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Chapter 516. Battle Merit Board | Reverend Insanity

The red cloud surged in the air, giving Fang Yuan a burning hot feeling.Fang Yuan was sitting cross-legged on a mat with his eyes closed, his mind holding the fire cloud together."It is time." He inwardly calculated the time and slowly opened his eyes, after which he took out a wine vat.The wine vat was filled with dark blue liquid, giving off a shine like the reflection of the moon on the sea."Descend." Fang Yuan softly spoke and the fire cloud in the air slowly fell down, pouring completely into the wine vat.For a moment, the contact of fire and water along with their merging produced thick black smoke.The black smoke rapidly pervaded the whole room.Fang Yuan could not even see his own fingers as if he was in a dark night.With a shift of his mind, the wine vat suddenly let out an attraction force that completely absorbed all the black smoke within a few breaths of time.The room was bright once again with a vague sweetness remaining in the air.Fang Yuan repeatedly flicked his finger, throwing Gu worm after Gu worm into the wine vat. The wine vat kept on shaking for two-three minutes before finally calming down.Fang Yuan gazed into the wine vat and only saw black mud inside. Those Gu worms he had thrown inside had completely merged together, forming a semi-finished product that was concealed in the center of the black mud."Rise." Fang Yuan cautiously poured his primeval essence.The surface of the black mud broke open and a thin, delicate sprout grew out of it. The delicate sprout was glossy green and grew rapidly, already growing into a small sapling in an instant.The sapling grew thicker with a visible speed, slowly growing upwards. Conversely, the black mud in the wine vat rapidly decreased.When the black mud decreased to eighty percent, the small tree stopped growing. The crown of the tree had formed into a tight shape, like a clenched green fist."Open." Fang Yuan gave a light shout and simultaneously poured in large amounts of primeval essence into the tree.The green fist slowly opened, revealing a Gu worm in its palm.This Gu had a long oval body with a dark brown carapace. A majestic horn was on its head, which made it look thick and powerful.It had four pairs of long strong legs and its whole body emitted a glossy metallic luster. One look at it was enough for anyone to know that it was not an ordinary Gu.A trace of joy flashed in Fang Yuan's eyes.This Gu was precisely the all-out effort Gu which he had failed to advance three times before, finally succeeding in this fourth try.Fang Yuan carefully observed, examining the differences in before and after the refinement.Rank three all-out effort Gu only had three pairs of legs and because it was from the Southern Border, it received the region's restriction and was suppressed to rank two.Rank four all-out effort Gu had four pairs of legs and was larger in size, over two times bigger than its rank three counterpart. And because it was refined in Northern Plains, it became a Northern Plains Gu and did not suffer from suppression, thus letting out a genuine rank four aura."With this rank four Gu, my strength path battle strength has immediately recovered for the most part. I will have to make preparations for its rank five recipe. Fortunately, I now possess a blessed land and can connect to treasure yellow heaven, and also have some connection with Lang Ya blessed land. There is hope in getting hold of all-out effort Gu's rank five recipe."Fang Yuan stored this new all-out effort Gu into his aperture and cleaned the room once before coming out of the large lizard house Gu.Outside was a bright and beautiful scene.Large numbers of Gu Masters were moving back and forth between countless tents, hurrying about their respective affairs. Some were going to supply camps to exchange for Gu worms, some were returning after cleaning up the battlefield and some were building up defensive structures.Eight days had passed since the great battle with Dong Fang alliance army.In these eight days, Hei tribe's army kept its patience, cleaning up the battlefield everyday, making details of battle merits and healing the injured.These serious and diverse affairs caused the army higher ups to be extremely busy. A mountain of paperworks had piled up on Hei Lou Lan's table. Cunning gentleman was given heavy responsibilities and was so busy that he had not slept for three days and three nights, and his face had become pale as paper. Each of the tribe leaders were also very busy, rushing about to fight for the benefits of their respective tribes.As people holding top positions, they naturally had their own duty and responsibility.In this period of time, Ge Guang also looked for Fang Yuan several times, hoping Fang Yuan would come out for Ge tribe's benefits, but Fang Yuan ignored and refused to see him, only concentrating in cultivating.In this time, they appeared to be free and unconstrained like those demonic path Gu Masters. For the most part, they did not receive any implications and only looked after themselves; apart from checking whether their battle merits had not been embezzled, they were either healing their injuries or using battle merits to exchange for new Gu worms, actively preparing for war.The treatment abilities of this world was far above that on earth.On Earth, amputated limbs would mean becoming a disabled. If fingers were cut off, the fingers would need to be preserved and transplanted within a set period of time. And this transplantation had a chance of failure.But in this world, even if one's limbs were completely cut off, they could be directly grown under the healing effects of Gu worms.Basically, as long as the Gu Masters were not inflicted with troublesome injuries, they could be healed.Thus, although only a short period of eight days had passed, the number of injured in Hei tribe army had already decreased by eighty percent, among which most had recovered the ability to fight.As one went nearer towards the supply camps, they would discover a bigger stream of people.Over these days, large numbers of Gu Masters came here to exchange their battle merits for goods.The supply camps became the most busy place in the whole camp. They opened fifteen large tents in a row with each tent occupying at least 3.25 acres, and over a thousand Gu Masters were working to serve people. But even so, the supply camp was packed with people and every tent was crowded and clamorous."Subordinate greets Lord Wolf King, please come this way lord." When Fang Yuan arrived at the supply camp, a professional female Gu Master led him to a Gu house with a smile on her face.As long as there was an organization, there would be hierarchy, upper and lower levels and also difference in treatments.Fang Yuan belonged to the upper layer in the whole army and the treatment he received would naturally be different from ordinary people."Lord Wolf King is mighty, you are the first in the battle merit list in this battle!" The young and beautiful female Gu Master handed a scroll to Fang Yuan with a look of worship.Fang Yuan gently pulled apart the two ends of the scroll and saw Chang Shan Yin at the very start. After his name was the amount of battle merit, which was a