Competition for Saintess
More than twenty days pass, and Fang Yuan’s place on the Merit Obelisk rankings has fallen to fifth. Gu Immortals have realized that the Obelisk lists priced options bought with accumulated merits, even an Immortal Gu House. Miao Ming Shen and the rest can afford only the bottom of the list, yet the expensive options make these Gu Immortals very proactive. Competition is getting more intense. ch. 1662
Fang Yuan wants only regret Gu, which is very important to him. Neither regret Gu nor an exchange of the Obelisk itself is among the rewards, so the list is not fully comprehensive, and regret Gu could still be inside this paradise. Wisdom path deduction and chosen missions leave his focus completely on Demon Suppression Regret Crying Sea, where regret Gu is highly likely to be. ch. 1662
He cannot get close to it. On the mission against the unscrupulous merchant, his closest approach, he could move no closer once thirty li from its island. Paradise Earth’s arrangements are too powerful for him to act freely, and Fixed Immortal Travel failed to activate, so it will not let him re-enter once he leaves. Fang Yuan harms none of the other Gu Immortals and even helps them with more detailed information, because slaughtering them when everyone goes out will give him much greater benefits. ch. 1662
Miao Ming Shen and the rest compete more intensely, scheming and giving out false information more and more often. Chu Ying, Fang Yuan’s seemingly honest and truthful guise, becomes very prominent, and they grow friendlier towards him. Three days later a new mission appears: go to the merman Sacred City, attend the Sea God Ceremony and defend the city from sea beast assault. Fang Yuan selects it at once, very excited. The ceremony elects a new saintess, who holds an incredibly high status among the mermen. Her main mission is to enter Demon Suppression Regret Crying Sea and soothe the demon’s killing intent with singing, so Fang Yuan means to meet her in advance. ch. 1662
At her inn window, Xia Lin finds a pearl on the frame, which at this ceremony means a proposal. Dozens of men below toss pearls and shout Su Yi’s name. A poor young merman asks Xia Lin to send back his pearl, which fell short of Su Yi, and she does. His second throw reaches Su Yi’s window, but she frowns and closes it, and the pearl falls with over a dozen others. ch. 1662
Su Yi has extremely rare white scales, extremely idolized among the mermen, and is the doted daughter of a strong tribe leader. Her nannies say she is a saintess contestant who will accept no pearl, since a saintess must stay a virgin all her life. Xia Lin thanks her for the place to rest, as every inn is fully booked. Moved, Xia Lin says she will definitely support Su Yi’s bid to become saintess. She is only rank two, but she holds gather oil Gu, a top tier rank five Gu with no offensive might. Su Yi has already found out the details of the saintess test, and the Gu would be very helpful in one round. ch. 1662
