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1Chapter 574: Mo Yao’s weakness
2Translator: ChibiGeneral  Editor: ChibiGeneral
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4In the deeply secluded hall, only Fang Yuan was standing.
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6There was a deathly silence.
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8The faint yellow light merged into one, forming the shape of a Gu house, inside the house of light was a floor of corpses.
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10Almost two hundred Gu Masters died a terrible death.
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12Among these corpses, some had scales on their bodies, some were hard as steel, some grew weird limbs and had a grimacing expression, some self-detonated and caused their broken limbs to fly all over the place.
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14Fang Yuan's expression was grim, he questioned Mo Yao in his mind: "This is the killer move that you thought of?"
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16Mo Yao replied with unphased confidence: "These Gu Masters were certainly going to die. Six arm heavenly zombie king is a strength path killer move, it has high requirements towards the body. Now it seems, even with your strength path foundation, it is unable to endure such an intense move."
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18Fang Yuan scoffed, expressing his unhappiness: "This is your explanation? You think I could not tell? This killer move has so many flaws, initially fifty to sixty people died, midway about a hundred had died, and towards the end we were only left with six to seven Gu Masters. There are at least seventeen flaws! Do not forget that we have an agreement."
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20"Hehehe." Mo Yao chuckled, she felt nothing from being threatened, as she replied: "Little brother, don't be so rash, six arm heavenly zombie king has only been created roughly, it is normal to have flaws. As we continue to improve on it, it will eventually meet our expectations."
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22She replied to Fang Yuan as she thought: "This lad is not simple, he could detect seventeen flaws… with his refinement master attainment, he should only be able to find eleven at most, it seems that his strength path attainment has also reached the edge of master level."
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24Mo Yao did not know that Fang Yuan was playing mind games here.
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26"I could only see seven flaws, I purposely added ten in order to probe her, it seems that this killer move's flaws are more than just seventeen." Fang Yuan assessed in his mind.
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28Mo Yao was testing out his level of attainment, but Fang Yuan was also probing her foundation as well.
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30Six arm heavenly zombie king was full of flaws, all of the Gu Masters used for the experiment were dead, but Fang Yuan was happy instead of being worried.
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32"Logically speaking, Mo Yao has refinement grandmaster attainment, even if it is a roughly made killer move, there cannot be so many flaws! But while Mo Yao is indeed a refinement grandmaster, this is only a part of her will that she left behind…"
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34Fang Yuan's compromise was real, but he had never given up on his goal to get rid of Mo Yao's will.
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36Through his current probing, he found out one weakness of Mo Yao's will.
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38"Although I am not familiar with wisdom path, I had spent a great fortune and bought much costly information from treasure yellow heaven, they are valuable knowledge."
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40"Wisdom path seeks the path of knowledge, it is split into 'thought, 'will', and 'emotion'. Thought is the foundation, when a person thinks, thoughts are created. When many thoughts are gathered, will is formed. With many wills intertwined, emotions would form. Thoughts are like weeds, they can be easily created or destroyed, will can be everchanging, firm as steel, empty like vacuum, or fierce like fire… As for emotions, they are like water, a small stream when thin, but cannot be cut easily or steered by reason. When deep, they will be like the sea, having great control and power over oneself."
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42"Out of these three, emotion is the hardest to get rid of, while thoughts are most easily destroyed and created. I should be glad that what is inside my mind now is Mo Yao's will and not Mo Yao's emotions."
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44"When a person thinks, thoughts are created. When thoughts collide, they either get destroyed or fuse. The eventual thought would be the result obtained from thinking. Then what about a portion of a person's will? Hehehe."
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46Fang Yuan thought of the brilliant part and he snickered in his heart continuously.
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48Wills do not form by just gathering randomly scattered thoughts together. But will is truly the linking together of countless thoughts.
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50When a will thinks about a question, it will use its own thoughts to fuse and create new thoughts, getting the results of their thinking.
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52"Mo Yao is a refinement grandmaster, her will also inherited her grandmaster attainment, but the flaws created in thinking about six arm heavenly zombie king were not due to her limited abilities, but because she did not dare to think too deeply as she had to worry about her own safety."
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54By now, Fang Yuan had discovered Mo Yao's weakness!
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56A living person would feel weakness in their body if they thought about things non-stop, not to mention a simple will?
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58The more a will thinks, the more damaged they would get, and the weaker they would be.
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60If Mo Yao was alive, the expenditure that her will incurs would be replenished by her main body. But now — Mo Yao was already dead!
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62Why did her will sleep inside Water Pavilion, only awakening when Fang Yuan entered?
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64That was because her will could not stay awake all the time, one thinks extensively when they are awake, the more she thought the weaker her will would be, and the faster it would perish.
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66Look at Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, this majestic rank eight Immortal Gu house, containing Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's will.
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68Even for someone as strong as Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, the will that he left behind was also slumbering!
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70Be it Giant Sun's will or Mo Yao's will, they were without a power source, they could not be replenished and could only weaken as time passed.
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72"While my wisdom path attainment is low, I have the greatest advantage in that I am alive! At this point, I cannot contest with Mo Yao's will, but as long as I have enough time to stall it out, I will definitely win."
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74After pondering to this point, Fang Yuan stopped this train of thought.
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76After all, Mo Yao's will was inside his mind. Reflecting for overly long would create more thoughts, although he could use space thought Gu to hide them, there was no guarantee that Mo Yao would not find a way around it.
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78"Sigh…"
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80In the grand hall, Fang Yuan's sigh could be heard.
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82Mo Yao was a huge burden, Fang Yuan had to be wary all the time when he thinks.
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84Originally, getting into Imperial Court blessed land and taking Immortal Gu Landscape As Before was already taxing on him, having to make so many considerations. Coupled with such a huge enemy now lurking inside his brain, Fang Yuan had to be very careful of the danger while attempting to solve it, every time he thought about a problem, he would have to mix in some random thoughts to conceal his intentions.
