Chapter 26 — The Treasury Heist
Fang Yuan glanced at Li Tianyu.
"Don't resist."
Before Li Tianyu could respond...
Several Gu worms activated simultaneously.
A profound fluctuation spread through the surroundings.
Fang Yuan's killer move took effect.
The figures of both men gradually faded.
Their appearances disappeared.
Their auras vanished.
Even their footsteps could no longer be heard.
The sound of their breathing was completely concealed.
Even if they spoke...
No sound would escape.
Li Tianyu's eyes flickered.
'Another compound killer move.'
Fang Yuan's methods truly were numerous.
The two continued forward.
Soon...
A Gu village appeared ahead.
Tall defensive walls surrounded the settlement.
Watchtowers stood at regular intervals.
Gu Masters patrolled the walls while servants moved through the village carrying supplies.
Mortals worked in the fields, maintained the buildings, prepared food, transported resources, and performed the countless mundane tasks required to keep the Gu village functioning.
The true ruling force of the village...
Were the Gu Masters.
Fang Yuan had already investigated this place.
Through his Wisdom Path methods, he had determined that the strongest Gu Master within the village was only Rank Four.
There was no Rank Five.
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That was enough.
The two quietly entered the village.
No one noticed them.
They passed through the streets.
Gu Masters walked around.
Servants hurried about their duties.
Occasionally, a Gu Master shouted an order and a servant immediately obeyed.
The village was peaceful.
No one imagined that two outsiders were currently walking directly through its heart.
Eventually...
Fang Yuan stopped before a large stone building.
The Gu Treasury.
Several Gu Masters stood nearby.
The guards carefully watched the surrounding area.
Yet none of them noticed the two figures standing only a few meters away.
Fang Yuan raised his hand.
A faint soul path fluctuation spread outward.
A compound soul path killer move activated.
The guards' minds suddenly became hazy.
Their attention became scattered.
Their thoughts slowed.
The effect quietly spread toward the nearby Gu Masters as well.
No one noticed anything unusual.
One of the guards took out a treasury token.
The formation surrounding the entrance activated.
The door slowly opened.
The guards entered.
Fang Yuan and Li Tianyu followed directly behind them.
The guards remained completely unaware.
Once they were inside...
The treasury door closed.
Fang Yuan immediately acted.
Several Gu worms activated.
A powerful killer move spread throughout the treasury.
The formation hidden within the walls trembled.
Then...
Its light gradually faded.
The formation had been disabled.
Fang Yuan looked toward Li Tianyu.
"Go ahead."
His tone was casual.
"Pick whatever Rank One and Rank Two Gu worms you want."
Li Tianyu's eyes brightened.
He immediately moved toward the shelves.
The Gu worms stored inside the treasury had been placed into a dormant state.
This greatly reduced their food consumption.
As a result...
Most of them appeared completely motionless.
Li Tianyu reached toward the first Gu worm.
His aura disturbed its dormancy.
The Gu worm slowly awakened.
The moment it entered his aperture...
Crimson flames surged toward it.
"Burning Ember Gu."
The Rank Two Gu immediately devoured it.
Its body disappeared.
Its Dao marks were converted into fragments and absorbed into the Dao Repository.
Li Tianyu continued.
One.
Two.
Ten.
A hundred.
The process repeated.
Every time a Gu worm awakened...
He placed it into his aperture.
And Burning Ember Gu immediately devoured it.
Rank One Gu worms.
Rank Two Gu worms.
One after another...
They disappeared.
However...
Li Tianyu eventually stopped.
Three Gu worms floated before him.
Their bodies emitted a faint red glow.
Red Steel Relic Gu.
Li Tianyu's eyes brightened.
He didn't send them toward Burning Ember Gu.
Instead...
He carefully stored all three.
These were valuable Gu worms.
There was no reason to waste them.
He then activated his Crimson Pouch Gu.
The food stored beside the three Red Steel Relic Gu was collected and placed inside.
He intended to keep the three Relic Gu alive.
After all...
Relic Gu could directly increase a Gu Master's cultivation.
They were considerably more valuable than ordinary Rank One Gu worms.
Li Tianyu continued looting.
Time passed.
Several minutes.
Then several more.
Eventually...
Every Rank One and Rank Two Gu worm in the treasury had been collected.
Approximately...
Five thousand Rank One Gu worms.
And between fifteen hundred and twenty-five hundred Rank Two Gu worms.
It was an astonishing quantity.
Most of them were immediately devoured by Burning Ember Gu.
Only a handful of particularly valuable Gu worms were preserved.
Li Tianyu finally stopped.
He had emptied the entire Rank One and Rank Two section of the treasury.
"Finished."
Meanwhile...
Fang Yuan had also completed his own collection.
His harvest was smaller in quantity.
But far greater in value.
Approximately three hundred Rank Three Gu worms.
Thirteen Rank Four Gu worms.
And...
One Rank Five Gu worm.
Fang Yuan also collected the food stored beside the Gu worms.
Nothing useful was left behind.
Li Tianyu glanced at the empty shelves.
His expression became slightly strange.
'Three hundred Rank Three Gu...'
'Thirteen Rank Four...'
'And even a Rank Five Gu.'
This Gu village had clearly accumulated an enormous foundation over generations.
And Fang Yuan...
Had emptied the valuable portion of it in a matter of minutes.
The two stood within the now nearly empty treasury.
Fang Yuan glanced toward the entrance.
"Let's go."
Li Tianyu nodded.
They turned toward the door.
The entire operation had been almost absurdly easy.
But there was a simple reason.
The defenses of the Gu village had been designed around ordinary threats.
An outsider might steal one or two Gu worms.
Perhaps someone might infiltrate the treasury and steal a valuable Gu.
Perhaps an internal traitor might secretly move some resources.
But no one had ever seriously considered...
That two people would infiltrate the treasury...
And completely empty it.
The security measures had never been designed to defend against such an absurd possibility.
And that...
Was precisely why the two of them had succeeded so easily.