"AHHHHH, this is getting to the death of me!" Mo Yan was about to go crazy, and she finally gave up on provoking Fang Yuan.
"Fang Yuan, you can hide now, but you can't hide from me forever!" She furiously stomped the ground and left indignantly. Before leaving she gave a final order, "Gao Wan, stand there and watch him! I do not believe he will not leave the house."
"Yes, Master!" The muscular servant, Gao Wan rapidly replied and sent Mo Yan off. Within his heart he was feeling bitter – the mountain was chilly and breezy at night. He would have to stand guard the entire time, catching a cold easily like this. It was not an easy task.
Swish swoosh...
Within the primeval sea, ebb and flow of the tides raged on.
The green copper primeval essence gathered like water, forcing a tidal wave rolling about. Under Fang Yuan's mental guidance, the waves endlessly crashed towards the surrounding aperture walls.
A Rank one initial stage Gu Master's aperture walls resembled a white barrier. At this time, with the green copper primeval essence crashing towards them, it produced shadows of light, creating an indescribable feeling.
Time passed gradually and the level of the green copper primeval sea slowly declined.
From the original 44%, it dropped to 12%.
"If a Gu Master wants to raise their cultivation level, they would have to expend their primeval essence to nurture the aperture. Initial stage Gu Masters have light barriers as their aperture walls, while middle stage Gu Masters have water barriers as their aperture walls and for upper stage, they have stone barriers. For me to cultivate from initial stage to middle stage, I will have to nurture the light barrier into water barrier aperture walls." Fang Yuan had done this numerous of times.
He slowly opened his eyes, only to see that it was already late into the night.
The crescent moon hung high in the night sky, the moonlight shining pure as water.
"Scoundrel, you finally opened your eyes. How long are you planning to be cultivating there?! Get out, you'll be punished regardless. You beat up our young master Mo Bei, so it was only a matter of time before young Miss teaches you a lesson." Seeing that Fang Yuan had woken up, Gao Wan who was standing at the door got his spirits up.
Fang Yuan squinted; it seems that Mo Yan has left already, but just to be sure I will go out later.
"Scoundrel, did you hear me? Hurry and come out here! You have a room to stay in and a bed to sleep, but I had to stand here all night. If you don't come out any time soon, don't you believe I might just barge in?!" Seeing no reaction from Fang Yuan, Gao Wan threatened.
Fang Yuan remained unfazed.
"Scumbag, come out and surrender yourself. You've offended the Mo family, you will not have any good days from now on. Hurry and apologise to young Miss and maybe she might just forgive you." Gao Wan continued to chide.
Fang Yuan did not listen to a single word. He took out a primeval stone from his storage bag and held it in his hands, finally closing his eyes again.
Seeing that he was going to continue cultivating, Gao Wan was anxious and broke into a fit. "You mere C-ranked talent, the most you can achieve in life is a Rank two Gu Master! What is there to cultivate? You are no match for the entire Mo family by yourself! Kid, are you deaf? Did you listen to a single word I said?!"
Fang Yuan paid no heed to the man and started to multitask. He simultaneously absorbed the natural essence from the primeval stone and observed his aperture.
The primeval sea level which had originally fell drastically within the aperture, with help from the constant stream of natural essence, began to slowly rise up again. This form of recovery speed was inevitably slow, but Fang Yuan was in no hurry.
After half an hour, Fang Yuan's green copper primeval sea reached 44%, the maximum capacity it could hold. But this was not the end.
At this point the primeval sea showed a jade-green colour, this was only a Rank one initial stage green copper primeval essence. The primeval essence that Fang Yuan had previously used to nurture the aperture wall was no longer initial stage primeval essence. It had been turned into middle stage primeval essence, refined by the Liquor worm.
"Liquor worm." With a thought from Fang Yuan, the Liquor worm within the primeval sea instantly flew out and hovered in mid-air, its body curling into a ball form, resembling a white rice ball.
Swoosh.
10% of his initial stage primeval essence was deployed and sent into the Liquor Worm's body, and soon the essence was fully absorbed by it. Soon after, a surge of liquor mist emerged from the Liquor worm's body and congregated into a lump.
Once more, Fang Yuan deployed 10% of his primeval essence and invested it into this liquor mist. Once the mist had been fully expended, the original 10% of initial stage primeval essence shrunk by half physically, and at the same time the colour changed from jade-green to pale-green.