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86This kind of thinking would be easily achieved in the past if his heart was calm. But now, Fang Yuan felt that it was very taxing, he felt a strong mental fatigue.
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88Mo Yao's will heard this sigh and misunderstood Fang Yuan, consoling: "Hehehe, little brother, you are so young, but already so hardworking, why are you sighing? I have revised the killer move, you need to change six Gu worms and add in three more."
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90"Oh?" Fang Yuan's brows rose, he said expressionlessly: "I am listening."
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92Mo Yao told him the details.
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94Fang Yuan had Hu Immortal blessed land in his possession, it was not a problem to connect to treasure yellow heaven and exchange for a few mortal Gu.
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96At the same time, Fang Yuan instructed Ge Guang and Chang Ji You to secretly bring captured Gu Masters into the hall.
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98Three days later, another round of human experimentation begun.
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100The experiment's result was better than earlier, but there were still flaws.
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102Mo Yao summed up the results and gave another revised suggestion.
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104Fang Yuan acted accordingly, he showed no impatience even after many rounds. He knew clearly: Mo Yao's will had refinement grandmaster attainment, but the more she thought, the weaker she would be, the rounds of experiments were so that they could replace the strain on her thoughts by using test subjects.
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106But even so, Mo Yao's will had to think of the revision herself. When she thinks about this, thoughts would generate!
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108The more she does this, the weaker her will would be.
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110Fang Yuan did not intend to alarm her, he was prepared for a drawn out battle.
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112After half a month, during the fifteenth experiment.
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114In the hall, corpses were scattered everywhere.
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116Fang Yuan kept the dozens of Gu worms used for six arm heavenly zombie king, looking around and giving a satisfied nod.
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118The test subjects had low cultivation level, they could not endure such a strong killer move like six arm heavenly zombie king, they were sure to die.
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120But how they died, and what happened to them after they died was the important thing.
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122Right now, among these corpses, some has turned into zombies, some had yellow scales, some had six arms on their backs, some had sharp spiky scales, some had thick arms with bulging muscles, some had pitch-black claws on their hands, created by their sharp nails.
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124"Six arm heavenly zombie king uses borrow strength Gu as the core, and the six flying zombie Gu as the foundation, with eighteen Gu as the complements. Strictly speaking, this is a transformation path killer move, gathering the zombie energy to turn a person into a flying zombie. That way, the Gu Master's body becomes more than ten times as strong, and can hold even greater strength." Fang Yuan spoke slowly, concluding his gains from these previous days.
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126"But precisely because of this, the zombie energy is extremely dense and the backlash of this killer move is very severe. Even if we had three life force type Gu among the complementing Gu worms, we can only sustain the killer move for seven minutes. That's about it, right?" Fang Yuan asked Mo Yao's will in his mind.
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128Mo Yao laughed: "Little brother makes much sense, that is true indeed. Using borrow strength Gu to borrow the strength of the natural phenomena in heaven and earth, but even a rank five strength path expert cannot use it casually. Thus, I thought of using a zombie body as the strength of a zombie body surpasses living flesh, it has great regenerative abilities and complements borrow strength Gu really well."
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130"But Gu Masters are alive, while zombie energy is the power of the dead, the longer you maintain the six arm heavenly zombie king transformation, the more zombie energy would be in your body, and when it devours your lifeforce, you will turn into a zombie completely, unable to change back. That is the backlash of this killer move."
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132"Sigh, life force and death energy, they are entirely distinct from each other and like archenemies. The fusion of life and death is also an age old question, it is out of my capabilities. It was my limit to place three life force boosting Gu worms in the killer move. If we put more of these Gu, it will disrupt the zombie energy and the killer move's power will fall, or even completely collapse. If we use too few of them, the time you can use this transformation will shrink, and it will turn into an impractical move."
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134Fang Yuan heard this and nodded on the surface, expressing his agreement, but he was chuckling in his heart.
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136These words from Mo Yao were a suspicious change in topic.
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138The fusion of life and death was indeed an age old question, there had never been a case of a person being simultaneously dead and alive, the two could not co-exist.
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140But Mo Yao was a refinement grandmaster, could she not think of any other killer moves?
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142Why must she use six arm heavenly zombie king? That was because this could greatly reduce the thinking she had to do, since Fang Yuan provided the base of the killer move 'four arm wind king', she just had to improve on it.
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144Fang Yuan was almost certain, with her grandmaster attainment, Mo Yao could easily start all over again and think of a brand new killer move.
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146"Mo Yao is a variant human, she is an inkman. As someone of a different race, she definitely has a different standpoint. These days, we used up to a thousand Gu Masters to experiment, she is a righteous path person, the fairy of Spirit Affinity House, but she watched coldly by the side. Her lover is the great Sword Immortal Bo Qing, it seems that within her affection, there was also the element of being attracted to the strong?"
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148Bo Qing was the 'pseudo-Immortal Venerable who split the five regions with his sword', compared to him, Fang Yuan was only a mortal, in Mo Yao's heart, was he about the same as those test subjects who died?
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150"Thus, in this world, one has to depend on themselves. Only you yourself are the most reliable person." Fang Yuan sneered in his heart, but he did not point it out, he asked Mo Yao instead: "So, has the killer move six arm heavenly zombie king been completed?"
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152Mo Yao shook her head: "Not yet, we only experimented on low rank Gu Masters, we still need high rank Gu Masters, preferably rank five, if they are a strength path rank five, that would be the best."
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154"Rank five strength path?" Fang Yuan frowned, other than himself, there was nobody he knew who met the criteria.
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156Fang Yuan shook his head, he decided to put this matter aside: "No rush, I have already obtained the materials for ink transformation. It is time to explore Eighty-Eight True Yang Building again!"
