Then, Fang Zheng hurried over.
"Lord Qing Shu!" He shouted joyfully, running toward Gu Yue Qing Shu without fear. But immediately, he was beaten back by a rain of pine needles.
"Group leader, it's me, Fang Zheng!!" He shouted in surprise, realizing something was wrong for the first time.
But how could Gu Yue Qing Shu answer him?
"Brother, what's wrong with Lord Qing Shu?" Lost and panicked, Fang Zheng had to ask Fang Yuan for help.
But Fang Yuan ignored him. He half-crouched, extended his right hand like a claw in the direction of Bai Ning Bing.
Snatch Gu!
He secretly activated this Gu, and soon felt as if he had grabbed something.
He quickly pulled back, and a Gu flew out of Bai Ning Bing's body.
It was actually a Red Iron Relic Gu!
This was once given to Bai Ning Bing by the Bai family head, but Bai Ning Bing hadn't used it and quickly reached the third turn in cultivation.
Now, it benefited Fang Yuan.
Seeing the Red Iron Relic Gu fly from Bai Ning Bing to Fang Yuan's hand, a group of Bai family Gu masters immediately became furious and started shouting.
"Bastard, if you don't want to die, stop!"
"To dare steal our Bai family's Gu in front of us!!"
"And it's a Red Iron Relic Gu..."
Fang Yuan sneered without speaking. Once he got the Red Iron Relic Gu, he refined it instantly using Spring Autumn Cicada. But he didn't store it in his aperture; instead, he put it in his pocket, giving the impression that he hadn't refined it on the spot.
He reached out again, and this time a gray beetle flew out.
"Stone Aperture Gu..." Fang Yuan recognized this Gu's origin. With a flash in his eyes, he refined it again and put it into his pocket.
"Damn, another Gu!"
"Stop him! He's so unbridled, he doesn't put our Bai family in his eyes at all."
"Save Bai Ning Bing. Kill these guys!"
The Bai family Gu masters roared and rushed over from the other end of the mountain path.
Bai Ning Bing was heavily nurtured by his family, and every Gu on him was of top quality. Now, being taken by Fang Yuan in public, everyone's heart ached.
This was more unbearable than killing them.
Seeing these people charging fiercely, Fang Zheng stepped back in fear. Fang Yuan remained indifferent.
At this moment, he and Fang Zheng were on the east side of the mountain path, while the Bai family Gu masters were on the west end, with Gu Yue Qing Shu and Bai Ning Bing blocking between them.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Pine needles fell like rain continuously.
"Damn..." The Bai family Gu masters cursed repeatedly but were temporarily blocked by Gu Yue Qing Shu.
"Gu Yue Qing Shu is near death, and I only have enough time to activate Snatch Gu once more. What will it be this time?" Fang Yuan calmed himself and activated Snatch Gu again.
Each activation of Snatch Gu consumes considerable primeval essence. The stronger the targeted Gu, the more difficult the process and the more primeval essence consumed. If the snatch fails, the Gu master suffers backlash.
Thus, Snatch Gu is somewhat awkward and not widely useful.
But at this time, Bai Ning Bing was dying, his consciousness blurry, nearly exhausted. So it was not difficult to snatch his Gu.
Among Bai Ning Bing's Gu, the most valuable was undoubtedly the Frost Demon Gu. This Gu was comparable to the Wood Demon Gu, allowing one to transform into a frost demon. But if used for too long, it would extinguish the Gu master's life flame, turning them into an ice sculpture.
Bai Ning Bing was aware of this drawback and had never fully used the Frost Demon Gu like Gu Yue Qing Shu did.
Besides the Frost Demon Gu, the second most valuable was the Blue Bird Ice Coffin Gu, a third-turn Gu. Currently, it resided in Bai Ning Bing's throat.
If he could capture the Blue Bird Ice Coffin Gu, that would be the best scenario. But Snatch Gu was only second-turn, so it couldn't follow the Gu master's wishes completely.
In the end, Fang Yuan snatched the Water Shield Gu from Bai Ning Bing.
This was not bad either. The Water Shield Gu, combined with the White Jade Gu, would provide Fang Yuan with better defense.
The tree spirit that Gu Yue Qing Shu had transformed into was finally pushed down by the Bai family Gu masters.
They chopped open the wooden cage and rescued the unconscious Bai Ning Bing, who had lost his right arm.
Just as they were about to attack Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng, reinforcements from the Gu Yue clan arrived.
After a standoff, both sides tacitly stopped fighting.
Qing Shu died, Bai Ning Bing was severely injured. Under the wolf tide, such sacrifices were already alarming. If a large-scale conflict occurred, the survival pressure on the families would be too great.
In any world, people fight mostly for profit.
But the greatest profit in the world is undoubtedly "survival."
In the end, Gu Yue Qing Shu's corpse and Gu were taken back by the Gu Yue clan's Gu masters.
Both sides, wary of each other, left this battlefield.
...
Rain was falling, the sky overcast.
A group stood on a slope behind the mountain stronghold; this was the cemetery.
Almost every once in a while, new graves were added here.
In this world, human survival is difficult, whether due to external forces or internal conflicts, there is always sacrifice.
The elder's voice, hoarse and low, echoed in everyone's ears, adding to the gloom in their hearts.