series of numbers written in Northern Plains' language, denoting over a hundred thousand characters. Fang Yuan only roughly glanced at it.In this world, battle merits were easy to calculate.Because there were large numbers of Gu worms that could monitor or capture images. In every large battle, every tribe would use large numbers of Gu worms to record the whole process of the battle. Besides the purpose of calculating the battle merits, it was more importantly for assimilating experience, gathering intel, probing the enemy's real details and understanding one's own side's deficiencies.Besides this, many Gu Masters would also use their own Gu worms to record their own battle.With all these details and images of every corner, the battle merits would be calculated again and again to verify the correct statistic.Fang Yuan opened the scroll further; under his name was Hei Lou Lan. His battle merit was over eighty thousand.Hei Lou Lan fought and pinned down Dong Fang Yu Liang who was the strongest expert in the enemy's side. At the same time, he killed Wei Xin, E Xuan Ming and Wan Shan who were under three hearts combination soul, getting rid of the mixed beast group; this was an enormous battle contribution.Under Hei Lou Lan was Water Demon Hao Ji Liu, Wang tribe leader, Pan Ping and so on with tens of thousands as their battle merits.As Fang Yuan went further down, the battle merits became less and less. After the top ten, the battle merits fell down to over nine thousand. After the top twenty, the battle merits fell down to around seven to eight thousand.The scroll recorded one hundred and six people altogether, with most having around three thousand battle merits.It was clear this scroll was the list of the highest battle merits achiever. The complete battle merit list was erected in the fifteen large tents and was as large as defense walls, with large numbers of swimword Gu used on them. Thus, the characters on the surface of the large list would flicker time to time, showing the change in the battle merits.The battle merits statistics had started from the moment the battle started, and would keep on being maintained.Some Gu Masters would exchange their battle merits for Gu worms, thus their battle merits would fall. Some Gu Masters' battle merits would instead continue to rise. Especially healing Gu Masters, they would have considerable gains in the postwar.Fang Yuan placed the scroll to the side. The female Gu Master had been observing his expression and at this moment, she handed over a Gu worm.This Gu worm looked like a ladybug with square carapace, protruding edges while the middle part was sunken like a window frame.This was rank four east window Gu, an information path Gu, used to store information.Previously at Lang Ya blessed land, when Fang Yuan asked for the information on Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, the Lang Ya land spirit had given him an east window Gu.Fang Yuan took the east window Gu and held it in his hand, pouring primeval essence into it.East window Gu gave off a glimmer, and an enormous amount of information poured into Fang Yuan's mind.There was a large number of goods including Gu worms from every path, beasts, vegetation, primeval stones, variant men, Gu recipes and so on.These goods were put up by all tribes, and according to rules, as the alliance leader, Hei tribe put forward the maximum number of goods, no less than half of all these goods.Soon, Fang Yuan discovered many things he wanted to purchase from these goods.Although Fang Yuan could connect to treasure yellow heaven through Little Hu Immortal, the transactions in treasure yellow heaven was the transactions between great sects and clans, which used immortal essence stones as the currency. It was not suitable for Fang Yuan's current state.At the same time there was also the mysterious force represented by Old Man Yan Shi who was coveting after Fang Yuan's fixed immortal travel Gu. If Fang Yuan wanted to buy rank five Gu to raise his strength, he would need to buy Northern Plains' Gu worms. If he did that, it would definitely provide an important evidence to this wisdom path Gu Immortal.Thus, the supply camp was much more suitable to the current Fang Yuan than treasure yellow heaven."Among my strength path Gu worms, all-out effort Gu has been raised to rank four and has adapted to Northern Plains. But I still have rank three strength qi Gu, tusita flower, primeval elder Gu, self-reliance Gu as well as rank four bitter strength, expend strength Gu and charging crash Gu. These Gu are all from Southern Border and is under region suppression in the Northern Plains.""To remove the region's suppression, I would need to advance these Gu to higher rank in Northern Plains. But to do so would mean too much investment."There was a probability of failure in Gu refinement.Even though Fang Yuan had close to master level skill in refinement path, he was not exempted from this probability.The rank four all-out effort Gu he refined had failed several times before succeeding. The refinement of nauseous crying baby Gu failed for over ten times, yet it still did not succeed in the end.The higher the rank of the Gu, the higher the probability of failing the refinement. This was especially so for rank five Gu as those were very challenging and difficult to refine, with the probability of success usually being less than one in a thousand.

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Chapter 517. Lurking Soul Coat Gu | Reverend Insanity

Advancing bitter strength Gu, expend strength Gu and charging crash Gu to rank five was a huge project; Fang Yuan would need to use large amounts of materials and Gu worms.Thus, often only the Gu Immortals who had blessed lands had the capital to gather a complete set of rank five Gu.It was very hard for mortals to bear such a price.Thus, in the mortal world, a lot of rank five Gu Masters did not even have one rank five Gu. Only people like Hei Lou Lan and Dong Fang Yu Liang who had the support of a large force behind them had one or two rank five Gu.In the information provided by east window Gu, there was only a dark path rank five Gu that could be exchanged with battle merits."My enslavement path Gu originated from Chang Shan Yin, almost all are rank four and it will be extremely difficult to raise them to rank five in a short period of time. Thus, I need to concentrate on gathering Gu recipes, just in case.""As for my strength path Gu, those originate from Southern Border; rather than refining them, it might be better to make direct purchases. After all, these Gu are not my vital Gu, so if the refinement fails, they will perish. And if I want to refine again, I will have to accumulate them again.'Fang Yuan's plan was the same as the choice many foreign region Gu Masters sensibly made in the troubled times that were to come in the future.He made his choice.There was only one rank five Gu among the goods, but there were many rank four Gu including bitter strength Gu, tusita flower and primeval elder Gu.But there was no charging crash Gu.Fang Yuan could only opt for the next best choice and choose two pairs of rank three horizontal charge Gu and vertical crash Gu, intending to fuse them himself.Self-reliance Gu was a perfect match for strength path Gu Masters, and