Chapter 741

The discussion hall’s door answers only to an immortal zombie who ascended to Gu Immortal inside Northern Plains, built that way by Zombie Alliance’s founder. Fang Yuan was not born there, but having ascended in Northern Plains himself, the door does not resist him. Huang Quan Weng vouches for him, and the hall’s wariness toward him eases. Yin Liu Gong seats the two arrivals and rules that Gu Ye earns three hundred contribution points for recommending a new member. Fang Yuan turns a pointed look on Gu Ye, who feels ashamed under the stare. ^{ch. 741}

Seats run in three rows by rank, the lowest for rank six most crowded, the middle for a few rank seven, the empty top reserved for rank eight. Gu Ye’s own seat already holds a will resembling him, which he calls back before waving Fang Yuan down beside it. More than twenty immortal zombies take part, though most send a will rather than attend in person. Gu Ye asks whether Fang Yuan owns wisdom path Gu worms and offers one if not. Unwilling to seem a total newcomer, Fang Yuan claims he already has one. ^{ch. 741}

Yin Liu Gong opens the meeting with an image of a volcano shaking and spewing lava: the flame furnace has erupted and must be suppressed, for a thousand contribution points. Gu Ye explains it is prized for fire path Gu refinement, but Zombie Alliance has lacked a refinement path grandmaster for centuries, so the furnace sits neglected and erupts more often. Safe suppression needs a fire path immortal zombie who can also preserve the Gu formation already set there, since forcing it would destroy the formation for nothing. Few qualify. Yin Liu Gong names Craftsman Huo De, whose will in the hall admits his cultivation is too low and the reward too small, though he will not refuse if the hall agrees. Yin Liu Gong raises the offer to twelve hundred, and Huo De accepts. ^{ch. 741}

The second mission concerns a yaksha octopus wrecking black oil extraction in Earth Trench, which has already injured Doctor Yin Xuan and Landlord Lei Yu. Chasing it off is worth a thousand contribution points, killing it two thousand. Fang Yuan’s heart jumps, since the treasure he wants sits deep in Earth Trench guarded by yaksha octopuses, the very reason he joined Zombie Alliance. No one volunteers, since an ancient desolate beast fights at rank seven strength and immortal zombies weigh the risk carefully. Dragon Commander Ye Cha, whose business the mission suits, refuses because he means to attend the coming auction, though he adds six hundred contribution points to the bounty. Three groups compete for the improved reward, and a lone rank seven immortal zombie wins the mission after negotiation. ^{ch. 741}

The final matter is the Red Fiend Divine Boat, a famous Immortal Gu House that Fang Yuan remembers as a huge flying boat charging freely across the battlefield in the five regions chaotic war. A Northern Plains lone cultivator once obtained its entire recipe but, unable to refine it, tried selling it everywhere, and the alliance leader paid a huge price for about half. Fang Yuan judges the leader ambitious. An Immortal Gu House is the mark of a super force, so the leader’s pursuit of one reads as an intent to raise this branch to that level. Yin Liu Gong reports that the seller broke the deal and now means to sell the boat’s recipe and its core Immortal Gu recipe at the auction instead, and the hall erupts, calling for his death. Most still want to fight despite being weaker than a super force, but Fang Yuan doubts their odds, since a different force ended up controlling the boat in his previous life. ^{ch. 741}