First refinement

Under the light of the moon that had almost disappeared because the day was approaching morning.

Fang Yuan looked at the Gu he had just refined.

At first glance, this Gu was almost the same as the blue drop and also the Water Drop Gu. But the biggest difference was the color of this Gu, with a pale white filling every surface of its body.

Fang Yuan was first confused by this Gu, because he didn't know anything about this Gu, but he refined it in the end.

The dangerous thing is to use Gu without knowing its function, some Gu have the function of injuring the user, so Gu Masters are very careful in treating Gu they don't know, but Fang Yuan only refines it.

Fang Yuan effortlessly refined the Gu, maybe because at the last moment he added his primeval essence.

In this world there is something called the Gu series, this Gu has the same word but has a slightly different function.

Like Stone Skin Gu and Bronze Skin Gu, they have a function to increase the defense of a Gu Master. 

Also they even have a similar appearance.

The Gu who just refined Fang Yuan has the same shape as Water Drop Gu and the material is blue drop, maybe this Gu is in the same series as Water Drop Gu.

Fang Yuan stared at this Gu worm that was lying on the palm of his right hand.

Intuition filled Fang Yuan's head, telling him to activate it, but at the same time said that it wouldn't be dangerous.

Fang Yuan chose to follow his intuition.

He channeled his primeval essence to the Gu.

After all, this Gu is only Rank one, maybe it won't be too dangerous, Fang Yuan thought.

The gu absorbed primeval essence Fang Yuan and began to perform its function.

This Gu slowly trembled and then let out a clear white wind from its entire body.

"This ..." Fang Yuan looked confused but also seemed to understand a little about what was going on.

Out of fear of this Gu's function, Fang Yuan activated it at a considerable distance, but after seeing this Gu it generated wind around itself. Fang Yuan attended the function.

He pulled this Gu in front of him and began to activate it once again.

Just as he expected, the wind was Yin Qi.

This Gu functions to produce Yin Qi, it can be said that this Gu is a converter. From primeval essence to Yin Qi.

But there is something strange, Fang Yuan activates this Gu right in front of him once again, but the Yin Qi that comes out is not something random, but has a purpose.

Fang Yuan tried to bring his hand closer to the Yin Qi that Gu issued to check his hunch.

Just when Fang Yuan's index finger touched it, the Yin Qi was instantly absorbed into his finger.

Fang Yuan withdrew his hand reflexively.

He did the experiment one more time, he put this Gu into the bowl with the water inside that beside him earlier to contain blue drop and then activated it.

When the Yin Qi was released by this Gu, it was immediately absorbed into the surrounding water.

Fang Yuan thought about this carefully, after considering a few things, he concluded what kind of Gu is this.

"This Gu will be called the Yin Qi Drop Gu, because this Gu resembles  Water Drop Gu, and also has almost the same function, which is to produce something."

Water Drop Gu produces blue light Drop. The Yin Qi Drop Gu also produces Yin Qi which can be instantly absorbed by anything it comes in contact with.

Fang Yuan was pleased with this, he originally just wanted to experiment to find out the other functions of this material as well as to increase attainment in the Water Path. But who would have thought he managed to refine a Gu.

He felt a little happy, but that didn't make him feel complacent. He will do more Gu refining in the future.

"I came for copper and I found gold!"

A satisfaction can be seen on Fang Yuan's face, with the Yin Qi Drop Gu he can carry out more experiments.

Small Qi Gu and magnetic Qi fields have many weaknesses, it is the level of concentration required and the use of primeval essence. Even so the Yin Qi Drop Gu also has one weakness, it is that this Gu can only produce Yin Qi.

But what was the problem now was what was this Gu food ingredient?

Because this Gu is Rank one, it requires food every day or every few days. This Gu was also freshly made by Fang Yuan, so there was still a day before this Gu needed food.

But Fang Yuan got the feeling that this Gu only needed blue drop or blue light drop as food ingredients. Because this is the basic material for making this Gu.

