Completing the Plan!

Xiang Yao prepared all day to refine his Gu to Rank 3 successfully. All that was left was to try to advance to Level 3, but he had a better idea to ensure his success.

First, he will refine Rank 4 'Gu Become Ethereal', according to Fang Yuan's memoirs - 300 years from now, an extremely talented Gu master will create this Gu recipe by fusing Shadow Follower, Stelth Scales and Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. It was the best Stealth (Mortal) Gu in existence; not even Level 5 Gu masters could see through its concealment.

But as everything in life is not perfect, he has flaws too - His first bad point is that his food is 'Rainbow Carp', an extremely difficult animal to raise. Therefore, it is quite rare and difficult to find in large amounts. The second bad point is that the effect will disappear immediately when you attack someone.

But even so, he is still an excellent Gu; the last time the merchant caravan came to Xiang Yao Mountain, they scanned the Rainbow Carp, so he could buy as much as he wanted in the system.

As soon as he refines Rank 4 Gu Become Ethereal, he will immediately seek out Bai Ning Bing and kill him to get his body to refine his Dream Path Extreme Physique finally.

"All I need now is to get Gu Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, and then my plans on this mountain will be over, and I can finally leave here and explore the world." Xiang Yao entered the secret rock crevice cave again.

"Tonight will be the group chat mission day; I must complete my plans by then." Xiang Yao thought as he moved deeper into the cave. This centipede tunnel had many paths, and after moving for a while, the main path split into three branches. He pondered for a while before choosing the left path and moving on.

Not long after taking the left path, the group of centipedes that moved away revealed a cave, and he found some clues. The slope gradually descended as Xiang Yao approached a deep underground area.

At the end of the tunnel, he saw a crystal wall. And behind the crystal wall, there was water. In the water, there was a river of grey colour that ran in a spiral, like a mini tornado, spinning endlessly in an autonomous system.

Soon after, he saw that behind that watery crystal wall, there was something else in the Spirit Source.

A flower bud with blue and white following each other slowly floated in the spring water.

It was the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus!

Xiang Yao began to take primordial stones in the system and drop them into the spirit spring to complete the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus refinement.

Gurgle, gurgle.

The whirlpool of the spiritual spring stirred violently as a lotus image flickered above the spring water like an image.

Pieces of primaeval stone were thrown by Xiang Yao, causing the appearance of the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus to become clearer.

"Ready! Now I need to pick it up and scan it with the system immediately before it drops into the First Clan Leader's Blood Pond Graveyard." Thinking like that, he didn't hesitate any longer. Taking a deep breath, he jumped, hitting the crystal wall.

The Moat Gu formed this wall.

When Xiang Yao hit him, it was like jumping into the water. There was a ripple in the walls as he was instantly engulfed.

Water surrounded Xiang Yao from all directions.

Xiang Yao opened his eyes but couldn't see the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus.

The Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus could only be seen through the water crystal walls before extraction.

Xiang Yao knew this very well and was not surprised. He had already estimated the distance and even accounted for the refraction of light due to water and grabbed it according to his memory.

This grabbing was like grabbing out of nowhere, conjuring up a lotus.

The lotus was blue and white, its petals closed, looking like a lamp filled with a holy aura. But he had his conscience, and although Xiang Yao grabbed him, he resisted.

But that was nothing!

Just leaking some of the Spring Autumn Cicada's aura, this Rank 3 Gu flower was instantly refined. Shortly afterwards, he scanned it with the system, ensuring he could buy another whenever he wanted.

Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus Obtained!

In the spring water, Xiang Yao's lips curled into a smile.

He wished, and the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus turned into a white-blue light, shooting out of its aperture.

The numerous whirlpools in the spirit spring disappeared without the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. Full of vitality, the spring water turned into a puddle of still water without any signs of life.

A blinding blood-coloured light shot out in the depths of the spirit spring. A great suction force suddenly appeared. Already expecting this, Xiang Yao let himself be sucked into the water.

