Akashic Agent

Chapter 1 - A Good Job

It was mid-April, and the soft spring rain was gently blowing on Qing Mao Mountain, wetting the land and granting its beings a new lease on life.

The little one Gu Yue Village in the center of Qing Mao Mountain breathed an air of human life into the mountainous landscape.

The moonlight shone on a large house in the innermost part of the village, the house seemed to be two or three stories tall and was protected by high walls that surrounded not only the house, but also the small garden at the front.

One of the numerous windows in the house was open, inviting the rainy spring wind to enter, while a simple-looking young man leaned on the window sill.

The young man had long black hair matching abysmal eyes, his skin was pale, but it was a healthy and lustrous pale. Their clothes also appeared to be new and expensive, made from some kind of special fabric.

The young man looked at the beautiful rainy landscape in front of him with a more than shocked look, he couldn't believe what he was seeing right now. everything seemed very unreal and mystical to him these days.

"Ugh!" Before the young man could do anything else, his head was flooded with information and knowledge that he was unaware of. Because of the strong wave of information he ended up holding his head with both hands while groaning in pain.

"Eu… Transmigrate like Fang Yuan!" The young man now known as Fang Yuan muttered in exasperation, how could he not know the world he had gone to?! It was his favorite work, he clearly knew that he ended up as the main character in Reverend Insanity's work.

Fang Yuan had received all 500 years of original soul memories from this body and knew his circumstances very well, he already knew that this was not an illusion or dream, the memories he received are too vivid and realistic to be just the result of an imagination.

"So the boss wasn't kidding when he made that proposal!" Fang Yuan previously worked at a company called Akashic Records as the person in charge of getting the systems up and running.

The Akashic Records was a company selling books, comics, manga and other knowledge. His company was both physical and online, and Fang Yuan ended up getting a job as a programmer in that company, it was there that he discovered the book Reverend Insanity and many others.

But one day he suddenly received a promotion offer, which he didn't think twice about accepting, after all he had already worked at that company for over 10 years and had always liked his work environment.

He then went to meet his boss to discuss his promotion and he ended up offering him a position called 'Traveler', according to the boss his role would be to enter other worlds and store as much knowledge and experience as possible. possible and send it to the Akashic Records.

Fang Yuan had already talked to his boss before and knew that he often said some strange things, and so he thought that it was just another one of his slang and ways of speaking, so he thought that it was a way of speaking that he would have to travel to receive your promotion.

Withthat He accepted and asked his boss to explain what his new position in the company would be like and where exactly he would have to go.

His boss then replied that his job was literally what he had just said and then waved his hand. As soon as he waved his hand, Fang Yuan's consciousness went dark and he woke up here.

"Hahaha, this is too amazing! So that means I worked for the real Akashic Records." Fang Yuan couldn't help but be happy to fulfill a dream he had always had since he started reading.

"Sigh! but why did I have to end up in the world of Reverend Insanity?! This world is very dangerous and treacherous for a complete inexperienced beginner like me." Fang Yuan couldn't help but come back to reality as he remembered where he was.

"But fortunately I still have the memories and experiences of the 500 year old demon to at least aid me in my journey." Fang Yuan felt safer as he felt all the knowledge and experience he had in his mind, not to mention his prior knowledge about the novel.

Suddenly another wave of knowledge came to his mind and what seemed to be a letter opened in his mind.

{Hello Arthur! Or should I say Fang Yuan now?! Haha ha!

I bet you are a little confused and even scared of the environment you find yourself in.

But I came here to warn you that you don't need to worry about that, the Akashic Records don't choose just anyone to be their 'Travelers'.

We've already sent you a gift that will help you with the inexperience issue and another random gift as a bonus.

And in case you're wondering - no! The original Fang Yuan's memories and experiences will not influence your memories, consciousness or personality, You are safe in that part.

But the will of heaven still exists and is keeping an eye on you to use you as a pawn, we have managed to trick it a little into believing that everything is fine in the timeline, but try not to take too many detours before ascending as an immortal.

As a way to guard against the influence of heaven's will, we converted the Spring Autumn Cicada from a Gu Worm to an innate ability. With this, some of its main defects were eliminated, but unfortunately its effect also decreased a little.

Before you could travel through time byself-detonate and go back in time according to your current accumulation, but now it works in a different way. Your ability works passively and will always send you 24 hours into the past, from the moment you died.

This way you are partially safe from the prying eyes and analyzes of heaven's will, while still having a guaranteed form of survival.

Well, now let's get to what you were sent here for. You may be wondering how to do your job or something, so I'm going to answer in the simplest way possible how you should do your job:

…Hurrah!...that's right, hooray! The Akashic Record passively collects information through you, so you just have to live and do great things in the world.

