Chapter 769

At the center of Hu Immortal blessed land stands a crystal mountain named Dang Hun mountain, recorded in The Legends of Ren Zu. Fang Yuan hovers above it, minuscule beside it. He shouts Pulling Mountain, and the mountain slowly rises off the earth, first by five to six inches. Pushing further, he feels his dao marks resonate with the Gu, and though the Gu’s own power does not change he draws out close to twenty percent more strength, the mountain rising faster, foot by foot. He persists until his bones start cracking, lifting the mountain to two to three hundred feet before setting it down with a thunder-like reverberation. Worn out, Fang Yuan recovers within a few breaths through his immortal zombie regeneration. ^{ch. 769}

Fang Yuan reflects that practice deepened his understanding beyond prior deduction. Since becoming a strength path Gu Immortal his dao marks have not increased, so even at full effort he could only add about twenty percent power. The activation drained three beads of green grape immortal essence, a high cost on its face but not much against so precious a target as Dang Hun mountain. No mountain is easy to pull, since a mountain’s roots interlink with the earth qi that anchors it, and forcing it loose can destroy the mountain outright. Pulling Mountain instead breaks that connection without harming the mountain, letting it reconnect once set down. ^{ch. 769}

Fang Yuan moves on to test Pulling Water at the eastern lakes. Above the largest lake, he lifts a great volume of water into the air, which feels as easy as picking up paper compared to pulling the mountain. The fish inside keep moving freely, held only at the edge, while the drained lake bed beneath lies bare. Fang Yuan molds the floating water by thought into shifting shapes, the trapped fish carried along inside, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng calls it truly the sight of an immortal’s power. Fang Yuan then lowers the water back into the lake and releases the Gu. ^{ch. 769}

These two Gu carry specific forces, one for mountains, one for water. His battle strength has risen sharply, but folding these Gu into his killer move myriad self will take real time, unlike self strength and strength qi, which already match it closely enough to merge almost directly. Designing a killer move is never simple: the lightning path Gu Immortal, Vicious Lightning Fiend, spent years in seclusion, drawing on the blood deity recipe, to create his killer move lightning deity. Hei Lou Lan’s own mortal killer move, self strength phantom, has resisted her efforts to make it immortal. Fang Yuan still has no clue how to merge the two Gu, but is not worried. His confidence rests on his strength path attainment and his rank nine wisdom Gu, whose unlimited inspiration aids deducing Gu recipes and killer moves alike. ^{ch. 769}

The auction cost him Worldly Wave Trace, Rising Azure Cloud and Delight in Water and Mountain, while iron crown eagle strength, Pulling Mountain, Pulling Water, eat strength and Unravel Mystery came to him in their place. Every Gu is good; the main matter is whether it suits its user. Tai Bai Yun Sheng praises his gains. He says battle strength will multiply several times once Fang Yuan processes them all, and Fang Yuan agrees. A desolate beast bat corpse now lets him add the third pair of bat wings, and his new Gu can grow his dao marks. He still needs to mass produce several mortal Gu and combine two disguise faces into a new method. ^{ch. 769}

The coming days will be extremely busy, which is a good thing, since the auction was an opportunity Fang Yuan made full use of. Tai Bai Yun Sheng reminds him of the agreement with Fairy Li Shan to refine dream path mortal Gu into the killer move that will awaken Hei Lou Lan. He tells Tai Bai Yun Sheng to go on to Eastern Sea, where Shark Demon has already urged him several times. Tai Bai Yun Sheng promises to return at once if needed. Fang Yuan warns him to be careful, since the auction revealed much about them, and with Ma Hong Yun and Zhao Lian Yun now in others’ hands, their position is not good. At this moment, he does not yet know that his immortal zombie identity, Sha Huang, has already been exposed. ^{ch. 769}