Wu Yong's hesitation didn't last long. He quickly decided to follow Fang Yuan's suggestion.
This was an opportunity. A prime opportunity for the Wu Clan.
Lately, Wu Yong had been stationed at the Wu Clan's base, fending off pressure and difficulties from other factions. It had been a suffocating existence, and he certainly had no desire to return to it.
Moreover, he understood that as long as he, an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal, remained unharmed, the Wu Clan would maintain its footing within the Southern Border's Gu Immortal world. Things couldn't possibly get much worse.
If Fang Yuan wanted to borrow the Name Restraining Immortal Gu, then let him have it. The Bloodline Immortal Gu, too.
But this support was not to be blind trust. Wu Yong and the entire Wu Clan Gu Immortals insisted on carefully listening to Fang Yuan's reasons for borrowing each Gu. Any unreasonable justification would be immediately refuted and rejected.
This serious and cautious approach was already a tradition among the major superpowers. After all, Immortal Gu are unique. Every single one, even at the Sixth Transformation level, represented a direct increase in a superpower's foundation.
Immortal Gu were never borrowed lightly. For Fang Yuan to concoct suitable reasons within such a short timeframe was no easy feat.
Ultimately, however, he managed to borrow six Immortal Gu.
"Six Immortal Gu should suffice. Any more, and do you even have enough Immortal Essence to activate them all?" Wu Yong tactfully rejected Fang Yuan's further request.
Having all six Immortal Gu concentrated on one person was simply too risky.
It wasn't that the Wu Clan doubted Fang Yuan's identity, but if something unfortunate happened to Wu Yihai, all these Immortal Gu would be lost, causing severe damage to the clan's reserves.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Everyone understood this principle.
Fang Yuan let out a deep sigh. "Ah, brother, your reminder is apt. My Red Date Immortal Essence is truly running low. Senior Brother, please quickly lend me some more Immortal Essence Stones! I need to replenish my Immortal Essence rapidly."
He took the opportunity to skim off another layer.
This time, Wu Yong didn't hesitate. He approved it immediately. You don't send out hungry soldiers. Without Immortal Essence, even a multitude of Immortal Gu were useless. Having lent out so many Gu, he had to let them serve some purpose.
Thus, Fang Yuan directly received one hundred thousand Immortal Essence Stones.
The Wu Clan truly lived up to its status as a superpower. Their vast wealth was evident.
"Use them sparingly."
"Those Immortal Essence Stones and Immortal Gu are only lent to you. You must exercise extreme caution," Wu Yong instructed Fang Yuan carefully.
Fang Yuan hurriedly agreed.
The Immortal Gu and Immortal Essence Stones were quickly delivered directly into Fang Yuan's hands via the Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Treasure Yellow Heaven was thrown into a commotion.
The moment Fang Yuan received them, he began actively absorbing the Immortal Essence Stones, converting them into his own Immortal Essence, while simultaneously depositing all six Immortal Gu into the Reverse Flow River.
He suppressed them all.
As soon as this battle concluded, Wu Yihai's identity would certainly be exposed. A single word from the Heavenly Court would spark more than enough suspicion. Fang Yuan couldn't withstand sustained investigation. A single use of soul-searching techniques or a direct inspection of his Immortal Aperture would reveal the truth.
Therefore, before making his escape, he had to seize this chance to plunder as much as possible.
"The biggest pity is that I couldn't borrow an Immortal Gu House," Fang Yuan smacked his lips, feeling his massive con of the entire Wu Clan still left him wanting.
For a superpower, the significance of an Immortal Gu House far outweighed that of individual Immortal Gu.
It was impossible to lend directly to Fang Yuan.
It was like the atomic bombs on Earth—national treasures of the highest order, never lightly entrusted to outsiders.
Unless Fang Yuan became someone like Wu Yong, holding supreme authority within the Wu Clan and possessing an Immortal Gu House himself, no one would speak of such a thing.
Just like when Black City alone was able to borrow the Black Cage Immortal Gu House, that was because the four great Supreme Elders of the Black Clan suffered aftereffects from cultivating the Blue City Vertical and Horizontal technique, forcing them to stay together and unable to leave individually. Black City, against that backdrop, held supreme authority within the Black Clan.
If Fang Yuan wanted to borrow an Immortal Gu House, Wu Yong's first thought was: "If this brother of mine borrows the House, what if he doesn't return it after this battle? What if he uses the House's power and the Qiao Clan's aid to resist me?"
Furthermore, transmitting an Immortal Gu House through Treasure Yellow Heaven was not possible in its complete form.
The essence of an Immortal Gu House was a Gu formation. No one could set up or refine a Gu formation or Killing Move within Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Therefore, to transmit one, it had to be disassembled. Disassembly was easy; reassembly was the hard part.
An Immortal Gu House was the ultimate crystallization of the Formation Path. To assemble one, even if one knew the method and the correct steps, required the full concentration and active effort of a Formation Path Gu Immortal.
Any slight mistake would lead to assembly failure. This was the same principle as failing to set up a Gu formation. The Gu Immortal would suffer backlash, and the Gu formation or Immortal Gu House itself would suffer damage.
The risk was too great. Lending Fang Yuan so many Immortal Gu and Immortal Essence Stones had already reached the absolute limit of what the entire Wu Clan was willing to offer.