Ray walked past the tavern his sleeves swaying as he moved through the street
He had purchased a meal and ate it within the tavern, copying 3 and a half primeval stones.
Any small increase to his wealth would be done if he could do it and he did not want to waste free primeval stones when he did not need to—they were a rare resource and vital to a gu master's growth.
He needed to to make purchases to feed his gu worms in the future as well, such as the moonlight gu that needed moon orchid petals
Until he took a few steps to get more primeval stones, he would need to be greedy with them and he planned to do so until he became an immortal in his mortal aperture
He continued to walk to the edges of the village and went even further after making sure that there was no one following him around—there was no sound aside from his own footsteps and the sound of crickets and birds chirping
He was naturally walking towards the direction in which the liquor worm was located
Or at least where he remembered it being located
Unfortunately even though Raphael could dictate the events of the first few chapters of the story to aid him in finding the Gu.
It would do him no good.
Fang Yuan found the liquor worm a few days after this and what were the chances that the gu would be on the same bamboo shoot as a few days from now
Honestly he could have waited for a few days to find it then, maybe he could have sparked a conversation with Fang Yuan then to make it seem that they met randomly
Fang Yuan was not informed about Eternal Brother hood Gu, or the current existence of his body with regards to the fact that it was actually made from a Rank 10 Gu and also had an immortal aperture
And for now he did not want to tell him
Ray started to dash through the forest, moving up along with the river, his feet causing splashes as he ran and within a short amount of time, he had reached the location he wanted to be at
The boulder that had been eroded by the stream falling from the waterfall appeared in front of him, and inside the crevice would be the cave.
The cave in which the flower wine monk died
Ray moved closer and sized the hole in the boulder and made sure he could fit through without causing damage, and thankfully, he could.
He squeezed through the crevice, his head stuck in one direction that reminded him of when a video game character walked through a crack in the wall.
He slipped through and let out a large sigh
'That took longer than expected.' He groaned
"Try touching it?"
Ray heard the voice sound from behind him, but he did not panic. He knew what it was and what the content was
It was the photo-audio gu playing the last moments of the fourth-generation clan head and the flower-wine monk and what had truly happened.
He turned his eyes away from the video and saw a small white dot zoom behind the corpse.
The liquor worm seemed to have realized that Ray had seen it because after being detected behind the skeleton it moved again towards the cave opening
Unfortunately for the poor gu the sovereign immortal body was faster than it a hundred times over
He gently grabbed the gu in a pinching motion and threw it into his immortal aperture where it looked surprised, not that he could see that
Before the little gu could even move, try to hide somewhere in the aperture which would have been useless anyway the aura of the rank 10 divine copy gu within seemed to suffocate it
An identical copy of the gu, just as afraid as the original
'Use a bead of immortal essence bead and refine those two'
He said
[Understood.]
Raphael said, doing just that
while that was being taken care of he walked towards the breaking corpse of the flower-wine monk and ripped the pouch of primeval stones of it
"Raphael" He called out loud knowing that no one is around
[Yes?]
"Can you make a copy of these 15 primeval stones and prepare to make a copy of every gu i place in the aperture."
[Understood.]
From now until the indefinite future, anything placed into the immortal aperture will have a copy made, just like how it was doing so right now.
From 1 liquor worm he now had 2, from 1 moonlight gu he now had 2 and from 15 primeval stones he had 30
So right now in total he had 55 primeval stones.
He needed a way to get more primeval stones and he had one as well.
Primeval stones were essential for a gu master's progression, they were also used to purchase gu and their food and with the trade caravan moving up Ray wanted to have as many as he possibly could
But for now there were gu he could get without worrying about buying them—there were several gu here left by the flower wine monk.
With the moonlight gu in his immortal aperture, where there was inexhaustible essence due to the used green grape immortal essence bead, this meant an unlimited amount of moon blades could be released
Ray smiled and knelt down in front of the oddly smooth boulder and began to dig using his fingers.
After a few moments of digging, he pulled out a flower
The flower was the one-time-use expendable gu—the earth treasury flower gu—and inside this particular gu, the flower wine monk had sealed the white boar gu
He slowly unwrapped her the flower petals one by one and threw them on the ground—it was unfortunate that he could not make a copy of the earth's treasury flower
A copy was identical to the original in every way.
He made a copy of the liquor worm, it was just as afraid as the original and also had the flower wine monks will
So making a copy of the earth treasury flower would result in creating a used earth treasury flower that could not be reused
One by one, Ray pulled off the petals and eventually reached the center where the bud was, and on it he found the small ladybug-like gu.
