Most of the resource points in the central region, the southern region, and the northern region had been destroyed. However, at least the eastern region remained mostly intact and had only suffered minor damage, allowing the sources of income there to be preserved.
Even so, Fang Tian and the land spirit felt somewhat depressed after suffering such catastrophic losses. Therefore, in the following days they used Immortal Essence Stones to purchase slippery soil, fleshy muscle trees, energy-absorbing stones, ash water, and other Strength Path resources or materials that could help manage the blessed land.
Fang Tian used Wood Path methods to plant thousands of Fleshy Muscle Trees, which were mutated plants that could only survive in dark environments. Because of this, Fang Tian and the land spirit had to purchase a group of about ten thousand Rockmen and make them dig enormous caverns beneath the southern region of the blessed land.
The Rockmen suffered heavy losses under the exhausting labor, but they could not protest. After several days, a chain of massive caverns had been excavated, suitable for housing the Fleshy Muscle Trees. Fang Tian spread thousands of kilograms of slippery soil, increasing the fertility of the land, then used several Wood Path methods to plant the Fleshy Muscle Trees.
The land spirit performed most of the work, but Fang Tian greatly assisted by offering guidance. At that moment, the advantage of the Wood Path in managing immortal apertures became evident.
After several weeks, they finished planting about eight thousand Fleshy Muscle Trees within the chain of massive caverns. Afterward, they moved to the surface of the southern region and transported the ruins of the hills, constructing several new small mountains.
Building mountains was a difficult and exhausting process for Fang Tian and the land spirit. After all, they were not Immortal Gu Masters of Earth Path, nor did they possess any Earth Path Immortal Gu to assist them. Because of this, they had to rely on mortal Earth Path Gu to create mountain roots for the mountains and stabilize them until they absorbed earth qi.
This process took several weeks, and Fang Tian and the land spirit barely managed to complete it. Afterward, Fang Tian ordered the land spirit to bring the remains of the stone monkey groups from the central region and move them to one of the mountains, increasing their reproduction using Hot Monkey Gu and other Gu worms.
The Stone Monkeys were extinct Strength Path beasts, and only a small number of Immortal Gu Masters could reproduce them within their immortal apertures. Therefore, selling their fur was extremely profitable. Fang Tian decided to focus on them and increase their production until their numbers became large, after which he would sell them.
After finishing the relocation of the beast groups, Fang Tian brought huge quantities of Vital Core Fruit Trees and planted them around a massive lake that had been created in the central region. Fields of Vital Core Fruit Trees spread around the huge lake, which had been filled with ash water.
Inside the lake were Seven-Strike Algae, Perforated Ring Coral, Water Strength Gu, Shrinking Carp, tailless otters, and other Strength Path lifeforms. Energy-absorbing stones were also placed at the bottom of the lake. Together with the ash water, they would produce a type of mortal Strength Path Gu worm. Blade grass was also planted in a separate field, with Gu formations placed around the Sharp Blade Grass to prevent conflict with the Vital Core Fruit Trees.
Fang Tian brought tens of thousands of Sacred White Beetles and placed them among the Vital Core Fruit Trees. The Sacred White Beetles removed dead branches and cut away dead leaves by feeding on them, which would benefit the Vital Core Fruit Trees. He also brought several small groups of Spotted Hoopoes to create a balanced ecosystem and maintain the population of the Sacred White Beetles.
After finishing this, the land spirit brought many groups of Silver-Horned Horses, numbering in the hundreds, size-shifting pheasants, color-reflecting peacocks, and gray goats with downward horns. All these groups were placed in the southern region of the blessed land. In addition, there were Ox-grain wheat, stone snakes, flower pig blossoms, and many other plants that Fang Tian personally cultivated and organized using his methods.
After two months, the central and southern regions were completed and restored to a condition far better than before. However, this came at a very heavy price. After all, most of the money they had obtained from Yang Ru Nan's ransom had been spent, leaving only two hundred and seventy Immortal Essence Stones and ten immortal materials of Strength Path.
These immortal Strength Path materials were called Multiform Courage, a very common Strength Path immortal material. It could be used to create a Multiform Courage Illusion Forest, which would certainly generate great profits for Fang Tian and the land spirit. However, the quantity was not enough.
"Land spirit, did the Wu clan respond to you? Do they not want their Immortal Gu and their Immortal Gu Master? Several years have already passed in the time of the blessed land for Wu Shan Yi. If he remains like this, we will have to feed his Immortal Gu…"
"Ah, I have not checked yet, Master. After all, we have been extremely busy reorganizing and rebuilding the resource points in the blessed land. But I will check now."
The land spirit and Fang Tian immediately moved to another palace in the eastern region of the blessed land. This palace had been built in the sky upon cloud soil, and it had become one of Fang Tian's favorite places.
"After the last earthly calamity, the blessed land gained two hundred Strength Path Dao marks in exchange for two hundred Space Path Dao marks, and because of that the area of the blessed land increased greatly… It has begun to rival high-grade blessed lands."
This was good news for Fang Tian and the land spirit. The blessed land's area had increased until it reached approximately 4,134 square kilometers, which was the minimum size of a high-grade blessed land. The additional area meant more resource points could be built.
"Master, Wu Bi has replied! He says he is ready to complete the transaction, but he must first see Wu Shan Yi and the Immortal Gu."
"Tell him that is fine. He can come to the entrance of the blessed land, and you will complete the transaction with him while I remain here."
The land spirit nodded and immediately disappeared from Fang Tian's sight, heading toward the Gu formation where Wu Shan Yi was imprisoned. Wu Shan Yi was still asleep because of the Gu formation and unaware of his surroundings, while his Immortal Gu had already been taken by the land spirit and refined by it. As for his blessed land, the land spirit could not plunder it—after all, it would need to extract his immortal aperture to do that.
The land spirit looked at Wu Shan Yi and woke him with a simple action that dislocated his shoulder.
"You bastard! How dare you insult a member of the Wu clan!"
Wu Shan Yi shouted at the land spirit, but it did not respond. Instead, it teleported them to the devastated western region. There, a gigantic door twenty meters tall appeared, formed from thousands of different bones.
"Land spirit, open the door and let me see where Shan Yi is."
Behind the door, Wu Bi's cold voice echoed. The land spirit smiled with obvious disdain and prepared itself. When the blessed land's door opened, Wu Bi appeared behind it, looking toward the land spirit that was holding Wu Shan Yi by the hair and lifting him like a dog off the ground.
"Ten thousand Immortal Essence Stones and forty portions of the immortal material Multiform Courage… Hurry up, I do not have much time."
"What? But you said you wanted Monkey Stones and Entrail Liquid!"
"Plans change, and so do people. Hurry up!"
Wu Bi almost cursed the land spirit and said, But you are merely the obsession of a dead person! Yet he restrained himself and used a mortal Information Path Gu to communicate with the clan and Treasure Yellow Heaven. After a few minutes, he obtained the immortal materials.
"Here are ten thousand Immortal Essence Stones, but you must hand over the Immortal Gu first."
The land spirit tossed the Immortal Gu toward Wu Bi, who immediately caught it and placed it in his immortal aperture to refine it. When he finished refining it, he sighed in relief, gave the immortal materials to the land spirit, and took the unconscious Wu Shan Yi.
Wu Bi felt a sense of loss when he saw Wu Shan Yi in such a miserable state. After all, he had paid thirty percent of Wu Shan Yi's ransom, and he had intended to extract value from this favor!
Inside the blessed land, Fang Tian and the land spirit looked greedily at the immortal materials and the Immortal Essence Stones, and their work resumed once more.