Chapter 78: Airsac Gu
He Feng Yang turned his heavy gaze towards the peak of Dang Hun mountain. Compared to the eight desolate beasts, the true threat was still Fang Yuan and the other three immortals.
He Feng Yang's heart had sunken to rock bottom, he forcibly calmed down and shouted towards Fang Yuan: "Who are all of you?"
Fang Yuan chuckled: "Before asking us of our identities, shouldn't you two introduce yourselves first?"
He Feng Yang and Fairy Cang Yu silently glanced at each other, and saw the bitter look in each other's eyes.
"My name is He Feng Yang, a rank six enslavement path Gu Immortal of Immortal Crane Sect."
"I am Cang Yu, a rank six water path Gu Immortal of Immortal Crane Sect."
"So it is brother He and Fairy Cang Yu." Fang Yuan's tone was polite, "I am Fang Yuan and I welcome you two as guests in my blessed land."
"I wonder what both of you are here for?" Fang Yuan asked.
He Feng Yang was silent, but inwardly he was screaming insults: 'What else could we come for? It is to take Hu Immortal blessed land and capture Dang Hun mountain. This brat, asking when he already knows!'
Fairy Cang Yu snorted: "Why is sir speaking in such a weird and sarcastic tone? Sir's power surpassed everyone's imagination, when did such a force appear in Central Continent? Today was our loss, sir's planning skills are indeed excellent and have fully controlled the situation. Now what should we do? If you want to battle, then let us begin, why waste time chit-chatting?
We will battle to the end if you wish to, in the worst case, our blood will splatter all over and we will perish here."
Fang Yuan shortly afterwards smiled: "Fairy, you are quite brave, I am filled with admiration. I can roughly guess your intentions in coming here, it should be for Dang Hun mountain's guts Gu, right?"
"You are right." He Feng Yang frankly admitted. Under the circumstances, he had no choice but to admit it, the scheme which he had painstakingly devised and prepared for over a year in order to capture Hu Immortal blessed land had already completely failed.
However, right at this time, he could not help but have some hope: 'If Fang Yuan wanted to battle, he should have started already. But he has been talking up to this point, it seems he is afraid of Immortal Crane Sect, as long as I use this correctly, maybe we can escape without any accidents.'
Fang Yuan suddenly clapped and smiled: "You two came in at just the right time, I had already been thinking of selling guts Gu. What do you think of this Gu?"
A rank three Gu worm flew out of his hand.
The Gu worm slowly flew under the gazes of six Gu Immortals, eight desolate beasts as well as the blue charm lightning shadow, and landed in He Feng Yang's hand.
He Feng Yang was uncertain and worried of Fang Yuan's scheme as he carefully accepted this mortal Gu.
In its translucent stomach, there was a Gu.
"A Gu within a Gu?" Fairy Cang Yu softly mumbled.
The Gu worm inside the belly made He Feng Yang's gaze fix on it as if it was glued. He then said with uncertain eyes: "This Gu inside... could it be guts Gu?"
Fang Yuan gave a bright smile: "That is exactly right!"
"What?" Fairy Cang Yu's beautiful eyes widened in astonishment.
"This Gu worm, what is its name?" He Feng Yang looked up at Fang Yuan and asked with a slightly trembling tone.
Fang Yuan casually said: "Airsac Gu."
He Feng Yang sank into silence.
'If guts Gu could be taken out of Dang Hun mountain and exported to all places, treasure yellow heaven, Hai Shi blessed land, Central Continent, Southern Border, Northern Plains... how big of a profit would this be?'
'Something that even our Immortal Crane Sect could not research was successfully accomplished by the force behind Fang Yuan. What are their origins? Maybe they had planned for a long time and thought of every means to capture Hu Immortal blessed land, in order to engage in the business of guts Gu!'
'Fang Yuan did not attack, could it be that he wants to... with our Immortal Crane Sect...'
He Feng Yang was still considering when Fang Yuan spoke: "Since both guests are interested in my guts Gu, what do you think of doing this transaction?"
Fang Yuan's suggestion moved He Feng Yang's heart.
If he could establish the deal with Fang Yuan for guts Gu, to He Feng Yang, that would be many times better than breaking through the encirclement.
He Feng Yang assessed in his heart: "Hu Immortal blessed land has four Gu Immortals and eight desolate beasts, together with the territorial advantage, they are as secure as a fortress! Even though any of the ten great ancient sects have the capability to take this on, that is only speaking of capability. They might not be able to gather so many Gu Immortals here.
Even if they could send Gu Immortals to attack Hu Immortal blessed land, a battle between Gu Immortals will expend a great amount of immortal essence and other resources."
"Even if they could get enough manpower and invest a lot into this battle, the other party also has Gu Immortals and can easily destroy Dang Hun mountain. By then, even if Hu Immortal blessed land was obtained, it would all be for nothing."
"If we could establish a trade with the other party, I would not need to force my way out and risk injury, I can save a lot of immortal essence and have a proper justification when I return to the sect." He Feng Yang considered this option.
Fang Yuan observed his expression, even though He Feng Yang was a shrewd man and did not show emotions on his face, he was clearly moved due to how long he was considering this for.
Thus, Fang Yuan continued: "A hundred of my guts Gu will sell for one immortal essence stone in treasure yellow heaven. I will sell a hundred and twenty guts Gu to Immortal Crane Sect for each immortal essence stone. However, in return, I want your Immortal Crane Sect to acknowledge my Hu Immortal blessed land as your sect's subsidiary force.
