Yellow Treasure Heaven was the primary marketplace for Immortal Gu Masters across the five regions, an extremely famous platform for exchanging resources, information, and even inheritances. Over time, Yellow Treasure Heaven had become a crucial pillar in the cultivation of Immortal Gu Masters. It was used as a communication hub between Immortal Gu Masters of different regions, whether to exchange resources or sell surplus goods for profit.
Everything one could imagine was sold in Yellow Treasure Heaven: human slaves, variant human slaves, beast groups, famous wines, oily waters, various plants suitable for immortal aperture environments, corpses of desolate beasts, Gu worms, Gu recipes, refinement materials, cloud soil, dragon-scale soil, and dragonfish.
Mortal Gu worms were sold in bulk, and Immortal Gu Masters purchased them in large quantities without even blinking. After all, this was a market for Immortal Gu Masters, not a mortal marketplace.
Fang Tian watched Yellow Treasure Heaven with awe as the will of the land spirit, who called himself "Immortal Power Extraction," moved about. The land spirit's will drifted toward the will of an Immortal Gu Master and transmitted divine sense, greeting him cheerfully.
"Kang Yi, how have you been, my friend? Are you still selling Relic Gu?"
The will of the Immortal Gu Master replied. He appeared as a fat man dressed in rags, barely covering parts of his body.
"Oh, greetings, Immortal Power Extraction! Are you here to buy Relic Gu? I have plenty here. There's Golden Relic Gu and Purple Crystal Relic Gu—these are sold individually. As for Green Copper Relic Gu or White Silver Relic Gu, I can sell them to you in bulk. The price will surely satisfy you!"
"Name your price."
The land spirit spoke without unnecessary pleasantries, as he was in a hurry to carry out his master's orders.
"One Immortal Essence Stone and a quarter."
"Are you trying to rob me, little Kang Bi? That's far too much. Three-quarters of an Immortal Essence Stone is a fair price."
The land spirit bargained with the seller, but due to his poor communication skills, he only managed to lower the price by a quarter of an Immortal Essence Stone, in exchange for six Golden Relic Gu. After finishing with this seller, the land spirit went to various Immortal Gu Masters and purchased large quantities of rank four and rank five mortal Gu. Most of these mortal Gu belonged to the Wood Path and Strength Path, with even a small number of Gu worms from the Wisdom Path and Refinement Path.
In this way, the land spirit spent another quarter of an Immortal Essence Stone. But this was fine for the land spirit—he possessed dozens of Immortal Essence Stones and earned over a hundred Immortal Essence Stones every month from selling the blessed land's resources.
"Master! These are Wood Path Gu worms. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus Gu, Heavenly Essence Treasure Monarch Lotus Gu, or Heavenly Essence Treasure King Lotus Gu. However, I purchased large quantities of Wood Path Gu worms, as well as a small number of Spirit Path, Wisdom Path, and Refinement Path Gu worms."
Hundreds of Wood Path Gu worms appeared before Fang Tian, along with no small number of Gu worms from other paths. These Gu worms spanned all ranks, from rank one to rank five, and would be used by Fang Tian from now on in his journey until he became an Immortal Gu Master.
"Well done, this is excellent. There are many outstanding and rare Gu worms here—you've done great work!"
Fang Tian patted the land spirit on the back. The small muscular man did not budge at all—in fact, Fang Tian worried that he himself might shatter if he continued hitting the land spirit. The land spirit, simple-minded and delighted by Fang Tian's praise, revealed a ferocious expression and reminded Fang Tian of something important.
"Master, there are still Gu Masters from the Southern Border clans. I have imprisoned them and sealed their Gu worms. Do you wish to do anything with them?"
Fang Tian had forgotten that there were other competitors after becoming the master of this blessed land, but the land spirit had not. After all, his senses extended throughout the blessed land, and he knew everything that was happening within it.
Fang Tian paused for a moment, thinking about Wu Ji. This girl had been a good friend of his, but since obtaining this blessed land was an opportunity that would change his life, Fang Tian chose to abandon their friendship for the sake of benefit.
Still, he could do her one last favor—perhaps she would remember him in the future.