White boar gu.
He smiled and shoved it into his immortal aperture, and instantly a copy was made.
He would give one of them to Fang Yuan tomorrow and would keep the copy for another use; he would not be using it himself because a White Boar gu was not going to do anything to increase his strength in the slightest
In fact, all the gu he was going to get from this inheritance was going to go to Fang Yuan while he would keep the copies for another purpose
This was a necessary thing to do
he wanted to expedite it and make him grow much stronger than what was originally made
Ray stood up and stretched his arms above his head before placing his hands on the boulder
And then he pushed
The boulder simply moved forwards under his strength without any effort—it looked and felt like he was simply walking forward.
'I chose my wishes well.' He smiled to himself
He took step after step and as he read it took 50 steps before he was on flat ground again; he pushed the boulder to the side
He moved forward and just as he had done with the White Boar Gu, he unearthed the earth treasury flower. He unwrapped it and pulled out the Jade Skin Gu.
Standing up, he knew what was going to be located in the next room so he pushed it open and stood
Stepping into the room he saw the pillars and readied himself by stretching—this was room where the Jade-Eyed Monkeys were.
Ray raised his hand and allowed a small insignificant bit of green grape primeval essence to flow into it—suddenly his hand was brought down in an arc, shooting out a blue moon blade that swam through the air
'This. Is. Amazing'
He smiled to himself and began to walk. when he got within 10 steps of the first pillar, he saw a stone monkey leap out from within its little pillar hole
Swoosh
The moon blade flew through the air, followed by another and then another and then another
He recalled the memory of reading how Fang Yuan said it took four moon blades to dispose of one of them
If he were to use his rank 1 initial stage essence, he would be able to shoot 9 moon blades and take out 2 monkeys till he refilled his essence, but with the immortal essence, he was not limited to that
Walking through the room, he threw endless amounts of blue moon blades, slashing every monkey that came out. Since his precision was not as great as Fang Yuan's, some missed and hit the ground, but that did not mean any survived
When they got too close, he simply threw a punch and blew them apart, the jade stone eyes falling to the ground.
He systematically killed each one from each pillar, harvested their eyes and threw them into his aperture before attacking the next pillar
He cleared all of them and picked up the jade that would be the food for the jade-skin gu
Even the monkey king did not last that long
He had used many moon blades to attack it, sending them out in almost endless succession; it was just unfortunate that a rank-one moon blade was not that powerful, so he just used his hand to dispose of it. One punch was all it took, just like the regular monkeys.
Fang Yuan had used the quote 'Haste brings no success.'
But Yuxuan smiled widely, his eyes reflecting absolute happiness before continuing to move forward
"That only applies when you're too weak to barrel through."
Coming this far had taken Fang Yuan months of hardship, and yet he had done it in less than 6 hours so far
He threw the stealth rock gu into his aperture and continued to move forward
Like Fang Yuan, he moved to take the earth communication ear grass, and after once more unearthing the earth treasure flower, he shoved it into his aperture.
He had no plan of using it; he was not the ruthless Fang Yuan who could sever his own ear nor did he need to with his great senses
But he did not focus on it
This was the next room
Ray saw the large number of centipedes in the room grow and move towards him from all sides, even the roof
'Chainsaw Golden Centipede'
Yuxuan thought immediately, dashing forwards and grabbing the gu, throwing it into his aperture before sending moon blades out in great succession
He did not mind the centipedes, nor could their mandibles or legs pierce his skin to induce the poisoning effect but they were annoying, so he killed them too
[Points Gained.]
'Huh?'
His face was confused, completely confused
'What points'
[Points are a sort of currency that can be traded with me to perform otherwise powerful abilities and difficult tasks.]
He sighed, moving out from the room
'You learn something new every day I guess.'
There was now only 1 gu worm left in the flower wine monk's inheritance, the rank 3 heavenly essence treasure lotus, but he was not going to get that gu now
It was in a dangerous spot, and for now and the foreseeable future, he did not want to awaken the first-gen Gu Yue yet.
'Well, let's go back.'
He said in his mind while dashing back to the boulder
When he reached it, he didn't just leave the inheritance ground; he sealed it up again by pushing out the boulder and coming out, then pushing it back into place carving it with his hands to appear natural against the wall
'I really ransacked the whole inheritance ground.' He laughed to himself
"Sorry, man, but the truth of your life will remain secret."
He spoke to the corpse of the flower wine monk while taking the photo audio gu in his hand and moving out of the cave
He was going to go and increase his fortune and then multiply that by 2!