cicada also concealed its form.
Due to excessive consumption, it fell into a deep sleep once more.
"I'm afraid Bai Ning Bing already secretly planted the Blood Lock Gu on me. However, this Gu is easy to handle; I won't refine it for now to avoid alerting the enemy."
Yuan Fang looked at the glacier and Bai Ning Bing. At this moment, Bai Ning Bing wore white clothes, with blue eyes and silver hair, spotless, possessing an Immortal Qi that distanced her from the Mortal World; it was exactly when she had just self-detonated and turned into a woman.
Yuan Fang casually collected Gu Yue First Generation's corpse—these were all precious Rank Five blood path gu materials!
He didn't even need to move a finger; Gu Yue First Generation had long since turned into a Blood Puppet Corpse, categorized as a blood beast, and was inherently a Rank Five blood path gu material.
"Although I've gained a new life, the situation is still tricky... That Immortal Path Killer Move was too powerful; how should I break this situation?"
Yuan Fang pondered but had already decided on a plan, then handed control over to Fang Yuan.
"Bai Ning Bing! Block them for me, I want to refine Gu!"
Fang Yuan ordered in a heavy voice.
Bai Ning Bing gave him a deep look:
"Fang Yuan, I am only a Rank Four Gu Master. You want me to fight Shang Yan Fei? Are you joking? Even though the yang gu is in your hands, I won't throw my life away for nothing."
"Hehe, don't worry, I have a Gu that can protect you." After Fang Yuan spoke, a Rank Five Blood Path Gu insect flew out and landed in Bai Ning Bing's palm.
"What Gu is this?"
"Hehe, this is my unique blood curtain sky flower gu, modified from the Rank Four water curtain sky flower gu."
"Farewell, Bai Ning Bing. blood moon gu!"
Fang Yuan smiled, and a blood-colored moon blade suddenly flew out from his palm, slashing directly at the blood curtain sky flower gu. The next moment, a blood curtain sky flower suddenly expanded, covering the surroundings.
And Bai Ning Bing had not yet realized anything.
Fang Yuan suddenly activated the direct impact gu. Caught off guard, Bai Ning Bing was actually knocked straight out of the blood curtain sky flower's protection range.
"Hahaha, Bai Ning Bing! Had enough fun yet?"
"You... you were actually playing me the whole time!"
Bai Ning Bing was both shocked and furious. At this moment, Shang Yan Fei, Wei Yang, Yan Tu, and Shang Bu Li had arrived before the blood curtain sky flower. A hint of disdain curved at the corner of Shang Yan Fei's mouth, and he sneered coldly:
"No matter! A mere Rank Five defense Gu thinks it can stop us? Behold my blood sword gu!"
With that, countless blood swords whistled and slashed at the blood curtain sky flower, while the others also unleashed their Killer Moves, launching a fierce assault on the blood curtain sky flower.
But no matter how fierce the offensive, the blood curtain sky flower remained completely motionless. Fang Yuan had already released an Information Path Gu insect to shout provocative words outside, while he himself refined Gu peacefully inside the blood curtain sky flower.
The Information Path Gu insect cursed, even shouting vulgarities like "Shang Yan Fei, your children will be born without assholes." Initially, Shang Yan Fei was furious, but he quickly calmed down and ordered everyone to stop:
"Everyone, stop! This is Fang Yuan's scheme; he wants to provoke us into attacking to deplete our primeval essence. I see that this blood curtain sky flower gu is quite similar to the water curtain sky flower gu, incredibly sturdy, such that even the owner cannot traverse it at will."
"In my view, this blood curtain sky flower can last two hours at most. Fang Yuan! In two hours, I will take your head!"
After a bout of angry shouting, the people outside the blood curtain sky flower took out primeval stones and began to recover the primeval essence in their apertures.
Fang Yuan didn't care at all and just took back the Information Path Gu insect. Refining Gu required a massive amount of primeval essence; he had to save where he could. The heavenly origin treasure lotus in his aperture began to operate at the right time, continuously supplying him with primeval essence.
"First Generation ancestor... help me one last time."
After Fang Yuan finished searching Gu Yue First Generation's remnant soul, he raised his hand and threw it into a refining furnace.
(Plotting against the Old Ancestor, huh)
"And these insects that refuse to submit, pass away along with this old fellow."
Fang Yuan then threw several of Gu Yue First Generation's Rank Five Gu, along with hundreds of Blood Droplets, all into the refining furnace.
The remaining two Rank Five Gu were the strengthen soul gu and the blood river python strength gu.
The strengthen soul gu was a one-time consumable Gu that could add the strength of a hundred man soul. Gu Yue First Generation came from the Immortal Crane Sect, which was one of the Ten Great Ancient Sects and specialized in Servitude Path.
Servitude Path and Soul Path were inherently inseparable; only with a stronger soul could one command more beast groups. Gu Yue First Generation might have lacked soul-training methods, which is why he left this strengthen soul gu behind.