a rare Gu at that. In Hei tribe's enormous list of goods, there was one self-reliance Gu, but unfortunately it was only at rank two, even lower than Fang Yuan's.Rank three self-reliance Gu could reach a price of forty-five thousand primeval stones which corresponded to forty-five hundred battle merits.A rank four self-reliance Gu's price could be compared to a rank five Gu, and had a very low possibility of appearing in the exchange list.Fang Yuan pondered and bought this rank two self-reliance Gu as well. If there was truly no other way, he could only try to refine it.If the self-reliance Gu was like this, then there was no need to even mention strength qi Gu.Strength qi Gu was already extinct in the mortal markets, and Fang Yuan's strength qi Gu was obtained by reverse refining rank four atmosphere Gu.But the atmosphere Gu was rank four, and was not a mainstream Gu, and was also very rare on top of that.If Fang Yuan wanted to obtain strength qi Gu, he could only use Northern Plains' atmosphere Gu and reverse refine it to rank three strength qi Gu.He had rank five cultivation now; rank three strength qi Gu was not suitable for him anymore, rank three Gu's help to him now was extremely small."Since there is no expend strength Gu, then so be it. After all, this Gu is used for restricting strength path and has few applications. If I don't have strength qi Gu, it will truly be miserable; I will be lacking long range attack methods and land in the most common predicament of present age strength path Gu Masters."Strength qi Gu might not be treated as a core Gu, but it was extremely important to strength path Gu Masters."So I can only try to gather rank four and rank five recipes of strength qi Gu for now. Qi path has already died out, treasure yellow heaven has them but the prices are definitely high. Perhaps my greatest hope is in Lang Ya blessed land. But Lang Ya land spirit is not easy to deal with, I will have to pay a huge price if I want to obtain the recipe."Just when Fang Yuan was inwardly vexed about this problem, he suddenly had a realization."Eh? Wrong." His mind received a slight jolt."Even if my strength path doesn't have long ranged attack methods, my enslavement path can make up for it! My situation is no longer the same now, I have two apertures, I cultivate enslavement and strength path, they can complement each other."Fang Yuan's view suddenly cleared up.Although he was someone who had been reborn and was meticulous, it was unavoidable for even him to have times of habitual thinking.He only had one aperture in his previous life and even though he had touched upon other paths, it was mostly after he became a Gu Immortal. But now, he was already cultivating two paths as a mortal."Enslavement path Gu Masters are most afraid of beheading the leader tactics, I can use strength path to defend. On the contrary, strength path's weakness can be filled by using enslavement path. Strength qi Gu, there is no need for it."Because he cultivated two paths, this problem that troubled strength path Gu Masters was easily resolved.Following after this, Fang Yuan used his battle merits to exchange for many space path Gu and large numbers of Gu refinement materials.These space path Gu and materials were preparations to enter Luo Po Valley later on.Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable had sealed Luo Po Valley back then. If one wanted to enter, normal methods wouldn't work; one must have a rank five open door Gu.Open door Gu could let the fated ones enter Luo Po valley. But to close the passage would require refining a rank five close door Gu, to prevent the exposure of the passage and others entering in.'Lord Wolf King actually exchanged for so many strength path Gu and space path Gu, and there are also huge amounts of Gu refinement materials.' The goods Fang Yuan wanted to exchange for, caused this female Gu Master to be inwardly surprised.Exchanging for strength path Gu was still reasonable, after all strength path might be declining but it consumed less primeval essence. In case primeval essence was about to be exhausted, it could act as a Gu Master's last support.Thus, in Northern Plains where battles occurred frequently, almost all the Gu Masters cultivated some strength path Gu.'But what is Lord Wolf King going to do with these space path Gu?''Maybe he wants to use space path Gu to protect himself? After all, enslavement path Gu Masters are often restrained by beheading leader tactics.''There are also these astonishing amounts of Gu refinement materials, is Lord Wolf King interested towards refinement path? Or maybe he is researching a completely new enslavement path Gu?'The female Gu Master was full of doubts but did not express them.She was very aware that rashly inquiring about these secrets was an extremely great offense to the Gu Master.Thus, she did not reveal any curiosity on her face, concentrating only on handling these exchanges.Fang Yuan soon saw his battle merits decreased by over half on the battle list, immediately falling down from first position."Lord Wolf King, these goods you exchanged for will be sent to you one by one today and will be completely delivered by dawn." The female Gu Master informed in a soft voice.Fang Yuan nodded and was just about to leave when this female Gu Master said in a low voice: "Lord Wolf King, please wait a moment. Here is a Gu recipe which is extremely suitable for you, Lord tribe leader specifically told me to hold it for you.""Hmm?" Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with a bright light.There was no need to even guess, the female Gu Master before him was definitely Hei tribe's Gu Master.In such an important place like the supply camp, Hei Lou Lan could only be at ease if he placed his men inside.Listening to the female Gu Master's words, Fang Yuan realized this was Hei Lou Lan's goodwill towards him. It was extremely likely that it was because of Hei Xiu Yi deserting in the face of danger, and that Fang Yuan let the bygones be bygones, so Hei Lou Lan was secretly reciprocating for it.Fang Yuan immediately felt some interest and after understanding about the details, he found that this Gu recipe was truly very suitable for him.This was a Gu recipe of lurking soul coat Gu.Lurking soul coat Gu had only one ability, and that was to cover soul fluctuations.Previously, Fang Yuan was hiding in a corner of the battlefield and had to mobilize the wolf group without being able to use his full strength to prevent being discovered. But with this Gu, he could completely cover his soul fluctuations and mobilize the wolf group with his whole strength while hiding.This Gu recipe went all the way from rank one to rank five, thus it had very high price.Fang Yuan used all his remaining battle merits and barely obtained it.He skimmed through the Gu recipe once and saw the difficulty in refining this Gu was not high, but there were monumental amount of refinement procedures. Moreover, the cost involved was not low, especially one procedure among them required a large number of fresh beast skins as Gu refinement materials."Tribe leader has said himself that if Lord Wolf King feels like the Gu refinement is too complicated, you can ask the refinement path Gu Masters to do it. You only need to pay equivalent battle