Four colossal strength-path giant hands hovered in midair.
The two demonic-path Gu Immortals opposite him instinctively retreated a step in unison — the psychological pressure Fang Yuan exerted upon them was simply too overwhelming.
When the situation stacked against you, what could be done?
The demonic-path Gu Immortals' expressions shifted several times before they finally conceded, handing over all the Long Hate Spiders they had obtained to Fang Yuan.
Once Fang Yuan received them, he immediately flew off, making no effort to continue the confrontation.
The two demonic-path Gu Immortals finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The one who had been extorted had a look of fury and resentment on his face. He glared at Fang Yuan's figure gradually receding toward the horizon and cursed: "That old demon! I hope you die in there!"
"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down — how can you be sure he doesn't have eavesdropping methods? Be careful he doesn't come back to trouble us," the other demonic-path Gu Immortals hastily waved his hand in restraint.
The two exchanged a glance, froze simultaneously, then both reacted at once, shooting off like bolts of lightning to put distance between themselves.
The very next moment, the two began competing fiercely, attacking the deep pool without a single word exchanged, desperately scouring it for the Long Hate Spider swarms within.
"Fangcun Mountain, the Crimson Sea…" Fang Yuan flew straight onward, rapidly approaching the location mentioned in the intelligence.
He had originally had no intention of harvesting Long Hate Spiders, as he lacked any effective means of capturing them.
The Long Hate Spider swarms held little value for him, and he had already planned to abandon the effort. Who could have guessed that a round of extortion would not only save him time and immediately yield a large batch of Long Hate Spiders, but also furnish him with an important piece of intelligence?
Fang Yuan privately speculated that this intelligence was likely quite reliable and authentic.
Little People — a type of exotic race.
Fangcun Mountain was the paradise and ancestral homeland of the Little People. This had long been recorded in the *Legend of the Human Ancestor*.
Little People had transparent, delicate wings on their backs and were typically only as large as a fingertip. They sustained themselves by gathering nectar or drawing juices from plants and trees.
Each exotic race possessed unique abilities that surpassed those of humanity in their respective domains. For instance, the Hairy Ones were naturally gifted at Gu refinement, the Stone People lived underground and excelled at mining — minerals even grew naturally on their bodies. The Snow People were resistant to cold, and the Ink People possessed vast knowledge…
The Little People excelled at cultivating plants and trees. Wherever they lived, vegetation would flourish spectacularly, with flowers blooming year-round and never withering across all four seasons.
"More critically, although Fangcun Mountain is minuscule in size, it is a genuine mountain peak requiring enormous amounts of earth qi to stabilize its structure. Such a legendary mountain, even stored within an Immortal Aperture, would be an enormous burden. No Gu Immortal could carry it around at all times — and moreover, Fangcun Mountain did not belong to any single Gu Immortal of the Dongfang tribe as private property."
A Gu Immortal's Immortal Aperture was hidden within their body, and the heaven and earth qi inside were limited. If Fangcun Mountain were stored within such an Immortal Aperture for an extended period, it would inevitably drain vast quantities of earth qi to sustain the legendary mountain's structure, causing the balance of heaven and earth qi in the Immortal Aperture to collapse.
Therefore, Fangcun Mountain spent most of its time situated within the Bitan Blessed Land.
Why was that?
Because the Bitan Blessed Land was permanently planted in the ground, continuously drawing upon the boundless heaven and earth qi of the outside Northern Plains at all times — it could easily bear the burden that Fangcun Mountain imposed.
Fang Yuan's Soul-Scourging Mountain was in precisely the same situation.
The Soul-Scourging Mountain needed to absorb earth qi, or its structure would crumble and collapse. Fortunately, the Fox Immortal's Blessed Land was planted atop the Heavenly Ladder Mountain, constantly drawing in heaven and earth qi, so it did not fear the Soul-Scourging Mountain's drain.
If it were stored within the Immortal Apertures of Li Shan Xianzi or Hei Loulan and moved around constantly, after enough time even an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal would not be able to endure it — they would need to plant their Immortal Apertures in the outside world to draw in external qi and stabilize their mini-realm.
By the edge of what appeared to be an ordinary deep pool.
"Is that Fang Yuan?"
"How could he have come here?"
Li Shan Xianzi and Hei Loulan were concealed with invisibility, and Fang Yuan's arrival did not escape their detection.
The two women had previously communicated in secret to search for the thatched hut, but it was already gone from its original location. They did, however, have a significant discovery — within this very deep pool, they had found a school of Nether Eels!
After that, they had traveled across various locations before finally discovering the trail of Fangcun Mountain.
When they arrived here, they found themselves blocked, and just as they were conferring on how to proceed, Fang Yuan had appeared within their perimeter of vigilance.
Li Shan Xianzi still harbored hope and said to Hei Loulan: "Fang Yuan's detection methods are not strong. Our invisibility is a Immortal-level killer move — as long as we don't reveal ourselves voluntarily, he certainly won't be able to sense us. Perhaps he's merely passing through."
Hei Loulan had suffered Fang Yuan's devastating schemes before. Her brow furrowed with a foreboding premonition: "No — we absolutely must not underestimate that fellow Fang Yuan."
Sure enough, in the very next moment, Fang Yuan slowly descended from high altitude, rapidly approaching their position, his target aimed squarely at the deep pool before them.
Li Shan Xianzi's fantasy shattered, and her face darkened.
Fang Yuan arrived at the location described in the intelligence.
The deep pool before him was thoroughly ordinary and entirely unremarkable.