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# Chapter 23
**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 thedistance were covered in a thick layer of grey ash, gradually turning toblack.
In the academy, a day’s class was over. The students walked out from theacademy in groups of twos and threes.
“I’m really happy today, I learnt quite a few things. Especially how I got tolearn how to use the Moonlight  _Gu_.”
“The way the moonblade flies in the air looks so cool. It’s too bad that mytalent 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 happilychatted 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 youthink?”
“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.”
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Fang Yuan went to the  _Gu_ room alone.
The academy’s  _Gu_ room kept quite a few Rank one  _Gu_ worms. There weremany types and variations, and Fang Yuan’s Moonlight  _Gu_ was taken freelyfrom inside.
Once in a while the students would have a free chance to pick a  _Gu_ worm. Ifone 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 walkedto the building beside the  _Gu_ room – it was a small store.
In the store there were seven students, each of them negotiating over thecounter with the store owner for buying grass puppets.
“It’s you, junior.” The Rank one  _Gu_ Master responsible for the store was inhis twenties. When he saw Fang Yuan, he automatically greeted him whilebargaining with his customers.
Fang Yuan was taken by surprise, finding out that this  _Gu_ Master was JiangYa. It was the young  _Gu_ Master that had taught the hunters a lesson in theinn.
“Ah, it’s you senior.” Fang Yuan nodded his head, his face expressionless.
Jiang Ya took out a grass puppet from the counter behind him, passing it tothe student who purchased it. At the same time he threw Fang Yuan a friendlysmile and asked, “Did junior brother come here to buy a grass puppet as well?If you want me to leave one for you, you just need three pieces of primevalstones. These things sell like hotcakes, right now there’s only seven left, ifyou wait any longer there won’t be any stock left.”
Jiang Ya’s attitude towards mortals was arrogant, but towards people like FangYuan, he was very kind and sincere.
Fang Yuan shook his head, laughing secretly as he thought,  _this Jiang Yareally did know how to do business._ The grass puppets were made with theScarecrow  _Gu_. Even after including the primeval essence that was put in,the final cost should not be more than one and a half primeval stones.
“Senior, this isn’t fair. It should be first come first serve, why leave anyfor him?”
“Yeah, we all came early. If you want to do business you should know therules.”
“Three pieces will be three pieces, here’s the primeval stones, give me agrass puppet.”
The youngsters in the store were all worried when they heard that the storeonly had seven puppets left. They stopped trying to negotiate, and took outtheir stones to buy it.
Very quickly, seven satisfied teenagers walked out.
“Does my junior want to buy a grass puppet?” Jiang Ya laughed as he asked, “Itseems like they were sold out, but actually there’s still the eighth puppetstowed away below the chest. If junior doesn’t buy it now, you will miss theopportunity.”
Fang Yuan had no interest towards the grass puppet. He shook his head andpulled out a piece of primeval stone, putting it on the counter. “I want tobuy ten moon orchid petals.”
Jiang Ya was stunned. He looked Fang Yuan deep in the eye, taking away theprimeval stone and pulling open the counter drawer. Then he took out a paperbag, saying, “Ten pieces of moon orchid flower petals, not one less. Pleasemake sure.”
Fang Yuan checked the goods on the spot and found no mistake with it. Finallyhe left the small shop.
_Gu_ have to be fed.
A  _Gu_ Master refines  _Gu_ , uses  _Gu_ , and at the same time needs toraise  _Gu_.
Refining a  _Gu_ is difficult; there is the risk of counterattack. Using a_Gu_ is not easy; one needs a lot of practice. The knowledge of raising a_Gu_ is even more extensive and profound, because there are all kinds of  _Gu_worms and their food are exceedingly strange. Some need to swallow soil, someneed starlight, some require tears and some feed on the clouds and air fromthe nine skies.
Just by taking Fang Yuan’s current three  _Gu_ for example, the Moonlight_Gu_ requires moon orchid petals, two meals a day. In the morning and nightone meal, every meal two pieces of flower petals. Meanwhile for the Liquorworm, it needs to drink wine. A jar of green bamboo wine could support it forfour days. As for the Spring Autumn Cicada, it is even more peculiar as itdrinks straight from the River of Time, maintaining its vitality.
