Chapter 40 - Upheaval in the Academy III

The next day the academy bulletin board had a new name list, and on the list were just two names – firstly Fang Yuan, and then Mo Bei. Following the appearance of this list, the news gradually spread out.

After hearing the news, all those young students who had been bent on refining their Gu at home after receiving one were in an uproar.

"How can it be like this!"

"If it was Feng Zheng who got number one I would still have believed it, but it's Fang Yuan, isn't he a C grade talent?"

"Could there be a mistake, the A grade talent Fang Zheng lost to the C grade talent Fang Yuan and B grade talent Mo Bei?"

The Mo branch family home.

The greenery in the courtyard was overflowing, the fragrance of tea dancing about.

One of the clan elders of the Gu Yue clan, Gu Yue Mo Chen was sitting in front of his desk, looking at the spring scenery outside his window. He leisurely drank his tea and said, "Mo Bei still hasn't come out of his room?"

The housekeeper standing at the side hurriedly replied, "Young Master Mo Bei was deeply affected after hearing that the first place was taken by Fang Yuan instead of Fang Zheng. He must have thought that even if he lost he would most likely lose to Fang Zheng and not Fang Yuan. He's likely depressed about the fact that he lost to a C-grade talent."

"Hmph! Do not make excuses for him." Gu Yue Mo Chen snorted coldly, his face stern and his tone hard, "The fool can't even realize that he has won this time. That Fang Yuan is just a C grade talent, so to be able to get number one is presumably because of luck. The Moonlight Gu that he chose must have had a weak will, so that is how he could snatch the top. If Mo Bei cant see through this and let such a small setback get to him, then how is he supposed to be in charge of our Mo family branch in the future, how can he compete with the Chi family branch? No one is allowed to advise him, let him think about it by himself!"

"Yes, Master" The housekeeper did not dare refute.

Almost at the same time, in the home of the Chi family branch.

"Sigh, Gu Yue Fang Yuan…" The clan elder Gu Yue Chi Lian gave a long sigh, his brows held down in a frown as he thought, waving his hand around. "Someone, call Young Master Chi Chen over please."

In a moment, Gu Yue Chi Chen walked into the room with a lost expression, kneeling with respect, "Your grandson greets his grandpa."

"Seems like you already know about the news," Gu Yue Chi Lian stared at his only direct grandson, his tone gentle. He slowly said," I called you over to prevent you from getting influenced by this matter. You see, when refining the vital Gu, firstly one looks at the talent, secondly at the Gu worm."

"Fang Yuan's talent is just C grade, yet he was able to gain number one this time. This means that the Gu he chose – compared to all the Moonlight Gu your peers have – has a much weaker will. This is entirely due to luck. So my grandson, do not be discouraged, this is nothing. He is just a C-grade talent, though he is the same as you, his supply of resources is not as well as yours. His road to advancement will also be harder than yours, believe your grandpa, you will soon surpass him."

"Fang Yuan will not be your opponent and is not worthy to be your adversary. Your real enemies are the A-grade talent Fang Zheng and the Mo family's Mo Bei. Do you understand?"

...…

After posting the name list, the academy elder had announced a ten-day break before the classes would resume again.

During this ten-day break, Fang Yuan had been extremely busy as during this time he had refined two Wisdom path Gu worms.

...…

Wisdom path was founded by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable during the Remote Antiquity Era.

The Wisdom path emphasized control, it researched upon certainty.

Wisdom path had three main elements: thoughts, wills, and emotions. Thoughts were ever-changing, wills were intense, while emotions interrupted, wisdom path cultivation meant having control over these three aspects.

On this basis, wisdom path Gu cultivators could handle information by storing them or understanding certain things, this allowed them to control the present.

Going a step further, the wisdom path Gu cultivator would use all sorts of clues and information to deduce certain possibilities according to the rules of heaven and earth or the behavior of people, this gave them control over the future.

This was the essence of the wisdom path!

Thus, wisdom path cultivators were often calm and composed, they knew how to handle their state of mind.

This was what he desired right now, this would help him in the future too. As such Fang Yuan decided to start cultivating the wisdom path from early on.

The first Gu that he refined was Control Thoughts Gu. Control Thoughts Gu was shaped like a straight wooden branch, it was about as big and long as a person's index finger and was green in color. This Gu as its name implied allowed Fang Yuan to control his thoughts. For example, if during a task Fang Yuan's thoughts started to get distracted then this Gu will convert those distracting thoughts back into thoughts regarding the task which he was doing. Not only that this Gu also helped increase the rate at which thoughts were produced by ten percent.

Ten percent increase didn't sound like much, but if he could somehow store these produced thoughts and let them accumulate then that would be helpful when he needed abundant thoughts in certain situations like during deductions or in battles to use certain killer moves which needed more thoughts. But Fang Yuan did not have such Gu at the movement which could store thoughts.

But that didn't mean this ten percent of thoughts would go to waste.

This ten percent by itself was not much but paired with the second Gu that he had refined it would be much more helpful.