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159With her weakness exposed, I'm afraid...Chapter 575: Entering True Yang Building again
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161Fang Yuan entered the central control room once again.
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163As the name implied, the central control room was the important control center of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
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165The secret room was round and its walls were flickering with starlight, with a white jade round table at the center. There was an exquisite model of the whole Imperial Court blessed land on the round table, just like a military sand table.
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167Not only did it depict mountains and rivers and the sacred palace at the center, even the small towers in the blessed land were clearly visible.
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169"I have returned once again." In Fang Yuan's mind, Mo Yao's will sighed with deep emotions.
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171Fang Yuan ignored her and looked towards the white jade round table.
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173He had first used the guest token to enter Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, then passed with high grade evaluation which allowed him to enter the treasure room. He then refined the guest halt stele and found the glass owner token, using it, he then entered the central control room.
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175But because of Di Qiu inheritance, he chose to momentarily halt his plans for Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, eventually refining calamity beckoning Gu.
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177All in all, Di Qiu inheritance provided both benefits and harm to Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan was able to obtain an Immortal Gu, but its ability was quite unique in that it harmed oneself to benefit others.
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179And then there was Mo Yao's will which had sneaked into his mind; Fang Yuan could not get rid of it and as such the internal pressure on him was huge. But undeniably, the pointers given by Mo Yao's will reaped him much gains, not mentioning the insights regarding refinement path, just the six arm heavenly zombie king and ink transformation killer moves along with the improved earth chief zombie Gu recipe were extremely valuable!
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181Besides these, there was also an enormous benefit; Mo Yao's will would be of huge help to Fang Yuan's plans in Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
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183After all, Mo Yao was a refinement path grandmaster who had researched Eighty-Eight True Yang Building in-depth. She was a legendary character who, back then, had infiltrated into Imperial Court blessed land and created a loophole where she set up Di Qiu inheritance!
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185Fang Yuan had his previous life's memories along with the video of the central continent Gu Immortals attacking Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, he also had first hand information from Lang Ya land spirit and now, a great assistant was with him in the form of Mo Yao's will.
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187As such, he was fully confident in this trip.
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189But shortly after, his gaze paused as he let out a surprised gasp.
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191He clearly remembered that the sand table on the round table had been covered with a layer of sticky black liquid and the black liquid had formed into a whirlpool which then slowly entered towards a hole in the sand table.
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193This hole was none other than the location of Di Qiu inheritance.
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195But now, there was no trace of the black liquid on the sand table and the location of the Di Qiu inheritance was also completely restored in the sand table, with no trace of any hole.
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197This sight was like a heavy punch to Fang Yuan's confidence.
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199His mind was jolted and as he was about to make guesses, Mo Yao's will chuckled, already knowing his intent: "If there are gains, there will be losses as well. Little brother, you have already taken Di Qiu inheritance, and with Eighty-Eight True Yang Building's might, it was bound to have fixed that flaw; the cave in Di Qiu inheritance exists no longer and a small tower should have been reinstated there."
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201"Without the loophole, how can I refine the glass owner token into one-edge owner token?" Fang Yuan asked for advice.
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203"If there is no loophole, then just create a new one." Mo Yao proudly smiled, "Why did I impart you the refinement path killer move ink transformation? You should have already guessed it, the black liquid covering the sand table you saw back then was caused by ink transformation killer move."
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205"If there is no loophole, make a new one?" Mo Yao's words revealed the bearings of a refinement path grandmaster, causing Fang Yuan to raise his brows.
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207Although it sounded easy from her words, how should he create the loophole?
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209At least, Fang Yuan who was a refinement path master did not have such ability.
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211Mo Yao continued: "The loophole cannot be casually created. Carelessly doing it will only awaken the slumbering Giant Sun's will. If his will awakens, then we will face a tragic end. Fortunately, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building has gone through many changes, it is already no longer as perfect as before, time has created all kinds of blemishes in it; back then, I chose the Di Qiu location because the blemish in it was the largest."
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213"So it was like that." Fang Yuan nodded, inwardly happy.
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215Mo Yao's will was like a water without a source, if they wanted to look for the blemishes and the loopholes, it would require large amounts of thinking, and this would cause her will to be greatly exhausted.
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217But Mo Yao did not satisfy Fang Yuan's intention and instead said: "Little brother, use your mind to explore the sand table according to my instructions, I will tell you the secrets of the workings of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and help you find the blemishes."
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219"Okay." Fang Yuan's gaze flashed.
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221This action of Mo Yao was not out of his expectation.
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223She cherished her existence, but it was okay that she was not thinking. Fang Yuan could use this chance to learn from her and increase his understanding of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.
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225The marvels of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building were extraordinary; as Fang Yuan entered the sand table with his mind, he felt like he was a small boat on an ocean, only sensing its limitless and unfathomable vastness. Every corner and side of it was a lesson to be learned and pondered upon.
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227He instantly felt that he was a minute existence and gasped in amazement.
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229According to Mo Yao's directions, Fang Yuan found a total of fifty-four blemishes, and thirteen blemishes among them were relatively larger, forming into flaws that were comparable to the Di Qiu location before.
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231This result made Mo Yao sigh: "So many years have gone by and even Eighty-Eight True Yang Building cannot escape the damage from the river of time. Thinking of back then, I could only find thirty-eight blemishes with only six that had formed into flaws."
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233Pausing for a moment, she then continued to give directions to Fang Yuan: "Little brother, now you can use the killer move ink transformation to refine these several flaws."
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235Fang Yuan followed her words and with frequent shifting of his mind, over eight hundred Gu flew out of his aperture.
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237There were Gu worms from rank one to rank five of metal, wood, water, earth, rule, soul, blood and other paths, among these dark path was of primary importance.
