Outside the Ancient Strength Blessed Land, the mortal Gu Masters of ranks four and five had already been waiting for three days. To them, this duration was extremely short, and they felt no anxiety.
But to the five Gu Immortals flying in the air, this time felt long.
"Brothers, it seems these youngsters are truly incompetent to take so long competing over the inheritance… Fifty-one days have already passed inside the blessed land. The results we see are, at best, ambiguous, but this alone allows us to infer that the competition inside is still ongoing."
"Yang Ruonan, you are the best at investigative methods. Since you are an Information Path Immortal Gu Master, can you obtain some clues about what is happening inside?"
Yang Ruonan, an elderly-looking woman wearing a blue robe and a dark hood that covered her head, leaned on a long staff made of starwood. She waved her staff, releasing a complex aura as she activated her killer move.
After a while, she shook her head bitterly.
"I was unable to deduce anything. The foundation of this blessed land is extremely rich in Dao marks. My killer moves are merely mortal methods—they cannot penetrate this layer of dao marks."
Yang Ruonan was only a rank six Immortal Gu Master who had ascended ten years ago and had yet to accumulate enough contributions to obtain an Information Path Immortal Gu from her clan.
Then spoke the Immortal Gu Master from the Wu clan, who was at rank six cultivation.
"I can attempt to contact the juniors of my clan inside, but that would cost me an Immortal Essence. The situation hasn't yet reached an intolerable point."
"Wu Bi, it seems your clan members are rather stingy, don't you think?"
"Xia Shan Su, you'd better watch your words. Little Shan Yi is right—only fifty days have passed inside the blessed land. Since when was an Immortal Gu Master's inheritance so easy to obtain?… After another seven days, if nothing happens, we will attack the blessed land."
The five Gu Immortals from the Southern Border clans agreed with Wu Bi's words. After all, Wu Bi possessed rank seven cultivation!
Inside the blessed land, the land spirit revealed some fascinating information to Fang Tian.
"My main body was an Immortal Gu Master of the Strength Path who endured two heavenly tribulations and twenty-two earthly calamities in the Late Antiquity Era
. I was known as Immortal Power Extraction. At that time, the Strength Path had not yet declined into its current pitiful state; it still carried traces of its former glory. Strength Path cultivators were far more numerous than they are now. Although it was not the mainstream cultivation path, it was by no means a poor choice.
"In those eras, my name was somewhat renowned in the Southern Border. I disliked appearing in public and interacting with Immortal Gu Masters of righteous-path clans. Instead, I cultivated quietly, developed my blessed land, produced Strength Path resources within it to support my cultivation, and sold the surplus in exchange for other materials. My attainment in the Strength Path was impressive for my cultivation level. With some attainment in the Refinement Path as well, this was enough for me to deduce an Immortal Gu recipe of the Strength Path.
"I refined the Immortal Gu Power Extraction. With my high attainment, I elevated some of my mortal killer moves into immortal killer moves, resisted calamities and tribulations more effectively, and accumulated even more dao marks. It was a virtuous cycle: I accumulated strength and resources, then faced an earthly calamity, suffering only slight losses, yet deepening my foundation each time. However, heaven is always jealous of cultivators who enjoy an easy life. Fate willed that a battle erupted near the mountain where I cultivated, over the corpse of an ancient desolate beast that had fallen from the white heaven.
"I was tempted by the corpse of that ancient desolate beast. After all, it was extremely valuable, considered an eighth-rank immortal material. Even obtaining a small portion would have been a tremendous profit. I went to fight over the corpse of the ancient desolate beast. With my deep cultivation and immortal killer move, I possessed rank seven battle strength! But that despicable Guan clan—which has now become history—brought out a rank six Immortal Gu House, Seal Concordance House, and inflicted grievous injuries upon me.
"I realized that, with such injuries, I would not be able to survive the next earthly calamity. Thus, I focused on creating an inheritance, hoping someone would inherit it and remember me. The main inheritance of my original body contains my cultivation insights and experiences from when I ascended to become an Immortal Gu Master, hundreds of mortal Gu recipes, and even more incomplete Strength Path Gu recipes, including some incomplete Immortal Gu recipes of the Strength Path. There are also more than fourteen mortal killer moves in the inheritance, all of which are from the first class of the killer moves. My main body used them during my life before obtaining the Immortal Gu Power Extraction. However, the most precious treasure in this inheritance is the rank six Immortal Gu Power Extraction!"
Fang Tian nearly tore at his hair in ecstasy. This story was already astonishing enough, but what was even more incredible was the inheritance itself! This was the inheritance of an Immortal Gu Master! Even though it belonged to the Strength Path and did not align with Fang Tian's cultivation path, it was still irresistibly tempting!
Not to mention that this inheritance was complete in terms of methods—it even contained Immortal Gu and immortal killer moves!
What did it mean to possess an Immortal Gu versus not possessing one? The answer was simple: most rank six Immortal Gu Masters did not possess Immortal Gu and had to rely on mortal Gu instead. Many died to calamities and tribulations without ever obtaining a single Immortal Gu. Even if someone were an absolute genius and possessed overwhelming mortal methods that allowed them to reach battle strength close to Immortal Gu, they would still never match an Immortal Gu Master who wielded Immortal Gu.
After all, Immortal Gu was one of the fundamental standards by which an Immortal Gu Master's strength was measured! Moreover, Fang Tian now understood why this blessed land had been able to endure calamities and tribulations.
With such a deep foundation of Strength Path dao marks, the land spirit possessed immense power, rivaling Immortal Gu Masters in the middle tier of rank seven or even the upper tier. With such battle strength, rank six calamities and tribulations were relatively easy to overcome.
"With this level of power, I no longer need to detonate this blessed land, seize its resources, and flee. After all, the land spirit possesses rank seven Immortal Gu Master combat strength within the blessed land. Even if Immortal Gu Masters from outside attack, it can fight them on equal footing. With the power of heaven and earth, it will suppress mortal Gu and severely weaken the power of their killer moves!"
To be honest, Fang Tian never intended to stay inside this blessed land and wait for the Immortal Gu Masters to attack. Instead, he planned to lure them inside somehow, let them clash with the land spirit, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape.
After all, Fang Tian was not foolish enough to think this blessed land was a safe haven. Yes, he could rely on its abundant resources to ensure a smooth cultivation journey for a time, but in the end, he had to leave. The Talent of boundless forest Samsara had not disappeared.
But now, with the land spirit's power and the blessed land's foundation, he could equip himself with a new set of Gu worms that were highly compatible with him, push his cultivation to its peak, and only then leave this blessed land.
"Land spirit, can you contact the Yellow Treasure Heaven or not?"
"Yes, Master, I can. But how does Master know about Yellow Treasure Heaven?"
"Haha, you could say I read about it."
The land spirit nodded toward Fang Tian, then looked up at the ceiling of the room they were in.
At that moment, Yellow Treasure Heaven's market was opened, and Fang Tian beheld wonders that made him hold his breath in awe.