Upon learning that Tai Bai Yun Sheng had returned to the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Fairy Li Shan departed as quickly as possible and rushed over.
Now that the Snowy Mountain Patriarch was constantly overseeing the Great Snowy Mountain, Tai Bai Yun Sheng, as an outsider with a very sensitive identity, could no longer conveniently go there.
Therefore, the best place was still the Fox Immortal Blessed Land.
Since Tai Bai Yun Sheng had experience treating the Shake Soul Mountain, the entire process was uneventful and passed smoothly.
Only then did Fairy Li Shan, pale-faced, breathe a sigh of relief. Having overcome this calamity, the boulder that had been hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground.
However, her injuries were still not light and needed time to recover slowly.
"Fairy, please wait." Just as Fairy Li Shan was about to return to the Great Snowy Mountain Blessed Land, Fang Yuan stopped her.
"There is a big business opportunity. I wonder if the Fairy is interested?" Fang Yuan then brought up his plan.
He did not have the financial resources to refine Immortal Gu.
But that didn't mean that the combined financial resources of Tai Bai Yun Sheng, Fang Yuan, Hei Lou Lan, and Fairy Li Shan were insufficient.
"Now that the whereabouts of Fairy Jiang Yu are unknown, it is extremely difficult to seize the Secret Crossing Immortal Gu. Moreover, we don't have the methods of the Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable. I obtained an Immortal Killer Move from Dongfang Changfan, called Star Mist Shroud. It can confuse the heavenly secrets and is extremely suitable for us."
Fang Yuan's words immediately moved Fairy Li Shan, as well as Hei Lou Lan who was standing nearby.
However, upon hearing that the Star Mist Shroud killer move required two Immortal Gu as its core to be activated, Fairy Li Shan shook her head with a wry smile. "Refining a single Immortal Gu is already beyond our limits. Two Immortal Gu is absolutely impossible."
Restoring Fangcun Mountain this time had saved Fairy Li Shan a huge expense. However, she was injured and needed to hire other Gu Immortals to treat her. There was also the heavy task imposed on her by the Snowy Mountain Patriarch. She had also been sponsoring Hei Lou Lan's cultivation. Her deep financial resources had already run dry.
She had fallen into the same financial straits as Fang Yuan.
In desperation, Fang Yuan switched to another financing plan.
He proposed pooling the financial resources of the four of them to purchase experiences on raising Maomen, and buy a large number of Maomen slaves. This would expand the scale of the Stone Nest, increase the production of the Air Sac Gu, and thus expand the trade of the Valor Gu. Afterwards, the four of them would split the profits.
The financial resources required for this plan were naturally far less than refining an Immortal Gu.
But it was also rejected by Fairy Li Shan. "Fang Yuan, have you considered the reaction of the Immortal Crane Sect? Your monopoly on the Valor Gu trade could be described as booming, and it has already attracted much covetousness. If you expand the scale of the trade, the Immortal Crane Sect will inevitably become even more envious. If they break the balance in their hearts and act again to reclaim your Fox Immortal Blessed Land, what will you do then? We already have enough trouble. Let's leave well enough alone."
Fang Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "The Fairy is right. Let's drop the matter."
Fairy Li Shan returned to the Great Snowy Mountain Blessed Land. Hei Lou Lan remained in the Stone Nest to refine Air Sac Gu for Fang Yuan.
Neither of Fang Yuan's proposals succeeded. Unwilling to accept this, he returned to the Shake Soul Palace and contacted the Lang Ya Land Spirit.
The Maomen in the Lang Ya Blessed Land were of the highest quality Fang Yuan had ever seen. Even in a high-end market like the Yellow Treasure Heaven, there were no Maomen as excellent as those in the Lang Ya Blessed Land.
From this, it was easy to infer that the Lang Ya Land Spirit must possess the best experiences in raising Maomen.
Fang Yuan didn't have any Immortal Essence Stones, but he possessed the Wisdom Dao inheritance, many Immortal Gu recipes, and a large amount of Immortal Materials, which were exactly what the Lang Ya Land Spirit craved.
Could he use these things to trade with the Lang Ya Land Spirit?
Fang Yuan left full of hope, but was thoroughly beaten back. The Lang Ya Land Spirit's attitude was firm, like an iron wall, leaving no room for negotiation at all.
"Thinking of scheming for the Maomen? Don't even think about it! If you want to trade with me, there is only one way: complete the tasks!" The Lang Ya Land Spirit brought up the old issue again, still wanting the petals of that Rank Six poisonous flower.
This time, Fang Yuan was somewhat tempted. After thinking it over, he asked, "If I obtain these Gu Refining Immortal Materials for you, will you then sell me Maomen slaves, or a portion of your experience and knowledge in raising them?"
The Lang Ya Land Spirit waved his sleeve and refused outright. "Impossible. Everything concerning the Maomen is not for sale. You might as well abandon this wicked idea right now! However, if you can harvest the Immortal Materials I designated for you, I can give you the recipe for the Full Strength Gu. In fact, I not only have the recipes for the mortal Full Strength Gu from Rank One to Five, but also the recipe for the Rank Six Immortal Full Strength Gu! Isn't that exactly what you want?"
The bait thrown out by the Lang Ya Land Spirit indeed made Fang Yuan's heart waver, but it also secretly angered him.
The Lang Ya Land Spirit was using Fang Yuan as a pawn, but was obtaining the immortal material petals really such an easy task?
The risk involved was far too great. Fang Yuan would have to risk his life.
As the saying goes, a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. How many times had Fang Yuan taken advantage of the Lang Ya Land Spirit?
But that time at the Northern Plains Auction, the Land Spirit had suffered far too great a loss. The pain had made the Land Spirit wake up and become vigilant.
So, the reason the Lang Ya Land Spirit had become so difficult to deal with was Fang Yuan's own doing.
One must pay to gain. Conversely, every gain comes at a price.
Fang Yuan had obtained so many Immortal Materials without lifting a finger, and the price was that his relationship with the Lang Ya Land Spirit had fallen to a freezing point.
To make matters worse, Land Spirits were beings formed from obsession combined with the power of heaven and earth, making them extremely stubborn. Although they could not lie, once they made up their minds, they never easily changed them.
Therefore, for the time being, Fang Yuan could not think of a way. The Lang Ya Blessed Land could no longer help him in any way, let alone financing from the Lang Ya Land Spirit.
With his plans foiled, Fang Yuan could only heave a long sigh and focus his energy mainly on the matter of his Blessed Land's tribulation.
Two days later.
"Myriad Self Great Hand Seal, rise!"