Chapter 1450

Fang Yuan receives Chu Du’s reply: a loan of one hundred and fifty thousand immortal essence stones, slightly more than expected, with no fixed time to repay. Chu Du sends the reply in a personally written letter, deliberately handing Fang Yuan proof of his collaboration with the demonic path as a hold on himself, a sincerity that is truly high despite his now-righteous path standing. Fang Yuan reads this as confirmation Chu Du still wants to collaborate. A rank six Gu Immortal typically holds at most a thousand immortal essence stones and a rank seven several thousand, while rank eights hold tens of thousands at minimum and senior rank eights as much as a million. Chu Du’s loan draws on a Chu tribe reserve Fang Yuan estimates at six hundred thousand, an unusually generous share. ^{ch. 1450}

His storage jumps to one hundred and fifty thousand, but he keeps seeking loans. He has also written to the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics and to Miao Ming Shen, partly to gauge their attitudes after his Liu Guan Yi identity was exposed. The Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics lend two hundred thousand, unconcerned with his identity since they care only for Limitless’ true inheritance and grow warmer toward him the stronger he becomes. Miao Ming Shen lends one hundred thousand, citing tight funds but offering to borrow more from friends if needed, out of goodwill from Fang Yuan’s earlier sale of lifespan Gu to him as Chu Ying. With all three loans, his total reaches four hundred and fifty thousand immortal essence stones, an enormous sum he has never possessed before. ^{ch. 1450}

Fang Yuan keeps borrowing, trading with Lang Ya land spirit and spending sect contribution points until the land spirit refuses him, with Lang Ya Sect’s own reserve down to no more than three hundred thousand. He then asks Bai Ning Bing, the richest of Shadow Sect’s Gu Immortals through her inherited Bai Xiang grotto-heaven. Lady White Rabbit and Fairy Miao Yin hear of it and lend smaller sums on their own initiative. Lady White Rabbit sets the laxest terms, even saying repayment would not matter. Fairy Miao Yin and Chu Du set no time limit, while the Three Crazed Demon Eccentrics and Lang Ya land spirit lend at market rate. Bai Ning Bing sets the harshest terms of all, raising interest and shortening the deadline the more he borrows, yet Fang Yuan still takes the greater part of her reserve. ^{ch. 1450}

After borrowing from here and there, Fang Yuan’s immortal essence stones reach an astonishing total of over one million seven hundred and thirty thousand. This sum surpasses what Chu tribe, Lang Ya Sect or most super forces could produce, rivaling the reserves of long established rank eight Gu Immortals. This is purely a comparison of quantity: healthy assets balance income against expenditure, and the sum is not his but borrowed, leaving Fang Yuan deep in debt in an instant. Even so, he remains fully confident he can earn even more with them. ^{ch. 1450}