Fang Yuan emerged from one of the ordinary pits, one that had been covered by sand dunes and concealed using extremely powerful formations and methods.
Hardly any rank six or rank seven Gu Immortal could discover anything unusual here.
However, if a Gu Immortal ventured deeper into the pit, the scenery would change completely, as they would enter an isolated space created by Blood Sea Ancestor.
After obtaining Chen Yuan Zi's inheritance, Fang Yuan did not immediately return to Hu Immortal Blessed Land. Instead, he headed directly toward one of Blood Sea Ancestor's unique inheritances, one that Demon Immortal Qi Jue had discovered in his previous life.
Blood Sea Ancestor had left behind several true inheritances as well as countless ordinary inheritances of little value. In Southern Border, Shang Yan Fei obtained the true Blood Imprint inheritance, and it was rumored that he had acquired another of Blood Sea Ancestor's true inheritances as well. In Northern Plains, Dong Fang Chang Fan obtained the true Blood Menstruation inheritance, though no one knew about it.
As for the remaining inheritances, the Blood Skull inheritance had been destroyed by an immemorial desolate beast; Song Zi Xing obtained the Violent Blood Dragon Bat inheritance, while the Blood Qi inheritance was later uncovered by Demon Immortal Qi Jue.
Qi Jue, in turn, shared the inheritance's information with Fang Yuan. With all these clues and his wisdom path attainment, deducing the inheritance's location was not difficult.
"Although Blood Qi's true inheritance is lacking in terms of Immortal Gu, that is understandable. Blood Sea Ancestor was Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's split soul, and he never intended to distribute his core Immortal Gu among his true inheritances. However, Heavenly Court forced his hand after cornering him before ultimately killing him."
Overall, Fang Yuan obtained only a single Blood Path Immortal Gu from Blood Sea Ancestor's true inheritance.
It was the rank seven Blood Qi Immortal Gu.
Possessing a rank seven Blood Path Immortal Gu was certainly an excellent gain. However, at the moment, it was useless in direct combat.
After all, Fang Yuan was merely a newly advanced rank six Gu Immortal. With only rank six green grape immortal essence and conflicting Dao marks from different paths, using a rank seven Immortal Gu of another path was impractical.
If the need truly arose, he would rather use a rank seven Time Path or Strength Path Immortal Gu instead.
"But Blood Qi still has another use."
Fang Yuan thought as he took out Fixed Immortal Travel and teleported back to Hu Immortal Blessed Land.
At the same time, the immortal formation behind him exploded, erasing every trace of his presence the moment he departed.
Upon returning to Hu Immortal Blessed Land, Fang Yuan first checked whether there had been any new developments in Central Continent before inspecting Hu Immortal Blessed Land itself, managing its affairs, and giving Hu Immortal Land Spirit a new set of instructions.
Fang Yuan had many things that needed to be done in Hu Immortal Blessed Land before heading to Lang Ya Blessed Land to construct a Food Path Immortal Gu House.
However, only a week after returning to Hu Immortal Blessed Land, something happened that surprised Fang Yuan, though it was not entirely unexpected.
Hei Lou Lan appeared atop Dang Hun Mountain while Fang Yuan was in closed cultivation. He immediately set aside what he had been doing and appeared before Dang Hun Mountain. Tai Bai Yun Sheng was not far behind, arriving shortly afterward after being brought over by the land spirit.
Fang Yuan was slightly surprised. He looked at Hei Lou Lan with an expressionless face, causing her to knit her brows in confusion.
As though answering her unspoken question, Fang Yuan spoke.
"It truly is surprising to see you arrive less than two weeks after our last meeting. I thought there was still around a month or more before our agreed time."
Hei Lou Lan's expression became somewhat awkward, making it easy for Fang Yuan to read her thoughts.
"I wanted to appear unexpectedly to ensure you had made no preparations… More importantly, the situation in Northern Plains has become extremely dangerous…"
Hei Lou Lan revealed a troubled expression before quickly concealing it when she noticed Fang Yuan observing her face.
"Oh? How so?"
Fang Yuan asked, despite already having a rough idea of the answer.
Hei Lou Lan could not discern anything from Fang Yuan's expression and quickly explained what had happened.
"A Gu Immortal from every Huang Jin tribe went to the Dong Fang tribe, whose First Supreme Elder is Dong Fang Chang Fan, the number one wisdom path Gu Immortal in all of Northern Plains! That alone was not particularly alarming. Dong Fang Chang Fan offered one deduction to each tribe in exchange for guaranteeing the Dong Fang tribe's safety for fifty years after his death, and his conditions were quite lenient… He also offered to deduce the culprit behind the destruction of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. It was an excellent bargain for all the Huang Jin tribes."
Tai Bai Yun Sheng interrupted with a question.
"How do you know all this? Didn't you say that only the Gu Immortals from the Huang Jin tribes were present?"
Hei Lou Lan smiled coldly. Instead of answering Tai Bai Yun Sheng, she turned toward Fang Yuan.
"After completing the deductions for the Huang Jin tribes, Dong Fang Chang Fan attempted to deduce the culprit behind Eighty-Eight True Yang Building. Even without evidence, it was expected that he would discover something… But surprisingly, he failed!"
Fang Yuan's expression shifted to one of astonishment as he said,
"How could the number one wisdom path Gu Immortal fail in his deduction?!"
Tai Bai Yun Sheng looked at Fang Yuan in confusion, unable to tell whether he was genuinely shocked or merely acting.
Hei Lou Lan frowned at Fang Yuan's reaction before continuing,
"After failing, Dong Fang Chang Fan tried again after gathering more clues. This time, he deduced that the culprit came from Central Continent and had allied with one of the Huang Jin tribes."
Fang Yuan laughed inwardly before pointing at Hei Lou Lan.
"So, you're here because you fear your identity will be exposed. A truly clever decision. With the Regional Wall Separation and your isolation within an immortal aperture world, wisdom path Gu Immortals will be unable to deduce anything about you."
Hei Lou Lan did not feel insulted. On the contrary, from her perspective, it was a prudent and intelligent decision.
"Oh, Hei Lou Lan. After everything that happened in Imperial Court Blessed Land, you and I are tied together, for better or worse. However, it seems the situation has become somewhat thorny, and for us to cooperate fully, your previous conditions are no longer sufficient!"