Zhang Bei Yun is probably dead as a person already and can't even do much anymore to resist my control. Maybe I went a little too harsh on her there. Nah, I can't be having these thoughts, she is an enemy and I got benefits out of her. Attainment is attainment, even if it is small and useless.
Let's forget that and focus on another thing. She had quite a bit of information about the local geography and even informed me of something very interesting. A famous mountain called rotten ground mountain is a couple days of journey to the northeast area and it is controlled by Ni Clan, which apparently has an all-knowing immortal Gu.
I want to check it out and see if they can provide any insight or anything for my refinement path cultivation. Getting attainment is fun, especially when the attainment is for a really useful path.
"Alright everyone, we are going to be taking a slight detour and visiting Ni Clan. Miss Zhang has told me they have a rare way to refine really powerful Gu worms and I would like to meet up with them and study their refinement physique."
I am basically the head hanco here and even Chun Jack, the strongest of us, listens to me. This detour isn't necessary, but I am here to enjoy the sights and the journey to immortality, not just suddenly become god. Fang Yuan can chase his dream of immortality, while imma go and smell the sweety flowers on the side.
It is quite nice really. I was desperate for strength before, but now I can survive and grow along peacefully, while we travel.
Ya right! I am not even walking. I am sitting in a meditative position on Chun Jack's shoulder and cultivating. This world is terrifying! We have already met like 5 different ten myriad beast king armies and barely escaped!
What kind of world is this? Why are there so many strong creatures? Aren't they supposed to be rare? How the fuck did the Gu less Bai Ning Bing survive in this wilderness, much less with Fang Yuan as a side-burden.
I need to get stronger as fast as possible... Using relic Gu ain't an option here, so I need to up my cultivation game! I hope we at least don't need me to come and step in during the journey.
...
A couple days have passed and my cultivation really skyrocketed! It took a week for me to reach rank 2 middle stage with both my apertures and now I have rank 2, 200% scarlet red primeval essence between my two apertures. It really is this easy with heavenly essence treasure monarch lotus. It generates 25k% light red primeval essence, which is more than enough for me to continuously cultivate for days.
It isn't making any money, but my cultivation speed is unheard of! Even in the worst case scenario, I will have 2 rank 3 initial stage apertures by the time we reach Shang Clan city, which isn't exactly a good thing, as I might die from it, but it is what it is! Who am I to complain about free strength, especially when I literally asked for this to happen.
For now I need to stop cultivating, as we have arrived at rotten ground mountain, Ni clan's residence. I hop down from Chun Jack's shoulder and great the elder. "Good day Ni clan's elder. My name is Kai Nem and am an aspiring refiner. I may be young, but I am quite famous as the youngest master refiner of my clan. This beautiful woman next to me is my body guard, Mi Aka Lifa. She is quite cold and ruthless, but she is good at her job."
Tell my worth and then show my guns. Quite an effective way to prove yourself and create an obvious barrier of high society. They think we are esteemed representatives of a clan on a journey to help me gain worldly experience, so they won't mess with us.
The old man leaned in for a handshake and I acted a bit confused. The elder looked at me with a surprised gaze and motioned me to shake his hand. I laughed a bit and shook it. He was confused and I elaborated. "In my family we usually great elders with a grandfatherly hug and shake hands with our peers. Seeing an elder offer a handshake really surprised me and I didn't understand the gesture."
The elder laughed it off as an interesting custom and guided me into the clan. I used my saved up funds to buy a big house in this small town and settled my family there for a while. I am going to go around and look for the immortal Gu worm.
From what I remember about Fang Yuan's interaction with Spring Autumn Cicada, a rank 6 Gu, which are apparently called immortal Gu, can't be kept in a person's aperture. The elder here isn't that high of a rank, so there is no way he can handle an immortal Gu inside his aperture. Why are they called Immortal tho? Do they like stop needing food or something? why are they called that?
Anyway, that is why I am absolutely confident it is somewhere outside, meaning I need to find it and turn it into Gu points. After that is done, I will have enough capital to keep going and become much stronger!