So be happy and achieve great things!

That's all I wanted to say for now.

Good luck!

Ps: Your random gift will be activated as soon as you awaken its opening}

Fang Yuan finished reading the letter and felt a wave of freshness and relief wash over his body, then some more information was entered into his mind, but this time it was much softer and gentler. It was the information of the gift he received.

It's more like an ability or power. The skill is quite interesting and useful for the current Fang Yuan, it could be said that it was tailor-made for him. His ability is very similar to Spring Autumn Cicada, but it works as a passive ability that activates whenever he dies.

And it also doesn't have the Cicada's innate flaw of consuming the user's luck, and more importantly, it doesn't have the possibility of failing like the cicada, but in exchange for all this certainty it can only return 24 hours from the point where it died.

~~~~That alone would make this skill one of the best and most OP in the entire world, but there's more: the user can acquire all the memories and experiences of the target who killed them, including achievements.~~~~

The gift was quite useful and timely for Fang Yuan's current situation, which made him happy that he wasn't simply thrown into this cruel world with nothing to help him.

"I can't wait for tomorrow." Fang Yuan clenched his fists and directed his gaze towards the resplendent moon in the sky.

At this moment, the door to his room was opened and a young man with an identical appearance to Fang Yuan entered.

"Big brother, why do you have the window open in this rain? you might catch a cold" The somewhat rickety young man said in a somewhat hesitant voice.

Fang Yuan turned around and looked deeply at the young man who just entered. 'So this is Fang Zheng, he looks quite thin and weak. What should I do with it? According to the book, it could become a huge obstacle on my journey.'

Fang Yuan looked at Fang Zheng up and down and evaluated his possibilities, he didn't know if he had the courage to kill the young man in front of him in cold blood, but he didn't deny that the idea crossed his mind.

Upon feeling his brother's deep gaze, Fang Zheng lowered his head and looked at his toes.

"What do you want little brother?" Fang Yuan asked without changing his expression. The original Fang Yuan wore a cold expression for so long that his facial muscles ended up becoming somewhat stiff, so it was easy for FangCurrent yuan maintain serious expression.

"It's just that I noticed that big brother's window was open, so I thought I'd go in and close it. Tomorrow is the awakening ceremony and the uncles wouldn't like to know that you're still up so late at night."

Fang Zheng replied while holding the fabric of his clothes in his fists, he seemed to be a little sad and despondent as he spoke at the awakening ceremony.

Fang Yuan used the memories he acquired from the body's original owner and simply responded. "I understand, you don't have to do that. I was already getting ready for bed just now."

"I-I see." Fang Zheng nodded and left.

'What a difficult decision. I believe if it was the 500 year old demon from the future he would have eliminated this possible threat without even blinking.' Fang Yuan sighed as he didn't have the courage to eliminate his troublesome little brother.

Fang Yuan may have received all the knowledge and experiences from the 500-year-old demon, but he only saw them as information from a movie, and actually hadn't finished absorbing them completely.

And even if he completely absorbed the 500 year old demon's experiences, he still wasn't sure if it would be as ruthless and cold as the original. Since it has been said that memories and experiences will not interfere with your mind and personality.

But he would still try not to tarnish the name of the legendary Great Love Immortal Venerable.

'Sigh! Nevermind, even if I had the courage to do this, the clan would still investigate and I would end up being punished.' Sighing in his mind Fang Yuan closed his window and prepared to sleep.

…

The rain ceased its punishment at dawn and the clouds gave way so the sun could demonstrate all its splendor, with birds and other animals coming out to explore the new vitality that the rain brought to the environment.

Case! Case!

The slamming of the door woke up Fang Yuan who was still in a light sleep, he then heard a melodious female voice calmly calling his name.

"YoungTeacher Fang Yuan, it's time to wake up. You can't be late for your ceremony." The female voice spoke calmly and then waited for the room's resident to wake up.

"Mm…" Fang Yuan pushed aside the comfortable blanket that protected him from the cold the night before and stretched out a little as he let out a pleasurable moan as he felt his bones crack.

"You may come in." Lightly looking at the door Fang Yuan simply ordered, he already knew how he should proceed according to his memories. The servant would bring him the essentials to carry out his morning activities, and would even help him get dressed.

The door opened and a young woman with long, dark brown hair tied up entered the room. She was wearing a green dress with white trim and a small silver ornament in her hair.

The servant carried a basin of warm water and some other items for Fang Yuan. This servant entered the room, slightly swaying her hips as she cast suggestive glances at Fang Yuan.

'ThatShen Cui is definitely doing her best.' ignored.

Fang Yuan is a man with more than 30 years of life experience, not to mention he has the years of memories of the experienced and cunning 500-year-old demon, he knows how to get by with the rules of the world.

