Chapter 781

In Tai Qiu, one of Northern Plains’ ten great fierce areas, a myriad beast goat group closes on three Gu Masters. Tan Wu Feng and the flying master Dong Po Kong retreat in front, shielding a third man whose robe is bloodied. He seems too spent to hear their shouts to flee. With the goat king nearly on them, Tan Wu Feng decides to stay and stall while Dong Po Kong flies the young master to safety. ^{ch. 781}

Tan Wu Feng, once a demonic path Gu Master paired with Hao Ji Liu as the Wind and Water Demons, converted to serve Dong Fang Yu Liang after Hao Ji Liu died serving Hei Lou Lan. Dong Po Kong, who had distrusted that conversion, feels only guilt now. He agrees to fly the young master away and leaves in tears. He knows Tan Wu Feng’s sacrifice alone will not be enough, and even with his own flying skill fully used, their chance is under thirty percent. ^{ch. 781}

The blood bathed Gu Master rises, calls seven star light, and releases a huge burst of star thoughts. It kills the goat king and dozens of elite goats, scattering the rest into smaller groups. Barely able to stand after the blow, he is revealed as Dong Fang Yu Liang, chosen inheritor of the late Dong Fang Chang Fan, Northern Plains’ number one wisdom path Gu Immortal. Extremely pale, he forces a laugh and says they can rest now. ^{ch. 781}

Dong Po Kong urges retreat. Of the more than ten who entered Tai Qiu, only they remain, and Dong Fang Yu Liang is too precious to risk further. Dong Fang Yu Liang refuses, calling this his last and only chance, and the three settle to meditate and recover their strength instead. ^{ch. 781}

At Tai Qiu’s outskirts, Gu Immortal Lu Qing Ming praises the feat. Han Dong notes that Chang Fan chose this fierce area to guard his inheritance against Gu Immortals, and Su Guang explains that mortal auras draw only ordinary beasts while a Gu Immortal’s aura would provoke the desolate ones. More Gu Immortals approach, and Han Dong calls them more people after a share of the profits. ^{ch. 781}

Three masked Gu Immortals descend: Fairy Li Shan, Fang Yuan, and Hei Lou Lan. None mean to enter Tai Qiu, only to survey it from the air. Fairy Li Shan, allied with Chang Fan, cannot openly covet his inheritance, while Fang Yuan and Hei Lou Lan hide their faces over the Eighty-Eight True Yang Building’s collapse. ^{ch. 781}

Hei Lou Lan’s methods found more than twenty Gu Immortals hiding at the outskirts. Fairy Li Shan found twenty six, including some from Dong Fang tribe itself, and Fang Yuan only nineteen. Hei Lou Lan wonders if Chang Fan erred, pledging righteous path super forces off this inheritance but missing his own tribe, then doubts he would be so careless. ^{ch. 781}

Fang Yuan judges the inheritance clues are hidden inside Dong Fang Yu Liang’s own mind, and that every Gu Immortal here is waiting for him to open it before robbing him. Fang Yuan wants the inheritance whole, worth more than split, but with so many rivals it might end up divided. He resolves to avoid drawing the crowd’s attention when the moment comes. ^{ch. 781}

A blinding flash then takes Dong Fang Yu Liang, Tan Wu Feng, and Dong Po Kong from where they sit, through a teleportation Gu formation that had lain hidden underground. The Gu Immortals realize Tai Qiu was never the true inheritance ground, only an obstacle Chang Fan set to hinder them, and rush to search the formation’s fading aura for clues. Desolate beasts and ancient desolate beasts across Tai Qiu are stirred. They rush out from every direction. ^{ch. 781}