This ball of yellow light was supported by Fang Yuan's soul power. However, Fang Yuan was young, and his soul foundation was far inferior to Qiu Jiu, a century-old monster. Enslaving Qiu Jiu was no easy task.
But how could Fang Yuan have not anticipated this? He had his own methods.
Slap, slap, slap. Thump, thump, thump.
"Stop! How dare you hit me!"
"Kick my face again, and I'm going to get serious…"
"Damn it, you're still kicking! I'll fight you to the death!"
"Don't hit me, don't hit me."
"No, don't…"
Fang Yuan beat Qiu Jiu until he was rolling around. Qiu Jiu was unable to use his Gu, while Fang Yuan had his Strength Gu to use.
In terms of strength, Qiu Jiu was naturally no match for Fang Yuan. Soon, Qiu Jiu was battered and bruised. His frequent lapses in concentration caused most of the light to have already fused into his body.
"Hold on, hold on! Once it fully merges, I'll become his slave forever, unable to turn things around!" Qiu Jiu curled up into a ball, letting Fang Yuan punch and kick him. An intense sense of crisis made his hair stand on end.
Just a sliver of the yellow light lingered above his forehead, stubbornly refusing to fuse.
Fang Yuan let out a cold laugh and suddenly said, "Zeng A Niu, don't you want revenge? Chen Jiu abandoned you and is living well with Shang Yanfei."
"You, how do you know?!" Qiu Jiu's mental defenses instantly crumbled. The light dropped down and completely entered his body.
In an instant, Qiu Jiu's expression changed, and he knelt down before Fang Yuan.
"Your subordinate greets the master!"
Fang Yuan burst into laughter.
Success!
This Rank Five Slave Gu was naturally meant to enslave a Rank Five Gu Master to fully utilize its value.
As of now, Mo Wu Tian and Xiao Mang hadn't arrived yet. Tie Mu Bai, Wu Gui, Ku Mo, and Wu Lan Shan had also been killed by Fang Yuan. The remaining choices were Wang Xiao, the Lord of Wu Shan, and Qiu Jiu, the Slaughterous Ghost Healer.
But how could a mere Wu Shan compare to the Life and Death Door? The Life and Death Door was a forbidden land that rivaled the River of Time!
By enslaving Qiu Jiu, he had grasped the clue leading to the Life and Death Door. Moreover, as one of the Four Great Physicians of the Southern Border, Qiu Jiu's influence extended even to the righteous path, making him far more valuable than Mo Wu Tian.
The only fly in the ointment was that enslaving Qiu Jiu placed a certain burden on Fang Yuan's soul, which would significantly affect the subsequent refinement of an Immortal Gu.
"Qiu Jiu, back then, did you use the Vow Gu with your Senior Sister, the Unadorned Hands Physician, vowing to love each other forever and never forsake each other?" Fang Yuan looked at the Slaughterous Ghost Healer and asked a question.
"Indeed, there was such a thing. But master, how do you know this?" Qiu Jiu, his face swollen from the beating, admitted frankly while kneeling, surprised by the question.
"Hmph, since you used the Vow Gu, do you know how the Unadorned Hands Physician escaped the bondage of the vow?" Fang Yuan squinted.
"The Vow Gu is a substitute for the Oath of the Mountains and Seas Gu. Chen Jiu didn't have the ability to nullify the Vow Gu. She did it for that pretty boy, Shang Yanfei. She took a great risk, letting the vow activate and kill her. Without a host, the power of the vow naturally disappeared. Then, using healing methods, she was brought back from the dead, thus escaping the vow!"
Saying this, Qiu Jiu had an angry expression. He had doted on his senior sister, but she turned against him for a pretty boy, even risking her life to escape the vow.
Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan was even angrier. He couldn't help but raise his leg and kick Qiu Jiu down on the spot.
"You goddamn unreliable piece of crap!"
He clearly remembered what Qiu Jiu had said in the previous life: "We made a vow before the sea in the blessed land, vowing to guard each other, never leaving or forsaking…"
"Who would have thought that the senior sister's heart had already changed, and she actually violated the vow we made back then, injuring me and defecting together with that scoundrel…"
What vow?! It was the fucking Vow Gu!
Qiu Jiu's words dodged the important points and were vague in some places, glossing over his own mistakes. If he had explicitly mentioned the Vow Gu, Fang Yuan admitted to himself that he might not have been vigilant enough, knowing that there was someone in Shang Clan City who could break the Vow Gu's restraint, and he would have been more wary of Bai Ning Bing.
"But I should have expected this. When Qiu Jiu talked about Shang Yanfei's appearance, he said that Shang Yanfei was only a little better looking than himself. He could say such a shameless thing so naturally. It's no wonder he omitted the word 'Gu' from 'Vow Gu'."
Fang Yuan looked at Qiu Jiu with contempt.
When it came to romance, he actually used the Vow Gu to constrain the other party. This showed how dark and inferior Qiu Jiu's heart was. It was no surprise that someone like him would speak in a falsely embellished way.
Fang Yuan had always been curious about how Bai Ning Bing had managed to escape the vow. Even in the previous life, Bai Ning Bing hadn't given a clear answer. Now, Fang Yuan figured it out. It must have been this Unadorned Hands Physician who made a move to help Bai Ning Bing escape the vow.
"Alright, let bygones be bygones. Qiu Jiu, go to the King Xin Inheritance and retrieve the Boon of War Gu for me." Fang Yuan calmed his emotions and gave the order.
"Your subordinate will do his utmost!" Qiu Jiu respectfully accepted the order.
Qiu Jiu was a healing Gu Master, not a Refining Path Grandmaster like Feng Tian Yu. It was impossible for him to assist Fang Yuan in refining the Second Aperture Gu, but getting him to seize the Boon of War Gu was an easy task.
This was because the blessed land was in decline, and soon Gu could be freely mobilized. Qiu Jiu just needed to charge in with brute force, and he could even seize the Second Aperture Gu.