Chapter 1304

Xia clan spreads word of Wu Yu Bo’s loss across Southern Border. Some credit Xia Liu Pei, Xia clan’s noted deduction expert, with helping Yan Huang break his signature killer move. Others simply call it striking that the prideful Wu Yu Bo lost to a man he had beaten before. ^{ch. 1304}

Word also spreads that only Wu Yi Hai’s intervention against the rules saved Wu Yu Bo from death. Various Gu worms confirm it, recording the fight. Losing Moon Bowl itself draws mockery too, some calling it deserved since Wu clan had seized the valley before. ^{ch. 1304}

Losing Moon Bowl is no problem for wealthy Wu clan. But Fang Yuan’s rule-breaking rescue puts the clan in a passive, face-losing position. Xia Qing Cang had recorded the whole scene as proof, so Wu clan cannot deny it. Wu clan admits the fault. Wu Yong punishes Fang Yuan with seclusion and a compensation in immortal essence stones, even though saving the rank seven Gu Immortal mattered more to the clan than the face lost. Fang Yuan accepts without grudge. ^{ch. 1304}

The affair keeps escalating. Wu Yu Bo, incredibly ashamed, withdraws into seclusion, vowing to reclaim victory over Yan Huang. Wu clan’s reputation declines further even with Fang Yuan punished. Xia clan, unusual for cultivating light and wisdom paths, had five wisdom path Gu Immortals despite the path’s rarity, some of them strong experts. Xia clan’s success inspires other super forces. Luo clan approaches with similar grievances, and Chi clan and Chai clan move on Wu clan’s inspiration cocoon cave and spring sun mountain range. ^{ch. 1304}

These forces exploit old enemies that Wu Du Xiu’s expansion had made. Wu Yong senses a gathering storm building against Wu clan. Wu clan’s territory is huge but undermanned, and he can only hold the line. ^{ch. 1304}

Inside his sovereign immortal aperture, Fang Yuan soul-searches Ma Hong Yun’s captive soul. During his time at Reverse Flow River, Fang Yuan had accidentally killed Ma Hong Yun and claimed his soul. He uses guts Gu to keep it from dissolving under the torture. He confirms he has excavated the whole all living being’s luck true inheritance Ma Hong Yun carried, one of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s three true inheritances. Its original vessel, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, collapsed along with Imperial Court blessed land, destroying the inheritance itself as well. Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun had each been protected by the inheritance and received a portion of it beforehand. ^{ch. 1304}

Fang Yuan reasons that Old Ancestor Xue Hu kept the soul unharmed only to refine Fortune Rivalling Heaven from a healthy Ma Hong Yun. Shadow Sect knows of the inheritance through Qin Bai Sheng’s capture of him. With Zhao Lian Yun still alive, Fang Yuan judges the soul still has value and keeps it rather than ending it. ^{ch. 1304}

The inheritance’s greatest value is the recipe for fortune rivalling heaven Immortal Gu, a rank eight Gu. He could barely attempt it, even sparing materials with a living Gu source like Ma Hong Yun. He still dares not refine it. Old Ancestor Xue Hu’s failed attempt cost him Reverse Flow River, Snowy Mountain blessed land, and his wife’s health. ^{ch. 1304}

Fang Yuan reflects that his aperture’s foundation can now rival a rank eight Gu Immortal’s. Yet his reserves of immortal essence stone and red date immortal essence run low, and he still lacks high-value resources. Chasing Ying Wu Xie, building reverse flow protection seal, and slowing time to stall calamities have all drained him. Unpaid feeding costs and the compensation for saving Wu Yu Bo add to the pressure. He considers expanding production toward quantity instead. ^{ch. 1304}

As he weighs it, Wu Yu Bo’s will arrives at his mountain. It gifts him the rank six vajra thought Immortal Gu, in gratitude for saving his life. It is a wisdom path Immortal Gu. Fang Yuan has gained an Immortal Gu from the Moon Bowl affair after all. ^{ch. 1304}