Ju Yang Immortal Venerable's Self Fortune True Inheritance had already explained the various mysteries of fortune in quite a comprehensive manner.
Broadly speaking, fortune was divided into seven colors: black, grey, white, crimson, yellow, azure, and purple. There were other mixed colors as well, but they were essentially blends of these seven.
The forms of fortune were incredibly varied, depending on the specific person, their environment, and their current state.
Take Fang Yuan himself, for example. The fortune forms and colors of him and each of his clones were vastly different.
Fang Yuan had mastered Ju Yang's complete Self Fortune True Inheritance, along with portions of Ju Yang's All-Beings Fortune True Inheritance. With just a glance at the color and form of someone's fortune, he could determine their condition and deduce a wealth of information.
Within the Fortune Cooking Cauldron were Fortune Observing Immortal Gu, Time Fortune Immortal Gu, Dog Shit Fortune Immortal Gu, Qi Fortune Immortal Gu, Connected Fortune Immortal Gu, and more. The power of these Path of Fortune Gu Insects could only be considered the basic functions of the Fortune Cooking Cauldron.
The most important power of this Immortal Gu House was—cooking fortune.
The form, color, and scale of one's fortune represented the person's current trend of change.
If Fang Yuan currently possessed a dense Black Coffin Fortune, signaling a trend toward death, he could use the Fortune Cooking Cauldron to cook and dissolve that Black Coffin Fortune, causing entirely new fortune to rise from the cauldron.
Such as Wealth Fortune, Peach Blossom Fortune, and so on.
Ju Yang's Self Fortune True Inheritance was the study of one's own fortune and how to alter it. The Fortune Cooking Cauldron was the pinnacle masterpiece of this True Inheritance. With it, one could cook and dissolve any type of fortune, then transform it into whatever one desired.
"However, I currently possess Eighth Transformation cultivation, while the Fortune Cooking Cauldron is only at the Sixth Transformation. It can't yet have any effect on my main body's fortune."
"But among my other clones, the highest cultivation is only at the Seventh Transformation, and most are still mortals."
"Just using it to cook fortune and send support over—the effect should be immediate."
After pondering for a while, Fang Yuan returned to secluded cultivation, practicing his Path of Qi Killer Moves.
The Fortune Cooking Cauldron certainly needed to be raised in transformation level, but the Regret Gu was still within the Azure Dragon Whale's Paradise Blessed Land.
Fang Yuan could command the Furman Gu Immortals to mass-produce Sixth Transformation Path of Fortune Immortal Gu, but refining them to the Seventh Transformation level still required favorable conditions.
Beast Calamity Blessed Land.
Fang Yuan's clone Zhan Budu walked at a leisurely pace.
All around him was noisy and bustling, with streams of people coming and going.
"This is the city's largest Gu Master market. Quite bustling, actually." Zhan Budu observed carefully.
His current cultivation was only at the First Transformation, and he was still too young.
His pockets were empty as well. He had only come here to gather intelligence and deepen his understanding of the surrounding environment.
"Gu Master cultivation requires resources, yet I'm completely destitute. The most urgent task is to make money."
Zhan Budu looked young and immature on the outside, but inside he was brimming with confidence.
He was a soul fragment of Fang Yuan, possessing the perspective of a Gu Immortal. Finding ways for mortal Gu Masters to earn money—could that possibly be difficult?
But after carefully observing for a while, a faint hint of gloom settled between Zhan Budu's brows.
"The Gu Masters here are all called War Beast Tamers. Although they also use Gu Insects, those Gu Insects are all for cultivating War Beasts and merging with wild animals and plants. There are no examples of Gu Masters fighting independently."
Fang Yuan circled through the market and found that Gu Insects were scarce. The vast majority of shops were selling Beast Plants.
That made sense.
This Beast Calamity Blessed Land was protected by the All Things Great Equalization Killer Move. For Gu Masters to merge with Beast Plants here was extremely easy.
If one were in the outside world, achieving the same degree would require paying more than ten times the cost.
Because the path of merging with Beast Plants was too easy and too advantageous, the orthodox line of Gu cultivation had long since been buried.
Of course, this was also related to the deliberate intentions of the Beast Calamity Immortal.
The Beast Calamity Immortal had died from severe injuries sustained during the first Myriad Calamity. This Blessed Land had once been his painstakingly managed domain. He had deliberately created this situation—it was presumably to make management easier.
After all, the human population within the Beast Calamity Blessed Land was truly enormous.
For Zhan Budu to conquer this place, he naturally couldn't employ orthodox Gu cultivation. Instead, he should follow local customs and become a War Beast Tamer as well.
Becoming a War Beast Tamer was easy in some ways and difficult in others—it required a Gu Master to possess a wild animal or plant that could successfully merge with them.
This was the most basic requirement.
Then one would go to the War Beast Guild, pay for registration, and become a member.
Within the Beast Calamity Blessed Land, the War Beast Guild was the greatest and only superpower.
If Zhan Budu joined, he would become the lowest-ranked War Beast Apprentice. Above apprentices were the backbone of the War Beast Guild—the War Beast Envoys.
Above War Beast Envoys were War Beast Champions, who had to possess Gu Immortal cultivation and typically served as city lords.
Above War Beast Champions was the singular War Beast King.
The organizational structure was quite simple and crude.
Zhan Budu currently lacked not only the corresponding Gu Insects but also War Beasts and War Plants. Especially the latter—they commanded a hefty price.
Zhan Budu had gathered enough intelligence and already had a plan forming in his mind.
"According to my plan, in about a month or so, I'll have enough funds to buy Gu Insects."
"After another month, I'll be able to acquire the lowest-ranked War Beasts."
"I'll first buy some Incisor Rats and use them for a while. This type of wild beast is greatly underestimated by the public—incredibly good value for money."
"With strength in hand, I can join the War Beast Guild and use it as a platform to take on missions and rapidly expand my power."
"Hm?!"
Just then, Zhan Budu heard someone shout: "Watch out above!!"