Chapter 144: Hei Fan Grotto-Heaven
Time passed quickly, several days went by.
During this time in Southern Border the righteous path were competing for the shares in the dream realm at Yi Tian mountain while in Northern Plains Bai Zu tribe completely took over Hei tribe and Fang Yuan also passed his third earthly calamity.
Next Fang Yuan used Hei Cheng and obtained the dead egg of upper extreme heavenly eagle from the thirteenth eagle nest.
After obtaining the dead egg, Fang Yuan disguised his bloodline to that of a Hei tribe member and refined the dead egg into a baby upper extreme heavenly eagle.
After getting the baby upper extreme heavenly eagle, Fang Yuan waited for around a month until it matured.
Next Fang Yuan brought the young upper extreme heavenly eagle outside of his immortal aperture and ordered him: "Quickly bring me to Hei Fan grotto-heaven, I need to inherit Hei Fan's true inheritance."
The young eagle went in a daze, it remembered a certain part of its memories, chirping loudly as it spread its wings.
Fang Yuan saw the chance and jumped onto the eagle's back.
The eagle screeched, carrying Fang Yuan as it ascended, flying towards the southeast direction.
The upper extreme heavenly eagle traveled quickly, Fang Yuan sat on its back, once in a while, he fed it heavenly crystals.
One and a half days later, the upper extreme heavenly eagle carried Fang Yuan and flew to the sky of an unknown location.
The upper extreme heavenly eagle's speed decreased, it started to fly around the air.
After a while of flying, it seemed to have confirmed the location, it pecked at a certain spot.
Instantly, Fang Yuan could hear a clear sound of a bell, as space tore open and his vision changed.
In an instant, the upper extreme heavenly eagle brought him into Hei Fan grotto-heaven, disappearing from Northern Plains' sky.
After entering the grotto-heaven Fang Yuan confirmed that it was the same as his previous life.
Just as Fang Yuan was looking around, the entire world suddenly started to ring with sounds of a bell.
The bell rang ten times.
Next, a brass bell appeared in front of Fang Yuan.
The brass bell floated in front of Fang Yuan, after ringing ten times, it went silent.
Just at this moment few people appeared from the sky, their immortal auras were unconcealed, they rapidly got closer.
From far away, four Gu Immortals approached.
Fang Yuan had a serious expression, he watched without blinking.
After a while, the four Gu Immortals got close.
"I, criminal immortal Chen Chi, greet the superior immortal from the main tribe!" The leader was an old Gu Immortal. He wore a tall crown, he had a green-grey robe and white hair, after seeing Fang Yuan, he paid respects with a solemn expression.
Fang Yuan quickly responded: "I am not worthy of being called a 'superior immortal', my name is Hei Cheng, I was fortunate to have inherited Hei Fan's true inheritance, to think that I could meet so many immortals after entering the grotto-heaven."
Fang Yuan had turned into Hei Cheng's appearance.
Chen Chi raised his head, looking at Fang Yuan, he sighed in admiration.
Chen Chi bowed again: "Superior immortal Hei Cheng, you have dazzling disposition, us criminal immortals of Hei tribe have waited for so long up until you finally came, heaven truly is not blind."
"I am flattered, but why do you call yourselves criminal immortals, what does that mean? I do not understand." Fang Yuan frowned, asking directly.
Chen Chi was about to answer, when a voice came from afar: "Superior immortal, it is normal that you do not know! Our ancestors were guilty of a heavy crime in Hei tribe. Back then, Old Ancestor Hei Fan's granddaughter, Hei Feng Yue, carried attitude Gu and roamed the icy plain.
She was targeted by a mysterious Gu Immortal, at that time, our ancestors were her guards, but they failed to take care of her, Hei Feng Yue went missing and even attitude Gu was lost."
"Old Ancestor Hei Fan doted on his granddaughter Hei Feng Yue, but he searched for her to no avail. Our ancestors could not make up for this failure, they could only submit to punishment and were locked inside this Hei Fan grotto-heaven by Old Ancestor Hei Fan. They were our lineage, continuing to live here over the generations."