Although the Yin Qi Drop Gu can perform the functions the Qi path has, this Gu is actually from the Water path. But Fang Yuan doesn't know this yet. His attainment at Qi path and Water path is still ordinary.

Slowly the sun began to rise, its lights began to illuminate the side of the mountain which was still dark and filled with fog. The sound of birds also began to be heard.

Fang Yuan began to understand a few things about the phenomenon he had been through.

In this world there is an existence called Gu. But what is the Gu?

Blue drop is a refinement material and Water Drop Gu is a Gu worm. However, they almost have the same form, moreover, the food for this Gu is blue drops.

Then there are the insects called dragonpill cricket, but when these insects are lived long enough, they can turn into a Gu. That Gu is called dragonpill cricket Gu.

Then what is the relationship between these two things? It could be said that Gu is something that has been transformed into something different from its origin.

Dao is everywhere, it is the water that flows downwards, the humans that die from hunger, the trees that grow because of rain and fertilizers, all of these are dao. Gu Masters utilize Gu and experience the Great Dao through them by lighting up fires, making rivers flow upwards, shooting out lightning, heal injuries ... all of these are dao.

Fang Yuan finally came to a conclusion because of this.

"Everything can become a Gu when that something has accumulated traces of the Dao within them through the time. What Gu Master do when refining a Gu is to speed up this process"

But of course, all of this is only Fang Yuan baseless theory. In the end, he was just a stranger in this vast world of gu.

Gu is the essence of heaven and earth, mortal Gu itself is having traces of Dao inside them

From the start all Fang Yuan wanted to do was experiment, but he accidentally refined a Gu worm. He converted these two refinement ingredients into a Gu through the Qi refining method.

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Today there are no classes held by the academy, so Fang Yuan has plenty of free time to do experiments, refining a Gu.

This free time was given so that the students could train using their Moonlight Gu.

When ordinary people practiced their Gu, they used time foolishly. Because they were taught by stupid people.

The academy elder could be said to be stupid, he only showed how to use Moonlight Gu and didn't teach why Moonlight Gu could be fired.

If this is done, then many students will find it easier to understand using Gu. What they were doing now was accustoming their bodies to shooting moonblades, just like someone playing a game, over time they would become more proficient, but in the end all they had were mere reflexes.

Humans are special creatures. When they do something, they will grow a sense of knowing, when they do the same thing over and over again they will grow their skills, when they finally realize what they are doing they will get enlightened.

Fang Yuan realized this long ago, and only one sentence can explain the situation of this village.

"This village was wrong from the beginning and the end"

At the beginning of this village was founded by a demonic cultivator who wanted to increase his talent, and at the end of this village an inevitable destruction would occur.

Fang Yuan went out of his house.

On his waist could be seen a pouch containing 100 primeval stones.

To start his experiment, Fang Yuan needed refinement materials.

The guard saw Fang Yuan approaching the gate, the guard was immediately awake when he saw Fang Yuan coming. He still felt sleepy because it was still very early according to him.

He had never seen Fang Yuan leave this early, out of curiosity, he asked.

"Good morning, young master Fang Yuan. Do you want to go somewhere? "

This guard was always ignored by Fang Yuan at every meeting, but it had become a special gift for him.

Who doesn't want a master who won't scold him?

Fang Yuan only looked at him, he lifted his chin towards the gate.

The guard realized this and immediately opened the gate for Fang Yuan.

Usually the guard was on the outside of the gate, but since it was still early morning, he needed to prepare a few things. It was only a chance that he met Fang Yuan while he was still inside the gate.

When Fang Yuan walked away, the guard felt jealous in his heart.

'How good it is to be a Gu Master, you don't have to think of mere servant'

Maybe if the guard looked after a Gu Master who was the same age as Fang Yuan he would change his mind. Fang Yuan can act like this because he already understands how this world works, even some secrets that will happen in the future, he doesn't need to care about small things like the guard.

In the middle of the village there was a place where a shop was run by the clan directly, it was a shop for selling food for Gu or Gu worms that could be traded freely, such as the Scarecrow Gu.

