Chapter 568

Fang Yuan examines calamity beckoning Gu, a rank seven Immortal Gu that has completely formed in the giant vermillion bowl. It is the size of a little finger, completely grey and very delicate, like a silkworm cocoon. Its connection with his mind deepens as it absorbs his aura. He is moved, because in his previous life it took untold difficulties and many slaughtered lives to refine rank six Spring Autumn Cicada. Now he has not yet reached a hundred years and already holds a Gu a rank higher, and he believes a Gu’s use depends on the wits of its Gu Master. Chainsaw Mad Demon, a rank four mortal, will one day use Chainsaw Golden Centipede differently. ^{ch. 568}

Calamity beckoning Gu proves that luck path truly exists. A rumor without conclusive evidence held that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, extremely lucky all his life, had made luck path Gu. Refinement path grandmaster Mo Yao made calamity beckoning Gu by interaction with the divert disaster Gu of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, another luck path Gu. Her ink text in the bowl is very strong evidence. It says his luck path Gu could steal other people’s good luck and transfer his bad luck to them. Giant Sun innovated luck path and profited from it in secret. She wrote that the luck thief had finally perished and speculated that his luck path inheritance is very likely in the treasure room of the building. ^{ch. 568}

He puts the Gu back in the bowl, since he cannot refine it. As a mortal he lacks immortal essence, and the building’s heavenly power did the refining while he was an assistant at best. Until he becomes a Gu Immortal, he must leave it here, with no immortal aperture to store it. Taking it out would spread its aura and attract covetous people. He does not fear Hei Lou Lan or Tai Bai Yun Sheng, but it might awaken Giant Sun Immortal Venerable’s will in the building, a risk he will not take. ^{ch. 568}

He decides to refine part of ownerless Water Pavilion before leaving. Gu houses are killer moves formed by combining and solidifying ten or more kinds of Gu worms. The first was turtle house, the defensive killer move of the seven Lui Gui siblings of olden antiquity, who withstood three attacks from a Gu Immortal. Mushroom forest, Eighty-Eight True Yang Building and White Bone Chariot are examples, while three star cave and lizard house are simplified forms made from one Gu. Shen Jie Ao, a rank six Gu Immortal without a rank six Gu, built White Bone Chariot from rank five Gu. Water Pavilion, a rank seven Immortal Gu house, therefore holds at least one rank seven Immortal Gu. It is a symbol of Spirit Affinity House, once wielded by Fairy Mo Yao, who betrayed the sect for love and refined calamity beckoning Gu, sacrificing herself, so the house is ownerless. ^{ch. 568}

Fang Yuan cannot yet refine Immortal Gu, but he can refine the mortal Gu. He finds no less than three thousand Gu worms in the assembly, with rank seven Water Harmony Gu as the core and two assisting Immortal Gu, Worldly Wave Trace and Delight in Water and Mountain. He spends six hours completely refining five hundred rank one and rank two mortal Gu and gains ten percent control. Two more hours raise it to thirteen percent. He cannot use time path instant success Gu to speed this, since Spring Autumn Cicada is like a ticking time bomb. Dizzy, with the primeval essence in his two rank five peak stage apertures almost exhausted, he reaches his limit. ^{ch. 568}

Then the figure of a woman with a veil appears in his mind, saying she finally meets the fated one. It is Fairy Mo Yao’s will, which entered silently despite his precautions. He is shocked and realizes she can hear all his thoughts, and he wonders what happens once she learns of Spring Autumn Cicada. She says she means no harm and only wants to ask a question. He answers by telling her that Bo Qing was defeated. ^{ch. 568}

Her will shakes to the point of collapsing. Fang Yuan rejoices covertly but is disappointed that she keeps her form. Her eyes fill with tears, and her expression is extremely complex, with sadness and relief together. With Bo Qing dead, she says, she can let everything go. Having let down Spirit Affinity House, her only wish is to return Water Pavilion, and as compensation she offers him her life’s refinement path insights and the secret information of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. ^{ch. 568}