The moment Fang Yuan stepped past the Visitor Stop Stele, he made a surprising discovery.
A Borrowed Strength Gu came into his sight.
This outstanding Rank Five Strength Path Gu had long been extinct, making it even rarer than the Utmost Strength Gu. It could not be used alone, but had to be paired with other Gu Insects.
Paired with the Heaven Strength Gu, it allowed a Gu Master to borrow the power of the heavens. Paired with the Earth Strength Gu, it allowed borrowing the power of the earth. Paired with the Fire Strength Gu, it allowed a Gu Master to draw power from flames. Paired with the Water Strength Gu, it allowed drawing power from water currents.
“My killer move, Four-Arm Wind King, uses the Wind Overlord Gu and the Overwhelming Strength Gu. This combination of Gu is itself a substitute for the Borrowed Strength Gu, with less than fifty percent of the original's effectiveness. With this Borrowed Strength Gu, I can completely elevate my killer move to a whole new level!” Fang Yuan secretly rejoiced.
Of course, the Borrowed Strength Gu still needed to be paired with other Gu Insects to be used.
By now, the Heaven Strength Gu was also extinct. But the Earth Strength Gu, Fire Strength Gu, Water Strength Gu, Wind Strength Gu, and so on, were still widespread.
However, their uses had strayed from their original functions.
The Earth Strength Gu was often used to increase the fertility of the land, helping Gu Masters cultivate crops, or paired with Wood Path Gu Insects.
The Fire Strength Gu was used by some Fire Path Gu Masters as an auxiliary Gu, slightly enhancing the effects of Fire Path Gu Insects. The same went for Water Strength, Wind Strength, Lightning Strength, and other Gu.
Fang Yuan arrived before the Crystal Wall, took out nearly ten Spring Egg Gu, and exchanged them for the Borrowed Strength Gu.
After passing the Visitor Stop Stele, the only way to acquire the treasures within the Crystal Wall was still through exchange.
Fang Yuan continued forward.
The treasures within the Crystal Wall here were clearly one or two grades higher than before.
Meteor Shower Gu, Lightning Speed Gu, Wind and Mist Gu, Wildfire Gu, Water Curtain Sky Flower Gu…
Rank Five Gu, which were extremely rare in the outside world, were quite common here. On the contrary, Rank Four Gu had become relatively rare. But whenever a Rank Four Gu did appear, it was always a rare Rank Four, whose value and effects could rival ordinary Rank Five Gu Insects.
Fang Yuan's gaze swept around, while the Blood Flame Light shrouding his body continuously eroded.
This layer of Blood Flame Light was his protection to conceal his identity. Once it completely faded, he would be detected by the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and eliminated in an instant.
“I must find that Building Lord Token before the protection disappears!”
As time passed, Fang Yuan's heart gradually grew anxious.
These Gu Insects used to disguise his identity and deceive the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building were not easy to refine and were costly. The main ingredient was over a thousand catties of blood from the Gold Clan, which required a lengthy purification process of ninety-eight steps.
Now that the Imperial Court Contest had ended, it was even more difficult for Fang Yuan to obtain such large amounts of blood.
To make matters worse, the crystal corridor ahead actually split into forked paths!
Fang Yuan had to stop and carefully identify them.
Which one was the path he needed to take?
At this moment, the image of the Central Continent Gu Immortals breaking through the Imperial Court Blessed Land in his previous life came to Fang Yuan's great aid.
He chose the left path and entered it.
The treasures in this section of the Crystal Wall were of an even higher grade. Rank Four Gu had completely disappeared, leaving only Rank Five Gu, and rare Rank Five Gu Insects had also appeared.
Fang Yuan hurried forward while quickly scanning the area, when suddenly his gaze fixed. “Found it!”
A Building Lord Token was sealed within the Crystal Wall, at a height only reaching Fang Yuan's knees from the ground.
This Building Lord Token was the handiwork of a Central Continent Gu Immortal.
A tall tree catches the wind. Standing tall until now, the Imperial Court Blessed Land had long attracted the attention of Gu Immortals from all regions. The Central Continent Gu Immortals had even started to lay their plans hundreds of years ago.
A Building Lord Token was generally in the possession of the Alliance Leader, and once it left the Imperial Court Blessed Land, it would self-destruct.
Nearly a thousand years ago, a Central Continent Gu Immortal had gone to great pains, plotting in secret. Not only had he bribed the Alliance Leader of that generation, but he was also rumored to have expended an Immortal Gu.
After using the power of an Immortal Gu to tamper with the Building Lord Token, this token had been hidden within the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, becoming a hidden plot waiting for the right opportunity.
In Fang Yuan's previous life of five hundred years, the Central Continent Gu Immortals first instigated the Five Regions War, and soon after created the right opportunity, ultimately breaching this place.
The Imperial Court Blessed Land was an arrangement of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable; breaching it was far more difficult than breaching other Blessed Lands.
But Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had already passed away. The thousand-year schemes and painstaking efforts of the Central Continent Gu Immortals had finally borne fruit.
However, in this life, this Building Lord Token had fallen into Fang Yuan's hands.
The process of exchanging for this Building Lord Token went very smoothly. But truly turning it to his own use was not simple.
At this point came the most critical step.
Fang Yuan's expression turned solemn. He directly sat cross-legged on the ground, completely focused.
One by one, Gu Insects were mobilized according to his will, constantly striking the Building Lord Token.
Ding ding, dong dong…
The striking sounds were as pleasant as music. The Building Lord Token gradually floated in mid-air. With each strike, a layer of light bloomed.
Until it was enveloped in thirty-eight layers of light, the greyish-white color on its surface suddenly dissipated, revealing the three large characters of "Building Lord Token".
The halos of light burst like bubbles, one after another.
The Building Lord Token lost its buoyancy and fell, landing precisely in Fang Yuan's hand.