Chapter 308: Fang Yuan Plays Dirty

Chi Shang felt that he had been insulted.

Yes, insulted!

Everyone in the Southern Border's Gu Immortal world knew who Wu Yihai was. Everyone knew he cultivated the Transformation Path. Yet Fang Yuan wasn't using his own specialty to make things difficult for Chi Shang, but was instead targeting the very field Chi Shang excelled in.

It was as if he were saying: I'm not using the Transformation Path to challenge you, because you can't compare to me at all!

The contempt was plain for all to see.

Unbearable!

This was completely intolerable.

Chi Shang's eyes widened as he gripped Fang Yuan's mortal Communication Path Gu in his hand, grinding his teeth as he muttered, "Let me see what kind of problem you've actually set!"

"Hm? There's something to this..."

Soon, a look of gravity appeared on Chi Shang's face.

Fang Yuan's problem was, to him, genuinely challenging.

But in the next moment, Chi Shang's heart relaxed: "No wonder Wu Yihai had the confidence to challenge me in the Formation Path. This problem is somewhat difficult."

"Had he set this problem himself? Surely not! He primarily cultivates the Transformation Path—this must be the work of the Wu Family's Formation Path Gu Immortal behind him, right? Hmph, with his status as Wu Yong's younger brother, how could the Wu Family's Gu Immortals not help him?"

Although the Wu Family was not especially skilled in the Formation Path, any super family would have some involvement in formations.

Because super forces guarded resources across various regions and had large-scale needs for Gu formations.

"But so what if the Wu Family's Gu Immortals are involved? In terms of overall power, my Chi Family may indeed be slightly inferior. But when it comes to mastery of the Formation Path, my Chi Family is the undisputed number one in the Southern Border!"

A fierce sense of family pride surged within Chi Shang.

He concentrated all his energy and plunged headfirst into the problem Fang Yuan had set.

The more he pondered, the more he forgot himself.

The entire problem, under his analysis, was gradually broken down into dozens of key difficulties.

"The water-and-fire incompatibility must be resolved, but ordinary methods won't work."

"The entire Gu formation requires a circular layout, so all square-formation elements must be discarded..."

"How to solve this difficulty?"

"Hss... this is a bit tough."

"But this won't defeat me!"

Chi Shang's fighting spirit soared as if he'd been injected with adrenaline. He told himself he would teach Fang Yuan a harsh lesson!

He needed to make him understand that Chi Shang was not someone to be insulted!

"Sir, the banquet hosted by the Luo family's Gu Immortal is about to begin. We should be going." At that moment, Chi Liu, a Sixth Transformation Gu Immortal of the Chi Family, called out from outside the door to remind Chi Shang.

"Not going, not going!" Chi Shang didn't even look up, dismissing the invitation while continuing to work through the problem in his mind.

"But we already accepted..." Chi Liu hesitated.

"I said I'm not going, so I'm not going. Go away, go away." Chi Shang replied impatiently.

Chi Liu had no choice but to leave helplessly.

Chi Shang took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming as he faced the Formation Path problem Fang Yuan had posed. He muttered to himself, "What's so great about a banquet? The urgent priority is to defeat him! I need to solve this problem as quickly as possible, you little punk! How dare you insult me!"

The night passed just like that.

Chi Shang hadn't slept a wink the entire night. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was in disarray, and he was extremely exhausted.

A Gu Immortal's constitution could certainly handle staying up all night once. But Chi Shang had exerted himself considerably—he hadn't rested for a single moment the entire night, toiling away at calculations and designs, straining both mind and body.

"This problem was indeed somewhat difficult. But... I've solved it. Hahaha, you dared to challenge me! I'll make you taste my full power."

Despite his extreme exhaustion, Chi Shang appeared incredibly excited, laughing heartily.

He couldn't wait to see how Fang Yuan would respond.

"I'll send this over right now. I want to savor the look on your face!"

Chi Shang walked to the door, then suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Hm? That's not right! I'm in a contest with Wu Yihai, like opposing generals on a battlefield—how can I go myself, or even proactively deliver it? Far too undignified! I need to find a lackey to run the errand..."

Before long, Chi Liu, the Chi Family's Sixth Transformation Gu Immortal, arrived at the door of Chi Shang's study.

"Little Liu, take this and deliver it to Wu Yihai's hands. Haha. I want him to learn his lesson!" Chi Shang instructed.

Chi Liu hastily agreed.

His own cultivation was lower than Chi Shang's, and he knew well that Chi Shang was the Chi Family's great hope in the Formation Path. The Chi Family's Grand Elder Chi Quyou had said more than once that this young man, Chi Shang, could inherit his mantle.

Those words carried tremendous significance.

Chi Quyou was a grandmaster of the Formation Path. For Chi Quyou to recognize Chi Shang meant he believed there was a strong possibility that Chi Shang would one day also become a grandmaster of the Formation Path.

Chi Shang had not let down his clansmen's expectations.

From a young age, he had displayed talent and aptitude in the Formation Path. With deliberate allocation of family resources, he had trained hard year after year without ceasing. Having received the Chi Family's dedicated cultivation, his mastery of the Formation Path was now formidable and not to be underestimated.

"Mm... comfortable." Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, waking up, and stretched.

Although his soul was protected by the Courage Gu, using it too much would still leave it restless and uneasy.

This was something the Courage Gu couldn't fix, but sleep could restore the soul to its calm and settled state.

Sure enough, after sleeping, Fang Yuan swept away all his previous fatigue in an instant, his whole person brimming with energy and in excellent condition.

Chi Shang's mortal Communication Path Gu had been delivered while he was asleep.

Fang Yuan picked it up to look, a flash of surprise and delight passing through his eyes: "Oh? He actually solved it!"

"That was pretty fast."

Fang Yuan remarked, then immersed his mind into it, studying it ceaselessly.