Chapter 704: Little Nine


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    The dagger shaped Immortal Gu was about to pierce into him; He Feng Yang felt anger, fear,


    bewilderment, unresignedness, all kinds of feelings seethed in him likeva, greatly influencing his


    actions.


    “Am I going to die here today?” He Feng Yang involuntarily had this thought.


    However, right at this dangerous moment, the deste beast nine pce crane under his feet


    suddenly let out a clear cry before fiercely turning its body around.


    He Feng Yang’s body was thrown down while the nine pce crane blocked the ambushing Gu


    Immortal.


    Plop.


    A soft sound echoed, the dagger shaped Immortal Gu ruthlessly pierced into the nine pce crane’s


    chest.


    “Eh?” The third Gu Immortal showed a shocked expression.


    He had thought disturbing He Feng Yang could influence the nine pce crane. After all, He Feng


    Yang was an envement path Gu Immortal and the nine pce crane had been enved by him. If


    he was influenced, the nine pce crane should also be nothing to worry about.


    He activated several emotion path killer moves to heavily disturb He Feng Yang, but he had never


    expected that at thest juncture, this nine pce crane would actually move to protect its master.


    “Little nine!” He Feng Yang saw the nine pce crane taking the fatal strike, tears immediately


    streamed down his eyes as he gave a pained roar.


    He had raised this nine pce crane with great care and had never used any envement methods on


    it.


    Back when he was young, he had been brutally chased when out on a mission. His life was hanging in


    the bnce when he identally bumped into the simrly heavily injured nine pce crane.


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    After this coincidental and idental meeting, he and the nine pce crane helped each other to


    escape the plight.


    The nine pce crane was on the verge of death, He Feng Yang brought it back to the sect and used


    all of his wealth, barely managing to stabilize its life.


    In the dozens of years afterwards, He Feng Yang braved many dangers to earn money to treat the nine


    pce crane little by little, slowly pulling it out from the brink of death.


    A profound sentiment more intimate than brothers was established like this between a man and a


    crane.


    Later an ident urred, the rank five Gu Master He Feng Yang had failed his mission and was in a


    heavily injured state. The resources on him could only save one person. If he treated the nine pce


    crane, he would die, but if he saved himself, the nine pce crane would not be able to maintain its


    lingering vitality.


    At the juncture of this choice, He Feng Yang thought for three days and three nights, in the end, he


    decided to sacrifice himself to save the nine pce crane!


    This action caused third supreme elder, Lord Tiger Demon, to be moved, and with his help, both He


    Feng Yang and the nine pce crane were saved.


    He Feng Yang lived up to his expectations and after bing a Gu Immortal, he joined Lord Tiger


    Demon’s faction.


    The nine pce crane let out a mournful cry. Its enormous and slender body was covered with ayer


    of grey light. In this grey light, its body was rapidly shrinking and bing younger, from a mature age


    it continuously turned to its youth, then to its infancy.


    This was the power of the Immortal Gu!


    The dagger shaped Immortal Gu was actually a time path Immortal Gu that could reverse the target’s


    body to a younger state.


    “Retreat. Don’t let down your friend’s kind intention.” In his immortal aperture, Tiger Demon’s anger will


    heaved a long sigh.


    “Little nine!” He Feng Yang shouted furiously and went back regardless of the advice of Tiger Demon’s


    anger will.


    The hems of his gown fluttered and moved, turning into a crane feather cloak. A blood red glint


    blossomed in his eyes and his slender green brows moved nimbly like a snake or dragon.


    The mysterious Gu Immortal showed a surprised expression.


    He had not thought He Feng Yang who could have clearly escaped in the moment just before would


    actually return with killing intent.


    He Feng Yang was an envement path Gu Immortal!


    He Feng Yang pushed forward his palms from which jade green lightning rays surged out.


    The mysterious Gu Immortal snorted, he raised the dagger and confronted it head-on, simultaneously


    activating emotion path killer moves to influence He Feng Yang’s emotions.


    However, He Feng Yang’s heart was filledpletely with anger and was unexpectedly not influenced.


