Chapter 14: Northern Plains
"The position is good, it should be here." Fang Yuan looked around before taking out a hole earth Gu from his aperture.
Hole earth Gu was a rank five Gu and required at least a rank five peak stage Gu Master to activate it with all his primeval essence.
Fang Yuan naturally could not do it, thus he gave the Gu to the land spirit.
After little Hu Immortal activated it, the hole earth Gu immediately burst out with intense scarlet rays of light before piercing into the ground.
In an instant, red light shot to the sky and 50km of ground shook.
The red light abruptly dissipated and a crack as big as two hundred and seventy feet appeared on the ground.
Immediately following, the two sides of the cracks slowly opened up and revealed two rows of compact cube blocks of rocks resembling human teeth.
The 'teeth' also opened up and revealed an eerie large cave.
"Master, I'm hungry…" The lips-like crack opened and closed, unexpectedly speaking in a loud voice, causing the nearby ground to shake.
Fang Yuan smiled and took out a primeval elder Gu.
He sent his primeval essence and the amiable looking old man's happy expression gradually disappeared because large amounts of primeval stones were being taken out and thrown into the huge lips like crack.
After throwing in as much as two hundred thousand primeval stones, Fang Yuan stopped and put back the primeval elder Gu into his aperture.
The huge lips like crack slowly closed, its two rows of giant stone teeth started grinding the primeval stones into powder.
After swallowing these primeval stones, the lips-like crack calmed down and made no more noise.
At this point, the hole earth Gu could be said to have succeeded.
It could not be moved now, they would have to wait for He Feng Yang's sub Gu to activate before the two sides could link.
"Land spirit, this place needs to be strictly guarded from now on. Enslave some fox groups and place them here." Fang Yuan said while looking at the large lips-like crack.
"Yes, master."
After using the earth hole gu and completing the transaction with He Feng Yang, Fang Yuan started cultivating.
A month later the land spirit informed him of Dang Hun mountain becoming corroded by mud.
Hearing this Fang Yuan thought: Its finally time to refine the Rank 6 gruel mud gu and go to the Northern Plains.
After thinking this Fang Yuan orders the land spirit to give him large amount of mud from Dang Hun mountain and some green grape essence.
After some time Fang Yuan refines the rank 6 gruel mud gu, while Little Hu Immortal was awestruck by how talented her master was in refinement.
But her expression quickly turns sour as she reminds Fang Yuan that now only 23 beads of green grape Immortal essence are remained.
For the next few months, Fang Yuan spent all his efforts on Gu refinement.
He used the rank four golden and silver cup Gu, combining with rank four another perspective Gu and rank four moving form Gu to refine the rank five moving perspective cup Gu.
Next, he refined dusty Gu, bright pearl Gu, dark toss Gu and earth treasury flower king Gu.
"Land spirit, during the days I'm gone, follow my instructions." Before leaving, Fang Yuan instructed.
Little Hu Immortal's eyes were red as she said reluctantly: "Master, I am waiting for you here, you have to return quickly."
Saying so, she used the green grape immortal essence and injected it into fixed immortal travel Gu.
With the burst of a jade-green light, Fang Yuan vanished on the spot.
Howl!
In the night sky on the grassland, poison beard wolf king raised its head, howling loudly for a long time.
The ears of the few hundred poison beard wolves near it twitched, as their bodies shot out like arrows.
The wolves split into two, moving in a tight army-like formation.
The young girl Ge Yao ran for her life.
But her horse had already died, as her small red shoes stepped on the mud, she felt like her legs were tied with lead, extremely heavy.
The sprinting poison beard wolves successfully encircled her, and the two ends met. They were afraid of the young girl's Gu worms, thus they only circled around her and did not attack immediately.
All of a sudden, a poison beard wolf lost its patience and jumped out. Moving quickly, its body turned into a lump of black shadow as it charged towards Ge Yao.
Ge Yao shouted, using her Gu worms. As she pointed her finger, a light blue water arrow flew out.
The water arrow pierced through the poison beard wolf's head accurately while spiraling.
This courageous wolf died on the spot, its corpse fell on the slightly rotten grassland as it tumbled backwards, until it stopped moving forever.
Bright red blood quickly flowed out of its wounds, staining the grass nearby.
The restless wolves stopped momentarily, but soon the smell of blood spread in the air and the wildness and savageness of the wolves were brought out.
At once, hundreds of poison beard wolves started howling.
Ge Yao's beautiful face was full of regret and despair.
She should not have come out alone, to this poison grassland, trying to find some spirea. Now she was in a deadly situation, about to be torn apart and eaten by wolves.
"Sorry father, I am not longer able to take care of you!"
