Chapter 825

Hu Immortal blessed land’s seventh earthly calamity ends. Nothing about it was truly dangerous, but it struck at Fang Yuan’s weakness. ^{ch. 825}

Hei Lou Lan stays on at Hu Immortal blessed land, since it is the safest place for her. She uses strength qi Immortal Gu to help the hairy man slaves refine airsac Gu. Before the tribulation, all three stone nests refined airsac Gu. Supply now outpaces guts Gu production. ^{ch. 825}

Fang Yuan keeps only one stone nest on airsac Gu, switching the other two to mortal star thought Gu. This angers Hei Lou Lan. Their earlier deal had promised her a share of guts Gu profits once the tribulation passed. She badly needs money, since Fairy Li Shan’s dwindling wealth can no longer support her, but she has no power to change his plan. ^{ch. 825}

She asks him to put at least two stone nests back on airsac Gu. He pleads poverty: he has lost about thirty percent of his hairy men, so replenishing them would cost more. Hei Lou Lan nearly calls him out as lying. She knows he moved his valuables into Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s aperture before the tribulation, and seized enormous wealth in Jade Pool blessed land. ^{ch. 825}

Still pleading poverty, Fang Yuan repeats his earlier proposal. The proposal is to pool all four’s funds and raise hairy men. She now sees why Fairy Li Shan rejected this same plan: only Fang Yuan has the stone nests and the need for hairy man slaves, and their Snowy Mountain Alliance will not last forever. ^{ch. 825}

Hei Lou Lan says nothing more, turns and leaves. Flying away, her heart turns cold: this is a scheme aimed at her. He holds a huge stockpile of airsac Gu, letting him keep selling guts Gu, while she alone gets no share under their deal. She resolves not to trouble her aunt, since Fairy Li Shan has already helped her enough. ^{ch. 825}

Returning to the stone nests, Hei Lou Lan suddenly comes to herself. She admits that Fang Yuan, an immortal zombie, has pulled ahead of her despite her Great Strength True Martial physique. She had rated her own scheming and battle strength highly, but his mind runs deeper and his myriad self can already fight at rank seven. Her greatest weakness is that she has no economic support. Management is as much a Gu Immortal’s foundation as fighting. ^{ch. 825}

She slaps herself and resolves to wake up. Raised as her tribe’s successor and never short of resources, she never learned to manage them. She thanks Fang Yuan for teaching her this, and decides that becoming truly independent is her first step. She stops approaching Fang Yuan and searches for businesses her own aperture can profitably develop. ^{ch. 825}

Fang Yuan stays extremely busy. He returns Dang Hun mountain from Tai Bai Yun Sheng’s aperture, then begins building homes for the dragonfish and air bubble fish. Even with the blood drained and soil removed, what remains runs light red and bleeds when squeezed. ^{ch. 825}

Fang Yuan decides to reorganize the whole blessed land. He digs around the lakes and ponds, sets up Gu formations, and fills the ground with fertile soil. For the dragonfish lake he uses dragon scale soil, raising the fish’s urge to breed. For the air bubble fish lake he uses jade root soil, greatly boosting the fish’s lifespan and vitality. ^{ch. 825}

These two lakes, named for their soils, lie in the eastern part of Hu Immortal blessed land and are its largest and second-largest. Dragon scale lake is the larger of the two. It is home to a desolate beast dragonfish. Above jade root lake, a cloud plain carries star fragment grass, and starlight fireflies feeding on it dance across the sky in a scatter of starlight. ^{ch. 825}