Fang Yuan speculated that the reason had to lie with the rank eight Immortal Gu House, the Refining Furnace!
The human-looking old man, the Langya Earth Spirit, had most likely placed all the Maomin Gu Immortals inside the Refining Furnace.
Long Hair Ancestor’s true identity was that of a Maomin. The Langya Earth Spirit cherished the Maomin as if they were his own children. With this mindset, he didn’t want the Maomin Gu Immortals to suffer any losses, so he arranged for them to be inside the Refining Furnace.
More importantly, an Immortal Gu House still needed Gu Immortals to operate it. And the more Gu Immortals operating it, the stronger the power it could unleash.
When Tai Bai Yun Sheng was in the Eastern Sea, attacking the Jade Dew Blessed Land, he faced a difficult situation. All the Gu Immortals then exerted their strength to drive the Immortal Gu House, the Profound Ice House.
Only then did the Profound Ice House’s power become strong enough to break through the battlefield killer move and carry the many Gu Immortals safely to escape.
The more Maomin Gu Immortals there were inside, the stronger the Refining Furnace’s power would become, and the faster it could refine the Immortal Gu of others.
Fang Yuan was almost certain: during the first three waves of attacks, the Langya Earth Spirit had arranged for the Maomin to be inside here, refining the Immortal Gu of the attacking Gu Immortals and capturing them alive.
Now, in this fourth wave of attack, the incoming enemy was powerful beyond expectations. The human-looking Langya Earth Spirit couldn’t solve this problem, so he had to let another obsession appear to deal with it.
“But this Maomin Earth Spirit is also missing a few screws. He insisted on fighting by himself and only summoned the Maomin Gu Immortals when things were truly life or death.” Fang Yuan shook his head inwardly, keeping his eyes on the battlefield.
Qin Bai Sheng, Hei Cheng, and the Maomin Gu Immortals fell into a brief stalemate.
Thump.
Suddenly, the rank seven Maomin Gu Immortal who had taken a Five Finger Fist Heart Sword killer move for the Langya Earth Spirit collapsed to the ground.
“Da Mao?”
“Da Mao!”
The Maomin Gu Immortals instantly erupted like an overturned pot. They stirred restlessly, casting worried glances, shouting out in alarm.
“Da Mao! Da Mao, what’s wrong with you, Da Mao?!” A female Maomin Gu Immortal knelt beside Da Mao in an instant, holding his upper body, only to find that sword qi had pierced through him. He was deader than dead.
“Da Mao! Da Mao, you can’t die, Da Mao!” The female Maomin Gu Immortal wailed, tears streaming down her face on the spot. Her emotions completely shattered.
“Er Mao, stop crying.”
“Maybe Lord Earth Spirit has a way!”
“Er Mao. If you keep crying, we want to cry too. Boohoo…”
For a moment, right in front of Qin Bai Sheng, many Maomin Gu Immortals actually turned around, went over to Er Mao, and softly comforted her.
Some Maomin Gu Immortals also shed tears, choking up or quietly sobbing.
Fang Yuan and Mo Tan Sang were both stunned.
At this very moment, they finally understood why the Langya Earth Spirit hadn’t sent these Maomin to the battlefield but had arranged them inside the Refining Furnace!
It was because the combat skill of these Maomin Gu Immortals was simply garbage.
Ah, no, using the word ‘garbage’ was already giving them too much credit!
Facing a formidable enemy, they were so fragile that they wept and wailed. Their mental state had collapsed.
It seemed that these Maomin Gu Immortals were all raised by the first Langya Earth Spirit as pure Refinement Dao aides. They were definitely skilled at refining Gu, but it was even more certain that they were absolutely terrible at fighting!
The Langya Earth Spirit’s face turned ashen. He completely broke free from the restraints, went to the side of the dead Maomin Gu Immortal, and after examining him, let out a pained sigh. He reached out to gently close the eyelids of this rank seven Maomin Gu Immortal who had died with his eyes open.
“Ah, no—!” The female Maomin Gu Immortal named Er Mao, seeing this scene, completely fell apart. After a mournful wail, she threw herself on Da Mao’s corpse, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
The other Maomin Gu Immortals saw this and quickly rushed forward to help.
One of them even looked up at Qin Bai Sheng, innocent tearful eyes wide open, and accused, “Heavens! Why are there Gu Immortals as cruel and vicious as you? We have no grudges! Why attack us? Why kill innocent Gu Immortals? Isn’t peaceful coexistence a good thing?”
Hearing this, Mo Tan Sang and Fang Yuan completely gave up any hope they had for these Maomin.
These Maomin Gu Immortals were clearly too well protected by the previous Langya Earth Spirit. They were like flowers in a greenhouse, never having experienced the cruel wind and frost of the outside world. With all their hearts devoted to refining, they were simply massive liabilities in a fight.
“As long as you obediently hand over the Immortal Gu House, the Refining Furnace, I will no longer harm you.” Qin Bai Sheng said with a cold laugh.
“Impossible! Don’t even think about it!!” The Langya Earth Spirit suddenly raised his head, glared at Qin Bai Sheng, and refused directly. His attitude was extremely firm, with not a shred of hesitation.
“Hmph, you want to rely on the Refining Furnace to forcibly refine the Immortal Gu in our hands. Don’t try such a naive idea on me. There simply won’t be any time for you to do it.”
Qin Bai Sheng let out a mocking laugh, paused, as if sensing something.
He murmured to himself, then continued, “Oh, it’s ready? Then let’s begin. This hindrance, break it for me first!”
Raising his voice, he cast a sidelong glance at the Cloud Pavilion.
Immortal killer move — City Crusher Hammer!
The giant hammer came crashing down. Fang Yuan thought lightning-fast and decided to play it safe for now. This was not the time to be the first to stick his neck out.
However, since the Langya Earth Spirit wasn’t at the end of his rope yet, Fang Yuan didn’t plan to retreat just yet either.
Boom!
The Cloud Pavilion behind him, as flimsy as if made of paper, was shattered to pieces by the City Crusher Hammer.