Gu Daoist Master

Chapter 22 – Dancing Moonblade

The sky was blue and clear, looking pure as if it had been washed clean. The sun was shining golden.

Puffs of white clouds floated away, and a group of colourful peacock parrots chirped as they flew beneath the blue sky, forming an arrow formation under the clouds as they soared.

This variant of colourful parrots would only appear in large groups during springtime. Their bodies were littered with feathers the colour of the rainbow, their bodies the size of an eagle. The birds had parrot beaks, while their tails were that of a peacock’s flowing long tail.

It had been ten days since the day Fang Yuan managed to acquire number one in the test to refine the vital Gu. The spring breeze blew over the whole mountain’s green grass, while the wild flowers bloomed eagerly, and the bees and butterflies danced around together. Life was surging all around; it was the wonderful beauty of spring.

The breath of spring was so strong that the tall bamboo walls surrounding the training grounds could not hold it back.

This training field occupied 3 Mu(1). The ground was flat, paved with a layer of thick and wide grey graphite. Its four sides were planted with green spear bamboo; these green poles were placed closely together side by side, straight and tall, forming a circle of green high walls.

While below the wall corners were stone as well, clumps of green grass emerged from many areas. In between the bamboo were also some wild roses, poking in from the outside, a few even climbing the wall.

Fifty-seven young teens at the age of fifteen were standing in the midst of the training field right now, formed in a semi-circle around the academy elder who was in the center, putting their focus on him.

This was a lesson to teach the students on how to use the Moonlight Gu.

“The Moonlight Gu is our Gu Yue clan’s symbolic Gu, just like the Xiong(2) House’s Bear Strength Gu, and the Bai(3) House’s Stream Gu. The majority of you on the field have chosen the Moonlight Gu as your vital Gu, so you must all watch properly. Soon I will demonstrate personally how to use the Moonlight Gu to attack. Students whose vital Gu is not the Moonlight Gu must also concentrate on me, as this classical long-distance attacking method can also be used on other Gu; the spectrum of methods one can use is very wide.”

As he spoke, the academy elder stretched out his right hand, his five fingers opening wide. He lowered his palm so that the young teens could see the center of it.

“Firstly, you use your mind to mobilize the Moonlight Gu, moving it to the center of your palm.” Following his voice, the crescent mark that represented the Moonlight Gu moved down the elder’s arm and into his palm.

“Then, you mobilize the primeval essence in your aperture, pouring it into the Moonlight Gu.” A thread of white silver coloured primeval essence gushed out from the elder’s body, so fine it was almost impossible to see. It entered the Moonlight Gu in his palm.

The academy elder was of a Rank three realm, and only Rank three Gu Masters could produce white silver coloured primeval essence. Rank one Gu Master’s primeval essence was commonly known as green copper primeval essence, while Rank two Gu Masters had theirs called red iron primeval essence. When they reached Rank three, it becomes white silver primeval essence.

Once it absorbed the thread of white silver primeval essence, the crescent-shaped mark in the elder’s hand instantly glowed brighter and brighter. Although it was daytime, it still issued a brilliant pale-blue light.

“That’s awesome!”

“How beautiful.” The youngsters could not help but let out praises of surprise and amazement when they saw it.

The pale blue light was clear like water. It flickered faintly in the elder’s palm. At first glance it would seem as if the academy elder’s hand was scooping a handful of moonlight. The academy elder smiled a little. “Now watch carefully, the last step is just like how I will do it, launching it out.”

As he said this, his widely opened five fingers slowly closed together, then he lifted his arm up and slowly moved it forward, his arm straight. Finally he waved his palm lightly in a cutting motion.

The entire movement was steady and powerful.

Swoosh.

a light brushing

the condensed water-like pale blue light in his

a wide-open hand, the shape just like the crescent moon in the night sky. It drew a straight line in the air before it hit a grass puppet ten meters

thick was cut clean by the moonblade. The puppet’s body swayed about, the huge head suddenly falling onto

flying about another six meters in the air

the grass puppet’s neck again, one could see that the cut area was extremely flat, as if it was cut away

were all shocked as they saw this, their eyes wide-open. A few of them even touched their own

teenagers had shining eyes as they stared at the grass puppet, some of them staring at the elder’s palm.

the crowd with a

Rank six, and he had created the Blood Wing Demon Sect in the Middle Kingdom. He taught tens of

academy elder was just a Rank three Gu Master. This small trick was just child’s

one of you shall take a grass puppet and follow the way I just did it, throwing out the moonblade, practice

finished, around

they had all refined the Moonlight Gu. Those that were left were all D grade talents. It

Gu Yue clan, the Moonlight Gu was not a simple

Each of them faced forward, standing ten

row, but he did not

all stretched out their right hands, letting the Moonlight Gu move to the heart of their palm. One by one the blue crescent mark

before dissipating away. Some flew out for two to three meters before disintegrating into

frowned. When they saw the elder’s demonstration earlier it seemed quite easy. But when they started practicing themselves, they realised the skill required in this action. To

smile as he watched. He saw this scene every year, and was not surprised. The

produce moonblades. For a time in the training ground, pale-blue coloured moonblades

around. Those that were able to hit on the grass puppets were just a small few. Of course

tutor and guide

with good latent talent. He patiently corrected their postures, teaching them

waved his palm a few times cutting the air, but he did not release the light, pretending and acting. With the field a mess at the moment and no one focusing on himself, he moved his thoughts and

on his own grass puppet opposite him, but aimed at the

drawing a straight line in

quickly,

was not a normal scarecrow. It was a Rank one Scarecrow Gu,

it would just recover back to normal in a

look at

who threw

Yuan just casually hit one, yet it caused the most significant result so far. Thus in an instant the students outside the field gave

an enquiring eye, since

gazes at him. To be honest the field was just in a chaos earlier with moonblades flying about, so even he did

it probably is me? Thought the young boy. Then he nodded his

immediately looked