Fang Yuan Do's

CHAPTER 8 - Everything Will Always Be Something, But Man Will Change

Beside the academy was Gu's room.

Gu room is not big, the size is only 60m².

In the path of Gu Master's cultivation, Gu was the key to strength.

At the end of the class, the excited teenagers rushed towards Gu's room.

"Make a line, go in one at a time."

Several voices suddenly shouted, it was natural for there to be guards outside of Gu's room.

The young men went in one by one and came out. Finally it was Fang Yuan's turn to enter Gu's room.

This room is a mysterious room. The four walls all have holes, in each of these square holes there are other square holes.

Each hole has a different size, some are large and some are small. The larger one was no bigger than the pottery pot, the smaller hole was no smaller than a fist.

In the many square holes there were all kinds of containers, there were grey stone basins, green jade plates, beautiful grass cages, earth stoves, etc.

Inside this container are stored various types of Gu.

Some Gu were silent, while some Gu made many sounds, creating chirping, clucking, rustling sounds, and so on.

All these sounds are combined into one to create a kind of symphony of life.

"Gu was also divided into 9 ranks, following the same concept of 9 ranked Gu Masters. All of the Gu in this room are rank 1 Gu."

Fang Yuan looked around, immediately realizing this.

Generally speaking, a rank 1 Gu Master can only use a rank 1 Gu. If they were to use a higher level Gu, this Gu Master would have to pay a very high price.

Besides, Gu needs to be fed. The cost of feeding a higher level Gu was often not something a low rank Gu Master could afford.

So for the Gu Master who was a newcomer, they would always choose the 1st ranked Gu as their first Gu except in special situations.

There was significance to the first Gu being refined by a Gu Master, this would be their vital Gu, linking their lives together.

If Gu vitals were to die, Gu Master would suffer a huge blow.

"Unfortunately, my initial wish was to obtain the Liquor Worm from the Flower Wine Monk and refine it as my vital Gu."

"But there is currently still no clue about my search for the Flower Wine Monk skeleton."

"I don't even know when I can find it, or when someone else finds it. To be safe, I will choose Moonlight Gu first."

Fang Yuan sighed as he walked straight along the wall to his left.

One of the top layers of the hole in this wall had rows of silver plates. On every plate there is a Gu.

This gu is crystal-shaped and shaped like a crescent moon, like a piece of blue quartz. Against the background of the silver plate, Gu exuded a calm and beautiful feeling.

Known as Moonlight Gu, this Gu variety was the local Gu of the Gu Yue clan and many clan members would choose Moonlight Gu as their vital Gu.

Moonlight Gu was not a natural Gu, it was the kind that was cultivated with secret methods by the Gu Yue clan.

Moonlight Gu could not be found anywhere else, it could be said that this Gu was the symbol of the Gu Yue clan.

Since it was all rank 1 Moonlight Gu, there was only a slight difference between each other.

Fang Yuan casually picked one and picked it up.

Moonlight Gu was extremely light, comparable to the weight of a piece of paper. That Gu occupied a small area in his palm, roughly the size of an ordinary jade pendant.

As Fang Yuan placed it in his hand, he could see and stare at the lines in his palm.

With one last glance and finding nothing wrong with it, Fang Yuan stuffed Moonlight Gu into his pocket and walked out of Gu s.p.a.ce.

Outside of Gu's room, the queue was still quite long. As soon as the next person in line saw Fang Yuan leave, he went inside in a hurry.

If it was someone else, when they got Gu, the first thing they would do was take him home and quickly refine him.

But Fang Yuan was in no hurry to do so, as his mind was still thinking about the Liquor Worm.

Liquor Worm was more valuable compared to Moonlight Gu, although Moonlight Gu was a specialty of the Gu Yue clan, it did not help Gu Master as much as Liquor Worm.

After he left Gu s.p.a.ce, Fang Yuan headed straight to the tavern.

"Store guard, 2 jars of wine!"

Fang Yuan reached into his pocket and took out the remaining pieces of primeval stone, placing them on the table.

These few days he would come here and buy wine, then go around the village border and lurk, intending to attract the Liquor Worm to appear.

The shopkeeper was a short and fat middle-aged man, his face greasy. After these few days he had already remembered Fang Yuan.

"Master, you've come."

As he greeted Fang Yuan, he reached out a fat and short hand and skillfully swept the pieces of the primeval stone.

As he placed it on his palm, he moved his hand up and down and felt that the weight was right. With this the shopkeeper's smile deepened.

The primeval stone is the currency used in this world, used to measure the value of all commodities.

At the same time it was also a dense primeval essence, could be used on oneself, and was important in helping a Gu Master in his cultivation.

Because it had monetary attributes as well as usable properties, it was similar to gold on Earth.

The earth has a standard system of gold currency, and in this world it is replaced with a primeval stone.

Compared to gold, the purchasing power of the primeval stone was even more astounding.

However with Fang Yuan's expenditure continuing like this, no matter how many primeval stones he had, it wouldn't be enough.

"2 jars of wine every day, and it's been 7 full days. The initial savings I had were almost all exhausted."

Fang Yuan frowned slightly as he walked out of the bar with 2 wine jars.

