Inside Hu Immortal Blessed Land,
Hundreds of thousands of rockmen advanced toward Earth Hole Gu in a semi-conscious state, gradually falling into it as though entering the maw of a giant beast that could never be satiated.
Below, the disciples of Immortal Crane Sect counted the rockmen and recorded everything in detailed reports. Within Hu Immortal Blessed Land, Fang Yuan observed the scene with a faint smile.
To him, these rockmen possessed little value now. During the past few months, his projects had advanced tremendously. More mutated fox beasts had been produced, and the scale of production had greatly increased. However, he was still far from his intended goal.
But regarding stone ring liquid, under the nurturing of numerous Farmer Gu clones, progress in this project had advanced at an astonishing pace, and roughly five thousand drops had already been sold as the first batch.
Fang Yuan earned four immortal essence stones from this batch alone, a fairly good amount considering that production was steadily increasing. The second batch would undoubtedly be far larger.
But more importantly, there was the relic Gu trade!
The relic Gu business was as profitable as Fang Yuan had expected. The pill Refiner Gu clones performed their duties magnificently, their failure rate nearly nonexistent. They possessed incomparable experience in Gu refinement, and by sharing Fang Yuan's attainment levels, they displayed standards far beyond their own capabilities.
Green copper relic Gu, white silver relic Gu, and purple crystal relic Gu were all refined in massive quantities!
From merely the first batch, Fang Yuan had earned around twenty immortal essence stones, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Thus, Fang Yuan stopped at that point. Increasing production further would attract even more unwanted attention. Until he became an immortal Gu Master, his methods of preventing deductions would not be particularly outstanding. A wisdom path immortal Gu Master could make his defensive efforts against deductions miserable, and there was even a possibility of his secrets being exposed.
Therefore, he preferred remaining low-profile rather than risking everything for a few immortal essence stones.
However, he could enter another type of trade — starfirefly Gu and star fragment grass.
Starfirefly Gu was necessary for Fang Yuan and his future plans.
Although Hu Immortal Blessed Land was better suited for raising and producing enslavement path resources and possessed very few star path dao marks, Fang Yuan could solve this problem. Simply constructing a mortal star path formation would create a suitable environment for star fragment grass to grow, and even starfirefly Gu would be produced in great quantities.
But to begin this project, Fang Yuan required cloud soil.
Cloud soil was merely a mortal material, but purchasing a large quantity of it would still consume a considerable amount of money.
"I can leave the matter of purchasing cloud soil to Little Hu Immortal. With my three sources of income, I already earn around twenty-six immortal essence stones. And if I wish, I can produce even more relic Gu to earn additional profits."
Twenty-six immortal essence stones was an enormous amount of wealth for rank six immortal Gu Masters.
But Fang Yuan did not care much about it. He could earn that amount weekly without exhausting his foundation.
Thus, after settling the matter of cloud soil, Fang Yuan considered another important issue.
Dang Hun Mountain.
Dang Hun Mountain had been poisoned using Mud Gruel Gu, something entirely within Fang Yuan's expectations. Precisely because of that, an immortal earth path Gu formation had been established to suppress the effects of Mud Gruel Gu, causing the rate of Dang Hun Mountain's death to become so slow that it was nearly negligible.
But it was still dying.
"Without an immortal Gu capable of countering the effects of another immortal Gu, there is little I can do. If I possessed an immortal Gu of time path or earth path, I could easily resolve this problem… but I do not possess immortal Gu of either path, so I can only suppress the effects rather than eliminate them completely."
Fang Yuan pondered for a long time as countless thoughts collided within his mind before finally making a decision.
"Heaven's Will is attempting to force me into Eighty-Eight True Yang Building… but is this not also an opportunity for me?"
Heaven's Will's scheme may have been wondrous and utterly imperceptible, something Fang Yuan only realized later. But now, he could benefit from this scheme and reap profits from it while also keeping Heaven's Will unconcerned about the growth of its enormous chess piece.
As long as Fang Yuan remained under its control, it did not matter how much he developed or grew. In the end, he was merely a pawn that would be discarded once its purpose had been fulfilled.
Fang Yuan clearly understood this point.
Thus, even if suspicious elements existed within his actions, Heaven's Will lacked both the time and effort to nurture another pawn while Shadow Sect's heaven-defying scheme was on the verge of unfolding.
Several days later, Fang Yuan created a vast field of cloud soil above the central region of the blessed land, stretching two kilometers in every direction. This field of cloud soil resembled enormous white clouds and drifted throughout the central region like a gigantic floating cloud.
An entire field of star fragment grass had been planted there, illuminating both the field and the skies with dazzling starlight. Among the grass, entire swarms of fireflies flew and fed themselves, while the fortunate ones would become Gu worms in the future.
Likewise, a massive star path formation had been established, allowing star fragment grass to grow comfortably without suppression from the surrounding environment.
Fang Yuan estimated that after only a few weeks, he would possess a fourth source of income.
But that was not the important matter right now.
Inside his first aperture, Moving Perspective Cup Gu, Star Gate Gu, and numerous rank three starfirefly Gu had already been prepared and distributed between both apertures. He had also refined wolf smoke Gu and possessed many wolf enslavement Gu, wolf howl Gu, wolf fur coat Gu, wolf strength Gu, alongside numerous rank five enslavement path Gu worms.
Furthermore, he had prepared himself for battle in case something unexpected occurred. It could be said that he was as prepared as a person possibly could be.
"Master… you will return, right?.."
Little Hu Immortal approached him, tears flowing from her watery eyes while her cheeks reddened and her fox ears drooped weakly. She tightly grasped Fang Yuan's black robe and buried her face within it until she felt Fang Yuan's warm hand patting her head and stroking her fox ears.
"Of course I will return. This place is my base — where else would I go if not here?.. But do not worry. In the coming days, you will receive many messages from me, so remain prepared. And do not neglect managing the business affairs, the blessed land, and Treasure Yellow Heaven."
Fang Yuan smiled warmly at her until Little Hu Immortal finally stepped back, wiping away her tears with his robe. She nodded repeatedly and said:
"I will wait for you, Master!.. Return soon!"
Fang Yuan laughed softly as a green jade butterfly flew around him. At the same time,Little Hu activated Fixed Immortal Travel Gu while Fang Yuan imprinted the image of a region into his mind.
Jade light flashed brilliantly before erupting into a flowing stream of radiance, disappearing together with Fang Yuan.