The upper limit of a human soul was a hundred man soul. At this time, both Fang Yuan and Yuan Fang had ten man souls. After activating the strengthen soul gu, each gained sixty man souls, totaling one hundred and twenty man souls.
The blood river python strength gu was a Strength Path Gu insect; after activation, it could add the strength of one Blood River Python.
The Blood River Python that Gu Yue First Generation once owned had Ten Thousand Beast King level combat power but had died in the previous fierce battle, and its body had been refined into Gu material.
Although the effect of this Gu material was greatly reduced, it wasn't completely useless and could barely be used for Gu Refining.
Just then, the refining furnace suddenly erupted with blood light, and a Rank Five Gu insect flew out, named the blood image gu.
This Gu was similar to the water image gu in the hands of Northern Plains' Water Demon Hao Ji Liu; both could condense a substitute phantom. Fang Yuan did not stop and continued refining Gu. Half an hour later, he refined another Rank Five blood shadow gu.
"Phew—with these two Gu, plus my other Gu, I can form that Killer Move."
"Now I possess the strength of two pigs, one bear, one crocodile, one Furious Electric Wolf, and one Thunder Crown Head Wolf. The combined strength of the Furious Electric Wolf and the Thunder Crown Head Wolf is comparable to the strength of forty wolves."
"The strength is too immense; even copper skin and iron bones would find it hard to support. I might as well refine another Rank Five defense Gu."
With his mind set, Fang Yuan opened the furnace again.
He threw Gu Yue First Generation's corpse, those discarded Gu insects, and all the blood path gu materials he had accumulated in the past into the refining furnace. Finally, another Rank Five Gu insect emerged from the furnace.
Seeing this Gu clearly, a slight smile appeared on Fang Yuan's lips—this was exactly the defense Gu he wanted, named the blood firmness gu.
This Gu was just like the golden steel gu he had been longing for, full of rigidity, very suitable for Strength Path Gu Masters.
"It's a pity it's only a Blood Path Gu insect; otherwise, it could really be used until Immortal Ascension."
Fang Yuan sighed softly in his heart and put the blood firmness gu into his aperture.
To be honest, there were quite a few beastly things happening today; even Fang Yuan himself was a bit dazed.
Initially, Yuan Fang heard that Cold Iron Blood had arrived, so he rushed to Bai Family Village to win over Bai Ning Bing, wanting to join forces with her.
Bai Ning Bing also took this opportunity to send an Information Path Gu insect to inform Shang Yan Fei about Gu Yue First Generation and the blood sea true inheritance.
To ensure Shang Yan Fei arrived in time, Bai Ning Bing, in the name of pursuing excitement, invited Yuan Fang to besiege the Bai Family Clan Members at night, thinking about how to set him up.
(Bai Xiang: What is the most desperate way to die?)
Yuan Fang originally found this very strange, but after hearing Bai Ning Bing's explanation—that she was afraid killing openly would attract the attention of the Iron Divine Constable.
Bai Ning Bing's intention was to stall for time; if they killed openly, it would be too fast. However, in a sense, this saved many people; during this time, Yuan Fang moved some Gu Yue Clan Members down the mountain, avoiding Bai Ning Bing's self-detonation.
In Yuan Fang's view, although Bai Ning Bing was ruthless, she was also a Genius; having such a scheme was normal, so he didn't think more about it.
Moreover, he was also afraid of being discovered by Cold Iron Blood; if they killed openly, he would definitely refuse. Yuan Fang believed that Bai Ning Bing might have killed secretly because she was worried he wouldn't participate.
In this way, the two of them killed for two days, and all the Bai Family Clan Members died. The pleading eyes of the Bai Family Clan Leader made Bai Ning Bing a bit unable to strike, so she let Yuan Fang do it for her.
(Bai Xiang: *****)
The next day, Fang Yuan told Cold Iron Blood that there was a Blood Lake under the origin spring, which was the tomb of Gu Yue First Generation, hoping Cold Iron Blood would go there with him.
Cold Iron Blood coldly accepted without any surprise—he had already broken into the blood tomb cemetery that night and fought with Gu Yue First Generation.
Yuan Fang had been watching all this and was deeply shocked by the scene of the struggle. However, it was also at this time that he kidnapped Tie Ruo Nan.
Subsequently, Cold Iron Blood and Gu Yue First Generation fought to the surface, and Heavenly Crane Venerable and Yuan Fang joined the battle one after another. After Bai Ning Bing appeared, Fang Yuan took out the treasure moonlight king gu and escorted the Gu Yue Clan Members away from Qing Mao Mountain toward White Bone Mountain.
During the fierce battle, Yuan Fang and Cold Iron Blood joined forces to backstab Gu Yue First Generation. Shortly after, Yuan Fang and Bai Ning Bing joined forces again, leading to Cold Iron Blood's death and Tie Ruo Nan's escape.