merits to them. If Lord Wolf King has insufficient battle merits, you can borrow five hundred thousand." The female Gu Master timely suggested.Primeval stones were the currency during normal times.But during battles, because of Gu Masters using a large number of primeval stones to restore their primeval essence, refine new Gu or so on, primeval stones were in scarcity.At such times, battle merits were often used as currency.This was not only in Northern Plains, it was also the same in Southern Border and other regions.Borrowing battle merits naturally was not a treatment given to ordinary people. Fang Yuan, however, was a crucial battle strength as he could directly raise the strength of the whole Hei tribe army by himself, thus Hei Lou Lan was happy to actively promote such actions secretly.Fang Yuan nodded and borrowed five hundred thousand battle merits on the spot.With this, his battle merits went into negative, falling down to the last position on the large battle merit list.The Gu Masters who saw this scene in the fifteen large tents exclaimed in surprise.In the enormous battle merit list that was as large as defense walls, the negative five hundred thousand which was written in scarlet was exceptionally dazzling.From first to last, such a huge discrepancy caused people to be greatly taken aback.Clamorous discussions rose before gradually quieting down.The Wolf King's strength and status made them involuntarily accept this fact.Soon after, several assignments that came from the Wolf King caused the quietened discussions to again turn into a clamor.The assignments were capturing wolves, gathering souls, peeling off wolf skins and processing them, along with large numbers of Gu refinement assignments; once completed, could give them a lot of battle merits.These assignments quickly stimulated everyone's enthusiasm.In the next few days, Fang Yuan continued to cultivate, concentrating mainly on strength path.Because of turtle jade wolf skin Gu, his body could bear even more strength.Several days later, Fang Yuan's strength path broke through the hundred jun strength barrier, and he had already successively received ten thousand rank one lurking soul coat Gu.But to push to rank five, this amount was still far from enough.Hei tribe army rested and reorganized for a week more before pulling up the camp and pushing forward towards Dong Fang tribe's defense line.The battle began once more.Dong Fang Yu Liang relied on tall and firm defense walls to defend tightly, and along with repeated clever plans, he was able to push off the battle to the limit, causing great trouble to Hei tribe.But it was still very difficult for him to make up for the large gap created by the first battle.The five defense lines Dong Fang army had built, was broken through by Hei tribe in a row.In the end, the Dong Fang army had retreated to the final defense line – in the central zone of Cao Fu – and were firmly surrounded by Hei tribe."Dong Fang Yu Liang, you are surrounded, your loss is already determined. A wise man submits to fate; as long as you surrender, my army's main military advisor position will still be yours."Hei Lou Lan stood high on his twin-headed rhino, his voice echoing throughout the battlefield.

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Chapter 518. Famous | Reverend Insanity

hapter 518: FamousFacing Hei Lou Lan's offer of submission, Dong Fang Yu Liang went silent.He was standing on the walls, looking at the black enemy troops, the wind blew his hair and his clothes fluttered lightly in the air.He sighed lightly.Even though he had many brilliant schemes and always held the initiative with his predictions, the difference between the two sides was just too overwhelming, in the end, they reached this stage.Wisdom path was not invincible.Throughout history, there were a great number of Gu Master path and styles, even qi path and strength path which were dominant in a point in time, did not manage to cause other paths to go into extinction, becoming the sole path of the Gu Master world.Every path had its strengths and weaknesses.Especially when Gu Master paths were established on the basis of resources. As times changed, and environments changed, when the resources that Gu Masters needed to cultivate dwindled, that particular path's vitality would go down.Any Gu Master familiar with history would know that throughout the long river of time, countless paths were buried.Speaking of which, wisdom path had been popular since the immemorial era, until this day. Even though they were always low on numbers, such an established path could be said to be independent already.In this world, there were no invincible paths, only invincible Gu Masters.But to be truly invincible, there were only ten in history.Dong Fang Yu Liang was only a rank five wisdom path Gu Master, although he was at the peak of the mortal realm, he was far from invincible.Even though he had his self created killer move, Seven Star Light, the primeval essence expenditure of it was too great, it could not be sustained. Against a huge force like Hei tribe, he was already feeling overpowered and outnumbered."If I was an enslavement path Gu Master, there might be a chance of salvaging it. But even enslavement path would need to be worried of beheading the leader tactic. Even Wolf King Chang Shan Yin does not dare to venture out alone, leading his wolves to leave the main troops. Thus, only by ascending to Gu Immortal can one rule above the mortal world." Dong Fang Yu Liang sighed in his heart.At this time, Water Demon Hao Ji Liu came forward to battle."Wind Demon, come out and die!" He shouted out his enemy's name.Wind Demon was furious, growling: "Hao Ji Liu, don't be arrogant!"Saying so, he leapt from the defense walls, activating his Gu while in mid air, as two four-leaf wind blades formed, shooting out."All you can use are old tricks!" Water Demon laughed, not dodging as he charged head on.Bam bam bam!The water and wind demons had battled for dozens of rounds, they were very familiar with each other, thus, the moment they fought, it reached the climax.Wind blades and water bullets flew on both sides, colliding in mid air as they exploded.Wind Demon's attacks were sharp and focused on penetrating and kiting, while Water Demon engaged in frontal assault, overwhelming the enemy.The two were established characters, now that they were engaging with each other, they were displaying great strength as the battle could not be decided easily.The Gu Masters from both armies focused their attention on these two people.The strength of a rank four Gu Master was well known by all, but now, it still gave them a great sense of fear and trepidation.After a while, Water Demon gradually gained the upper hand.Wind Demon's condition was not good, there were times where a Gu Master's strength fluctuated.Like now, the conclusion had already been decided, being surrounded by Hei tribe heavily, Dong Fang tribe's warriors had low morale, Wind Demon was affected too.Seeing his rival of equal strength suppressed by himself, Water Demon shouted in joy as he attacked even more fiercely.The general was the courage of the soldiers, seeing this, Hei tribe army's morale surged, as Dong Fang alliance army sank into silence on the defense wall.In the main tent, Hei