Ladies blooming in talent

*Wang Mei's POV*

In a luxurious and richly decorated room, every inch of which could make a person who enjoys an indulgent and lavish lifestyle shed tears of joy upon seeing the room of their dreams.

As if responding to this expectation, in a large bed that could easily fit more than four people in the middle of the room, a girl of celestial beauty who seemed to have descended to the world was crying non-stop. But unlike an indulgent luxury lover who would be shedding tears of happiness, her tears were of sadness.

"Chen Wei, you idiot!! Abandoning me to cultivate alone..." Wang Mei, lying on the bed hugging the pillow, murmured with a mixture of emotions—melancholy, anger, sadness, and various others.

The sight of a girl with such a cute and innocent appearance in a state of depression because she was abandoned by her lover would instantly evoke sympathy from any young lady, just as it would make any young man roar in rage while vowing to teach a lesson to the stupid husband who left the girl.

Soon, the girl's tears, which stained the pillow, began to gather in one spot, shining with a strong light blue glow. This made the already sad room even more desolate, as the tears condensed into a beautiful blue celestial butterfly-shaped Gu.

"Kekekeke, this is an innovative refinement method...." Kuang Luo To murmured in a low voice as he observed the whole scene from a distance, ready to intervene in case something went wrong with the Gu's refinement.

"Yes... but it's not a very bearable process...." Wang Mei said as she wiped her tears before checking the Gu she had refined, a sad expression on her face.

This expression was not because the Gu had any problems or the refinement was a failure, but because the strong emotions from the Emotion Path had not completely subsided and still haunted her heart. These emotions were the reason she was crying as if the world was ending because Chen Wei spent a night cultivating instead of sleeping with her.

Of course, his actions made her sad and angry, but not to the point of crying endlessly on the bed. She fully understood that what he was doing was to be strong enough to protect them, though she would never admit that to him since she always acted like a spoiled and emotional girl when he was around.

"Kekekeke, what's a little sadness or suicidal thoughts to obtain such a fantastic Gu that I created personally for you—?! Insolent girl!!" Kuang Luo To was interrupted in his speech by another flick from Wang Mei. If any of his mortal enemies saw this, they would cough up blood at the girl's audacity.

"Hmph... don't even think about creating more of these Gu for me!" Wang Mei said, looking at the little toad who encouraged her after she suggested this cultivation method, saying the emotional suffering would be "bearable" for her.

But the "bearable" he mentioned, she discovered during the refinement, meant she wouldn't die from sadness and he would prevent any of hers attempt to kill herself out of sorrow—not that she tried, but her emotions strongly pushed her in that direction.

"...Well, how about the next Gu instead of the Desolate Lady Gu being something more manageable for your feelings?" Kuang Luo To suggested while floating in the air, reviewing the rank 2 Emotion Path Gu list for Wang Mei.

"Hmm... I'm not going to refine anything else for now... I only did this for the Desolate Lady Gu because I needed to swap my vital Gu for an Emotion Path one," Wang Mei said, looking at her "new" vital Gu, which was actually the same as the old one, just used in the refinement process to change its main path from Water Path to Emotion Path.

"Kekekek, so be it then. My disciple is coming here anyway, so you won't have time to refine—" Kuang Luo To was interrupted by Wang Mei, who got up from the bed using the Wisdom Path Gu in her aperture, given by Kuang Luo To, to change her emotional state.

"Forget what I said and go away..." Wang Mei said, blushing furiously with great embarrassment because she decided to refine the Lady's Pleasure Gu now that she knew Chen Wei was coming, but she would never let anyone else know this.

Soon, Wang Mei heard heavy footsteps outside the door, making her stand in front of it with great anticipation as she saw the door open, revealing Chen Wei with a remorseful expression.

"...Mei'er! You were waiting for me... well, my love, I'm sorry for—" Chen Wei couldn't finish his carefully prepared apology as Wang Mei ran into his arms, kissing him with her arms around his neck before pulling him onto their bed, an act to which he did not resist at all.

"Kekekeke, young ones full of hormones..." Both Kuang Luo To will's, the one with Wang Mei and the other with Chen Wei, said simultaneously as they left the room to give the couple privacy.

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*Feng Hua's POV*

"Hmm... Informative Wind Gu is really interesting," Feng Hua said as she examined one of her newest creations, where she tried to combine the concepts of Wind and Information Path.

"Kekeke, it's indeed a great investigative Gu type, besides belonging to the Wind Path which is your focus for now..." Kuang Luo To, who enthusiastically helped Feng Hua create and refine her new Gu, making it quite efficient since most of them had Information Path concepts.

"Using it with the Good News Wind Gu would be a great combination for a reconnaissance Gu master," Feng Hua said, a bit of discontent on her face and a hint of irritation in her voice.

