Yu Zi's face was deathly pale, her eye bags dark and heavy as she stumbled into Star Luo City in a daze.
After more than ten days of grueling work, she had finally managed to set up the Profound Yellow Earth Pool with the cooperation of two other Immortal Gu Masters, never once resting.
"Aren't you Lady Yu Zi? I heard you were in charge of setting up the Profound Yellow Earth Pool?"
An Immortal Gu Master greeted Yu Zi proactively.
Yu Zi quickly rallied her spirits and responded.
"What great luck — this mission rewards so many contributions! I was tied up at the time, otherwise I would have loved to take on such a mission myself." Another Immortal Gu Master spoke to Yu Zi.
Yu Zi quickly smiled and nodded to the newcomer.
The two immortals brushed past each other and parted ways soon after.
This was the way Immortal Gu Masters in the Supreme Immortal Cave operated — always in such a rush, as if every second counted.
"You look terrible. You should head to the Liver Life Hall right away." Lian Kexin bumped into Yu Zi, her expression concerned.
"You're here too?" Yu Zi saw her fellow clansman and immediately relaxed quite a bit.
Lian Kexin nodded. "I just came out of the Liver Life Hall. The Supreme Immortal Cave has added the Profound Yellow Earth Pool now — there really are so many super resource points here."
Yu Zi felt the same. "Just from what I know, there's Roaring Cascade Cliff, Three Saints Mountain, Divine Needle Valley, Cold Flood Dragon Deep Pool, Needle Forest Snowfield, Water Spider Sea, and the Heavenly Crystal Nurturing Pool. Now with this Profound Yellow Earth Pool added, there must be even more."
Before joining the Supreme Immortal Cave, Lian Kexin and Yu Zi had been powerful figures in the Merfolk Royal Court, so they naturally understood the value of super resource points.
Generally speaking, resource points were categorized into several tiers.
Mini, small, and medium resource points produced cultivation resources ranging from the First to the Fifth Transformation.
Large resource points could steadily produce Sixth Transformation resources, with the occasional Seventh Transformation resource.
Giant resource points could reliably produce Seventh Transformation cultivation resources.
Super resource points were at the Eighth Transformation level, and ultimate resource points referred to those Heaven and Earth Secret Realms.
A single super resource point could trigger a full-scale battle among super forces, with combatants willing to bleed and die for it.
The super forces across the Five Regions all controlled super resource points — the most powerful held ten or more, while even the weakest possessed three or four.
Here, of course, "super forces" did not include Heavenly Court or Eternal Life.
In the strictest sense, Heavenly Court and Eternal Life should be classified as ultimate forces!
Now, Fang Yuan's forces could absolutely be classified as an ultimate force as well. The Supreme Immortal Cave contained far more than ten super resource points — it was just that the Merfolk female immortals hadn't been here long enough to come into contact with all of them.
"The Supreme Immortal Cave's foundation has grown once more — that's a good thing. But I worry that anomalous events will only occur more frequently." Lian Kexin felt both joy and concern.
Resource points all carried dense Dao marks, and once moved into the Supreme Immortal Cave, the Dao marks would naturally surge.
Now the Merfolk female immortals understood the root cause of the anomalous events.
Lian Kexin was worried, and Yu Zi was as well. She sighed in a low voice, "The Master has sent several Immortal Gu Masters out, leaving the Supreme Immortal Cave short-handed. Lately, the missions on the ranking board have been constantly increasing, and the speed at which Immortal Gu Masters complete them is far outpaced by the rate new missions are generated. Sigh — if only the Master could bring in more Immortal Gu Masters."
Lian Kexin nodded and analyzed, "I also wish for more companions. But carelessly bringing in Five Regions Immortal Gu Masters wouldn't be appropriate. For one, you'd need to rule out the possibility of insiders and spies. For another, this place values racial equality — if those self-important human Immortal Gu Masters were brought in, I'm afraid it would spoil the atmosphere here. Perhaps the Master shares this concern as well."
The two walked and talked as they went, and at the end of the street stood the Liver Life Hall.
Yu Zi gazed at the Liver Life Hall and suddenly came to a realization. "I heard the previous Liver Life Hall was just a Liver Life Formation. The Master's tireless efforts to upgrade it into an Immortal Gu House were truly a wise decision."
Immortal Formations were closely tied to their surrounding environment, while Immortal Gu Houses were independent entities.
The Supreme Immortal Cave was plagued by frequent anomalous events, and every Immortal Formation was put to the test. But Immortal Gu Houses had no such trouble.
Yu Zi sighed again. "I still have some concerns. Don't you think the Master's philosophy of developing the immortal cave is a bit... a bit aggressive? The current Supreme Immortal Cave is like walking a tightrope — we struggle with all our might just to maintain this fragile balance. Even so, we're still sliding toward the abyss of failure."
Lian Kexin narrowed her eyes. "Perhaps this style is precisely one of the reasons behind the Master's legendary rise. The current Supreme Immortal Cave really is like a glutton who is already suffering from indigestion, yet continues to devour more. We build Dao veins everywhere, but that's only treating the symptoms, not the cause. Until the root problem is solved, anomalous events will persist."
Yu Zi shook her head slightly. "Recently, I've met Lord Wu Shuai and Lord Meng Qiuzhen, one after the other. Both are radiant and breathtakingly beautiful. I refuse to believe such magnificent beings would be unaware of the root cause here. We're just minor figures — how could we presume to fathom the Master's considerations?"
"Indeed. This really isn't something we should be worrying about." Lian Kexin patted Yu Zi on the back of her hand. "Alright, Yu Zi, the Liver Life Hall is right ahead. I won't go in with you. I still have a mission to attend to."
Yu Zi then said goodbye to Lian Kexin.
She hadn't told Lian Kexin about her own condition.
Yu Zi walked familiarly into the Liver Life Hall.
She had been to this miraculous Immortal Gu House many times and was no stranger to it.
She thought this time would go smoothly as well, but she hadn't expected that an accident would occur just like this.
Boom.
The Liver Life Hall trembled, alarming the nearby Immortal Gu Masters.
"Judging by the look of it, someone's liver exploded again?"