Chapter 44 - Upheaval in the Academy VII

After the basic martial arts class was the academy elder's session.

He waved his big hand, pointing at the row of grass puppets in front of the bamboo wall. He went straight to the subject and said, "Alright, today is the day to check the results. I want five people in a group coming up in a proper sequence, using the moonblade to attack three times."

After hearing what the academy said, Fang Yuan went up. That day after the first demonstration Fang Yuan had bought the grass puppet from the system for one and half primeval stones so that he could practice. These days whenever he got the chance he would sneak out and visit the secret cave to practice there, as such he and become quite proficient in using moon blades.

Right now Fang Yuan was still thinking about how to earn primeval stones, as such he wanted this to be over as soon as possible. So that he could spend more time thinking instead of wasting on this.

"Hey, look it's Fang Yuan. He went up in the first group?"

"Oh, that C grade talent 'cold genius'? Heh heh"

Many gazes were gathered on Fang Yuan, and the academy elder's sight was fixed on him as well. Fang Yuan didn't care about any of this, he closed his eyes and recalled the motions of his hand during the many times he practiced during the past three days.

He stood still, primeval essence pouring into the Moonlight Gu in the heart of his palm. With a cut in the air, he struck out the first moonblade, then the second and the third followed immediately right after the first.

All three attacks accurately hit the grass puppet's neck. It cleanly cut the head off the grass puppet's neck the force of the attack causing the head to fly for about a foot in the air before it fell.

Looking at this the students all slowly opened their mouths wide as they wore astonished expressions.

Since his turn was over Fang Yuan went to stand by the side giving his place to the next student.

With such a display everyone's eyes were on him but he simply closed his eyes and began thinking of ways to earn primeval stones.

As such it was the next five students' turn. But due to Fang Yuan's performance, none of the rest of the students were able to perform properly as they all tried to surpass him they aimed at the neck of the puppet but alas this led to them not even being able to hit the puppet.

Gu Yue Chi Cheng failed miserably he tried to hit the neck the first two times but missed on both times, for his third try he hit the torso.

Gu Yue Mo Bei having learned from Gu Yue Chi Cheng's miserably performance simply aimed for the grass puppets torso all three times.

Fang Zheng who was not ready to give up without trying, tried to aim for the neck too, but failed, as such for his reaming two tries he aimed for the grass puppet's torso just like Gu Yue Mo Bei.

In such a manner Fang Yuan for this assessment took first place, again.

...…

At the end of the day.

Around fifty students were sitting in the classroom, on the stage above the elder was reading out names one by one, distributing allowance to them.

This was the academy's weekly subsidy where every seven days allowance would be distributed. One could say it was financial aid for these young teens. After all with their capabilities, to feed and raise their own Gu was a lot of financial pressure.

"Gu Yue Fang Yuan." The elder read aloud.

Fang Yuan got up from the seat by the window in the last row. He walked up the stage, receiving two moneybags. In one bag were three primeval stones – the clan's allowance. The other bag held the reward of ten primeval stones.

"Work hard." The elder said. He gave Fang Yuan a deep look. Fang Yuan had continuously achieved number one, and this had let those elders who were originally disappointed in him start paying slight attention.

Fang Yuan nodded his head and took the purse into his arms, returning to his seat.

Looking at him all the students were confused. When one normally got a first place they would be happy, in some cases they might be nervous but never had they seen anyone frown and showing a brooding expression as if the whole world owes them money. The students were confused what's up with Fang Yuan showing such an expression?

The reason Fang Yuan had such an expression was that after thinking for nearly a whole day Fang Yuan could not come up with any ideas to earn primeval stones and as such was in a bad mood.

Looking at the students around him stealing glances at him, Fang Yuan thought, 'Damn do I really need to beat these little pricks and snatch primeval stones from them? I don't mind doing that but the problem is that bro-con Mo Yan will definitely come to find trouble with me if I do that.'

Fang Yuan did not want unnecessary trouble as such he could not decide what to do and the time was ticking away. He needed to make a decision now before all the students left.

While he was thinking about whether to beat the shit out of these kids or not to get himself some primeval stones, the academy elder announced a matter. "You all have been in the academy for an amount of time now, and you are familiar with how to use your vital Gu as well. In the next few days, I will teach you all how to warm and nourish your aperture, advancing a Gu Master's cultivation realm. The higher the realm of a Gu Master, the more concise your primeval essence becomes. A-Rank one Gu Master has green copper primeval essence; a Rank two Gu Master has red iron primeval essence and a Rank three Gu Master possesses; white silver primeval essence. A portion of red iron primeval essence is comparable to ten portions of green copper primeval essence. Similarly, a portion of white silver primeval essence equals ten portions of red iron primeval essence!"

"You must all remember, the Gu are just tools that we use. Cultivation is the foundation of us Gu Masters. The higher your rank, the stronger the Gu you can use. In the next three months, whoever can take the lead and promote to Rank one middle stage will receive a reward of thirty primeval stones. At the same time, he will be able to choose the second Gu first. After three months, we will elect a class monitor and two vice-class monitors based on the results. The class monitor will enjoy a subsidy of ten primeval stones while the vice-class monitor will have an allowance of five pieces! Alright, that's all for today. You can all leave."

As soon as the academy elder said that Fang Yuan jumped out the window.

The academy elder, who saw this for the first time. "...…"