Year Gu Price War
Zhao Lian Yun inspects her now developed blessed land, where a bright eye flower field feeds remembrance Immortal Gu and a small grassland grows clear chance grass, patrolled by labor swallows she brought in to control pests. She finds most of her immortal essence stones already spent, since nurturing both resources meant building two complete ecological systems, not just seeds but soil, water and climate. By her estimate, bright eye flowers will meet remembrance Immortal Gu’s food need only after a year of aperture time. Sales of both resources might bring a few hundred immortal essence stones after two years, letting her repay Li Jun Ying’s loan after three. This assumes ideal conditions and does not count her other cultivation costs. Even so, she counts herself fortunate: she nurtures only plants, far easier than raising beast groups or variant humans. She holds a high grade blessed land, and divine concealment exempts her from calamities and tribulations. ch. 1451
She resolves to buy more labor swallows, since the batch she brought in cannot cover the whole grassland, and turns to treasure yellow heaven to arrange it. There she notices someone selling guts Gu, a Gu produced solely by Fang Yuan but resold through the black market since supply cannot meet demand. Watching the trade sharpens her awareness of Fang Yuan’s strength, and she expects her own future crops to face competition and lower prices than his. At her current rate of accumulation she cannot catch up with Fang Yuan, only fall further behind. This leaves her feeling depressed. ch. 1451
A sudden uproar draws Gu Immortal wills together elsewhere in treasure yellow heaven. Zhao Lian Yun follows, expecting a rare large transaction. She finds a heavyset Gu Immortal will surrounded by an enormous quantity of year Gu, over one hundred thousand by her estimate, offered at a fair price that immediately sets the gathered wills discussing. Gossip among the gathered wills tells her the seller is likely a newcomer to treasure yellow heaven, selling earlier than the market’s established sellers usually do, with bloodshed certain if he means to squeeze into the market long term. Zhao Lian Yun resolves to watch and learn, since she too will one day need to break into the market with resources that are not unique. ch. 1451
The transaction draws a crowd of buyers, and profits accumulate fast enough to leave onlookers envious. By her rough estimate the seller has already profited at least fifty thousand immortal essence stones. He keeps selling, and his stock of year Gu does not shrink but grows. The gathered Gu Immortals name the market’s three usual sellers, Xie Bao Shu, Rong Xin and Wang Ming Yue, and predict trouble if the situation is not handled well. A price war over year Gu is about to start. ch. 1451
