The morning has passed for quite a while, the sun is getting higher and brighter, making anyone who is still sleepy wake up.
At the clan academy.
The academy elder was still on the bed, but in his dreams he could vaguely hear the sound of somebody knocking on the door. He was awoken by the noise and he opened his eyes, rather displeased. "Who is outside this early in the morning?"
Instantly a voice replied in a respectful tone, "Reporting to sir elder! It is a student from this year's batch; he has already finished refining a Gu. You have instructed your subordinates earlier to report to you the very instant the first name appears, no matter what time it is. "
"Well ... It's true that happened." The academy elder frowned, and then he got off his bed. As he put on his robes he asked, "Which student is it that got number one this year? Is it Gu Yue Fang Zheng? "
The subordinate outside the door replied, "It seems so. The moment I heard the news I hurried over here to tell you about it, sir. It seems to be someone from the Fang family branch. "
"Hehe, counting the time, it is probably him." The academy elder laughed lightly, confidently saying, "Who else could it be besides the A grade talent genius? All those B grade talent students would still be worse even with the help of primeval stones. Or else why would the grade of cultivation talent be so important? "
As he said this he pushed the door open and came out. Outside the door, his subordinate respectfully bowed, moving two steps backwards. "Sir is right," he echoed.
In the hall, ten candles or so burned together, brightening up the hall. The man who had received Fang Yuan had already cleared up all doubts by now. Under the bright light of the candle fire, his face showed a stunned expression. Wait, what did you just say? You are called Gu Yue Fang Yuan, not Gu Yue Fang zheng? "
This guard must have heard about Fang Yuan, because in this life Fang Yuan was always close to Fang Zheng. Moreover their personalities, Fang Zheng always showed his expression, but Fang Yuan only barely showed his emotions.
Fang Yuan nodded. At this moment the elder walked in from the entrance. Fang Yuan and the man stood up and turned around to greet.
When the academy elder saw Fang Yuan, his expression changed. In the RI story, Fang Yuan is very rarely on the academy elders radar, as an elder in the village of course he must pay attention to the one who has talent, namely Fang Zheng.
The academy elder began to pay attention to Fang Yuan after he did this, successfully completing this task as the first person.
However, in this life Fang Yuan is always near Fang Zheng, so the academy elders can tell Fang Yuan from Fang zheng.
Fang Zheng is still a child, he can't understand someone just by watching Fang Yuan behavior. But, the Academy elder was different, he felt something was wrong with Fang Yuan. From the beginning of learning at the academy, Fang Yuan rarely showed his emotions, as if he was a puppet trying to live like a human, his face was flat, and his gaze was also flat.
This was not a demon Fang Yuan that had lived for hundreds of years. This is a young man from earth.
Demon Fang Yuan has lived for 500 years before being born again, in that life.
The first 100 years he lived life as a mortal Gu Master, tasted the bitterness of this life, then because of the opportunity he could live up to 300 years, at this time Fang Yuan was already tired of the life he had lived before. He decided to live up to his heart, if he wanted to help people he would help him without any reward, if he wanted to kill someone, he would do it of his own accord.
Then, for a life of 301-500 years, Fang Yuan lost the feeling of being "alive", he had done everything his heart said, but it eventually came to a low point in life. If he wants to experience life, he needs a purpose, so he tries to look at history, he realizes that even the strongest entities will eventually die.
The moment that Fang Yuan realizes his goal, he will try to achieve immortality that not even Venerables can achieve. He knew that this path wasn't easy, but that was what made it interesting, no one knew what he was going to go on. This is the ultimate goal a human can have.
Because this path was very difficult for a lone cultivator like Fang Yuan without background, he walked the Demonic Path. But, in the end he failed and was reborn.
Fang Yuan is now an ordinary youth from earth, he does not have life experience like Fang Yuan. He lives where society is selfish, this is hardly different from this world of Gu, but what is the difference is strength.
On earth, what can a person do? It could be said that it was close to non-existent. But, in this world of Gu, what could one do? It can be seen from the influence of a Venerable on this world. This is very different.
But at least Fang Yuan has experience. He had to live so as not to cause trouble, where he lived the protruding nails would be struck. So, he had to always act like an ordinary person, without him knowing that he had developed the ability to act.
This can be seen in the expressions of Fang Yuan and the demon Fang Yuan. The demon Fang Yuan had a cold expression and a deep gaze, as if he had seen the truth of life. However, now Fang Yuan was just an actor born out of circumstances, the most he could do was act like a doll, suppressing his emotions.
This is done so as not to cause too much butterfly effect.
If the butterfly effect occurred while he was still Rank 1, it would be very dangerous for him.