Puff…

Hearing the water around him, Xiang Yao was dragged by the currents along the tunnel straight down.

Just when her breath came to an end, the surrounding pressure disappeared.

Xiang Yao took a deep breath. At least he didn't suffocate to death, but it turned out that he was falling from a high point.

He did his best to keep his balance in the air, slowing his descent.

This was an underground area. It wasn't dark but full of red light. Xiang Yao was falling from about fifteen meters, and below him was a lake.

But this underground lagoon was not transparent; it was red, like blood water.

No, it's blood water!

The piercing stench of blood assaulted Xiang Yao as he continued to fall.

Xiang Yao positioned himself correctly to avoid damage during the fall and allowed himself to be carried away by gravity towards the Lake of Blood.

Plop!

With the sound of splashing water, Xiang Yao fell safely into the lake of blood. Immediately the blood water tried to drain his blood and kill him, but he was already prepared and activated a dream path killer move that protected him from that energy.

The ripples and waves in the lake of blood continued and swept over the surrounding walls, the glowing red and glowing blood water seeping into the surrounding ground. This caused the soil to turn a bright red colour, turning it into red soil.

An inexplicable current surged from within the lake of blood, emitting the enormous aura of Rank 5 gu.

"So you finally decided to leave?" Xiang Yao managed a smile; a long shadow gradually appeared in the lake of blood.

Its length exceeded forty meters, and its width exceeded six meters.

This was a huge python; he lived in the depths of the lake of blood, but now that he had smelled meat on Xiang Yao, he went out to start hunting!

Xiang Yao looked around the lake and saw hundreds of black dots appear in the lake of blood and rise like a school of moving fish.

Whooshhh…

They were much faster than the giant Python and flew out of the lake of blood in moments, revealing their appearance.

These were not fish but bats.

These blood-red bats had two long, pointed ears with two pairs of wings. The main wings were quite large, while the second pair were on the smaller side and below the main wings.

They had no claws, but the edges of the two pairs of wings were as sharp as steel blades.

Xiang Yao smiled at this as he prepared to use the system and sell all these Gu as soon as they got close to him.

The Python came at him with invincible momentum, but as soon as it got close enough to Xiang Yao, it disappeared without a trace. Xiang Yao had sold her to the system.

As soon as the first leader of the clan no longer felt the presence of his Blood River Python, he went into a frenzy and sent his coffin out of the lake in search of the culprit.

At this time, a thick bloody mist rose from the middle of the lake of blood.

A whirlpool appeared in the middle of the lake of blood.

The whirlpool started in the middle of the lake and quickly spread from there, growing until its edges touched the surrounding walls.

Xiang Yao was already prepared, and with the defence of his dream path-killer move, he didn't take any damage.

A giant wave of blood reaching ten meters gushed from the middle of the whirlpool.

And from within the wave of blood, an upright crimson coffin gradually rose.

"What did you do with my Blood River Python?" A strange hoarse voice was broadcast from inside the coffin, and anyone hearing that voice would feel chilled to the bone.

"Hmph! You are nothing but a frail old man forgotten by time; what do you think you can do to me." Xiang Yao provoked the first clan leader to buy enough time to activate his killer move.

"A mere Junior Youth of Level 2 dare to threaten me, court death and I will give it to you!" Before the voice died, the coffin's lid shot off like a catapult, revealing a shrivelled corpse.

He had a scarlet face and fangs, his hair red as blood, and his eyes were deep set and held a fire that seemed about to die out.

It had no skin, and thin strips of red muscle clung to the white bones, giving it a wrinkled, fierce appearance.

"Heh! But this mere 'Level 2 Young Junior' came prepared to win!" Xiang Yao immediately activated his Path of Dream Killer move.

Killer Move Rank 3 – Nightmare of a Thousand Lives!

