25 Beyond the Veil of Water
A shoutout to FangYuan1234 and his amazing novel -Reverend Insanity - Perpetual Motion
I recommend this fanfic to everyone as it has incredible quality in addition to being one of the rare RI fanfics on this app
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"Well... you're focusing too much on direct and violent attacks, but that's not the style of this Gu," Chen Wei guides Wang Mei's hands to execute a softer and more delicate attack instead of the straightforward ones that made him appear to be using a strange version of the Water Cut Gu.
"I think I understand, but... it's really difficult to use Gu while coordinating this veil of water to move correctly," Wang Mei slowly improves her control of the Gu but is still far from being considered a master of it. However, she's now at a better level than before.
"You'll get used to it until it becomes as natural as breathing at some point," Chen Wei observes her movements, which to his eyes seem very clumsy and forced. "Just don't get discouraged. The downside of this Gu is that its use is really difficult, but it compensates for its strength and versatility." Chen Wei has considerable knowledge about this Gu because it's his mother's vital Gu, despite his mother's being the rank 2 version of the Gu.
Wang Mei struggles to control this thin veil of water to gracefully dance around her, succeeding for the first time after an entire afternoon of failed attempts and an increasingly frustrated Chen Wei.
"Chen, I did it!" She jumps for joy, looking at him with an expectant gaze, waiting to be praised for her good work.
Chen Wei's heart beats a little faster as he is momentarily speechless. "I am very proud of you, Mei'er. You are... amazing."
"Hmph, you don't know how to compliment a girl!" She speaks, pretending to be angry as she paces back and forth, hoping he doesn't notice how flushed she became with his praise.
"Hah, let's forget about that. Have you thought about what your second Gu will be?" Chen Wei watches her before quickly deciding to change the subject to one where he doesn't need to carefully police what he says to avoid making the girl even more embarrassed.
"I'm going to get the Water Thought Gu. My father said it's the best for the path I want to follow, and I agree." She chooses this Gu, which plays the role of assisting the Gu master in their thoughts and in controlling the Water path Gu.
'Wisdom path,' Chen Wei thinks as he looks at the Gu. Despite most Gu masters in the clan being aware of the existence of the Wisdom path, which is the main path of the second Venerable of humanity Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, they also have no idea how the Wisdom Path works or how it would be formulated. However, Chen Wei's understanding of the Wisdom Path may even surpass that of most common immortals.
In fact, situations where his theoretical knowledge far exceeds even common immortals extend to many paths, some of which could be great assets for Chen Wei if he knows how to use them correctly. Chen Wei himself had made it a top priority for the first few years of his life to find a Wisdom or Information path Gu that would allow him to improve his memory or record what he remembers from the novel.
But he only managed to find one recently because of one of the Gu masters of the Feng Zhi clan that Chen Wei recently killed. He was caught off guard and panicked, so he couldn't destroy all his Gu. One of which he didn't destroy was the rank 1 Good Memory Gu, which Chen Wei promptly took as spoils of war and now treats as one of the most important Gu he has.
"It's a good Gu for those who don't want to fight on the front lines but rather act more as a strategist at the base." Despite wanting to cultivate the Wisdom path in certain parts, he knows it's not the path for him. Even if he tries, he doesn't consider himself talented enough in Wisdom path to create a path for himself as he is doing with Blood Path.
"Hmmm, that's exactly what I plan to do. And now, with my Dark Green primeval essence, I can train four times more than before!" She speaks excitedly, as someone who comes from a world dominated by technology where magic only existed in books, she is extremely excited to practice the magical powers she obtained after coming to this world.
"Although it's fantastic, you can't get used to it because this advantage of the Liquor Worm ends after rank 2." Of course, Chen Wei has a way to refine the Liquor Worm to rank 2, but he hasn't revealed this secret even to his grandfather, let alone he would casually reveal it to Wang Mei just because she's a pretty girl.
In fact, an interesting fact related to the Liquor Worm in this era is that although it is still an expensive Gu that only rich families would buy to give to their descendants, the Liquor Worm is not a rare or difficult-to-find Gu like in Fang Yuan's era, just like various Strength path Gu that make Strength path cultivation at the mortal level still very viable.
And these are just a few examples, as the Gu world is constantly changing, and Chen Wei can only experience this change from the perspective of being a mere mortal in a medium-sized clan on some random mountain in the southern border.
