REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 105: I will be very lost

Chapter 105: I will be very lost

Gu Yue Qing Shu was also an orphan like Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng.

His parents had died in a wave of wolves when he was young.

He was personally raised by the clan leader Gu Yue Bo.

After she was tested to have a B grade talent, she received Gu Yue Bo's personal guidance. His talent was outstanding and could be said to be at the top rank among B values, it could even be called 'false A value'. Gu Yue Bo had raised him as a future clan leader.

Gu Yue Qing Shu had a warm and friendly temperament. He was highly praised and well received by the clan members. He was also extremely loyal to the clan; fang Zheng's arrival cut off his hopes of inheriting the position of clan leader, but he was instead happy and wholeheartedly taking care of Fang Zheng.

On Earth, Yue Fei(1), Wei Zheng(2) and Bao Zheng(3) were people with such characters.

Unfortunately, in a wave of wolves a year later, the North gate would fall; to block this gap and protect the clan members, he stepped forward. In the end, he forcefully used Gu Rank three with his second rank cultivation, becoming an impenetrable fortress and successfully defending the village.

However, his aperture was destroyed because of this and he ended up turning into a tree man and died.

Thus, Gu Yue Qing Shu had left a deep impression on Fang Yuan.

When he saw Fang Yuan sigh, Gu Yue Qing Shu naturally did not think that Fang Yuan was looking back on his death and thought Fang Yuan was upset by the Liquor worm.

He smiled, “Fang Yuan, you should have been clear about the limits of the Liquor worm. Liquor Worm was only a rank one Gu worm and could only refine a rank one green copper essence. But you are already a rank two Master Gu; the Liquor Worm is useless against the primordial essence of red steel. Although you have a wine shop now and can easily keep the Liquor Worm, why would you needlessly nurture something that is useless to you?”

He switched the topic of discussion, “Worm Liquor is useless to you but useful to Master Gu Rank one more. Especially in the resurrection ceremony the next spring, there will be a group of new students and the Liquor worm will be of great help to them. So, you better sell the Liquor worm to the clan and contribute to the clan's strength. ”

Fang Yuan did not reply.

Qing Shu pondered, guessing Fang Yuan's intent, “I understand now. You are reluctant to part with the Liquor worm, you even want to combine it. If I'm not mistaken, you should have thought of choosing the rank two White cocoon route, then the rank three Mist Perspiring butterfly fusion route, right?”

“This is the most extensive and also the most practical recipe. The Mist Perspiring Butterfly is a great Gu worm. But the White Chrysalis had no ability. This fusion route will not have much value to you. You have a grade C talent and now have a rank two cultivation; the White Cocoon does not have any ability and will only waste food, it will not help you.”

“What are the chances of you reaching Rank three? Even if you manage to rise to rank three, you might already be middle-aged by then. Will you raise a useless White Chrysalis for decades? It would be better to use the cost of raising the White Cocoon to nurture the Gu worm. It is more practical and will help you more, am I wrong?”

“The true value of liquor worms lies in refining the primordial essence and raising a small realm. If you go through this fusion, you will only treat the Liquor Worm as an ingredient, isn't that a pity?

All Gu worms only have one ability.

For example, the Spring Autumn Cricket is a Rank six Gu, but it only has the ability of rebirth.

The new Gu worm that comes from fusion usually takes the ability of one Gu worm and enhances it. White Jade Gu, for example, took the defensive ability of Jade Skin Gu and upgraded it, while losing White Boar Gu's ability to gain increased strength.

That is, if one obtained the White Jade Gu, it would only help in defense and be unable to increase Master Gu's strength.

Qing Shu was right, the value of the Liquor worm was in refining the primordial essence and improving its stage by a small realm.

For Master Gu, this was another form of increasing their ancient essence reserves while also being very helpful in nurturing their openings and increasing their cultivation speed.

If one were to pass through the fusion route of 'White Chrysalis, Mist Perspiring Butterfly', the resulting Gu worm would not have the ability to purify the primordial essence that would be so unfortunate.