These killer moves used Rank 3, 'Moth of a Thousand Dreams' as the core and Rank 3 ', Hope for a Better Day', and lastly, Rank 3 ', Eyes that See the Truth'. This killer moves the enemy into ecstasy while devouring their Soul very quickly; if someone doesn't have a way to protect their Soul, they will surely die.

"What the" Before the first clan leader could react, he fell into a deep sleep living over a thousand lives at once as his Soul was devoured.

Xiang Yao quickly scanned the first clan leader's body and obtained everything that was once his.

[Sell Rank 5 – Gu Blood Wight – for 5,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 5 – Gu Blood Curtain Skyflower – for 5,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 5 – Gu Blood Guillotine – for 5,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 4 - Gu Blood Frenzy - for 2,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 4 – Gu Yin Yang Rotation – for 2,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 4 - Gu Blood Skull - for 2,000 points?]

[Sell Rank 3 – Gu Bladewing Blood Bat – for 1,000 points?]

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[Scan Level 5 – Body of a Zombie Gu Master – for 500 points?]

[Scan Level 5 – First Gen Gu Yue's Fate – for 1,500 points?]

[Scan Level 5 – Memories of First Gen Gu Yue – for 1,000 points?]

[Scan Level 5 – First Gen Gu Yue's Attainment – ​​for 3,000 points?]

Once Xiang Yao finished scanning the system, he killed First Gen Gu Yue immediately. He was now preparing to refine the 'Become Ethereal Gu'.

He had no time to waste, so he started the refinement there. Xiang Yao took the three Gu and started fusing them as he added primordial stones to the fusion.

Xiang Yao failed three times before successfully refining Gu; "I finally got this Gu; it was more work than I thought."

The Gu was the size of an adult's palm; it appeared like a carp with a translucent body that constantly changed from real to unreal; it looked illusory and mystical.

Xiang Yao immediately scanned it with the system and placed it in its aperture, preparing to hunt down Bai Ning Bing.

Looking around, he soon saw a mountain of Earth and stones blocking a path in the cave; without hesitation, Xiang Yao attacked that mountain of Earth and destroyed the wall that blocked his path.

With the way clear to pass, Xiang Yao quickly moved forward as he searched for the Thousand Li Earthwolf Spider. Xiang Yao had to be quick and get Bai Ning Bing's body before the end of the day because otherwise, the clan would find out about the destruction of the spiritual source and send someone to investigate.

By then, Xiang Yao should have already refined his dream path of extreme physique and then go to the chat group quest or run away from Qing Mao Mountain to avoid being hunted. He could only defeat the First Clan Leader because he caught him off guard, and he was just one person, but if the whole clan goes after him, not even your best dream path-killer can save him.

He finally reached the end of the cave. A large, sturdy rock wall completely blocked their path.

This stone wall was tough and thick, being very strange. Xiang Yao's forehead was beaded with sweat as he used everything within his reach to attack in turns; after a few minutes, he progressed far enough to see what was on the other side of the wall.

Its entire body was pitch black, giving off a metallic sheen like iron and steel. The chest and back armour were thick lines that showed a dominating aura. It had three pairs of legs, each with spiral-shaped antennae at the tip.

"I finally found you!" Xiang Yao quickly sold this Gu to the system as the Blood Frenzy corrupted it. Still, as soon as it is sold to the system, it is cleansed of any will or impurities, so once Xiang Yao buys it into the system, he doesn't have to worry about the Blood Frenzi, as it will have disappeared from Gu's body.

Somewhere near the mountainside.

Three Gu Masters who had already experienced an intense battle faced a daring lightning wolf that had just arrived.

The aura of death was imminent.

"Damn, insufficient primaeval essence; if I had 60%, not just 30%, we wouldn't have to be chased like this!" Group leader Xiong Zhan looked at the bold lightning wolf slowly approaching; like a cat chasing a mouse, he vomited a mouthful of bloody water.

"The mountain cliff is ahead; there is no path; what do we do?" A group member asked with a pale expression.

