Chapter 554: Plotting is difficult, Living is tough


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    It was a tower.


    Like a spring bamboo shoot, it was tall and slender and was upright.


    The tower’s shape was vague with all kinds of gorgeous colors, like a body of colorful ink in the shape


    of a tower as it continually shook.


    “This is the initial appearance of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, and only when the storm and snow


    covers the northern ins, and all the small towers of Imperial Court blessednd sink to the ground,


    will eachyer of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building stabilize. Only then can one enter inside and


    explore.” Fang Yuan stood at the entrance of his residence and looked to the direction of the dome.


    At this moment, there were shouts of jubtion and surprise in sacred pce. Gu Masters were


    cheering in high spirits while many mortals kneeled on the ground, praising the might of Giant Sun


    Immortal Venerable.


    “But even when Eighty-Eight True Yang Building takes formpletely, I won’t be able to enter


    because I am not a descendant of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and don’t have his bloodline. If I want


    to enter inside, I would need Hei Lou Lan to get me a guest token. Well, there is no hurry, is True Yang


    Building so easy to rush into? Hei Lou Lan will need external help like me sooner orter.”


    After a while, Fang Yuan retracted his gaze and walked back to his room.


    As the door of the room closed, the sound of cheers from the outside immediately softened.


    Fang Yuan entered a secret room specially meant for cultivation and sat upright on a cushion.


    “Both of my apertures have now already reached rank five peak stage. In regards to envement path,


    I have azure wolf group, while with regards to strength path, I have killer move four arm wind king.


    Combined with my battle experience, I am already at the peak among the mortals. But to deal with a


    Gu Immortal…”


    Fang Yuan’s brows slowly started to furrow.


    He was well aware of the enormous gap between immortal and mortal; a mortal going against an


    immortal was as hard as ascending to heaven.


    To him, the best situation right now would be Tai Bai Yun Sheng already having the recipe for Immortal


    Gu Landscape As Before in his mind.


    It would not have been good for Fang Yuan to make a move outside in northern ins, but it would be


    very convenient for him to do so in Eighty-Eight True Yang Building.


    Using Gu to plunder river as before and mountain as before Gu from Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and then


    plunder the Immortal Gu recipe from his mind.


    With such ample conditions, Fang Yuan could jump out of the chessboard and directly kill Tai Bai Yun


    Sheng who had yet to be an immortal, and then use the third refinement opportunity to request


    Lang Yand spirit to refinendscape as before Gu.


    However, the possibility of Tai Bai Yun Sheng, a mortal, possessing the Immortal Gu recipe of


    Landscape As Before was next to nothing.


    Moreover, ording to the vague rumors in his previous life, when Tai Bai Yun Sheng became a Gu


    Immortal, heaven and earth reacted and Dao marks attracted each other, making the two rank five Gu


    spontaneously merge together to form rank six Immortal Gu Landscape As Before.


    Fang Yuan had a prudent nature, and would never ce all his hopes on an indistinct future.


    “If the situation is messed up, then I will have to deal with the Gu Immortal Tai Bai Yun Sheng. At that


    time, I can only rely on myself. Azure wolf group and four arm wind king clearly won’t be enough.”


    Fang Yuan’s strength was already at the peak among mortals. Despite cultivation of both envement


    and strength path having the greatest unresolved issue, he was still among the first ss of rank five


    experts.


    Ifpared to southern border, he was in the same level as Shang n’s genius n leader Shang


    Yan Fei and Wu n leader Empress Wu Ji.


    Using the experiences of his past lives, the advantage of rebirth and taking a series of risks, struggling


    at death’s door several times, Fang Yuan achieved such rapid growth that it would shock the world.


    But even so, in front of a Gu Immortal, even if it was a newly advanced Gu Immortal, this strength was


    not enough.


    “To resolve this huge issue, there are only about three ways.”


    “First is to search Eighty-Eight True Yang Building for the strongest Gu worms or unique methods.”


