Wulong Mountain.

In the dim cave, Fang Yuan sat cross-legged above the deep pit, looking down, with his tiger-like eyes emitting a strange gleam.

Below was the Gu Refining Pit where Fang Yuan once refined the Bloodthirsty Gu.

At this moment, the walls of the Gu Refining Pit were covered with blood-red patterns, emitting a faint blood light, which surrounded and merged to cover the pit opening.

From the pit came a faint rustling sound, and one could vaguely see countless small black shadows flitting through the air.

These shadows gathered, transforming into a shifting black cloud, continually striking the blood light barrier, trying to break free.

Fang Yuan once again began refining Gu insects.

Last time, he fell into an ambush outside Changbai Mountain, nearly dying at the hands of humans.

This encounter left Fang Yuan with lingering fear.

As Fang Yuan escaped back to Wulong Mountain to recuperate, he began pondering a question.

What was the biggest gap between himself and the humans?

Why was it that after so many interactions with humans, he always ended up fleeing in panic or in a sorry state?

After thinking it over, Fang Yuan identified the key point.

Intelligence!

Humans often found his location, secretly monitored him, and then set up ambushes to attack him.

Yet, he was completely unaware of this!

This situation had to change!

So, he decided to refine a type of Gu insect to help him acquire intelligence from the human side.

"It's almost time, I can start refining now!"

Looking at the countless black shadows in the Gu Refining Pit, Fang Yuan smirked with satisfaction.

He opened his mouth and spewed out a beam of blood light, striking the blood light barrier before him.

Buzzz~

Suddenly, the light on the blood light barrier intensified, with strands of dark red flowing light streaming along the barrier into the walls.

As the flowing light merged in, the blood-red patterns suddenly glowed brightly, beginning to emit tendrils of blood mist.

The blood mist grew denser, filling the entire Gu Refining Pit.

In an instant, the shadows inside, as if stimulated, began frenziedly gnawing and biting amid the blood mist, creating chaos.

As time slowly passed, the slaughter within the Gu Refining Pit gradually ceased, and the once terrifying sound of biting also vanished.

The blood light within the Gu Refining Pit gradually subsided, as if something was fluttering in the blood mist, emitting piercing sounds that made the mist churn.

"Success!"

Fang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward with his tiger-like paw, unlocking the blood light barrier sealing the Gu Refining Pit.

The next moment.

Swish!

A fist-sized black shadow shot out from the blood mist, flying to Fang Yuan's face, fluttering up and down.

This was an entirely pitch-black Gu insect, resembling a black spider, but with a more ferocious appearance.

Its pair of black eyes brimmed with wisdom and calm, and its sharp mouthparts shone with a metallic luster.

On its slender black spider legs, which were covered with numerous spikes, its whole body was enveloped in billowing black energy.

Soul-controlling Gu!

A type of Gu insect even more terrifying than the Bloodthirsty Gu.

The terror of this Gu was not in its attack power, but in other aspects.

If it came to attack power, the Soul-controlling Gu might not even match the Bloodthirsty Gu.

As the name implies, the greatest role of the Soul-controlling Gu is to control the souls of other creatures, turning them into its puppets.

The Soul-controlling Gu can spawn numerous sub-Gu, which can infiltrate creatures and achieve the purpose of controlling their souls.

"With the Soul-controlling Gu, humans can no longer ambush this Demon Monarch so easily!"

Fang Yuan sneered, his eyes flashing with a cruel glint.

By controlling some humans as internal informants, he could constantly monitor human movements in the future.

When the time comes, dealing with humans would become much easier.

If humans could monitor him, he could also monitor them in return!

Then, with a thought, Fang Yuan absorbed the Soul-controlling Gu into his body.

Immediately after, he turned and walked out of the cave; since the Soul-controlling Gu had just been formed, he wanted to test it.

...

Changbai Mountain

Jiang Che lay there, watching Nangong Luo with interest, observing her actions.

Above, Little Purple held a Spirit Fruit, gnawing on it while watching curiously.

At this moment, Nangong Luo stood focused by a peach tree.

Guiding Spiritual Power along Tiger Finger, she traced shimmering golden light on the tree's branches.

With each stroke, mysterious patterns glowing with golden light appeared on the surface.

And on many of the peach trees around Nangong Luo, these golden light patterns could also be seen.

"Third sister truly deserves her past life as the Empress, with extensive knowledge, even knowing arrays."

Jiang Che marveled at his third sister's fluid and precise movements.

Indeed, Nangong Luo was arranging an array.

Since they planned to head to the Great Prairie later to explore the Ancient Ruins, the Bodhi Holy Tree had to be well-protected and could not be lost.

She was setting up the array to prevent wild beasts or humans from sneaking into the valley and damaging the Bodhi Holy Tree after they left.

Arranging an array required many Spiritual Materials, but lacking them, Nangong Luo had to use the peach wood in the valley as a base to set up an array.

Nourished by Spiritual Qi, the peach trees in the grove, aside from the Spiritual Peach Trees, were considered semi-Spirit Plants, close to transformation, rich in Spiritual Qi, and barely suitable for the array's pattern.

"Let third sister continue drawing; I'll take a nap first!"

Feeling a bit bored with the repetition, Jiang Che lowered his head, closed his eyes.

"Chirp!"

His movement caught Little Purple off guard, causing it to drop the half-eaten Spirit Fruit in frustration.

Rushing hurriedly, it picked up the Spirit Fruit.

Seeing the Spirit Fruit covered in dust, Little Purple reluctantly used its claws to wash it in the pool.

Once out, it was spotlessly clean!

Its eyes instantly squinted with delight.

Holding the bumpy Spirit Fruit, Little Purple returned to its master's head, munching on it while watching Nangong Luo engrave array patterns.

Two days passed.

The Peach Grove Valley had completely transformed!

Over the past two days, Nangong Luo had worked tirelessly, engraving golden patterns on most branches in the peach grove.

The verdant peach wood shimmered with faint golden light, making the entire grove appear even more magnificent and picturesque.

Nangong Luo stepped into the center of Peach Grove Valley, clapped her tiger-like palm against the golden patterned peach wood, and golden Spiritual Power surged wildly into the patterns.

Simultaneously, the golden patterns emitted brilliant golden light, sweeping across Peach Grove Valley like a tide, the glow extremely dazzling.

On the peach wood swept by golden light, the patterns all lit up, with light linking the trees.

The peach trees swayed, their verdant branches flashed with azure light, emitting tendrils of cyan mist.

As time went by, the cyan mist thickened and spread, enveloping the valley and the nearby peaks entirely.

This was the Enchanting Array—Cyan Mist Illusion Array!

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