Fang Yuan flew in the air.
"Hair Armor." He had a thought, and the hair on his immortal corpse body instantly grew wildly, immediately condensing into a ferocious, pitch-black armor covered in spikes.
"Icy Diamond Stardust." Fang Yuan lightly pinched his fingers together, and a ball of starlight formed in his hand.
Continuous crackling sounds of tiny explosions came from within the starlight. Looking closely, one could see countless icy diamond particles inside, colliding with each other and continuously exploding.
Fang Yuan pressed this ball of starlight slowly against the Hair Armor on his chest.
The Hair Armor held for a few breaths before starting to break slightly. After a dozen breaths, the damaged area was dyed a deep blue, and light blue frost spread outwards.
After over twenty breaths, the Hair Armor completely shattered, forming a small hole in Fang Yuan's chest.
This outcome was entirely within Fang Yuan's expectations.
The Icy Diamond Stardust had merged with the Do Min-joon Legacy and could be sold for four Immortal Essence Stones in the Treasury of Yellow Heaven. The defensive killing move, Hair Armor, was only worth two and a half Immortal Essence Stones.
The starlight in his palm dispersed. Fang Yuan moved his thoughts and activated the Hair Armor killing move again.
But this Hair Armor was different from before. It was a new, improved version after so many days of experimentation.
The Hair Armor quickly changed. The ferocious spikes, which were useless anyway, rapidly disappeared. Its original color, like black iron, also changed, turning into a bronze-like hue.
This was mainly because Fang Yuan had perfectly blended a large amount of Golden Lion-Mane Gu into the original foundation.
The Golden Lion-Mane Gu was a Rank 5 mortal Gu. It could make a Gu Master grow golden lion fur, increasing defense, and was especially effective against attacks of the Metal Path.
After a few breaths, the original spiked black iron armor had vanished, replaced by a streamlined bronze armor, twice as thick as the previous black armor. The helmet also transformed into the shape of a roaring male lion with its mouth wide open, revealing Fang Yuan's face. Its defensive power had also increased by one and a half times. If it were to resist an attack of the Metal Path, its defensive power would be a full twice as much as before.
Fang Yuan conjured another ball of starlight and, just like before, pressed it against the Lion-Mane Armor on his chest.
The stardust continuously ground against the armor, but it took a full dozen breaths, and only when the starlight itself was nearly depleted, did a network of cracks finally appear on the armor.
"I'll call it Lion-Mane Armor," Fang Yuan muttered to himself. Then, raising all eight arms, he launched eight balls of starlight.
The starlight flew into the air and converged into a single large mass.
Fang Yuan laughed heartily and, protected by the Lion-Mane Armor, charged into the massive cluster of stardust.
The Icy Diamond Stardust continuously underwent tiny explosions, grinding at Fang Yuan's Lion-Mane Armor from all directions, front and back, above and below.
Fang Yuan continuously activated the Lion-Mane Armor killing move, causing the cracks that appeared to rapidly disappear. He persisted until the star cluster dissipated. Only then did he proudly descend from the high sky. The Lion-Mane Armor covering his body was completely unscathed, without a single scratch.
"This repair speed is also about double that of the previous Hair Armor. If sold in the Treasury of Yellow Heaven, with good marketing, it could fetch four and a half Immortal Essence Stones."
The Lion-Mane Armor was one of Fang Yuan's achievements during these past days.
Flying into the Soul-Stirring Palace, he saw the Fox Immortal's Land Spirit, who was activating the Heavenly Gu, constantly monitoring the Treasury of Yellow Heaven.
"How's the situation?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Master, the other party is still demanding four Immortal Essence Stones, with no sign of budging," the Land Spirit, Little Fox Fairy, replied.
What Fang Yuan wanted to buy was a pair of fleshy wings from a Desolate Beast Bat.
The other party had killed this Desolate Beast Bat and put the corpse up for sale in the Treasury of Yellow Heaven. Fang Yuan had previously inquired about the price, wanting only the pair of bat wings. The result was that the other party demanded four Immortal Essence Stones, and was firm in their attitude, unwilling to lower the price.
Four Immortal Essence Stones was undoubtedly a bit expensive. Back then, Fang Yuan had bought the complete corpses of six giant snakes for only three Immortal Essence Stones.
According to normal pricing, it was worth at most about two and a half.
Fang Yuan personally activated the Divine Thought Gu. For the first time, using the identity of the Eight-Arm Immortal, he contacted the seller and directly said, "I am willing to pay three Immortal Essence Stones for your bat wings."
But the will left behind by the seller shook its head. "Not selling, not selling. At least four Immortal Essence Stones."
Fang Yuan snorted coldly. "Your greed is too much. These desolate beast wings of yours are heavily damaged and can normally only be sold for two and a half Immortal Essence Stones. If I didn't want to research some new Gu and coincidentally needed this material, I wouldn't have even asked."
The seller's will softened its tone and sighed. "I am forced to do this. Hunting this desolate beast caused me heavy losses. The beast's blood has already run dry, and I myself am severely injured. If I don't sell it for this price, my finances will collapse, and my injuries will even be delayed."
"What do I care whether you live or die? Besides, why should I believe your one-sided story? Three Immortal Essence Stones. Are you selling them or not?" Fang Yuan said coldly.
"Not selling."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan immediately withdrew his divine thought.
After a short while, he ordered the Land Spirit, Little Fox Fairy, to inquire about the price again, putting on an act as if his patience was wearing thin: "How about this, I am willing to pay three Immortal Essence Stones for your bat wings. One sentence, are you selling them or not?"