A couple of years have gone by and my body has been growing quite nicely. I have earned a few Gu points and managed to buy the body nourishing Gu. I also figured out a weird fact. The Gus' I buy Don't have any willpower and completely belong to me. Even if I "lose" it, I can still get it back by just thinking about it coming back to me. It isn't instantaneous, but they do rematerialize out of thin air, so that's weird.
It is extremely weird, but so is reincarnation and having a system in the first place. At least I can be confident Fang Yuan won't be stealing my Gus' any time soon. Now, an update about my parents and the liquor worm plan.
it worked perfectly! I was like 2 when I found a random bamboo wine jar and went a bit deeper into the forest and waited a couple minutes. The lid of the jar was open and the fragrance finally attracted the liquor worm.
I managed to catch it and went back home to show him off to my parents. I remember going like "MOM! DAD! I caught a Gu worm! I caught one!" They didn't believe me, as I had caught multiple "Gu" worms before and once even needed healing magic's help to detoxify the "primeval essence" it left in my body.
What? It is was the optimal strategy for not raising suspicion. If I just magically caught the liquor worm one day, Fang Yuan might get suspicious and doubt my identity, so I made sure I had a reputation of finding "Gu" worms and no time traveling psychopath's eyebrows were raised at my actions.
My parents delightedly told me it was a liquor worm and my dad advances to rank 2 in a few months time. The liquor worm sure is a miracle. My mom is the current owner and she is slowly cultivating from rank 1 initial stage to rank 2. My dad was rank 1 upper stage before I got the liquor worm, so you can say he was being a bit too lazy with cultivating.
I am currently 6 years old. The legend of a random kid creating poems left and right have spread throughout the entire village and almost everyone has heard of it. The genius Fang Yuan and his mistreated brother Fang Zheng! The two future stepping stones of mine!
My aperture's talent is quite low. It has been 55% since the day I was born. I can feel it. Maybe it is because of the system? IDK! My vital Gu has been the body nourishing Gu from the day I became 3 years old. Here is the story of how I Got it
My birthday coincided with Jia Fu's arrival and We went rock gambling, per my request. I had a genius idea regarding it and it worked perfectly! We spent like 30 spirit stones on my gambling and lost completely.
all 3 were duds and I earned enough Gu points to get the body nourishing Gu and have a few points left over. That is the story of how I not have 2 Gu worms. I still want the Fate Flipped Upside Down Gu, but I most likely won't get it before the aptitude test, as that is dumb. A literal God in talent appearing out of nowhere will most likely spook the Hell out of Fang Yuan and my days will be numbered!
I also like the idea of there being 3 C rank's in the top 5 leader board. Chi Cheng counts, as he is also a C rank. Mo Bei is a B rank, so he can go screw himself. C grade for the mudaflipin win!
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I have the 55% Jade green Copper essence in my body, but I can't use it. I don't even know why. Do i need to awaken my aperture before the 55% can be used or something?
It is completely locked and the system has no way of unlocking it for me. This system is really underwhelming. The best I can do is work hard to train my body.
My mother can heal most of my injuries, and my body nourishing Gu is able to help my endurance, so I don't hold back in the least! I come back home with at least 5 fractured bones after every training session and sometimes even fully broken ones.
My father and mother almost died of worry when they saw me the first time, now they are mostly used to it. My body is quite strong for my age now. I can beat up the 10 year old mortals in my neighborhood even though I am only 6. And that is from a measly 3 years worth of effort!
The reason I have mentioned all of this is because I had an amazing Idea while browsing the Gu thrift shop. There are some really amazing Gus, that even mortals can use.
Coincidentally, I have found a mortal, which I have just now saved from bullying, that I want to keep and he is amazing!
He is the 6 year old boy laying next to me right now. He looks quite frail and weak to be honest. You can easily see he hasn't been eating well for quite a while and is malnourished.
His backstory is also quite sad. His lineage hasn't produced a single Gu master for 6 generations and his father was a good for nothing!
One bad day 1 year ago, the dumbass got drunk and offended a Gu master. His father was killed on the spot. Then he came after the mother and she died a couple hours later.
The Gu master was a sadistic shit and a complete jagazz. He left the little mortal kid out on the streets with no parents. He has no money, no job and has been surviving off of random donations from his parents previous friends and wildlife.
He is quite tenacious, exactly what I am looking for in a companion. Breaking my body alone is no fun at all, so I want a friend to be tortured along with me. I am planning on becoming a God and I need a strong friend to help me on my path. Someone strong-willed enough to keep living for an entire year is quite to my liking in that regard.
I looked at the dirtied and bruise covered boy and then casted my glance towards his eyes. I could see both anger and fear in his eyes. It was like he hated me, but was too scared of me to feel any hatred for me and directed it to himself. I looked at him with a smile and I asked him "Do you hate Gu masters?".
The boy suddenly realized he had been throwing hostility my way since I saved him and felt ashamed. He had decided to bite the hand that fed him and went against everything his parents(mother) taught him. "I am sorry for being rude. My name is Gu Yue Chun Jack. I am a mere mortal with no prospects. I dare not show hostility towards a Gu master."
The smile on my face can't be any bigger. I was expecting a slightly dumb and strong-willed companion. To think I would find a treasure like this child here! I kept my kind smile snd said "Do you want to be my slave? Trust me, I am very strong and I will help you become stronger! All mortals possess Apertures. The only difference being is their Apertures are almost dried up and have no hope of even refining a Gu worm. So I have decided that I will split my talent between us and help you become stronger! In exchange, you will become my slave and do whatever I tell you to! I won't make any outrageous demands, but I am known for being sadistic with my enemies."
The boy was quite stunned and looked at me with confused eyes. I love kids. They are so innocent you can practically guess what they are thinking by looking at them. He was most likely thinking something like "Why would this Gu master help a mortal? Is this a trap?"
I looked at his frail and bruised body and said "You don't have much of a choice. Look at you, you are so weak you will most likely die of hunger or from these small time bullies. I can help you become stronger! Strong enough to kill Gu masters as a mortal. All you need to do is call me master in exchange."
The kid looked at me. All hesitation gone from his eyes and said "This slave thanks master for saving his lowly self." I laughed and said "First order of business, You are to not refer to yourself as "lowly one". You are my slave, how can you be a lowly one?! Second is you are my guard from now on! You are to guard me when I cultivate. Third you can't be a guard with such a weak body. You are going to come with me for muscle training and become stronger!"
He smiled and answered just like I expected "Yes, master." My poor mother's daily healing expenditure increased by two times because of Jacki Cha- I mean Chun Jack.
He became my loyal slave and we did basically everything together. He has been cultivating the strength path for multiple years and has become a lot stronger. We did everything together, I might call him slave, but he is nothing less than a brother to me and the feeling is completely mutual.
a few years have gone by and the faithful day has finally arrived!