REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 18: Let the past disappear like smoke

Faced with his brother's question, Fang Yuan did not speak; he continued his breakfast. She knew her sister's character – Fang Zheng was not someone who could keep her composure.

Sure enough, Fang Zheng saw that his elder brother did not even look at him, as if Fang Yuan was pretending he was airborne. In the next moment he called out in a tone full of unhappiness, “Sister, what did you do to Shen Cui? Ever since she came out of your room yesterday, she's been crying everywhere. When I comforted her, she was crying more and more.”

Fang Yuan looked at his sister, his face expressionless. Fang Zheng frowned, staring intently at his elder brother, waiting for his answer.

The atmosphere is getting tense.

But Fang Yuan only stared at him for a while before he lowered his head and continued eating.

Fang Zheng's younger brother was instantly confused. Fang Yuan's attitude was definitely an unseen humiliation towards him. Under the embarrassment and frustration, he smacked his hands into the table, roaring loudly, “Gu Yue Fang Yuan, how can you act like this! Shen Cui as the servant girl has served you for many years; I have seen her tenderness and concern for you. Yes, I know you feel lost, and I can understand your sad feelings. Yes, you are only a C-class talent, but that doesn't mean you can vent your anger on others just because of your own misfortune. It's not fair to him!"

He had just finished when Fang Yuan stood up, raising his hand in an instant.

The slap!

With a loud voice, he dealt a loud punch to Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng covered his right cheek, stumbling two steps back, his face full of shock.

“A useless scoundrel, what kind of tone do you use to talk to your own older brother ?! Shen Cui was just a servant girl! Just because of a lowly girl like her, you will forget that I am your big brother?” Fang Yuan reprimanded in a low voice.

Fang Zheng finally reacted, the stinging pain on his face surging through his nervous system in waves. He stared wide-eyed, his breathing rough as he said in disbelief, “Sister, you hit me? From the time I was young until I was an adult, you've never hit me before! Yes, I was found to be an A class talent, you are only a C class. But you also can't blame me for that, this is all heaven setting ... "

The slap!

Fang Zheng had not finished speaking, yet Fang Yuan used the back of his hand and struck him again.

Fang Zheng covered both of his cheeks with both of his hands. He's dumbfounded.

“Naif stupid, do you still remember! From young until now, how do I take care of you? When our parents die, our lives are difficult. During the New Year, aunts and uncles only gave us one new robe, did I wear it? Who do I give to wear? When you were a kid you liked to eat sweet porridge, I'd tell the kitchen to make another bowl for you every day. When you are bullied by someone else, who brings you back? Not to mention many other things, I felt unworthy to talk about. Well, now that a waiter, you'll talk to me like this, come to question me?

Fang Zheng's face was red. His lips were trembling, embarrassed and annoyed, as well as shocked and angry. But he could not say a word of rebuttal.

Because everything Fang Yuan said was the truth!

"Anything." Fang Yuan sneered, "Since you even let go of your own biological parents and acknowledge others, what is my value to you, just as your elder brother?"

“Sister, how can you say that. You also know that I've always missed the warmth of family since I was young, me ... "Fang Zheng immediately explained.

Fang Yuan waved his hand, stopping his brother from continuing. "From today onwards, you are not my younger brother, and I am no longer your older brother."

"Big brother!" Fang Zheng was startled, opening his mouth to say more.

At this moment Fang Yuan spoke, “Do you not like Shen Cui? Don't worry; I didn't do anything to her. She is still a virgin, untouchable and pure. Give me six ancient stones and I'll give them to you, from today onwards he can be your personal servant.

"Sister, why are you ..." His inner thoughts were revealed so suddenly, Fang Zheng felt a wave of panic, feeling somewhat unprepared.

But at the same time his heart was convinced. The one thing he was most worried about did not come true.

Not long ago at night, Shen Cui personally served and bathed her.

Although nothing important had happened, Fang Zheng could never forget the gentleness of the night. Whenever he thought of Shen Cui, he would remember his skillful hands and his soft red lips, and his heart would throb.

A sincere feeling of youthfulness had long been embedded in the young man's chest, beginning to grow.

So when he found out about Shen Cui's unusual state last night, anger immediately burst out from his heart. He instantly gave up fixing his Moonlight Gu and turned the village outside trying to find Fang Yuan, wanting to make a statement.

Seeing Fang Zheng not reply, Fang Yuan frowned and said, “Love is very normal, more honest. There is no point in hiding. Of course, if you don't want to exchange, then it's okay. ”

Fang Zheng was anxious on the spot. “I'll exchange! Why don't I switch. But the ancient stone on me is not enough for six more. ”

As he said this, he took out his money bag, his face flushed red.

