As Fang Yang heard this, he was shocked.
Although he knew that the team mentioned by Gu Wen would be incomparable to the rabble that had tried to invite him before, he never expected to be so stacked.
The 9th level of Qi refinement was already a top powerhouse within the inner sect, normally Fang Yang, and these people should never cross paths.
Compared to a trash like Fang Yang, they were already amongst the elected class. They simply lived in two different worlds.
When faced with the possibility of coming into contact with such influential figures, Fang Yang couldn't help but hesitate a little.
Gu Wen also seemed to see Fang Yang's hesitation and quickly spoke up again.
"I'm inviting you because I believe that your strength is amongst the top in the mid stage of Qi refinement. With the combined effect of you and your corpse puppet, I believe that you are still a force to be taken seriously and maybe even be able to contain a 7th level Qi cultivator for a few moments. With such powerful abilities, my team will never treat you unfairly. Think about it for a while."
As Fang Yang heard this, he finally gave in a little. Although he didn't think it would be bad to join Gu Wen's team, he still wanted to explore the western sector by himself today. If he could still effectively hunt and explore by himself, then he would choose to, but if he really needed to team up with someone, then he could still team up with Gu Wen.
After coming to this decision in his head, Fang Yang finally gave Gu Wen a reply.
"I'm sorry Senior brother Gu, but I can't make my decision right now. I was actually planning to hunt alone in the western sector for a while today. If possible, I want to continue, but I will definitely give you a reply by tomorrow."
As Gu Wen heard this, he wasn't disappointed but instead rather satisfied.
It would be impossible for Fang Yang to truly make a decision on the spot so he was already expecting this sort of answer.
He just nodded and agreed with Fang Yang
"Well, I will be waiting for your answer. Whether you have agreed to join the team or not, you can meet me tomorrow at this time to give me your answer."
Hearing this, Fang Yang thanked Gu Wen for his understanding and headed deeper inside the mine
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Hours had passed since Fang Yang met Gu Wen outside and he was currently deep into his mine exploration.
In general, his experience in the western sector could have been said to be pretty good.
He mostly hovered around the outskirts of the western sector. Because of this, the amount of gold-eating rats he ran into was reduced, being limited to only groups of 3 or 2.
After going through a few battles, Fang Yang had already managed to kill 7 mid stage gold-eating rats and even made two pieces of mid-quality Spirit gold.
His trip had already been very fruitful and he could even go back and call it a day, but it was always human nature to want more and that's how he landed himself in this situation.
Whilst he was travelling he had been ambushed by 5 mid stage gold-eating rats. Fortunately, he had reacted in time, using his corpse puppet to body block a potentially lethal blow.
Brushing so close to death, Fang Yang's heart chilled, but after that, he was completely filled with rage!
He had mocked the previous Fang Yang for dying a pathetic death, but here he was, almost dying to a fucking rat!
He didn't hold back and instructed his undead servants to annihilate the group of rats.
Right now, his undead servants were in the middle of a vicious battle.
He split up his skeleton soldiers into groups of three that contained a gold-eating rat.
The second one of them seemed to be suffering, the other 2 instantly jumped in, frustrating the gold-eating rats to no end.
The battle between his corpse puppet and the two gold-eating rats was much more vicious.
Using its tyrannical defence and body to its advantage, the corpse puppet completely gave up trying to defend in favour of attacking.
The corpse puppet's fists crashed into the surroundings as the conflict between them stirred up a little storm.
Fang Yang did not instruct the corpse puppet to fight so brutally to just vent his frustration. There was actually a much more important reason.
This wasn't the eastern sector in which Fang Yang could run wild. If a fight took too long to finish, it could easily draw the attention of nearby gold-eating rats. By then it would be over, as it would just form a cycle and exhaust the person to death.
The most dangerous thing in the western sector wasn't getting into fights, but taking too long to finish them.
Fang Yang was also aware of this.
If he left things as they were, he could still win the fight.
His Battle Saint Corpse puppet was showing signs of suppressing the two gold eating rats. If given enough time, it would be able to defeat the two rats and then go on to help his skeleton soldiers.
But that would take time that Fang Yang didn't currently have, so after taking everything into account, Fang Yang decided to end the fight as soon as possible!
With his instruction conveyed, the corpse puppet didn't hesitate any longer.
A bloody light appeared in its eyes as it opened its mouth
"Roar!"
A horrifying war cry sounded as the nearby creatures froze in place.
Not wanting to waste this chance, the corpse puppet sprang into action.
The corpse puppet's claw-like nails dug into the gold eating rat's side, eviscerating it completely.
The next rat's end was even more tragic. The corpse puppet's massive hands wrapped around the rat's neck and simply pulled off its head like you would a shrimp!