There were three new immortals that just came here.
Two males and one female.
They were Feng Jun, Zhou Min, and Zheng Tuo.
Feng Jun and Zhou Min were rank six, Fang Yuan took a glance at them.
Zheng Tuo flew in front, he was the leader of the three immortals.
He was the one who answered Fang Yuan earlier.
The three immortals flew closer and greeted Fang Yuan as well, having a respectful attitude.
After greeting Fang Yuan, the three immortals talked to Chen Chi and the immortals behind him.
They spoke plainly, but they did not gather together, they floated in the air forming two clear groups.
"How many of you are there in this Hei Fan grotto-heaven?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Not many. Other than the seven of us here, there are only two others." Chen Chi replied: "They will be here soon. Superior immortal, when you arrived, the heavenly spirit came to welcome you, ten rings of the bell resounded. They have also gone up Immortal Succession Mountain before, they know what it meant."
As expected, two more Gu Immortals appeared soon after. They were both males, they paid respects to Fang Yuan.
After the Gu Immortals gathered, the heavenly spirit finally made a move.
It suddenly shook, creating a loud sound as it drifted forward.
"The heavenly spirit wants to direct us to Immortal Succession Mountain, superior immortal, please follow us." Chen Chi saw this and said.
Fang Yuan nodded, he followed the brass bell heavenly spirit.
Along the way, Fang Yuan talked to the Gu Immortals.
Initially, they were very wary of Fang Yuan, they spoke with him cautiously, there was a huge distance between them.
Soon, Fang Yuan got closer to them.
Gradually, there was even laughter coming from this group.
"Sister, look at Hei Cheng, he is truly a superior immortal from the main tribe! He is so charming and attractive, no wonder it was him… only people like this are worthy of Old Ancestor Hei Fan's true inheritance." In the group, a female Gu Immortal with long hair in two buns and bubbly nature looked at Fang Yuan as she transmitted secretly.
This was one of the female immortals who came with Chen Chi.
The Gu Immortal who had been referred to as sister was more elegant and mature, she heard the words and transmitted in a cheeky tone: "Hehe, it seems that you, sister, are infatuated. But yes, he is truly a dragon among men!
He seems to be young and have high cultivation level, he also has such charm and speaks with great experience, he has a convincing tone and makes people feel engaged when talking to him. Sigh, I wonder if people like him are rare in the outside world? What kind of place is Northern Plains?"
After some discussions, someone could not control himself anymore, he asked: "Superior immortal, I see that your eagle is not ordinary, it looks very imposing, we do not know about it, may I ask what its origins are?"
Fang Yuan took a look, it was the Gu Immortal named Feng Jun.
Fang Yuan thought for a moment, he smiled: "Hehehe, such good perception, you can tell that my beloved eagle is extraordinary. This is an upper extreme heavenly eagle, have you heard of it? If fully grown, it is an immemorial desolate beast. But right now, it can only be used for traveling, it cannot compare to my other ancient desolate beasts."
"Immemorial desolate beast!" At once, the immortals gasped.
Next, when they conversed with Fang Yuan, their tone was unavoidably more polite and restricted.
Fang Yuan did not act with a forceful stance, he smiled like before.
But his smile, when they saw it now, felt completely different from before.
"Upper extreme heavenly eagle, an immemorial desolate beast!"
"Who is this person? He actually has an immemorial desolate beast with him?! It seems that even in the main tribe, he has a high status."
Even up until the immortals arrived at Immortal Succession Mountain, some Gu Immortals were still talking about the upper extreme heavenly eagle.
Fang Yuan listened to their words but he still showed a calm and composed expression, there were no flaws in his acting.
The immortals followed the brass bell heavenly spirit, landing in the single stone pavilion.