    Bam!


    A loud explosion erupted and the mysterious Gu Immortal was thrown back. He Feng Yang’s body


    trembled intensely and blood spurted out of his mouth, but he forcibly pulled himself together and


    pulled the infant nine pce crane into his hands.


    “Little nine!” He Feng Yang held the nine pce crane in his embrace and turned around, escaping


    immediately with no intent to stay.


    The nine pce crane had already be the size of a white goose and was softly twittering as He


    Feng Yang held it in his embrace.


    The emotion path Gu Immortal had been sent some distance away, that gap was enough for him to be


    unable to chase He Feng Yang in this moment.


    The other two mysterious Gu Immortals hurried over after canceling the soul taker battlefield.


    “Sigh, he escaped in the end!” The wind path Gu Immortal heaved a long sigh in pity.


    “This guy is clearly an envement path Gu Immortal but he is actually not weak in closebat. That


    green lightning killer move isn’t what it appears to be, it makes me think of…” The emotion path Gu


    Immortal said.


    “Hmph, if not forcking time to gather more people, would we be afraid of not being able to put him


    down? How about we chase, maybe we can….” The poison path Gu Immortal was not resigned.


    “He has expand space Immortal Gu, soul taker battlefield cannot trap him. Let’s leave quickly, it is not


    convenient to stay here.” The wind path Gu Immortal was calm.


    “Right, this ambush was nothing more than a hastily considered course of action. We absolutely cannot


    lose sight of the main goal for small gains and risk exposing our identities, which would affect master’s


    grand n. We will retreat!” The emotion path Gu Immortal ceased his absent-mindedness, and said


    softly.


    His position seemed to be higher than the other two Gu Immortals and his words had a tone of


    decisiveness.


    “I shall take my leave.” The wind path Gu Immortal rapidly flew in the air and soon was no more than a


    small ck dot in the horizon.


    “Hmph!” The poison path Gu Immortal dropped into the ground and escaped.


    The emotion path Gu Immortal paused for a while until the other two hadpletely left, his body then


    disappeared in the air as if he had never been there.


    He Feng Yang flew at top speed to Fei He mountain, and without stopping, he directly entered Fu Hu


    blessednd.


    Lord Tiger Demon was standing beside an enormous stone pit, looking at the tens of thousands of


    rockmen working inside the pit.


    “Junior was ipetent and let down Lord’s expectations.” He Feng Yang bowed in greeting to Lord


    Tiger Demon, his body filled with injuries and his expression one of shame.


    “You got injured? First go take a rest and heal yourself.” Lord Tiger Demon did not ask anything to He


    Feng Yang and only waved his hand, that anger will in He Feng Yang’s immortal aperture flew out and


    entered his mind.


    In just an instant, he understood all the things He Feng Yang had experienced in this trip.


    His gaze flickered, shortly afterwards, he activated anger will Gu to produce anger will.


    The anger will flew through the sky, out of Fu Hu blessednd and towards the peak of Fei He


    mountain. When it reached the conference hall at the mountain peak, three wills that were left here


    came after sensing it.


    These three wills were respectively from first supreme elder, second supreme elder and the third


    supreme elder, Lord Tiger Demon, they were in charge of monitoring the sect and also handling some


    small matters.


    The major matters were also arranged and at every set period of time, they would gather a group of Gu


    Immortals to hold a joint discussion on them.


    Tiger Demon’s anger willnded in the hall and fused with its previous will, then narrated the events


    that urred to He Feng Yang.


    The first and second supreme elders’ wills sank into silence when they heard the narration. They


    started to rapidly think which caused their bodies to shrink at a visible speed.


    When they had shrunken to almost half the previous size, second supreme elder’s will said: “Let’s allow


    Lord Tiger Demon to have the final decision on the matters of Hu Immortal blessednd.”


    First supreme elder’s will spoke: “He Feng Yang was ambushed and almost killed, this is much more


    serious than Hu Immortal blessednd. Where was he ambushed?”


    A Gu worm flew out from the hall and turned into a map made of light and shadow.