    “Second is to secretly make arrangements against Tai Bai Yun Sheng as much as possible so that


    there will be ample preparation when I have to truly make a move.”


    “Third is to resolve the problem of envement and strength dual cultivation and raise my battle


    strength further.”


    Fang Yuan silently pondered.


    He was fully aware that he had exhausted almost all his previous life’s foundation in creating four arm


    wind king. After all, he had specialized in blood path in his previous life and had only dabbled in


    envement and strength paths.


    The so-called plots and traps against Gu Immortals were too inferior to be even mentioned and were


    not reliable. Fang Yuan had advanced to Gu Immortal in his previous life, thus he knew when a mortal


    transformed to a Gu Immortal, from their head to toe, inside to outside, they would go through baptism,


    and even their appearance would change.


    The only thing that he could truly ce high hopes on was Eighty-Eight True Yang Building!


    Days passed by, the golden light and silver light in the sky continued to switch between one another.


    Eighty-Eight True Yang Building was still gradually forming, its sunset hues gradually rose and covered


    most of the sacred pce in its light.


    Cool wind breezed through Imperial Court blessednd with birds singing and the fragrance of flowers


    filling the air. But at the outside world in northern ins, snow had continued to fall for over a month


    already.


    Blizzard was spreading over the northern ins in full force with its bone-chilling cold wind and snow.


    Both the sky and ground were a scene of white, and mist covered one’s vision.


    Trees had already started dying and were frozen into pirs of ice. Mounds and hills were covered with


    thickyers of snow andrge piles had formed in valleys as well.


    Beast groups died inrge numbers and even weeds with vigorous life force were also frozen into ice.


    Even when one spat, the saliva would instantly turn into ice.


    But heaven never blocked all paths, somehow, there would always be a trace of hope left.


    In each region of northern ins, there were remnants of tribes. Some were small and some big, and


    relying on geographically advantageous ces like warm pond valley, they were able to resist the wind


    and snow and survive in the blizzard.


    Man tribe who upied Hong Yan valley was one of them.


    Hall of affairs.


    The elders divided into two rows with Man tribe leader sitting high at the main seat.


    Rank three external elder Shi Wu kneeled on the ground: “Lord tribe leader, Ie forward to beg for


    forgiveness.”


    “Oh, what is your fault?” Man Tu asked with a slight smile.


    “Reporting to lord tribe leader, I was in charge of looking after spirit spring D, but it suddenly froze and


    dried up yesterday, it is now ruined.” Shi Wu respectfully replied.


    “Hehehe, not a problem.” Man Tu lightly waved his hand; as a matter of fact, he had already known this


    news.


    “Elder Shi Wu, stand up, it is the ten year disaster now, there is a chance of every spirit spring suddenly


    freezing and drying up. This is not your fault.”


    ‘Lord tribe leader’s kindness knows no bounds, I am ashamed!’ Shi Wu was moved to tears and sighed


    inwardly.


    His surname was Shi and was half an outsider to Man tribe. Although he had married into Man tribe,


    but he had still been pushed aside.


    A problem urred in the spirit spring he had been put in charge of, this matter could have been big or


    small. Fortunately, this generation’s Man tribe leader was open-minded and did not look into it.


    “However, anything concerning spirit springs are major affairs of the tribe. Man Duo, how many spirit


    springs do we have left now?” Man Tu’s brows slightly furrowed as he asked.


    Man Duo was Man Tu’s third son; thin and small in physique but was shrewd and crafty, and had been


    assisting Man Tu in handling internal affairs of the tribe till now.


    He immediately replied: “Lord father, Hong Yan valley now still has seven spirit springs marked A, B, C,


    E, F, G and H. Among them, G and H spirit springs are already close to drying up and will onlyst less


    than a month.”


    “Alright.” Man Tu nodded, “That is to say, a monthter, we will only have five spirit springs. Elders,


    what do you think?”