It's almost unrealistic for a girl like Shen Cui to be able to seduce him, besides the fact that he doesn't have any feelings for her, he also doesn't feel attracted to a young woman like Shen Cui.

He has had his share of experience with women, being deceived, used, manipulated and discarded, but he has also had the experiences of being cared for, supported, encouraged and loved, so he is quite confident in not being manipulated by any romantic feelings. .

After washing his face with the warm water, Fang Yuan used a willow branch that was on the side and used it to rinse his mouth.

As soon as he finished cleaning himself, Shen Cui came over and started to help him get dressed. She took out an outfit very similar to a black-colored dress or robe and helped Fang Yuan put it on.

She then began to use her breasts to lightly massage Fang Yuan's back and arms, trying her best to attract his attention, which didn't work.

"It is enough. You can go." Fang Yuan pushed his servant aside and put on the robe himself, he was now wearing a long black traditional Chinese outfit with red embroidered details, and a white robe to complement it.

Shen Cui initially didn't want to leave, but as soon as she saw the look Fang Yuan was giving her, she had no choice but to leave.

At this moment Fang Zheng came past the door and saw part of the scene, he was a little resentful and at the same time jealous. he thought dreamily when he could finally have some relationship with Shen Cui.

Fang Yuan quickly finished getting ready and ran into his little brother who was waiting in the hall.

"Are you ready?" Fang Yuan asked directly while casting a complicated look at Fang Zheng, after all he was still thinking about what to do regarding such a problem.

"Mm." Fang Zheng simply nodded.

"Sigh… Then let's go." Fang Yuan looked at Fang Zheng's reaction and let out a sigh before heading downstairs.

When going downstairs they did not meet their uncles or go to have breakfast, the ceremony would be held soon and it would be disrespectful to arrive late, and it is also not recommended to have breakfast before the ceremony as there have been cases of young people who did not They managed to withstand the pressure and vomited into the spiritual spring.

On the way they ended up meeting many young people of the same age who greeted them and followed together. Fang Yuan ended up hearing some whispers and whispers from some people about him and his brother, but decided to ignore them.

…

Because of the heavy rain the previous day, a light cold fog was formed in the morning on Qing Mao Mountain.

A hundred young people between 15 and 16 years old gathered in a huge square in front of a pavilion. The pavilion had 5 floors in total, and the tiles had their tips angled upwards; The entire area was protected by a group of guards who seemed well trained and disciplined.

The huge pavilion was in the center of the village where the clanGu Yue resided, was a symbol of the clan's power and authority, is a place where the clan leader of each generation lives, and is also the place where the tablets of the clan's ancestors and leaders are kept.

It is also the place where the entrance to the clan's underground cave is located, in this cave is where the greatest asset that the clan resides.clã protects tooth and nail - The spiritual spring, which is also the place where the awakening ceremony is held each year.

A spiritual source can create primeval stones with its pure energy, and primeval stones are one of the main cultivation resources that a Gu Master needs, which is why it is considered one of the main assets of any mortal clan, as no clan can prosper without a spiritual source.

"Good, it's good that you guys arrived on time." The elder responsible for this year's awakening was the academy elder, he has a noble and experienced face like a true elder, and sported a long white beard that he constantly held with his hand. hand, his clothes were of a refinement that only someone of his status could acquire.

"Today you will all go through the awakening ceremony, and I imagine your parents have already explained how the ceremony works, so I won't go on too long." The old man waved his hand as if indicating for all the young people to follow him and left the pavilion towards the stairs that led downstairs.

After spending some time descending the stone stairs, they entered a huge underground space, with thick stalactites on the ceiling and some stone pillars that were clearly built by the man whosupported the huge cave from the ground.

The most impressive thing about the cave was that it was not dark as expected from a closed cave like this, on the contrary, the cave was extremely well lit. and this was mainly due to the stalactites on the ceiling that seemed to be made of a special type of crystal that produced its own light in neon tones.

"Woah!!!"

"Incredible, mom said I would be impressed by this place"

"Oh my, my, my, my!!!"

The young people were left murmuring, mouths open at the unique view they were having inside this cave. Fang Yuan was also among these young people with his little brother at his side, he looked around and couldn't help but admire the place as well.

After a short walk, the colorful lights of the stalactites disappeared and were replaced by a faint blue glow that illuminated the young people's path: a huge river soon greeted them head on, the river flows from the bottom of the cave to the edge of where the young people they were.

The faint blue glow that illuminated the cave came from countless flowers planted at the bottom of the river, the flowers emit a faint blue light that made it magical - These are the Lunar Orchids, a type of plant created artificially by the Gu Yue clan over the years .

