Chapter 31 — Blood Path Immortal Gu
The refinement continued for several days.
Throughout the entire process, Fang Yuan maintained the enormous formation surrounding the city.
The formation not only supported the refinement but also concealed everything happening within.
From the outside world...
The city appeared completely normal.
No blood aura escaped.
No terrifying fluctuations leaked out.
Even powerful Gu Masters passing nearby would find it difficult to discover what had happened inside.
Fang Yuan had clearly taken every possibility into consideration.
Finally...
After several days of refinement—
The blood-red light covering the city suddenly began to converge.
The enormous formation trembled.
Countless streams of blood gathered toward a single point.
Then...
Everything became silent.
A tiny crimson droplet slowly appeared before Fang Yuan.
It was only the size of a fingernail.
Yet the moment it appeared...
Li Tianyu's expression became solemn.
An Immortal Gu.
The droplet floated quietly in the air.
It contained an astonishing amount of vitality and blood-path dao marks.
Fang Yuan looked at it for a moment before calmly storing it inside his phantom aperture.
The refinement was complete.
He had successfully refined a Blood Path Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan didn't waste any time.
He immediately began dismantling the formation.
One Gu worm after another was retrieved.
Some flew out from beneath the ground.
Others emerged from the ruined buildings.
More were hidden throughout the surrounding terrain.
Fang Yuan collected every single one.
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None were left behind.
Li Tianyu silently watched.
'His control is frighteningly precise.'
Even after using tens of thousands of Gu worms to construct such a gigantic formation...
He hadn't sacrificed them unnecessarily.
Fang Yuan retrieved them all.
Once the formation was completely dismantled, the true state of the city was finally exposed.
Ruins.
Corpses.
Blood.
Nothing remained of its former prosperity.
Fang Yuan inspected the Immortal Gu inside his phantom aperture.
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"This is a Blood Path primeval essence recovery-type Immortal Gu."
Li Tianyu's eyes flickered.
Fang Yuan continued.
"Its food is simple."
"Blood."
"Any kind of blood will suffice."
Li Tianyu nodded slightly.
That was indeed an extremely convenient feeding condition.
Fang Yuan's gaze became somewhat deeper.
"With this Immortal Gu..."
His voice remained calm.
"I can now refine and utilize Immortal Gu even while remaining a mortal."
Li Tianyu's pupils contracted slightly.
Fang Yuan continued,
"As long as I possess sufficient resources, I can use Immortal Gu to construct methods that allow me to display the combat strength of an Immortal while still being a mortal."
Li Tianyu fell silent.
That was an enormous advantage.
Immortal Gu were fundamentally different from mortal Gu.
Even if Fang Yuan's cultivation remained at the mortal level...
An Immortal Gu could provide an entirely different level of power and possibilities.
And now...
Fang Yuan had obtained exactly what he needed.
A Blood Path Immortal Gu capable of rapidly recovering his primeval essence and, more importantly, refining it into immortal essence beads.
Immortal Gu required immortal essence beads to activate.
As a mortal, Fang Yuan naturally couldn't produce immortal essence beads through his own cultivation.
But with this Immortal Gu...
That limitation could be overcome.
As long as he had sufficient blood and resources, he could continuously recover his primeval essence and convert it into immortal essence beads.
In other words...
Even as a mortal, Fang Yuan could now accumulate and utilize immortal essence.
The greatest restriction preventing him from using Immortal Gu...
Had been removed.
Fang Yuan looked toward the distant forest.
"Let's go."
The two left the ruined city behind.
Neither looked back.
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Deep within the forest...
After traveling for a few days, Fang Yuan suddenly stopped.
He turned toward Li Tianyu.
"Wait here for a few months."
"I'll come find you."
Li Tianyu's eyes narrowed.
"You're leaving?"
Fang Yuan nodded.
He didn't explain where he was going.
Nor did Li Tianyu ask.
Fang Yuan simply turned around and disappeared into the depths of the forest.
Li Tianyu remained where he was.
For a long moment...
He didn't move.
Then his expression gradually became solemn.
Something had changed.
Fang Yuan had obtained an Immortal Gu.
More importantly...
He had obtained a method that allowed him to overcome one of the greatest limitations of his current cultivation.
Li Tianyu had always known that Fang Yuan's previous assumptions about him were dangerous.
Fang Yuan believed that he was a potential future Venerable chosen by Destiny Gu.
Perhaps that belief had been one of the reasons Fang Yuan had been willing to cooperate with him.
But now...
Things were different.
Fang Yuan had just obtained Immortal-level methods.
Once Fang Yuan's attainments and methods continued to recover...
His previous conclusions regarding Li Tianyu would inevitably be examined again.
And if Fang Yuan eventually discovered that Li Tianyu wasn't actually a Venerable candidate chosen by Destiny Gu...
What would happen?
Li Tianyu's eyes became cold.
He didn't know.
And that was precisely the problem.
Who could trust Fang Yuan?
The answer was obvious.
No one.
Li Tianyu had no intention of gambling his life on Fang Yuan's current attitude.
There was another possibility that concerned him even more.
'Enslavement Path.'
With Fang Yuan's attainments...
Once he obtained enough resources and recovered enough strength, refining an Enslavement Path Immortal Gu would not be impossible.
And if Fang Yuan really intended to make him a subordinate...
What better way was there than to completely control him?
Li Tianyu's expression became increasingly solemn.
'No.'
'I can't stay.'
The decision was made immediately.
The very next day...
Li Tianyu left.
He activated one concealment-type expendable Rank Four Gu after another.
His aura disappeared.
His figure became blurred.
Even traces of his movement were concealed.
He didn't travel in a straight line.
He constantly changed direction.
He avoided major settlements.
He avoided large clans.
He avoided any location where Fang Yuan might reasonably search for him.
He moved as carefully as possible.
Li Tianyu had no intention of allowing Fang Yuan to track him.
He had already obtained what he needed from their cooperation.
Now...
It was time to separate.
There was another reason.
Southern Border.
Li Tianyu's gaze became distant.
He knew that this region would eventually become a battlefield of unimaginable scale.
Countless Gu Masters would die.
Clans would be destroyed.
Resources would be swept away.
And powerful existences would eventually descend upon the region.
Remaining beside Fang Yuan...
Was simply too dangerous.
Especially now that Fang Yuan had begun obtaining Immortal-level methods.
Li Tianyu increased his speed.
The concealment Gu continued burning their limited uses.
One after another...
They were consumed.
He didn't care.
These Gu had been purchased precisely for situations like this.
He would rather exhaust every Rank Four expendable Gu he possessed...
Than allow Fang Yuan to discover his trail.
As he disappeared into the vast wilderness, Li Tianyu looked back only once.
Nothing could be seen.
No figure.
No aura.
No trace.
Li Tianyu turned away.
Then—
His figure vanished into the forest.
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