The sun rose high into the sky, tearing away the rain curtain, seemingly like it was unveiling summer itself.
The breath of summer had faintly started to come around.
The weather became increasingly sunny and cloudless, sweeping away the sentimental breath of spring, and the temperatures slowly rose.
It had already been two weeks since Fang Yuan sold the Photo-Audio Gu.
With the wealth he gained, he used all the Green Copper Relic Gu to rapidly refine his aperture. As a result, his cultivation had advanced to Rank 1 peak stage.
Now, his aperture walls had transformed into crystal membrane walls. Compared to the earlier light membrane walls, these walls were sturdier and more refined.
Last week, he had been squeezing the academy students dry — extorting them of their primeval stone with punches.
But this week… it looked like he would have to stop.
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Inside the classroom, numerous eyes were watching the academy elder, all waiting for him to hand out subsidies.
"Gu Yue Fang Zheng." The elder stood at the front, calling out Fang Zheng's name first.
Fang Zheng stood up and walked towards him with a proud expression.
The youngsters' attention was on him as he moved, revealing all sorts of envy, jealousy, inspection, and hatred, not one was the same.
"Today, the elder is not only handing out resources, he is also appointing the chairman and vice chairman positions!"
"As expected, the first to be called up was Fang Zheng."
"He is the first to advance, the title of chairman belongs to him."
As the students conversed, Fang Zheng arrived in front of the academy elder.
"Gu Yue Fang Zheng, you are the first Gu Master to reach Rank one middle stage in this class, so this is your reward." Saying so, he handed him a white and blue money bag.
The academy elder continued and said, "Fang Zheng, you are the first to step into Rank one middle stage, and according to the academy rules, you not only will receive thirty primeval stones as reward, but you will also gain priority in choosing your second Gu soon after. Right now, I shall appoint you as class chairman!"
"Fang Zheng was appointed as chairman after all!" Upon hearing this, a few students erupted in joy.
"Damn it." Gu Yue Mo Bei gritted his teeth, feeling indignant.
"Hmph!" Gu Yue Chi Chen crossed his limbs, staring at the scene coldly.
But Fang Zheng stared at Fang Yuan who is sleeping in the back disappointedly.
"Big brother…You lost."
Then later Mo Bei and Chi Chen each became vice chairman.
The class chairman was given ten primeval stones. The vice chairmen got five.
A few students who were not from well-to-do families were so envious that they almost drooled when seeing the three students' primeval stones.
"Heh heh, I wonder what Fang Yuan will do now," one student sneered. "Fang Zheng and the others have already reached Rank 1 middle stage, while he's still stuck at the initial stage."
"Do you think he'll try to extort people again?" another asked.
"Who knows? But if he does, I'd love to see him get beaten up."
Groups of students walked along the academy grounds, chatting among themselves. None of them noticed Fang Yuan standing silently nearby, listening.
"I told you already — he's just a C-grade talent," one said dismissively. "Now he's finally realizing the gap between C-grade and A-grade."
"Heh, let's go. If he dares to try anything, we'll just call Fang Zheng or Mo Bei."
Soon, the students had all left the academy grounds — and that day, Fang Yuan didn't make a move.
Watching from a window above, one of the academy elders shook his head slightly.
"So, he finally understands," the elder muttered.
"A C-grade talent can never hope to match an A-grade."
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Another two weeks has passed by.
Fang Yuan sat on his bed inside the dormitory cultivating.
Inside his aperture, waves of black green primeval essence hit against the crystal walls relentlessly.
The translucent white crystal wall was already full of cracks, crisscrossing each other.
This is Fang Yuan's result after working hard non-stop for three weeks. At most, when he really could not take it anymore, he would quickly take a meal and settle his bowels.
These days, Fang Yuan had purposely slowed the wave crashing process, and at the same time he drew more primeval essence from his primeval stones. Thus, after such a long time, the green copper primeval sea had only dropped from the 44% limit to around 20%.
As time passed, when there was only about 13% primeval essence left, the wall could no longer hold up, and had reached its limit.
Crack crack…
The originally sturdy crystal wall broke into pieces, and the fragments fell into the primeval sea, causing ripples and waves. After that, it turned into white dots and vanished into thin air.
What replaced the crystal wall, was a brand new white light wall.
This was the Rank two light wall. Although there was not much difference and it still emitted white light, it was much more glimmering that the Rank one light wall.
At the same time, traces of red primeval essence were produced in the sea and it mixed around with the black green primeval sea in the aperture.
This was the Rank two initial stage red steel primeval essence!
"Finally I did it, I broke through to Rank two!" Fang Yuan opened his eyes abruptly, the room immediately brightening up.
But a second later, a strong wave of nausea hit him.
"In my previous life, it took me over a year to reach Rank 2… but in this life, it's taken barely two months."
Fang Yuan let out a bitter laugh as he slowly lay down, eyes reflecting both exhaustion and irony.
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The bright morning sun shone on Qing Mao Mountain.
In the academy, the elder spoke about important details. "Today, we are choosing the second Gu worm for refinement. Everyone here has experience in successfully refining Gu worms, and this time you can solidify your experiences. For the selection of the second Gu worm, consider it carefully. With the experience of cultivating these few days and understanding of your own body, consider it as a whole. Normally, it is best if you pair the second Gu well with your vital Gu."
After hearing the academy elder's words, the youngsters began to ponder, and only Fang Yuan was sleeping soundly on the table.
The academy elder looked at Fang Yuan and frowned, but did not say anything.
"Seems like he still hasn't broken through to the middle stage." he thought.
The students lined up properly, faces flushed with excitement as they stood before the academy Gu storage room.
Today was the day where they would pick their second Gu!
Fang Yuan moved towards the corner of the wall and chose a Little Light Gu.
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Later that night, Fang Yuan's eyes were shut tight, his spirit immersed into his aperture.
In the aperture, a gush of Light Red primeval essence rushed up against the flow, injecting into the White Boar Gu.
The White Boar Gu immediately emitted a bright white light, and the light enveloped Fang Yuan's body. If one looked from the outside, they would see that Fang Yuan's body was emitting a pure white light from the inside.
Fang Yuan's every muscle and every inch of skin, was soaked in this white light.
A feeling of numbness and itchiness was felt by him. As the white light modified his muscles, it allowed strength to be slowly infused into his body, thus gaining roots and never to be lost again.
However, after a moment, the numb feeling became pain. This pain was like getting electrocuted, from numbness to sharp pain like getting cut by razor blades.
Fang Yuan hurriedly stopped the White Boar Gu.
"My strength right now can compete with a boar!" Fang Yuan stood on the spot, breathing in heavily with a hint of excitement flashing across his eyes.
These days he had used the White Boar Gu non-stop to increase the strength of his body. He could feel strongly now that his strength was getting bigger.
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