Among the collection, there was an Immortal Gu called Rein — a rare Seventh Transformation Information Path Immortal Gu that genuinely piqued Fang Yuan's interest.
After all, Information Path had always been one of his weaker areas, and it had considerably limited his development.
The Rein Immortal Gu had a rather peculiar function.
Once activated, it could transform into a rein capable of binding any desolate beast or desolate plant, and even ancient desolate beasts and ancient desolate plants.
That was right — though it was an Information Path Immortal Gu, its effect belonged to the Slavery Path.
Quite special, and quite wondrous.
What tempted Fang Yuan the most was that the Rein Immortal Gu's power varied according to the reputation of the Gu Master wielding it.
This made it exceptionally suited to him.
Whether it was the name of Fang Yuan himself or the false identity of Liu Guanyi, both were famous across the Five Regions and widely known. Recently, whose reputation had been the most resounding? If not Fang Yuan, who else!
"But…"
"My mastery of Information Path is quite ordinary. Even if I swap for this Rein Immortal Gu, what use would it be?"
"Enslaving ancient desolate beasts and desolate plants is of little practical use to me. I would need to enslave primordial desolate beasts."
"But with only a single Seventh Transformation Rein Immortal Gu, enslaving a primordial desolate beast would be utterly impossible. The only viable path would be to use it as the core and construct an Immortal-level Killer Move around it."
"That, however, is even more distant. After all, my mastery of both the Slavery Path and the Information Path is far from the Grandmaster level. When it comes to primordial desolate beasts and plants, even the Grandmaster level would barely suffice."
After some deliberation, Fang Yuan ultimately decided not to make the exchange and kept the Diamond Thought Gu instead.
This choice caught Wu Yong slightly off guard.
"I returned to the Eastern Sea this time and gained certain things. From now on, my Divination Turtle transformation, reflecting Wisdom Path principles, will be my primary cultivation focus." Fang Yuan offered a brief explanation.
This was also laying the groundwork for his continued use of the Divination Turtle transformation in the future.
Wu Yong nodded. "Besides this matter, I also have another task that prompted me to summon you, brother."
Fang Yuan's expression remained calm. "Please go ahead, elder brother."
Wu Yong let out a bitter laugh. "The Guanghan Peak under our clan's control has caught the eye of the Xia family. There are certain historical reasons behind this, all recorded within this Information Path mortal Gu. I hope you will take action and help our clan hold on to Guanghan Peak."
"I am happy to help ease your burden, elder brother." Fang Yuan agreed directly before accepting the Information Path mortal Gu and carefully examining its contents.
This attitude from Fang Yuan left Wu Yong feeling very satisfied.
Fang Yuan scanned through the information contained within the mortal Gu and quickly came to a thorough understanding of the situation.
It turned out that after Immortal Yanhuang had defeated Wu Yubo, the Xia family had gained the Bow Moon Bowl Valley and become the greatest beneficiary. Following that, a number of other super forces had also begun making trouble for the Wu family. Having tasted the rewards and seeing which way the tide was turning, the Xia family wanted to press on further, scheming against the Wu family to secure even more benefits for themselves.
This time, they had set their sights on Guanghan Peak.
Guanghan Peak had not originally belonged to the Wu family — it had been the property of an independent Immortal Gu Master.
Long ago, this independent cultivator had sought the Wu family's help. The Wu family had taken an interest in his territory, but the independent cultivator was unwilling to give it up.
After a difficult round of negotiations, the independent cultivator had lent the peak to the Wu family for several hundred years.
A little over a hundred years later, this independent cultivator perished during a tribulation, and Guanghan Peak became the Wu family's property, yielding substantial annual profits.
The reason the Xia family could raise a grievance was that they had located the descendants of that long-dead independent cultivator.
The independent cultivator's descendants demanded that the Wu family return Guanghan Peak — a demand that was entirely reasonable, and for which there had been undeniable proof left behind at the time.
With the Xia family backing them and waving the banner from behind, their intentions were abundantly clear — they wanted to seize Guanghan Peak for themselves.