I think the elder has it on his body, but I need to get him within 1 meter range of my heart to properly check his body. For some reason, Baby Dao Alchemist took residency within my heart and doesn't feel like coming out, so ever since a couple months ago, the boy has been chilling there.
I can't see him or feel him, but the range at which this "system" powers work is about 1 meter radius from my heart.
The main reason for my stupid actions is, that when I am done being here and study their boddies, the elder will probably hug me to comply with my "tradition". That is when I will scan his body and take the immortal Gu for myself!
Quite simple, easy to understand and very elaborate. All I need to do now is sit down and study these bad boys for a couple of days.
*Knock Knock
Guess the probe is here. Time to see if my act sold itself.
I open the door and see a young man only a a couple year younger than me. He offers a handshake and I graciously accept it. He smiles and says "My name is Ni Jian. I have heard from my grandfather about you being a master refiner and wanted to ask for your help."
I smile back and say "business is most welcome. As long as you are willing to provide most of the materials and pay the appropriate costs, I can guarantee success on any Gu worm below rank 4! I promise a 2X primeval stone payback if I fail to refine any Gu worm rank 3 and below. I can't promise the same for rank 4 yet, as I myself am not capable of refining a rank 4 Gu worm."
The young man nodded his head and said "Just what I needed! My uncle has just advanced into a rank 3 Gu master and I wish to gift him a rank 3 version of his favourite Gu worm, Sinking earth Gu. Do you think you can refine it?"
I nod my head in deep thought and say "It is quite possible. If you have a rough recipe, I can fix up the flaws depending on the recipe."
Can't give away my system by pretending like I know the Gu's recipe.
The young man handed me a piece of paper and said "Here it is. I hope sir can understand it and give me an ingredient list." Ya, ya. Privacy and incription poems, I know the stick.
"I'll need about 3 hours to figure this out. Come back by then and I will give you the recipe for the ingredients. If you gather them all, I will refine the said Gu worm."
Ni Jian cupped his fist and said "Thank you, master Kai. I will be back when the sun reaches high night."
I nodded my head and he left. Now, how do I make that Gu? I would need probably 3 rank 2 versions of it, a couple rank 1 water path Gu worms, rank 2 poison path Gu worms, maybe even add a sword path as a neutral mixtu- oh my, I got into rambling. I'll just ask for somewhat random ingredients and 50 rank 2 Gu worms, so I can use my system and turn a profit from refining. I'll just cultivate and wait for him to come back.
Sure enough, 4 hours later and I managed to make 130 Gu points and 3.7k primeval stones worth of profit. Quite good. I'll continue my trading for a couple of days and then switch to Shang Clan city for battle experience when I reach rank 3. Chun Jack can also go there to fight and become stronger.
I shouldn't dilly dally thought. If I want to meet Shang Xin Ci, then I need to first meet Zhang Xin Ci! I have some time before, Hei Tu, I think the name was, steals her from me. Shang Xin Ci is one of the most beautiful people in this world and I don't want to miss out on meeting her!
The idea of a youngster like me being a refinement master, much less a quasi-grandmaster, is quite amazing to these people, so the local refinement path masters have even challenged me. Their defeat will be crippling and embarrassing, which will make me all the more famous!
From Ni clan my fame as a refinement path master will spread and people will make wrong assumptions, among other things, which will only end up benefiting me in the long run.
Now, I wonder what the refinement challenge will be. It is today at high noon, so basically impossible to miss. I can't bring Chun Jack around, as he is my hidden dagger, so Mi Aka Lifa is my bodyguard here.
I walk towards the small battle arena near the clan leader's building and see an old man waiting for me there for me with a pile of ingredients next to him. He is smiling and I just jump up to him.
Now, I don't have that gentle and thin body Fang Yuan has. I am a literal 1.83 meter tall giant with more muscles on one of my arms than this old noob has on his entire body! This along with my golden eyes, long black hair tied in a tail and the huge grin on my face is intimidation of another level. Don't think I am some gentle looking femboy! I am a hardened fighter, with enough strength to rip a human in half with my bare hands!
