Gu Daoist Master

Chapter 23 – Raising a Gu is like raising a mistress

The sun had already set.

The sunset glow was still burning in the sky. The mountains far away in the distance were covered in a thick layer of grey ash, gradually turning to black.

In the academy, a day’s class was over. The students walked out from the academy in groups of twos and threes.

“I’m really happy today, I learnt quite a few things. Especially how I got to learn how to use the Moonlight Gu.”

“The way the moonblade flies in the air looks so cool. It’s too bad that my talent isn’t enough, so in the future I can only be a logistics Gu Master, I won’t be able to go onto the battlefield.” The young teenagers happily chatted away.

A few of them called their friends over.

“Let’s go and eat, we can drink some rice wine while we’re at it, what do you think?”

“Sure, that’s not a bad suggestion.”

“You guys go on first, I need to go to the store beside the academy’s Gu room and buy a grass puppet. It will be easy to practice at home with it.”

Fang Yuan went to the Gu room alone.

The academy’s Gu room kept quite a few Rank one Gu worms. There were many types and variations, and Fang Yuan’s Moonlight Gu was taken freely from inside.

Once in a while the students would have a free chance to pick a Gu worm. If one wanted to get extra Gu, they would need to pay up.

In this short time Fang Yuan had no wish to refine any other Gu. He walked to the building beside the Gu room – it was a small store.

In the store there were seven students, each of them negotiating over the counter with the store owner for buying grass puppets.

“It’s you, junior.” The Rank one Gu Master responsible for the store was in his twenties. When he saw Fang Yuan, he automatically greeted him while bargaining with his customers.

Fang Yuan was taken by surprise, finding out that this Gu Master was Jiang Ya. It was the young Gu Master that had taught the hunters a lesson in the inn.

“Ah, it’s you senior.” Fang Yuan nodded his head, his face expressionless.

come here to buy a grass puppet as well? If you want me to leave one for you, you just need three pieces of primeval stones. These things sell like hotcakes, right now there’s only seven left,

towards people like

the Scarecrow Gu. Even after including the primeval essence that was put in, the final cost should not be more than one and

this isn’t fair. It should be first come first serve, why leave any

all came early. If you want

the primeval stones, give

when they heard that the store only had seven puppets left.

seven satisfied teenagers walked

seems like they were sold out, but actually

had no interest towards the grass puppet. He shook his head and pulled out a piece of primeval stone, putting it

was stunned. He looked Fang Yuan deep in the eye, taking away the primeval stone and pulling open the counter drawer. Then

the goods on the spot and found no mistake with it. Finally

to

and at the

and profound, because there are all kinds of Gu worms and their food are exceedingly strange. Some need to swallow soil, some need starlight, some

pieces of flower petals. Meanwhile for the Liquor worm, it needs to drink wine. A jar of green bamboo wine could support it for four days. As for the Spring Autumn Cicada, it is even more peculiar

not far away in the sky but very near

while in reality all living creatures are actually surviving and living in the waters of the River

to buy green bamboo wine. The Liquor worm could also drink some turbid wine or rice wine to live. However with this kind of second-rate wine the amount it needed to drink

Yuan. Fang Yuan passed him three pieces of primeval stones directly, saying with a familiar ease, “Give me a jar of green bamboo wine and make me a few good dishes. You don’t need to give me the change, just put it here first. At the end of the month when it amounts up

now ever since he moved to the academy dormitories, he would always have a meal here when he

He took the cloth on top of his shoulder and gently wiped the table before leaving. Indeed as the worker said, the

four pieces everyday. A jar of green bamboo wine costs two pieces of stones, and it can support the Liquor worm for four days. In other words

of primeval stone. From the starting of refining the Gu until today, sixteen

up to forty-four pieces and a half. However in the early days of refining the Gu I wasted six pieces and a half, then

stones inside. Each of these stones were greyish white in colour, their shapes ellipsoid and the volumes equal,

be able to go on for half a month with the remaining stones he had left. He was not like his

Yuan could only think of

clan academy would give out three pieces of primeval stones as subsidy to every student. Looks like I would need to show off in

just at the age where the body was growing. Without realizing it all the rice and dishes had entered his

green bamboo wine jar, Fang Yuan lifted his feet and

tell young sir something, but in less than a month the trading company will arrive to the village. By convention they would always buy the green bamboo wine in our shop. Young sir loves our green bamboo wine and always buys a few jars every week, so the innkeeper ordered me to tell young sir about this matter. The green bamboo wine in our store has limited supply, so after we sell it to the trading company I’m afraid we would

Fang Yuan heard the news, he frowned slightly. To know someone and tell apart the conversation, Fang Yuan had five hundred years of experience. The shop worker and the young Gu

and he needed a huge amount of green bamboo wine in the long run. If this inn ran out of stock then he would have to use huge amounts

jars a day. After a while people would be suspicious. After thinking about it, Fang Yuan took out ten pieces of primeval stones and said, “Then I’ll buy another five jars. I will need you to carry them for me and follow me to put them in the academy

sir.” The worker immediately accepted

could only last for five days without any special storage means, so Fang Yuan would only buy a bag every time. However the green