Chapter 1209

Fang Yuan tears across the sky in ancient sword dragon form, using sword escape Immortal Gu. His burst of speed when he killed Ye Lui Qun Xing left almost no Gu Immortal able to react. This longer journey has eased his pace. He remains very fast. ^{ch. 1209}

He reasons through his position. Having just destroyed Bone Burial Field and killed Liu Yong, who had already informed his tribe before dying, he expects pursuers to follow. But Liu tribe’s fighters are tied up at the competition or on other missions, so sending anyone capable will take time. They will expect him to retreat, not to swing southeast toward the jade light pit, and that misdirection should buy him time enough to loot the whole place. ^{ch. 1209}

He has long been interested in the jade light pit, because of attitude Gu. Feeding it takes a vast number of flowing light fruits, already planted in his sovereign blessed land to grow more fruit. Now he needs huge amounts of dazzling light Gu to intensify the light and form fresh fruits. The jade light pit holds many kinds of light Gu besides dazzling light Gu itself: jade light Gu, reflect light Gu, borrow light Gu, return light Gu, and colored light Gu in blue, red and black. A huge cloud layer near the pit is enough to conceal his traces, and he rushes into it. ^{ch. 1209}

Reality does not match his hope. Inside the jade light pit, Liu tribe Gu Immortal Liu Luo senses an enemy at once, since Liu Yong’s own report has already put the whole tribe on guard. The pit’s defensive Gu formation carries no Immortal Gu of its own, so Fang Yuan’s dragon form tears through it easily. Furious and shocked to see him attacking rather than fleeing, Liu Luo recognizes Liu Guan Yi at once. ^{ch. 1209}

She cannot outrun the dragon, but she has planted many seeds here and resolves to hold on for reinforcements. The ground tears open. Countless vines and trees grow into a huge forest where the pit was, and Liu Luo hides inside it: rank six wood path, meticulously made and troublesome, an immortal battlefield killer move atypical for her rank. From Liu Yong’s soul Fang Yuan had already learned that Liu Chang and Liu Luo are siblings, and that rank seven Liu Chang’s battle strength is not lower than Ye Lui Qun Xing’s in a tribe with no rank eight. The soul placed Liu Chang at Liu tribe’s great mud pit, clearing mud monsters. Liu Chang has doted on his sister since she was young, even giving her lifespan Gu, and this wood path killer move was his gift too, her trump card. ^{ch. 1209}

Fang Yuan leaves the forest alone and charges straight for the Gu worms inside the pit, taking countless of them into his immortal aperture. Liu Luo watches in fear and humiliated rage, gritting her teeth at being robbed to her face. She stays hidden even after he leaves. ^{ch. 1209}

White light fills the sky and takes Liu Chang’s shape, his face anxious and enraged. He cultivates light path, specialized in speed and movement, able to retreat or advance freely. Liu Luo calls out for her brother and appears between the trees, safe, and his anxiety turns to joy. Still cautious, she insists on matching their secret code before she lets him in, and it checks out. She reports that Liu Guan Yi took every Gu worm in the pit, that she failed to defend it, and that the tribe is certain to punish her. He promises to protect her and to kill this bad person and avenge her. In fact, Liu tribe had sent him to capture Fang Yuan from the start. ^{ch. 1209}

More Liu tribe Gu Immortals arrive as the siblings reunite, the whole tribe furious that Fang Yuan killed Liu Yong and plundered their resources. Two newcomers demand Liu Guan Yi’s death at once, before Liu Chang tells them to lower their voices and not frighten his sister. One of them finds Fang Yuan’s trail and urges an immediate chase. Liu Chang says he will escort his sister home first. The other two protest that any delay will cost them the chase entirely, but Liu Chang answers that he will hold them both responsible if Liu Guan Yi returns and harms his sister, leaving the two to trade a bitter, helpless look. ^{ch. 1209}