Fang Yuan Do's

CHAPTER 17 - Start Purifying (Refine) Liquor Worm

"With my C-class talent, the number of my primeval seals in the aperture is only 44%."

"Gu's speed using the primeval essence is much faster than my own recovery rate."

"If I want to refine Gu, I need to borrow outside help, which means I need to throw out the primeval stone."

"The weaker Gu's will, the smaller the resistance, the easier it will be for me to refine it."

"But every living thing will always have the desire to live. To refine Moonlight Gu, I need at least 5 primeval stones, at most I need 8 pieces."

"Right now to refine the Liquor Worm, I need at least 11 pieces, at most I need 16 pieces."

Although the Liquor Worm was also a rank 1 Gu like Moonlight Gu, but it was definitely rarer.

Thus the difficulty of the refining process also increased.

In other words, even though Fang Yuan currently had 17 primeval stones, but only to purify the Liquor Worm, he would at most have 6 remaining, or at least 1 primeval stone.

At night, the bright crescent moon emits a clear and pure moonlight. The moonlight was like the gentle hand of a female saint, lightly caressing Gu Yue Village.

Along the way the bamboo houses were like jade, standing in large numbers. The night wind was blowing slowly.

Under this moonlight, Fang Yuan found his way back to the inn. The door of the inn was closed. Fang Yuan banged on the door.

"I hear you! I heardyou! Who is it, knocking on the door this late..."

The innkeeper grumbled as he opened the door, his eyes swollen from sleep.

But when he saw Fang Yuan standing in front of the door, all the displeasure and drowsiness from his expression changed, and he bowed his waist and said with a flattered smile, "Ah, it's young master. This little fellow is so lucky to open the door for you."

Fang Yuan nodded, his expression cold with indifference, and walked to the inn.

His expression made the worker laugh more humbly, and he took the initiative to ask, "My master, are you hungry? Do you want me to tell the kitchen and make some small dishes for you as dinner?"

"No need."

Fang Yuan shook his head and simply ordered, "Go and prepare hot water for me, I want to take a bath."

"Yes!"

The worker immediately nodded, "My master, go to your room first. I assure you, hot water will be delivered soon."

Fang Yuan let out a sound of approval and climbed the stairs, heading towards the 2nd floor.

The worker watched Fang Yuan's back, his two eyes glittering in the light, revealing an expression of jealousy.

"This is Gu Master, oh if I have the talent to cultivate, how good would it be!" He swung his fist, sighing deeply.

These words floated into Fang Yuan's ears and he smiled bitterly in his heart.

A Gu Master had the power to surpass humans, being human above humans, but in this process the price to pay was also very high.

The first problem is financial resources.

A Gu Master needs a primeval stone to cultivate, combat also requires a primeval stone, refining Gu also requires a primeval stone, trading is no exception.

Without a primeval stone, how could cultivation be done?

This point was a difficult position, as an ordinary human watching from the side, the innkeeper would not understand.

Just like last night, young Gu Master Jiang Ya vented her anger and displeasure at the hunters when she dropped their wine jars.

What that meant was, he himself could not bear to spend the primeval stone to drink this green bamboo wine, yet these ordinary people-only hunters really had that much money to spare!

To catch a glimpse of the overall picture, just that meaning alone could tell a lot about the cultivation situation of a Gu Master.

The strength of a Gu Master was incredible, they reached over ordinary humans, but they were also expensive.

A lot of the time using every part of the primeval stone required great consideration, especially when it came to the low ranked Gu Master.

Do not be deceived by the noble surface, in fact the life of a Gu Master is constantly limited by money.

"Not to mention, as the nature of the Gu Master increases, the resources they need also increase."

"Without the right support, it was extremely difficult for a Gu Master to cultivate."

Fang Yuan thought about his previous life and had a deep understanding of this reality.

He went back to his room. Right after he turned on the lights, the inn worker came with a basin filled with hot water.

Of course, there are cloth towels and other toiletries.

Fang Yuan let the worker go and closed the room door. He put down the door latch, washed himself and climbed onto his bed.

Although his body felt a little tired, his heart still flared with excitement.

"I finally got the Liquor Worm. Liquor Worm was rarer than Moonlight Gu, because in a sense it was Gu who enhanced Gu Master's natural talent!"

Fang Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed and took out the Liquor Worm.

Liquor Worm was still sleeping soundly. His body size was slightly larger than Moonlight Gu, soft and white like a silkworm.

Under the light, his body was enveloped in a layer of faint light that shook, like a gentle pearl luster.

2 tiny eyes that resembled 2 black sesame seeds were attached to his plump white head, making him appear extremely naive.

Placed in his hand, it was not heavy. It weighs about half a chicken egg. As he carefully smelled it, his body gave off the scent of wine.

This fragrance is not the aroma of green bamboo wine but the aroma of Liquor Worm itself.

It smelled faint and foggy, as if nothing. Fang Yuan's nose twitched as he inhaled the scent of Liquor Worm.

The aroma of wine moves straight down to the aperture, entering the green copper primeval sea.

The primeval sea surged and rippled for a moment, quickly absorbing the wine. A pure and smooth primeval essence flash is produced.

Other primeval essences have an emerald green color, glowing with a metallic copper luster.

But this primeval essence is pale green, and more viscous than the original primeval essence. This was the primeval essence that an intermediate stage 1st ranked Gu Master could produce.

Aware of the radiance of the pale green primeval essence in his green copper primeval sea, Fang Yuan revealed a satisfied smile.

