Great Sun Immortal Venerable had instructed Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord: if at all possible, exhaust every means to drain Fang Yuan of all his Blood Path Immortal Gu!
But of course Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord couldn't say that outright. Instead, he first proposed ten Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan received the message and let out a cold laugh.
Among these Immortal Gu were the Bloodline Immortal Gu, Blood Capital Immortal Gu, Blood Skull Immortal Gu, and Blood Qi Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan possessed the Bloodline Gu.
This Gu had originally belonged to the Wu clan. Back when Fang Yuan had been disguised as Wu Yihai, the Wu family had even used the Bloodline Gu to verify his identity.
Later, he had swindled it away from them, making it his own.
For Great Sun Immortal Venerable to learn of this intelligence was no difficult feat.
The Blood Capital Immortal Gu also belonged to Fang Yuan.
This was a Gu that the previous Langya Earth Spirit had innovated on their own, combining Blood Path Gu recipes from the Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Fang Yuan had obtained it from the Langya Sect in due course.
Now this Blood Capital Immortal Gu had already been elevated from Sixth Transformation to Eighth Transformation, becoming one of the core Immortal Gu in the Four Element Fang Hui Blood Refinement Pool — one of the Four Elements, of immense significance.
The Blood Skull Immortal Gu was also in Fang Yuan's possession!
Fang Yuan had originally possessed a Fourth Transformation Blood Skull Mortal Gu, which he had once used to enhance his own Aptitude.
But the cost of the Blood Skull Mortal Gu was exceedingly steep. To enhance a Gu Master's Aptitude, one had to slaughter a sufficient number of blood relatives.
At Qing Mao Mountain, in order to enhance his Aptitude, Fang Yuan had practically massacred the entirety of the Guye Stockade.
Once one reached the Gu Immortal level, the value of a Blood Skull Gu that could enhance Aptitude would plummet dramatically. For many solitary Gu Immortals, the Blood Skull Gu was of little practical use.
But for organizations, the Blood Skull Gu was extremely important.
Fang Yuan had reasoned that while he himself would no longer benefit from the Blood Skull Gu, others could still make use of it.
Five hundred years of memories from his previous life told him that the Blood Skull Immortal Gu true inheritance had been destroyed due to the celestial and terrestrial upheaval.
Thus, before the contest at the Frenzy Demon Den, when he had been assisting numerous Gu Immortal seeds in ascending to immortality, he had taken advantage of the opportunity of Learning from Nature to inquire about a relatively complete remnant recipe for the Blood Skull Immortal Gu.
Afterward, through his own calculations, he had derived the full Blood Skull Immortal Gu recipe.
Following this Immortal Gu recipe, Fang Yuan had easily refined the Blood Skull Immortal Gu.
Sure enough, just as he had anticipated, the Blood Skull Immortal Gu's effect remained the enhancement of Aptitude. Because it was an Immortal Gu, it was effective against Gu Immortals as well. The drawback remained that it required the slaughter of blood relatives. The higher a Gu Immortal's cultivation, the larger the scale of blood kin massacre required — it might even necessitate slaughtering Gu Immortal blood relatives!
As for the Blood Qi Immortal Gu, it was also in Fang Yuan's hands.
Demon Immortal Qi Jue had obtained the true inheritance of the Blood Qi Immortal Gu and had once traded with Fang Yuan, allowing him to obtain the related Immortal Gu recipe.
After Demon Immortal Qi Jue's death, Fang Yuan had seized the opportunity to refine it.
Currently its transformation level was not high — only Sixth Transformation.
In addition, Fang Yuan possessed other Blood Path Immortal Gu. Such as the Blood Trace Gu and Blood Oath Gu.
These two Blood Path Immortal Gu had been jointly created by Eastern Sea Blood Path demonic immortals Ding Yan and Ding Qi. One served for scouting, and the other fulfilled an Information Path function.
Fang Yuan had not obtained these two Immortal Gu recipes from Ding Yan and Ding Qi directly, but he had learned that both Gu had been destroyed.
He had then taken advantage of the opportunity of Learning from Nature to inquire about relatively complete remnant recipes, and combined with his own calculations, had swiftly refined them as well.
"I don't mind telling you the truth, friend Hundred Feet — I have a great many Blood Path Immortal Gu in my possession," Fang Yuan said to Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord.
Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord hurriedly praised: "Lord Fang Yuan plans ahead and shows great foresight. As a Refinement Path Venerable, you are without equal in all of history. I am filled with the utmost admiration!"
Fang Yuan chuckled: "If you wish to trade for Blood Path Immortal Gu, then offer the Yuan Realm Extraction Method in exchange."
Before Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord had come to find Fang Yuan, Great Sun Immortal Venerable had privately instructed him. At that time, Great Sun Immortal Venerable had told him about the Yuan Realm Extraction Method.
In Great Sun Immortal Venerable's thinking: Fang Yuan's desire for the Yuan Realm Extraction Method was plain for all to see. Hadn't anyone noticed that Fang Yuan's Yuan Realm was still sitting there in the Treasure Yellow Heaven?
Fang Yuan still hadn't extracted it, which could essentially confirm that he did not possess the Yuan Realm Extraction Method.
Therefore, this method was the greatest bargaining chip for acquiring Blood Path Immortal Gu, and could be put to excellent use!
"Just as expected — Fang Yuan immediately proposed the Yuan Realm Extraction Method. Great Sun Immortal Venerable was not wrong!" Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord was secretly thrilled, and the unease in his heart dissipated by more than half.
He deliberately remained silent for a moment before responding to Fang Yuan: "The Yuan Realm Extraction Method?"
Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord deliberately put on an expression of difficulty.
Fang Yuan snorted coldly: "Don't play tricks on me. You were sent here by Great Sun Immortal Venerable — do you think he didn't brief you?"
Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord's heart trembled, and he quickly straightened his posture: "Lord Fang Yuan is wise and perceptive, seeing through all things. Please forgive my offense."
Fang Yuan responded with a faint "hmph": "Then let's start with the Yuan Realm Extraction Method to purchase one of my Blood Path Immortal Gu."
"Wh-what?" Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord was shocked. Fang Yuan's exorbitant demand, his sheer greed, was almost unbelievable.
"Lord Fang Yuan, in my humble opinion, the Yuan Realm Extraction Method is of tremendous value — exchanging it for ten Blood Path Immortal Gu should be perfectly reasonable," Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord hastily said.
Fang Yuan laughed coldly: "Ha! Now that's what I call greedy — making such an outrageous demand!"
Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord: "..."