REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 10: A storm may arise from a clear sky, purification of Gu is fraught with difficulty

Pitter-patter. . .

Heavy rain drops intensively fell to the ground, hitting the greening bamboo houses with a crisp sound.

The rain drops attack the surface of the pool in front of the house. In the water, the fish swam happily back and forth while the water ferns swayed slightly.

Sky overcast. The entire vision was covered by a thick layer of rain.

Inside the dim room, with his window open, Fang Yuan silently looked towards the huge storm, sighing deeply, “It has been three nights and three days. ”

Three days before tonight, he was still searching around the mountain fortress while holding his two wine jugs.

However, the heavy rain suddenly came at midnight.

Not to mention he was completely drenched, but with this kind of circumstance, there was no way he could continue his search.

The rain can quickly wash away the smell of wine. At the same time, if he was still determined to continue his quest even under the heavy rain, it would make others suspect his actions.

Previously, he pretended to be a drunk to hide his true intentions. However, he should not underestimate the intelligence of others. Usually, only fools think others are like them.

At a dead end, Fang Yuan could only stop his search.

And this rain, once it started, seemed endless. It is light or heavy, diluted or solid, but it never stops.

“Like this, I won't be able to find Wine Gu for a while. In order to ensure that I will be able to achieve my goal, I now have to refine Moonlight Gu. Throughout the process, it would be best if I can find Wine Gu, but if not, then I can only accept it. Nonetheless, this is normal; luck is not as predictable as the weather. In this world, how could there be someone who could sail with the wind perfectly without any flaws? ” Fang Yuan maintains stable emotions. Five hundred years had immediately erased his little impulsive nature.

He closed the doors and windows, then sat cross-legged on his bed, slowly closed his eyes and calmed his breath, he then sank into his thoughts.

For a second, a scene from his empty crack appeared in his head.

Although its useless aperture was attached to its body, it was extremely deep. It can be very small but very large.

Covering the useless gap outside was a layer of light. The layer of white light had given others a very weak feeling, but that was what supported the futile aperture.

Inside that futile gap was his Primeval Essence Sea.

The water is bronze. The surface is as calm as a mirror. The water level is about half of the empty gap. The total volume taken by the Ancient Sea was about forty-four percent of the empty hole.

This was the Bronze Primeval Essence of level one Master Gu. Every drop of water were all Primeval Essences. They were the Primeval power of Fang Yuan's vitality, as well as his thick essence, qi, soul.

Each one of those Primeval drops was truly precious, as it was the foundation of Master Gu and their Primeval strength. Master Gu's ability to cultivate and encourage Gu depended on this Ancient Essence.

As his mind left the Ancient Sea, Fang Yuan opened his eyes, removing Moonlight Gu from his chest.

Moonlight Gu quietly lay on Fang Yuan's palm, like a curved blue moon, stunning yet refined, emitting a dazzling light.

As Fang Yuan's mind shook gently, the Ancient Sea within his futile gap revolved frantically. Waves of Primeval Essence broke through the surface of the sea, leaving its body, and ferociously entered Moonlight Gu.

The Moonlight Gu suddenly emitted his dim blue light, slightly trembling in Fang Yuan's palm. It was trying to withstand Fang Yuan's powerful Primeval Essence.

Gu is the core of Heaven and Earth, the code for great roads, the principle medium. It was also a living being, born with freedom, and had its own will. Right now, Fang Yuan wanted to cultivate it, erasing his will. Of course, Moonlight Gu would naturally refuse after sensing such danger.

The process of cultivation is very difficult.

The Moonlight Gu was like a curved crescent moon. As the bronze-colored Primeval Essence poured into his body, it first dyed the two pointed ends of the crescent moon in green.

Following this bronze intent, it began to spread to the middle of the crescent moon.

After less than three minutes, Fang Yuan's face had already paled. A large amount of Primeval Essence constantly disturbed Moonlight Gu, giving him a feeling of weakness as if his veins were being pulled out and his marrow sucked up, attacking his heart nonstop.

One percent, two percent, three percent, eight percent, nine percent, ten percent.

Moonlight Gu must have fought back with all his mind.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan immediately predicted this. That was unexpected. He then diligently tried to impart the Primeval Essence in Moonlight Gu's.

Ten percent, twenty percent, thirty percent

After twenty minutes, the Primeval Essence within his Primeval Sea was only fourteen percent left. The green bronze intent that expanded in Moonlight Gu, in total, could only occupy about one-twelfth of Moonlight Gu's body.

The rest of his body still had a light blue color.

“Treating Gu is too difficult. Seeing this, Fang Yuan quietly exclaimed. Cutting the Primeval Essence, he did not continue this cultivation of Moonlight Gu.

