Middle stage

Three days later in the dead of night, he had arrived at the clan academy.

The academy elder had long gone to bed, but in his dreams, he could vaguely hear the sound of somebody knocking on the door. He was awoken by the noise and he opened his eyes, rather displeased.

"Who is it outside there in the middle of the night?"Instantly a voice replied in a respectful tone, "Reporting to sir elder! It is a student from this year's batch, he has already finished refining the Moonlight Gu. You have instructed your subordinates earlier to report to you the very instant the first name appears, no matter what time it is."

"Well… It's true that happened." The academy elder frowned, and then he got off his bed. As he put on his robes he asked, "Which student is it that got number one this year? Is it Gu Yue Fang Yuan or Gu Yue Fang Zheng?"

The subordinate outside the door replied, "I'm not to sure sir. The moment I heard the news I hurried over here to tell you about it, sir. It seems to be someone from the Fang family branch."

"Hehe, counting the time, it is one of the brothers." The academy elder laughed lightly, confidently saying, "Who else could it be beside the A grade talent geniuses? All those B grade talent students would still be worse even with the help of primeval stones. Or else why would the grade of cultivation talent be so important?"

As he said this he pushed the door open and came out. Outside the door, his subordinate respectfully bowed, moving two steps backward. "Sir is right," he echoed.

At this moment the elder walked in from the entrance. Fang Yuan and the man who received Fang Yuan stood up and turned around to greet.

When the academy elder saw Fang Yuan's handsome appearance and snow white hair, his face was full of smiles. He strode over and stood in front of Fang Yuan, patting his shoulder in a friendly manner. "You did well, Gu Yue Fang Yuan, you did not disappoint me. You are indeed an A grade talent genius! All those B grades, C grade and not to mention those D grade peers of yours will never compare to you no matter how hard they try. Ha ha ha oh and to be fair may I see your Gu."

Fang Yuan was neither haughty nor humble. He took a little step back, letting his shoulder free from the academy elder's hand. He stared at the academy elder, his hands folded behind his back. Then he said with a faint smile "it was just luck elder" then lifted his right hand, on top his hand was a white crescent moon mark.

"Ha ha ha good, good not too haughty you just need to pay more attention and more effort then you would reach mid-rank 1 in no time" laughed the elder.

Soon the next morning arrived and students had gathered by the school bulletin board. Causing a small stir as it was not too surprising while currently our other A grade and two, no our 1 B grade and C grade runner ups were fuming with rage and dejection especially our A grade Fang Zheng where he currently rampaging in his room.

Soon a month went by and Fang yuan had already reached mid-stage rank 1 Gu master secretly while still continuously maintaining his slothful appearance, Fang Zheng was succeeding in gaining more confidence and reputation being the number one talent due to Fang Yuan lack of activity,but was still not enough as Fang Zheng still had not bested Fang Yuan in any of the competitions always maintaining 2nd place and even falling to third sometimes dues to the lack of resources where Gu Yue Mo Bei ended up 2nd.

Fang Zheng had realized his problem of resources a long time ago and had sought help from his 'father' and 'mother' but they would always put one pitiful faces and act like they were poor and give out excuses like "Fang Zheng we both love you and would love to give you more resources but we are already giving it all to maintain your brother's cultivation so please understand" causing his neverending hate to grow more for Fang Yuan

Another month passed by and Fang Yuan managed to 'breakthrough' to mid-stage rank 1 Gu master surprising the whole village earning him praise and envy not long later Fang Zheng, Gu Yue Mo Bei, and Gu Yue Chi Cheng also broke through to mid-stage heralding them as the four stars of Gu Yue.

One day in the Mo family training ground stood a tall youth who was continuously practicing his combat techniques with a servant while cursing "damn it, damn it, Fang Yuan, Fang Zheng, I Gu Yue Mo Bei will show you haaa!!!" as he exerted more strength aiming his fist straight for the servant's face.

The servant surprised by his young master's sudden power punch didn't have time to react was hit squarely on the nose was sent flying before he curled up to hold his face in pain while groaning a couple of times.

At this moment, he heard a laughing voice. "Little brother, do you have a deep hatred for the servant? Why the great resentment?"

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Gu Yue Mo Bei relaxed and stopped his attacks. He turned his head. "Sister, you're back!"

"Uh-huh, the family council sent me out for a mission which lasted more than a month…" Gu Yue Mo Yan laughingly replied. She was Mo Bei's blood-related sister, a Rank two middle stage Gu Master.