"You've finally become a powerhouse capable of holding your own. Across all three continents, your current strength definitely places you among the top ten." Fang Yuan's false intent spoke in Fang Zheng's mind, feigning gratification.
Fang Zheng replied calmly, "The accumulation was there. It was only natural that the water found its course."
Over the years, he had killed without mercy. Under the pressure of life and death, he gradually came to understand the mindset Fang Yuan had held when he massacred the entire clan.
There was no other choice.
It was either you die or I die!
Fang Zheng still could not forgive Fang Yuan, but he now understood his actions. The hatred that had once filled his heart had gradually faded with the passage of time, and with the false intent of Fang Yuan repeatedly helping him escape from danger.
"Run!"
"We can't possibly be Fang Zheng's opponents!!"
Soon, the allied Gu Masters of the White Hair and Yellow Hair factions were routed.
Fang Zheng did not greet the Black Hair Gu Masters. He tidied up the battlefield slightly, turned, and left.
A group of Black Hair Gu Masters watched his retreating figure with complicated expressions, seeing him off as he gradually departed.
"So that's the legendary human Gu Master."
"Truly formidable! In the blink of an eye, the outcome was decided."
"Pity he offended those above, and he's of a different race. No matter how great his merits, he can only reach the position he's at now…"
"Though I'm grateful to him, for the sake of my own future, I'd better keep my distance."
Langya Blessed Land.
After receiving a strand of false intent, Fang Yuan showed a look of realization: "Oh, it seems things are coming together on Fang Zheng's end. The Blood God Child's refinement recipe, on the other hand, is still incomplete. Should I devote a portion of my energy to this?"
Originally, according to Fang Yuan's plan, the most efficient approach would have been to calculate the Blood God Child's recipe after he could utilize the Wisdom Radiance.
But the Wisdom Radiance was nowhere in sight. Fang Yuan might as well directly calculate the Blood God Child's recipe — it would be faster.
After careful consideration, Fang Yuan still abandoned this rather tempting idea.
On one hand, he possessed Black Heaven's Time Path True Inheritance, so he was not lacking in methods. The Blood God Child, even if successfully refined, would merely be icing on the cake.
On the other hand, the Blood Path was currently in a bad state. Once used, he would face pursuit and siege by Gu Immortals. In Fang Yuan's thinking, the era when the five regions plunged into chaos would be the time for the Blood Path to emerge.
Ever since taking over Dragon Dragon Hill, these past days, Fang Yuan had been waiting for Chu Du's moves on one hand, while continuing to cultivate diligently on the other.
His profits had begun to decline.
Because a large portion of the resources in Black Heaven Grotto-Heaven had already been sold off.
Many of the resources in Black Heaven Grotto-Heaven could not be sustained within Fang Yuan's Supreme Immortal Aperture. He had no choice but to sell them off in exchange for what he needed.
This, in turn, had generated substantial profits, causing his income to skyrocket.
Unfortunately, this kind of trade was a stream without a source. After lasting for a few months, it had withered and nearly dried up.
Although Fang Yuan had earned many Immortal Essence Stones, his expenditures were equally enormous.
Undergoing a terrestrial disaster every two months was far too frequent. Additionally, of late, Fang Yuan had repeatedly made moves in Black Heaven Grotto-Heaven, the Eastern Sea, and Dragon Dragon Hill, expending Seventh Transformation Immortal Gu. The Green Grape Immortal Essence consumed was truly considerable.
On top of that, he was managing his Immortal Aperture, repeatedly investing in construction. Immortal Essence Stones flowed in and out like torrents — though the volume was massive, Fang Yuan's savings were negligible.
"Currently, what can bring me a massive boost is to solve the Soul Path traps on the Immortal Zombie body, and once again utilize the Wisdom Radiance."
"Next would be to acquire Faith Path methods, which can dismantle the various alliance bindings on me, allowing me to freely leverage the forces and relationships of all parties to achieve the excellent effect of using one power against another."
"Third would be to advance to the Seventh Transformation, obtaining Red Date Immortal Essence, which would greatly reduce my expenditures and bring about a qualitative leap."
Fang Yuan saw his situation with crystal clarity. Unfortunately, knowing did not mean he could act on it.
He had fallen into a bottleneck state within his cultivation.
Unless an opportunity descended, he could only bitterly endure through these bottlenecks.
But how could opportunities come at will? Even if one came, Fang Yuan would suspect it might be a layout of Heavenly Will.
The time he spent cultivating the Soul Path was kept within one shichen.
For the remaining time, he either used the Sword Eyebrow Immortal Gu to add Sword Path Dao Marks to himself, or teleported to the outside world to activate the Star Eye Immortal Gu and refine the stars in the Black Sky.
Beyond this, he also had to spend considerable energy secretly practicing Time Path killer moves, increasing his proficiency so that they could be employed in actual combat in the future.
Another major task was managing his Immortal Aperture.
To speak of it, the basic construction of his Supreme Immortal Aperture was still not complete.
The reason lay in his vast number of Immortal Gu. Only when he could be self-sufficient — relying solely on the resource output within the Supreme Immortal Aperture to feed all of his Immortal Gu, without depending on the outside world — would the basic construction be considered complete.
Unfortunately, Fang Yuan had numerous Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu. For the Attitude Gu and Wisdom Sword Gu, he had only just begun laying the groundwork. The subsequent construction had not yet caught up.
There was no way around it. He had already pushed himself to the limit.
Every day was calculated down to the minute and second. He was extremely parsimonious with his time, but time and energy were ultimately finite. Fang Yuan could only think carefully, distribute them properly, and then seize the priorities to carry on his cultivation.
Such effort brought rapid progress for Fang Yuan.