Chapter 27 — The Great Looting
After emptying the Gu Treasury...
Fang Yuan and Li Tianyu didn't leave the village immediately.
Instead...
They headed toward the Resource Treasury.
The Resource Treasury was naturally much more heavily guarded than the Gu Treasury.
But to Fang Yuan...
That was hardly a problem.
He activated the same concealment methods.
Their figures disappeared.
Their auras vanished.
Even the slightest sound they produced was completely concealed.
They approached the guards.
Fang Yuan quietly activated his soul path killer move.
The guards' minds became hazy.
Their awareness was manipulated without them realizing it.
The entrance opened.
The two entered.
Fang Yuan immediately activated another killer move.
The formation protecting the treasury trembled.
Then...
Its light disappeared.
The formation had been temporarily disabled.
Fang Yuan didn't waste any time.
His storage Gu worms were activated one after another.
Resources disappeared from the treasury in enormous quantities.
Refinement materials.
Gu food.
Rare plants.
Minerals.
Beast materials.
Various precious resources accumulated by the clan over generations.
Everything was collected.
Nothing was left behind.
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Even the seemingly insignificant resources were taken.
After all...
To Fang Yuan, there was no such thing as a resource that was truly worthless.
Once the treasury had been completely emptied...
The two left.
Their next destination...
Was the Inheritance Hall.
Unlike the other treasuries...
There was a Rank Three Gu Elder stationed inside.
Fang Yuan didn't bother fighting him.
The moment they entered...
A soul path killer move silently enveloped the elder.
The Rank Three elder's body stiffened.
His consciousness was instantly suppressed.
Fang Yuan's eyes flashed.
A Wisdom Path method activated.
He extracted the elder's memories.
Information flooded into Fang Yuan's mind.
The clan's inheritances.
The locations of hidden resources.
The various arrangements within the village.
The elder's knowledge of the clan's history.
Everything was examined.
Afterward...
Fang Yuan took the Gu worms responsible for storing the clan's inheritances.
He placed them inside his aperture.
Then...
He and Li Tianyu quietly left.
The entire process took only a short time.
...
And then...
They did it again.
And again.
And again.
Village after village.
Gu Treasury.
Resource Treasury.
Inheritance Hall.
Then they disappeared.
The villages didn't even realize what had happened until the two were long gone.
Some villages lost their Gu worms.
Others lost their resources.
Some even lost important inheritances.
And in every case...
The culprit seemed to vanish without leaving a trace.
Fang Yuan's Wisdom Path methods made it extremely difficult for anyone to track them.
Meanwhile...
Li Tianyu was using the opportunity to develop his own strength.
During their travels...
He repeatedly activated Burning Ember Gu.
One deduction after another.
Each deduction took approximately four to five days.
The moment a deduction was completed...
The results appeared directly within Li Tianyu's mind.
Not merely the final recipe.
Everything.
The entire refinement process.
The sequence in which the materials needed to be combined.
The required primeval essence.
The possible variables.
The changes that could occur during refinement.
The methods needed to compensate for those variables.
Even the subtle adjustments required when the refinement process deviated from the ideal state.
It was as if he had personally researched each Gu recipe for years.
One after another...
His Gu recipes were upgraded.
...
Rank Two Burning Lotus Gu
The Rank Two version of Flame Lotus Gu.
Deduction Cost: 820 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
Rank Two Burning Snatch Gu
The Rank Two version of Ember Snatch Gu.
Deduction Cost: 660 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
Rank Two Flame Gu
The Rank Two version of Spark Gu.
Deduction Cost: 810 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
Rank Two Healing Ember Gu
The Rank Two version of Warm Ember Gu.
Deduction Cost: 950 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
Rank Two Steady Fortune Gu
The Rank Two version of Stable Fortune Gu.
Deduction Cost: 998 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
And finally...
The most expensive deduction.
Rank Two Primordial Flame Embryo Gu
The Rank Two version of Primordial Flame Seed Gu.
Deduction Cost: 9,999 Rank Two Gu worms.
...
The enormous cost made even Li Tianyu feel slightly pained.
But...
It was worth it.
Every one of his primary Gu worms now the advancement recipe for Rank Two.
His combat system was becoming increasingly complete.
His deduction ability had also become increasingly valuable.
As long as he could obtain enough Gu worms...
He could continuously improve his foundation.
...
Time passed.
One week.
Two weeks.
Three weeks.
A month.
And then...
Another week.
In total...
Seven Gu villages had been looted.
The harvest was enormous.
Fang Yuan had obtained countless resources, Gu worms, inheritances, and various materials.
Li Tianyu had obtained an equally astonishing number of Rank One and Rank Two Gu worms.
His Dao Repository had expanded tremendously.
But the operation...
Could not remain hidden forever.
At first...
The affected villages immediately sealed the information.
They investigated internally.
They questioned the guards.
They inspected the formations.
They examined every possible clue.
The reason was simple.
If news spread that someone had entered their Gu Treasury and emptied it...
It would be an enormous humiliation.
Their enemies could exploit the weakness.
Their own clansmen might panic.
And rival forces could use the incident to create chaos.
Therefore...
They tried to suppress the matter.
But it was useless.
Seven villages had suffered similar attacks.
Too many people knew.
Too many resources had disappeared.
Too many important Gu worms and inheritances had been stolen.
The truth could not remain hidden forever.
And Fang Yuan's concealment methods made the investigation even more difficult.
By the time the villages realized the scale of the problem...
The two culprits had already disappeared far beyond their reach.
Eventually...
The news exploded.
The entire surrounding region was shaken.
Someone had been systematically looting Gu villages.
Not stealing one or two Gu worms.
Not raiding a single treasury.
But...
Emptying entire treasuries.
The news spread rapidly.
And the response was immediate.
Every village increased its security.
Treasury guards were replaced or reinforced.
More Gu Masters were stationed around important resource stores.
Defensive formations were strengthened.
The clan leaders and elders personally began patrolling important locations.
No one dared to underestimate the threat anymore.
The era of easy infiltration...
Was over.
Fang Yuan and Li Tianyu had successfully exploited the period when nobody believed such a thing was possible.
But now...
The entire region was on alert.