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The Temporal Fortune Enhancement killer move, while not consuming one's lifespan and providing a boost to the Fortune Path, carried two major drawbacks.
The first drawback was the soul remnant backlash. Because of the nature of this Immortal Path killer move, the soul remnant was extremely vicious. Soul battles were perilous, yet one could not employ any Soul Path methods — one had to clash with it using nothing but the strength of one's own soul. As a result, even Soul Path Gu Immortals would suffer severe soul damage after such a battle.
The second drawback was that the Immortal Body Experienced Time limitation allowed this move to be used only once per calendar month.
What was Immortal Body Experienced Time?
The flow of time in Blessed Lands, Blessed Realms, and the outside world was different. For example, one day outside might correspond to fifteen days in a Blessed Land. If a Gu Immortal was in the outside world, one day of Immortal Body Experienced Time would pass. If they were inside a Blessed Land, then fifteen days of Immortal Body Experienced Time would pass.
The total length of a Gu Immortal's lifespan — how long they had actually lived from birth to death — was the sum of all their Immortal Body Experienced Time.
Fang Yuan put away the Temporal Fortune Immortal Gu along with his mortal Gu, then instinctively raised his head to gaze into the sky above.
"It's a pity I don't have the Fortune Insight Immortal Gu. Without it, I can't observe changes in my own fortune. There's no way to gauge how effective the Temporal Fortune Enhancement really is. Hm? Wait — I can't observe myself, but I can observe others!" A sudden flash of inspiration struck Fang Yuan as he thought of a solution.
He possessed mortal Fortune Insight Gu in hand. He couldn't use them on himself, an Immortal Zombie — but he had already linked his fortune with Ye Fan, Han Li, and Hong Yi.
Once fortunes were linked, the four of them were like four bowls connected by channels, their water levels kept in balance.
If the water in Fang Yuan's bowl suddenly increased, it would immediately be divided equally into four portions, with only one portion remaining in his bowl while the other three flowed to the other three people.
Fang Yuan couldn't observe himself. But he could observe the other three. After all, they were all still mortals!
Southern Border.
Deep within a dense mountain forest, Ye Fan leaped through the terrain with the agility of an ape.
He would spring over boulders one moment, then climb and grasp long green vines the next, swinging between towering trees.
His movements were extraordinarily swift. As if a monkey spirit truly possessed his body.
In fact, fine, fuzzy monkey hair had sprouted all over his nostrils, cheeks, and the backs of his hands.
His eyes were no longer black and white either — they had turned golden. He stared intently at a faint blue light ahead, his gaze growing increasingly anxious.
"This Blue Appearance Gu really is slippery — so difficult to catch. No, I have to capture it. It's a Third Transformation Transformation Path Gu, capable of altering a male Gu Master's appearance. I'm currently wanted and hunted; this Gu is especially crucial for me!"
Suddenly, an unbearable itch surged from deep within Ye Fan.
He glanced down and saw the backs of his hands were already covered in thick monkey hair. His heart sank. "This is bad! The longer I forcibly maintain the Ape Transformation killer move, the more monkey hair grows. Once I exceed the time limit, I'll probably turn into some half-human, half-monkey monstrosity. But if I dispel this move, my speed will plummet, and I'll have no choice but to let this wild Blue Appearance Gu escape…"
Just as Ye Fan was caught in this dilemma, the sky rapidly darkened. Storm clouds blanketed the firmament, and in moments, raindrops the size of beans began to fall. Within a dozen breaths, it had become a torrential downpour.
The rain obscured his vision, and Ye Fan completely lost sight of the faint blue glow he had been barely tracking.
"Damn it. Days and nights of effort, and in the end I still failed. Sigh — without a Gu Insect specifically designed to capture wild Gu, it's like trying to catch them bare-handed. Truly a nightmare!"
Standing in the downpour, Ye Fan was quickly drenched through. Despair settled over him.
Just then, a crack of lightning split the sky and struck a great tree on the mountainside.
The tree toppled, flames surged, and the fire spread rapidly — even the torrential rain couldn't extinguish it.
"This Tung Oil Mountain is covered in tung oil trees. Once ignited, the fire spreads easily and is nearly impossible to put out. I need to get out of here fast, or the entire mountainside will burn and block all the paths. By then it'll be too late to leave."
Ye Fan hurried away.
A quarter of an hour later, he stood at the foot of the mountain, watching the blaze engulf the slopes, raging skyward with unstoppable fury. Even the rain could not quell it.
He let out a sigh and was about to turn and leave when a wobbling blue light drifted into view.
Ye Fan's eyes went wide.
It was the Blue Appearance Gu!
But the Gu was covered in a thick layer of ashen soot, clearly badly wounded.
Ye Fan rushed over and seized it in his hand. Normally, refining a wild Gu Insect would meet fierce resistance from its will, but the creature was so weakened that he managed to refine it within a few breaths.
"To think I'd end up obtaining the Blue Appearance Gu just like this." Ye Fan sighed with emotion, a sense of wonder at the mysteries of fate rising unbidden in his heart.
This pleasant surprise left him thoroughly satisfied. He was about to leave the area when his body suddenly went rigid, freezing in place like a stone statue.
Behind the Blue Appearance Gu, three more wild Gu Insects — having fled the inferno in a half-dead state — came drifting toward him…
Western Desert.
On the Boulder Wasteland, rocks large and small were piled and strewn in endless succession, forming a vast natural stone field stretching ten thousand li in every direction.
Han Li was gasping for breath, his feet crunching against the jagged stones, each step sending jolts of pain through him, yet he ran on desperately.
"You brat — put down those three Nodding Stones right now!" Behind him, a Third Transformation Gu Master roared in fury, refusing to let up the chase.
Hearing those words, Han Li ran even faster.
In his field of vision, a cluster of towering boulders loomed ever closer.
A look of joy welled up on Han Li's face.