Fang Yuan took the pouch and found six pieces inside, but one of the stones between them was smaller than an ordinary ancient stone by half the size. He immediately knew that Fang Zheng had absorbed the primordial essence of this stone to speed up his Moonlight Gu refining process. After all, the more natural essences were absorbed from the ancient stone, the smaller the stone was, and its weight would also become lighter.

Even though it was only five pieces and a half, Fang Yuan knew: These are all ancient stones that Fang Zheng had now. Fang Zheng had no savings of his own, and these six ancient stones were the ones that Aunt and Uncle had given him not long ago.

"I'll keep this, you can go now." Fang Yuan's expression was cold as he slipped the bag.

"Sir ..." Fang Zheng wanted to say more.

Fang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, speaking slowly and casually, "Before I change my mind, you'd better disappear from my eyes."

Fang Zheng felt his heart tighten. He gritted his teeth, and finally turned around and left. When he stepped through the inn doorway, he involuntarily covered his chest with his hand, feeling a wave of uneasiness. There was a feeling that told him that he had just lost something very important.

But very quickly he felt hot at the thought of Shen Cui, and that beautiful night. "I can finally have you as mine, Cui Cui (1)." He did not look back, and walked out of Fang Yuan's sight.

Fang Yuan stood expressionless; he stood for a long time, then he finally slowly sat down.

A bright sunlight passed through the window, shining on his indifferent face, making those who saw this feel somewhat cold inside. The business in the cafeteria was rather poor, and the streets were getting crowded with people. The noise and excitement from the bustling crowd spread out, making the place feel calmer. The plate gets cold. A worker came over attentively, asking if Fang Yuan wanted to reheat his breakfast.

Fang Yuan did not hear it. His gaze continued to shift like a cloud, as if he was reminiscing some old memories. The worker waited a moment. But when he saw Fang Yuan possessed, never saying a word, he could only rub his nose and walk away bitterly.

He came back to reality once again. The sunlight that flowed in illuminated half of the table. The hot air blowing from the dishes had already disappeared, and the frenzied sounds of the crowd in the streets entered his ears.

He reached into his robe and patted the five and a half ancient stones on his chest, his mouth curling forming a bitter and mocking smile. But that smile was immediately thrown away.

"Servant, go and reheat this dish for me." Fang Yuan looked at his plate and vaguely opened his mouth, shouting. At this moment his eyes looked extremely cold.

"What! Your brother actually said that?” In the hall, Uncle frowned, his voice cold. Aunt sat to the side, staring speechlessly at the fresh red fingerprints on Fang Zheng's cheeks.

“Yes, when I met my older brother, he was having breakfast at the inn. Everything goes like this, ” replied Fang Zheng politely.

The frown on Uncle's forehead deepened, everything condensed into 3 black lines (2).

After a few breaths he sighed and said in a serious tone, “Fang Zheng my son, you should remember this. Shen Cui's servant wasn't Fang Yuan's personal property; we assigned him to her. How could he use it as merchandise? If you want it, you should have told us in advance. We'll just assign it to you. ”

"Aah?" Fang Zheng was stunned as he listened to this.

Uncle waved his hand. “You can take your cut. You gave all of your ancient stones to Fang Yuan, so I will only give you six more. Remember, use it correctly to perfect your Gu and snatch the number one. We will be very proud of you when you do.”

"Dad, your son is ashamed ..." Fang Zheng suddenly shed tears. Uncle sighed and replied, “Go away, quickly go back to your room and perfect Gumu. You don't have much time left."

When Fang Zheng left, Uncle's face showed a ferocious and angry expression.

Bang out!

He hit the table with his palm using great force, hissing, “Hmph, this damn bastard. He actually brought our worker to make the exchange, he is really cunning!”

Aunt advises, “Suami, calm your anger. That's just six ancient miles.”

“What do you understand, woman! This Fang Yuan was only a C-class talent, if he wanted to refine MoonlightGu, he would need an ancient stone. With his weak experience of the first timer, six ancient stones would not be enough to fix it. But now that he had twelve pieces, it would be more than enough. ” Uncle was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

He added, “Guru Gu's cultivation will be very fast as long as there are sufficient resources and no obstacles. In two or three years, the clan would be able to produce a second rank Master Gu. The lower Fang Yuan's cultivation rank was, the less his hopes of trying to seize the family legacy one year later. Currently he was young, just starting to cultivate. We will block him and let his initial process fall behind those of his age. Academy resources are always given to outstanding students. With his pent-up talent, once he retreated, he would not be able to obtain any resources. Without the help of its cultivation resources it would fall further. With this vicious circle, I want to see if he has the ability to inherit the family legacy a year later!

