Chapter 64: Easy to do secretly, difficult to do openly


    Trantor: Skyfarrow Editor: Skyfarrow


    The temperature these few days had gotten higher.


    The sun shone intensely in the afternoon, hanging right over everyone’s head.


    The caravan left and the inn’s business fell again.


    Fang Yuan stepped into the cafeteria, immediately attracting the attention of the shop assistants.


    A familiar face rushed over and gave him a ttering smile. “Oh, young master, you’re here! Please


    take a seat!”


    “Give me a jar of wine and cut me 600g of beef, and serve a few side dishes.” Fang Yuan strode


    through the cafeteria and approached the window seat that he always sat at.


    The shop assistant showed a difficult expression, “Young master, my apologies but during thest time


    the caravan came, the innkeeper sold all of the green bamboo wine. We do not have this wine here


    anymore.”


    Fang Yuan nodded, not feeling surprised, “Then give me a jar of rice wine and tell the innkeeper, brew


    more green bamboo wine this year, I am pre-ordering a hundred jars. As for how much the advance


    payment will be, you can count first and report to me.”


    Now that the Liquor worm was exposed and did not gather any suspicion, Fang Yuan did not have to


    be restrained in buying wine anymore.


    “Alright, I will definitely convey your words! Please be at ease young master.” The shop assistant patted


    his chest, sounding confident.


    Soon, the dishes were served.


    Fang Yuan drank and ate while staring out of the window.


    In such hot weather, especially during meal times, there were few people on the streets.


    The sunlight shone on the ground and the green coloured bamboo tall-houses.


    A few barefooted mortal farmers carrying cement, steel spades or shoulder poles walked in front. They


    had just finished their farm work, and were heading home.


    Two children held the bamboo frame of their windmill toy and ran about. The one behind chased while


    crying and shouting; it seems that the boy in front had stolen his windmill toy.


    At this moment, two young Gu Masters wearing green belts walked hurriedly on the street.


    “Get lost, don’t block the way!” A Gu Master pushed the farmer in front of him.


    The farmers frantically gave way.


    “Hmph.” The two young Gu Masters walked through arrogantly.


    Fang Yuan looked with a distracted gaze in his eyes, as part of his mind was already focused on his


    aperture.


    Within the aperture, the water wall continued to flow as his green copper primeval sea rose with raging


    waves.


    The Liquor worm was ying around in his primeval sea, at timesfortably rolling around, and at


    times curling into a ball.


    The Spring Autumn Cicada was in deep slumber, hiding its appearance.


    The round body of the White Boar Gu spread its wings and drew circles in the sky.


    The White and ck Boar Gu were equally well-known, both being precious and rare Rank one Gu


    worms. Their market value was even greater than the Liquor worm.


    Although they had the same usage and simr appearance, their future advancement routes were


    greatly different.


    The ck Boar Gu and the Green Silk Gu wouldbine into the Rank two ck Mane Gu, and then


    into the Rank 3 Steel Mane Gu.


    But the White Boar Gu was mostpatible with the Jade Skin Gu, where it would turn into Rank two


    White Jade Gu, andter into the Rank three Heavenly Mugwort Gu(1).


    The Steel Mane Gu could let the Gu Master’s hair be tough as steel, raising both offense and


    defense. The Heavenly Mugwort Gu allowed the Gu Master’s body to be tough as white jade


    while at the same time reducing the damage from attacks such as the moonde.


    Fang Yuan was slightly happy over this.


    Getting the White Boar Gu was just one aspect of it, but what made him truly happy was the Flower


    Wine Monk’s strength inheritance.


    “The White Boar Gu can increase strength. The Flower Wine Monk set a giant rock to block the way, so


    it seems I need to refine this Gu and with enough strength, push the giant rock away and continue


    forward. This must be the first test.”


    “With the Flower Wine Monk’s meticulous setup, I can infer that there has to be future inheritance trials,


    a second or third hurdle. Most importantly, I can confirm that he set this strength inheritance not as a


    trap, but with true sincerity.”


    “With this inheritance, I can reach Rank three faster and leave this Qing Mao Mountain, and venture


    outside, gaining greater opportunities!”


    What does a Gu Master need most in cultivating?


    The answer is but one word — Resources.


    Fang Yuan needs to cultivate, thus he needs resources. But the n’s resources are limited, so if he


    wants more, he needs to fight for it.


    Not only fighting for resources, he also has to be victorious.


    To him, the more he fights and the more victories he obtained, the more he would reveal more of his


    trump cards and make others more wary.


    Wariness when umted to an extent, would turn into suppression and hurdles blocking his path.


    Fang Yuan killed a family servant, but why did the Mo family stay indifferent? Robbing the ssmates,


    why did their family not pursue it? Fang Yuan resisted the n and refused to be part of the system,


    but why did the n leader choose to be lenient?