This is middle-stage primeval essence.
"In order to advance in their cultivation, ordinary students all use initial stage primeval essence. However, I'll be using middle stage primeval essence, and the efficiency is at least twice of theirs. Similarly, when using middle stage primeval essence to activate the Moonlight Gu and throw a moonblade, it will be far stronger than activating it using initial stage primeval essence."
Only when all the primeval essence in the primeval sea had been converted to middle stage primeval essence did Fang Yuan open his eyes.
Time passes in the blink of an eye when cultivating, and at this point it was already midnight. The sky was no longer a pure black, but it had turned a deep dark-blue colour. The moon was no longer visible, and only a few lingering stars remained.
"It is time." Fang Yuan got up and looked outside, only to see Gao Wan, the muscular servant, squatting at a corner with his body curled up, seemingly fallen asleep.
Once his body had warmed up, he left the room.
"Lad, you finally decided to come out. So how about it? Obediently surrender and leave with me to kowtow and apologise to our young Miss." Gao Wan's ears caught Fang Yuan's footsteps and he stood up immediately.
But before he could say anything he saw Fang Yuan rushing at him.
"Bastard, you're courting death!!" Gao Wan's face distorted with rising anger within him, raised his brick-sized fist and he punched towards Fang Yuan.
The fist was extremely powerful, slicing through air and the swooshing sound of the wind could be heard.
Fang Yuan's eyes shone clear as crystal. Seeing that the fist was approaching close, he side-stepped and grabbed his wrist forcing his upper body downward.
"What kind of strength is this?!" Gao Wan was shocked.
Gao Wan tried to regain his balance and pull back his hand but failed. Because of this, Fang Yuan managed to land an elbow strike directly to his chin, making Gao Wan even more unstable.
As Fang Yuan let go of his wrist, Gao Wan seems to be unable to stand properly on both legs.
"This Gao Wan has already approached the limits of a mortal's physical prowess. Right now, I have nearly half the strength of a boar, combine with my combat experience, it's more than enough to kill him." Fang Yuan's eyes gleamed as he charged in for a tackle.
Gao Wan was already disoriented, and the moist atmosphere further dulled his reaction speed. This allowed Fang Yuan to successfully land the tackle, bringing Gao Wan to the ground. Fang Yuan mounted him, ready to unleash a flurry of fists.
"This can't be... this lad is only 15 years old. I can't be careless anymore! If I capture him, it would be a great accomplishment. The Young Miss is sure to reward me! But first, I need to find a way to escape," Gao Wan thought. Despite the situation, he remained calm—his experience as a fighter kept him from panicking as he searched for a way out.
In truth, this fight was flawed from the start. Fang Yuan's goal was to kill Gao Wan, but Gao Wan could not kill Fang Yuan—instead, he was only permitted to capture him. This was because Fang Yuan was a Gu Master, while Gao Wan was merely a mortal. Their statuses were worlds apart. As a result, Gao Wan didn't dare to use fatal moves and was forced to fight defensively.
Thud! Thud! Thwack! Thud-thud!
Crack!
As Fang Yuan unleashed a flurry of punches, Gao Wan raised both hands in a defensive stance to protect his face. However, after a few blows, he heard a crack and was in immense pain—his left ulna bone had fractured.
Gao Wan did not expected Fang Yuan strength to exceed him and now was truly fearful. His fighting spirit was gone and he wanted to scream for help.
"Save me!!!" Gao Wan shouted out in horror, hoping someone would hear him.
"What's the point of shouting? Even if they hear you, they're too far away to save you," Fang Yuan said coldly, smiling as he continued to pummel his fists down onto Gao Wan's face and vital points.
Hearing those words from Fang Yuan, Gao Wan fell into despair. He begged desperately, "Please, young master, spare this foolish servant! I promise never to offend you or seek you out again. Please… please…"
Gao Wan was slowly losing conscious as Fang Yuan did not stop for even a moment—in fact, he increased the intensity of the beating.
Moments later, Gao Wan's hands dropped; he had given up. Realizing this, Fang Yuan went ahead and delivered the killing blow by driving his two fingers into Gao Wan's eyes.
The sound of beating echoed through the hostel and finally stopped when Fang Yuan noticed that Gao Wan was no longer breathing. He was beaten to death.