    “Here.” Lord Tiger Demon’s anger will pointed at the location.


    First supreme elder’s will nodded and spoke heavily: “This location is a very good ce toy an


    ambush. There is no force situated both in front and behind, and this makes it a very good ce of


    concealment. It seems the ambushers are very familiar with Central Continent’s terrain.”


    “Investigate! When has there been anyone that had the guts to try to kill our ten great ancient sects’ Gu


    Immortals?” Second supreme elder’s will shouted in rage.


    “My concern is this. Elders, where do you think these Gu Immortals came from?” Lord Tiger Demon’s


    anger will asked.


    First supreme elder’s and second supreme elder’s wills nced at each other, both revealing heavy


    expressions.


    “Third elder is worried these Gu Immortals are Central Continent Gu Immortals?” First supreme elder


    said quietly.


    Tiger Demon’s anger will spoke frankly with confidence: “Right. How long have our ten great ancient


    sects been in control of Central Continent? The situation has been getting increasingly harder over


    these recent years, why is that? Our Central Continent is different from the other four regions. Led by


    Primordial Origin Immortal Venerable, Central Continent had already been reformed during the Remote


    Antiquity Era, establishing the sect system. During the Remote Antiquity Era, sects had been rare. In


    Olden Antiquity Era, n forces surpassed sect forces. In Medieval Antiquity Era, sects and ns


    shed against each other, and advanced at an equal pace. In Late Antiquity Era, ns weakened


    while sects flourished. And now, sects stand in great numbers in Central Continent while there are


    almost no ns.”


    “The n system only selects the n’s children as Gu Masters. The sect system, however, allows


    ordinary mortals to step on the path of Gu cultivation. Our Central Continent’s history is filled with the


    conflicts between the two great systems. After going through over three million years of struggles,


    evolution and umtion, the sect system has prevailed; the number of Central Continent Gu


    Immortals far surpass the other four regions and they continue to increase, and soon will leave the


    control of our ten great sects.”


    “How many Gu Immortals can our ten great sects recruit? The number of other Gu Immortals in Central


    Continent are several times our own! As these Gu Immortals of other sects, demonic path Gu


    Immortals and lone cultivator Gu Immortals continue to cultivate, they would require more cultivation


    resources. Conflicts are unavoidable because our ten great sects control eighty percent of cultivation


    resources in Central Continent.”


    “Have there not been cases like Great Heavenly Sword Sect before? It is just that they were secretly


    suppressed by our ten great ancient sects. But in these recent years, new sects are still emerging


    unendingly, new innovations and new schools of thought aremon urrences, umon


    geniuses and monstrous talents are constantly sprouting among the mortals while there are limited


    spots in our ten great ancient sects. Despite recruiting exceptional talents every year, Central Continent


    is truly too big.”


    Lord Tiger Demon’s anger will sighed as he said this.


    The two supreme elders were silent all along.


    The ten great ancient sects held control of eighty percent of Central Continent’s resources, but after the


    resources were split amongst everyone, how much would be left behind for individual Gu Immortals?


    As a Gu Immortal’s cultivation got higher, their blessednd would require more resources to manage.


    In particr, the heavenly tribtions and earthly cmities would also continue to be stronger,


    and after every tribtion, the losses would be very severe, and the price to repair it would continue to


    be higher.


    It was impossible for the ten great ancient sects’ Gu Immortals to share their resources to others.


    In the past, although there were many sects outside of the ten great sects, there were not many Gu


    Immortals. Immortal and mortal were different concepts, there was a wide gap in the strength between


    mortals and immortals, thus mortals could be suppressed.


    But at present, the Gu Immortals outside of the ten great sects were increasing constantly in numbers.


    Although these Gu Immortals usually had inferior battle strength, their vast numbers were enough to


    bring about an impact to the ten great ancient sects.


    Great Heavenly Sword Sect was a good example. Thisrge sized sect had two Gu Immortals


    originally and was a vassal of Immortal Crane Sect. Now, that they had a third Gu Immortal, they


    immediately nned to leave Immortal Crane Sect and be independent.