"But isn't there a way to find out how to make it go to rank 2 like you did with the Leech Gu?" Wang Mei, who is using upper stage rank 1 primeval essence despite being only at middle stage rank 1, doesn't want to lose this advantage she acquired now. But there's nothing she can do about it, which leaves her very frustrated.
"Ah, if creating a new Gu recipe were as easy as simply wanting to... Anyway, there are Gu that cannot advance beyond a certain level, and the Liquor Worm is publicly recognized as one of those Gu." Chen Wei speaks half-truths along with his lies, as although there are Gu that cannot advance in level like the Hope Gu or Lifespan Gu, the Liquor Worm is not one of them, but for the Gu masters of the clan, it is, so he won't deny a something that benefits himself.
"Besides, the Leech Gu is from my Blood path, which is the strongest path there is!" Chen Wei says jokingly, but at the same time, he has a certain pride in the capabilities of the Blood path, which tend to exceed other common paths. But of course, this exaggerated pride is just another lighthearted joke of his rather than him actually thinking he's superior just for creating some rank 2 Gu worms.
"Blood path... sounds cool but... evil at the same time," Wang Mei murmurs softly. She knows that Chen Wei has already killed several people in the war, as he is constantly praised by clan members as a great war hero and the most talented junior of his generation.
In fact, after the first mission he participated in the war, where he ended up fighting against the Piercer of the Heavens and killing his first person, Wang Mei rushed to hug and comfort what she expect would be a devastated Chen Wei after killing another person for the first time.
But he entered the clan with a smile on his face while confidently accepting the acclaim and praise from everyone that came his way, which left Wang Mei relieved because he wasn't suffering or in a deplorable state after killing someone. But at the same time, it left her worried that her fiancé was a little too calm after having killed another human being, in addition to acting as if it were something honorable.
But when she presented these doubts and conflicts to her mother, she simply laughed and asked what was wrong with Chen Wei's attitude of returning as a triumphant hero instead of a man who would lament the death of an enemy.
That's when she realized that this world is really very different from Earth, since despite her father on Earth having fought in the Franco-Prussian War and being very proud of it, he vehemently said that war was hell and always cut off Wang Mei's brother when he began to talk about how the German Empire should declare war again on the French.
Of course, it's not as if Europe were the most peaceful place, but before she came to this world, it had already been two years since the turn of the century, which was the most peaceful and most developed in human history, being even called by all Europeans the Belle Époque because of its unprecedented prosperity.
So when she came to this world that resembles ancient and medieval China, according to what she read in books, which were her greatest companions throughout her life since she had weak health and didn't go out much before going to university to study psychology, which made her go out even less but now from the university.
"Ahhh, when I left such a prosperous and beautiful era to come to this archaic and medieval world... I felt a certain level of fear... but also excitement after discovering the powers of these magical Gu," she looks at the Gu in her aperture, which has the form of a small sky blue squid, and then looks at Chen Wei, who looks at her, waiting for her response, she feels warmth in her heart. "I love you, He An Chen Wei..." She murmurs softly as she blushes more than ever before in her life after realizing how much he means to her, being her first love.
"What are you mumbling about?" Chen Wei can't hear what Wang Mei is murmuring, so he just sees her standing still for a while thinking about something before murmuring something he didn't understand before she blushes like a tomato.
But when he starts asking what she said, he sees Wang Mei running over to him before standing on her tiptoes to kiss him while wrapping her arms around his neck.
It's not as if Chen Wei is very tall, although he is a little tall for his age, and it's just that Wang Mei was quite short even for a girl her age.
But Chen Wei reacts quickly and puts his hands on her waist, making her body tremble with nervousness since she is not used to this kind of touch, and she doesn't come from the most liberal society besides her father on Earth never let her have much contact with boys her age.
After a while, Wang Mei separates from Chen Wei's kiss and speaks while blushing like a tomato. "That's... your reward for helping me... but don't get used to it!!... We can't do more... until well, you know... the wedding and... our first..." She starts speaking with a bossy tone and at least a little confident, but with each word, she becomes more timid and with a greater desire to just run away and pretend that nothing happened.
"Goodbye, Chen Wei!" Wang Mei gives up trying to continue speaking and turns around before running home to vent to Lian Zi about what happened and what she did.
Chen Wei watches the girl running away while cutely trying to hide how flushed she is while he has a loving smile on his face. "Ahhh, this girl, she really makes me feel like this," Chen Wei looks at the sky, but now he doesn't feel any disdainful looks being sent back at him. In fact, he doesn't feel anything as if he were invisible to the Heavens.
