The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 202: The Story of the Master Wan Jian of Ten Thousand Swords

Just like that, Long Xuan's Image Record Gu, capable of farsight, was confiscated.

Long Xuan noticed the three overseers from the Long clan sat back at the dining table, resuming their eating and drinking, completely indifferent to the information he had provided. At that moment, he realized they were most likely preparing for a bait-and-trap operation. He couldn't help but mourn for the six Bai clan Gu cultivators at the Spiritual Sea stage.

What he feared wasn’t the three Long clan overseers making a big move, but rather their inaction.

If they acted forcefully and exposed the situation, the six Bai clan Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators might survive.

But if they did nothing, it indicated they intended to covertly dispose of those six Bai clan Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators.

In other words, the deaths of those six Bai clan Gu cultivators were already sealed.

Long Xuan narrowed his eyes. If those six Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators died, sneaking into the Bai clan's territory to mine would be completely risk-free.

Once they were dead, he would sneak over and mine all the Geng Metal Essence from the surface without leaving a trace.

Although the Bai clan had a smaller mining area, the surface Geng Metal Essence on their side was far richer than the Long clan's. If he didn't take this chance to mine it all, he'd regret it.

Based on his calculations, the Bai clan would strike tonight. Tomorrow, he could slip over to start mining.

Don’t ask how he knew they would act tonight. It’s simple—he had already stolen all the valuable treasures from the cave residence.

When the Bai clan arrived today to break through the formation, they would find a huge hole already in it. They would definitely fly into a rage. How could they not act tonight?

They would surely believe that the three Long clan overseers had secretly stolen the treasures. They would have to kill them immediately to recover the loot.

Otherwise, if they delayed, the treasures would be transported back to the Long clan, and they would lose everything. So, it was impossible for them to wait until the next day.

Long Xuan smiled wickedly and returned to his place to rest.

No mining today—he would save his energy. Ordinary Geng Metal was no longer worth his time. If he were to dig, it would only be for Geng Metal Essence. He couldn’t help but look forward to the great battle tonight and made sure to get enough rest to watch it unfold.

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Time quickly passed, and by nightfall, the six Bai clan Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators, excited, snuck through a secret tunnel, skillfully making their way to the perilous mining path marked on their map.

"Heh, the Long clan members are truly idiots. The ancient cultivator’s cave residence is right on their territory, yet none of them have discovered it. That heaven-grade cultivation technique rightfully belongs to us!" Bai Yu chuckled.

The protective formation guarding the cave had almost been completely broken by the six of them. It would only take a few more days to steal the treasures inside. Just thinking about it made Bai Yu so excited that he couldn’t help but laugh.

"Hehe, we can’t blame the Long clan for being dumb. That incident happened so long ago. Even we only learned about it through the diary of an obscure Gu cultivator. Who else would waste their time reading such a diary? No one."

"Following the clues from that story, we hoped to find the Master Wan Jian of Ten Thousand Swords' cultivation cave. Who would have thought it would be hidden within a massive Geng Metal vein? This is an unexpected windfall."

"Haha, no wonder the Master Wan Jian was able to control tens of thousands of Geng Metal swords, slaughtering hundreds of Gu Kings without leaving a trace."

"Once he found the Geng Metal vein, it’s no surprise he could refine so many Geng Metal swords."

"I wonder what cultivation technique he practiced that allowed him to control ten thousand swords at once. It’s terrifying. Anyone who fought him ended up riddled with holes."

"At the time, no one could withstand his sword formation. Controlling ten thousand swords—how many consciousnesses would he have to split?"

"That’s why there must be a Heaven-Grade soul-refining technique on him. Our clan must obtain this technique at all costs."

Bai Ye clenched his fists, his eyes shining with excitement. Just the thought of acquiring such an overpowering soul-refining technique filled him with uncontrollable excitement.

"Sigh! What a shame about that man. Back in the day, the Master Wan Jian'a sword formation was unbeatable. No one in the world could match him."

"He wasn’t just a master of soul-refining; his body-refining and spirit-refining techniques were also peerless, reaching the highest levels in the world, impossible to surpass."

"This man cultivated all three—soul, body, and spirit—without a single weakness. His real combat power was no less than Shi Haojun today."

"But sadly, such a brilliant and talented figure was ultimately brought down by love. On his wedding night, he was ambushed by his wife and died from severe injuries. In the end, he lost his life in his own cave residence. What a tragic and lamentable fate."

Bai Haoran sighed in empathy, genuinely feeling it was a waste of such a heroic figure.

"Alright, enough talk. We’ve arrived. Let’s break the formation first. I reckon we’ll have it down in less than two days."