"Land spirit, bring me that female Gu Master who looks…"
Wu Ji appeared instantly before Fang Tian and the land spirit. The battle robe Wu Ji had once worn was now reduced to a garment torn in many places. The once-clean fabric was stained with mud and filth. Her black hair was matted with dirt, sticking together, and the sharp look in her eyes had vanished, leaving only a trace of stubbornness behind.
"Wu Ji, I haven't seen you in a long time."
Fang Tian called out to Wu Ji. She raised her head, looked at him in surprise, and laughed.
"Oh, Fang Tian, you've really become the master of this blessed land. How embarrassing for me to lose to you twice… But the winner always takes everything. Didn't that happen back then when we looted a Yang clan resource point?"
Fang Tian looked at Wu Ji with a faint, inscrutable smile.
"That's how it is, Ji. But even the loser can gain something."
As he spoke, Fang Tian gestured to the land spirit, who extended a mass of will toward Wu Ji. This will resembled the land spirit, yet it was illusory and so transparent that one could see through it.
The will passed through Wu Ji's forehead, injecting a massive amount of information into her mind, causing foam to spill from her mouth as she fainted.
Following Fang Tian's orders, the land spirit sent Wu Ji to the southern region of the blessed land and lifted the seal on her Gu worms.
"I hope she will remember my favor in the future."
Fang Tian had handed over to her the true Strength Path inheritance of Immortal Power Extraction. Of course, this was not the entirety of the true inheritance—he had removed the information related to the immortal killer moves and the Immortal Gu.
At the very least, it was a near-complete inheritance. It even contained immortal ascension insights and information about cultivating as an Immortal Gu Master! This alone was enough to make all rank five Gu Masters kill each other over it.
Yet Wu Ji received this near-complete true inheritance as a favor from Fang Tian. After all, Wu Ji would become a formidable figure in the future—she would become the mortal clan leader of the Wu clan, then ascend to become an Immortal Gu Master decades later!
Owing a favor to an Immortal Gu Master was a wonderful thing; such a favor could be used to request help from Wu Ji in the future! It wasn't as if Fang Tian lost anything—he had given away a large amount of precious information, yes, but it was a Strength Path inheritance that did not suit Fang Tian's cultivation path.
Moreover, he had not provided any material support—whether Immortal Gu or mortal Gu, Fang Tian gave away nothing! Even if the Wu clan demanded that he hand over the blessed land, he would refuse!
And what if they attacked the blessed land? The Wu clan was indeed a massive power in Southern Border. But they were under pressure from other clans and had numerous resource points to defend. At most, they could only dispatch a few Immortal Gu Masters to deal with this matter.
If the situation truly reached the worst-case scenario where he had to flee the blessed land, Fang Tian would order the land spirit to detonate the blessed land and escape with all the cultivation resources to one of the other four regions.
"But I still have a couple of months maybe two in blessed land time. I can cultivate peacefully during this period, manage the blessed land, and develop it to support Wood Path cultivation. Now that the northern region is dense with Wood Path dao marks, I can begin developing Wood Path resource points there."
Fang Tian focused on his aperture, which was now filled to one hundred percent, yet he no longer felt any pressure from the aura of boundless forest Samsara. The land spirit had used a method to seal the aura for a full year, though this method would grow less effective as Fang Tian's cultivation level increased.
After all, this was merely a mortal method—it could not solve the root of the problem.
It was like giving a patient painkillers and sending him away without curing the illness. After some time, the patient would return demanding more painkillers. After another period, the painkillers would grow less effective, and the problem would worsen along with it.
But this was a problem he would worry about later.
"Land spirit, transport me to the eastern region of the blessed land, and don't forget to keep an eye on Wu Ji and investigate her surroundings from time to time."
"As you command, young master!"
Fang Tian, along with all the Gu worms the land spirit had purchased for him, was transported to the eastern region, where Strength Path resources were extremely abundant.
After all, Fang Tian had become the master of this blessed land—he needed to inspect the environment and consider how to develop and nurture this blessed land.
He was a Wood Path Gu Master, after all—the best path for managing immortal apertures.