It was also one of the clan's special characteristics, along with the moonlight Gu worms that theclã produced.

"What cute flowers"

"Yes, they look like candles in the dark."

The young men marveled at the new sight, and each of them had a light of curiosity shining in the depths of their eyes.

"Very well, everyone pay attention. When you hear your names being called, I want you to cross the river from one bank to the other." The elder drew the young people's attention to him and explained.

"""Understood!!!""" All the young people responded together with a lot of excitement in their voices, it seemed like they wanted to start the ceremony as soon as possible.

The old man showed a discreet smile when he felt the enthusiasm of the young people and remembered that he had the same expression when he was young.

"Gu Yue Chen Bo" The awakening ceremony officially began.

…

The ceremony went smoothly, there were only a few people left to wake up now, and soon it was Fang Yuan's turn.

"ToYue Fang Yuan!" The old man read the name in his notebook and called.

"Here elder." Fang Yuan stepped forward and cordially introduced himself to the elder.

"Hmm. Go, walk as far as you can to the other bank." The old man nodded and pointed the pen he held between his fingers at the river in front of him.

'And thereHere we go!'Fang Yuan he nodded and took the first step towards the river. As soon as he touched his feet in the river water, he felt pressure over his body pushing him down.

He had already been informed of this before so he wasn't scared. he raised his other foot and began to take his steps towards the opposite bank.

Quickly, several lights began to come out from within the orchids thatrested underneath the river. These lights surrounded Fang Yuan's body and relieved his pressure.

These lights were the Hope Gu, a Gu worm essential for awakening the openness of young people. There was even its own folklore in this world about this Gu, it was written in the book 'The Legends of Ren Zu'.

According to the story given in the book, the Hope Gu was one of the essential Gu that helped humanity's ancestor survive against thepredicament.

Ren Zu ended up giving his youth and middle age to Strength and Wisdom Gu, but in the end these abandoned him when he was cornered by thePredicament. how much he had already given up and surrendered to the inevitable.

A faint ball of light appeared to him and offered a deal. 'Offer your heart to hope and I will help you against thePredicament.' when the ancestor of humanity accepted the deal, he managed to fend off allPredicament and was able to move on.

Since then, Hope Gu has served as a symbol of overcoming for humanity, proof that no matter how difficult your problems are, as long as you have hope, you will be able to overcome them.

Fang Yuan continued to take his steps, with each step he took Hope Gu entered his body, soon it seemed like a flood of fireflies attacked him and were chasing him.

The pressure increased with each step Fang Yuan took, and over time the Hope Gu began to converge in one direction, they gathered just below his navel in what many would describe as the Dantian.

The pressure decreased with the Hope Gu and increased with his steps, it seemed like he was fighting a tug of war to see who could last the most, but the Hope Gu's resistance soon weakened and he felt the pressure begin to increase.

'23, 24. come on, I'm doing fine. 25.26' Fang Yuan counted the steps in his mind, he was already happy that he had at least a decent talent, but he wanted to go even further.

'27…'

With every step he took it felt like another stone was added to his back, he felt like his body would collapse at any moment from the intense pressure that the spiritual source emanated.

'27 steps, that was the original Fang Yuan's limit, and apparently it's mine too...' Fang Yuan counted the steps in his head and knew that he had already reached the limit.

'No! I cannot resign myself to being just that.' Fang Yuan did not accept doing less than the original demon, he felt that he had to earn the name Fang Yuan, so even though he knew that he had already reached the limit of his potential, he He still forced himself to take one more step.

"Ugh… Ahh… 28!" With his last remaining strength, Fang Yuan took the last step. he looked like he had just run a 50km marathon without stopping. his body seemed ready to crack at any moment.

But as if to congratulate him on his efforts. a sudden 'Boom!'he was heard inside his body, as the light gathered and formed a thin membrane that protected a green liquid from leaving the ball that now resided inside his body.

Looking into his aperture with his consciousness, he saw that his primeval sea was covering 45% of his entire aperture; he had successfully awakened his aperture.

'I… I did it.' Fang Yuan was completely sweaty and even his body was a little weak from overexertion, but that couldn't cloud the feeling of satisfaction and self-fulfillment he felt upon realizing he did his best.

It could only be seen as a single step further than he originally should have taken, but to him that single step meant an entire world. It was a testament to his determination and desire to not simply be a cheap copy who would simply imitate the one he admires.

Shwosh!

Suddenly a wave of countless information flooded his mind.

'Gah!' Fang Yuan groaned in pain as he digested all the information he suddenly got.

"You can continue?" The elder asked worriedly when he saw Fang Yuan groaning and holding his head in the middle of the river.

Fang Yuan finished organizing his thoughts and raised his head with a huge smile on his face. He then turned around and returned to where he originally came from.

