Ancient Bronze Skin Gu
A dark purple qi barrier locks Bai Ning Bing in, but it does not block sight, so many eyes watch from outside. Tie clan’s four old-timers hold the four compass positions and demand that she be captured obediently. She replies that if she dies she will definitely take a few of them down, and that killing her would leave them heavily injured even if none die. She adds that her partner may appear, which strikes their weak spot. One old-timer steps forward, and the two begin to fight. ch. 354
Shang clan Gu Masters on a distant peak admire how she resists four rank four middle stage Gu Masters attacking in turns. They judge that the old-timers hold back for fear of her counterattack near death, as losing one member would sharply weaken their team. One asks whether to act if she produces her purple thorn token, and another says to wait. Shang clan has sent strong reinforcement, and Elder Yi Huo is rushing there. He is one of the five great elders at rank four peak stage and an expert under Shang Yan Fei, sure to change the situation across San Cha mountain. ch. 354
In an underbrush, Meng Tu worries that if Tie clan kills Bai Ning Bing, the deal with Shang clan will fall through. He is in his prime, and his partner, the old man Jiao Huang, is rank three peak stage like him. The two are famous demonic path assassins who once killed the rank four middle stage righteous path Xiao Fu Lu. Shang clan promised that if they killed Fang and Bai, they could join the clan, but their attempt on Huo Tan mountain with the lava crocodile group failed. They followed the pair to San Cha mountain and wait. Jiao Huang sighs that a frontal attack in front of everyone would have too low a success rate, so they leave it to fate. ch. 354
Li Xian stands before the barrier gloating, very confident that his rank five Invisibility Gu will absolutely keep him from being exposed. He recalls that Tie Xue Leng found Tie Yi Ban’s iron cabinet Gu very durable for capturing people, and that qi flow Gu amplified it into Tie clan’s efficient tool against demonic Gu Masters. The old-timers must now maintain both Gu and cannot use team attacks, and if the four attacked together the barrier would disappear. Li Xian is struck that Fang Yuan has not come. Li Xian wonders whether Fang Yuan has seen the truth of this tricky situation or is truly cold blooded enough to abandon Bai Ning Bing, finds him frightening either way, and decides to hand him that Gu. ch. 354
In Fang Yuan’s cave, Li Xian delivers ancient bronze skin Gu, which looks like a flat, wide bedbug with a small head and a yellow-orange metallic bronze luster. It is the rank four advance of bronze skin Gu, with much stronger defense than the rank three kind. Fang Yuan praises the quick delivery and pours Li Xian wine. He tells Li Xian to call him Fang Zheng and gives fifty thousand primeval stones from primeval elder Gu as a deposit for future deals. ch. 354
Fang Yuan then has Li Xian melt bronze pieces in a stone vat with a fire type Gu, a slight effort. Fang Yuan jumps into the boiling bronze up to his head and activates ancient bronze skin Gu. Smiling through gritted teeth, he explains that soaking in bronze liquid makes the remodeling of skin and flesh into bronze thirty percent faster. Li Xian had heard of the method but never thought of it, as it is extremely painful and cruel. Li Xian leaves dazed, wondering whether the little beast king is a masochist. ch. 354
Meanwhile Bai Ning Bing, sitting cross-legged, wonders why Fang Yuan has not appeared and faintly feels the situation is far from reassuring. Since they used poison vow Gu, she thinks he absolutely cannot leave her in the lurch. She wonders if he is still in three kings inheritance or in trouble. ch. 354
