Hei Loulan hadn't finished speaking when Purple Mountain True Monarch cut her off: "That's right — this blessed land has been modified by Paradise Reverend. There will be no more tribulations from now on. The Mushroom Person Blessed Land has become the Mushroom Person Paradise. Of course, paradises abound across the world, but this one is special, because Paradise Reverend cultivated and honed his craft here long before he became a Reverend."
"Ai." The Mushroom Person Gu Immortal let out a long sigh. "From the moment I inherited that True Inheritance, I knew — sooner or later, I would pay the heaviest price for it. But if you want me to leave the mountain and help you do evil, forget it. You might as well kill me right here."
"I won't kill you." A cunning smile flickered across Purple Mountain True Monarch's face. "I want you to take those two and secretly infiltrate the Ripening Earth Cavern — the very place where Paradise Reverend once stayed — and cultivate there for a time. Surely you won't refuse such a simple request?"
The Mushroom Person Gu Immortal's expression grew ever more bitter. He fell silent for a long while before nodding heavily: "Fine. I agree."
Mushroom Person Paradise, the Ripening Earth Cavern.
This underground cavern was guarded by the Mushroom Person Gu Immortal.
Purple Mountain True Monarch had merged with Heaven's Will, perceiving its grand design. Using this Mushroom Person Gu Immortal, he successfully smuggled Bai Ningbing and Hei Loulan into this legendary place.
"This is where my kind raise Chakra Melons. You may cultivate here in secret, but you must not harm a single Chakra Melon," the Mushroom Person Gu Immortal warned.
Chakra Melons.
Bai Ningbing and Hei Loulan exchanged a glance, both catching the surprise in each other's eyes.
Chakra Melons were a Seventh Transformation immortal material, containing Refinement Path dao marks. They could be used in any Gu refinement process.
As such, this immortal material had an exceedingly wide range of applications.
Now, as the two immortals surveyed the sheer scale of the Ripening Earth Cavern, the sight was nothing short of terrifying. How many Chakra Melons were hidden in here?
Purple Mountain True Monarch spoke up at just the right moment to clear their doubts: "No need to guess — this is the single largest source of Chakra Melons in the Precious Yellow Heaven, controlling nearly sixty percent of the market."
"Of course, the Chakra Melons aren't the reason I brought you here, nor are they the focus. The real prize is the Super Gu Formation."
"At the core of this Super Gu Formation sits a Laws Path Immortal Gu, the 'Ripening' Gu, supplemented by a Seventh Transformation Immortal Dew Gu. When you train your Immortal Killer Moves here, your efficiency will increase dramatically, and you will grow far more proficient."
"Furthermore, thanks to the Immortal Dew Gu, your Immortal Essence recovery rate while inside the formation will be extraordinarily high."
Upon hearing this, both Hei Loulan and Bai Ningbing lit up with joy.
A cultivation ground like this might as well have been tailor-made for the two of them.
Hei Loulan's primary path was Strength, supplemented by Flame. Strength Path Immortal Gu were exceedingly rare, but Flame Path Immortal Gu were plentiful — and she also possessed her great-aunt's Flame Path True Inheritance, with countless Flame Path Immortal-grade Killer Moves.
Bai Ningbing had just inherited the Bai Xiang True Inheritance, which was no less formidable. Immortal Gu and Immortal Killer Moves — she had more than enough of both.
What limited their combat ability right now was the simple fact that they had only recently come into these inheritances and hadn't had time to convert these excellent True Inheritance into real fighting power.
During the battle against Fang Yuan at the Dimension Wall, this shortcoming had been brutally exposed in both of them.
After awakening, Purple Mountain True Monarch had taken command. To bolster their combat strength, he had specifically brought the two here, using this auspicious location to train them.
The Ripening Earth cavern was spacious, and the Mushroom Person Gu Immortal easily cordoned off a large area for Bai Ningbing and Hei Loulan to cultivate in.
Once the two were settled, Purple Mountain True Monarch departed from the Mushroom Person Paradise.
Days passed one after another.
Fang Yuan was still inside the Super Gu Formation, secretly exploring dreams.
On the surface, he used secluded cultivation as his excuse, hiding his activities from everyone. No one knew that he had been exploring dreams this whole time, and his gains had already been enormous.
A comparison with Chi Shang made this clear.
Chi Shang had earned the title Formation Maniac — over a hundred years of life, dedicating himself painstakingly to the Formation Path, only to reach the level of Formation Path Grandmaster. His age, talent, and accomplishments were already rare among Gu Immortals.
Yet in just a month or two, Fang Yuan had broken through a dream containing Formation Path true meaning and become a Formation Path Grandmaster as well.
It was precisely because dreams held such power — dramatically shortening the accumulation of experience — that the Five Regions Continental War period saw an explosion of powerful Gu Immortals, their brilliance shining like countless stars across the sky.
Now, Fang Yuan was not only a Formation Path Grandmaster but had also advanced to Grandmaster in the Dark Path.
With this level of attainment, Fang Yuan immediately found himself brimming with new ideas for the usage of his Dark Passage Immortal Gu.
"I can absolutely use the Dark Passage Immortal Gu as the core to create an Immortal Killer Move, targeted at myself, to guard against calculations from other Wisdom Path Gu Immortals. Combined with my own Dark Path dao marks, the power of this Killer Move will be truly extraordinary."
"I can also use the Dark Passage Immortal Gu as the core to assemble an Immortal Killer Move that replicates the offensive effects of the Dark Arrow Immortal Gu."
"And there's one more idea — incorporating the Dark Passage Immortal Gu into other Immortal Killer Moves should be able to suppress the aura fluctuations of all of them entirely. Activating them in the future would catch opponents completely off guard."
In truth, what Fang Yuan needed most were dreams of the Food Path and the Information Path.
The Food Path would allow him to feed his Immortal Gu more conveniently and at lower cost. The resources saved could then be channeled into his cultivation or resource management.
The Information Path was even more important.
Fang Yuan currently carried a great many Information Path Alliance Pacts on his person.
This cost him a great deal of freedom, making him feel constrained and hamstrung whenever he tried to act.
There was another consideration as well — if his Information Path attainment rose high enough, Fang Yuan would be able to see through many Information Path traps and schemes. Perhaps he could even truly cooperate with the Shadow Sect.
But the world did not bend to one's every wish.