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239Although they were all mortal Gu, but for ten or so Gu worms among them, some were already extinct during Medieval Antiquity Era and some even went as far back as Remote Antiquity Era. Thus, they were extremely rare and were completely extinct from the five regions, with only some Gu Immortals having them in their collections.
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241Fang Yuan had to spend a considerable amount for these Gu worms, spending at least one and a half immortal essence stones.
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243Immortal essence stones were extremely valuable and could directly replenish a Gu Immortal's immortal essence and help them cultivate. At the same time, they were also a currency used by Gu Immortals.
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245Even during Fang Yuan's peak period in his previous life, he had only been able to collect just over sixty immortal essence stones.
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247In this life, he gained profits from risk, and since obtaining Hu Immortal blessed land, his highest amount of savings was twelve immortal essence stones.
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249Now, he only had two immortal essence stones left.
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251There was nothing he could do about it, too many fields required the use of immortal essence stones.
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253Purchasing wolf groups, gathering the intel on wisdom path, purchasing Gu worms and so on, all required immortal essence stones.
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255Close to a thousand Gu worms fluttered about in the air, like a light drizzle.
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257Fang Yuan put all his concentration in commanding and arranging these Gu worms and when the time was ripe, he shouted softly: "Ink transformation!"
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259The Gu worms turned into a dark cloud and rain started falling down from the cloud and made pitter-patter sounds as they hit the sand table, turning into drops of inky liquid.
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261The ink drops started to add up slowly and covered the whole sand table.
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263Fang Yuan's concentration was gathered towards a specific flaw, urging the inky liquid to flow towards the flaw.
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265The primeval essence of a rank five peak stage aperture rapidly decreased, and the inky liquid was also exhausted by over half before it was able to break through a layer of indistinct obstruction and formed into a whirlpool, slowly pouring into the hole in the sand table.
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267At this scene, Mo Yao spoke: "Throw in your glass owner token."
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269Fang Yuan did as told and threw in the glass owner token.
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271The glass owner token sank into the inky whirlpool with no trace to be seen, the inky liquid also started being consumed even more rapidly. After about an hour, the dark cloud was the first to dissipate. After four hours, the inky liquid disappeared completely, and a completely new owner token slowly flew out of the hole.
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273Fang Yuan grabbed this owner token that had already changed its appearance. On the edge of the previous surface, a sharp protrusion appeared like a horn.
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275"One-edge owner token, sure enough fits its name." Fang Yuan mumbled.
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277"In Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, after a descendant of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable passes a floor, the owner token will advance into one-edge owner token and be able to grasp control of a floor. At the same time, the descendant can enter the treasure room and take a treasure within, without the need to exchange. If the descendant can pass through ten floors, the owner token will become a ten-edges owner token which allows the descendant to retrieve a Giant Sun inheritance from the treasure room." Mo Yao introduced.
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279"Giant Sun inheritance?" Fang Yuan's heart thumped in excitement.
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281Mo Yao continued: "Right, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable made arrangements for his descendants, arranged the rules of the Imperial Court contest, set up Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and left behind eighty-eight inheritances in it. An Immortal Venerable's inheritance is naturally not a small thing. But in history, the Imperial Court winners who were able to pass ten floors were extremely few. When I was alive, there were still fifty-three inheritances left out of eighty eight, I am not sure how many remain now."
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283"Hehehe, speaking of this, even I am envious of your luck. There are altogether thirteen flaws we found. Every flaw after the ink transformation can advance the owner token by one edge. If you can use them all, you will obtain a thirteen-edges owner token and can totally take a Giant Sun inheritance! Sigh, it is not like back then, when there only were six flaws."
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285When Fang Yuan heard this, his fiery heart felt like it was doused with a basin of cold water, he bitterly laughly: "Using all the flaws? I won't conceal it from you, I only have two immortal essence stones now, I can only support one more ink transformation killer move."
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287"Oh, it was like that?" Mo Yao's gaze flashed.
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289While Fang Yuan was probing her, she was also probing Fang Yuan.
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291Immortal essence stones were one of the important standards of evaluating Gu Immortals. Fang Yuan might still be a mortal but with Hu Immortal blessed land, he was already treated as half an immortal in Mo Yao's heart.
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293"So this kid only has two Immortal essence stones? Are his words true or a lie?...It should be the truth. The temptations of Giant Sun's inheritance is not something normal people can resist. He is a refinement path master, he naturally knows the more flaws he refines and the higher grade his owner token is, the more convenient it will be for his plans towards Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. The most crucial point is I am hiding in his mind, it will be impossible for him to hide from me and secretly refine them."
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295"Now, he would ask for help from the forces behind him. Hmph, this brat conceals too deeply, he will have to reveal his background at that time, and I will be able to know a thing or two."
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297While thinking this, Mo Yao had a pleasant and benign expression as she gave an idea to Fang Yuan: "There is no need to hurry. Owner tokens can mutually annex each other. As long as you annex the current alliance leader Hei Lou Lan's owner token, who is to say you might not be able to gather ten edges?"
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299She indeed lived up to the name Mo Yao, knowing so many behind-the-scenes details.
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301Fang Yuan's gaze turned sharp and he intentionally said in a higher voice: "You want to make me go against Hei Lou Lan? Are you thinking of pushing me to my death? Although Hei Lou Lan is easy to deal with, the Hei tribe behind him is a super level force with many Gu Immortals looking after him!"
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303"Hey, you are an audacious lad, you can disguise your identity to infiltrate Imperial Court and yet you are afraid of mere Hei Lou Lan? Moreover, I did not say you have to kill him, you only need to take the owner token from his hands, that's all."
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305Fang Yuan's gaze changed: "Hei Lou Lan cannot be killed, killing him is like poking a hornet's nest, Hei tribe is not something I currently can provoke. But that owner token, he definitely treasures it as dearly as his life. Tell me, what should I do?"
