Lin Yan approached the skeleton and found a mass of dark-green qi gathered around its right hand. Two Immortal Gu and five mortal Gu floated within it, all seven still alive. He immediately used his killer move to preserve them before carefully taking them out.
Just as Lin Yan remembered, the two Rank Six Immortal Gu were Perceivable Dao Immortal Gu and Unperceivable Dao Immortal Gu.
Lin Yan did not know who had left this inheritance, but its contents soon revealed the creator's extraordinary attainments in Information Path. There were Immortal Gu recipes, killer moves, resource point arrangements, and cultivation experiences. Among them, three killer moves caught his attention.
The first was Nameable, an Information Path killer move used to establish alliance agreements and bind different parties to their terms. The second, Unnameable, could temporarily suppress the restrictions imposed by immortal rank Information Path alliance agreements.
While its effect lasted, the user could violate an agreement without suffering backlash. Against mortal rank alliance agreements, Unnameable could erase the restrictions completely. This solved an old problem for Lin Yan, as his agreement with Sun Cu was only at the mortal level.
The third killer move, Unconventional Dao, interested him the most. It allowed information to be imprinted onto almost any target without being rejected by conflicting dao marks. This ability alone made it worthy of careful study.
"Excellent. I can finally remove the agreement with Sun Cu. There is even hope of further improving Dao Without Conflict."
Dao Without Conflict was already Lin Yan's greatest success in overcoming the mutual exclusion of dao marks. With both Information Path Immortal Gu and the knowledge recorded in this inheritance, he now had a clearer direction for improving the killer move.
However, Lin Yan did not begin his deductions immediately. He had gained so much during this journey that studying it all would take considerable time, even with his attainments in several paths.
He now possessed six major true inheritances: Thieving Heaven Thunder Path True Inheritance, Zhen Yuanzi True Inheritance, Startling Divinity True Inheritance, Split Divinity True Inheritance, Fire Thunder Divine Lord True Inheritance, and this Information Path true inheritance. There were also the inheritances connected to Ni Xiang and Ni Ren.
"I've gathered enough. I'll stay in the Eastern Sea for a while and study what I've obtained."
Lin Yan stored the two Information Path Immortal Gu and decided to remain in the Turbulent Flow Sea Area to cultivate. Turning his attention toward Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, he checked on the newly arrived Ni Family clansmen.
The Huang Family Gu Masters had already settled the tens of thousands of newcomers. Their arrival had caused no major problems, allowing Lin Yan to set the matter aside and focus on the other tasks awaiting him.
Flame Sovereign Blessed Land needed another thorough survey, and his newly obtained Immortal Gu had to be incorporated into killer moves. Several Immortal Gu recipes required further deduction, while the Dream Realms he had accumulated needed exploration.
The inheritances from this journey alone could busy him for years. Before attending to any of these matters, however, Lin Yan needed to deal with the four captured Mo Family Gu Immortals.
He had considered keeping them alive. With Nameable Immortal Killer Move, he could establish powerful alliance agreements and force them to serve him. Their combat strength and experience in managing immortal apertures would be useful, while their presence would also contribute human qi to Flame Sovereign Blessed Land.
After weighing the benefits again, Lin Yan abandoned the idea. These four were enemies he had captured by force. Keeping them would require him to devote time and resources to restraining them, as they would seize any chance to betray him.
Killing them offered greater benefits. Their souls could be transformed into Dream Realms, while their immortal apertures could be given to future Gu Immortals under him who cultivated the corresponding paths.
The choice was not difficult. Lin Yan began with Mo Guang, the Rank Seven Earth Path Gu Immortal.
Within Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, the enormous Green Claw Ghost Winged Lion lowered its head toward the imprisoned Mo Guang. The Rank Seven Soul Devouring Demon Subduing Formation activated around them, and the beast opened its mouth and inhaled.
Mo Guang's body convulsed as a murky-yellow humanoid soul was dragged from the top of his head. It struggled violently, but the surrounding formation suppressed it at once, preventing even a fragment from escaping.
Lin Yan used Soul Bind Immortal Gu to search through Mo Guang's memories. The gains were considerable: a complete Rank Seven Earth Path inheritance centered around Yellow Earth Immortal Gu.
Its killer moves included A Handful of Yellow Earth, Profound Yellow Mother Qi, and Earth Escape. The inheritance also contained instructions for constructing Earth Path resource points, several immortal formation arrangements, and dozens of incomplete Immortal Gu recipes.
Alongside these, Lin Yan uncovered numerous secrets concerning the Mo Family. He recorded everything before giving a copy of the Earth Path inheritance to his uncle, Shan Shayuan.
Shan Shayuan cultivated Earth Path, so the cultivation experiences of a Rank Seven Earth Path Gu Immortal would be of great use to him. Only after extracting everything useful from Mo Guang's memories did Lin Yan begin transforming his soul.
Lin Yan activated Dream Derivation Immortal Gu together with Dream Storage. Multicolored dream clouds gathered around the murky-yellow soul, enveloping it layer by layer. Mo Guang's soul dissolved into strands of dream aura as a new Dream Realm took shape within the clouds.
Lin Yan then turned his attention toward Yellow Earth Blessed Land, which remained within Mo Guang's body. He activated Obdurate Formation and began forcibly taking control of the immortal aperture.
To his surprise, the Immortal Gu inside had not been destroyed. After suppressing the blessed land's remaining resistance, Lin Yan successfully obtained Rank Seven Yellow Earth Immortal Gu.
Yellow Earth Blessed Land contained around eight Immortal resource points, with Earth Path resources making up the vast majority of its wealth. None of the resource points were particularly outstanding, but a Rank Seven Gu Immortal's accumulated resources still amounted to a considerable harvest.
Its overall wealth was roughly comparable to that of the Mo Family Wisdom Path Gu Immortal Lin Yan had killed earlier.