Three days later, a rather scandalous piece of news spread throughout the East Sea Gu Immortal Realm.
It concerned one of the Six Beauties of the East Sea, Fairy Yi Shi—how, while bathing, she had been painstakingly defiled by some old lecher.
Song Yi Shi was Song Qi Yuan's pearl in the palm of his hand. She was exceedingly prominent and had countless suitors. This matter also concerned the Song clan's reputation, so once the news spread, it immediately drew the attention of numerous Gu Immortals.
Very quickly, the Gu Immortals uncovered Xing Xiangzi's identity as a Northern Plains Gu Immortal.
Before the Song clan had officially stated its position, Song Yi Shi's suitors had already launched a large-scale manhunt for Fang Yuan in their fury.
In a barren, ownerless sea region with no name, deep beneath the ocean, the seawater was murky and the schools of fish were sparse.
A Blessed Land entrance resembling a crude wooden gate suddenly appeared, then opened with a creak.
A figure stepped out from within.
It was Fang Yuan, wearing Xing Xiangzi's appearance.
Fang Yuan had slain Yao Ge Pi in battle, and afterward, he had fled far away with Yao Ge Pi's corpse.
There were two uses for a Gu Immortal's corpse. One was to let it fall to the ground and form a Blessed Land. The other was to place it inside one's own immortal aperture and absorb the Gu Immortal's Dao marks.
Fang Yuan did not ponder for long before directly choosing the former.
His immortal aperture was dead. If he placed the corpse into his dead aperture, not only would he fail to obtain the Dao marks, but it would also cause the dead land to collapse, bursting his entire body apart.
Immortal zombies had long since experimented with