Immortal Opportunity Business
Fang Yuan’s ears prick up at what he overhears, and he drops from the tree to hang just above the two Gu Immortals, ordinary curiosity for the kind of monkey he has become. Their investigative methods find him. But his disguise, the rank eight immortal killer move familiar face, is beyond what those methods can see through, so the two keep talking, unsuspicious. ch. 1213
One Gu Immortal, the lone cultivator Jiao Lei Zi, tells the other he wants to test the dream realm’s rumored opportunity, since Lady White Rabbit’s offer interested him. Even as a lone cultivator, he means to keep the promise of an information path agreement he made. The other, a Luo clan Gu Immortal his companion calls Brother Luo, answers that it is precisely Jiao Lei Zi’s reputation that won him this meeting. He tells him to claim Luo clan membership at the gate and say he is bringing an Immortal Gu to Brother Luo’s own brother inside. Southern Border’s righteous path has thirteen super forces, Luo clan among them. ch. 1213
Fang Yuan finds his luck astonishing, since the two chose this very peak to strike their deal, and he scoffs at Jiao Lei Zi’s hope of any opportunity without dream path methods. He wonders whether he might use this same route himself, but leaves without deciding. As a monkey he travels for half a day before shedding the transformation, wary that a killer move used too close to the formation might draw attention. ch. 1213
He reasons the righteous path could not have built this formation without demonic path and lone immortals already probing it, and he is right. The battle of Yi Tian Mountain destroyed everything. Every Gu Immortal involved died, and a gigantic dream realm manifested in its place. Shadow Sect, Heavenly Court and Fang Yuan, the true parties, all keep quiet, leaving Southern Border’s Gu Immortals in the dark, while the righteous path has since encircled the realm with this super Gu formation. The righteous path often finds their traces and turns a blind eye, so long as nobody charges in. ch. 1213
Fang Yuan waits days for Jiao Lei Zi to leave the formation, then follows him closely as the two fly on. Jiao Lei Zi’s speed suddenly slows, and he stops to notice Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan had revealed his traces on purpose and used attitude Gu to show goodwill. Guarded but not hostile, Jiao Lei Zi softens at Fang Yuan’s apology and, unsuspicious since word of the business has spread, agrees to bring this curious wanderer to Lady White Rabbit, since he himself is not the key middleman. ch. 1213
Within a day, Fang Yuan meets Lady White Rabbit. She is a Gu Immortal who looks like a woman in her twenties, with a round face and ruby red eyes. She runs her business openly from a mortal Gu House on a mountain peak, host to demonic path and lone immortals coming and going. She tells him the bigger the price he pays, the faster he enters, and points to a wall of name boards where five Gu Immortals already queue ahead of him. Invoking the Prophecy of Three Venerables and an opportunity tied to Great Dream Immortal Venerable, she argues that even one small gain could change his fortunes, and Jiao Lei Zi backs her, calling it a rare chance to have no regrets. ch. 1213
Fang Yuan feigns hesitation. Lady White Rabbit warns that the righteous path is not very strict yet but soon will be, so the chance will not last. A female Gu Immortal arrives to try the dream realm again from a different spot, and Lady White Rabbit greets her as Sister Miao Yin. Jiao Lei Zi urges him not to drag the decision out, since the queue only grows the longer he thinks, and Fang Yuan thanks him and leaves, saying he will consider it. ch. 1213
Once he is gone, Lady White Rabbit teases Jiao Lei Zi for acting poor when he is affluent, then judges Fang Yuan a poor, secluded wanderer instead, since anyone with some funds would have stayed and spent. Jiao Lei Zi laughs off the recommendation fee he had hoped to earn, and admits the price is really expensive, a genuine loss even to him. He decides to pay resources himself and try the dream realm again. ch. 1213
