"Brother Chang Shan Yin, drink, come on!.. Hahaha, with you, we will definitely win the Imperial Court contest!" Hei Lou Lan handed a cup of wine to Fang Yuan, who drank it in a single gulp.
The men around him laughed energetically while flattering him.
"Wolf King truly has the bearing of a real expert!"
"Lord Chang Shan Yin, I am Water Demon Hao Ji Liu. I fought against you before and lost. I must admit it was a deserved defeat before an expert like you!" Hao Ji Liu shouted without hesitation, openly acknowledging his defeat before everyone.
Hei Lou Lan was surprised by this situation, and for a moment, killing intent flashed in his heart before calming down when Chang Shan Yin spoke.
"Oh, little Hao Ji Liu, you truly escaped from me quite well. Very few can fight me and still boast about escaping… haha, come, take this cup." Fang Yuan displayed a lively attitude, interacting with everyone and creating the impression of a gentle and friendly expert in the eyes of most.
This caused the experts who knew the Wolf King's nature to feel chills in their hearts. Chang Shan Yin had acted with extreme ruthlessness when he attacked the tribes that tried to scheme against him, destroying them from their foundations. Yet now, he looked like the model of a righteous man who held no grudges whatsoever.
And with rank five cultivation, such an expert was naturally unrestrained!.
Hei Lou Lan felt cautious inwardly even though he did not show it on the surface. "Chang Shan Yin is not simple. His enslavement path attainment was already at master level twenty years ago, and after all these years, he returned and forged such a mighty reputation for himself. It seems he has made progress in both cultivation and character… I can use him, but I must remain wary of him." Hei Lou Lan reminded himself inwardly while serving food to Fang Yuan like a good brother.
Fang Yuan accepted everything offered to him and laughed, but inwardly, he was carefully observing Hei Lou Lan. "An interesting disguise… Hei Lou Lan truly is a remarkable character to create such a bad impression of himself and mislead his enemies to this extent."
After Fang Yuan's arrival, the Yu Tian Heroes Assembly ended shortly afterward, and Liu Tribe's army and Hei Tribe's army departed in different directions. Fang Yuan joined Hei Tribe's side and obtained a seat of honor directly beside Hei Lou Lan.
His cultivation level and overwhelming strength secured this position. Beneath him sat the leaders of the large-sized tribes, and even Ji Guang, despite his prominence, sat among them. Beneath them were the leaders of medium and small tribes, followed by demonic path experts and lone Gu Masters at the end of the banquet.
"Brother Chang Shan Yin… to tell the truth, your wolf group truly shocked us. From what we had heard before, you only possessed four ten-thousand beast kings."
Fang Yuan understood what Hei Lou Lan intended to ask. "To speak honestly, brother, even I was surprised… when I was young, I had many wolf groups, and they required more resources than I could bear, so I left them in Onion Valley. After returning to them, I discovered they had grown to this extent… Heaven truly works in mysterious ways."
Understanding flashed in Hei Lou Lan's eyes, and he nodded happily. "Brother Chang truly gained enormous benefits. Normally, this method has a very small chance of success, but it seems Longevity Heaven was supporting you… hahaha."
The entire hall laughed, and the banquet continued until the end. Before Fang Yuan departed, Hei Lou Lan handed him a gift in front of everyone.
"Brother Chang, this gift is a token of friendship between us. With you here, all opposing forces will feel headaches and fear when we advance… this rank five Gu is my gift to you." Hei Lou Lan handed a rank five Gu worm to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan merely glanced at it once before revealing a satisfied expression. "Then I shall gladly accept it!" Fang Yuan took the Gu worm and stored it within his robe, a sight that pleased Hei Lou Lan greatly.
Fang Yuan returned to the enormous lizard house that had been assigned to him and looked at the rank three Gu Masters standing guard around his residence.
He entered inside and used several methods to isolate the interior from the outside environment. Only then did Fang Yuan release a breath and focus on his second aperture.
The situation there was not ideal, but it was still bearable.
All-out Effort Gu was now rank six, an Immortal Gu, and logically, Fang Yuan's aperture should not have been able to endure it. However, due to several reasons, Fang Yuan had managed to place it there without damaging his aperture.
First, the vital Gu of his second aperture had always been All-out Effort Gu, and even after advancing into an Immortal Gu, this remained unchanged. The relationship between a vital Gu and its Gu Master was complex and mysterious, their lives intertwined together. If the vital Gu was destroyed, the Gu Master would suffer severe injuries, and in some cases, even death!.
Second, his aperture was already at peak stage rank five and could endure the aura of an Immortal Gu for a period of time. Third, Fang Yuan possessed several methods capable of suppressing the aura of an Immortal Gu to the minimum, no different from sealing it.
However, after a prolonged period, Fang Yuan was certain that his second aperture would eventually fail to endure and collapse. But he was not worried about this at all, because he had already planned for his immortal ascension to occur soon.
And the benefits of possessing an Immortal Gu as a vital Gu were enormous, enough for him to ignore the minor damages for the sake of it. During immortal ascension, the grade of the blessed land depended on four factors.
First was the accumulation of the Gu Master's life, whether life experiences, attainment levels, and so on. Then there was the vital Gu and its rank. If the vital Gu was rank five, it might be advanced to rank six if there was sufficient heaven and earth qi after immortal ascension. But if it was already rank six, the Gu Master's accumulation would undergo a qualitative transformation, and they would definitely obtain a high-grade blessed land unless accidents occurred.
Third was the demand for heaven and earth qi. A Gu Master wishing to obtain a high-grade blessed land had to undergo immortal ascension in a place abundant in heaven and earth qi.
Fourth was talent. The greater the Gu Master's aptitude, the greater their potential.
As for Fang Yuan, he possessed the deepest accumulation in the world, whether in life experience or attainment levels, while his aptitude was of the highest grade. Even the vital Gu of both his apertures were rank six Immortal Gu. Naturally, he possessed human qi so dense that he was fully confident he was at least equal to, or even beyond, the ten extreme physiques in terms of human qi accumulation!.
"But I don't think I will obtain a super-grade blessed land… a super-grade blessed land means the person possesses one of the ten extreme physiques or Paradise Earth's Virtuous Constitution… but what if?"
Fang Yuan felt a certain inspiration arise within him and quickly used wisdom path methods to deduce this inspiration.
Suddenly, laughter erupted inside the giant lizard house. If not for Fang Yuan's methods, the sound would have echoed throughout the entire camp.
"This method is truly wonderful. With it, even if I fail to obtain a super-grade blessed land, the result will certainly still be satisfactory!" Fang Yuan became impatient with anticipation as he opened star gate Gu and entered Lang Ya Blessed Land.