"Land spirit, I've brought you a living desolate beast. Take a look at the goods first." Fang Yuan said as he opened his immortal aperture while activating over a dozen Gu worms, taking out a lion and gently placing it on the ground.
This lion was as large as an elephant. Its entire body was brownish-yellow, and its thick mane covered almost half of its body.
It was sleeping soundly, snoring. This was the Yellow Jade Lion.
Originally, it had suffered severe injuries and was on the verge of death. But as long as it held on to its last breath, with Fang Yuan's current abilities and resources, curing it was not a problem.
Lang Ya land spirit stroked his beard and walked around the Yellow Jade Lion.
He was now free to move, and the Qi Path seals on his body had been completely undone.
"Good lion, good lion. Even when sleeping, it has a vicious look. Not bad." As he spoke, Lang Ya land spirit reached out, pulled open the Yellow Jade Lion's lips, and revealed its closed teeth.
"Good teeth." Lang Ya land spirit praised. His hand moved down without stopping, all the way to between the lion's hind legs.
Throughout the entire process, Lang Ya land spirit had been silently activating Gu worms to inspect it. After he was done, he said with satisfaction, "Not bad, full of vigor. It can be used for breeding. Unfortunately, my blessed land is a Refinement Path blessed land. It's not suited for raising these wild beasts."
Lang Ya land spirit had raised twelve desolate beasts and had already gained the knack of it. From his skilled demeanor, he was clearly no amateur.
However, Lang Ya Blessed Land was a Refinement Path blessed land. Refining Gu here had a higher chance of success. But it provided no auxiliary ability towards beast taming.
On the other hand, Fox Immortal Blessed Land was a Slave Path blessed land. It specialized in raising foxes. Among the fox groups in Fox Immortal Blessed Land, there was a much higher possibility of raising desolate beast foxes.
Blessed lands and grotto-heavens were vastly different, each with its own specialties.
This was because blessed lands and grotto-heavens were the immortal apertures of Gu Immortals. When a Gu Master ascended, they absorbed the energies of heaven and earth. Based on their own understanding of heaven and earth, they used Gu worms of various paths to explode and form their immortal aperture world.
Lang Ya land spirit was very satisfied with this Yellow Jade Lion. He gladly handed Fang Yuan eighty-eight immortal essence stones, along with the detailed contents of the killer move, Not Knowing Upon Meeting.
Fang Yuan immediately skimmed through it in front of Lang Ya land spirit.
This killer move had an extraordinary origin, coming from Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable.
"As expected from the hands of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable. Truly unique and ingenious. A stroke of genius." Fang Yuan clicked his tongue in admiration. "There are only a little over three hundred Gu worms here, but they involve six major paths, including Transformation Path, Strength Path, and Wisdom Path. Hmm… some of these Gu worms are quite rare. It seems that to recreate this killer move, I will have to wait a while. I'll talk about it when I've gathered all the Gu worms. Lang Ya, do you have any of these related Gu worms in your possession?"
Lang Ya land spirit shook his head and chuckled, "Why would I keep these Gu? I can't use this killer move anyway. Not Knowing Upon Meeting, Familiar Upon Meeting, and Once Known Upon Meeting — these three killer moves are a series. The one you got is a mortal killer move. It allows you to transform into a person that others don't recognize. If they recognize you, you will be exposed. The latter two are immortal killer moves. Playing the role of someone you know, there is a possibility of not being exposed. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable seems to have left behind this inheritance as well. If you have the opportunity, maybe you can really obtain the other two killer moves in your lifetime. Who knows?"
Fang Yuan gave a bitter smile, "How could I have such luck, to conveniently obtain the other two immortal killer moves? Maybe this inheritance has already been taken by someone else."
Although he said this, his heart stirred involuntarily.
He thought of the inheritance he had gained during his journey to the Northern Plains, the one about Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable and Luo Po Valley.
He had long since refined the keys to enter the inheritance — Open Aperture Gu and Close Aperture Gu.
But he had yet to make a move.
The inheritance of a Gu Master was not so easily obtained. Especially demonic path inheritances, which were often far more difficult and dangerous than righteous path ones. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's inheritance was practically a dragon's pool and a tiger's den. With the situation unclear and the Ten Thousand Selves killer move unusable, Fang Yuan preferred to wait a little longer rather than recklessly take the risk.
Fang Yuan did not have high expectations for it, because he had already speculated earlier. "The clues to the inheritance I got are clearly not the only ones. Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable didn't want his inheritance to be buried, so he cast a wide net. It's been so long since this inheritance was left; it's very likely someone has already visited it. Not to mention others, especially Spectral Soul Demon Venerable. He seemed to have used Dang Hun Mountain and Luo Po Valley to cultivate his Soul Path. Since this inheritance of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable concerns Luo Po Valley, I'm afraid Spectral Soul Demon Venerable might have already been inside. Maybe he has even taken Luo Po Valley away."
Collecting his thoughts, Fang Yuan took out three complete immortal Gu recipes and handed them to Lang Ya land spirit. "This is the transaction for this time."
Lang Ya land spirit took the immortal Gu recipes, examined them, and confirmed they were correct. He couldn't help but praise Fang Yuan's talent again, "You little rascal, this old man rarely admires anyone. Your ability to deduce immortal Gu recipes has truly made me look at you with new eyes."
"Land spirit, I was just about to talk to you about this." Fang Yuan said. "Regarding our deal on immortal Gu recipes, I want to modify the specific terms."
"Oh?"
"The immortal Gu recipes with a high degree of completion have already been successfully deduced by me. What's left are those with a low degree of completion — sixty percent, seventy percent, even below fifty percent. I can still deduce these immortal Gu recipes, but it takes too much time. It often takes one or two months, leaving me no time for anything else. I suggest we modify the content of the deal..."
Before Fang Yuan could finish, Lang Ya land spirit repeatedly shook his head. "No change, no change. Why change it? I've spent so many immortal essence stones precisely because I wanted you to deduce immortal Gu recipes! You are a Wisdom Path Gu Immortal, and you are so adept at deducing immortal Gu recipes. Why not continue as before? At worst, I'll raise the price and pay you a bit more."
"Lang Ya land spirit, don't rush to refuse. Let me finish. I'm sure you'll be interested." Fang Yuan said with a confident smile. "My suggestion is this: from now on, you will take the lead in deducing immortal Gu recipes. Whenever you encounter a problem and cannot proceed, I will help you deduce one step to get past the obstacle. I'll only charge you two immortal essence stones each time."
"What? A deal like that..." Lang Ya land spirit fell into a contemplative silence.