The Earth Spirit Fox Immortal raised her neck slightly. "Currently, there are over 860,000 First Transformation Gu Insects, spanning fifty-two varieties. Over 130,000 Second Transformation Gu Insects, forty-eight varieties. Five thousand Third Transformation Gu Insects, twelve varieties. Over sixty Fourth Transformation Gu Insects, eight varieties. And one Fifth Transformation Gu Insect — the Fox Skin Gu."
When the Fox Immortal died all those years ago, her obsessions lingered. Combined with the tremendous power of this land, they gave rise to a unique existence like the Earth Spirit. In a sense, it could be considered a continuation of life.
Thus, the Earth Spirit was the representative of this blessed land, knowing everything within it with perfect clarity.
Now that Fang Yuan had become the master of the blessed land, everything within it belonged to him.
Over 860,000 First Transformation Gu Insects plus 130,000 Second Transformation ones — together, that was nearly a million Gu Insects!
Fang Yuan couldn't help but think back to his days at Qing Mao Mountain, when he had schemed and fought over just two or three First and Second Transformation Gu Insects.
A blessed land — only a Gu Immortal could create one. It was the foundation of immortals. Just this Fox Immortal's blessed land alone could support an entire super-family. Five or six mid-to-small families the size of the Guye Stockade could be placed here without any issue!
As for the Gu Insects within the blessed land, once they reached Third Transformation, their numbers dropped sharply. Fewer than a hundred Fourth Transformation Gu Insects, and only a single Fifth Transformation Gu Insect — the Fox Skin Gu.
This was only natural.
Just like with Gu Masters.
First and Second Transformation Gu Masters were extremely common, Third Transformation Gu Masters were already rare, Fourth Transformation ones even fewer, and Fifth Transformation Gu Masters — only one or two would emerge from every million people.
It was a pyramid-shaped distribution. The higher you went, the fewer there were. Those truly at the apex were only an extremely small handful.
"This blessed land is still young. With proper management in the future, the number of Gu Insects will continue to grow. Tens of millions of First and Second Transformation Gu Insects won't be difficult at all. But whether they're raised well or not ultimately depends on the variety and number of Fourth and Fifth Transformation Gu Insects." Fang Yuan calculated.
Ordinary people who raised Gu Insects typically had only five or six at most. Gu Immortals raised them in the millions, even tens of millions, roaming free. The gap between the two was like that between clouds and mud.
The Gu Insects currently raised in the Fox Immortal's blessed land were only barely passable.
First, the numbers were low — only about a million. Second, the variety was mediocre. After listening to the Earth Spirit's introduction, Fang Yuan found they were all common stock. If they had been things like Wine Worms or Breath Concealment Gu Insects, that would have been far more valuable.
Even that Fifth Transformation Fox Skin Gu was an extremely ordinary defensive Gu Insect. It was fairly effective against Wind and Water Path Gu Insects, but struggled against more complex combat situations — rather a chicken rib. Fang Yuan didn't even have the interest to look at it.
What truly set his heart racing were the temporal resources.
In the Fox Immortal's blessed land, the flow of time was five times faster than the outside world. In other words, one day outside meant five days here.
This meant that Fang Yuan's cultivation speed within the blessed land was five times that of the outside world!
Three months outside. In the blessed land, that was one year and three months.
With this advantage, Fang Yuan could cultivate rapidly, surpassing more Gu Masters and seizing more opportunities.
Of course, this approach had a significant drawback. Fang Yuan's lifespan was only about a hundred years, and this would accelerate his aging fivefold as well.
The Earth Spirit continued her introduction. "Currently, over a thousand fox packs live in the blessed land. There are red foxes, golden foxes, cloud foxes, wind foxes, autumn water foxes, flowing light foxes, and more. The three largest packs each contain around 800,000 foxes. The total fox population is approximately 4.7 million."
Fang Yuan listened quietly, nodding slightly.
Three ten-thousand-packs meant three Ten-Thousand Beast Kings. In the Fox Immortal's blessed land, the beast populations hadn't yet developed to the point where a Beast Emperor could emerge.
The beast hierarchy was simple. From bottom to top, there were Hundred Beast Kings, Thousand Beast Kings, Ten-Thousand Beast Kings, and Beast Emperors.
For example, Ba Huang and Ying Ming in the Three Kings Blessed Land were two Beast Emperors, their combat power comparable to Fifth Transformation Gu Masters, capable of temporarily halting the advance of Mo Wu Tian and Xiao Mang.
"The fox population is substantial, but unfortunately they're all ordinary foxes — no exotic beasts." Fang Yuan silently assessed.
The value of ordinary wild beasts naturally couldn't compare to exotic beasts. It was like comparing mountain boars to Thunder Boars, green oxen to Kunlun Oxen, or wild dogs to Lion Mastiffs.
And above exotic beasts, there were desolate beasts. Among desolate beasts, there were ancient desolate beasts and primordial desolate beasts.
Song Zi Xing's Fury Blood Dragon Bat was an ancient desolate beast, one of the nine true inheritances left behind by Blood Sea Ancestor. Primordial desolate beasts were recorded in the Human Ancestor's Biography, such as the Nine-Tailed Fox.
"Raising a Nine-Tailed Fox in the Fox Immortal's blessed land would be an absolute impossibility. Even an ancient desolate beast would be out of reach. But ordinary desolate beasts — Hurricane Foxes, Phoenix Wing Foxes and such — managing to raise one or two would be tremendous good fortune." Fang Yuan contemplated.
Having seized the Fox Immortal's blessed land, his grand plan of rebirth had reached an entirely new platform, and naturally required adjustments and revisions.
By this time, the Jia Family's internal strife was already raging at full intensity — too late to get involved. The great battle at Yi Tian Mountain was likely beyond his reach as well. Fang Yuan planned to make full use of this Fox Immortal's blessed land and cultivate to the realm of a Gu Immortal. This meant he not only had to withstand the succession of earthly calamities but also needed to actively manage the land.
For now, the Gu Insect population was barely passable. The foxes, though ordinary, had the potential for pastoral development.
"Actually, there used to be far more fox packs in the blessed land — at least three times what we have now. But during the second earthly calamity, a meteor fire rain descended and devastated the eastern region. That time, hundreds of thousands of foxes were burned to death, and the black flames still haven't gone out to this day. The fourth earthly calamity was a great flood that swept across the blessed land, submerging most of the northern grasslands and killing an enormous number of foxes. Only this many remain now." The Earth Spirit's plump little mouth curled downward, and as she spoke of the earthly calamities, a look of fear and panic flickered in her eyes.
At the same time, she waved her small hand, and the misty images in midair churned, displaying the scenes of the blessed land's eastern and northern regions.