The sun rose, Shang Yan Fei and the others arrived, and Yuan Fang ordered Bai Ning Bing to self-detonate, but they failed to kill the enemies.
So he teamed up with Bai Ning Bing again. Who would have thought that Shang Yan Fei had already colluded with Bai Ning Bing and also planted the Blood Lock Gu on Yuan Fang.
Moreover, he first pretended to kill Bai Ning Bing as a ruse to gain trust, then turned around to deal with Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan tried to break out several times but couldn't escape, ultimately having to self-detonate the spring autumn cicada for a Rebirth.
Along the way, Yuan Fang and Fang Yuan were constantly calculating, but in the end, it was Bai Ning Bing who had the last laugh and became the winner.
"Bai Ning Bing, quite the Bai Ning Bing, I underestimated you. But in the end, I won."
Fang Yuan gave a long sigh and activated the blood firmness gu. This Gu was similar to the Iron Bone Gu; as long as it was used continuously for a month, it could modify the blood and also prevent assassination to a certain extent.
The modified blood would still circulate normally but with a steel-like rigidity; although it couldn't stop external injuries, it could reduce internal wear.
Even if its defensive power was at the lower tier of Rank Five, it far exceeded most Rank Four defense Gu—such as the thunder shield gu currently playing in his primeval sea.
"Now the blood curtain sky flower can still last half an hour. The purple gold primeval essence in my aperture is only at eighty percent. With the help of the heavenly origin treasure lotus and the Rank Five Gu, it only takes fifteen minutes to recover to eighty-eight percent. The remaining time will be used for preparation."
The sun gradually rose, shedding thousands of rays of light; the blood curtain sky flower was about to shatter. Shang Yan Fei and the others also noticed this and glared at Yuan Fang inside the blood curtain sky flower.
Fang Yuan also noticed the movement, stood up, quietly activated the poetic intent gu, and combined it with several other Gu insects to form a Killer Move, invading Bai Ning Bing's mind with Fang Yuan's poetic intent.
"blood image gu, blood shadow gu, blood frenzy gu, blood vapor gu..."
"Killer Move—Blood Transformation!"
Fang Yuan's form changed, turning into Bai Ning Bing's appearance, and he shouted again:
"shape shifting gu!" (Just a bluff)
At this moment, the Fang Yuan poetic intent that Fang Yuan had transferred into Bai Ning Bing's mind took effect, making Bai Ning Bing mistakenly think her period had arrived. Thus, she used the excuse of going to the bathroom to try and leave.
"Stop! Do you think I'm blind! First you changed your appearance, then you used the shape shifting gu. Want to trick me? In your dreams!"
Shang Yan Fei grabbed Bai Ning Bing. Just as she was about to explain, the blood curtain sky flower suddenly disappeared, and the fake Bai Ning Bing that Fang Yuan had turned into walked out.
Fang Yuan laughed:
"Hahaha! Fang Yuan, you are truly interesting. Unfortunately, your scheme has finally been exposed."
Hearing this, the real Bai Ning Bing reacted instantly, knowing it would be hard for her to clear her name, and turned to flee. The fake Bai Ning Bing immediately shouted loudly:
"Fang Yuan! Do you dare to have a hearty life-and-death battle with me!"
"You damn Fang Yuan! I'm not done with you!" Bai Ning Bing ran all the way.
Fang Yuan activated the Blood Transformation Killer Move, which could change the appearance of Killer Moves, using a knock-off version of the Ice Blade Storm to chase and fiercely attack Bai Ning Bing.
This made Shang Yan Fei and the others even more convinced that Fang Yuan was the real Bai Ning Bing.
After chasing for a full ten minutes, the effect of Blood Transformation was about to dissipate, so Fang Yuan quietly withdrew and returned to the foot of Qing Mao Mountain.
Because of Bai Ning Bing's self-detonation, the Gu Yue Clan suffered heavy losses. Had it not been for the protection of his treasure moonlight king gu, the casualties would have been even greater.
When Fang Yuan found the remnants of the Gu Yue Clan, only two Rank Four Gu Masters, forty-six Rank Three, two thousand one hundred and ninety-two Rank Two, and one hundred and seventy-four Rank One remained in the Gu Yue Village; nine hundred and twenty-seven Mortal Martial Artists, and four thousand one hundred and eighty-six ordinary Mortals.
Fortunately, most of the Gu insects, Gu materials, and primeval stones were preserved. Relying on the clan's fresh-keeping gu to store moon orchid petals, the feeding problem of the moonlight gu could be delayed until four months later.
The remaining Gu Yue members finally settled down upon seeing Fang Yuan's return, and the entire clan moved to White Bone Mountain.
"What a pity... the battle just now consumed too much, and my cultivation has actually regressed to Rank Four high stage. If Shang Yan Fei chases me now, I will surely die."
Fang Yuan looked at Qing Mao Mountain, which had already turned into a glacier behind him, and sighed softly:
"In this world, things don't go as one wishes eight or nine times out of ten..."