Fang Yuan again asked the earth spirit how the Gu Master captives from the Eastern Tribe had been arranged.
Although Fang Yuan had killed Dongfang Qingyu and the others, he still had roughly one or two hundred surviving Eastern tribesmen in his hands.
The earth spirit replied that she had temporarily dug out a dungeon deep underground, near a Stone People Tribe. She then asked whether these captives should be sold off.
These people were not easy to control or use. They would not obediently comply. If they were forced to refine Gu and work like hairy men, then at the slightest carelessness, they might decide to die and sabotage things instead, causing trouble.
Fang Yuan shook his head and instructed, "The earth spirit has already stripped all the mortal Gu from them and imprisoned them. Feed them a little food every day; just treat them as pets. I still have other uses for these captives, so there is no need to deal with them in a hurry."
"Yes, Master."
"How many Immortal Essence Stones do I still have?" Fang Yuan asked again.
"One hundred and thirty-seven," the earth spirit immediately answered.
Fang Yuan nodded. Without realizing it, his number of Immortal Essence Stones had once again broken through the one-hundred mark.
The greatest reason was that the trade volume of Courageous Gall Gu had doubled. Without counting the concessions, it brought in a net profit of ninety-two Immortal Essence Stones every month.
Thus, breaking past the hundred mark had become easy.
During this time, Fang Yuan had also instructed the earth spirit to keep watch over Yellow Treasure Heaven. If there were cheap fox armies, she was to snap them up at a low price and release them into Fox Immortal Blessed Land, fully developing its strengths and increasing