"Right now my cultivation base is only a rank 1 initial stage. But with the condensation of the Liquor Worm, once the primeval essence is purified, I will be able to have an intermediate stage 1 rank primeval essence."

But soon, he took back his smile.

"However, I have not yet fully mastered the Liquor Worm."

"Only when I refine the Liquor Worm and turn it into my vital Gu will I be able to use it freely and then with maximum efficiency, purify my primeval essence."

Thinking up to this point, he no longer hesitated and began to let out bursts of green copper primeval essence from the primeval sea.

The primeval essence wrapped around the Liquor Worm tightly, carried it into the air before Fang Yuan, and began to attack his body.

Liquor Worm felt his life was in danger and immediately woke up. It began to struggle hard, using its own strength to repel Fang Yuan's primeval essence.

"This Liquor Worm has a very strong endurance."

Fang Yuan's countenance became gloomy as he felt his level of primeval essence consumption surpassing more than 2x that of what Moonlight Gu had consumed.

"No matter what, I should be refining the Liquor Worm."

Both of his eyes shone with a powerful light as he continued to pour his primeval essence into the Liquor Worm.

Inside the room, the candles on the table lit up quietly, emitting a bright light in the middle of the room while the corners of the distant walls darkened.

The candlelight radiated on Fang Yuan's face but he had already closed his eyes, gathering all his focus onto the Liquor Worm.

A green copper-colored primal essence that resembled a burst of mist emitted out from Fang Yuan's entire body, then gathered together and firmly wrapped around the Liquor Worm.

The Liquor Worm floated in midair, less than 1 foot away from Fang Yuan's face. It struggled with all its might in the middle of the green copper primeval essence.

Time passed quietly.

When the candles are lit, they become smaller and the light becomes dimmer. The crescent moon outside the window slowly descended, and then a new day arrived.

The morning light penetrated through the narrow gap in the window and illuminated the room. It was like a window had a bright edge.

Fang Yuan opened his eyes and looked at the Liquor Worm in front of him. The white body of the Liquor Worm had a green color.

This was the result of Fang Yuan's efforts after half a night.

But it was clear that the volume of this green color was not even up to 1% of the body of the Liquor Worm.

Fang Yuan's face looked grim. The will of this Liquor Worm was too tenacious and its durability was extremely strong, simply this was beyond the limits of a rank 1 Gu.

"This gu is most likely the Gu vital Flower Wine Monk."

"Flower Wine Monk was a 5th ranked Gu Master, so this Liquor Worm was originally a 5th rank, but because he passed those years without sufficient food, it was not, quite full at one moment and starving at the next, then his rank also dropped."

"Right now was left at rank 1, yet his will was still as strong as a rock!"

Fang Yuan had guessed the truth.

This Liquor Worm was originally the Gu vital Flower Wine Monk.

His original will had been cleansed and refined to the end, it had accompanied the Flower Wine Monk throughout all of its battles, passing through the underground world.

After the Flower Wine Monk died, its power would continue to exist in the Liquor Worm.

Right now with Fang Yuan trying to refine the Liquor Worm, it actually meant going against the will of the Flower Wine Monk.

This was much more difficult than trying to refine a natural Gu.

Human wills are generally stronger than natural Gu. When facing death, humans are able to produce powers that they cannot even imagine on their own.

Not to mention that the Flower Wine Monk was the master of the Demonic Way. He came and went by himself, up and down the underground world.

His will was more tenacious than the same rank Gu Master of the Righteous Way.

"To refine this Liquor Worm in a month is impossible, unless there was a powerful master who could use a rank 2 or rank 3 Breath Gu to suppress this Liquor Worm and suppress the will within to the lowest limits."

"Under this kind of help then I can do 2x more with half the effort." As he pondered, Fang Yuan could only sigh.

Her parents had died when her aunt and uncle were plotting against her. He himself had no support, so where could he get outside help?

If he had A-grade talent there might still be a chance, but he was only a C-class talent.

Everyone in the clan was not optimistic about him, so who would be willing to expend the energy to come and help him?

More importantly, he could not uncover the whereabouts of the Liquor Worm.

There was no Liquor Worm in Gu Yue village, and Fang Yuan was unable to explain the origin of this Liquor Worm.

If revealed, there was a high chance that the higher-ups would find out and relate it to the Flower Wine Monk case.

It is too easy to think about the relationship between the two.

"Based on this fact, 17 primeval stones would not be enough. I need at least 30 primeval stones!"

"How troublesome, but no matter how difficult I still want to refine this Liquor Worm."

Fang Yuan's own will was like metal, and he was already determined to refine the Liquor Worm.

The importance of Gu vital is huge. It would greatly affect the future cultivation direction of Gu Master.

Although the Liquor Worm was not the world's best choice for vital Gu, it was still much better than Moonlight Gu. It was also the best choice in Fang Yuan's current situation.

Growls...

At this moment Fang Yuan's stomach appeared with a shout of protest.

After an entire sleepless night and trying hard to refine the Liquor Worm, Fang Yuan was naturally hungry.

"I guess I'll go and fill my stomach first and think of a way to collect the primeval stone." Fang Yuan rubbed his stomach and descended.

He went to the cafeteria and chose a corner seat, ordering some kind of breakfast dish.

As he started eating, his younger brother, Gu Yue Fang Zheng appeared.

"Sister, why are you staying at the inn, why didn't you go home and sleep at home last night?"

His sister was very straightforward, her tone implying that it demanded an explanation.