Fang Yuan Do's

CHAPTER 23 - Raising GU Is Like Raising a Mistress

The sun has set.

The sunset light was still burning in the sky.

The distant mountain range in the distance was covered in a thick gray layer of ash, gradually turning black.

In the academy, the class has ended. The students walked out of the academy in groups of twos and threes.

"I'm so happy today, I learned a few things. Especially how can I learn how to use Moonlight Gu."

"The way moonblades fly in the air looks really cool."

"It's a pity that my talent isn't enough, so in the future I can only become a logistics Gu Master, I won't be able to go to the battlefield."

The young teenagers happily chatted.

Some of them called their friends.

"Let's go and eat, we can drink wine while we do it, what do you think?"

"Sure, that's not bad advice."

"You guys go first, I have to go to the shop next to the Gu academy room and buy a grass doll. It'll be easy to practice at home with that."

Fang Yuan went to Gu's room alone.

The Gu room of the academy stored some 1st ranked Gu. There were many types and variations, and Moonlight Gu Fang Yuan, was taken freely from within.

Occasionally the students will have a free opportunity to choose Gu. If someone wanted to get an extra Gu, they would have to pay.

In this short period of time Fang Yuan did not want to refine the other Gu. He walked into the building next to Gu's room, it was a small shop.

There were 7 students in the store, each negotiating on a table with the shop owner to buy a lawn doll.

"It's you, junior."

The 1st ranked Gu Master in charge of the shop was in his 20s. When he saw Fang Yuan, he automatically greeted him while haggling with his customers.

Fang Yuan was shocked, knowing that this Gu Master was Jiang Ya.

It was Gu Master who had taught the hunters a lesson at the inn.

"Ah, this is you senior." Fang Yuan nodded, his face expressionless.

Jiang Ya took out a grass puppet from the counter behind her, giving it to the students who bought it.

At the same time he threw a friendly smile at Fang Yuan and asked, "Did junior brother come here to buy a grass puppet as well?"

"If you want me to leave 1 for you, you only need 3 primeval stones."

"These items sell like hotcakes, there are currently only 7 left, if you wait any longer, there will be no stock left."

Jiang Ya's attitude towards humans was arrogant, but towards people like Fang Yuan, she was very kind and sincere.

Fang Yuan shook his head, laughing silently as he thought, 'Jiang Ya this really knows how to do business.'

The grass doll was made with Scarecrow Gu.

Even after entering the inserted primeval stone, the final cost should not be more than 1.5 primeval stones.

"Senior, this is unfair. It should be the first to come, the first to be served, why leave it for him?"

"Yes, we all arrived early. If you want to do business, you need to know the rules."

"3 pieces will be 3 pieces, this is primeval stone, give me a grass doll."

The youngsters in the store were all worried when they heard that the store only had 7 dolls left.

They stopped trying to negotiate, and took out their stones to buy them.

Very quickly, 7 satisfied teenagers came out.

"Will junior buy a grass doll?"

Jiang Ya laughed as she asked, "It looks like it's already sold out, but there's actually still an 8th doll stored under the crate."

"If junior doesn't buy it now, you'll lose that chance."

Fang Yuan had no interest in the grass puppet. He shook his head and took out a piece of primeval stone, putting it on the table.

"I want to buy 10 Moon Orchid petals."

Jiang Ya was stunned. He stared intently into Fang Yuan's eyes, picked up the primeval stone and opened the desk drawer.

Then he took out a paper bag, saying, "10 petals Moon Orchid, no less. Please rest assured."

Fang Yuan checked the items on the spot and found no fault. He finally left the small shop.

Gu should be fed.

A Gu Master was refining Gu, using Gu, and at the same time needed to nurture Gu.

Refining Gu was difficult, there was a risk of a backlash. Using Gu is not easy, one needs a lot of practice.

The knowledge nurturing Gu was even more vast and profound, as there were all kinds of Gu and the food was very strange.

Some needed to swallow the ground, some needed starlight, some needed tears and some ate the clouds and air from Nine Heaven.