The River of Time supports the flow of this world. It is not far away in thesky but very near at hand, flowing by every person’s side. Every move made byevery living creature requires the push of time.
Time is like flowing water, hurriedly gliding forward. The River of Time isinvisible and colourless, while in reality all living creatures are actuallysurviving and living in the waters of the River of Time.
After buying the bag of moon orchid petals, Fang Yuan went to the inn to buygreen bamboo wine. The Liquor worm could also drink some turbid wine or ricewine to live. However with this kind of second-rate wine the amount it neededto drink would increase, and it would need many jars everyday. Aftercalculating, Fang Yuan decided it would be better to buy green bamboo winestraight away. Not only would it be more worth than buying second-grade wine,it would also not arouse suspicion.
“Young sir, you’ve come.” The workers in the inn had already known Fang Yuan.Fang Yuan passed him three pieces of primeval stones directly, saying with afamiliar ease, “Give me a jar of green bamboo wine and make me a few gooddishes. You don’t need to give me the change, just put it here first. At theend of the month when it amounts up to one stone, you can subtract from mybill with it.”
Even though Fang Yuan no longer stayed at the inn right now ever since hemoved to the academy dormitories, he would always have a meal here when hebought wine.
“Alright. Young sir please take a seat, the dishes will be sent overimmediately.” The worker echoed, leading Fang Yuan to his seat. He took thecloth on top of his shoulder and gently wiped the table before leaving. Indeedas the worker said, the dishes were very quickly served.
Fang Yuan ate and calculated at the same time in his mind, “A piece ofprimeval stone can buy me ten pieces of flower petals. The Moonlight  _Gu_consumed four pieces everyday. A jar of green bamboo wine costs two pieces ofstones, and it can support the Liquor worm for four days. In other words justto raise and feed the two of these  _Gu_ , I would need to spend nearly onestone everyday.”
It does not seem like much, but in reality this was very costly. The monthlyliving expenses for a mortal family of three only used up one piece ofprimeval stone. From the starting of refining the  _Gu_ until today, sixteendays had already passed. Just to raise the  _Gu_ alone Fang Yuan had alreadyspent fourteen and a half primeval stones.
“I have acquired the Flower Wine treasure, taken away Fang Zheng’s bag ofprimeval stones and also got the first place reward. My primeval stone assetsonce reached up to forty-four pieces and a half. However in the early days ofrefining the  _Gu_ I wasted six pieces and a half, then I used fourteen piecesand a half on feeding these  _Gu_. My living expenses cost half a piece, andtoday I am probably left with twenty pieces.”
Fang Yuan took out his money pouch. He opened it and looked inside. The bagcontained pieces of primeval stones inside. Each of these stones were greyishwhite in colour, their shapes ellipsoid and the volumes equal, the sizesimilar to a duck egg.
After counting he found that he really only had twenty pieces left. In otherwords if this continued on then Fang Yuan would only be able to go on for halfa month with the remaining stones he had left. He was not like his peers –they had relatives and friends to help them out, especially with the case ofstudents like Gu Yue Mo Bei and Gu Yue Chi Cheng who were loaded with primevalstones.
Fang Yuan could only think of a way himself.
“Uncle and Aunt have already cut off my living expenses, but every weekend theclan academy would give out three pieces of primeval stones as subsidy toevery student. Looks like I would need to show off in the moonblade assessmentin three days and take that ten primeval stone prize.” Fang Yuan chewed thefood in his mouth while he pondered.
His current age was just at the age where the body was growing. Withoutrealizing it all the rice and dishes had entered his stomach.
Taking up the sealed green bamboo wine jar, Fang Yuan lifted his feet andstarted walking, leaving the inn.
“Young sir, young sir.” The inn worker chased after him from behind and said,“Just to tell young sir something, but in less than a month the tradingcompany will arrive to the village. By convention they would always buy thegreen bamboo wine in our shop. Young sir loves our green bamboo wine andalways buys a few jars every week, so the innkeeper ordered me to tell youngsir 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 be left withvery little.”