"Our! 28 steps, this year's biggest talent is actually a Grade C trash,"

"Haha, it seems Young Master Fang Yuan isn't that good!"

"Unbelievable, his talent is lower than even Mo Bei and Chi Cheng."

"Fang Yuan is a Grade C talent?! Oh my God. What is happening to our clan's bloodline?" One of the elders watching the ceremony said with regret.

The other elders nodded and sighed sadly at such regret.

Chapter 2 - Abundant Rewards

Fang Yuan simply ignored the jokes and mockery and moved to a secluded corner, he even saw his little brother Fang Zheng falling to the ground and being mocked too, but he ignored him, he didn't plan to help him.

'Heh, as expected, the gift the boss sent me is extremely useful and OP.' Fang Yuan already knew what his extra gift was and how it worked.

It was a type of system that allowed you to scan items and store them in a special space that multiplied them to infinite quantities. In other words, an inventory that makes everything inside it in infinite quantities.

For example, he could scan a primeval stone and no longer need to worry about running out of them, he would immediately turn into the richest person in the world in an instant, he could also have infinite resources by scanning them, it was a perfect system for a refinement path Gu Master.

"A Grade A talent!"

"Oh my God!"

"Actually it isFang Zheng the real talent and not your brother."

Fang Yuan's train of thought was soon interrupted by the murmurs and whispers of the youths around him, he slightly raised his head and saw his dear little brother looking in his direction with a fire burning in his eyes.

'Ugh! Now I understand why some readers found Fang Zheng so annoying.' Fang Yuan sighed when he saw the look his little brother directed at him.

'He you have just awakened a Grade A talent and the first thing you think about is overcoming the so-called 'mountain pressing on your heart.' How selfish and superficial do you have to be to consider the brother who has always helped you an enemy to be overcome ?!'

'Hmph! But you only lessened the remorse I might feel about killing him with this.' Fang Yuan felt grateful to Fang Zheng for being that kind of person, so he will feel less about having to eliminate him.

Fang Yuan looked away and simply ignored everyone around him and waited for the ceremony to end.

…

As soon as the ceremony was over, everyone was sent home with the information that classes at the academy started the next day and they could not be late or miss the first classes, as the first week of classes is the most important for them. young apprentices.

The first week is where the elder in charge will teach everything he can about cultivation and opening the Gu Masters, from how to access it to how to cultivate it, it would also be the time where they taught how to use the primeval essence that resided in its opening.

Fang Yuan calmly returned home alongside his little brother who walked with his head held high and with a pompous disposition as if the world was smiling at him.

Upon arriving home, his uncles already seemed to know the news and changed a little how they looked at Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng, they cast disgusted looks at Fang Yuan and sycophantic smiles at Fang Zheng.

While your unclescongratulated and praised Fang Zheng, Fang Yuan simply went up the stairs and went to his room, pretending to have a devastated and melancholic expression, as if he had taken the biggest hit of his life.

The uncles simply ignored Fang Yuan's actions and continued their conversation with Fang Zheng.

Arriving at his room, Fang Yuan threw away his fake sad expression and smiled from ear to ear.

'Hahahahaha. How incredible, it almost seems like a dream. I am officially a Gu Master now! Fang Yuan looked at his palms and clenched them with determination and joy.

'Ufa! I need to calm down now, first I need to find the flower wine monk's inheritance, and then start to develop silently.' Fang Yuan wasn't very good at controlling his emotions like the 500 year old demon, but he still knows when put your emotions aside and act rationally.

'Since I have the inventory, I don't need to worry about resources, so I won't need to extort my colleagues and attract unwanted attention. Ideally, I should develop enough so that I don't have to worry about leaving this village.'

'For now I need to find the liquor worm, and for that I will need primeval stones to be able to buy the green bamboo wine, at the same time this wine is also very expensive and is not something a newly ascended young Gu master can afford. squandering.'

Fang Yuan paced back and forth in his room holding his chin with his hand as he thought about everything at the same time.

'According to my memories I have some primeval stones saved that my uncles gave me to spend on the last merchant caravan that appeared.' Fang Yuan walked towards the head of his bed and right under it in a drawer-like compartment. he found a small cloth bag.

'5 Primitive Stones. Well, it's better than nothing.' Fang Yuan thought as he opened the bag and saw only five pieces of greyish-white oval stones.

'And I have my inventory anyway.' Fang Yuan smiled and activated his inventory scanning function, the bag of primeval stones was scanned and a small screen appeared in front of him to display the items stored in his inventory.

[Cloth Bag]

-A piece of thick fabric sewn together for the purpose of storing small items.

- Made from handmade spider threads.

[Primitive Stones]

-An oval-shaped stone with a large amount of primal energy compacted inside.

-Created from the condensation of primal energy into a spiritual source.

