Bai Ningbing's divine sense swept through Treasure Yellow Heaven.
She gazed at the distant Yuan Realms and the will of Fang Yuan resting atop them, falling into hesitation.
"Should I also make a deal with Fang Yuan?"
These past few days, Bai Ningbing had been cultivating deep within the earth trenches, braving the risk of death as she explored in every direction.
Ancient desolate beasts frequently roamed the subterranean depths, and amid the danger lay all manner of opportunity.
During this time, Bai Ningbing had gathered quite a collection of immortal materials and also discovered many natural resource points — the vast majority of them Earth Path.
"Refining immortal Gu is truly too difficult. If I could leverage Fang Yuan's power, it would undoubtedly give me tremendous help."
Bai Ningbing gradually felt her resolve waver.
Based on what she knew of Fang Yuan, he would most likely agree to her request.
But Bai Ningbing had her misgivings as well.
For one, she couldn't directly relocate all of these Earth Path resources into Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Bai Ningbing primarily cultivated the Ice and Snow Path, and as a dragon person with talent in the Slave Path, she simply didn't possess the right immortal Gu to excavate Earth Path resource points.
On the other hand, Bai Ningbing worried whether doing so would expose the secret of the subterranean depths' rich resources and invite Fang Yuan's greed.
Fang Yuan might not act personally, but dispatching a few subordinates would be more than enough to make life miserable for Bai Ningbing.
After all, both Shen Shang and Lu Weiyin had already pledged themselves to Fang Yuan's banner.
Just as Bai Ningbing wavered, a new Earth Path resource point suddenly appeared in Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Immediately, a burst of treasure light erupted from it, forming a colossal pillar of light that shot toward the sky.
"Hm? This is… a super resource point?" Even someone as worldly as Bai Ningbing was shaken to her core at this sight.
In that instant, every immortal will and divine sense throughout all of Treasure Yellow Heaven surged in violent agitation!
"Good heavens — am I seeing this right?"
"A super resource point! An Earth Path super resource point!"
"Something like this is a prize that even supreme forces would fight over, and it's been put up for sale?!"
"Inconceivable!"
"What spendthrift would do such a thing?"
"Is this person even thinking straight?"
"Doesn't matter who the spendthrift is — who could they possibly sell it to?"
"Who else but the Great Love Immortal Venerable!"
Sure enough, just as all the immortals had predicted, the Earth Path super resource point was successfully claimed by Fang Yuan's will.
Soon, the resource point was withdrawn from Treasure Yellow Heaven and relocated to the Supreme Immortal Aperture.
A public transaction was completed.
Treasure Yellow Heaven still buzzed with excitement.
"It's the Western Desert's Fang Family making a public deal with Fang Yuan."
"The Fang Family sold this Earth Path super resource point."
"It's already been identified! This super resource point is the Xuandi Earth Pool — it originally didn't belong to the Fang Family at all. It was the Wan Family's foremost resource!"
"So it belonged to the Wan Family. I see — the Wan Family has been visiting every Righteous Path supreme force in the Western Desert, trying to assemble an alliance against the Fangs. The Fang Family sold this resource point… that's truly ruthless."
Immortals across all five regions discussed the matter at length.
The Wan Family learned of it almost immediately.
"How can this be?!" Wan Zhuiqing's eyes burned red with fury, teeth clenched so hard they creaked.
"The Fang Family is despicable — utterly despicable!" Wan Xiao's face was ashen.
This was a textbook case of selling off someone else's inheritance without a shred of remorse.
The Fang Family hadn't touched their own super resource point — they had sold the Wan Family's instead.
And they chose to do it through a public transaction!
The scheme was vicious beyond measure.
Wan Haoguang was also wracked with headaches. He had already negotiated terms for the Xuandi Earth Pool with the Xiao Family beforehand.
The Xiao Family was to dispatch several powerful immortals to join the alliance against the Fangs, and in the future form a tight-knit partnership with the Wan Family, helping them reclaim their territory after the conflict left them weakened.
But now the Xuandi Earth Pool was gone — the Fang Family had sold it to Fang Yuan.
And who was Fang Yuan?
The Great Love Immortal Venerable! The Refining Heaven Demon Venerable!
Would the Wan Family dare go to Fang Yuan and demand the Xuandi Earth Pool back?
Would the Xiao Family dare?
Even if you gave them ten thousand times the courage, they wouldn't dare do such a thing.
Sure enough, not long after, Xiao Yehu came knocking.
"My fellow immortals of the Wan Family, circumstances have changed. We need to renegotiate," Xiao Yehu said, his expression grave.
The looks on Wan Haoguang and the others were hardly any better.
After renegotiating with Xiao Yehu, the expressions of the Wan Family immortals grew even more unsightly.
"Those greedy, shameless wretches!" Wan Haoguang's fists clenched tight enough to whiten his knuckles.
The terms between the Wan Family and the Xiao Family were revised several times over. The Xuandi Earth Pool was removed from the deal, and the Wan Family was forced to add multiple enormous resource points in compensation.
The Xiao Family secured its interests, and Xiao Yehu departed satisfied.
The Wan Family immortals seethed with rage and hatred, yet could do nothing but taste the bitterness.
What choice did they have?
"If we want these Righteous Path forces to participate in the alliance against the Fangs, our Wan Family has to pay the corresponding price."
"The Xiao Family is contributing the most among the supreme forces, so we have to give them the largest share."
"They're piling on while we're down!"
"Sigh — of the entire Righteous Path, only the Tang Family truly embodies righteous conduct."
"Indeed. I never noticed before, but now in our hour of crisis, their character shines through. The Tang Family demanded the lowest price of all."
"Though the Tang Family's strength isn't great, once we reclaim our territory, we should deal with them more in the future."
"Well said."
"The Tang Family is the true model of the Righteous Path!"
While the Wan Family debated among themselves, the Tang Family's Seventh Transformation Time Path immortal Gu Master Tang Lanke, who had been sent as their representative, was secretly contacting Fang Yuan.
"Reporting, my lord — Xiao Yehu just sought out the Wan Family immortals moments ago and engaged in a lengthy secret negotiation before finally departing. Judging by the change in his expression, he appeared satisfied."