    “Lord tribe leader, this thing is very difficult to deal with. This is a natural disaster, it is almost impossible


    for humans to reverse the situation, we might as well cut down on the primeval stones given to Gu


    Masters.”


    “Hong Yan valley’s eight spirit springs were umted bitterly over these ten years by our tribe. The


    situation of our tribe this year is much better than the previous times. It is all thanks to Lord tribe


    leader’s wise guidance that we don’t need to worry, other tribes are in a much more worse situation.”


    “Even if all the spirit springs dry up, it won’t be much problem. Wait till this ten year snow disaster


    passes, and at that time, new spirit springs will emerge one after another; when fortune arises after


    extreme suffering.”


    Elders expressed their thoughts one after another.


    Man Tu calmly listened to them and nodded: “Spirit springs are very important for a Gu Master’s


    cultivation and cannot be neglected. It is difficult for a Gu Master’s cultivation to progress without


    primeval stones. The blizzard has just started, snow monsters will start roaming about soon. The main


    defense of the Hong Yan valley will still rely on Gu Masters.”


    He paused before mumbling: “Let’s do it like this, take out one spring egg Gu from the tribe warehouse


    and nt it. This new spirit spring shall be titled D.”


    “Lord tribe leader, spring egg Gu is a rank five Gu.” An elder objected in heartache.


    Man Tu raised his brows: “So what if it is a rank five Gu? You all know that only with a spirit spring’s


    supply of primeval stones can our tribe’s Gu Masters advance forward continually. They can then


    preserve their strength and prepare themselves when resisting snow monsters. As long as there is not


    a huge loss of our Gu Masters, our tribe can preserve its strength. And when the blizzard passes and


    spring blossoms, it will be time for our tribe to realize our ambitions!”


    Realize our ambitions…


    The elders’ eyes brightened at these words.


    Man Tu had been putting all his efforts in developing the tribe and under his leadership, Man tribe had


    continually expanded and swallowed many small tribes over these years. Now, Man tribe was


    upying Hong Yan valley, it could already be said to be a ruler of a region.


    But from his words, everyone could hear this Man tribe leader still wanted to progress further. The


    current Man tribe was still not able to satisfy his ambitions!


    The elder who had objected quickly apologized: “Lord tribe leader is wise and resolute, I am willing to


    lay down my life at tribe leader’smand.”


    “We are willing to give our lives for tribe leader!” Soon after, the other elders spoke together.


    “Having everyone with me, we can seek supremacy.” Man Tuughed loudly, then his expression


    concentrated and he ordered, “Elder Shi Wu will be in charge of the new spirit spring D.”


    Everyone present gazed at Shi Wu with envy.


    Looking after a spirit spring was a lucrative job.


    Shi Wu was truly moved this time, his eyes reddened as he said: “I am fortunate to have tribe leader’s


    trust, I will definitely do my best to repay the tribe!”


    The discussions continued for a while longer before everyone dispersed.


    Shi Wu did not leave, instead following Man Duo to the tribe warehouse and took a spring egg Gu.


    “This is spring egg Gu?” Shi Wu held the Gu in his hand and gazed at it strangely, his tone trembling.


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    His expression quickly concentrated and he then bowed towards Man Duo: “Third young master,


    please enlighten me on how to activate this Gu.”


    Man Duo smiled as he saw Shi Wu adapting to circumstances: “I do not dare to give you advice. This


    spring egg Gu is a rank five Gu and has extremely high demand on primeval essence, even a rank five


    middle stage Gu Master cannot activate it at one try. Elder Shi Wu, you have a rank three cultivation,


    and as such you would need to usesting Gu and continuing Gu to activate it. But this way, the


    quickest it will take for you to nt the spirit spring is close to a month. Elder, you don’t need to worry, I


    will help you by the side during this time.”


    “I am very grateful to third young master.” Shi Wu promptly expressed his thanks.


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