The joy on Fang Yuan's face was fully revealed, without any concealment.
"The Phantom Gu Array was something Eastern Changfan figured out and deduced on his own, based on merely some ancient texts. His attainment in the Phantom Path should be at the Grandmaster level. To be able to modify the Primordial Ruin Bat corpses and form a Corpse Mountain fortress — his attainment in the Space Path is also at the Grandmaster level. Truly remarkable!"
Fang Yuan was especially interested in how to control the phantom beast army.
A few Desolate-level phantom beasts, though only at the Sixth Transformation, could use their innate phantomization ability to entangle Seventh Transformation Gu Immortals.
Fang Yuan couldn't help but think: if he had such an army in his hands, the boost to his combat power would certainly be enormous.
After careful consideration, however, he discovered that the method of controlling the phantom beast army had limited applicability.
The primary condition was to control and modify the Primordial Ruin Bat corpses to form the Corpse Mountain. Then, using the Corpse Mountain as a base and assuming the identity of the Primordial Ruin Bat, one could command the phantom beast army.
Fang Yuan let out another cold snort: "This Eastern Changfan is still trying to set me up! He knew I could uproot mountains, so he wanted to tempt me into taking a risk with the Ruin Bat Corpse Mountain. Ever since the heavenly tribulation and earthly calamity destroyed most of the Corpse Mountain, the aura that had suppressed the hundred beasts dissipated along with it. That place has already become a feast for the numerous Desolate Beasts and Ancient Desolate Beasts to gnaw on the Ruin Bat corpses. If I went there to uproot the mountain, I'd be fighting these Desolate Beasts and Ancient Desolate Beasts for scraps — no wise man would do that!"
Fang Yuan rested for a moment, then performed the third soul search on Eastern Changfan.
Eastern Changfan was filled with rage and hatred toward Fang Yuan. It was this very person who had turned all his schemes to nothing, dissolved all his grand ambitions, and reduced all his efforts to mere bubbles. Like a dream.
Though he had once been far-sighted and brimming with strategies, having fallen to this state, he had nothing left to rely on. The gap between the two was too vast. His only two remaining schemes were actually quite crude, aimed at exploiting greed in human nature to lure his opponent into making mistakes.
This was a world apart from the plans and stratagems Eastern Changfan had devised in life.
But with Eastern Changfan reduced to nothing but a soul, his drastically diminished performance was understandable.
Fang Yuan had not fallen for the tricks. After resting properly, he carried out the third soul search. At last, he extracted the thing he wanted most — Eastern Changfan's Wisdom Path inheritance!
What Fang Yuan did not expect was that this Wisdom Path inheritance of Eastern Changfan's actually had some connection to the Star Sovereign Immortal Venerable.
Of course, it was not an inheritance left by the Star Sovereign Immortal Venerable herself.
If it had been left by the Immortal Venerable in person, Eastern Changfan would certainly not have ended up in such a state.
It turned out that this inheritance had been left by an Eighth Transformation Star Path Gu Immortal of the ancient Central Continent Heavenly Court. He was skilled at seeking out hidden secrets and had obtained some of the Star Sovereign Immortal Venerable's secrets, reverse-engineering her abilities through imitation.
This Gu Immortal was originally a Star Path practitioner, but what he had reverse-engineered was Wisdom Path. Thus, this Wisdom Path inheritance was founded upon the Star Thought Gu — entering Wisdom through the Star, making it closely aligned with the Star Path. Even the refinement of the Star Thought Gu used Starlight Gu as its primary material.
The deeper Fang Yuan delved, the greater his joy grew, feeling ever more strongly that the risks of this journey had been more than worthwhile!
It turned out that this Wisdom Path inheritance had no other particular strengths, but it excelled at calculation and deduction.
It was precisely through this that Eastern Changfan had deduced the Phantom Great Array, the methods to control the phantom beast army, and various other techniques.
"This Wisdom Path inheritance is truly comprehensive. I even have the urge to switch to cultivating Wisdom Path." Fang Yuan sighed.
This harvest was simply too bountiful.
A complete inheritance, regardless of which path it belonged to, necessarily covered offense, defense, healing, transportation, reconnaissance, and various other aspects.
These aspects might not be particularly outstanding, but overall there would be no shortcomings. It would not be easily countered by others.
Since Fang Yuan's rebirth, the Strength Path he had cultivated had been cobbled together from various sources or self-improved — it was not an inheritance passed down from the ancients.
The actual value of this inheritance was the same as the Blood Path True Inheritance Fang Yuan had obtained in his previous life, five hundred years ago.
In his previous life, it was precisely because of the Blood Path True Inheritance that Fang Yuan had gained a foundation upon which to rise.
The value of this Wisdom Path inheritance could well be imagined.
In fact, since the Blood Sea Ancestor was not yet an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal and had divided his inheritance into seven parts, the inheritance in Fang Yuan's hands was worth even more.
"It's a pity that the timing of obtaining this inheritance was wrong — a little too late. I have already set foot on the Strength Path. Even though I still have my First Empty Orifice, I have become an Immortal Zombie, and my Empty Orifice is dead, leaving me unable to cultivate further."
But then Fang Yuan had another thought.
Had he truly cultivated this Wisdom Path inheritance earlier, he might not have been able to create the Immortal Killer Move, Myriad Self.
When factoring in the Immortal Killer Move Myriad Self, the vast prospects of his Strength Path undoubtedly surpassed what this Wisdom Path inheritance could offer him.
"Moreover, it was precisely because I had Strength Path combat power that I could kill Eastern Changfan and seize this Wisdom Path inheritance. Without the cause, where would the effect come from?"