Chapter 779

Fang Yuan puts away self strength Gu. He tells Hei Lou Lan that from now on, borrowing eat strength Gu for cultivation only costs her a sum of immortal materials. She nods, understanding at once that he wants to deepen their cooperation, not sever it. ^{ch. 779}

Taking self strength Gu tore a huge wound in their alliance, but lending eat strength Gu instead gives Hei Lou Lan a way out. She eats, sighs, and looks at him without anger. ^{ch. 779}

She heads for a stone nest, taking the initiative to refine airsac Gu. Fairy Li Shan is now busy helping Old Ancestor Xue Hu refine fortune rivalling heaven Gu, keeping every demonic Gu Immortal on Snowy Mountain occupied. Fang Yuan and Hei Lou Lan both want to keep selling guts Gu, and the earlier profit split he gave her and Fairy Li Shan restrains her despite her fury. ^{ch. 779}

That day, she summons strength qi and restarts refining airsac Gu. Before leaving, she offers to fund a third stone nest and its hairy men for a higher profit share, and Fang Yuan agrees at once. Days later, the nest is built. ^{ch. 779}

Fang Yuan now has several Gu to mass refine. That is more than three stone nests can handle. He orders the first and third nests to airsac Gu, the second to malicious thought Gu. He favors airsac Gu because the market for guts Gu has grown: cutting supply earlier, to heal himself, caused a shortage that sent prices soaring, and he raises them further. ^{ch. 779}

The trade once earned forty-eight immortal essence stones a month; after the price rise and paying shares, he now earns ninety-two, almost double. A monopoly truly pays, he reflects, though bigger profits will eventually stir Immortal Crane Sect’s restlessness toward reclaiming Hu Immortal blessed land. Deterring it has only one method: keep raising his own strength. ^{ch. 779}

Driven by that urgency, Fang Yuan integrates self strength Immortal Gu into myriad self within days. Testing shows an almost perfect result. He cannot use Cleanse Soul, but Self Strength brings his battle strength back to first rate within rank six, making him think it may be time to explore the Thieving Heaven inheritance. ^{ch. 779}

Myriad self is back to an immortal killer move’s strength. True solid bat wings with iron crown eagle strength Gu now rivals a movement killer move. Deducing vaguely familiar face needs a huge amount of malicious thought Gu. Only one stone nest refines malicious thought Gu, so the stock will take long to accumulate. ^{ch. 779}

Tai Bai Yun Sheng makes some progress on the immortal zombie problem in Eastern Sea, but Shark Demon’s method is too costly and slow. In Northern Plains, Feng Jiu Ge forced Zombie Alliance for information. That leaves his Sha Huang identity unusable there now. Adding Luo Po Valley to Dang Hun mountain would grow his soul foundation and raise his battle strength instead. ^{ch. 779}

At the same time in Luo Po Valley, a negotiation reaches its crucial moment. Qin Bai Sheng asks Hui Feng Zi to join his attack on Lang Ya blessed land. Hui Feng Zi refuses. The rank seven wind path Gu Immortal says his famous Wind Escape cannot cross blessed lands or grotto-heavens. ^{ch. 779}

Unsurprised, Qin Bai Sheng says he will be forced to make him come. Hui Feng Zi challenges him to spar instead and strikes with the immortal killer move Death Wind Flying Blade. It hits Qin Bai Sheng without effect, and he stands unharmed behind an unknown defense. ^{ch. 779}

His battle intent broken, Hui Feng Zi flees using Wind Escape, but an unknown Gu formation over Luo Po Valley traps him. Wind Escape once carried him clear of the pursuing rank eight Gu Immortal Yao Huang. He spits blood, forced from his wind state as though ramming an iron wall. ^{ch. 779}

Qin Bai Sheng asks whether he will join the attack. Hui Feng Zi thinks only a few breaths before landing: Qin Bai Sheng was superior after all, and he will join. With no way to escape, and Qin Bai Sheng’s terms not too harsh, he joins helplessly, only slightly unhappy. ^{ch. 779}