Lou Lan laughed heartily as he sent another rank four expert into battle.Dong Fang Yu Liang sent a person to deal with him.But the battle between these two Gu Masters was not as intense as the battle between demons.Not only was the commotion smaller, they even talked in the middle of battle, talking about their ancestor's time and their alliance marriage.Dong Fang Yu Liang's expression became uglier as Hei Lou Lan's smile became deeper.Dong Fang alliance army had low morale, the troops had lost their sense of belonging. All the forces in the alliance were starting to find a way out of their predicament.Hei tribe army's morale was high, all the rank four experts requested to battle.Hei Lou Lan laughed as he approved all their requests.Quickly, before the two armies, twelve battle rings were created."I am Pan Ping, who will battle me?" Pan Ping carried a fierce aura as he became the thirteenth person to enter the battlefield after getting Hei Lou Lan's permission.Dong Fang Yu Liang was silent.By now, the rank four experts under him had mostly perished. Many experts were worried for the present and future, they were no longer giving it their all, but instead hiding their strength.Although when the alliance was made, all the leaders and experts used the poison bow Gu, the content of the vow was not strict, there were many loopholes that could be exploited.As the alliance leader, although they would want to tie the large tribes closely to them, other forces were not idiots. Thus the content of the poison vow had been passed down for numerous generations, created through many collective agreements.As Pan Ping requested for battle, Dong Fang Yu Liang found that he had no one to summon already.He thought about it before sending an order."What? Dong Fang alliance leader is order my father to battle?!" In the camp behind the defense walls, Tang Fang saw this messenger and his expression turned ugly, his eyes almost blowing fire.In the earlier battle, in order to protect his tribesmen, Tang tribe leader was attacked by two Hei tribe Gu masters and suffered grave injuries. After that, he had been bedridden, he had not even recovered now."This is the alliance leader's orders, are you trying to defy it? I know your tribe leader is injured and bedridden. But there are so many bedridden tribe leaders, after getting the alliance leader's orders, didn't they participate too?" The messenger's words were rigid as he looked at Tang Fang with disdain."You!" Tang Fang was furious, shouting: "They are pretending to be injured, my father is truly heavily injured!""Alright, son, enough. As the Tang tribe leader, I have to participate in this battle." At this time, the pale Tang tribe leader walked out."Hmph, as long as you obey the orders." Dong Fang tribe's messenger snorted as he walked away."But father, your body…" Tang Fang was extremely worried."No matter." Tang tribe leader patted his son's shoulders: "I have been recuperating these days, my injures are mostly healed. Today's battle might be the last. If I do not participate, it would be detrimental to our tribe, and our reputation."Tang Fang gritted his teeth: "Then you have to be careful father, sister is still with them, if there is a chance…""Mm, I will do my best." Tang tribe leader frowned as he walked out of the tent.He came to the defense walls as he met Dong Fang Yu Liang, before going to the battlefield, starting the battle with Pan Ping.Tang Fang stood at the edge of the wall, staring at his father."Young tribe leader, we will be fine. Although lord tribe leader still has some poison in him, today's battle is different, everyone will not go all out." A Tang tribe elder consoled.Tang Fang looked at his father battling on par with Pan Ping, with neither giving it their all, and the worry in his heart dissipated.But at this moment, Pan Ping burst out and drew the scimitar by his waist.Everyone saw a bright white light flash past quickly.The next moment, Tang tribe leader was beheaded!"Ah, father!" Tang Fang was stunned before crying out painfully.This had occurred too suddenly, both sides were shocked for a few breaths' time before starting to discuss fervently."Tang tribe leader Tang You has been taken down by me Pan Ping!" Pan Ping's eyes were shining with a bloodthirsty light as he raised Tang tribe leader's head and shouted.Tang Fang's vision turned dark as he fainted on the spot."What was that?""I only saw a flash of light, it was too fast! I could not see anything clearly.""I wonder what Gu or killer move Pan Ping used?"Pan Ping killed an expert on the same level as him, he gained great fame as even the resting Fang Yuan opened his eyes slightly to give him a glance.Northern plains was huge, it was a land of battles. Countless wars and battles created numerous experts. These experts might have some unknown trump cards that they had been hiding forever.Although Pan Ping was a rank four Gu Master, his reputation was not very high, among the rank four Gu Master, he was not outstanding. But after this battle, he rose to fame by stepping on Tang tribe leader's corpse.Pan Ping's expression was shining like flowers as he returned victorious.Hei Lou Lan laughed loudly, ordering his men to bring his wine cup and gave the delicious wine to Pan Ping as a reward."Thank you lord alliance leader for the reward!" Pan Ping stood in the main tent, drinking the wine in one pulp, his gaze was full of anticipation as his expression was lively.He got this Gu by accident. Once, there was a market set up by a few tribes, he saw this scimitar and thought it was beautiful, thus he bought it out of interest.But to think that when he was toying with it, he found the secret in this scimitar.On the blade of this scimitar, there was a cold light. This cold light was actually a mysterious Gu worm.Pan Ping spent a lot of effort before finally refining this Gu. Although he did not know the name of this Gu, it had executed many strong foes for him, it had an extremely sharp attack.He had great expectations for this Imperial Court contest.Originally, during Hei tribe and Dong Fang army's first battle, he had requested to be the first to battle. At that time, he was planning on using this Gu to slay a strong enemy, gaining fame immediately.But Tang Miao Ming called out the Wolf King Chang Shan Yin and challenged him, it obstructed his plans.What's worse was, Fang Yuan did not go with the norm, he attacked directly and skipped the challenge, directly causing the war between both sides.The chance that Pan Ping was looking for was gone like that. Although there were battles later, it was not the environment that Pan Ping was hoping for."But today's battle was a huge chance, Tang tribe leader, Tang You, is an established character. After this battle, my status will rise and I would become Hei tribe's number one general. After all, Water Demon Hao Ji Liu had greater reputation, but he had not taken down Wind Demon yet. As for Wolf King Chang Shan Yin, he is an enslavement path Gu Master, there is no point competing with him…"Pan Ping looked around, feeling that everyone's gaze towards him had changed, the happiness in his heart rose again."This is the feeling of a top dog 1. Hehe, one day, I, Pan Ping, will have my name resound all over Northern Plains!" He shouted in his heart.

