He stepped through the streets slowly, a calm feeling washing over him.
The actions he had taken may not have seemed extravagant or impressive in the slightest, he had the body of an immortal and near endless essence.
Flower Wine monks inheritance only seemed difficult because of the fact that Fang Yuan was a mortal, rank one initial stage gu master. Yuxuan had a powerful body strong enough to push the boulder without a strength enhancing gu
He was durable enough to ignore the bites of the centipedes and green grape immortal essence that allowed for an endless amount of moon blades that were being enhanced by 20% due to the moon path dao marks he had.
The ransacking of flower wine monks inheritance was not an issue at all.
And now that he had the inheritance and nearly all its content Fang Yuan would not need to go there so they could focus on other things and that was going to create a ripple effect that would change many events
If he could weave the strings in the way he wanted things were going to be incredibly easy
He smiled and continued to walk forwards.
...
The guards guided him through the clan heads' residence—he took in the clean and kept surroundings as well as the artwork and ornaments here and there, just as clean and neatly placed as it was when he left
The Clan head had been informed that the new talent had something important to tell him, so he was sitting at his office chair after changing into his attire despite it being the night
"Junior greets the clan head." Yuxuan bowed properly this time
"Hmm, what is it that you wanted to tell me?" he paused
"Also, why are you not in your room and out this late."
Ray shifted where he was standing and glanced at the guard standing besides him. The clan head understood what he was suggesting and dismissed the guard with a gaze
Once alone Ray let out a breath and smiled inwardly
'Time to pretend to be dumb again.'
"Sir, I was walking around the forest earlier, and I came across something I believe you must want to see."
"Hoh?"
The clan head said curiously.
Yuxuan was a brat from the mortal village, and even there he was ostracized—but he was still part of the Gu Yue Clan, and so he knew he could not call on a meeting with the clan head for no reason.
He took out the photo audio guide from his pocket and handed it to the clan head
"This is...?"
"It is a Gu discovered in a cave upstream at the edges of the village—it was playing something that I believe is very important to the clan, and I wanted to return it to you."
The clan heads eyes narrowed slightly, but he laced the glue down and injected a tiny amount of his essence into it, causing it to play the scene on his desk
After a while the clan heads eyes widened greatly and he looked at Ray with trembling eyes
"This... Yuxuan did you tell anyone?"
Ray shook his head
Moving his hand into his pocket he took out the Gu worms he got from the inheritance.
"These were at the location of the corpse." He pushed it towards the Clan head
"I know clan head will do well in distributing this"
The clan heads' eyes widened more
It took him awhile but he calmed his heart down
"You truly have done the clan a great service. Is this all you found?"
Yuxuan put on a hesitant expression and the clan head sighed in understanding
"You have already given enough to the clan, If there is something you want to keep you may - in fact you will already be rewarded for this."
Yuxuan put on a soft smile and bowed
He stood and took out 15 primeval stones and the liquor worm
"Hoh, I see - this will be a very helpful Gu worm for you at rank one." He smiled
"Your growth is important to the clan, in the case we can elevate it to rank 2 we will do it to supplement you when you reach rank 2."
"Thank you Clan head."
"You have done a good thing, Yuxuan, and i am glad you understand why this must remain secret—I will reward you and announce it. You can keep the liquor worm and i will give you a reward of your choice."
Ray smiled—"Thank you, sir, but if possible, can we keep it a secret?"
The head tilted his head slightly—"I assume you have a reason... I don't mind agreeing to that but still—I must reward you; tell me what you want."
"Primeval stones"
He replied simply, right now it was the thing he needed most since it will take a while more to get the essence stones from essence stone gu
"As you wish, I will give you 2000 stones as a reward."
Yuxuan rolled his eyes internally, if he gave it to the Bai clan, he would have got a lot more but this was fine too for now.
"Thank you, clan head!"
"It is the least we can do, but besides that... have you refined the liquor worm already?" The man's eyes were slightly wide
"Yes, sir, I found it at the cave and it was very weak—I did not know why but my instincts told me to choose it as my vital Gu."
The clan head nodded—"Your instincts are good and it was fortunate that you found the liquor worm in a weakened state."
"May I ask what this gu does?"
A blank expression appeared on his face
"You don't know what it does and yet you refined it as your vital gu?"
Yuxuan scratched the back of his neck - "Yeah..."
The Clan head pressed his hand to his temple
"The liquor worm is used to raise the quality of your primeval essence by a minor realm. with your aptitude, it will greatly increase your progress through rank one... When you reach rank 2 we can try and purchase another for you and elevate it to the next rank for you as I said earlier."
He smiled, watching the mock shock on Yuxuan's face.
"Thank you for letting me keep it sir!"
The clan head nodded placing the photo audio gu into his pocket
"Now that you have the liquor worm as your vital gu you must feed 2 gu so the primeval stones will be a necessary resource, how are you faring with the moonlight gu?"
Yuxuan smiled - "I have refined it"
He said as his hand emitted a light blue light
"Truly a great talent for refinement!" The elder patted his shoulder as they walked out of the room
"Go to the academy and inform the elder even that Fang Zheng can not compare to such a talent."
The elder smiled widely
The stronger Yuxuan was the better it was for the clan and him as his disciple
"Thank you clan head, I will take my leave"
The man nodded - "I will have your primeval stones sent to your room in the morning"
Ray smiled politely and walked away
But he did not go the the academy, he went home - he knew that Fang Yuan was going to get the reward in a few days and allowed him to do so
He did not need the 20 primeval stones when he was going to get 2000 in the morning and in the first place even the primeval stones were not needed because in a month he could move to treasure yellow heaven and trade with immortal essence stones
But for now he was going to cultivate.