This old man might look calm and collected, but I can see it in his eyes! My killing intent and intimidating aura is getting to him! I don't care if you are rank 3! If you think you can challenge me, first you have to not die from a heart attack, old bastard!
"I think it is about high noon. I apologize elder, but you are only superior in age and can only offer you a handshake. May the best from us win!" The elder shakes my hand and he has a surprisingly strong grip for his age. He should have been a decent martial artist in his prime.
I nod my head to show my respect to him and get going to my station. The competition is going to be mostly me making Gu worms and I highly doubt anyone wants to hear a refinement enthusiast rambling on for a while, so I'll mop the floor with this old coot and then get on with my journey.
Gimmy stones! I am hungry and need to feed my family!
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Now this is surprising! This old man isn't actually half bad! The first test was for us to refine rank 3 silent grounds Gu. The recipe was quite complicated and even I could barely manage it with my attainment. It wasn't hard per say, just annoying really. Baby Dao Alchemist can, of course, make it instantly without me needing to do anything, but This is a test of skill. I would cheat if losing cost me benefits, but it won't.
The only thing I will gain is fame from this. If I lose, I will tie this old man and be acknowledged as his equal, even though I am not even 20 and he is literally 83 years old or just flat out topple him and win more fame as a generation toppling genius.
His attainment is really close to quasi-grandmaster and he has experience and skill to back him up. Maybe I should extract some refinement thoughts from him once I fully refine their immortal Gu? I lack experience and I might increase my attainment level if I rob him of all of his refinement thoughts.
I already have a rough estimate for the costs of this killer move and boy is this going to work! I really need to raise my luck and wisdom path attainments. Sagely luck is too useful to not make full use of. It even gives me instant inspiration on demand.
My plans are settled and I can't just nope out, so I'll just talk about my victory and have a little fun. "Elder, your techniques are quite weird and unique, would you mind explaining them to this youngster." He looked surprised at my sudden change in attitude and nodded.
Being asked for advice by talented people will make anyone feel important and respected, so it is better to be polite and strong, than strong and arrogant. Being polite in general and having basic respect for others is important in any situation, but it is much more effective when you don't have to be polite. Beggars are treated like trash for not being polite, while rich get praised for showing common human courtesy. That's law of this world and it always works!
Example is this old man. He started rambling as soon as I asked him "This technique is called sprinkling. You need to drop the ingredients onto the fusion with precision and correct timing. This is more instinct than knowledge even. All who have refined Gu for their entire lives can use their developed intuition to sense when a Gu worm or material is supposed to be added and their body will naturally follow this instinct!"
He threw his arms up and all the tens of ingredients fell out of his hands and landed onto the refinement light as if he was sprinkling salt onto some food. The light flickered slightly and a deformed Silent Ground Gu appeared.
Quite impressive, but I can instantly refine Gu, so the refining part of refinement path isn't that important for me really. I just need to invent recipes and refine it once, but I won't need to do that for a while, as there are too many Gu to count, much less run out of options with.
"That was quite interesting elder. I apologize, but I cannot present such a display. I will try to better myself in the future, but for now, you have won the speed part of our contest."
The old man smiled and patted my shoulder. "I might have misjudged you, youngster. You are not arrogant, only confident and your capabilities truly warrant this confidence. Not a lot of youngsters can refine rank 2 gu worms, much less rank 3 ones. Never give up on your path!"
I cupped my fists, nodded my head and moved on. I am going to extract his mind later on, so no point in asking for any more insights. Or not. His knowledge isn't worth much and I don't want to change my plans...
The next rounds weren't speed based and were knowledge based. The second was to improve a recipe. We both worked on the same recipe, but my improvements were superior. Attainment level cannot be gapped by pure experience. If it could, then he would be a quasi-grandmaster in refinement path, not a normal master.