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307'Can't provoke currently, isn't he saying it might be a different case in the future? This kid's ambition is truly big…' Mo Yao acutely sensed the key word in Fang Yuan's speech.
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309As for the problem Fang Yuan mentioned, she did not want to think too much, so she spread out her hands in Fang Yuan's mind: "How you take the owner token from him is your problem."
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312¯\_(ツ)_/¯### Chapter 576: Killer Move Reward
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314**Translator:** ChibiGeneral **Editor:** ChibiGeneral
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316"Kill!"
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318"Damn it, another myriad beast king!"
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320In the huge desert, the heat in the air was distorting one's vision, as sandworms crawled out from underneath the golden sand terrain.
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322The Gu Masters were occupying the small area of a sand dune, desperately defending themselves.
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324This was Eighty\-Eight True Yang Building's seventh floor, the eighty\-ninth round.
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326Every round was a new area entirely, filled with all sorts of tests.
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328A sandworm myriad beast king entered the battle, causing ripples to form in the Gu Masters' defenses.
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330"Hold on, just forty\-five minutes more and we will get through this round!" Sole Blade General Pan Ping shouted as he tried to boost morale.
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332He was a demonic Gu Master who had joined Hei tribe to become their external elder.
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334He had great battle strength, but this round was focused on defense.
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336It required the challengers to stay on the specified dune for twelve hours, facing the attacks of the sandworms in waves. Unlike Gu Immortals, mortals had limited strength alone, thus it was the best if more people challenged the round.
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338But Pan Ping's words had little effect.
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340By now, there were great losses to the Gu Masters, they were all tired and reaching their limits.
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342"The f\*ck, another myriad beast king, how are we going to survive?" Big Beard wiped the blood and sweat off his face as he shouted.
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344Nobody knew his real name, because his beard was really thick, he was simply called 'Big Beard'.
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346In the earlier rounds, he had gotten through the sixth floor's eighteenth round, thus becoming a little famous from his previously unknown background.
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348He was originally a rank two Gu Master, as common as a pebble in the sacred palace, a true fodder, but because of the reward for clearing the round, he rose to rank three realm.
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350It was different when a Gu Master becomes rank three.
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352Rank two were common, rank three were rare, they were mostly elders.
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354When Big Beard became rank three, his situation improved, and his high quality primeval essence caused his battle strength to surge, allowing him to obtain more battle rewards. Not only this, many middle\-sized tribes gave him an offer to join — small tribes could not afford to have an external elder while large tribes had no use for him.
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356"This is the eighty\-ninth round, if we get through this, the reward will be shocking! People like us will not obtain it, but the reward for the mission would allow me to obtain two rank three Gu."
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358Big Beard thought about this and his heart was burning with desire, as he battled, he looked at the higher\-ups on the peak of the dune.
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360It was them who sent out this mission, gathering a thousand Gu Masters to get through this difficult round.
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362The sandworm myriad beast king rushed into the defensive line, engaging in fierce combat. Golden light, rain of arrows, flames, all sorts of attacks were unleashed on the myriad beast king, but the beast king's body shone with a yellow luster, as its defense rose and blocked these attacks easily.
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364It growled continuously, as it whipped up a storm while barging into the people's territory.
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366Chang Biao stood on the mound, frowning.
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368"The situation is a little out of hand." He spoke: "This myriad beast king has a rank five golden armor Gu, if we allow it to continue rampaging, our defenses would crumble."
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370By now, this was the ninth myriad beast king.
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372According to the Gu worms on the myriad beast kings, their battle strengths differed. This myriad beast king was comparatively problematic because of the good quality defensive Gu in it, but it did not have a strong area of effect attack.
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374In such a situation, usually Gu Master experts would choose to strike it themselves as that is the only way to hurt it.
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376After all, soldiers fight soldiers and generals fight generals.
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378Chang Biao had this intention as well.
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380Ma Ying Jie who was standing beside him stood up and spoke: "Then I shall do it."
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382No one objected.
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384During the appearance of the myriad beast king, everyone took turns to strike, this was what they agreed on, and according to the order, it was Ma Ying Jie's turn.
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386He was the worthily famous Ma Ying Jie indeed, when he personally struck, he led the pegasus group and easily blocked the sandworm myriad beast king, stabilizing the situation.
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388"Young Ma Zun is really impressive." On the sand dune, everyone praised.
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390"Brother Chang, what do you think of Ma Ying Jie?" Pan Ping secretly asked by transmitting his voice.
391
392Ma Ying Jie was once Ma tribe's young tribe leader, his teacher was Ma Zun and after Ma tribe failed, Hei Lou Lan forced them to submit causing the current Ma tribe to be weak, only being a mid\-sized tribe.
393
394Chang Biao knew what Pan Ping was saying, he wanted to recruit Ma Ying Jie into becoming a member of the Wolf Killing Alliance.
395
396The Wolf Killing Alliance was a secret organisation to deal with Fang Yuan.
397
398After Pan Ping's inheritance was snatched by Fang Yuan on Xing Jiu peak, he felt extreme hatred on the inside and wanted to take revenge.
399
400Chang Biao had the grudge of Chang Shan Yin taking his wife, it was absolutely irreconcilable.
401
402Fang Yuan had incredible power, he could contest with Hei Lou Lan. Even though Pan Ping and Chang Biao had great gains in Eighty\-Eight True Yang Building and obtained much rewards, both being rank four peak stage now, they had a low chance of success in dealing with Fang Yuan, thus they needed more help.
403
404Seeing Chang Biao keeping silent, Pan Ping continued: "Ma tribe lost terribly because of Chang Shan Yin! Ma Ying Jie's teacher Ma Zun was killed by him as well, he and Chang Shan Yin have a huge grudge too."
