A flash of light, and the ancient sword jiao transformed back into human form.
You Chan and Qin Baihe were dead. From this day forward, the six fairy maidens of the Eastern Sea Gu Immortal world were reduced to only four.
Fang Yuan had ruthlessly slaughtered them, yet his expression didn't so much as flicker. He aimed at two specific locations and employed Immortal Path methods.
Before long, he extracted two Immortal Orifices and temporarily sealed them.
Fang Yuan had inherited the Shadow Sect's legacy, which included Burning Sky Demoness's technique for extracting orifices along with numerous other killer moves, all effective against Immortal Orifices.
Before coming to the Eastern Sea, Fang Yuan had already worked out and calculated methods to temporarily seal Immortal Orifices for transport.
Therefore, Fang Yuan was in no rush to do anything with these two Immortal Orifices. First, he recalled the Immortal Path battlefield killer move Zi Chen Duan Ming, then summoned Ying Wu Xie, Bai Ningbing, and the others.
To ensure nothing could go wrong, Fang Yuan had kept all Shadow Sect members within his Sovereign Immortal Orifice, bringing them all to the Eastern Sea together.
Ancient Battle Formation — Four Paths, Eight Directions!
This killer move had originally been flawed and its effects were nothing impressive, but Fang Yuan had improved and repaired it considerably. So the moment it was activated, it immediately carried Fang Yuan and the other three immortals away from the Dragon Fish Sea Area, depositing them directly over the White Crane Sea Area.
Above the White Crane Sea Area, all was calm. A gentle breeze drifted across blue skies and white clouds, and between sea and sky, countless white cranes soared — some gliding gracefully, their elegant bodies fully outstretched, others resting on small islands to recuperate.
Fang Yuan didn't pause for a moment, plunging straight down toward the depths of the seabed.
The rest of the Shadow Sect Gu Immortals, following Fang Yuan's instructions, set about capturing the surrounding white cranes.
Fang Yuan entered the seabed, his gaze razor-sharp, and before long located an Immortal Gu House.
It turned out that he had deliberately abandoned even the Dragon Fish Sea Area and rushed to the White Crane Sea Area first specifically for Qin Baihe's Sixth Transformation Immortal Gu House — the Lily Palace.
When Qin Baihe departed, she hadn't taken this Immortal Gu House with her. Prolonged peace had bred complacency on one hand; on the other, she intended to leave the Immortal Gu House behind to suppress the White Crane Sea Area and guard against any unforeseen threats.
Fang Yuan approached the Lily Palace directly.
The Lily Palace opened its gates and actually welcomed Fang Yuan inside on its own initiative!
The reason was simple. Fang Yuan had already transformed into Qin Baihe's appearance — the killer move Familiar Meeting was devastatingly effective — and what stood guard over the Immortal Gu House in her stead was merely a fragment of her will.
Fang Yuan smoothly entered the Lily Palace and received Qin Baihe's will.
Qin Baihe's will suspected nothing. But the moment it entered Fang Yuan's mind, it sensed something was wrong.
However, Fang Yuan had long been prepared. Using his own mind as a battlefield, he quickly imprisoned the will. Then he began using it to seize control of the Lily Palace in reverse.
Even with Fang Yuan's considerable array of Wisdom Path Immortal Gu and Wisdom Path methods, it took him a full day and night to successfully bring the Lily Palace under his control.
At last, Fang Yuan finally possessed an Immortal Gu House!
"However, this Lily Palace is far from complete — extremely rudimentary, with very limited power. It has only two Sixth Transformation Immortal Gu as its core, and was specially crafted by Qin Baihe to house her harem concubines."
The Lily Palace was unreliable and extremely fragile, far inferior to the Hei Family's Immortal Gu House, the Black Prison.
After gaining control, Fang Yuan inspected every detail of its internal structure and committed all its operational secrets to memory, then dismantled it entirely, obtaining a large haul of Gu Insects — two Sixth Transformation Immortal Gu, one Wood Path and the other actually Food Path, named Chi Xiang.
This caught Fang Yuan slightly off guard.
The Gu Insects on You Chan and Qin Baihe's bodies — not counting the Immortal Gu, even the mortal ones — would not have remained for Fang Yuan to claim.
So these Gu Insects that had composed the Lily Palace constituted all of Fang Yuan's gains in terms of Gu Insects.
The Chi Xiang Immortal Gu resembled a wooden box, small in size, about as large as an adult's index finger in length and width. Its function was rather niche — it simply helped a Gu Immortal consume fragrances to fill their stomach.
"But in this world, there are no useless Gu Insects, only useless Gu Masters." Fang Yuan possessed Food Path legacies, and with a turn of thought he conceived numerous ways to make use of the Chi Xiang Immortal Gu.
Though this Immortal Gu was lackluster on its own, once paired with other Gu Insects, the synergistic effects it could produce were absolutely worth looking forward to.
To date, Fang Yuan possessed only one Food Path Immortal Gu, named Xiao Chi. The addition of Chi Xiang largely addressed his shortage of Food Path Immortal Gu.
This was a genuinely pleasant surprise.
Fang Yuan dismantled the Lily Palace and killed every concubine and beauty inside, keeping only their souls.
Returning to the White Crane Sea Area, the Shadow Sect immortals were still working urgently to plunder every resource they could find.
White cranes gathered in massive flocks, their numbers vast beyond count.