"Hey, hey, calm down, little irritable girl. I know you want your direct and flamboyant attack methods..." Kuang Luo To said, seeing the expression on the young girl's face, "...but know that the Information Path is not for defenseless and inoffensive people but for those with cruel and precise attacks!!"

"Hmm, but I particularly don't see how this would be possible? Simply the concept of attacking someone directly using information doesn't enter my mind," Feng Hua honestly expresses her doubts regarding this aspect of the information path, as those related to obtaining knowledge to aid in cultivation she easily understood, but the concept of attack is still a mystery to her.

"Kekeke, look at this then..." Kuang Luo To Will creates an image in the air showing the fight between two young Gu Masters who seem to be from the northern plains due to their tanned skin.

The two youths are fighting fiercely against each other, but the young man with red hair, a muscular body, and more than two and a half meters tall is at a clear advantage over the other, a young man with a frail body and short stature, not exceeding one meter and sixty centimeters in height, and white hair, fighting with all his might just to stay alive.

"I don't understand, the muscular young man from the strength path is clearly winning and will kill the white-haired one who cultivates the information path..." Feng Hua comments while watching the fight, in which one side advances heroically with strength and ferocity to destroy the world, while the other side, belonging to the information path, continues to launch weak attacks in the form of words, trying to distract the enemy to be able to escape.

"Kekekeke, believe me, the white-haired youth will not lose..." Right after Kuang Luo To's words, as if reacting to him, the white-haired youth begins to laugh maniacally while declaring the end of his enemy.

"That laugh... don't tell me-?!" But before Feng Hua could complete her thought, she sees a killer move that the young man called 'Heavenly Omniscience' being activated.

"This is incredible... even just seeing an image of the battle, I feel my mind being overwhelmed," Feng Hua comments as a gigantic number of random, mostly useless pieces of information flood her mind, filling it and allowing almost no space for new thoughts.

But Feng Hua's situation is considerably better compared to the muscular youth, who is now lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, with eyes open but lifeless. His heart still beats and his body is still alive, but his mind has been completely destroyed.

"Kekeke, do you understand now... the focus of the information path is not to attack someone's body directly, but their mind!" Kuang Luo To Will declares with great pride, demonstrating the magnificence of a path he used to reach the pinnacle of the Gu world.

"Yes, I understand... master," Feng Hua, being extremely talented in the information path, didn't need Kuang Luo To Will's words to understand what he wanted to convey with the images, but his words still left her deeply moved.

"Now, after seeing this, I had a wave of inspiration for creating a attack type Gu..." Feng Hua says, her eyes shining with excitement at the prospect of advancing in her cultivation, "... I'll call it Words in the Wind!"

"Kekeke, this is the ferocity I expect from a true information path cultivator... not that weak and pathetic route this new generation has taken!" Kuang Luo To Will speaks with great excitement and enthusiasm upon seeing Feng Hua's determination.

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*Yu Lian POV*

"Ah, I finally reached the upper stage!" A girl of natural beauty and innocence says with a happy smile that could brighten anyone's day on her cute face.

"Hmm, in just another half month, I believe I can reach rank 2!!" The girl says almost as if skipping with happiness at her cultivation advancing so rapidly.

And she wouldn't be wrong for that, as in just one month, moving from rank 1 initial stage to rank 2 initial stage, as she expects, would be a cultivation speed capable of shocking the world and declaring her a celestial talent by the Xiong Mao clan.

But despite the current happiness and excitement, she doesn't consider herself this great legendary genius, partly because she knows a large part of her success comes from the help she received from Kuang Luo To and another part because she saw the development of Chen Wei and the others who are advancing even faster than she is.

"Herb Poison... ah, I really wish I had a Wood path Gu as my Vital," Yu Lian says, looking at the Gu in her aperture, but despite having "Herb" in its name, the most important part is "Poison" because that's the path this Gu belongs to.

"Don't forget what I said about your potential being much greater in the poison path... besides, you would never achieve Supreme GrandMaster Attainment in the Wood path because of Genesis Lotus, kekekeke," Kuang Luo To, who floats above Yu Lian's shoulder, comments after seeing her muttering against his decision.

"...But... the poison path is a path of assassins and dishonorable men!" Yu Lian retorts, remembering Kuang Luo To's numerous insults against the Wood path, which he called lame, and Genesis Lotus, whom he called a repressed homosexual who doesn't even know how to be a competent Venerable.

"But stop talking, curious little girl, and continue cultivating until rank 2... and no making that angry face, you'll thank me for this in the future!" Kuang Luo To Will reprimands Yu Lian like an authoritarian father trying to discipline a mischievous girl.