He sat on a stone stool. His eight grotesque giant arms either hung naturally by his sides, rested behind his back, or were crossed over his chest. Combined with his tall stature, just sitting there made him appear as majestic as a mountain, terrifying to behold.
Fang Yuan had given careful thought to how to deal with Tai Bai Yun Sheng.
Fang Yuan only trusted himself; he never truly trusted others.
If he killed Tai Bai Yun Sheng, he would obtain the Immortal Gu Unchanging Human and Unchanging Scenery, as well as the Rank Six Immortal Aperture of the Path of Time. But making use of him in this way would not maximize benefits.
He had to admit, Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a very useful chess piece.
This “usefulness” was reflected in two aspects.
The first aspect was that he was useful. Before he became an immortal, he was a renowned healing master of the Northern Plains. Now that he has achieved Rank Six Path of Time, his Blessed Land is a top-grade blessed land. Don't forget, he is also a flight master. His value in utilization is great.
The second aspect was that he was easy to control. Fang Yuan had subjected him to soul search, and thus knew his background inside out. Tai Bai Yun Sheng was a goody-two-shoes, with a conscience, who repaid kindness. Fang Yuan had shown him kindness, helping him several times in the True Yang Building. Especially when he dragged the unconscious him out of the Greater Common Wind Barrier and returned the two Immortal Gu to him, he had earned Tai Bai Yun Sheng's complete trust.
This could be seen from how Tai Bai Yun Sheng chose his seat just now.
There were quite a few stone stools in the cave. Fang Yuan's appearance was hideous, his stature tall, ordinary people near him would feel pressure and instinctively choose to avoid him. But Tai Bai Yun Sheng specifically chose the seat closest to Fang Yuan.
This was proof. In his heart, Fang Yuan had already become one of the people closest to him. He wasn't the slightest bit worried that Fang Yuan would harm him.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng had once caused the deaths of Gao Yang and Zhu Zai. And this was the most critical point!
The instinct for survival had taken over for a time. This was only human nature. Afterwards, Tai Bai Yun Sheng felt guilty, couldn't forget it, grew haggard, and suffered greatly. Under Fang Yuan's frame-up, he got close to demonic deviation and impulsively ascended to immortality. His initial goal was to seek death.
His desire to die out of guilt showed his conscience.
By a twist of fate, Tai Bai Yun Sheng received help from Giant Sun's will. He successfully ascended to immortality, but then fell into a coma.
Using the Luminous Glass Pavilion master token, Fang Yuan went deep into a checkpoint in the True Yang Building and woke him. At this critical moment, he told him the "secret" of his sect. This directly hit Tai Bai Yun Sheng's weak spot.
Tai Bai Yun Sheng denied himself. Therefore, he was in extreme pain and felt completely lost.
Just at this moment, Fang Yuan appeared, giving him a sect organization, a sense of belonging, security, and warmth. Afterwards, he went in and out of his Time Path immortal aperture and casually left the Immortal Gu with him for safekeeping, giving him his initial trust.
Afterwards, everything that happened as they shared weal and woe in the True Yang Building caused Tai Bai Yun Sheng to completely trust Fang Yuan. In a way, he had to thank Mo Yao for interfering with Fang Yuan's thoughts; otherwise, how could he have gained such trust from Tai Bai Yun Sheng?
"Tai Bai Yun Sheng caused the deaths of Gao Yang and Zhu Zai. This matter greatly violated his values, and he has always felt guilty. He feels he is not that kind of person, yet he did such a thing. Now I am his benefactor. He owes me, and he will definitely repay me a hundredfold. This is not just because he repays kindness, but because it gives him a chance to prove to himself that he is a good person!" Fang Yuan analyzed calmly in his heart.
Bad people naturally don't repay kindness; they might even repay kindness with enmity. The more Tai Bai Yun Sheng sacrifices for Fang Yuan in the future, the more it proves he is a good person. In this way, he can offset his guilt towards Gao Yang and Zhu Zai. This involves the psychology of balance and compensation from Earth.
In a sense, Fang Yuan gave Tai Bai Yun Sheng a chance to prove himself again and a reason to live on.
Fang Yuan knew this very well, so he saved Tai Bai Yun Sheng and even gave him the two Immortal Gu, Unchanging Human and Unchanging Scenery.
"I have too many Immortal Gu in my hands, and the cost of feeding them will be exorbitant. At this time, throwing Unchanging Human and Unchanging Scenery to Tai Bai Yun Sheng is undoubtedly better. At the same time, my immortal aperture is dead and can no longer produce immortal essence. I only have nineteen Green Grape immortal essence units left, and they are decreasing as they are used. Although I still have some White Fox immortal essence available, if I can make use of Tai Bai Yun Sheng's Green Grape immortal essence, why wouldn't I?"
The thought of feeding his Immortal Gu gave Fang Yuan a headache.
Raising Gu was like keeping a mistress; a Gu Master often couldn't afford to raise or use them. Since Fang Yuan had obtained the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, feeding mortal Gu was no longer a problem. But now that he had so many Immortal Gu, even the Fox Immortal Blessed Land couldn't support such a high cost.
This was truly a pleasant problem to have!
Many Gu Immortals didn't have a single Immortal Gu and desperately sought them. Fang Yuan in his previous life had struggled over a single Spring Autumn Cicada, and after painstakingly refining it, he was surrounded and forced to self-destruct.
The current Fang Yuan was wracking his brains over how to feed so many Immortal Gu.
Fang Yuan sat quietly alone, trying to find inspiration from his previous life memories. After trying for a while, he voluntarily gave up.
"Sigh, after becoming a zombie, my thinking has indeed become much more rigid. Just now, while talking with Tai Bai Yun Sheng, I felt my thoughts were slow and sluggish. Now, thinking about problems, I simply can't keep up with my original pace."
He called out the earth spirit, Little Fox Immortal: "What is the situation with Wisdom Gu? Where is it now?"
The Little Fox Immortal was the earth spirit of the blessed land. She was basically in control of all the changes and situations within the blessed land.
"Master, after you brought Wisdom Gu in, it went deep underground and found a stone-man cave. Currently, it seems to be dormant." Little Fox Immortal closed her eyes, sensed for a moment, then opened her big, watery eyes and replied.
Fang Yuan nodded and commanded, "Take me there."
The underground cave where Wisdom Gu was dormant was quite spacious. Fang Yuan was teleported in by Little Fox Immortal and could move freely even with his two-zhang tall body.