Great Future Plans
Ren Zu runs overjoyed to his son, Verdant Great Sun, who has become a white ghost lying beside a lake and drinking its wine-scented water. Ren Zu seizes the bowl and calls the water the bewitching soup that muddles ghosts into not wanting to leave. Verdant Great Sun corrects him: it is soul calming wine, one of the best quality wines in the world. Ren Zu cannot budge his son, who is as heavy as a mountain. Verdant Great Sun had reputation Gu in life and died after bathing in the light of glory. Told to throw the Gu away, he answers that it left him at death and Fixed Immortal Travel Gu has accompanied him since. ch. 411
That Gu can carry his soul out of the door of life and death and anywhere beyond, but only walking the path of life can truly resurrect him. Ren Zu realizes wisdom Gu played him and he cannot bring his son back. Fairness Gu says both paths in the door appeared because of destiny Gu, and destiny determines life and death. Verdant Great Sun’s death is destiny to accept, and he now lives well in obsession death domain, the world’s most tranquil place. ch. 411
Ren Zu bids farewell to fairness Gu and his son and leaves by the path of life. It is countless times harder than the path of death, because suffering Gu grow more numerous with each step. Courage Gu can resist them no longer and tells him to break gutstones on Dang Hun mountain, since courage alone is not enough and he needs guts too. Ren Zu picks guts Gu there, and his strengthened soul bears the tremors. In Luo Po valley, bewilderment fog loosens his soul and Luo Po wind cuts it. He almost completely loses his way until faith Gu flies out and lights his path, and he walks out with only the essence of his soul. ch. 411
At the reverse flowing river, the last barrier, it is extremely difficult to move against the stream. One step from success he relaxes and stops, forgetting wisdom Gu’s warning. The river washes him back into the depths of Luo Po valley, too tired to move and trapped. ch. 411
Fang Yuan breaks the final gutstone. His soul injuries are completely recovered, and his soul has strengthened by five times. Only over a hundred gutstones exist on Dang Hun mountain, and not all held guts Gu. The mountain had changed hands several times and been completely looted before Hu Immortal got it. Hu Immortal sent foxes to die there almost every year and used almost all the gutstones; those grown in the close to eight years since her death are now completely used by Fang Yuan. The land spirit says close to ten thousand foxes are needed for one gutstone. Fang Yuan cannot adopt this method, since the blessed land is very weak and its fox groups have shrunk. ch. 411
He plans ahead. With his soul foundation still growing and his experience controlling blood bats, enslavement path is the obvious choice, but its Gu Masters are easily beheaded, so he will also cultivate strength path. Second aperture Gu would let him divide the two sets of Gu into separate apertures with enough primeval essence. He has enough immortal essence to refine it, and two third watch Gu are easily obtained, but he still needs divine travel Gu. ch. 411
Only one Immortal Gu of a type can exist, so a new divine travel Gu can now appear, since the old one became Fixed Immortal Travel Gu. Drinking the world’s four top quality wines condenses it in the body, but others can do the same, and anyone else who obtains it first leaves him with nothing. Southern Border’s Fei clan holds the top quality wine Zhuang Si Fei, Eastern Sea’s Zui Xian Weng, a rank seven Gu Immortal, keeps a sea of wine, and Northern Plain’s Imperial court has long life wine. These forces, and maybe other Gu Immortals, may hold one or two top quality wines. Their chances are much greater than his. ch. 411
So he must resist the earthly calamity, manage the blessed land, gather four wines and refine second aperture Gu. The crucial point is Spring Autumn Cicada. With time five times faster, it recovers extremely quickly. Three rebirths are already extremely good luck, so rather than gamble on a fourth he needs success at first attempt Gu, immediate success Gu, smooth success Gu or one like them before it recovers. With the blessed land’s resources, he can now try for them. ch. 411