The brass bell heavenly spirit entered the stone pavilion, hanging on a pillar of the stone pavilion, there was a hook there, it stopped moving after getting into position.
Old Immortal Chen Chi said: "Superior immortal, you have just arrived, you must have many questions. Look at this stone tablet, it will answer a lot of your questions."
Fang Yuan looked at it patiently and it was the same as his previous life.
Fang Yuan's gaze retracted from the stone tablet, he slowly raised his head to look at the brass bell heavenly spirit.
He asked: "Then, what should I do to obtain this true inheritance?"
Once he said that, the other Gu Immortals held their breaths and concentrated, looking over with concerned gazes.
Soon, the immortals heard the brass bell heavenly spirit shake, creating a long and loud sound.
When the sound vibrated off the pillars, there were changes to the tablet. At the end of the original content, new lines were appearing.
The immortals gasped upon seeing it.
The final test was for the inheritor to get at least half of the Gu Immortals votes inside Hei Fan grotto-heaven within three years.
"This says that Hei Fan grotto-heaven is the true inheritance itself. Whoever obtains the true inheritance becomes Hei Fan grotto-heaven's owner!"
"But to obtain Hei Fan's true inheritance, there is one final test, it is actually this?"
"No wonder Old Ancestor Hei Fan set a rule that if the inheritor appears, all of us need to go and welcome him!"
"Old ancestor is magnanimous, he planned meticulously. Even though we are criminals, he had never forgotten us, he is still concerned about us descendants."
The immortals discussed, they felt admiration towards Old Ancestor Hei Fan, some had red eyes as they almost cried.
Fang Yuan showed a moved expression as he turned around, standing before the stone tablet, facing the immortals in the pavilion, he asked: "Then… how can I obtain all of your support?"
As Fang Yuan had expected, what he obtained was silence.
Times were different now.
Initially, they were wary of him, but now, Fang Yuan needed to get half of the Gu Immortals' recognition, in that case, the situation was reversed, it was completely different.
The immortals looked at each other, nobody spoke.
Only their gaze towards Fang Yuan changed.
Earlier, they were cautious and tried to express kindness while concealing their ill intent, but now, they had distant gazes, they got on their high horses and thought about it internally.
Fang Yuan was not rushed, he stood on the spot, waiting for their reply.
After a while of silence, the most experienced and oldest Gu Immortal, Chen Chi, could not hold it in anymore, he coughed: "Today's matters progressed too quickly, we are simply unprepared for it. Sigh, maybe I am getting old, all this thinking is making my head hurt, I cannot process it yet. Superior immortal, you must have had a long journey to reach here and are tired, right?
Why don't you go take a rest first and relax, we can think about this later."
Fang Yuan nodded and said reluctantly: "Immortal Chen Chi, you have a point."
Chen Chi showed a smile of victory, but soon he concealed it: "My accommodations are crude, but we have some tea for you. If you do not mind, it would be my great honor to accommodate you."
Chen Chi invited warmly, but he did not give a clear reply to Fang Yuan's words.
Fang Yuan smiled in a reluctant manner, nodding: "I will trouble you in that case."
A number of palaces sat on top of a mountain peak.
Chen Chi and his Gu Immortal subordinates lived here.
Not just them, a large number of Gu Masters and mortals as well.
"These are all my descendants, hehehe, please excuse them, superior immortal. At my age, I enjoy having descendants and nurturing them." Chen Chi explained.
Fang Yuan nodded: "This shows that you are someone who values relationships."
Chen Chi looked at Fang Yuan with deep meaning: "Who would not like people who values relationships and loyalty? Hehehe."
"Hahaha." Fang Yuan laughed too.
Seeing Chen Chi and Fang Yuan talking so harmoniously, the other three Gu Immortals had relaxed emotions.
Just like this, Fang Yuan stayed here for the time being.
Strangely, since the first day, Chen Chi had not shown himself again, and did not meet with Fang Yuan again. Fang Yuan was not anxious, he waited patiently.