"What can we do? We can only put our hopes on reinforcements. I heard my clan's lord Bai Ning Bing has stepped out of his closed-door cultivation and is rushing into battle."

The original two groups, both from the Xiong clan and the Bai clan, faced the tide of wolves together and cooperated, but now only three people were left.

"Rather than relying on Bai Ning Bing, who is nowhere to be seen, I'd rather fight for a chance to survive!" Xiong Zhan gritted his teeth, "A beast king is so dangerous because of the Gu in his body. I have a Plunder Gu; it can forcefully steal a Gu worm from my enemy. But it must be sustained when activated, and I can't move. During this period, you have to protect me."

"OK!" The other two looked at each other and stood before Xiong Zhan, helping him block the daring lightning wolf.

Knowing there was little hope, no one would resign themselves to death.

"If the looting succeeds, we have a chance to live! Heaven bless us!" Xiong Zhan's face was determined as he raised his right arm.

Life and death depend on it!

The three humans and a wolf were unaware that, at the top of the cliff, a young man with white hair wearing a white shirt was looking down on this scene.

"Life is so boring..." He sat on the floor, supporting himself with one hand while the other poured liquid from his wine bottle.

What he poured out was not wine but sweet mountain water.

He didn't drink wine but only liked water.

As this young man drank, he looked at the show before him.

"Fight and die. Such a mundane life is very boring. Only with an intense battle like this can their lives have a touch of emotion and colour. That way, their lives have some meaning."

He chuckled lightly in his heart, showing no inclination to help.

On the cliff, Bai Ning Bing watched with interest.

A life-and-death battle was on full display as he sat on the cliff.

The bold lightning wolf moved, slowly approaching.

Two Gu Masters blocked his path with grim expressions.

Behind them, Xiong Zhan was half-kneeling on the ground, his left hand gripping his right wrist, his right hand clawed, aiming at the daring lightning wolf.

"Pillage, Gu!" He suddenly screamed, all the primal essence in his body gushing towards the Plunder Gu.

An invisible grappling force exploded from within.

Xiong Zhan's right hand grabbed the air, and a sense of illusion made him feel like he had grabbed a Gu worm.

But this Gu worm continued to fight, contesting with him.

This force was very large; his centre of gravity was already very low, but he still felt a strong force pulling him forward.

"Plunder Gu's success rate is very low, but I have to succeed this time. Otherwise, we are doomed!" He gritted his teeth, veins popping on his forehead as his expression turned fierce, contesting with all his skill.

Xiong Zhan had no other way.

Failure means death!

Under the pressure of death, he infused the Plunder Gu with all the primaeval essence he could muster. With the infusion of primal essence, the Plunder Gu residing in his right palm also increased his suction strength. The daring lightning wolf sensed something amiss and began to howl, lashing out in a frenzy.

The two Gu Masters could hardly block it.

When Xiong Zhan felt that his services would succeed, his expression changed.

"Damn it, not enough primal essence!" Suddenly, he vomited a lot of blood, and his health worsened. Once a server fails, he would face some backlash. This was a glitch of Plunder Gu.

Howl!

Without the restraint of the Plunder Gu, the bold lightning wolf opened its mouth and began to howl.

The Gu worm that lived inside him used its ability and made its teeth glow with lightning.

A mysterious blue beam shot out and finally came out of his mouth.

The beam shot towards the middle of both Gu Masters, targeting the middle kneeling Xiong Zhan.

Xiong Zhan didn't even have time to cry before he was struck by lightning, turning into a charred piece of black meat, and killed instantly.

"Run!" The remaining two Gu Masters had no fighting spirit as they dashed in two directions.

The bold lightning wolf chased one of them, lunging at it and biting its throat.

The daring lightning wolf blocked the last Gu Master of the Bai clan and could only retreat towards the cliff.

"Ahhhh. I'm going to die!" He roared in despair with his back against the cliff, venting the fear in his heart.

But suddenly, his voice stopped – He saw Bai Ning Bing atop the cliff.