By maintaining a smile on his face. The academy elder strode over and stood in front of Fang Yuan, patting his shoulder in a friendly manner. "You did well, Gu Yue Fang Yuan"
That was the only word the academy elder could say, he didn't know how to please Fang Yuan without hurting his feelings. But, in his heart a question arose.
"How did Fang Yuan succeed before Fang Zheng?"
Looking at the friendly academy elder, Fang Yuan felt his thoughts.
"I only got a weak Gu, Elder"
Fang Yuan politely gave the answer the academy elder was looking for while humbling himself. He then removed his shoulders from the academy elder's hand while slowly retreating.
"Hmm .. I see, it looks like it's not just your brother, Fang Zheng, who has luck. You have it too! "
The academy elders tried to praise the Fang Yuan, this was not a demon Fang Yuan displaying a defiant attitude towards the academy elders.
By approaching Fang Yuan, the faction of the clan leader will be able to attract Fang zheng.
The academy elders have discussed this with the clan leader and yesterday the clan leader took action. He proposes directly to Dong Tu to transfer the Fang zheng responsibility to him. Fang Yuan as a bonus.
In this life, Fang zheng did not recognize Dong Tu as his adoptive parent, so it was not difficult for the clan leader to take care of this talented child.
Thinking of this, the academy elder recalled the clan leader's last words.
"I'll only give you one day to think about it, tomorrow you have to give an answer."
The academy elder was there when that conversation happened.
What can Dong Tu do? Against the clan leader who represented the Gu Yue clan to take care of a talented child? Of course that's impossible.
Added with Dong Tu's poor reputation, it made it even more impossible.
Dong Tu has to let go of Fang zheng.
The academy elders had to do their job as teachers. He had to make sure that Fang Yuan wasn't lying, but he shouldn't offend him.
"Where is the Gu you have refined ?"
Fang Yuan took out Small Qi Gu.
After confirming that this Gu was refined by Fang Yuan. He felt sure about Fang Yuan.
"Then, you are first of your batch?" The academy elder was asking stupid questions, but he was not entirely at fault. After all, this situation was entirely out of everyone's expectations.
One must know that he had been in charge of the academy for decades and is extremely experienced. He had seen C grade talent students contending for number one before this, but it was never this early. Not to mention that in this batch there were peers with A and B grade talent.
"If there is no one earlier than me ..." Fang Yuan pretended to be in deep thought, then he answered flatly, "Then it seems like it."
The academy elder: "... .."
After receiving his reward, Fang Yuan left the academy.
Why did Fang Yuan take up this task? Wouldn't it be better for him to maintain his relationship with Fang zheng through giving him a chance to shine?
Before going to the academy, Fang Yuan had spoken to Fang Zheng.
Fang zheng thought this was a conversation about Dong Tu or Chen Sui, because this is usually what they talked about lately. But the topic Fang Yuan brought up made Fang Zheng ponder.
"Fang Zheng, I managed to refine my first Gu."
It was a flat tone, no joy at all.
For a Gu Master, to be more precise in this village. This event was one of the most important events in their life, but Fang Yuan said it like, this is a bright day.
Fang zheng was surprised to hear what his brother said, he knew that his brother was not a person who likes to say nonsense, let alone a joke.
Fang zheng was silent, he didn't know how to respond to Fang Yuan's success.
After opening and closing his mouth, Fang zheng finally spoke a word.
"Ah. Congratulations Big brother, I never thought you would be ahead of me. Hahaha "
Fang zheng gave an awkward laugh.
But Fang Yuan's expression didn't change at all.
"Actually I succeeded because I got a weak Gu. So the effort required is not too much. "
Fang Yuan did not come without a plan, if he suddenly appeared in front of Fang zheng and said.
"Hey I did it."
That would create a problem, what if it made Fang Zheng hate him?.
He had thought carefully about what he would say, even the response that Fang Zheng would give him had already been long set on the stone.
He had already built up an image of himself in front of Fang Zheng as an older brother who cared about him and always appreciated him.
After the conversation was over, Fang Zheng was neither discouraged nor jealous. In fact, he was also happy that his brother had successfully refined his first Gu.
In fact, Fang Zheng also suggested to Fang Yuan to take the reward for the assignment, he wanted his brother to be appreciated more by others. Because he is the only family he has.
Seeing Fang Zheng walking away, Fang Yuan smiled, his smile was a genuine smile. However, in his heart he was laughing out loud.
This is not a demon Fang Yuan, this is another Fang Yuan. He had emotions and feelings, so it was natural for him to be happy that his plan worked.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By Nefar-inn and Spyrakles