Furthermore, this subsidiary can detach from you at any time."
He Feng Yang smiled insincerely as he spoke: "Fang Yuan, are you thinking of using my sect as your protection? With your force, you can definitely establish your own sect, right?"
"Nobody can set up a sect on Tian Ti mountain. I have no intention to leave this valuable spot." Fang Yuan laughed.
"Furthermore, Hu Immortal blessed land becoming Immortal Crane Sect's subsidiary will also account for your sect's reputation, right?" Fang Yuan continued.
He Feng Yang fell into silence again.
A long while later, he sighed out: "This matter is very important, I cannot be in charge of the decision, allow me to return and report to the sect."
Fang Yuan nodded: "It would be best if brother He goes and explains it. But Fairy Cang Yu would need to remain as a guest here for a while longer."
He Feng Yang and Cang Yu made eye contact.
Fairy Cang Yu said: "Lord Feng Yang, go ahead and return, I will wait here."
"I will return quickly." He Feng Yang nodded solemnly at her, before looking deeply at Fang Yuan and his gang.
"Land spirit, open the door and let brother He out." Fang Yuan said with a concerned tone.
"Yes, master." Little Hu Immortal quickly replied.
On Tian Ti mountain, a brilliant white gold light formed into a door.
He Feng Yang came out of the light door, when he left, it was through the proper exit of the blessed land.
This action quickly attracted the attention of the Gu Immortals of the other nine great sects.
They started to converse.
"He's out!"
"So fast? Don't tell me there was no resistance at all?"
"When He Feng Yang entered, he used the expand space Immortal Gu, but when he came out, it was through the main entrance. This is proof that he succeeded."
"Something's wrong, look at his face, there is no joy of victory, he looks more calm and composed instead."
He Feng Yang could not care about their feelings, he only wanted to return to Fei He mountain, to report this matter.
He flew quickly, traveling far from Tian Ti mountain in a moment's time.
He Feng Yang's brows were locked, he was indignant and suspicious: "Where did Fang Yuan's force come from? Other than Fang Yuan, the other three immortals all covered their faces with masks, and used Gu worms to block investigative methods, they evidently do not want to expose their identities. Why is that?"
"Don't tell me they are Gu Immortals from the other nine sects? They did not want our sect to obtain Dang Hun mountain, thus they secretly colluded with Fang Yuan beforehand?"
The moment he thought of this, He Feng Yang rejected this possibility.
"That's right, Fang Yuan has the fixed immortal travel Immortal Gu! These people might not be Central Continent Gu Immortals, they might be from other regions. The stronger the Gu Immortal, the harder it is to get past the regional walls.
Every once in a while, they have to let out their aperture in the region that they became an immortal to recollect and gather heaven and earth qi to stabilize the blessed land. But with Fixed Immortal Travel, the other party can settle these problems easily!"
He Feng Yang's thoughts moved swiftly, he quickly guessed Fang Yuan and the other Gu Immortals' identities. But he had too little evidence, he could not confirm it.
"All in all, Hu Immortal blessed land is very mysterious and dangerous, before we find out their secrets, we cannot strike easily. This time, I suffered a huge loss, the root of the problem was that the enemy was in the dark while I was out in the open, we suffered from a lack of intel!"
He Feng Yang concluded his experience from this incident, but he suddenly stopped in the air.
"Who is this? You dare to ambush me here!" He Feng Yang quickly became alert, shouting.
"Hmm, you are very vigilant." A voice came from somewhere, it was high and low pitched at times, with a hoarse male voice that turned into a crisp female voice. Someone had evidently modified their voice with Gu worms.
Two figures appeared, one in front and one behind, they blocked He Feng Yang's paths.
What changed next was the sky. The bright, shiny and clear sky with no clouds turned dark and eerie, fog became thick as vengeful souls flew all over the place.
This was a battlefield killer move!
"I am Immortal Crane Sect's He Feng Yang, both of you are concealing your appearances and acting so secretive, what is your intention?" He Feng Yang shouted.
The two Gu Immortals before him were masked in a layer of dark light, their appearances could not be seen.
"So what if you are from Immortal Crane Sect?" The mysterious Gu Immortal in front of him laughed coldly.
The Gu Immortal behind him said directly: "We will kill you regardless!"
Just as they said that, the Gu Immortal struck.
Five fingers spread open and thousands of grey white threads appeared from the palm.
The threads got close to He Feng Yang, as his heart jumped, this was obviously a mortal killer move designed to trap people. Once he was entangled by these threads, it would be difficult to escape.
He Feng Yang quickly summoned the crane group.
He Feng Yang stepped onto the nine palace crane's back, his hair was fluttering as his gaze was like lightning, the anger within him had awakened: "Do you really think I am an easy target? Today, you will taste the fury of the Winged Crane Flying Immortal!"
As the threads flew to him, the iron beak flying crane group flew out and blocked them with their bodies.
The other mysterious Gu Immortal puffed up his cheeks and blew out huge flames. These flames were pale green, and in this battlefield, their power was amplified, causing many cranes to fall from the sky after getting burnt.
He Feng Yang was not to be outdone, he activated his enslavement path killer move.
Immediately, a group of illusion lightning cranes flew out, shooting lightning bolts that gathered and formed into a pillar, piercing the battlefield. Another group of fire pellet cranes flew out, their bodies covered in flames, burning their enemies.
Two groups of flying cranes charged towards the two mysterious Gu Immortals like a pair of giant fists.
Boom boom boom...
With an intense explosion, the two sides engaged in intense battle!