Once one became a Gu Master, he would be able to extract the primeval essence directly from the primeval stone to replenish the primeval sea at its aperture.

So to Gu Master, the primeval stone was not only a form of currency, but also a complement in their cultivation.

With enough primeval stones, the cultivation rate would increase greatly, this could cover the losses of those with lower talents.

"I won't have a primeval stone to buy any more wine tomorrow, but Liquor Worm won't show up."

As he walked with 2 jars of wine in his hand, he began to wonder.

"The two academies said, the first person to successfully refine his vital Gu will get the 20th primeval stone prize."

"Right now I guess many of those at home are trying their best to refine their Gu and compete for first place."

"Unfortunately, refining the vital Gu is more of a test of one's talent. Those with higher talent would have a better advantage."

"With my C-class talent, without any special means, I have absolutely no chance of winning."

At that moment, Gu Yue Fang Zheng's voice called out to him from behind.

"Sister, you actually went to the store and bought alcohol! Follow me, aunts and uncles want to see you."

Fang Yuan stopped in his tracks and turned around. He found his sister no longer like before who always lowered her head while talking.

Currently the two brothers were looking at each other face to face.

A gust of wind blew, lifting the short hair of the disheveled brother, the lower end of the brother's robe swayed.

In just a short period of time 1 month had passed, yet humans changed.

A week after Awakening Ceremony, a big change happened to the two brothers.

Big brother fell from the sky, the title of genius was mercilessly destroyed. And the younger brother began to bloom with radiance, slowly rising like a new star.

To his younger brother, Fang Zheng, this kind of change shook his world.

She finally felt the feelings that her brother used to have, the feelings of those who placed hope in her, the feelings when people used envious and jealous gazes to look at her.

He felt like he was suddenly dragged out of a dark corner and placed in a light-filled paradise.

Every day when he woke up, he felt like he was having a very beautiful dream.

The difference in how he was treated from before and now was like day and night, making him somewhat unable to believe reality even until now.

But at the same time also very unfamiliar with him.

It's hard to adapt.

In the short time from being an unknown to being someone who was closely watched, people pointed at him the entire time.

Sometimes when Fang Zheng walked down the street, he heard the people around him talking about him, voices praising him.

His face would heat up and he would completely lose what to do, his eyes trying to avoid stares, he even almost forgot how to walk properly!

Around the first 10 days, Gu Yue Fang Zheng had become thinner yet his energy had become stronger. From the bottom of his heart, something called 'confidence' began to materialize.

"This is what you always felt before, how beautiful and painful at the same time!"

She could not stop thinking about Gu Yue Fang Yuan, facing such attention and discussion, how did her brother deal with her?

He subconsciously began to imitate Fang Yuan, pretending to look expressionless the entire time, but quickly discovered that he was no match for this kind of style.

Sometimes during class, a girl's shout can easily make her face red. On the street, all the seduction from the older woman even made her run away many times.

She was like a toddler learning to walk, stumble and fall as she tried to get used to her new life.

During this entire process, she could not avoid hearing about her brother, falling into depression, becoming a drunkard, not coming home at night, sleeping soundly in class.

He felt very surprised by this.

His own brother, who was once a powerful entity and was praised as a very genius, suddenly became like this?!

But slowly he began to understand. His brother is also a normal human being.

Facing this kind of setback and big blow would make anyone depressed.

Along with this understanding, Fang Zheng secretly felt an indescribable happiness in his heart.

This feeling was something that he really did not want to admit, but it was definitely there.

His older brother who was hailed as a genius and always covered him in the shadows, acted extremely depressed and desperate now.

From the opposite angle, it was a testimony to his own growth, right?

He's amazing, this is the truth!

Therefore when he saw Fang Yuan holding a wine jar, his hair was messy and his clothes were not neat, Gu Yue Fang Zheng felt relieved, his breathing also became much easier.

But he said, "Sister, you have to stop drinking, you can't keep going like this!"

"You don't know how worried people are about you, you have to get up!"

Fang Yuan was emotionless, he did not say anything. The two brothers looked at each other.

Gu Yue Fang Zheng's eyes shone, emitting a sharp feeling.

And Gu Yue Fang Yuan's eyes were pitch-black, vaguely resembling a deep ancient pond.

These eyes inevitably made Fang Zheng feel a strange sense of oppression. Not too long later he subconsciously turned his gaze and looked elsewhere.

But when he realized it, he felt a sudden anger rising. It was anger directed at himself.

'What's wrong with you?'

'Don't even muster up the courage to look at your brother in person?'

'I have changed, I have changed!'

With this thought, her eyes shifted her sharpness and she directed her gaze to her brother again.

But Fang Yuan was already not looking at him.

Holding the wine jar in each hand, he walked past Fang Zheng and said in a blunt voice, "What else do you see? Let's go."

Fang Zheng became puzzled, the strength gathered in his heart could no longer be released. This made him have a difficult depression to describe.

Seeing that her brother had walked far ahead, she could only hasten her pace to catch up.

But this time his head was no longer lowered, but raised to meet the sun.

His gaze was fixed on his own feet that stepped on the shadow of his older brother, Fang Yuan.