    It is all because he is weak, because he is C grade.


    They feel strong and do not feel like bullying the weak. Under the family’s system, being petty with the


    weak Fang Yuan not only causes them to face humiliation, it also makes others feel that the person is


    cold and unfeeling, ruining one’s social rtionships.


    Weakness was a safety umbre that Fang Yuan had for now.


    But with his continuedpetition for resources, Fang Yuan would appear stronger. This would make


    everyone start being wary of him, and begin to try recruiting him. No matter which side he chooses, he


    would face suppression and troubles from the other factions.


    Suppression and restrictions would drag down his growing speed.


    Fang Yuan was aware of his predicament, he was in a delicate position. He seemed to have offended


    everyone, but he had not vited anyw in reality.


    Yet with time, his cultivation level will rise, and conflicts will arise and worsen.


    Fang Yuan knowns that this conflict would escte, but theter it escted, the greater benefit he


    would gain.


    Thus, the Flower Wine Monk’s inheritance was perfectly timed!


    With this strength inheritance, he would have hidden resources. Using this, he could be free of the


    system’s control and walk his own path, cultivating at his own speed and secretly umte strength.


    Once he was adopted into the system, he would need to side with a faction. Even if he did not want to


    compete, he would definitely be dragged into the political strife.


    Inside the system, one is a pawn. You first have to be a proper pawn for others to use you willingly.


    After they trust and use you, you have the chance to climb upwards, and even during that process, you


    have to be careful not to be a discarded pawn.


    Fang Yuan was clear of this procedure, he knew it too well. Even with his vast knowledge, there was


    nothing he could do to this situation. These were the rules!


    The more crucial part was his C grade talent. To the n, there was no desire in investing in him. Often


    he would be treated as a discarded pawn.


    The most optimum progress route was to work alone. This way, he could avoid mostpetition.


    Towards the higher-ups in the vige, the image he had created earlier would be sustained.


    “This world’s matters, it is always easily done secretly, but difficult to do openly. Using the Flower Wine


    Monk’s inheritance, I can cultivate and gather strength secretly without gaining attention and


    suppression. But the extortion has to continue, for if it stopped abruptly, it would invite suspicion, and I


    also need primeval stones.” Fang Yuan considered his future ns.


    He really needed primeval stones.


    Other teenagers of his age had only started refining and feeding a second Gu worm. He however, had


    also refined the Little Light Gu and recently acquired the White Boar Gu, thus having a total of four Gu


    worms.


    Previously, he needed around one primeval stone a day just to feed the Moonlight Gu and Liquor


    worm. Now after calcting, he needed more than two pieces everyday just as expenditure!


    If including his cultivating needs and living expenditures, he would need to use around five primeval


    stones a day!


    Five primeval stones was enough to feed a family of three mortals for five months.


    On hand at the moment, he had several hundred primeval stones, but it was not enough to sustain


    such an expenditure in the long run.


    More importantly, the further he got, the greater his expenditure would be. Especially after advancing to


    Rank two, every time he triedbining Gu worms, it would be cost a huge sum.All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.


    Thinking of this, Fang Yuan felt troubled.


    The matter of primeval stones was a problem, and by relying on just extortion and the resources on


    hand, he could only dy this problem from erupting.


    Moreover, he had another problem, and that was the White Boar Gu’s feeding.


    The White Boar Gu’s food was pork.


    Boar, obviously referred to pigs. The Boar Gu series’ food, was all pork.


    ck and White Boar Gu had huge appetites. Every five days they would need to eat around one fully


    grown pig’s amount of meat.


    Pork in this world was not cheap, and mortals could only afford to ughter one during the New Year


    celebration, and enjoy themselves. Without therge scale cultivation technique of Earth, the price of


    pork and beef was not something mortals could eat often. At the same time the topography of the Qing


    Mao Mountain was precipitous, the area of residence narrow, how much space could be allocated just


    for rearing livestock?


    You eat what you can procure at where you live, the vigers were able to eat pork asionally


    because of the hunters hunting wild boars in the mountains.


    “It seems that I have to go hunting myself from now on, for pork.” Fang Yuan’s eyes shone with a glint.


    Relying on the vige to purchase pork, first was the expenditure of primeval stones, second was that it


    would attract attention. Even if you loved eating pork, how could a person eat so much in such a short


    period?


    If he hunted himself, it would not only resolve this problem, but also alleviate his current financial


    stress.


    “Shop assistant, bill!” Thinking of this, Fang Yuan hesitated no more, and after footing the bill, he left


    the inn.


    These few days the academy was on break so that the students could refine their second Gu worm.


    Fang Yuan decided that he could use this time well. He would leave the vige and scout the


    mountains, and then kill some wild boars and get himself some pork.


    (1) Mugwort – A kind of nt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_princeps