It was very early in the morning, it could be seen from the number of people walking on the streets. Even though these people still had sleepiness and fatigue on their faces, only a few were like Fang Yuan.

This can also be seen in several taverns, some are still closed and some have just started cleaning before starting their business. But still no one is ready to do business properly.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan felt a little disappointed, he wanted to immediately conduct an experiment to make Gu, but seeing that it was still very early in the morning, he thought that the shop in which he was selling was still closed.

Since this shop is run by the clan itself, then the guard must also be a Gu Master. For Gu Masters to wake up this early is a rarity, except for a few people that need to wake up early.

Fang Yuan gave up his intention of buYing refinement materials, he thought about it for a while before finally finding another destination.

Maybe this was because he had a quasi-Master Imagination Path that he could get his intuition easily. He wanted to visit places that had refinement materials, but most shops were still closed.

Because of that he thought of a place that never closes, it is nature itself.

Qing Mao Mountain had a plant that could be found anywhere on the mountain, it was a bamboo plant. But because the Gu Yue clan focused on Moonlight Gu, they were not very interested in developing the Wood Path. The only person in the entire clan, that has a Wood Gu build is Gu Yue Qing Shu. His aptitude was outstanding and could be said to be at the top among the B grades, it could even be called "false A grade", the only thing that slowed his development was the lack of Wood Path in the clan. Gu Yue Bo had been raising him as a clan leader candidate. 

To not get the same problems like Gu Yue Qing Shu, so Fang Yuan thought of looking for some wood path refinement materials himself, in the woods.

'What a waste' Fang Yuan thought when he thought about the Gu Yue clan not focusing on the Wood path.

But this was also a gift for him.

Of course this is neither too difficult nor too easy to find a refinement material in the wild, because the clan will definitely take refinement materials that can be harvested.

Fang Yuan's first destination was a bamboo forest just west of the village, this is also where Fang Yuan first sought out the Liquor worm.

When Fang Yuan came to this place, he was dumbfounded.

The scenery in this place is very different compared to the night, if at night this place looks like an abandoned place, then during the day this place is seen as the source of life.

The bamboo plants that are side by side make beautiful natural paintings, coupled with their natural green color, is refreshing to the eyes of anyone who sees it.

Even this path, flanked by bamboo forests, gives its own impression.

Fang Yuan stood in front of this path, his mind seemed to be carried away by this site. but what really happened is he got a lot of inspiration.

One could say that Fang Yuan's brain stopped just to cultivate this inspiration, coupled with the intuition generated by his Path Imagination, Fang Yuan now looks like a doll moving on his own because his puppeteer is on other business. Moves but has no clear purpose.

The cool morning wind began to blow, this wind was neither too slow nor too strong, it was enough to shake the bamboo trees, the dew that was deposited on their leaves also fell.

Fang Yuan had lost himself when he saw the sight of this bamboo tree was silent, his brain was no longer controlled by him, but his eyes were still able to send information to his brain.

Seeing this bamboo tree swaying by the gust of wind coupled with fallen dewdrops, it creates an amazing and lively view. It makes Fang Yuan trapped in his own world, filled with inspiration and intuition, leaving the real world behind.

After a while, Fang Yuan came back to his own mind. First he caught his breath, then continued to calm his mind.

"This happened again, I got a lot of inspiration which eventually triggered me to generate intuition. I don't understand anything about wood paths, but I feel that the intuition I just got can overpower the intuition generated by the Wood path Master level."

Fang Yuan shook his head, he knew that this intuition was just a door, he needed a key to open this door and take advantage of what was behind this door.

But unfortunately, his abilities were limited, he was still a Rank one, his knowledge of the materials related to the Wood Path was also a little bit.

"In the future, I will definitely open that door !." Fang Yuan ended his thoughts here.

He returned to his original goal, that was to obtain refinement materials from nature. But without realizing that he was receiving a gift from nature itself, that was an intuition to refine a Gu worm using wood path material.

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By Nefar-inn and Spyrakles