The sky was dotted with stars, and a gentle night breeze blew.
Fang Yuan sat astride the White-eyed Wolf, ready to set out.
Ge Guang stood beside him, reporting the situation of the past few days. "In these eight days, many small and medium tribes have set off to attend the Hero Gathering. Now only a few large tribes remain by Crescent Moon Lake. Bei Caochuan, Pei Yanfei, and the others were the first to leave."
Fang Yuan adjusted his sitting position. "Hmm, we took the initiative to fight and challenged three families, making the other tribes a lot more wary. Plus the Hero Gathering is near, so it's normal for them to leave. As for the large tribes, they have big families and need to decide carefully. They usually only go in the second half of the Gathering."
"The supreme elder sees everything clearly indeed." Ge Guang immediately flattered.
Fang Yuan chuckled. "The shores of Crescent Moon Lake have abundant water and grass. Our tribe should stay here for now, not move, and use this chance to digest our gains."
"Yes, milord." Ge Guang breathed a sigh of relief; they had discussed and agreed on this earlier.
The Ge clan was now like a stuffed glutton, unable to walk. These eight days, they had been expanding the camp day and night, incorporating prisoners, and counting supplies. Their strength was skyrocketing each day.
"Is that group of water wolves still in that direction?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Yes, milord. I sent reconnaissance gu masters to scout multiple times. This water wolf pack numbers about five thousand. At night, they enter the water nest to rest. Milord, do you really not need gu masters to guard?"
Fang Yuan snorted coldly and replied arrogantly, "Where there are wolf packs, there is I, Chang Shanyin. Why would I need others to guard me?"
Ge Guang sensed displeasure in Fang Yuan's tone and quickly bowed to make way. "I wish the supreme elder lord success in capturing all the water wolves."
"Hmm, you're in charge of the clan's affairs; be careful. Without me here, pay extra attention to those surrendered gu masters."
"Yes, milord."
Fang Yuan left the Wind Wolf King behind, led the injured Tortoise Shell Ten-Thousand Wolf King and eighteen thousand wild wolves, left the camp, and began hunting.
He first followed the map explored by the Ge clan, made some plans, and arrived near the water nest.
Water wolves lived in the water and fed on fish. Occasionally, when starving, they would come ashore to devour rabbits, voles, and the like.
The arrival of the wolf pack immediately alerted these water wolves.
To defend their homes, the water wolves surged out of the nest in groups and glared at Fang Yuan menacingly.
Fang Yuan sat expressionless on the White-eyed Wolf's back. He lightly waved his hand, and instantly countless wild wolves howled in unison and charged at the water wolves.
The water wolves fought back, and the two sides became entangled.
Wolf Howl Gu! Wolf Smoke Gu!
Fang Yuan made several moves from the rear, firmly controlling the situation.
His wolf pack was originally much larger, so they soon defeated the water wolves.
The water wolves left more than a thousand corpses on the ground. Fang Yuan used Wolf Taming Gu to incorporate over two thousand. The remaining thousand or so fled into the depths of Crescent Moon Lake.
Fang Yuan did not pursue but destroyed this nest and captured several hundred young water wolves.
Then he hurried to the next location.
After destroying several more wolf nests, by late night, Fang Yuan had incorporated over six thousand water wolves, two thousand tortoise shell wolves, and over a thousand night wolves.
At Crescent Moon Lake, water wolves were the most numerous, but there were also some tortoise shell wolves, night wolves, and wind wolves.
However, wind wolves were fast and hard to catch. They retreated when the situation looked bad. Among Fang Yuan's targets was a group of wind wolves, but they escaped after a short fight.
Wolf packs were very cunning. To catch them, Fang Yuan often had to pay a price himself. If the cost was too great and not worth it, he would give up.
Some large water wolf packs had a Ten-Thousand Wolf King, so Fang Yuan dared not start a fight easily.
However, this trip hunting wolf packs was just a cover. Now that he had done enough superficial work, he found a hidden spot, arranged the wolf pack, and used the Toast Exchange Gu to contact Little Fox Immortal.
Upon receiving the news, Little Fox Immortal immediately summoned a group of Star Firefly Gu and, using starlight and Green Extract Immortal Essence, activated the Star Door Gu.
The Star Door Gu came in a set of two. Using the power of the dark sky, it could communicate across domains.
Fang Yuan waited a little while, and then saw starlight in the night sky cast down, concentrating on the Star Door Gu in his palm.
The Star Door Gu, like a sapphire, slowly rose into the air. When it reached midair, the starlight surged and turned into an arch.
This time, Fang Yuan was not in a hurry to enter the Star Door. Instead, he sent the severely injured, weak Tortoise Shell Ten-Thousand Wolf King and a large number of wounded wolves into the Star Door.
A vast mass of wild wolves, like a surging river, flowed into the Star Door and disappeared.
In this way, only elite and young wolves remained by Fang Yuan's side. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the burden of feeding.
And those wounded wild wolves would breed and multiply in the blessed land, giving birth to healthy and lively cubs. With the time acceleration of the Fox Immortal's blessed land, they grew quickly and eventually became Fang Yuan's new source of troops.