Just by taking the current 3 Gu Fang Yuan for example, Moonlight Gu needed the Moon Orchid petals, 2 times a day.

Morning and night 1 meal, each meal 2 petals Moon Orchid.

While the Liquor Worm needs to drink wine. Setoples green bamboo wine can sustain it for 4 days.

As for the Spring Autumn Cicada, it was even more bizarre since he drank directly from the River of Time.

River of Time supports this stream of worlds. It was not far in the sky but very close, flowing down the side of everyone.

Every movement made by every living thing requires a boost of time.

Time was like flowing water, hastily sliding forward.

The River of Time is invisible and colorless, whereas in reality all living things actually survive and live in the waters of the River of Time.

After purchasing a bag of Moon Orchid petals, Fang Yuan went to the inn to buy green bamboo wine.

Liquor Worm can also drink murky wine or rice wine for life.

But with this kind of grade 2 wine, the amount needed to drink would increase, and would require many jars every day.

After counting, Fang Yuan decided it would be best to directly buy green bamboo wine.

Not only would it be more valuable than purchasing a grade-2 wine, it would also not raise any suspicions.

"Young master, you've come." The workers at the inn already knew Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan gave him 3 primeval stones directly, saying casually, "Give me setoples of green bamboo wine and make me some tasty dishes."

"you don't have to give me the change, just put it here first. At the end of the month if the number reaches 1 primeval stone, you can subtract it from my bill."

Although Fang Yuan no longer stayed in the inn now that he had moved to the academy dormitory, he would always eat here when he bought wine.

"good. Young master please sit down, the dishes will be delivered soon." The worker echoed, leading Fang Yuan to his seat.

He took the cloth over his shoulder and gently wiped the table before leaving. Indeed as the worker said, the dish was served very quickly.

Fang Yuan ate and counted at the same time in his mind, 'A piece of primeval stone can buy me 10 Moon Orchid petals. Moonlight Gu consumes 4 petals daily.'

'In other words just to raise and feed these two Gu's, I have to spend almost 1 primeval stone every day.'

It doesn't seem like much, but in reality it's very expensive. Monthly living expenses for a family of 3 people only spend 1 primeval stone.

From the beginning of refining Gu to today, 16 days had passed. Just to raise Gu alone, Fang Yuan had spent 14 and a half primeval stones.

"I have obtained the Flower Wine Monk's treasure, taken Fang Zheng's primeval stone and also got the first place reward."

"My primeval stone set reached 44.5 primeval stone."

"But in the early days of refining Gu, I wasted 6.5, then I used 14.5 to feed this Gu."

"My cost of life is only half a part, and today I may only have 20 primeval stones."

Fang Yuan took out his money bag. He opened it and looked inside. The bag contained pieces of primeval stone inside.

Each of these primeval stones is grayish-white, ellipsoid in shape and the volume is the same, similar in size to a duck egg.

After counting, he discovered that he really only had 20 pieces left.

In other words, if this were to continue then Fang Yuan would only be able to last for half a month with the rest of the stones he had.

He was unlike his peers, they had relatives and friends to help them.

Especially with the case of students like Gu Yue Mo Bei and Gu Yue Chi Cheng who were full of primeval stones.

Fang Yuan could only think of his own way.

"Uncle and Aunt have cut my living expenses, but every weekend the clan academy will give 3 primeval stones as a subsidy to every student."

"It looks like I should show off in the moonblade appraisal in 3 days and take that 10 primaval stone reward."

Fang Yuan chewed the food in his mouth while pondering.

His current age was right at the age where his body was growing. Without realizing it all the rice and side dishes had entered his stomach.

Taking out the sealed jar of green bamboo wine, Fang Yuan lifted his leg and started walking, leaving the inn.

"Young master, young master."

The inn worker chased him from behind and said, "Just want to tell the young master something, but in less than a month the caravan will arrive at the village."

"As per the deal, they will always buy green bamboo wine in our store."