And the last one was using minimal materials to refine as many rank 2 Gu worms as possible. The final score ended with me refining 17 rank 2 Gu worms, while the old man barely did 15. The winner in all but speed and time they have lived is, most definitely, me.
"I would like to congratulate you, youngster. It seems you have truly bested this old man. I would like to give you something." Even though he said that, I could see the light in his eyes dim continuously for the last 2 rounds. This old man really lost the will to live because a kid is better at refining Gu worms than him. That is... pretty sad actually, but he still is kinda pathetic.
With him out of the way, it is time to begin experimenting. With this fame of mine, I can most definitely get some young woman in my bedroom and with a few sweet words, I can most definitely convince them to bleed a little, so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out this 'human refinement' method.
Who is someone worth taming here? The best place to look would probably be the mission are- never mind!
You might be asking, 'what changed?' What changed is, that I realized how famous I have become.
I walked out of the stadium and there are at least 30 girls of all ages waiting for me there. There are teenagers, middle aged women, about 3 grandmas and 1 really good looking guy and about 7 beggars. Okay, which one of them looks easy?
That big busty girl is probably here thinking men can't resist big chests. That arrogant smile and emphasis she is putting on it are dead give aways. Good for manipulating, but I can't afford any long term investment.
That innocent looking girl was probably convinced to invite me by her clan. There is no way she could think I would pick her over the more well endowed girls. She is most likely the best her clan can do. Her innocence can be used, but I would feel bad and it ain't worth it.
These grandmas are probably also with the beggars, who think I'll show off my generosity and kindness in front of the young girls to up my street cred. I so want to punch them for being clever, but punching them and not giving them money is benefitless, while I technically have infinite money and am here mostly for fame. Imma be generous then.
Found youuuuu! I smiled at the girls and waved my hand, as I spotted my pray already! "Could you please spare some money for this poor man?!" I gave the beggars 10 spirit stones and smiled in kind. "There is no fate in this world worse than being at the mercy of another. Take this my fellow men and make the most of it. Don't waste your lives and make something out of yourselves, but now I have someone else who needs me, so make sure to never lose hope! I won't always be there to help you!"
That was extremely cheesy, but it works. I conveyed my message and these clever beggars understood it. 'Spread tales of my generosity and get a life. I won't be benevolent the next time!' I think some of the guys didn't get the message and were actually inspired by my speech. Meh, if it works it works.
Now, who is that little cupcake I see there? Pink cheeks from just looking at me and can barely lift her head. She is a little chubby with cute baby freckles all over her pink cheeks. The girl is probably barely 5foot 3 and is wearing a pink dress.
Fun fact, she is ungodly suspicious. She thinks she is clever, hiding behind all if that shame and cuteness, but I can read this piece of refinement attainment like a book!
I walked over to her and said "Hello there? Could I please ask for your name?" All the other girls gasped and whispered "He chose fatty Eli?", "This lucky bitch!", "How could he choose this little slut over a gentle mother!", "I'll kill the fucking white!" and "These whippersnapper have no taste in women!"... Seriously what the fuck are you three even here for?! I feel disgusted just thinking about what they are doing here. Are they just here to gossip or mess with me? Why are they fangirling over me then?! Go the fuck away!
Jesus Christ are they disgusting! Do what you want, but if 60+ year old is coming onto a minor, then they should probably go to jail. Focus! Got a young virgin to refine!
She barely looked up and extended her hand. I might be big and scary, but I have attitude Gu on at all times and there is no way this fat fuck is capable of seeing through a rank 4 attitude Gu. "M-my name is Eli Ni."
My eyes narrow and I look at her like a hawk. "Miss Eli, would you like to accompany me? I would really like to have a conversation with you, if you are willing."
I extended my hand and she took it while shaking. I grabbed her hand gently, with attitude Gu exuding a comforting and kind feeling towards her.
I could feel her heartbeat through her finger tips and let me tell you, she is nervous beyond belief. He heart rate is double what it should be and her adrenaline levels are off the charts! She is so chaotic in both body and mind I can't even read her properly at this point. Now isn't that an interesting fact, eh? Disguising yourself by overexaggerating, quite clever, but this amount of strain would probably down a normal person with her physique, so I wonder how she is still standing.