Aunt doesn't understand. “Even if we don't stop him, he will at most be in the middle stage one year later. Husband, your cultivation is at rank two, why are you still afraid of him?

Uncle was so angry that he stepped on and said, "Woman, you are really a case of 'long hair but short insights'! Just with my identity as a senior, should I really defeat the younger generation? If he wanted to regain the inheritance, it was natural and could not be stopped directly; I could only fight using the rules of the clan. Stated in the clan rules: To become the head of the house at sixteen, the person must have at least a tier one intermediate cultivation. Otherwise, it meant that Fang Yuan had no right to waste the clan's resources. After I say this, do you understand now?

Enlightened aunt.

Uncle narrowed his eyes, a glint in his gaze. He shook his head slightly, sighed as he said, “Fang Yuan is too smart, too cunning. He can even see through the power play. What kind of intelligence is this? Planning and counting at such a young age is terrorizing! At first I would continue plotting against him, but he moved immediately. I wanted to rely more on Shen Cui to monitor and trouble him, but in the end he went and even got six ancient stones.”

“Unfortunately, if he could be as stupid as Fang Zheng, that would be great. Oh right, from today onwards you should treat Fang Zheng better. After all, he was an A-grade talent. Not to mention I can see that he has dissatisfied and unhappy feelings towards Fang Yuan. These emotions are a good thing; they must be properly guided. I have a kind of feeling that he will be the best tool to deal with Fang Yuan in the future!

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

In the room in the inn, there were no lights. Moonlight comes in, gives the color of ice. On the bed Fang Yuan sat cross-legged, his eyes closed. He moved his green copper primordial essence, focusing his mind on refining the Liquor worm. On his body, the small incision had been dyed with green copper, but the desire of the Liquor worm was still tenacious as usual. It was constantly struggling amidst the refined primordial essence.

Fang Yuan's refining process did not go smoothly. That was very difficult.

“I spent two days and two nights, only resting two hours each day, and I spent twelve pieces of ancient stone but only managed to repair about 1/15 of the progress. Counting by time, I guess someone will successfully refine their Gu within these few days. ”

Fang Yuan could see the situation clearly. Yet his talent was a poor grade, adding the Liquor worm he was trying to refine had an extremely tenacious desire to live; it was even stronger than an ordinary Moonlight Gu. The situation resulting from being left behind was normal.

"When left behind is nothing, as long as I have the worm Liquor ..." Fang Yuan's heart was as clear as a mirror, there was not the slightest bit of anxiety and despair within him. Suddenly, the Liquor worm curled up into a ball.

"Oh no, the Liquor worm strikes back!" Fang Yuan immediately opened his eyes, a hint of astonishment in his gaze. In front of him, the Liquor worm had curled up into small, round dumplings, ferociously giving off a dazzling white light.

It risked everything in this one last stand!

Instantly Fang Yuan felt a strong will come out from the body of the Liquor worm, flowing directly through the primordial essence and descending into the primordial sea in his crack.

A situation where Gu's counterattacks were extremely rare. Only Gu with an extremely strong will would give his all, whether it was success or death. In the face of such a scenario, ordinary teenagers would panic now.

Although he was shocked, Fang Yuan did not panic; in fact he was rather happy. “Risking everything in one last attempt, this is also a good thing. As long as I can handle this counterattack, the Liquor worm's will is greatly weakened. But I must focus my full attention on fighting this desire, I cannot accept outside interference in the slightest. Otherwise, it would be bad, hiks ... But I hope no one comes and bothers me during this period. ”

His mind was finished, he was ready to gather the primordial essence in his hole, ready to accept the will of the Liquor worm. He would get entangled with it and fight it 300 rounds.

But at this moment, a magical event happened!

In the middle of his gap, just above the sea high in the air, a Gu appeared.

The explosion!

A strong powerful breath erupted from this Gu.

This breath was like the Milky Way gushing out, and the flood was rushing down from the mountains. However, it was also like a monstrous beast whose dignity was offended that opened its red eyes and looked around to see who dared to violate its territory!

"This is the Autumn Spring Cricket ?!" Seeing this Gu, Fang Yuan was completely shocked!!

(1) Cui Cui is just an affectionate way to call Shen Cui.

(2) The novel says [ ⁇ ], which means condensed into words (Sometimes Chinese words are used to describe something)