In fact, the Flower Wine Monk took this route and purified the Mist Perspiring Butterfly from the Liquor worm, using it to lure women and commit evil acts. After his death, the Fog Sweaty Butterfly continued to degenerate from not having enough food and eventually returned to the Liquor worm.

Qing Shu's eyes bulged as she looked at the silent Fang Yuan and continued, “Actually, our clan has a recipe; this recipe raised the Liquor worm to rank two Moon Harbinger Gu then rank three Seven Fragrances Liquor worm. The Seven Fragrances Liquor worm had the ability to purify the primordial essence. ”

“Fang Yuan, if you do not want to sell the Liquor worm, then we can turn it into a business transaction. You will sell the Liquor worm to the clan and if the clan can refine it into the Seven Fragrances Liquor worm, you will have the right to use it for five years. If it fails, the clan will replace it. What do you think?"

Doing this meant the clan would bear all the risks for fusion. With such superior conditions, others might gladly agree to it.

But Fang Yuan only sneered coldly in his heart.

He knows himself.

With 44% C-class talent, rising to rank three was almost impossible. In his previous life, Fang Yuan had been stalled at Rank two for over a hundred years before finally and coincidentally obtained a Gu worm that enhanced his talent and became Master Gu Rank three.

Five years of using the right sounded incredible but to Fang Yuan, it was like trying to capture the reflection of the moon in the water.

Gu Yue Qing Shu said so because she saw Fang Yuan's ambition to rise to rank three, so she deliberately threw this sweet bait to lure Fang Yuan in.

But he miscalculated from the start!

In Fang Yuan's memories, there was the best recipe for the fusion of the Liquor worm.

First is advancing the Liquor worm to Rank two of the Four Flavours Liquor worm then to the Seven Fragrances Liquor worm Rank three. Whether it was the Four Flavours Liquor worm or the Seven Fragrances Liquor worm, both of them had the ability to purify the primordial essence.

However, it is not easy to purify the Four Flavours Liquor worm.

First of all, the merger required two Liquor worms; fang Yuan only had one at the moment. Furthermore, fusion requires four types of wine, and these four wines must have four different flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy.

Let's not talk about the difficulty in buying the Liquor worm with almost no supply in the market.

Spicy wine was the most common, ordinary white spirit wine was all of these types. For sour grapes, you can get bayberry wine and grape wine; rice wine can meet the criteria of sweet wine. But for bitter wine, it takes some thought to do.

From what Fang Yuan knew, there was a kind of green bitter wine brewed using Ai grass. Unfortunately Ai village was very far away, how could he obtain it?

Fang Yuan had been holding back the Liquor worm not because he wanted to wait and sell it at a high price. Instead, Fang Yuan had all along wanted to go through this fusion route; using other fusion routes could be considered destroying the Liquor worm.

How could Gu Yue Qing Shu know what Fang Yuan had in mind.

Seeing that Fang Yuan did not move to agree at all, he threw his ace card, “Fang Yuan, if you sell the Liquor worm, I can mediate between you and Fang Zheng. At the very least, he won't use the family's assets to challenge you in Gu's battle. You also know the rules of the clan; challenges must be accepted. Even if Gu's battle request was not approved by the higher-ups, it should be accepted first. Even if you are sure of your defeat and do not want to go to the arena, immediately give up, you still have to accept the challenge.”

This world promoted martial spirit; the clan did not need cowards. If there is a challenge, Master Gu must accept it. Accepting the challenge proves that you are not a coward. Even if you admit your defeat in public, it is also a brave act.

Under the cruel suppression of the environment, this automatically changed and formed into a value system.

The higher-ups of the clan would arbitrate according to the outcome of the battle of Gu and resolve any issues and disputes.

The premise of Gu's battle was to have a reason. The challenger must be on the right side and the challenge must make sense, or both sides can make a similar deal by betting, only then will the battle of Gu be approved.

