Chapter 19: Purchasing Gu
Ge tribe leader had some doubts when he heard Chang Shan Yin's name in his subordinate's report.
Now, when he received Fang Yuan's confirmation, he was very moved.
All the elders present there also cried out in shock.
"Chang Shan Yin?" Ge Guang was sitting at the side and said with some doubts.
"You are young, not knowing is normal." Ge tribe leader heaved a sigh and instructed, "Son, toast to Chang Shan Yin. He is not only your benefactor but more importantly, he is our northern plains' hero!"
"Old tribe leader." Fang Yuan gave a bitter smile and placed down his wine cup, "I am only a broken vagabond, not a hero. Maybe it was the blessing of longevity heaven, I was able to luckily escape from the edge of death. But I have slept for twenty years and when I woke up, everything seems to have changed. I am an unfilial child and have no face to return to my tribe..."
Tears dripped down Fang Yuan's eyes as he said this.
The elders sighed.
Ge tribe leader promptly consoled: "Benefactor Chang Shan Yin, what are you saying? If you are not our northern plains' hero, who can it be? Ha Tu Gu's group of bandits were so savage and who knows how many tribes were looted by them, the weaker ones were even wiped out and even the livestock were not spared."
"By killing them, you have eliminated a huge threat in our northern plains. Your mother was injured by a villain, it was not because you were unfilial. On the contrary, your morals and righteous conduct were widely spread and known by all of us. Your return is the fortune for our northern plains' righteous path."
"Lord tribe leader is correct!"
"So sir was actually Chang Shan Yin, it is really our honor for being able to see the hero."
Ge Guang's eyes shone, he only knew now that Fang Yuan actually had such a great origin and so many tales. This intensified his respect towards Fang Yuan.
"Let the past remain as the past. Everyone, our meeting is fate, let's drink to it." Fang Yuan did not want to talk of these; he understood the past of Chang Shan Yin, but it was best if he avoided the topic.
He showed a depressed and gloomy expression.
The banquet lasted all the way from afternoon to late at night. The elders were lying down after drinking too much, if not for Fang Yuan pretending to be drunk, he would not have been able to leave.
Next day, Ge tribe leader invited Fang Yuan to banquet again.
"Benefactor Chang Shan Yin, this is a small gift as thanks for saving my son's life. Please take it!" Before the banquet started, the old tribe leader gave a million primeval stones to Fang Yuan.
He accepted the gift: "Ge tribe leader, I did not rescue Ge Guang for money. However, to be honest, I am currently out of primeval stones. I won't be polite then. I will definitely repay Ge tribe's kindness in the future."
Like this, Ge tribe leader invited Fang Yuan to banquets many time which Fang Yuan accepted all of them.
During one of this banquets the Ge tribe leader said: "Sigh, it is all my fault. I have a crafty girl, I have spoiled her too much, she actually fled her marriage!"
"Right, big brother Chang Shan Yin, you returned from the poisonous grassland. Did you see my little sister on your way?" Ge Guang asked.
Fang Yuan calmly replied with no hesitation, his expression extremely natural: "I am sorry, I only had wolves as my companion on my way. You guys were the first humans I saw, so I felt even closer to you."
Ge Guang was also casually asking and did not have any expectations.
"Trees die when moved, humans live when they move. Brothers of Ge tribe, why are you reluctant to leave this place? There is only just over a year left until the great blizzard. You can migrate to the north, participate in the heroes assembly and rely on Huang Jin tribe. With this, you can hide in Wang Ting blessed land when the great blizzard comes." Fang Yuan persuaded.
Ge tribe leader heaved a long sigh: "Brother Shan Yin, I am old and no longer have ambitions I had when I was young. If we seek refuge with Huang Jin clan, our Ge tribe will be dragged into the whirlpool of conflicts. It is good if we succeed, but the consequences for failure is too severe. Our Ge clan had been making progress with great difficulty, we won't be able to endure the loss."
"The struggle in the imperial court is not something small clans like ours can participate in. Actually, this environment is not bad, soil is fertile and there are abundant resources. There is even Hong Yan valley nearby where underground fire burns. During the blizzard, our tribe can move inside the valley and survive this disaster."
However, Hong Yan valley was firmly controlled by the overlord of this place, Man tribe.
Ge tribe would need to come in terms with Man tribe to enter Hong Yan valley.
Man Duo's marriage proposal to Ge Yao was an extremely good opportunity. For the whole tribe's benefits, sacrificing a girl's happiness for marriage was a very good deal to Ge tribe leader and Ge Guang.
"Brother Shan Yin, are you really not going to return to Chang tribe?" Ge tribe leader asked.
"Of course I can't return. If I return, wouldn't it be easy for my impersonation to be exposed?!" Fang Yuan thought in his mind while speaking, "Sigh, in my current circumstance, I am unable to face my elders and tribesmen."
Ge tribe leader nodded his head, expressing his understanding and feeling some sympathy.
In the previous banquet, Fang Yuan had mentioned he wanted to go to the heroes assembly and also recover his cultivation quickly.
"Brother, if you really want to participate in the heroes assembly, just relying on your current wolf group, it would not be enough for your journey. It will be better for you to rest for a few days." The old clan leader proposed.
Fang Yuan nodded and did not object: "I have the same idea. But this way, I will have to continue imposing on your tribe."
"Of course not, it is our honor that you are a guest here!" The old tribe leader laughed heartily, expressing his willingness.
Ge Guang also smiled: "A few days later, the surrounding few tribes will hold a market together. Uncle Chang can come take a look."
Like this, Fang Yuan stayed over at Ge tribe.
Several days later, Ge tribe decamped and moved towards the southwest, converging with several other tribes.
An enormous tribal market rapidly emerged.
Fang Yuan rejected Ge Guang's invitation and entered this hustling and bustling market alone.
There was a huge mix of small stalls on the ground as different smells entered the nose, shouting and bargaining noises were heard all over the place.
Fang Yuan walked among them, almost at a shoulder touching distance with the surrounding people, the festive mood was so intense.
Fang Yuan quickly goes to the largest shop to buy some wolf enslavement Gu.
After some bargaining, Fang Yuan bought five rank three wolf enslavement Gu and thirty-eight rank two wolf enslavement Gu.
Next he bought the rank 4 strength of ten jun Gu and many rank 3 wolf soul Gu.
On the second day Fang Yuan purchased the water wolves group among which one was a mutated beast.
Fang Yuan followed Ge tribe and returned to his original place to stay.
He cultivated with all his heart, using wolf soul Gu to refine his soul while refining Gu on the other hand.
He successfully refined the rank three golden back wolf skin Gu into the rank four azure wolf skin Gu.
Azure wolf skin Gu was used for defense, although it was common, it fixed Fang Yuan's problem of insufficient defense.
On this day, he finished his soul refinement and stopped cultivating, when a cry was heard outside his room.
"What happened?" He opened the door and asked the Gu Master who was guarding the place.
The Gu Master said grimly: "Our big missy Ge Yao died. The search team found her torn clothes in poison grassland, she was killed by poison beard wolves!"