A massive dark cloud, seeming slow but actually fast, passed over Fang Yuan and others, traveling south for five thousand li, and drifted above an unnamed small hill.
The dark cloud covered the clear moonlight, casting a large shadow, darkness covering this hill.
The dark cloud hovered motionless, and from within flew a sword light, it was the Flying Sword Message Gu.
The Flying Sword Message Gu shot onto the hill, suddenly disappeared into some space, vanishing.
After a moment, the small hill shook slightly, a red light bloomed slowly.
The red light was bright, red like evening clouds, and condensed into a mass, as if a red sun had risen in the night.
For a time, the area hundreds of li was illuminated in red.
From this small red sun, a jade bridge extended.
A six-turn Gu Immortal, with a youthful appearance, big round face, fair-skinned, stepped onto the bridge and walked out.
He wore a snow fox fur robe, his face full of redness, and laughed loudly at the dark cloud above: "Ghost King, you're still well, I see."
Creak creak creak creak...
With a hoarse and unpleasant laugh, a figure shot out from the rolling dark cloud.
He exuded the vast aura of a six-turn Gu Immortal, it was Ghost King.
Ghost King descended rapidly, seemingly about to hit the ground. Suddenly, from behind him, a pair of large cyan-black bat wings extended.
The bat wings flapped slowly, suspending him in midair, facing the Gu Immortal on the bridge from afar.
"Red Jade Sanren, this is the lava bats I promised you, totaling three million five hundred thousand, take a count." Ghost King spoke, his voice very hoarse and unpleasant, giving people goosebumps.
His appearance was also ugly. Hair disheveled, forehead bulging, eyes sunken. Eyes tightly closed, ears large and protruding, one ear almost half the size of his head.
Upon hearing this, Red Jade Sanren raised his head and looked at the dark cloud above.
His originally brown eyes began to slowly heat up and turn red, like iron wire heated to that color.
His gaze became hot, almost solid, penetrating the dark cloud. Within, he saw densely packed bats flying.
These bats were dark red all over, emitting enormous heat. They chirped noisily, crowded together.
Red Jade Sanren swept his gaze and nodded with satisfaction: "Indeed three million five hundred thousand. With these lava bats, my Red Jade Blessed Land will not need to discharge lava to the underground every month. It can digest them itself, and even benefit. I will take all these lava bats."
"Creak creak creak creak..." Ghost King laughed loudly, the dark cloud split, and the bats lost their restraint. Immediately they flew out.
These lava bats did not fly around randomly, but descended rapidly, like a black-red waterfall, diving headfirst into the small sun.
Every blessed land's door is unique.
This small sun was the door of Red Jade Blessed Land.
After these chaotic bat armies all flew into Red Jade Blessed Land, Ghost King spoke: "Red Jade Sanren, since you have accepted these bats, then you have agreed to explore Langya Blessed Land with me."
"Of course. When have I, Red Jade Sanren, ever broken my word? I will definitely arrive at Langya Blessed Land in one month. But the earth spirit in Langya Blessed Land is still there. Just the two of us forcefully entering might not be enough." Red Jade Sanren said worriedly.
"Don't worry about that. I have also invited the Three Flower Sea Immortals to help." Ghost King said.
"Oh? The righteous Three Flower Sea Immortals can be invited?" Red Jade Sanren was slightly surprised.
"Hmph, what is demon? What is righteous? They are just interests. Langya Blessed Land stores countless secret recipes. The Three Flower Sea Immortals cannot be unmoved." Ghost King sneered at these righteous Gu Immortals.
"Haha, well said! I still need to arrange these bats. Ghost King, I won't see you off." Red Jade Sanren smiled.
Ghost King snorted coldly, the pair of cyan-black bat wings on his back suddenly flapped, propelling his figure like lightning into the dark cloud.
The dark clouds rolled, heading north, covering the sky and moon along the way.
When they reached above the Rotting Poison Grasslands, the dark cloud suddenly stopped. Ghost King halted, looking puzzled: "Eh? What's this! There is the aura of an Immortal Gu?"
With an incredulous expression, he descended and landed, at the very spot where Fang Yuan and Ge Yao first met.
"Although the aura of the Immortal Gu is already extremely faint, it is indeed a genuine Immortal Gu! Strange, there is only the aura of an Immortal Gu, but no aura of a Gu Immortal. Could it be that this is a wild Immortal Gu? No, that's not right, there are traces of human activity here. That means, a mortal Gu Master obtained an Immortal Gu?"
Ghost King speculated to here, and couldn't help but show joy.
He had been promoted to Gu Immortal for over fifty years, but still did not have a single Immortal Gu. He only used fifth-turn Gu worms.
Immortal Gu were extremely rare, many Gu Immortals lived their entire lives without a single Immortal Gu.
"Could it be that I, Ghost King, have worked hard for most of my life, and finally today, my luck has come?" The temptation of Immortal Gu was enormous, Ghost King's heart raced.
He flapped his bat wings once, following the aura of the Immortal Gu, flying.
He wanted to track down the source.