The inventory screen was like any common RPG system screen, with small squares that were organized in columns and rows forming a type of shelf, where items were stored with a basic description of them.

'Amazing!' Fang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, the two items that were scanned by the inventory had a small ♾ symbol on the bottom right corner of the small item box.

And the most interesting thing about it was that the same items he scanned with the inventory didn't disappear, he was still holding his small bag of primeval stones in his hand and the inventory just scanned them.

'Let's test it out a little.' Fang Yuan couldn't bear the excitement and started taking out primeval stones from within his inventory, 1, 3, 6, 8, 14, 25…. The quantity seemed to never end, Fang Yuan's bed was already filled with primeval stones.

'This is fantastic!' Fang Yuan saw the large amount of primeval stones and couldn't help but think how incredible this is.

After having some fun with his inventory, he put all his primeval stones back into his inventory, and was left with only10 on your bag to buy some things later.

Fang Yuan then began to scan all the things in his room, from his clothes and accessories to even his bed of chairs. He didn't leave anything unscanned, just in case he needed it someday.

'Now I need to buy a jar of bamboo wine and start my hunt for the liquor worm.' Fang Yuan waited a little longer, and when the sun was already setting on the horizon he left the house with a downcast and dejected look.

He left the house and walked through the streets, following the path of his memories he arrived at a small tavern that was in the northwesternmost part of the village, close to the west gate of the village.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the tavern he began to receive some looks, who quickly ignored him and continued with his meal and drinking.

Approaching the counter, Fang Yuan placed his order. "I want a bottle of Green Bamboo Wine."

The owner looked Fang Yuan up and down and couldn't discern whether he was a mortal or the son of a Gu master, so he didn't dare be rude to the customer and simply said the price of the wine, as a way of asking if he had conditions to pay.

"There are 3 primitive stones, dear sir." The owner said rubbing his hands.

"Mm" Fang Yuan took out the three primeval stones and placed them on the counter while waiting for the wine.

"I will bring it right away sir." The owner's face lit up upon seeing the primeval stones and he immediately brought out a small clay pot with a wooden one wrapped in red cloth serving as a stopper and handed it to Fang Yuan.

"Thank you and come back again!" The owner bowed slightly.

"Bloop!" Fang Yuan uncorked the wine and the strong smell immediately permeated the small tavern, many looked at the wine with a bit of desire and mouths watered as they smelled the mesmerizing fragrance of the wine.

"Gluuut" Fang Yuan had already scanned the wine the moment he picked it up and simply downed it in one go in his mouth and took a big gulp.

"Ahh…" Wiping the wine from his mouth, Fang Yuan plugged it again and walked without a specific direction through the village.

"Why does that young man look so familiar to me?" A random man asked out of nowhere.

"Hehe. How may you not know him, he is the famous genius Fang Yuan." replied another.

"Don't you mean ex-genius? Haha ha." Said another mockingly.

"Hehehe. Apparently the blow was too big for him to bear, drowning in drink on the first day."

"Heh, so you're saying you would do better?"

"Ugh!"

"It's understandable that he feels this way at this moment, he spent his whole life being treated as a genius but now he's just another one of the masses."

Soon after Fang Yuan left, some who recognized him started talking about the events of the awakening ceremony. The ceremony had been held earlier today, but almost everyone in the village already knew the results.

Fang Yuan was already far away and couldn't hear the others' conversations, and even if he could hear, he wouldn't care at all. After all, what good is the mockery of others for him? As long as it doesn't affect his life, he won't care.

Leaving the village, Fang Yuan walked around the area closest to the river that was described in the book, or at least in a similar area.

Upon finding a location that he found ideal, he took out several bottles of wine from his inventory and scattered them around the area without caring in the slightest about the waste, he quickly permeated the entire area with the strong aroma of the wine.

"If that damn Liquor worm doesn't show up even after spilling all this wine around here, then he's messing with me." Fang Yuan looked at the mess he made around the area by spreading so much wine, the smell was already strong enough to smell even from the other side of the mountain.

Upon finding a place to hide with a good view of the entire area, Fang Yuan sat down and stood in ambush, watching every movement around him. All that was left was the periodic sound of small crickets to enrich the quiet night.

And the rustling of the tips of Qing Mao Mountain's spear bamboos that were pushed by the gentle spring breeze created a gentle calm in the hearts of whoever heard it.

The scene looked picturesque and dignified.

'Come on you little pest. It's not possible that you won't be attracted to this huge amount of high-quality wine.' Fang Yuan grumbled a little as he waited for over an hour in the same place without any results.

It has to be known that he carefully looked for the place that best suited the description in the book, and after combining this with the 500 years of memories of the original body, he knew that there were few places that fit the description and this was one of the only ones that best suits.