"Daughter knows that you arranged a marriage for my own good. But daughter does not want to marry…"
"Oh our ancestors in longevity heaven, if you can hear me, listen to my prayer and send a courageous warrior to save me."
The attack earlier had expended Ge Yao's last bit of white silver primeval essence. Ge Yao could only pray now.
The wolves lost their patience, the wolf king howled, and all the poison beard wolves charged towards the girl at the center, giving off an impressive aura.
"I am going to die!" Ge Yao's expression paled, she looked at the wolf group in a daze, she was helpless.
Right at this moment, a bright jade-green light flashed.
The poison beard wolves shut their eyes due to the light, howling in pain. The wolves that charged ahead knocked into one another, falling and causing a chain reaction, as their assault failed and the scene turned into chaos.
"What happened?" Ge Yao was shocked, ignoring her tears, she looked over.
From the jade-green light, the silhouette of a young man could be seen.
After the light faded, a naked man appeared in front of Ge Yao.
"A… a man?" Ge Yao's eyes were wide open, her mouth formed into an 'o' shape, she had an unbelievable thought: "Did my ancestors in longevity heaven listen to my prayers and send a savior to me?!"
But why was this savior naked?!
A huge question appeared in Ge Yao's mind.
"I reached northern plains?" Stepping on the grass barefooted, Fang Yuan looked around quickly.
Without wasting anymore time Fang Yuan quickly uses his gus and kills the wolf king, after the wolf kings death all the other wolves escaped.
Only the wolf king's corpse was left, and also the young girl Ge Yao who was staring at Fang Yuan blankly.
Fang Yuan directed his dark eerie gaze towards Ge Yao.
Ge Yao retreated one step after Fang Yuan's stare, and she asked curiously: "Who are you? Are you sent from longevity heaven, the hero who is tasked to save me?"
Before waiting for Fang Yuan's reply, she continued: "I am a member of Ge tribe, my name is Ge Yao. My father is the tribe leader of Ge tribe, young warrior, you saved my life, you will be most welcomed in Ge tribe. Oh, I have not asked for your name yet."
Fang Yuan laughed heartily: "Beautiful lady of the grassland, just call me Chang Shan Yin. Longevity Heaven is Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's place of residence, how could I have come from there, I am but a mere Gu Master."
Saying so, he took out a wine cup from his aperture.
The top half of this cup was gold, the bottom was silver. It was rank five and was used as storage, it was the moving perspective cup Gu that Fang Yuan refined in the blessed land.
After Fang Yuan injected primeval essence into it, he took out a set of clothing.
This was a set of black tight-fitting battle attire, after wearing it, Fang Yuan gave off a sturdy and valiant aura.
During the process, Ge Yao stared at him fixatedly, her heart pounding as her face turned red.
The young women in the grassland were this open about their feelings.
After Fang Yuan wore his clothes, he walked towards the corpse of the poison beard wolf king.
Just as Fang Yuan was searching the wolf corpse, Ge Yao walked over: "Chang Shan Yin, your name sounds familiar. Are you a member of Chang tribe? But looking at your clothes, you seem to be an outsider? Are you from eastern sea? Central continent? Or western desert?"
Fang Yuan stood up: "I am from northern plains."
The young girl pouted, showing her white teeth as she laughed: "Liar! We northern plains natives do not have an accent like yours. Warrior Chang Shan Yin, don't worry, you saved my life, you are a benefactor of the Ge tribe, we will not ostracise you."
Before waiting for Fang Yuan's reply, the bubbly girl pointed at fixed immortal travel Gu on Fang Yuan's shoulder, asking: "Warrior Chang Shan Yin, this Gu on your shoulder is so beautiful, what Gu is this? Did you bring this Gu over?"
"Beautiful young girl, are you a lark? Why are you constantly chirping non-stop. Hehehe, alright, I have to go, until we meet again!"
Fang Yuan raised his head, looking at the stars in the sky, trying to determine the direction.
Next, he walked past Ge Yao, towards the deeper parts of the poison grassland.
The young girl quickly caught up: "I am not a lark, it's your fault for being so mysterious, and appearing so suddenly. Heyheyhey, don't go there. This direction is the way out of poison grassland."
"I am going inside." Fang Yuan replied without turning around.
"Why are you going in? The deeper you go into the poison grassland, the more dangerous it gets. Although you are rank three peak stage, your fists cannot rival an entire wolf pack." Ge Yao sprinted towards Fang Yuan, urging him.
Fang Yuan's steps halted, as he looked at Ge Yao with a solemn expression and a determined gaze: "I am going into poison grassland for my own reasons."
Ge Yao was stunned by this aura, reacting only after Fang Yuan had walked a few steps away.
The girl quickly chased him: "Warrior Chang Shan Yin, I'll go with you, we can take care of each other."