"This is already enough as a basic set of Gu worms. I can use them to create many killer moves with different effects… Now that the land spirit has refined Wood Origin Gu, Gray Vine Gu, and Recovery Willow Gu, all of them Rank five."
Having a subordinate who knew what they were doing was extremely beneficial to Fang Tian. Although the land spirit claimed that it had lost the attainment level of its main body in the Refinement Path, it still possessed a solid foundation in refinement. Even Fang Tian could not help but learn from it and correct his own flawed practices.
He gained a great deal of enlightenment from this, but he did not refine Gu for the time being. Instead, he focused on cultivation and coordinating his Gu worms. He now possessed a ready-made basic set of Rank five and Rank four Gu worms!
Rank Five:
Wood Origin Gu, Gray Vine Gu, Recovery Willow Gu, Palm Wing Gu, Grass Furnace Gu.
Rank Four:
Pollen Bee Gu, Imprisoned Flower Gu, Crystal Eyes Gu, Tree Sense Gu, Leaping Bamboo Gu, Thorny Pine River Gu, Supplicant Basil Gu, Flower-Eating Toad Gu, White Orchid Chains Gu, Bamboo Arrow Gu.
Fang Tian had far more Gu worms than these, but this was his core set. This set covered all aspects—storage, movement, offense, healing, support, and investigation.
Besides that, the land spirit gave him another batch of Strength Path Gu worms. Fang Tian was delighted, since there was a legendary Gu he had read about before:
All-Out Effort Gu, Unbreakable Bones Gu, Iron Muscles Gu, Dragon Strength Gu, Strength Extraction Gu, Forest Strength Gu, Nature Strength Gu, Bitter Strength Gu, Solid Qi Gu, and many other Strength Path Gu worms.
Fang Tian did not intend to cultivate the Strength Path as a secondary path, but he found himself tempted when he saw the killer moves recorded in the true inheritance of the Strength Path. Moreover, if he could deepen his foundation slightly by cultivating the Strength Path, he could go obtain the Three Kings Inheritance and the Second Aperture Gu!
"Forty days have already passed in blessed land time. It won't take long before the blessed land is attacked. My cultivation has already reached the peak of Rank two, and I can break through to Rank three, but that won't be of much use."
Fang Tian did not want to rush breakthroughs without getting accustomed to his new strength. After all, even breaking through to a minor realm would cause a large difference in combat power. Thus, after reaching the peak stage, he used Wood Path Gu worms to fight beasts that possessed Rank four battle strength.
These beasts could be considered excellent sparring partners. After all, beasts were not restrained by anything; they harbored natural hostility toward Fang Tian and used their full strength against him, making the battles real and granting him tangible gains in every fight.
"Master! I've finished setting up the Gu formations in the northern part of the blessed land. I can begin constructing Wood Path resource points now if you wish, Master!"
The land spirit appeared before Fang Tian and reported something he had been waiting for.
The Ancient Strength Blessed Land was originally a Strength Path blessed land. However, Fang Tian needed Wood Path resources to support his cultivation and Gu refinement. For this reason, he ordered the land spirit to purchase beast groups, trees, wild Gu worms, and Wood Path soil.
This project was extremely expensive, consuming fifty immortal essence stones just to establish the initial stage. However, once the foundation was laid, the land spirit would be able to build upon it until these resource points were fully formed.
If Fang Tian became a Wood Path Immortal Gu Master in the distant future, he could transfer these resource points into his immortal aperture, instantly completing the first step of aperture development.
Fang Tian and the land spirit moved to the mountain range that had been devastated by Fang Tian's self-detonation. The land spirit took advantage of this to reshape the mountains into plateaus, hills, and valleys to distribute the resource points.
"Land spirit, this valley is suitable for planting vegetation… what about Dragon Parasol Plants?"
The land spirit looked at Fang Tian in confusion.
"Dragon Parasol Plants? Ah, I believe Master means Ascending Dragon Plants. This is a wonderful mutated beast species, Master. It belongs to the Wood Path, Wisdom Path, and Ruler Path, but Wood Path and Wisdom Path dao marks are the most prominent. With our current capital, we can bring in at most one thousand of them along with their mutated beast kings. Over time, we can gradually increase the number, with a chance to even bring in the desolate beast Ascending Wisdom Dragon!"
The land spirit's planning was truly excellent, but they still needed to invest in three more resource points. After that, the northern region would be completely filled, leaving only the western region barren.
The western region would remain undeveloped. This was because it was the area where the land spirit endured calamities and tribulations. This would greatly reduce losses to resource points. Although calamities would still cause damage, it would be manageable.
Fang Tian handled the other resource points and decided what to place in them. A massive forest of Deadguard Trees was created, along with groups of Iron-Beak Woodpeckers and Red Four-Fanged Beetles, which would produce Wood Path Gu worms.
There were also Jaw-Cracking Grass plants to keep the beetle population under control, along with groups of small hawks called One-Claw Kestrels. These hawks would prey on the Iron-Beak Woodpeckers as well as mice and rodents in the forest.
All capital was spent on the first two projects to establish the foundation. Only twenty immortal essence stones remained in the blessed land for emergencies.
Fang Tian had no choice but to put the remaining projects on hold and instead focus on cultivating the Strength Path. He used methods from the true Strength Path inheritance to remove the effects of the Strength Path Gu worms he had previously used in Wu Clan City. It only took two days to completely cleanse them, leaving his body weak once more.
He did not immediately use Gu like Dragon Strength Gu to boost his physical power. Instead, he used Rank five Unbreakable Bones Gu first.
He could only describe the process as hellish.
After that, he still had to use Iron Muscles Gu and Taut Tendons Gu before he could use Strength Path Gu to increase his physical strength.
Fang Tian spent four full days using Iron Muscles Gu and Taut Tendons Gu before finally using Dragon Strength Gu.
With mortal methods from the Strength Path inheritance, the process became smooth. After that, he used Imperial Wind Qi Boar Strength Gu, Gray-Eyed Black Tiger Strength Gu, Golden-Maned Hill Stallion Strength Gu, Four-Winged Biao Strength Gu, Fire Serpent Strength Gu, Thunder Eagle Strength Gu, and Molten Lava Crocodile Strength Gu.
These Gu worms were Rank four and Rank five, and Fang Tian's body could not withstand any more than this. Even so, this foundation was terrifying—so terrifying that even he himself was shocked.
With a pure punch, without using any Gu at all, Fang Tian could turn a small hill into dust! If he used Strength Extraction Gu, he could obtain the full power of beasts! In that case, even mountains would collapse under his might.
"Now, let's test this amazing killer move!"
Killer Move – Countless Solid Beasts!
Illusions of the dragon, serpent, golden-maned stallion, imperial wind qi boar, gray-eyed black tiger, four-winged biao, molten lava crocodile, and thunder eagle with crackling lightning in its wings appeared. These beasts were solid and powerful, appearing as if they were alive!
Fang Tian threw a punch. A sonic boom erupted in the air, space rippled under his fist, and the Imperial Wind Qi Boar illusion surged forward, smashing into a nearby hill and turning it into dust.
Fang Tian could only maintain this killer move for a few breaths before his primeval essence was exhausted, but its power was absolutely overwhelming.