So if the Liquor worm isn't here, it just means he still has enough wine to sustain himself in his cave, or the will of heaven is messing with him on purpose.

The moon was already rising high in the sky, what was once under the sun was replaced by the powerful waning moon in the sky, wrapped in the clouds in the sky as if protected by a huge blanket, it illuminated the surroundings like a huge lamp.

Fang Yuan was already feeling frustrated and ready to give up on today's hunt, but he suddenly saw a soft ball of white light glimpse into his vision. Immediately he understood what that ball of light was.

'Heh, so you finally decided to do your job properly, huh. Heaven's will!' Fang Yuan stared at the small ball of white light lowering into the wine-filled leaves and waited for the liquor worm to get completely drunk.

The liquor worm did not notice Fang Yuan's presence as he was hidden deep behind some bushes, and the smell of wine was also too strong and tempting for him to resist. So the liquor worm just drowned in all the wine it could.

The worm was completely filled with wine, it then curled up into a ball and began to fly half-tumbling into the denser forest. Fang Yuan took advantage of the cue and started running after the ball of white light.

In time, Fang Yuan's running took him to a small mountain stream, upon seeing this small stream he felt content and ran up the stream with all his strength. Soon he could hear the sound of a small waterfall.

After going around some small obstacles he saw the liquor worm enter through a crack inside the waterfall and disappear. Fang Yuan was ecstatic with happiness upon seeing the waterfall that hid the inheritance cleft.

"Fortunately it rained a lot these days, otherwise it would be much more difficult to find this waterfall and the stream." Fang Yuan thanked the heavens for the heavy rain he had yesterday when he arrived in this world.

Fang Yuan didn't wait any longer and quickly entered the crevasse, he ended up getting wet as he passed through the strong current of water from the waterfall, but he didn't care at all and simply continued his way through the crevasse.

The entrance was wide and allowed free movement. Fang Yuan already knew that there were no traps around here and even if there were he didn't care much about it since his resurrection ability could help him, so he simply quickly passed through the mud and stone corridor.

He quickly saw the faint reddish light on the mountain walls and managed to arrive in a large room.

"Hehe, we met." Fang Yuan looked around the room and found the corpse of the Flower Wine Monk.

Looking around the room, Fang Yuan could see several vines and mosses scattered around the room, and most of them appeared to be dead. The liquor worm itself was in a sack-like plant sleeping peacefully.

He then calmly approached the Liquor worm and simply threw it into his inventory, he didn't plan on refining it now and also didn't want to carry it around in his pocket, so he threw it directly into his inventory.

He also tries to scan the corpse of Flower Bag of Wine Gu and Grass Bag of Rice Gu. and fortunately the inventory recognized the Gu Worms and added them as live and functional Gu Worms.

When moving the corpse in the middle of the room, a video began to play on one of the walls of the room. Fang Yuan knew it was due to Photo-Audio Gu, but for safety he didn't take Gu off the wall and simply scanned it with the inventory.

"Okay, everything is resolved. Now I just need to catch the other Gu worms." Fang Yuan followed the direction where the video was playing and took out a pickaxe from his inventory that he had already scanned on the way.

Not caring at all about the noise, he started digging into the wall. the loud sound of the pickaxe hitting the earth was drowned out by the loud sound of the waterfall's water, plus this room was quite far from the cave entrance as well, so it would be almost impossible for anyone to hear anything here.

The reddish earth on the wall seemed to be weaker and softer than the others, so Fang Yuan did not need to exert effort for a long time. In less than 30 minutes he had already made a hole big enough for him to pass through without any problem.

Upon making his way through, Fang Yuan walked down another long corridor in a straight direction. In time he approached a huge round stone that blocks his path. When he got close to the stone he didn't care about its presence, but crouched down and began searching the ground.

"I thought!" He wasn't disappointed, right in front of the huge round rock, an area on the ground was kind of damp and had the softest soil. Fang Yuan smiled and began to dig with his hands.

"Hehe, hello beauty." Fang Yuan quickly found twoworms Gu, Earth Treasure Flower Gu and White Boar Gu. He didn't even need to open the Gu flower, he simply added them to his inventory and organized them both into his list.

"Now let's deal with you." Looking at the huge round stone in front of him, Fang Yuan simply placed his hand on its surface and it disappeared as if by magic.

Fang Yuan then continued his way down the corridor, eventually arriving at another room. This time the room was a little bigger than the previous ones, and what blocked the passage was a huge stone door.

"And finally the last one for today." Fang Yuan repeated the same process as before and squatted down and placed the Gu worms into his inventory.

"Now I just need food for these Gu worms." Fang Yuan knew that he couldn't just enter the next room and face the stone apes in his current state, and even if he wanted to face them he couldn't, as he needed great strength to open the huge stone door as well.