"Sir Bai Ning Bing! Lord Bai Ning Bing, is that you?" He was stunned, but then he started screaming, very happy.

"Oops, you found me," Bai Ning Bing chuckled and raised his right hand.

His right index finger pointed downwards, and an icicle instantly formed, shooting downwards.

The icicle hit the Gu Master, calling for help, penetrating his skull to his chin.

"Ah!" Her face was still set in intense joy after finding hope, but she fell to the ground with a plop.

The daring lightning wolf was shocked by the event.

He looked at Bai Ning Bing, opening his mouth. Inside, lightning curled around his teeth.

"Ignorant beast." Bai Ning Bing looked clearly, lightly jumping off the five-meter cliff.

In the air, he clapped his hands and an icy mist instantly formed.

Then his palms split, and a blade of ice appeared.

This ice blade with a transparent ice body was about 1.7m long, like the katana on Earth. Bai Ning Bing grabbed the handle.

The daring lightning wolf shot electric light from below upwards, and Bai Ning Bing laughed as two lines of white water vapour shot out from his nose.

Water vapour swirled, enveloping her body in a barrier layer of water.

The water ball continued to rotate independently, and the lightning wolf's bold lightning dissipated upon hitting this barrier.

The water ball opened, and the young man dressed in white appeared from within.

"To die." The youth's iris turned from black to pure blues, like two pieces of blue crystal, devoid of feelings and emotions.

The blade light flashed.

Bai Ning Bing lightly landed, and a drop of blood fell from his half-transparent white ice blade.

Meanwhile, the daring lightning wolf stood still like a statue.

A breath later, fresh blood spurted from his neck as the large wolf head landed on the ground, rolling over and over. As for the body, it fell to the ground.

The Lightning Current Gu in his body shot like lightning towards Bai Ning Bing.

Bai Ning Bing flicked his wrist, and a light shot from his blade.

The Lightning Current Gu, under his sword, exploded into a ball of mysterious blue current with a roar, dying instantly.

Bai Ning Bing slowly walked towards Xiong Zhan's corpse.

"The other Gu worms are all common. But this Plunder Gu is a bit interesting." From Xiong Zhan's corpse, he extracted the Plunder Gu and held it close to his chest.

While Bai Ning Bing was playing with the Plunder Gu in his hand, an illusory shadow appeared in his eyes and immediately attacked him.

Rank 3 Killer Move – Dream Storm!

Xiang Yao immediately activated his killer move to begin the refinement right away. Still, before progressing with the refinement, Xiang Yao scanned Bai Ning Bing's body and sold all of his Gu just in case.

The recipe for refining your Dreampath extreme physique is unique and special. It needs a Northern Dark Ice Soul Physique, so you put the body in the Dreamstorm, and then you start gathering Dreampath materials and the Soul's path into it until it transforms into a Rank 5 Gu 'Big Dream Opportunity'.

Once this Gu is refined, the Gu Master must use this Gu for a special formation that uses three other Gu worms of the Path of Dreams they are; Moth of a Thousand Dreams, Hope for a Better Day, and Eyes that See the Truth. Once the formation is completed, it will create a sizable dream realm, and the Gu master must enter it and activate it to acquire Extreme Physique.

Xiang Yao reviewed the refinement steps and started immediately; "I already have all the dream path materials, and the soul path material I will use is Bai Ning Bing's soul."

Xiang Yao started to throw dream path materials at Bai Ning Bing's motionless body until he started to want to implode into a dream realm. Still, before that happened, Xiang Yao started to throw Primal stones to stabilize the refinement.

Xiang Yao continued like this for a few hours before he could finally refine the Gu. Bai Ning Bing's body and all the items he threw were swallowed and refined into this new Gu.

[Scan Rank 5 – Gu 'Big Dream Opportunity' – for 5,000 points?]

Just as Xiang Yao scanned this Gu with the system and was preparing to achieve his dream path, extreme physique, he received a message from the system.