"Young master loved our green bamboo wine and always bought a few jars every week, so the innkeeper ordered me to tell the young master about the matter."

"The green bamboo wine in our shop has a limited supply, so after we sell it to the caravan, I'm afraid we only have a little."

"Is that the problem?" When Fang Yuan heard the news, he frowned slightly.

To get to know someone and discern a conversation, Fang Yuan had 500 years of experience.

The shop worker and Jiang Ya spoke with the same meaning, yet Fang Yuan was naturally able to distinguish between Jiang Ya's complicated words and the shop worker's honest words.

This problem is a little troublesome. Fang Yuan needed to feed the Liquor Worm and he needed a large amount of green bamboo wine in the long run.

If this inn ran out of stock then he would have to use a large amount of 2nd class wine to feed the Liquor Worm.

There was no way he would drink a few jars a day. Some people will be suspicious.

After thinking about it, Fang Yuan took out 10 primeval stones and said, "Then I will buy 5 more jars.I need you to take them for me and follow me to put them in the academy dormitory."

"All right, young master." Workers immediately received the primeval stone.

The Moon Orchid's petals could only last for 5 days without any special means of storage, so Fang Yuan would only buy a bag at any time.

However green bamboo wine can be stored for a very long time, so there is no problem with this.

Some workers followed Fang Yuan to the academy dormitory and placed a wine jar under his bed, and then they asked for permission.

As he looked at the suddenly flattened pouch of money in his hand, Fang Yuan sighed.

Refining Gu was difficult, but nurturing Gu was not easy either.

This was also in light of the fact that he had life experience 500 years earlier, so he did not need to practice using his Gu, meaning that the level of primeval essence consumption would decrease and thus save a lot of costs.

For those of his age around him, they needed to practice using Moonlight Gu and needed to dispose of the primeval essence.

To improve proficiency, one needed to practice many times.

When too much primeval essence is consumed, it should be used as a supplement because the recovery rate is too slow.

To buy a grass doll the price is also 3 primeval stones. All of this is money.

"Fortunately my Autumn Cicada Spring is self-sufficient. Otherwise, I've been bankrupt for a long time, I'll never be able to support him." Fang Yuan suddenly felt extremely lucky.

The higher the Gu rank, the greater the consumption of food needed or the more valuable and scarce the food needed, making it harder to maintain it.

A normal Gu rank 2 would cost around 1-2 primeval stones a day.

It is good enough if the food can be bought. There are some Gu that require food that is relatively difficult to find, some even do not circulate on the market.

Just as the food of Spring Autumn Cicada became time itself, this was actually more valuable. There is a saying that an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

No matter how much money you have, can you buy time?

You can't!

In theory, a Gu Master could refine Gu in an unlimited number of ways.

As long as you can refine it, whether 10, 100 or 1000 Gu is possible. You can refine Gu as much as you want.

But in reality a Gu Master usually only had 4-5 Gu.

Wh why?

The biggest reason is because it is hard to buy.

The higher the Gu rating, the more expensive the feed and maintenance costs.

It often gave Gu Master too many difficulties to overcome, making them constantly have headaches because of it.

Another reason is, it cannot be used.

To use Moonlight Gu to issue 1 moonblade attack, one had to use 10% primeval essence.

C-class talent Gu Master could run out of primeval essence in their aperture after launching 3-4 attacks.

To gather so many Gu's, wouldn't it be a waste if one couldn't use them?

So in the cultivation of Gu Master there was a saying circulating, Raising Gu was like raising a concubine.

To maintain savings, you need to buy food, clothes, houses, etc.

It is very expensive and the more you have, the more expensive it is, normal men can not afford it.

Even if you store so much, human energy is limited, he cannot use it all.

Are you going to raise them just to see it?

As Gu's ranking increased, so did Gu's food standards.

Therefore please do not look at how a Gu Master has no limit on the number of Gu to be refined, in general a Gu Master only keeps around 4-5 Gu of his level.

If Gu's number is raised higher, Gu Master will go bankrupt!