Chapter 407

He Feng Yang only smiles at Lei Tan’s question. The supreme third elder answers for him: by admitting Fang Yuan as a member, the sect has eliminated the other nine sects and alone can seize Hu Immortal blessed land. Lei Tan asks nothing more. ^{ch. 407}

He Feng Yang stands and recalls how a mortal used Fixed Immortal Travel Gu to reach Dang Hun mountain’s peak and inherit the blessed land before everyone. The inheritance lies on Tian Ti mountain, the ruined stairs to the heavenly court, so attacking it counts as attacking the court itself. Nobody there has ever dared attack, and the ten sects’ Gu Immortals only enlarged the passage. Even if they really attacked, the land spirit would need at least three rank six Gu Immortals joining hands and might still hold, and the peak would take five or six cooperating earnestly. Asked whether he could climb it, Lei Tan snorts and keeps quiet. ^{ch. 407}

Fang Yuan, right after taking the inheritance, commanded the land spirit to close the blessed land. He and Fang Zheng look almost the same, so the other nine sects suspected a hidden move by Immortal Crane Sect and questioned He Feng Yang. He Feng Yang feared the truth would reopen the contest among all ten sects. So he acknowledged it. ^{ch. 407}

Lei Tan objects that nobody can enter the closed land without an attack. The sixth earthly calamity arrives in a year and three months; Hu Immortal died in the fifth. He Feng Yang predicts that a mortal without a sect’s support will leave the blessed land heavily damaged, opening a loophole. Lei Tan scoffs, asking whether the sect would dare attack then, but He Feng Yang calls forceful attack a last resort. Once the calamity passes, Fang Yuan will definitely thirst for external help, and the sect will use Fang Zheng and kinship to draw him into trade and perhaps persuade him to join. If he stays stubborn, Slavery Gu is one way to deal with a mortal, and seizing Fixed Immortal Travel Gu would be the perfect outcome. ^{ch. 407}

The elders grow excited, and Lei Tan sits down in anger. The third elder warns that Fang Yuan can draw on the blessed land’s essence and escape whenever he wishes, so he must be handled very carefully. A mortal with an Immortal Gu should also have a rather deep background. He Feng Yang replies that none of the nine sects seemed to stand behind Fang Yuan. He guesses a Southern Border super clan is very likely behind Fang Yuan, but Wu, Shang, Tie, Yi and the rest sit far away and would be suppressed in Central Continent. Against them the sect has a huge chance of winning. ^{ch. 407}

The third elder asks how a far Southern Border mortal could know the blessed land, as Fixed Immortal Travel Gu needs a vivid memory of its destination. He Feng Yang cannot say; the matter began with a clue to a blood sea inheritance when a disciple defected there, and a few years ago he sent Lord Sky Crane to retrieve it. Lord Sky Crane failed, and Fang Yuan obtained the inheritance instead, gaining blood skull Gu and killing all his clansmen. Unresigned, Lord Sky Crane brought back Fang Zheng for later plans. ^{ch. 407}

The elders frown at the blood sea inheritance. Blood Sea Ancestor, a rank seven demonic path figure, set up hundreds of thousands of sites across Central Continent, Southern Border, Northern Plains, Western Desert and Eastern Sea. An elder asks whether the butcher Xue Tu became a famous demonic cultivator through one. Myriad Dragon Dock’s Song Zi Xing obtained a true inheritance, defected, and is now a rank seven Gu Immortal titled Blood Dragon. The dock sent eight Gu Immortals, five rank six and three rank seven, but Song Zi Xing killed four, crippled three and beat one into retreat. ^{ch. 407}

The elders count nine rumored true inheritances: blood skull Gu, blood handprint Gu, blood qi Gu, blood sweat Gu, menses blood Gu, blood shadow Gu, blood battle Gu, the ancient desolate beast violent blood dragon bat and the rank six Immortal Gu blood deity. Four have shown up. Blood skull Gu is with Fang Yuan, blood handprint Gu with Southern Border’s Shang clan leader and violent blood dragon bat with Song Zi Xing. A rumor that the Shang clan leader holds a second is unconfirmed. ^{ch. 407}

Supreme Grand Elder ends the talk and puts He Feng Yang in charge of seizing the blessed land. He Feng Yang accepts with a smile, and Lei Tan hides his hatred. Supreme Grand Elder then orders He Feng Yang to hand over his one’s own way Gu, because Feng Jiu Ge asked for an Immortal Gu. Lei Tan is joyous, and He Feng Yang accepts with a bitter smile. ^{ch. 407}