Up until now, he had cultivated Gu for half an hour in a row; his Ancient Sea had been wasted by half, with only fourteen percent remaining. But this Moonlight Gu had just cultivated up to one-twelfth of its capacity.

Moreover, what made it difficult to accept was that Moonlight Gu's body still emitted a faint blue halo. Although Fang Yuan had stopped his cultivation process, it did not stop fighting back, trying to take out Fang Yuan's bronze Primeval Essence as usual.

Fang Yuan could clearly sense that the Primeval Essence that had entered Moonlight Gu was gradually being repelled by him, disappearing outside of his body. On Moonlight Gu's body, the green bronze intent on the two pointed ends slowly shrank.

With this speed, after about six hours later, Moonlight Gu was actually able to expel Fang Yuan's Primeval Essence from his body. When that happened, continuing to cultivate this Gu was not much different from starting all over again.

“Every time someone develops Gu, it's like a war between two sides, a position war, a war of attrition. Gu had only cultivated up to one-twelfth, but I had wasted thirty percent of my Primeval Essence. In order to ensure a successful outcome, while cultivating Gu, a Gu master needed to continue replenishing their Ancient Sea while continuing to cultivate. The Gu Cultivation Exam required not only their Primeval Essence pushing skills, but also their patience in this war of attrition.

As Fang Yuan was thinking, he took out an Ancient Stone inside his pouch.

A Gu Master usually had two methods to replenish their wasted Primeval Essence.

One of them is to recover naturally. After some time, the Primeval Sea would automatically recover its Primeval Essence. Like Fang Yuan who possessed C-class talent, within an hour, he could recover four percent of his Primeval Essence. In six hours, it would be twenty-four percent of his total Primeval Essence.

The second method was to directly absorb the Ancient power of the Ancient Stone.

The Primeval Stone was a natural treasure. The condensation of the natural Primeval Essence could then be absorbed by master Gu.

Fang Yuan held the Ancient Stone in his hand as he constantly absorbed the surging natural Ancient Essence, urging him to enter the Ancient Sea within his futile hole.

The refined aureole outside the Primeval Stone gradually stopped as the sea level within the Primeval Sea Fang Yuan continued to rise at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

About half an hour later, the Ancient Sea once again recovered to forty-four percent of its volume. Reaching this level, the speed of rising water level suddenly stopped. Although there was still empty space within the futile gap, it was impossible for Fang Yuan to store the Ancient Essence anymore. This is the limit of C class talent.

Therefore, this can clearly prove an important part of cultivating talent towards cultivation.

The higher the talent, the more a vain aperture could store the Primeval Essence. Moreover, the Primeval Essence recovery speed was also faster.

For Fang Yuan, if he wanted to ascertain the result, he would need to absorb the Primeval Stones while cultivating Gu, due to his Primeval Essence speed recovering slower compared to Moonlight Gu's speed in repelling his Primeval Essence.

However, for an A-grade talent like Fang Zheng, he could charge a Primitive Essence at around eight percent per hour. After six hours, he could then recover forty-eight percent of the total Primeval he could store. And Moonlight Gu could only repel about thirty percent of the Primeval Essence in six hours.

He did not even need the external help of Primeval Stones. When consistently cultivating, with a little rest in between, he could actually succeed in cultivating this Moonlight in just a few days.

Therefore, Fang Yuan had known early on that cultivating Moonlight Gu for this Gu Cultivation Exam; that it was impossible for him to obtain first place. It is not related to the competence of a person. The most important element is one's talent.

The second element was the Primeval Stones.

If having the amount of Primeval stones surpassed without fear of wasting them, even a B-grade talent could have the same outstanding ability as an A-grade talent, gaining first place.

“I only have six Ancient Stones. Compared to Gu Yue Mo Bei, and Gu Yue Chi Cheng who had seniors helping them behind their backs, I am obviously worse off. I only have C grade talent, also inferior compared to Gu Yue Fang Zheng. Compared to the exam without the slightest chance of winning, it would be better to distract me, and look for Wine Gu. If I could cultivate it into my Gu Vitality, it would be better than Gu Moonlight. Uh? The sound of rain outside was getting quieter, it seemed to have stopped. The rain had already fallen here for three days, and three nights in a row, it should have stopped by now. ”

Fang Yuan took out his Moonlight Gu. As he got down from the bed and was about to open the window, the sound of knocking started to echo.

Outside the door, Shen Cui's voice rang out, “Young Master Fang Yuan, it's me. It has been raining for three days in a row. I had brought wine and food; the young master had to eat, as it could ease his grief. ”