"Master, you must not dismantle the entire Gu formation. If the formation is destroyed, I will perish as well." At that moment, the Formation Spirit spoke up, advising Red Cloud Dancing Lady.
Red Cloud Dancing Lady nodded.
This Formation Spirit was truly excellent and practical.
When the Gu formation had collapsed earlier and there was no one to manage it, under normal circumstances, it would have completely fallen apart. But because of the Formation Spirit, a portion of the Gu formation was actually unified into a small remnant formation, managing to cling on and persist until the end.
Just like a terrain spirit that would repair flaws in a blessed land, the Formation Spirit served the same function.
Red Cloud Dancing Lady certainly wouldn't abandon such an excellent Formation Spirit.
The Formation Spirit continued, "Fortunately, there is still a Formation Flag Gu within the formation. Master could use the Formation Flag Gu to first collect the entire Gu formation into it, and then place it inside your Immortal aperture."
Back when Zhen Yuanzi the Gu Immortal had created the Formation Spirit Immortal Gu, he naturally understood its limitations, and had thus refined the Formation Flag Gu as a supplementary tool.
When the Gu formation had collapsed earlier, the first thing the Formation Spirit had protected was the Formation Flag Immortal Gu. As a result, Red Cloud Dancing Lady now only needed to learn how to operate it.
Several days later.
Night, with stars dotting the sky.
The air was cold, and breath turned to mist.
In the Western Desert, atop an ordinary sand dune, the radiance surrounding Fang Yuan gradually faded.
In the end, all aura around his body receded to nothing, and the last traces of light dissolved into tiny fireflies that struggled briefly before being swallowed by the darkness.
Fang Yuan exhaled a long, turbid breath and slowly opened his eyes.
"I wonder what the actual effect of this Immortal Killing Move, Fortify Fortune, really is..."
Over the past few days, while fleeing, Fang Yuan had occasionally activated this Immortal Killing Move.
The origin of the Fortify Fortune killing move was Ma Hongyun.
Fang Yuan had extracted the Fortify Fortune killing move from Ma Hongyun's soul. In other words, this killing move originated from one of Juyang Immortal Venerable's true inheritances — the Fortune of All Beings.
The Fortify Fortune killing move was undoubtedly well-suited for Fang Yuan.
Its effect was to make one's own fortune unshakable and resistant to outside influence.
All along, Fang Yuan had been worried about the drawbacks of fortune-linking.
After all, when he had linked fortunes with Han Li, Hong Yi, and Ye Fan in the past, it was because of their strong personal fortune. But circumstances had changed — now that Fang Yuan possessed fortune of his own, his fortune path was stronger than that of Han Li and the others.
This meant that Fang Yuan had to divert a portion of his good fortune and hand it over to Han Li and the others.
This was undoubtedly a detriment to his interests.
Especially after the Burning Soul Fortune Explosion, when his fortune had surged dramatically, Fang Yuan couldn't enjoy the full benefit — a portion of the gains was shared among everyone linked in the fortune chain.
Previously, Fang Yuan had no alternative, but after killing Ma Hongyun, he finally had a solution.
The Fortify Fortune killing move was that solution.
The core of this killing move had originally been the Stubborn Immortal Gu and the Law Path Immortal Gu "Master." However, after making modifications, Fang Yuan had replaced both cores — using the Defense Immortal Gu and the Law Path Immortal Gu "Grand" respectively.
He had obtained the Defense Immortal Gu long ago. As for the "Grand" Immortal Gu, it came from Purple Mountain True Monarch.
Purple Mountain True Monarch's true form was that of a small-person Gu Immortal. It was only after using the "Grand" Immortal Gu that he could enlarge his body and then take on the appearance of a human Gu Immortal.
However, Fang Yuan's fortune path attainment was not at the Grandmaster level, so his modifications to this killing move could only be considered half-successful.