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Ni Yu blessed land.A long jade-layered walkway led the way along the lake surface towards a pavilion.Outside the pavilion, there was a light rain and soothing wind.Different from the outside world, the rain here fell from bottom to top. The name of Ni Yu 1 , came from this.After the female Gu immortal Tan Bi Ya, there was a new guest in the blessed land."Junior Hei Bai pays respect to senior Dong Fang." The person who came looked like an ordinary middle aged man, but he was a true rank six Gu Immortal."It has been seventy years since we last met. Back then, you were still Hei tribe leader, a step away from entering the Imperial Court."Hei Bai stood on the stone bench, bowing slightly: "I am ashamed, back then I was greatly supported by my tribe, but I lost by one move and Liu tribe emerged victorious.""Hehehe." Dong Fang Chang Fan laughed: "That's right, the Liu tribe leader back then, Liu Yi Feng, had unprecedented talent, he was a genius barely seen in a hundred years.""Senior has good memory, junior is full of admiration."Dong Fang Chang Fan shook his head: "Us wisdom path Gu Masters will always collect every single information we can get in order to make our deductions. Although Liu Yi Feng was glaringly talented, he failed when charging towards Gu Immortal realm. Among the people of that generation, the one who remained standing at the end was you, commonly known as 'Hei tribe rockman'.""Senior is too kind, this junior was lucky.""No need to put yourself down, becoming a Gu Immortal is as hard as ascending to heaven, out of ten thousand rank five Gu Masters, not even one might succeed. Sigh, to speak the truth, I have observed many juniors these years, and now my hopes are on this child." Dong Fang Chang Fan pointed with his right index finger, and a colorful smoke rose from the stone bench, reflecting the real-time battle situation in northern plains, Cao Fu.Coincidentally, the two Gu Immortals saw Pan Ping flash his scimitar as he beheaded Tang tribe leader.Hei Bai frowned, lightly gasping: "This is interesting, if I did not see wrongly, this is the sole blade Gu. Sole blade Gu is unique, once activated, it can ignore all defenses of the same level. This was created by the Gu Immortal Blade Demon, it has a strange form, merely a flash of blade light, and has to be kept on a blade. This Gu eats blades as food, and the blade it resides in will gradually shrink and turn into dust."Dong Fang Chang Fan nodded: "That's right, sole blade Gu can reach rank six at most. Back then, Blade Demon used the rank six sole blade Gu to hold his own, no one dared to trifle with him. But eventually, he lost to Butterfly Sword Immortal. Blade Demon died in battle, and his blessed land was consumed by Butterfly Sword Immortal. The recipe of sole blade Gu was not passed down, but now there are still many sole blade Gu in the mortal realm, these were handed out when Blade Demon disguised as a mortal and travelled the world back then. It seems this lucky lad obtained one of the gifts from Blade Demon back then.""Senior is wise, I have learnt much today." Hei Bai said with admiration.Dong Fang Chang Fan was a famous wisdom path Gu Immortal in northern plains, he had glorious battle results his whole life, numerous Gu Immortal suffered from his schemes.When he was born, Dong Fang tribe was already declining like the setting sun. When he became a Gu Immortal, he single handedly held them up as he made many schemes against his enemies, he had great methods and eventually caused Dong Fang tribe to rise up again.He was a rank seven Gu Immortal, a great power in northern plains undoubtedly, and the pillar of support for Dong Fang tribe.But now, his lifespan was at its end, he was eager to leave his inheritance. In the past, Dong Fang Chang Fan had high expectations, and many did not meet his requirements. Now, Dong Fang Yu Liang might not have met all his expectations, but he was the best candidate out of them all.Lifespan Gu were hard to find, even for Dong Fang tribe which was a super tribe, one of the largest force in northern plains.Of course, a part of the reason was that the righteous path Gu Immortal secretly colluded to restrict the selling of lifespan Gu to Dong Fang Chang Fan. Similarly, demonic Gu Immortals who were schemed against by Dong Fang Chang Fan hated him to the bones.Dong Fang Chang Fan schemed against numerous people, but at the end of his life, he was ganged up on collectively by his enemies.He was clear about this, he had offended too many Gu Immortals. Even the righteous path did not want to see him live longer.Hei Bai understood, this meeting with Dong Fang Chang Fan would be the last time he could see this legendary Gu Immortal in northern plains.The rainbow smoke on the stone bench displayed the battle situation perfectly, showing it to them without any lack of clarity.Dong Fang army, while already weaker in terms of power, got into an even worse situation after Tang tribe leader was killed by Pan Ping.Eventually, Dong Fang Yu Liang challenged Hei Lou Lan, entering the battle himself.He wanted to use his own strength to fight for a bit of chance and hope.But eventually, he could not emerge victorious as he and Hei Lou Lan ended in a draw.When night descended, Hei Lou Lan ordered a collective attack.At night, night wolves surge in battle strength. The wolf tide came waves after waves, under Fang Yuan's manipulation, they broke through Dong Fang army's final line of defense.Dong Fang army had low morale and the troops were not united, even though Dong Fang Yu Liang made many preparations, the defensive line only lasted for seven minutes before being taken down.Helpless, Dong Fang Yu Liang could only surrender.At this point, Hei tribe and Dong Fang tribe's battle ended, as Hei Lou Lan and Dong Fang Yu Liang's personal grudge ended in Hei Lou Lan's victory."This young man, Dong Fang Yu Liang, has few flaws, except that he cares too much for his sister. In order to protect her safety, he made a portion of the troops stay at the back to protect his sister. Thus, Dong Fang army became far weaker than Hei tribe, even though they were already disadvantaged to begin with. If not for this, the first battle's victory might not have been like this. Hehehe, this is embarrassing to show you, Hei Bai."Dong Fang Chang Fan smile lightly at this rainbow smoke.After Hei tribe army stabilized the battle situation, they entered the camp and starting to take over captives and clean up the battlefield."Winning and losing is part of battle, if we failed this time, there is always next time. In my opinion, Dong Fang Yu Liang is already very outstanding. He preserved the strength of his tribe well, he did it even better than I would. His affection and protective nature towards this tribe is very precious." Hei Bai said."That's right." Dong Fang Chang Fan's tone was rueful: "So be it if other tribe members die, but we are all descendants of Ancestor Giant Sun. Back then when ancestor set up the Imperial Court, he had one motive, that was to weaken other tribes and preserve our bloodline. Unfortunately, even a grand existence like Giant Sun Immortal Venerable passed away when his lifespan was expended. In this world, what can truly be immortal and indestructible…"Hei Bai did not speak, he only listened silently.Dong