"Once the formation is broken, we’ll take all the treasures and immediately slaughter every single Long clan Gu cultivator here, then pin the blame on the Great Yin Dynasty. Perfect, hehe."

"I can’t wait to see the expressions of the Long clan higher-ups afterward."

Bai Haoran revealed an extremely insidious smile, but his expression quickly froze, and he fell from joy to sorrow.

At this moment, he finally realized that the array formation here had already been broken by someone. Someone had beaten them to it and stolen all the treasures in the cave mansion.

Time seemed to stand still. The three of them were suddenly silent, their bodies stiffening as their faces turned grim.

"Damn it! Who the hell did this?! I'll kill them!"

Bai Haoran was about to lose his mind. He rushed inside like a madman, and upon seeing that the place had been completely looted—even the useless junk had been taken—his vision darkened, and he almost fainted.

He braced himself against the wall to stop himself from collapsing.

"Who? Who the hell did this? The formation was almost broken by us, and they came out of nowhere, taking the treasures without any effort. This is utterly shameless! Absolutely shameless!"

Staring at the scene that had been ransacked like it had been hit by robbers, Bai Ye’s eyes were bloodshot as he cursed angrily. He was utterly broken at this point, his face twisted with rage.

Just moments ago, he had been daydreaming about learning a Heavenly-grade high level technique. Reality had dealt him a crushing blow, and he was about to go mad, so furious that he felt like spitting blood.

The others were just as sullen, madly searching and rummaging through the place, hoping to find any leftover treasures.

However, as they say, "one becomes red when near vermillion, black when near ink." Long Xuan had long learned to be crafty from the little medicine boy. Whenever they entered a treasure site, he took everything, regardless of whether it was valuable or useful to him. He didn’t leave a single thing behind, fearing that he might miss some heavenly treasure that appeared worthless on the surface.

Because of his deep suspicions, Long Xuan had already scoured the place thoroughly before they arrived, even digging up a layer of the ground. How could they possibly find anything else? Not a chance.

Seeing that not even a mosquito’s leg was left for them, they were furious. They roared and cursed wildly in the cave mansion, their insults growing more obscene by the second, almost as if they were digging up someone's ancestors' graves.

"Damn it, it must have been someone from the Long Clan! Besides our Bai Clan, only the Long Clan has been here. Since it wasn’t one of us, it must have been one of them!"

Bai Yu, eyes red with fury, cursed through gritted teeth.

"Exactly! There’s no one else! The only ones capable of breaking the formation are those three overseers from the Long Clan. If we go out and skin them now, we’ll surely find the treasures from the cave mansion!"

Bai Hua shouted murderously, his eyes wide with rage.

Hearing this suggestion, Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, a fierce killing intent flashing in them. He spoke sinisterly, "We’ve only been gone for a day."

"For them to break the remaining formation, a single day would have been their limit. So, the treasures must have just fallen into their hands recently."

"They might still be nearby. If we go out and kill them all now, we might still be in time."

"The treasures must be on one of them."

"We have to act now. If we give them time to take the treasures back to Blackstone City, we’ll have no chance."

"Don’t worry. I’ve been keeping people on watch outside. No one from the Long Clan has come in during this time. The Long Clan only has three Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators here. We can definitely kill them with six against three."

"Since we’re doing this, we might as well not stop halfway. Let’s kill all the Long Clan miners too and take all the Geng Metal they’ve dug up. We can blame it all on the Great Yin Dynasty later."

The other five nodded in agreement. Bai Haoran's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he said, "Exactly! We still have a chance. If we act quickly, we might be able to recover the treasures."

"There’s no time to lose. Let’s launch a night raid on the Long Clan camp right now. Not a moment can be wasted."

"Yes! I’ll gather our forces immediately. If we don’t wipe them all out, I won’t be able to rest!"

Bai Ye clenched his fists and quickly ran toward the surface.

Just as Long Xuan had predicted, the attack on the Long Clan camp would happen that very night. Once again, he had anticipated the Bai Clan’s actions.

Little did the Bai Clan know that a trap awaited them, and this was destined to be a sleepless night.

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Soon after, the sounds of fierce fighting echoed from the surface.

Bai Ye led a group of Bai Clan miners, each holding a weapon and wearing vicious expressions, charging toward the Long Clan camp.

It should be noted that the people here digging for ore were not ordinary mortals. They were genuine Gu cultivators, each with their own Gu insects, making them formidable fighters.

The more miners there were, the more Geng Metal they could dig up. The Bai Clan had no fewer than 800 Gu cultivators here.

The Long Clan occupied a large area, likely requiring even more miners. Once a battle broke out here, it would be a massive war, not a minor skirmish.

If things went wrong, the chaos here could escalate to the point of shaking all of Blackstone City.

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