405
406But Chang Biao shook his head, transmitting: "No, Ma Ying Jie is a very determined person, but he is also a great leader. In my opinion, he has placed all his efforts on his tribe now, trying to revitalize the dying Ma tribe, he would not oppose the Wolf King if his intention is this. In fact, he might try to mend their relationship. Wolf King has a huge force, our biggest advantage is that we are a secret organisation, we cannot recruit people recklessly, if not, we will expose ourselves."
407
408Pan Ping was not willing to give up, he continued urging: "Brother Chang, how can we as high achievers worry so much?! Chang Shan Yin is a scoundrel, he has his myriad wolves to defend him, in the future when we fight, our strength might be drained by the wolf group. Don't forget about this person's high attainment in strength path! Ma Ying Jie controls a horse group, he is called Little Ma Zun now, he has the talent to become an enslavement master, we need such experts to deal with the wolf group."
409
410Chang Biao gave Pan Ping a look, feeling unhappy.
411
412Pan Ping was a demonic Gu Master, he was called Sole Blade General, he acted without restraints and was daring and cruel. This was foolishness and rashness in Chang Biao's opinion, he could not achieve anything in life.
413
414Actually, Pan Ping was unhappy too, he felt that Chang Biao was too restricted, he worried too much and was not a true hero.
415
416This was the difference in their personality.
417
418Chang Biao was good at enduring, back then when plotting against Chang Shan Yin, he used another person to achieve his aims. He also loved his reputation, after so many years, he did not dare to acknowledge his son Chang Ji You.
419
420As for Pan Ping, from the Imperial Court contest when he challenged the armies and rushed forward in battle, one could see his personality.
421
422But despite their differences, be it Pan Ping or Chang Biao, they could tolerate each other because they understood clearly that Wolf King was not someone they could deal with alone.
423
424"Pan Ping is from the demonic path, how can he understand the thoughts of us righteous path characters! He wants to take in Ma Ying Jie? Hmph, wishful thinking! The moment we tell him about the Wolf Killing Alliance, we might get betrayed by him the next second, in order to appeal to the Wolf King. Sigh, how can I convince him?" Chang Biao sighed in his heart.
425
426But he was very witty, he immediately had a plan.
427
428He transmitted: "Brother Pan, Chang Shan Yin killed Ma Zun, but don't forget, who was the one who killed Ma Ying Jie's father?"
429
430"Urgh…" Pan Ping was stunned, he went into a daze.
431
432Ma Shang Feng was killed by Pan Ping during the chaotic battle in the end, because of that, he made a great merit and was given many rewards.
433
434The battle merit back then became his biggest obstacle in taking revenge now, this was something Pan Ping did not expect.
435
436But Pan Ping was an obstinate man, he said: "It is true that I killed his father, but that was due to the fight between two armies, we were fighting for our respective masters. Since Brother Chang thinks that Ma Ying Jie cares most about his tribe, I will believe this judgement. In that case, if we use this as the premise and assume that Wolf King is the biggest obstacle to Ma Ying Jie when he wants to restore his tribe, wouldn't that be the best?"
437
438Once he said that, Chang Biao was stunned this time.
439
440He gave Pan Ping a look, thinking: "Wise people might have a moment of folly, while foolish people might have a moment of brilliance, to think that this Pan Ping would have a smart rebuttal for once."
441
442Immediately, his mind worked quickly as he assessed: "Indeed, there is a possibility of that. Ma Ying Jie's weakness is Ma tribe! But how can we plan this so that Ma Ying Jie would willingly join the Wolf Killing Alliance?"
443
444Chang Biao thought of this and had an idea, remembering a small detail that he had heard of earlier.
445
446His gaze turned to the left defensive line.
447
448There was a young rank two Gu Master there.
449
450"He is Ma Hong Yun, he was originally Ma Ying Jie's servant earlier, but now he is one of Ma Ying Jie's most trusted aides. Not long ago, Wolf King hunted the earth chief beast group and Ma Hong Yun managed to escape with his life, he obtained not a small amount of battle gains and contributed it to Ma tribe, causing Ma Ying Jie to reward him with three green copper relic Gu, for his loyalty. He even returned all the Gu worms that were contributed, allowing Ma Hong Yun to keep them.
451
452"This lad's luck is not bad! He managed to leave before Chang tribe and Ge tribe Gu Masters entered the battlefield, the green copper relic Gu is of considerable value too, after Ma tribe became weak, their morale was low and Ma Ying Jie used the green copper relic Gu that he could not use to demonstrate how his men could be rewarded by the act of a good role model."
453
454"Ma Hong Yun obtained the green copper relic Gu that he needed most, getting to rank two realm in one night, that speed is something not even I could compete with."
455
456Chang Biao thought of this and sighed at the mysteries of fate.
457
458Compared to Ma Hong Yun, Chang Biao had a much higher starting point, he had huge amounts of resources provided to him, but even so, Chang Biao took about ten times as long to advance to rank two.
459
460After all, green copper relic Gu were natural Gu, they were rare and produced at random places, it was thanks to Eighty\-Eight True Yang Building that Ma Ying Jie obtained them as a reward.
461
462"This lad Ma Hong Yun had prospered due to Chang Shan Yin, earlier, Chang Shan Yin had ordered Chang tribe and Ge tribe to capture some of the Gu Masters who tried to take advantage of the situation, what will happen if I release this information?"
463
464Chang Biao pondered.
465
466"No… just Ma Hong Yun, who is a rank two Gu Master, would be an ant in Chang Shan Yin's eyes. He is still too weak, there is no point in reporting him. Furthermore, Ma Ying Jie will not deal with Chang Shan Yin just because of this tiny Ma Hong Yun. We should continuing planning and waiting for this…"
467
468Forty\-five minutes later, the sand dune erupted into cheers.
469
470"Victory, victory!"
471
472"It was not easy, we finally got through."