Fang Chang Fan soothed his emotions, laughing softly as he stretched out his palm towards Hei Bai: "Alright, let's get to business.""Yes." Hei Bai took out a list from his storage Gu and handed it over to Dong Fang Chang Fan.There was a great amount of content on the list, there was a huge amount of resources listed.Dong Fang tribe lost in this Imperial Court contest, and became Hei tribe's captive. According to Giang Sun Immortal Venerable's rules, Dong Fang tribe could pay a certain amount of resources to redeem themselves.Dong Fang tribe and Hei tribe were super tribes, they had more than one Gu Immortal.The contest between two giant forces, this 'Imperial Court contest' was merely a game. Most importantly, these battles would weaken other tribes and expand one's own tribe, recruiting and choosing new talents.This grand scheme engulfing all of northern plains was naturally not created by Dong Fang tribe or Hei tribe's Gu Immortals. It was created by one of the ten supreme invincible beings, Giant Sun Immortal Venerable.Dong Fang Chang Fan received the list and started browsing through.The resources on this list were not only a great amount, there were also many aspects that it touched on, like some specialty Gu worms that only Dong Fang tribe had, or some newly created Gu recipes.But Dong Fang Chang Fan did not show any indignance, he nodded lightly and agreed: "Winner takes all, since we failed, a small price is but fair, we will go with this."Loser pays the price, this was the rule that Giant Sun Immortal Venerable set.In history, there were some times when tribes were unwilling to pay this price, but they all ended up being wiped out.But now, not a single tribe dared to violate the rule.This was the rule of northern plains' righteous path, if any tribe refused to obey it, they would be ostracized, and become the target of all others.A giant light ring suddenly appeared in the night sky of the battlefield.After the light ring stabilized, a giant light door of about 60 meters was formed.The light shone across a thousand li, as it opened, a jade light path was formed.From the door, a young female Gu Master walked out. She held a token as she landed before Hei Lou Lan under everyone's gaze."I am the envoy, I am here to bring back Dong Fang tribe." She said expressionlessly with a cold tone.The two finished their business on the spot.After checking the battle reparation, Hei Lou Lan's brows were uplifted, he had earned a fortune! Using so much resources, he could equip more Gu Masters and especially the tribes that surrendered, after taking them in, his military strength would surge by at least fifty percent of the original!"We will meet again." Since the results were decided, Dong Fang Yu Liang had no lingering emotions, he bid farewell to Hei Lou Lan calmly and led his tribesmen on the light road, entering the door.Because they absorbed a lot of tribes, Dong Fang tribe's size expanded by thirty percent."How great, even if they lost, they can still hide from the blizzard inside the blessed land!""There's no choice, they are a super clan, there are Gu Immortals shielding them.""Alright, concentrate, it is a turning point for us after submitting to Hei tribe. As long as we win a few battles, our losses would be recuperated. If we are fortunate enough to enter Imperial Court blessed land and obtain those inheritances, we would have a chance of striking it rich!"Everyone looked at the light ring on the air as they discussed.Fang Yuan watched this silently.This ten year blizzard involves the entire northern plains, causing numerous homes to be destroyed and countless people to rise up from battle. It was a contest of the top predators, a game that they engage in together.Some people immerse themselves in it and chase after fame. Some cry and grief, feeling extreme pain. As for Fang Yuan, as a person within this giant game, he would watch coldly as he make his own plans.Hehe.Such is life.The law of the jungle, it is truly fantastic!

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Chapter 520. Stealing Shoes (1/2) | Reverend Insanity

In the camp, there was silence.On a bright red table, books were stacked highly into a pile.At times, wind would blow through the window and carry the fragrance of the grass with it, as it flips the top few pages of the documents.It was a bright and sunny day outside, at times, sounds of battle horses or hump wolves could be heard from far away.This in fact, intensified the silence in the camp.As Ma tribe's young tribe leader, Ma Ying Jie was sitting on his cushion as he lowered his head, helping his father settle the administrative matters of the alliance army.Ever since Ma tribe unleashed a sneak attack and exterminated Fei tribe, their largest obstacle in the heroes assembly had been removed.Thereafter, at Tian Chuan heroes assembly, Ma tribe suppressed Cheng tribe to become the alliance leader. After taking the poison vow, Ma tribe's military force rose to six hundred thousand, they were at the peak of their strength.After that, Ma tribe ventured west, going southwest from Tian Chuan. Along the way, they found beast groups or stubborn forces to train their troops, sharpening their battle strength. Because of the continuous battles and the absorption of defeated tribes, they expanded once more and their morale was surging.Right now, Ma tribe had arrived at mirror lake and found an equal — Song tribe alliance army.At the moment, Ma tribe was building their first line of defense."Report!" At this moment, the investigative Gu Master from outside the tent reported.Ma Ying Jie's eyes shone with brilliance, he knew that this would definitely be some important military information, thus, he placed down his documents and called: "Come in."The exhausted investigative Gu Master heard the call and was about to enter, but the guard outside stopped him: "Do you know the rules? Change your shoes, don't dirty the carpet inside."The investigative Gu Master apologised profusely, after changing his shoes, he entered the tent. Upon seeing Ma Ying Jie, he kneeled down on one knee: "Subordinate greets young tribe leader. I have brought important information regarding Yu Tian."He reported a summary of the events that happened, and after Ma Ying Jie made some inquiries, about fifteen minutes later, he left."Hei tribe defeated Dong Fang tribe, that is the first crucial victory they had." Ma Ying Jie's heart was slightly heavy.The Imperial Court contest had occurred for many times, at his level, he was already clear of the rules of this game.He knew the importance of victory, after Hei tribe defeated Dong Fang tribe, they would receive a huge amount of compensation. These compensation would include Dong Fang tribe's newest Gu recipes, as well as an ocean of battle resources. As long as they make good use of these gains, and take in the captives, Hei tribe army's battle strength would rise by five times!"In all the past Imperial Court contests, the first battle is the most crucial. Once the first fight is won, the foundations would be earned. Those who lost the first fight would almost certainly be eliminated, very few could reverse the situation. Hei tribe has already won their first battle, while we Ma tribe and Song tribe are still at a stalemate…"Fei Cai carefully came to the tent entrance, trying not to make any noise.The two