Before him, endless white clouds churned and billowed. Amidst the sea of clouds, twelve cloud pavilions stood motionless. Several great rivers, like swimming dragons, ran over the cloud soil.
Under Tai Bai Yun Sheng's healing, Langya Blessed Land had already restored its former splendor.
Fang Yuan was led into a cloud pavilion, where he met the Langya land spirit.
The Langya land spirit's body was still covered with layers of Qi path seals. Originally there were eighteen layers, but with the help of Inkman King, three had been removed, leaving fifteen.
Inkman King stood beside the Langya land spirit. Seeing Fang Yuan, he didn't dare act arrogantly and greeted first: "Lord Fang Yuan, how have you been?"
Fang Yuan grinned at him, his protruding fangs making his smile look ferocious.
He turned to the Langya land spirit and tossed him a Rank Four Window Gu: "Take a look."
Window Gu hovered quietly before the Langya land spirit.
The Langya land spirit couldn't stretch out his hands, but Fang Yuan lent him the Window Gu, allowing him to probe it with his mind.
After examining it, he nodded repeatedly with satisfaction and praised: "Not bad, very good! You've completely perfected these three Immortal Gu recipes! Impressive, this line of thinking is simply brilliant!!"
"Land spirit, I came all the way here in person, not to listen to your nonsense," Fang Yuan interrupted bluntly, hinting at something.
The Langya land spirit wasn’t stupid. With a thought, he summoned thirty Immortal Essence Stones: "This is your reward!"
Fang Yuan immediately accepted the Immortal Essence Stones and put them into his own immortal aperture.
This time, he earned less than last time. That was because this time, deducing the Immortal Gu recipes had consumed six whole Green Grape Immortal Essences. If not for the Star Gate already being built, saving him the two Green Grape Immortal Essences he would have spent on Fixed Immortal Travel, his cost would have been as high as eight Green Grape Immortal Essences.
Although these Immortal Gu recipes were also more than ninety percent incomplete, each secret Immortal Gu recipe needed specific analysis. Some Immortal Gu secrets were very hard to deduce—one obstacle after another, and thinking consumed more willpower.
But even so, the profit was still extremely generous.
Inkman King watched the exchange with envy, then smiled: "Lord Fang Yuan, does every transaction have to be paid with Immortal Essence Stones? Langya Blessed Land has many good things that can't be bought even in Treasure Yellow Heaven. We could barter. To be honest, my Inkman City also has some goods in storage. Perhaps you might be interested. Not long ago, your senior brother, Lord Tai Bai Yun Sheng, bought a killing move from me."
Seeing that Fang Yuan had sufficient funds, Inkman King also wanted to do business with him.
Fang Yuan smiled at this: "Inkman King's suggestion is good. I happen to be missing three Small Marsh Gu and six Pine Island Gu. Do you happen to have any?"
This question stumped Inkman King. Embarrassment appeared on his face: "Regretfully, I've heard the names Small Marsh and Pine Island for the first time."
"These are ancient Gu," the Langya land spirit explained at the right time. "Small Marsh Gu can change the terrain, forming a small marshland. Pine Island Gu does the same—it can coalesce a floating island on the sea surface, with a towering tree in the center whose roots coil and bind the land together."
Finally, he looked at Fang Yuan curiously: "These Gu have already been eliminated. Nowadays, Immortal Gu Masters have cheaper ways to change the terrain of their blessed lands. What do you need these Gu for?"
"You don't need to ask my purpose. From the sound of it, Langya Blessed Land should have these Gu, right?" Fang Yuan smiled mysteriously.
"Of course!" The Langya land spirit lifted his head slightly and said proudly: "Every time I get a Gu recipe, I refine some Gu for my collection. I have over a hundred Small Marsh Gu and Pine Island Gu in stock. I can sell them to you. But the materials to refine them are now extinct. You need to pay one Immortal Essence Stone."
Rarity makes value. These Small Marsh Gu and Pine Island Gu weren't even sold in Treasure Yellow Heaven.
Without any hesitation, Fang Yuan immediately tossed the Langya land spirit one Immortal Essence Stone and obtained three Small Marsh Gu and six Pine Island Gu.
Then, he asked with interest: "Strange, you've collected so many Gu, how do you solve the problem of feeding them?"
Fang Yuan had also been worrying about feeding his Gu these days, especially his Immortal Gu.
The Langya land spirit gave his answer: "Feeding ordinary Gu is simple—you can create a special environment to put them into hibernation. Immortal Gu can't be treated like that; even in hibernation, they need to be fed. But the resources needed for feeding are at least half less than normal."
This answer was somewhat disappointing to Fang Yuan.
"Can you explain in detail?" he said.
"Presumably you've also been to the True Inheritance Secret Realm in Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, right? The True Inheritance Secret Realm is a special environment that puts Gu into hibernation. Ordinary Gu don't need to be fed, and the feeding cost for Immortal Gu is greatly reduced."
Fang Yuan frowned: "But even so, there are many Immortal Gu in the True Inheritance Secret Realm. I don't believe that Eighty-Eight True Yang Building can gather exactly enough food to feed these Gu every ten years."