Sha

"Ju Shasi greets senior". He didn't hesitate one bit to answer as he clasped his fists.

The squinted eyed man became quiet for a while before his mouth curled up into a smile as he thought. "So he is the little bastard from the Sha family huh? Maybe I should keep an eye out for this brat, with his father's passing, who knows what kind of wealth he must've inherited.".

"Oh... I see, I'm Ju Xieyan, this Aura Restraint Gu really interests this senior... I hope junior won't mind if I purchase it from you..?". The strange man talked with a smirk, his eyes squinted, as always.

Realizing the courteous manner in which the man was talking to him, Shasi knew that the squinted eyed man had understood what he meant by "taking care of him", which also made Shasi smirk as he thought while handing the Rank 1 Gu Worm to the man. "Even if I hate every last member of the Sha family, being surnamed Sha in this Clan is still a huge advantage and I should use it in my favor...".

Xieyan handed a quite big sack of Primeval Stones to Shasi, containing the 150 Stones, both then proceeded to clasp fists at each other and carry on with their own business, everyone present in the stall saw this exchange, Shasi now had an alibi, he could freely cultivate and try to enter the Middle Stage of Rank 1.

When Yao Shi handed the Flowerbud Gu to Sima Yan, he had willingly let Sima Yan refine it, so he wouldn't have any trouble using the storage type Gu, the same occurred when Shasi threatened Sima Yan, forcing him to let Shasi refine the Gu, which made it almost effortless for him.

Shasi picked a crystal flower from his belly and brought it closer to the big Primeval Stone sack, in an instant, all the Primeval Stones were sucked inside the flower, making it shine even more, it currently held 1000 Primeval Stones, which was the limit for it's Rank 1 version.

He quickly disposed of the sack and walked away from the stall with only one thing in his mind. "Breakthrough! I need to breakthrough!". Those were his thoughts As he paced from the Trading caravan area which was located right in the center of the Clan's village, towards his dorm room inside the academy.

His heart began to race, he felt the same as when he got his aperture awakened, he would forever remember his first breakthrough, he went from fast-walking to sprinting very rapidly, people would look at him a bit weirded out wherever he passed by, most of them decided to ignore it, while some got inexplicably bothered by it, particularly, a young man with purple hair which was also heading to the Academy.

Sashi ran by so eagerly that he didn't even realize he bumped his brother's shoulder. Shayu had been gifted a Green Copper Relic by his older brother and had just broken through Middle Stage, he was in a great mood and was about to collect his reward from the Academy Elder when Shasi passed by running like crazy.

"Tch! Insolent bastard!". Shayu figured that since everyone was at the trading caravan stalls, nobody would disturb him if he decided to give his little brother a lesson. With this in mind, he let out a sadistic smile and raised his right hand which had a blue mark shaped like an arrow.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!".

Two arrows shot toward Shasi's legs like lightning! He didn't even have time to properly dodge, he could only throw himself on the ground and hope the arrows didn't hit him too badly. "What the fu-". He exclaimed before looking at the horizon and seeing a purple haired figure, his gaze instantly changed from a confused to enraged, he quickly understood what had happened.

Gazing at his leg, he clearly saw a Frost Arrow which had pierced through his left ankle, while the other one was stuck in the ground near his thigh.

"Hahaha! Little bastard! It's been too long since out last... Training sessions! How about we catch up for the lost time?!". Shayu slowly walked forward while laughing, he felt that since Shasi became a Gu Master, he had gotten a bit too insolent... and needed a lesson.

"Tch". Shasi grit his teeth and picked five Primeval Stones from inside his Flowerbud Gu, placing all of them in his lap, he did his best to absorb the Primeval Essence as fast as he could, he needed to have enough to use his killer move again. "That Frost Arrow was not normal, it wasn't something a Rank 1 Initial Stage Gu Master can do... Unless". He speculated while absorbing the Primeval Essence, his eyes closed.

"Humph! What Gu Master, someone like isn't worthy of such a title, one that doesn't even dare to fight back, pathetic". Shayu continued as he walked closer and closer.

Shasi grit his teeth so hard that started making cracking noises, he did his best to try and keep his cool, as he knew that this was the proper way to act, but when it came to his brothers, particularly Shayu, he couldn't help but to be a bit driven away by anger.

Opening his eyes, Shasi gazed at his lap only to see a pile of powder, he felt his aperture filed with Primeval Essence, he felt like his body had been hit by a bolt of lighting, rage filled every single part of his body as he suddenly felt something coming towards his head at a high speed!

"Pah!".

A muffled sound of a strike echoed around, but nobody could hear... Shayu tried to finish Shasi with a head kick, but the latter not only had blocked it, but clutched it hard with one of his hands, so hard that even cracking sounds came of Shayu's feet.

"Aaah! Are you insane?! Let go of me!". Shayu screamed in pain as he raised his hand again to shoot more Frost Arrows only to have it slapped away by Shasi.

"Swoosh!".

"Boom!".

The Frost Arrow shot by Shayu had hit a nearby tree, making it instantly fall! If this were to hit Shasi...

"Hahaha! You want to kill me?". Shasi laughed as he still clutched Shayu's foot, making him unable to escape. Shasi's voice sounded a bit demonic, as if his voice was not the only one coming out, but a second voice too! His eyes shone red like in the day he killed Gu Dao, making Shayu despair in fear as he began punching Shasi's hand that clutched his foot, but to no effect.

Suddenly! Frost arrows with their tips covered in blood appeared from behind Shasi! As if they were to connected to his back, all pointing at Shayu, eager to be shot!.

Shayu's face went pale, he was certain that this was it for him. "Please! Brother! This is a misunderstanding! I'll give you all of my Gu Worms! I'll even let you have my allowance, big brother just got me a Liquor Worm! It's your if you let me go, please!".

Shasi's face remained the same, his expression resembled that of a demon as he motioned the arrows to get closer to Shayu, who seemingly gave up on his life as he destroyed all his Gu Worms inside his aperture with a bitter expression before looking at Shasi with hatred and cursing endlessly.

"You bastar! Should've never been born! Father sold your mother to slavery right after she had you! You should've gone with her!".

Realizing this change, Shasi's mind instantly entered a state of relief and calmness for a while before letting a Blood Arrow pierce right through Shayu's knee!

"Ahhh my leg!". The arrow had pierced through his knee and the ground, making it so that he would be unable to move until the arrow dissipated.

The several arrows behind Shasi slowly dissipated as his eyes regained clarity. "As much as I wish to kill you, if I were to do it, I might get expelled by the Clan, heh, this is enough for a coward like you". Shasi laughed before limping away.

...

Inside his dorm, Shasi sat on his bed with his left ankle bandaged up, the white cloth was now red due to the blood oozing out from it.

Shasi held a grand total of 100 Primeval Stones on his Lap, and curiously, a rock by his side. "One Hundred Primeval Stones should be more than enough to breakthrough, as for the rest... I figure it'll be enough too". Shasi thought as he looked at the rock by his side before focusing his consciousness inside his aperture.

"The light walls...". Shasi murmured as he also focused on his Primeval Essence which was Jade Green. He breathed in deeply and let it out softly... It was time!

The Primeval Stones immediately began shrinking as waves upon waves of Primeval Essence hit the light walls, it felt like a lone sailer inside a wrathful sea... Only that, Shasi was the sea, and the sailor was the light wall, getting beaten by the waves!