473
474"I wonder what the reward for this round is?"
475
476Many curious gazes landed on Chang Biao, Pan Ping, Ma Ying Jie and others.
477
478After passing this round, Chang Biao and the others' apertures suddenly had many new Gu worms.
479
480Among them was an east window Gu, storing information.
481
482"Six arm heavenly zombie king?" Chang Biao, Pan Ping, and Ma Ying Jie checked this information and looked at each other.
483
484They had differing expressions.
485
486To think that the reward would be a strength path killer move, according to the description, this killer move's power was phenomenal!
487
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489
490What a... coincidence... hehe.Chapter 577: Young Master, save me...
491
492Bam!
493
494A silhouette flew out like lightning, six arms were like heavy cannons crushing a huge helmet crab to death.
495
496At once, fresh blood spewed in this secret room as limbs flew everywhere.
497
498"Hahaha." Pan Ping combed his messy hair, laughing loudly as he ignored the blood and carcasses on the ground.
499
500"Awesome, amazing! This six arm heavenly zombie king killer move is really amazing! Using the zombie body to avoid requiring my insufficient background in strength path, thus even with my mild cultivation in strength path, I can still use it."
501
502Pan Ping's eyes shone brilliantly as he talked to himself, pondering about the killer move.
503
504He was born from the demonic path, he lacked resources and did not have enough creativity, thus he had never owned a killer move. But one did not need to know how to cook in order to eat, after roaming in northern plains for so many years, Pan Ping's vision had expanded and he knew that this killer move 'six arm heavenly zombie king' really had what was in the description — unparalleled strength!
505
506"As long as I have this, my chances of dealing with Wolf King will be higher by ten percent! Wolf King has a strength path killer move, but so do I! Wolf King, don't be arrogant, one day, I will return all the humiliation that you inflicted onto me by tenfold!" Pan Ping gritted his teeth, his eyes shining with hatred.
507
508At the same time, Chang Biao was also testing this killer move.
509
510"As expected of a reward from Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, this killer move is too strong!"
511
512The power of the killer move was very shocking to Chang Biao as well.
513
514"If I have to mention a flaw, it would be that the appearance is too ugly and evil…" Chang Biao looked at the mirror with a dark gaze.
515
516The Chang Biao in the mirror had green-grey skin, fangs were growing out of his mouth and his eyes were yellow. He has green-red messy hair, looking very horrifying. Especially the six monstrous arms on his back, they were of different shapes and sizes, each were ruthless looking and made people feel a chill when they saw them.
517
518Pan Ping originated from the demonic path, he often lacked resources and lived in terrible conditions, with survival as his main goal, he did not care about appearance or image.
519
520But Chang Biao was different.
521
522He was born in Chang tribe, he was like a noble, a reputable figure in the righteous path, he loved his appearance and placed emphasis on his reputation, if he were to show this appearance to people, he would feel very uncomfortable in his heart.
523
524"However, although this form is ugly, I can only resort to this when dealing with Chang Shan Yin!" Thinking of Fang Yuan, Chang Biao made up his mind.
525
526"To speak the truth, this move is quite similar to his strength path killer move. His killer move creates four arms on his back, together with his actual arms, he would have six in total. Meanwhile, my killer move creates six arms, I would have eight in total. This is a difference in appearance, but also shows that my killer move is stronger than his by a level."
527
528Chang Biao was assessing in his heart, his impression of Fang Yuan's killer move was still the one in the Imperial Court contest.
529
530Suddenly, Chang Biao had an inspiration, he had a guess: "This is quite the coincidence, the two killer moves are so alike… maybe, my version is the original, and what Chang Shan Yin got by chance was only a remnant version that was passed on outside."
531
532The more he thought about it, the more he confirmed his guess.
533
534"Chang Shan Yin is already an enslavement master, with his talent in enslavement path, how can he also have such talent in strength path? Hehehe, in the future when I get rid of him, I wonder what expression he will make when he sees my killer move? I am looking forward to it."
535
536Thinking so, Chang Biao's lips curled into a smile.
537
538Right at this moment, a servant came and told him Pan Ping had arrived.
539
540Chang Biao's mind clicked and he knew what Pan Ping's intention was, he instructed: "Bring him to my study room, attend to him with good tea, I will be there shortly."
541
542Because he was testing the killer move, Chang Biao's clothes were tattered.
543
544After changing his clothes, he came to the study and saw that Pan Ping was gulping the tea that was served to him.
545
546"What a waste of my good tea." Chang Biao sneered in his heart, before cupping his fists and calling out: "Brother Pan, you look especially happy today, there has been progress in the testing of the killer move?"
547
548"Hahaha, Brother Chang is right, that is exactly so. This killer move is simply outstanding." Pan Ping laughed loudly before changing the topic: "However, there are some problems with this killer move, I tested it for three times, and every time after I end the transformation, I would feel a great pain in my stomach area. In fact, the pain gets worse the more I use it. Is this the backlash of the killer move?"
549
550"Oh?" Chang Biao heard this and his gaze concentrated: "My symptoms are different from you, you have a stomach ache while I feel dizziness, even temporary deafness and blindness. I was going to find you to discuss this problem."
551
552The two talked about the issue, but they did not gain any insights.
553
554They were neither expert strength path cultivators nor refinement masters, their so-called discussion was only based on their own experiments, they could not get to the root of the issue.
555
556Pan Ping suggested: "There are three other people who cleared the round along with us. Why don't we invite them over as well to discuss this matter. Relationships are built by interaction, once our relationship improves, we can invite them to join the Wolf Killing Alliance!"
557
558Pan Ping was adamant on recruiting more members into their alliance, Chang Biao laughed as he said vaguely: "I have plans for this already, it will take effect in the next few days."
559
560　　...
561
562Imperial Court blessed land. A thousand li away from the sacred palace.
