Hearing Yu Mu Chun sigh, Song Zi Xing also sighed. "Time is the most critical factor. If I had enough time, I could recover and fully restore my combat strength. Unfortunately, time is too tight. I originally estimated we still had ten years, but I never expected we would have to make our move now!"
"We have made plenty of preparations over the years. But plans never keep up with change. Since the Fate Immortal Gu was not completely destroyed, these changes are only natural, right?" Yu Mu Chun said.
Even someone like Fang Yuan, who had been reborn from five hundred years in his previous life, did not know of Fate's existence. Yet Yu Mu Chun knew, and Song Zi Xing also looked completely aware.
"Oh, right." Yu Mu Chun spoke as he thought. "Before I came, I met a promising junior from the Hairly Men. I have already passed on my Refinement Path inheritance to him."
Biographies and inheritances were a cultural feature of the Gu Master world.
It was like in ancient China, where people would go to any lengths to be recognized by their ancestors. All heroes and champions wished to leave their names in history. When a person died and was buried, they would be given a massive amount of gold, silver, and jewels as burial objects, and sometimes even maids, concubines, and wives were buried alive with them. During the Warring States period in Japan, military commanders wore brilliant and ornate armor into battle, completely disregarding the danger of attracting fire.
There was also Egypt and Rome. From ancient times to the present, there were similar cultural complexes. Although they each had their differences, in the final analysis, they all started from the same point — to verify one's own existence.
To prove to this world and to others that I once existed, that I once lived. Even if I die, there was once such a person in this world!
Therefore, writing biographies was easy to understand. Some people wrote their own biographies while they were still alive. Others had their biographies written by their juniors after their death. There were also those who had no descendants, and their biographies were written by their enemies! In such cases, the biographies were actually more factual. The depictions were vivid and detailed. Enemies often understood you better than your own family. When an enemy wrote your biography, they would never skimp on praise. It would often become a celebrated tale.
Inheritances were the same.
A biography just described a person's life trajectory, but an inheritance was the foundation of a person's power in the present world. It was their understanding of nature, their contemplation of Heaven and Earth, and their summary of the truth.
Just like in ancient China, even a craftsman did not wish to leave any regrets before dying. They would try every means to find a successor, unwilling to let the skills passed down through generations vanish.
Skills, inheritances. They were an affirmation of one's own value, a cherishing of the fruits of one's labor. Leaving an inheritance meant that even after death, one could leave their mark on the world.
Yu Mu Chun leaving an inheritance carried an ominous implication of a dying man entrusting his orphaned child.
What kind of person would leave an inheritance?
When someone was alive and well with a bright future ahead of them, no one would leave an inheritance.
Why would someone leave an inheritance for no reason? Teaching an apprentice starves the master. The human heart was unfathomable. With just a moment of carelessness, one could end up creating a competitor.
Usually, it was only when someone was on their deathbed, realizing that death was imminent, that they would leave an inheritance.
Like Hua Jiu Xing Zhe. Like the Blood Sea Ancestor. Like Dong Fang Chang Fan.
Yu Mu Chun leaving an inheritance clearly meant he was going to participate in the great plan. He had no confidence whatsoever in his own chances of survival.
What kind of grand plan could make this unfathomably powerful Refinement Path Gu Immortal feel that he had no hope of surviving? What kind of motivation made him so willing?
Even Song Zi Xing, the number one demonic cultivator of Central Continent who had just barely managed to escape with his life, was willing to sacrifice himself for this plan!
Furthermore, Yu Mu Chun personally stated in front of Song Zi Xing that he had chosen his successor for his inheritance. This was also very abnormal!
If Song Zi Xing harbored malicious intent and quietly went to intercept, he could easily seize Yu Mu Chun's inheritance for himself, strengthening his own power.
For Yu Mu Chun, his secrets would be exposed, making him vulnerable to Song Zi Xing's machinations.
For Yu Mu Chun to tell Song Zi Xing such secret information as the location of his inheritance clearly showed an immense trust in the latter.
This level of trust could be described as giving one's whole heart!
Song Zi Xing had defected from Ten Thousand Dragon Dock and had a terrible reputation. How could he obtain such trust from Yu Mu Chun? Was it his personal charisma, or was there another reason?
"I should make some contingency plans." Hearing that Yu Mu Chun had left an inheritance, Song Zi Xing's face was utterly calm, as if he had no intention of snatching it.
"Let me show you something as well." Song Zi Xing smiled mysteriously.
The next moment, a ripple stirred in the blood pool, and a blood fetus slowly rose from the bottom of the pool.
The blood fetus was the size of a pony. Inside the fetal membrane, a vaguely human shape could be seen, curled up like a sleeping infant.
When Yu Mu Chun saw this blood fetus, his pupils abruptly constricted. He said with disbelief, "This, this… you actually developed the Blood Demon's Body Decomposition to this extent?!"
Song Zi Xing laughed three times, a look of pride on his face. "Although I haven't been able to collect the complete Immortal Gu recipe for the Blood God Child, I have managed to collect some incomplete recipes for the Blood God Child. This blood fetus was formed based on the incomplete recipe of the Blood God Child, combined with blood path methods from the Northern Plains, and further integrated with my immortal killer move, Blood Demon's Body Decomposition."
"The avatar created by the Blood Demon's Body Decomposition requires a constant consumption of immortal essence to maintain its existence, and it has a time limit. But this avatar born from this blood fetus consumes no immortal essence and can last for at least two to three hundred years. Moreover, it can cultivate on its own, has independent thoughts, can train, improve step by step, and eventually ascend to immortality. As for its appearance, of course, it looks exactly like me."
"What are you planning?" Yu Mu Chun revealed a hint of understanding.
"Correct. It doesn't matter if I die. What is crucial is the success of the great plan. If the great plan fails, our side has to consider a post-failure strategy. Song Zi Xing needs to survive. Even if I sacrifice myself, a second Song Zi Xing will be nurtured from this blood fetus."
Yu Mu Chun stared at the blood fetus, a look of interest appearing on his face. "This blood fetus of yours, could you let me study it? It seems I have gained a surge of new inspiration!"