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The Southern Border.
The ruins of the great battle at Yitian Mountain.
"Lord Wu Yihai, please, this way." Wu An bowed at the waist and led the way ahead.
Fang Yuan nodded. Before him, the super Gu formation slowly opened an entrance.
"Please, my lord, you go first." Wu An stepped aside to clear the path, his face beaming with smiles, the very picture of enthusiasm.
Wu Yihai's identity was now known to virtually the entire Gu Immortal community of the Southern Border.
Having been parachuted in, Fang Yuan immediately became the Wu family's leading figure at the Super Dreamscape. Wu An, who only had Sixth Transformation cultivation, naturally fawned over his new superior.
Before Fang Yuan had even officially taken up his post, Wu An had flown out of the super Gu formation, traveling a hundred li to silently stake out a small hilltop for two days and two nights — all to welcome Fang Yuan ahead of time.
After picking up Fang Yuan, he hovered around him like a loyal dog, running back and forth at his beck and call. Whatever Fang Yuan asked, he answered without holding anything back. If Fang Yuan wanted to kick his backside right then and there, Wu An would have been overjoyed, lifting his rear end without the slightest hesitation and presenting it at Fang Yuan's feet for a good kicking.
But it was precisely because of him that, along the journey, Fang Yuan had gained a very clear understanding of the various Gu Immortals guarding the super Gu formation, as well as the current power dynamics.
Fang Yuan didn't stand on ceremony with Wu An and entered the passage first. Wu An hurried to follow, smiling all the while, bent at the waist.
Countless Gu Immortals were secretly watching this scene.
"Wu Yihai has arrived. Not long ago, he used the Wu family's Immortal-level killing move. He successfully shed his identity as an Eastern Sea Gu Immortal and truly became a member of the Southern Border." Ba Quanfeng spoke while carefully observing the expressions of the Gu Immortal beside him.
Standing next to him was none other than Ba De — the Tree Elder — universally acknowledged as the strongest Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal in the Southern Border.
Ba De had already withdrawn his gaze. "Let's wait and see," he said flatly.
With that, he turned and walked away.
It seemed Wu Yihai's arrival was nothing more than a trivial matter to him.
Ba Quanfeng couldn't help but be utterly disappointed.
He had been trying to fish for information from Ba De. Wu Yihai had arrived, but the man was a newcomer — not just within the super Gu formation, but to the entire Southern Border Gu Immortal community. He was a complete greenhorn.
With Wu Duxiu's passing, the Wu family was left with only one Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, Wu Yong. The Wu family's strength had greatly diminished, causing many clans to waver in their loyalties. Especially the powerful Ba family.
In the past, when the Wu family was dominant, Ba Quanfeng had already been brimming with grievances. Now that the Wu family had lost an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal and a newcomer named Wu Yihai had shown up, he inevitably harbored thoughts of suppressing him to vent his frustration.
Unfortunately, Ba De had simply said to wait and see.
After all, Wu Yihai's strength and cunning were still unknown.
Ba De was prudent, a seasoned statesman through and through.
If Wu Yihai proved to be green or weak, then Ba Quanfeng would not hesitate to represent the Ba family and become the main controller of the super Gu formation!
Within the super Gu formation, there was a hidden space. It was as if an enormous ring-shaped city had been constructed around the entire Super Dreamscape.
Each section was controlled by one clan — thirteen Righteous Path factions. This massive Gu formation space was divided into thirteen parts.
The section held by the Wu family was naturally vast, ranking among the top two of the thirteen. Only the Ba family's section could rival it. The Shang family and the Tie family were both a tier below.
Fang Yuan entered the space. Since he already had the intelligence provided by the Wu family in hand and Wu An, this lackey, at his side, he didn't lose his way.
Before long, he had penetrated deep into the core area and met another Wu family Gu Immortal — Wu Liao.
This man had the build of a wolf and the waist of a wasp — lean and fierce. His chin bore stubble like steel needles. He greeted Fang Yuan with neither servility nor arrogance: "Greetings, Lord Wu Yihai. Please forgive me for not going farther to welcome you, but I have pressing duties."
His tone was flat, but at its core there was a streak of pride.
Fang Yuan found this quite interesting. Both Wu Liao and Wu An were at the Sixth Transformation, yet they presented a striking contrast to each other.
Together with him, Wu Yihai, that made the entirety of the Wu family's personnel stationed at the super Gu formation.
There had originally been a Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal as well.
But since Fang Yuan had arrived, he had naturally been reassigned elsewhere.
Though the Wu family was large and powerful — hailed as the foremost force among the Southern Border's Righteous Path — Gu Immortals were not so numerous that they could be dispatched at will. The strength of every single Gu Immortal had to be carefully weighed and strategically deployed.
"Let's get down to business. You two should already be aware of the family's orders. Take me to refine the two Immortal Gu that belong to me," Fang Yuan said.
This was the top priority.
Seeing Wu Yihai's swift and decisive manner, Wu Liao felt a flicker of approval stir within him.
Wu An hurried to Fang Yuan's side, beaming. "This way, my lord. I'll take you there right away."
Moments later, Fang Yuan successfully refined the two Immortal Gu.
Refining someone else's Immortal Gu was extremely difficult. But with the Wu family's active cooperation, things were entirely different.
Only then did Fang Yuan let out a breath of relief.
He knew, of course, that among the Wu family's treasury, there would certainly be Immortal Gu suited to him or of exceptional quality. But he had still chosen these two Immortal Gu here.
He had his own reasons for doing so.
With these two Immortal Gu, Fang Yuan had effectively put down roots in this super Gu formation.