563
564In the lush and green forest, a group of Gu Masters were carefully moving ahead.
565
566Crack.
567
568With a light, crisp sound, Ma Hong Yun accidentally stepped on a twig.
569
570Everyone's movements stopped, they sent their angry and frightened gazes towards him.
571
572"You idiot! How many times have we told you to notice what you step on, look down!" The group leader suppressed his volume as he chided with his eyes wide open.
573
574"Sorry, sorry, I did not mean to do that!" Ma Hong Yun quickly apologised.
575
576"Shut up, shut up!"
577
578"Shush, quiet, you idiot!"
579
580The Gu Masters nearby were anxious, the people near Ma Hong Yun even covered his mouth quickly in fear.
581
582The leader's expression was solemn, he was anxious and some killing intent leaked: "All of you shut up. If you alert the iron beak bird group, we will be finished. We are only here to steal the eggs this time, we are retreating once we do that, I will personally kill whoever ruins this!"
583
584The leader was the only rank three Gu Master here, he had the greatest strength and naturally, authority.
585
586Hearing his words, everyone nodded quickly, including Ma Hong Yun.
587
588The leader looked around, his gaze paused at Ma Hong Yun for a second as he gave him a fierce stare, deciding in his heart: "Once we go back, I am kicking this idiot from the group. So what if he has rank two strength? I must be blind, looking at how complementary his Gu worms were, I agreed to let him into the group. If a Gu Master is stupid to this degree, so what if he has good Gu worms?"
589
590Swoosh!
591
592Right at this moment, there was a sound that resembled waves in the forest.
593
594Largest numbers of iron beak birds flapped their wings as they soared into the sky from the tree branches.
595
596The Gu Masters who saw this felt that they had sunk into an icy abyss.
597
598"What's going on?"
599
600"Oh no, the birds were alerted! Quickly run!"
601
602"Ma Hong Yun, it is all your fault, if I survive this, I will definitely settle the score with you!!"
603
604Everyone were frightened and anxious, some were furious.
605
606"No, the birds are flying south, it was not us who alerted them, it seems that there were others who accepted Chang tribe's mission!" The leader saw the situation and was overjoyed, screaming uncontrollably.
607
608Everyone heard this and looked over, seeing this was the case, their moods changed.
609
610"Save, save us!" A group of Gu Masters were flying quickly, towards them.
611
612Looking at the densely packed bird group that were attracted over, the Gu Master's eyes were almost popping out.
613
614"Don't, don't come over!" The leader shouted: "I will kill you first if you come closer!"
615
616"Leader, looking at their clothes, they are Chang tribesmen." Ma Hong Yun said hesitantly.
617
618The leader's eyes were wide open as he wanted to bash this guy up, shouting: "You idiot, do you still want your life? Go save them if you want to die!"
619
620Ma Hong Yun thought of the time when they faced the earth chief beast group.
621
622He only wanted to remind Jiang Dong, but he was nearly killed as a result.
623
624"If not for my good luck…" Ma Hong Yun thought of this and shuddered, asking the leader: "What should we do?"
625
626The leader gritted his teeth, seeing that the Chang tribe Gu Masters were not listening, rushing over intentionally, he stomped his foot: "What can we do? Split up and run!"
627
628Everyone split up at once, as Ma Hong Yun was in a daze, quickly choosing a direction and running for his life when he realized what was going on.
629
630"Lord, that is Ma Hong Yun, Ma Ying Jie's confidant." The Chang tribe Gu Masters who were running away might look pathetic, but they were all cool headed and had no fear.
631
632Chang tribe group's leader was Chang Biao's confidant, he looked at Ma Hong Yun's figure as he was shocked: "Is this guy a fool? He is not using his movement Gu?"
633
634Chang tribe was scheming, they naturally got all the details of Ma Hong Yun, they knew that he had a complete set of high quality rank two Gu worms.
635
636"I, I am going to be caught, damn it, why are they so fast? They used a movement Gu, ah! Right, right, I have a movement Gu too!" As he ran, Ma Hong Yun patted his forehead as he quickly used his movement Gu, his speed rising drastically.
637
638"He finally remembered, eh? Why is he still running towards the left?" The leader was shocked.
639
640He did not know that Ma Hong Yun had a terrible sense of direction, back when Fei tribe was in turmoil, his father sacrificed himself to give him time to run, but he ran in a circle and turned back to the same spot.
641
642Because of Ma Hong Yun's actions, the situation became more serious.
643
644The leader quickly instructed: "You, you, you, quickly catch up with Ma Hong Yun and protect him. In addition, ask Lady Chang Li to go ahead and prepare!"
645
646"Yes, lord."
647
648Even though the Chang tribe Gu Masters were elites, Ma Hong Yun's random movement often got himself into dangerous situations, the Gu Masters had to attract the bird group while protecting him, they also had to avoid getting detected by him, it was a difficult position. Their plan which was guaranteed to succeed ended up with them sacrificing several elites!
649
650"Sa… save me…" Chang Li was lying on the ground, she was weak and feeble, looking very vulnerable. Her clothes were torn, revealing her alluring shoulder. Her hair was messy and she looked very pitiful, like a fearful rabbit.
651
652Ma Hong Yun ran over quickly, he was looking ahead as he desperately ran, he did not discover Chang Li at all!
653
654Chang Li was stunned, at the last moment, she reacted and stretched out her leg when Ma Hong Yun was about to pass her.
655
656Plop!
657
658Ma Hong Yun fell face flat, he turned around and was shocked.
659
660"What a beautiful lady…"
661
662He was a dummy normally, but he was also at the age of being attracted to girls.
663
664"Young master, please save me." Chang Li's beautiful voice made Ma Hong Yun's heart flutter.
665
666"Oh, oh." Ma Hong Yun quickly replied, after some fumbling, he carried Chang Li and ran.