“Gu Fang Zheng's battle request is reasonable and fair; it will be approved. If this were to happen, no matter the outcome - whether losing or winning - would be judged by the elders. Who do you think the elders will side with between you and Fang Zheng? ”

Qing Shu's smile became bigger, she looked at Fang Yuan with a smoldering gaze and continued to add pressure, “Fang Yuan, if you win, if you win, you just need to part with a little less of the family assets. But if you sell Liquor Worms to the clan, you will contribute to the clan. The clan will remember you. I can also guarantee that Fang Zheng will never challenge you based on family assets. ”

The implication was that Fang Zheng could still challenge Fang Yuan for different reasons.

This was one of the things that made Gu Yue Qing Shu and Gu Yue Bo happy to see her. They hoped that Fang Zheng would defeat Fang Yuan and shatter the shadow in his heart to build up his confidence.

Fang Yuan suddenly smiled, he had been listening to Gu Yue Qing Shu's chatter from the start. And now, he finally spoke.

"You think I'll lose if we fight?" Fang Yuan asked Qing Shu.

Qing Shu also smiled, “Fights are full of variety, no one can foresee what might happen. However, I need to remind you, Fang Zheng has refined rank two Moonveil Gu; you will not get much profit.”

"Ha ha ha." Fang Yuan shook his head, and the smile on his face became bigger, "I'll lose, I'll definitely lose."

Qing Shu stared blankly.

Fang Yuan looked into his eyes and continued, “I will not only lose, I will even lose so miserably. I will give up all the inheritance of my parents, and from then on I will sleep on the street and wander begging in the village.”

"You…." Gu Yue Qing Shu was smart, she understood the true intent of Fang Yuan. Her expression became solemn; no longer confident and graceful.

Fang Yuan's words were a real threat.

Fang Zheng was raised as the next clan leader; if it was known that he had recognized others as his parents, using his cultivation and talent to bully his elder brother, seizing the inheritance, he would have to have his name, there would be great damage to his reputation.

Even on Earth, people who do this will be humiliated and underestimated by people. Especially in this world where the values of family love are raised to a whole new level.

It was fine if Fang Zheng wanted to become a demon. But he would be the clan leader, the leader of the straight path, and that meant he had to uphold his virtues and cherish them.

For a moment, Gu Yue Qing Shu looked at Fang Yuan in bewilderment. He discovered that despite hearing a lot about Fang Yuan, he still underestimated the latter.

The dominance he had built up from his many sentences since the moment they met, was now crumbling violently.

Fang Yuan struck a nail on the head, directly showing the main part to Gu Yue Qing Shu.

If it was anyone else, Fang Yuan would have spoken differently. But Gu Yue Qing Shu was someone who was extremely loyal to the clan and in Fang Yuan's previous life, he had preferred to sacrifice himself to protect the clan. Therefore, he had no choice but to worry because of Fang Yuan's threat.

However, he quickly calmed down, his eyes staring at Fang Yuan as he spoke with gritted teeth, “But you will not do this. Since inheritance has been your goal all along, how would you cultivate if you were to hand over the inheritance?

Fang Yuan was not afraid. He met Qing Shu's gaze, his lips curling into a smile, "That's why I believe you'll give up the idea of buying Liquor worms and also persuade Fang Zheng not to challenge me, am I wrong?"

Others might not be able to persuade Fang Zheng, but Gu Yue Qing Shu had this ability.

Fang Yuan did not doubt this.

The situation is deadlocked.

After a while, Gu Yue Qing Shu lowered her eyes.

He stared at the wine cup in his hand for a while and suddenly laughed.

“Interesting, we will do just that.” His tone carried a hint of melancholy.

(1). Yue Fei ( ⁇ ) – [1103 M – 1142 M] Patriots and generals of the Song Dynasty.

(2). Wei Zheng ( ⁇ ) – [580 M – 643 M] Tang politician and historian, best known as critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty.

(3). Bao Zheng ( ⁇ ) – [999 M – 1062 M] Northern song official famous for his honesty.