The sun rose from the east, the birds chirped around, and the overflowing air of spring took over Qing Mao Mountain.
"Go." Fang Yuan mobilized a tenth of his primeval essence, transforming it into a narrow flow, thrusting it all into the Liquor worm. The Liquor worm had already been refined by him, so this time it did not resist. It took in the entire jet of primeval essence and absorbed everything into its body.
Immediately the sea surface dropped by a small cut. The curled up Liquor worm turned the primeval essence into a driving force and began to radiate out white light. Inside the soft light, an enshrouding mist of wine fumes were gradually produced, finally converging into a pale white wine mist.
The wine mist was marvelous. It did not drift apart, instead enveloping around the Liquor worm.
"Rise." Fang Yuan gave a thought, transferring another 10% of his primeval essence. The green copper seawater dived into the wine mist; as the wine mist melted into the seawater, it gradually lessened, and eventually there was no trace of it left. As for that 10% of green copper primeval essence, it also lost its general volume and was left with 5%.
However this 5% of primeval essence was even more condensed than before. The original primeval essence was a jade green, giving out a copper luster. Right now although this new primeval essence had the same copper luster, the green was a darker shade – it was pale green.
Pale green coloured primeval essence was the primeval essence that only a Rank one middle stage Gu Master would have. The Liquor worm's use was to condense the primeval essence and increase it by a small realm rank!
A Gu Master had 9 great realms, from the bottom – Rank one, Rank two, all the way to Rank nine. Every great realm was split into four smaller realms, which were initial stage, middle stage, upper stage and peak stage.
Early that morning, Fang Yuan revealed his crescent-shaped mark to the elder and was assigned a dorm room within the academy.
He then began cultivating inside his new quarters.
Fang Yuan was only a Rank one initial stage Gu Master right now, but with the Liquor worm's help he had 5% of a Rank one middle stage Gu Master's primeval essence!
Time went by.
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Three days later…
A name list had been posted on the academy's bulletin wall, and two names stood out prominently—Fang Zheng at the top and Fang Yuan at the very bottom.
This placement clearly indicated that Fang Yuan was the last in the class to refine the Moonlight Gu.
However, Fang Yuan paid it no mind. Sitting in his dormitory, he frowned as he examined his aperture.
He had no primeval stones left, and three days still remained before classes officially began.
While he had plenty of wine to nourish the Liquor Worm, he lacked the moon orchid petals and wild boar meat needed to feed the Moonlight Gu and White Boar Gu.
Then, as if recalling something important, he suddenly stood up and left the dormitory.
He decided to leave the village, hunt down some wild boars, and gather fresh pork for his White Boar Gu.
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The mountain forest was boundless, and Fang Yuan walked through patiently.
The sunlight permeated through the huge and tall woods, shining and creating a ground of mottled and fragmentary tree shadows.
Qing Mao Mountain has three mountain villages. Gu Yue village, Xiong family village, and Bai family village. The Xiong family village was on the fore mountain, the Gu Yue mountain village was at the mountain waist, and Bai family village was at the back mountain waterfall.
His destination was the foot of the mountain!
In his previous life, he remembered some mortals placing traps there to catch some wild boars, so he left the mountain.
And just as he assumed, after thirty minutes, he could see thick smoke rising from under the mountain.
After a while, he could see a wide hill in his vision, and a village around that area beside a small river.
The small villages around the vicinity were under the rule of the Gu Yue village. Although they were closeby, the small villages were not as safe, thus requiring regular clean up. For mortals to live in such conditions and manage to survive, to Fang Yuan, he naturally could accept such a fact.
On the mountain path nearing the village, Fang Yuan sensitively found traces on the ground. His past experience told him that this was a wild boar's traces.
Fang Yuan raised his spirits as he followed the clues, getting deeper into the mountains.
As he continued moving, there was the sound of buzzing.
"Beehive." He looked forward and saw a beehive hanging on a tree.
Fang Yuan routed around this beehive and continued forward.
The traces of the wild boar was getting more evident, and Fang Yuan knew he was getting close to it, thus he became more careful, as wild boars were very dangerous.
"Oh? This situation!" When Fang Yuan finally found the wild boar, he saw that it had fallen into a huge pit. A sharpened green bamboo was situated at the bottom of the pit, where it had pierced the wild boar and was causing it to bleed.
Seeing the accumulated blood in the pit, he could tell that the boar had already been in the trap for at least fifteen minutes.
But this wild boar continued to struggle, whimpering and howling, still full of life.
"A Hunter's Trap. I should reap the rewards." Fang Yuan smiled but his expression was grim.
These traps threatened him too.
If he had fallen into it, after half a quarter of an hour, he would die.
In his previous life, he has obtained the map and remembered their contents, but since a part of his soul was destroyed, he has also forgot some memories and a part of it is this.
"Any area in this mountain could have a trap buried by the hunters. But among hunters, with every trap set they would inform each other on the location. It seems I have to find an old hunter's residence and find out about the trap locations from him. Along with the surrounding wild beasts' activity area and with these intel, I would not have to search like trying to find a needle in a haystack." Fang Yuan thought internally.
With such a thought, Fang Yuan's wrist flicked and a moonblade flew out, easily hitting the wild boar.