The Southern Border. The summit of an unnamed peak.
In his left hand, Fang Yuan held a Sword Escape Immortal Gu. In his right, a Flying Sword Immortal Gu.
He observed them both.
The Sword Escape Immortal Gu resembled a golden-needle bee, while the Flying Sword Immortal Gu looked like a silver-winged dragonfly.
Each had its own merits.
The former was a movement Immortal Gu — its speed was not inferior to a Seventh Transformation Qi Escape Immortal Gu. The latter was famous in history, the most commonly used offensive and defensive Gu of the Sword Immortal Bo Qing during his lifetime.
The aura of Seventh Transformation radiated in all directions.
Fang Yuan smiled faintly and stored both Immortal Gu.
After the time spent at Yitian Mountain, the Sword Dao Immortal Gu had all been successfully refined under the Wisdom Halo, becoming his possessions. These two were naturally among them — and now he could activate and use them whenever he pleased.
With these two Immortal Gu in hand, Fang Yuan felt far more at ease.
Previously, he had the Attitude Immortal Gu, the Soul Swap Immortal Gu, and the Puzzle-Solving Immortal Gu, but he severely lacked offensive and mobility options. Now, with these two Immortal Gu, his shortcomings were immediately filled, and his combat power skyrocketed!
If he faced Fire Kongtong again, he could simply activate his Immortal Gu and engage in direct combat.
The Tongtian Gu had been deactivated.
Because the Langya Earth Spirit had sent over the Sword Escape and Flying Sword — two Seventh Transformation Immortal Gu — Treasure Yellow Heaven was buzzing with activity. More and more Gu Immortals had joined in, frantically discussing the matter.
Among Gu Immortals, the vast majority were still at the Sixth Transformation.
Most of those Sixth Transformation Gu Immortals did not possess a single Sixth Transformation Immortal Gu.
That was precisely why this transaction involving two Seventh Transformation Immortal Gu had caused such an uproar.
Treasure Yellow Heaven was merely a marketplace — entirely open, impossible to keep secret. Fang Yuan had used Treasure Yellow Heaven to transport the Immortal Gu, but it was a last resort.
Now that he had two Sword Dao Immortal Gu in hand, he immediately deactivated the Tongtian Gu. As for Treasure Yellow Heaven — let it stay lively on its own.
Through the Push Cup Exchange Gu, he continued communicating with the Langya Earth Spirit.
"This time, you spent a total of thirty sect contributions," the Langya Earth Spirit's letter read.
Using Treasure Yellow Heaven to transport Gu was not free.
Every transaction carried a fee. The service charges were assessed based on the Treasure Light — the higher the Treasure Light, the higher the fee.
These service charges were all borne by the Langya Earth Spirit. In turn, they were deducted from Fang Yuan's sect contributions.
As a result, Fang Yuan's sect contributions shrank rapidly, leaving only two hundred and seventy.
Of course, some of the thirty spent went toward the cost of purchasing Gu from others.
"I'd like to discuss the Guts Gu trade with you in detail," Fang Yuan replied.
This exchange took a considerable amount of time.
It wasn't until the dead of night that both sides hammered out every detail and reached a full agreement.
The Guts Gu trade!
Fang Yuan's eyes gleamed, excitement still lingering on his face.
The night wind howled, bringing with it a chill, but it could not extinguish the fire blazing in his heart.
All along, Fang Yuan's Guts Gu business had been constrained by the number of Hairman slaves.
Guts Gu required Air Sac Gu to contain them and transport them out of Danghun Mountain for sale. But Air Sac Gu, first, needed Hei Loulan's Strength Immortal Gu to provide the power as the primary refining material, and second, required Hairman slaves to continuously produce them.
Now, Hei Loulan had disappeared, and the Strength Immortal Gu was no longer with Fang Yuan.
But that didn't matter. Long ago, Fang Yuan had used the Wisdom Halo to develop a new Gu recipe. He had simply been holding it back, wanting to maintain his profit-sharing arrangement with Hei Loulan.
The number of Hairman slaves was the main factor limiting this trade.
However, increasing the Hairman population was extremely difficult.
First, Hairman slaves were the most expensive among all variant-human slaves in Treasure Yellow Heaven. Those skilled at Gu refinement commanded even higher prices.
Second, the refinement process was rife with danger — Hairman slaves would die during production. So even though Fang Yuan had continually restocked Hairman slaves, their numbers in the Fox Immortal's Blessed Land had not grown.
Fang Yuan had once considered breeding Hairmen himself, but due to a lack of Hairman husbandry techniques, the idea came to nothing.
But now!
Fang Yuan had defected to the Langya Sect.
How many Hairmen were in the Langya Blessed Land?
More than one could imagine.
This Blessed Land might well be the single largest concentration of variant-human Hairmen in all Five Regions.
By lending Danghun Mountain and Luopo Valley to the Langya Sect, Fang Yuan naturally had his own plans.
By utilizing the massive Hairman population of the Langya Blessed Land to produce Air Sac Gu for him, the volume of the Guts Gu trade would far surpass his previous scale, exploding to an almost incomprehensible magnitude.
"As long as Treasure Yellow Heaven exists, what does it matter if the Central Continent tries to suppress it? The Guts Gu trade won't face any obstruction."
"I can't wait. Based on what we just agreed, even after the Langya Sect takes the lion's share of profits, I'll be earning six thousand Immortal Yuan Stone per month from the Guts Gu trade alone!"
Previously, including all his other ventures, Fang Yuan had barely managed to earn two thousand Immortal Yuan Stone per month.