The plaza of Star Luo City.
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin both instinctively looked at the Contribution Ranking first.
The Contribution Ranking was highly informative. Whoever occupied the top positions was essentially a key figure, one of Fang Yuan's most capable subordinates — and someone the Mermaid Immortalesses needed to build good relations with.
By reading the Contribution Ranking clearly, one could roughly grasp the inner workings of Fang Yuan's forces and form a fairly clear picture.
Then they both saw the name at the very top — Mao Liu!
"Is he a Mao Tribe member?"
"This person's contributions are leagues ahead of the second place. In the short term, I doubt anyone can catch up."
Even though Yu Zi and Lian Kexin were newcomers, they could immediately tell that Mao Liu's accumulated contributions were extraordinarily deep.
"Starting from second place, though, the gaps between them aren't that large."
Soon enough, Yu Zi and Lian Kexin spotted familiar names among the top ten.
For instance, Wonderful Sound Fairy, Miss White Rabbit, and also Mo Tansang, Xue'er, Shi Shicheng, and others.
What caught their attention was that among the top ten, there was one rather peculiar name.
"Langya Earth Spirit? Could it be the earth spirit of the Langya Blessed Land?"
"An earth spirit can appear on the ranking?"
"This goes to show that Lord Fang Yuan truly has a magnanimous temperament, treating humans, variant humans, and earth spirits all equally."
The majority of the top ten on the Contribution Ranking were actually variant human Gu Immortals. The political significance of this was not lost on the two former rulers of the Mermaid Royal Court — they felt satisfied, even a flicker of excitement.
Mao Shi'er's contribution placement, they also quickly found — eighteenth position.
Nineteenth was the Black Dog Earth Spirit.
Then in the very next instant, the nineteenth-place Black Dog Earth Spirit shot upward, pushing Mao Shi'er down a spot.
Mao Shi'er also noticed this situation right away, and coughed awkwardly, explaining in a slightly envious tone: "That Black Dog Earth Spirit is just lucky. With the two skies currently merged and overlapping, the Heavens-Crippling Dogs and Heaven-Devouring Dog packs have been fleeing in massive numbers. Many have been captured by Gu Immortals, and our Supreme Immortal Aperture has taken in quite a few. Right now, these dog packs are being temporarily looked after by the Black Dog Earth Spirit. Once they've been treated and inspected, they'll be released into Little White Heaven. That's how the Black Dog Earth Spirit earned so many contributions."
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin nodded repeatedly, both thinking to themselves: "Really, you didn't need to explain so much. Because we don't actually care how you got overtaken by an earth spirit."
What they cared about were Wonderful Sound Fairy, Miss White Rabbit, and most importantly — the Snow Tribe Gu Immortal, Xue'er.
Because Bing Yuan had once boasted desperately about it in the Great Alliance of Races, the intelligence that Xue'er was Fang Yuan's fiancée had spread far and wide.
The Righteous Alliance, which had once been their opposing faction, had collected this crucial piece of information as part of their comprehensive intelligence-gathering.
As a result, all the Mermaid Immortalesses knew about it.
However, just as they were about to dig deeper into intelligence on these key figures, a chorus of exclamations rose from nearby.
Yu Zi frowned slightly once more, about to rebuke them, when the other four Mermaid Immortalesses spoke in unison: "Two Leaders, look at this Exchange Ranking quickly!"
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin couldn't help but have their attention drawn. They looked carefully, and their pupils immediately dilated in shock.
The internal Exchange Ranking of the Supreme Immortal Aperture was indeed vastly different from the external ranking of the Heaven and Earth Unity Great Love Alliance.
There were simply too many good items!
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin felt slightly dizzy from looking at it all.
The catalog was dazzling — Gu Insects covered every single path, the mortal-grade section contained many rare and long-extinct varieties, and the number of Immortal Gu available for exchange ranged from Sixth Transformation to Eighth Transformation, exceeding one thousand. Immortal Gu recipes were massive in quantity, Immortal materials were massive in quantity, Immortal Dao killer moves were beyond counting, Immortal Gu Houses numbered in the hundreds, and Immortal Dao inheritances — these last ones truly made Yu Zi and Lian Kexin's eyes widen involuntarily.
"This is the inheritance of the great Water Path master Chang Guanshui! He cultivated both the Information Path and the Water Path as his primary discipline, and possessed the killer move 'Water Chapter One,' which went down in history!"
"This is the inheritance of our mermaid powerhouse, the Third Imperial Princess. She was one of the strongest mermaid figures of the ancient era and had repeatedly resisted Immortal Venerable Primordial Origin. She single-handedly created the Eighth Transformation Water Path Immortal material 'Tai Shui,' which had long been lost — I never thought I'd see it here!"
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin felt their hearts racing with temptation.
Fang Yuan had publicly declared himself the Great Love Immortal Venerable and openly conducted the business of refining Immortal Gu in the Treasure Yellow Heaven. The Mermaid Immortalesses were all well aware of his prices.
The prices were fair enough, but they were incomparable to what was here.
"With just contributions, you can exchange for everything on this ranking. Compared to trading in the Treasure Yellow Heaven or the external ranking, the difficulty has dropped astronomically."
"What am I even looking at? You can even apply to have Lord Fang Yuan personally escort and protect you during your tribulation! Truly worthy of being — the Great Love Immortal Venerable."
Yu Zi and Lian Kexin unconsciously licked their lips, the craving for contributions in their hearts surging to unprecedented heights.