I lead her back to my house, while a couple of girls sneakily followed behind us. I opened the door for her and let her enter before me. She walks in a bit fidgety, but what is up with that walk?
That walk is too perfect. She is spacing her steps well, she is a chaotic and a mess of emotions, but it is an organized mess of emotions. She is faking it! I am right, she is like me! She came from another world. From what I can tell, probably somewhere in the west. Doesn't matter tho. She is my experimental subject now. I will figure out her blood and her origin soon enough. She is in my domain and can't escape!
Fuck it! I am bored of scheming and being clever. I'll force her to break character and then just bleed her dry. I hate mind games! This is why I preferred just wrestling boars.
I bring her to my room and sit her down onto my bed. "Get undressed!" She looked at me genuinely stunned. Weren't expecting this, now were you? "I-I..." I furrowed my brows and released some killing intent "I think I told you to get undressed." I took off my pants, my shirt and stood there naked with an erect 18cm long dick.
Her eyes widened and she looked at me with fear. "I-I... W-we can't do this before marriage!" I stared at her with cold eyes and slashed the floor with my moon blade. She looked horrified and stared at me with fear. I walked over to her and grabbed her pony tail and forced her to look at my cold and ruthless eyes. "Don't make me repeat myself another time!"
There we go! That's the cold eyes I were looking for! She finally dropped the act. Her arm stretched towards my heart and I could feel her killing intent. Unluckily for her, a small golden shield appeared where her claws were going to pierce my heart and I heard a clanking sound.
"There we go! That is more like it! Now, start talking and don't hide behind your mask. Who are you? Where are you from? What technique did you just use? And finally, let me put my clothes back on. Letting a disgusting mortal like you see me naked is already a sin, much less staying naked."
I am not really racist against mortals, but she needs to know her place! I can't afford the chance of her getting smart ideas. I may have a complete advantage, but she is too weird.
My boner instantly went away and I put my clothes back on. "Now, explain your story!" She looked at me a little hesitant and said "My real name is Chu Ko Nu nd I co-" "That's a lie!" I swung my arm and a moon blade cut all the toes off her left leg! "AAAAAA-mhhphfh!"
Like I would let her scream! I put my hand over her mouth and silenced her, so no one gets alerted. She struggled and did that weird thing with her hand but I just crunched her muscles, tore them a bit and she couldn't even move afterwards. For a fat fuck, she sure has some decent muscles, another dead give away of her identity.
"That is light punishment. Don't lie to me again. I can detect any lie you tell me, half-truths also don't work. The most leniency I am giving you is you can shorten your sentences and give me less information that way. Any more disobedience and I will show you why mortals shouldn't stand up to Gu masters, especially ones of my caliber!"
She nodded her head and said "My name is Leslie Pines and I am from another world. I worked for a government as an assassin with extremely intense training. My muscles here are a combination of the hidden tiger and pig armour arts called dragon tortoise training manual. I used to be a different type of cultivator in my old world. We used Qi to strengthen our bodies and extended our lifespans to hundreds of years. I have personally lived for 150. I could do magical things and wa-" Sigh! She is worthless!
"Your knowledge is worthless! I can already tell you have no worldly or cultivation knowledge. I will keep you as a pet for the rest of your life and you are not allowed to reject. Rejecting means death and trust me, dying in this world is a lot worse than you think. Tales of Ren Zu aren't just a fictional story!"
Well my original goal was completed, I got an experimental subject to research this weird 'Human refinement' method from. I don't think anyone will miss a normal human girl and I can feel something inside of me saying she has a really important role to play in this world's causality.
This chapter was an extra long one, so it took a while to write and edit. I originally wanted to make Zhang Bei Yun the other otherworldly demon he met, but That wouldn't work out as well as I want it to, so we have another new character, Ni Eli. A 500 year old virgin, who still feels like going after children
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