guarding Gu Masters gave him a look before diverting their gaze.After Fei tribe was wiped out, the blur Fei Cai was chosen by Ma Ying Jie and luckily became his personal servant, avoiding the terrible fates of his tribesmen.His daily job was to manage the shoes outside the tent.Ma Ying Jie was a clean freak, every guest that entered his tent would need to change their shoes, so as to not dirty his elegant and beautiful carpet.After every guest wears the shoes provided, Fei Cai would need to wash it before placing it back in.But this time, it was different.Fei Cai held the shoes worn by the investigative Gu Master and hesitated for a moment before stuffing the other pair of shoes in front of his chest.No one noticed this tiny action of his, Fei Cai managed to leave without any problems, and after ten tents, he came to the water pond.He squatted beside the pond as he started washing the worn shoes, he was extremely focused and did not even notice that there was one person behind him."Hey, big dummy, why are you so serious in washing shoes!" A small hand patted Fei Cai's shoulders roughly.Fei Cai was shocked, turning around, he saw a girl that resembled jade with pinkish skin, and a pair of crystal clear eyes. It was Zhao Lian Yun.Zhao Lian Yun used her 'tiger-wolf-sheep' analogy and conceived Zhao tribe leader to leave, after some hurdles, they arrived at Ma tribe camp without casualties, and was welcomed by Ma tribe leader.Zhao tribe managed to join Ma tribe army and was highly regarded by Ma tribe higher-ups and received warm hospitality."It is you, Lady Xiao Yun." Fei Cai saw Zhao Lian Yun and showed an innocent smile. After his father was killed, he sunk into endless grief. By chance, he became Ma Ying Jie's personal servant, and was ostracized by the old servants, thus he did not have a single friend.After Zhao Lian Yun made fun of him many times, but he acknowledged her as his only friend. Thus when he saw her, he was overjoyed."Lady Xiao Yun, I have something for you." Fei Cai lowered his volume, moving his head towards Zhao Lian Yun's ears.Zhao Lian Yun pushed his head away, muttering unhappily: "Hey blockhead, don't come so close, do you know that there should be prudency between sexes."Fei Cai almost fell into the water after being pushed, but he did not mind it, he secretly pulled his shirt and exposed the shoes that he were hiding, asking as if he was looking for praise: "Look, what is this?"Zhao Lian Yun gave him a look of disdain: "A pair of stinky shoes, they've obviously been worn before. Stupid blockhead, why are you so dumb, you actually gave me something like this. It doesn't even fit me, and I wouldn't wear this pair of stinky shoes anyway!"Fei Cai said: "Lady Xiao Yun, didn't you say you were lacking primeval stones earlier. This pair of shoes is exquisite and beautiful, we can sell it in the black market and exchange it for primeval stones."Zhao Lian Yun's brows lifted, looking at Fei Cai in another light: "Oh wow, blockhead, you actually thought of abusing your position and smuggling public property? Amazing, I never thought you would think of this. But how much can this pair of shoes sell for? My daily pocket money is ten times of the shoes. I appreciate it, but you should sell it. Change your tattered and dirty clothes."Fei Cai rubbed his nose, shaking his head: "No need, my clothes are still wearable. Actually, I did not think of this. Those old servants always do this, since there is a large number of shoes constantly worn by different Gu Masters, and lord young tribe leader loves cleanliness so much, he always changes the shoes together at set intervals."Zhao Lian Yun nodded.Snakes and rats have their own way of living. Servants might have low statuses, but they also have their own way of living.Especially someone like Fei Cai, although he is a servant and lost his freedom, he got close to Ma Ying Jie and was most likely the first person to receive information from Ma tribe higher-ups.Zhao tribe had entered Ma tribe's army, Zhao Lian Yun purposely got close to Fei Cai because she also had the intentions of gathering intel.At this time, a commotion could be heard."Where is Fei Cai? Get out here now!""Fei Cai, you're in trouble now, you dared to take young tribe leader's shoes.""Young tribe leader wanted to walk around the camp, but realized his shoes were gone. Fei Cai, you are too daring, you are unforgivable!"A bunch of old servants shouted arrogantly, coming out of the entrance as they searched for Fei Cai's whereabouts.Fei cai's expression paled: "Oh no, I have been discovered. Lady Xiao Yun, quickly leave, this has nothing to do with you. I cannot implicate you, I will go ask for forgiveness from young tribe leader.""Forgiveness my ass!" Zhao Lian Yun shouted, her expression turning ugly: "You fool, you have been plotted against and you don't even know it! Quickly follow me and run.""Ah?" Fei Cai had no idea what's going on, but as Zhao Lian Yun pulled him, they entered a narrow alley."Damn it, this path has been blocked off." Zhao Lian Yun relied on her familiarity of the area and brought Fei Cai around, finding four exits, but three were blocked."Lady Xiao Yun, quickly go, it will be too late otherwise!" Fei Cai was getting dizzy from moving around, he had lost his sense of direction. He was anxious as he did not want to get his only friend into trouble.Zhao Lian Yun stomped her feet in anger, howling in her heart: "Was it easy for me to find an insider to provide information?! In this day and age, where can I find such a dummy like Fei Cai? These old servants are all shrewd snakes, they will request for money when I want a bit of information, and they would even give half-truth information. Hmph! They are jealous of this newcomer Fei Cai and wants to get rid of him. As expected, any place with humans will have conflicts, and thus schemes. No way! I cannot take this lying down, you are courting death if you want to harm my informant!"Zhao Lian Yun's expression was full of uncertainty as she tried her best to think of a solution, while the old servants' voices could be heard."He's not here, I've searched the water pond, he's not there either!""Did he leave?""How can that be, we were following him, I'm sure he came here.""We have not searched there yet, go."Hearing the old servants' footsteps, Zhao Lian Yun thought of a solution amidst the anxiety."Big dummy, you are truly lucky, I just bought some silk from the market." Zhao Lian Yun said as she took out some high grade silk from her pockets.This silk was meant to be made into clothes for her."Big dummy, listen to my instructions and do as I say, this might benefit you greatly!" Zhao Lian Yun placed the silk into Fei Cai's hands."Ah?" Fei Cai was dumbstruck.Zhao Lian Yun quickly told him about her plans.After a dozen breaths' time, Fei Cai walked out and was discovered by the servants.They were overjoyed, encircling him as Fei Cai clenched his fists, beating them to a pulp like he was crazy."He's revolting, revolting, this dog slave dared to attack us seniors!""Fei Cai, you are in huge trouble, young tribe leader is looking for you, we came to arrest you but you dared to resist!"Fei Cai shouted: "Young tribe leader is looking for me, I will go on my own. Don't touch me with your filthy hands you lowly scum!"

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