So the ideal thing to do currently is to get pork and feed the White Boar Gu, with it it may be possible to face the stone monkeys and thanks to the inventory he only needs one unit of each item so he doesn't have to worry anymore about resources.

"All sorted for today, what's left is to go home and make the most of my time. and in a week I will return with an attacking Gu Worm." Fang Yuan turned around and calmly left the cave. he smelled strongly of wine when he returned home, and no one suspected anything.

Chapter 3

The week passed like a breeze.

"This week I have already taught you everything you needed to know about cultivating a Gu Master" The academy elder recited formally in front of the young people he taught.

"Starting today, you will take the first step on the path of a true Gu Master." The elder paced back and forth as he explained.

"At the end of class, you will all be guided to the Gu room, and choose your first Gu worm." The elder said emotionally.

"...But be warned - The first Gu worm you refine is the most important, as it is with it that you will have the greatest bond, it will be the core of your future power." The elder raised his finger and warned all the young people.

The elder then directed his gaze to a young man who was sitting calmly in a corner of the room. This young man was clearly Fang Yuan, but unlike what happened in the work, this Fang Yuan was not lying face down on his desk.

He was sitting comportedly in his chair while pretending to listen to everything the elder said to him. Fang Yuan didn't want to attract anyone's attention to him, so he didn't act like a disinterested depressive.

Even though it is natural for a young man like him to be in this state when he receives a blow like the one he received at the ceremony, but his unrestrained actions may end up angering the clan superiors, which Fang Yuan does not want.

Unlike the original Fang Yuan who had to fight for resources, this one didn't need to worry about that, so he mainly focused on reaching Level 3 as quickly as possible and then getting out of here.

For now, Fang Yuan just wants to completely devour the flower wine monk's inheritance and acquire the Blood Sea inheritance from the first clan leader, and then leave this mountain with no future.

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Next to the gym in the Gu room, where most of the clan's Rank 1 Gu worms were stored. A crowd of young people had gathered.

All the young people were excited to be able to enter the Gu room as soon as possible.

"Silence! Form a line and enter one by one." One of the guards protecting the Gu room said to the youths. The young people then calmed down and formed a quick line, and Fang Yuan managed to be the first to enter.

Before anyone could say anything and complain, he entered the Gu room.

A salaGu era very special and unlike anything he had ever seen. All four walls had holes of different sizes and shapes, and in each of these holes resided pots or plates serving as support for some strange insects that rested in them.

The insects in these containers wereworms Gu, the wormsGu podem come in all possible shapes and sizes. From objects like stones or jewelry, to living beings like crickets, frogs, wolves and even whales.

And their abilities and foods are even more varied and creative, some have banal effects like releasing a strong smell, while others can manipulate the River of Time itself. the wormsGu are a Gu Master's main source of power.

Therefore, choosing a Gu worm for a Gu Master is an essential thing in his life, if he does not know the effects, abilities and food of his Gu worm, then he will be nothing more than a useless person who wastes his resources.

The sound in the room was loud and diverse, some remained silent as if they were simple inanimate objects while others made sounds such as cackling, chirping or rustling.

"Let's get this started!" Fang Yuan looked around for a while and then activated his inventory, he began to scan each of the Gu worms in the room with frightening speed. In less than a minute he managed to add all the Gu worms in the room into his inventory.

"Good." Fang Yuan smiled upon seeing the countless Gu worms in his inventory.

With nothing else to do in the room, Fang Yuan took out a Moonlight Gu and calmly left the room.

As he left the room, he received upset looks from the young people outside, but he ignored them and calmly returned home.

"That rubbish is too loose."

"Really, how does he think about getting ahead of others like that."

"Hmph. He will see what is good for him if he dares to repeat this action in front of me."

The several youths began to complain and cast disdainful and mocking glances at Fang Yuan as he calmly left. Most of these young men didn't even have the same talent as Fang Yuan, but they still thought they were better than him.

Fang Yuan heard what they said clearly, but he didn't care. After all, what can mere empty words from some young people do to him? He knows that these young people are just taking out their frustration and anger on the nearest target.

If Fang Yuan really let himself be affected by words like these, he might as well fill a plate with water and drown himself in it. Dealing with the immaturity and arrogance of others is an inevitable part of the life of someone climbing to the top.

"Whatyou they are doing there? come on, who is thenext?" One of the guardsno He endured waiting and hurried the young people.

The young people listened to the guard and entered the room one by one as previously ordered.

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