“Is that the case?” When Fang Yuan heard the news, he frowned slightly. Toknow someone and tell apart the conversation, Fang Yuan had five hundred yearsof experience. The shop worker and the young  _Gu_ Master Jiang Ya spoke withsimilar meaning, however Fang Yuan could naturally tell the difference withJiang Ya’s tricky words and the shop worker’s truthful words.
This matter was a little troublesome. Fang Yuan needed to feed the Liquor wormand he needed a huge amount of green bamboo wine in the long run. If this innran out of stock then he would have to use huge amounts of second-rate wine tofeed the Liquor worm.
It was not possible for him to drink several jars a day. After a while peoplewould be suspicious. After thinking about it, Fang Yuan took out ten pieces ofprimeval stones and said, “Then I’ll buy another five jars. I will need you tocarry them for me and follow me to put them in the academy dormitory.”
“Alright, young sir.” The worker immediately accepted the primeval stones.
The moon orchid flower petals could only last for five days without anyspecial storage means, so Fang Yuan would only buy a bag every time. Howeverthe green bamboo wine could be kept for a very long time, thus there was noproblem with this.
A few workers followed Fang Yuan into the academy dorms and placed the winejars under his bed, and then they bid their leave. As he saw the money pouchthat had suddenly flattened down in his hands, Fang Yuan heaved a sigh.
Refining a  _Gu_ is hard, but raising a  _Gu_ is also not easy.
This is also considering the fact that he had his five hundred years ofprevious life experience, so he did not need to practice using his  _Gu_ ,meaning that the consumption rate of primeval essence would be lessened andthus saving him a huge sum of expenses.
For those at his age around him, they would need to practice using theMoonlight  _Gu_ and would need to waste primeval essence. To increaseproficiency, one would need to practice many times. When too much primevalessence is consumed, primeval stones would have to be used as a supplementsince the recovery rate is too slow. To buy a grass puppet it costs threeprimeval stones as well. All this is money.
“Fortunately my Spring Autumn Cicada feeds on time and not anything else.Otherwise I would have long gone bankrupt, I would never be able to supportit.” Fang Yuan suddenly felt very lucky.
The more high-end the  _Gu_ is, the greater the food consumption needed or themore precious and rare the food required would be, thus the more difficult itwould be to keep. A normal level Rank two  _Gu_ worm would cost up to aroundone to two pieces of primeval stones a day.
It is good enough if the food is purchasable. There were some  _Gu_ thatrequired food that was relatively difficult to find, some of it did not evencirculate in the market.
Just like the Spring Autumn Cicada’s food being time itself, this was actuallymore precious. After all there was a saying,  _an inch of gold cannot buy aninch of time._
No matter how much money you have, can you buy time?
You  _can’t_!
In theory a  _Gu_ Master can refine an unlimited amount of  _Gu_. As long asyou can refine it, whether ten, a hundred or a thousand worms is possible. Youcan refine as many  _Gu_ as you wish to.
But in reality a  _Gu_ Master normally only had 4-5  _Gu_.
Why?
The biggest reason is because it is hard to afford.
The higher the grade of the worm, the more expensive it would cost to feed andraise. It often gave a  _Gu_ Master too many difficulties to cope with, makingthem have unceasing headaches over it.
Another reason was – unable to use.
To use the Moonlight  _Gu_ to throw out a single moonblade attack, one wouldneed to use up 10% of primeval essence. A C grade talent  _Gu_ Master couldrun out of primeval essence in their apertures after launching three to fourattacks.
To raise so many  _Gu_ , wouldn’t it be a waste if one couldn’t use themanyway?
Thus in the  _Gu_ Master’s cultivation there was a saying going around:Raising a  _Gu_ is like raising a mistress.
To keep a mistress you would need to buy food, clothes, a house etc. It isvery expensive and the more you have the more costly it is; a normal mancannot afford it.
Even if you keep so many, a man’s energy is limited; he cannot use them all.Would you raise them just to look at them?
When the rank of the  _Gu_ Master increases, so does the food standard of the_Gu_ worm. Thus please refrain from seeing how a  _Gu_ Master has no limit tothe number of refining  _Gu_ ; in general a  _Gu_ Master only keeps around 4-5_Gu_ of his level.
If the number of  _Gu_ was raised higher, the  _Gu_ Master would go bankrupt!
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