Ray smiled and turned around from the sight of the burning fire and the chanting villagers.
Fortunately or Unfortunately, Ray's house here in the mortal branch of the village, if it could even be called a house was far away from not only the Gu master section of the place but it was also isolated from the other mortal houses.
The closest house from his little shack was at least 20 meters away.
He sighed and opened the 'door' to his shack that was actually just a crudely crafted piece of wood covering a opening.
The shack was old and small with barely any space, just enough to sit down and even regarding its height, it seemed to have been altered to fit his current height
'Makes sense given the story that had been crafted...'
He sighed
The story that had been crafted in this world for him was quite sad honestly and a bit infuriating
As a young boy, 5 years old at best - he was running around and playing and had accidentally bumped into the 'guard' of the village. That guard was a Rank 2 Gu master that seemed to have had a bad day and released a bit of anger.
By slaughtering his mother and father and even going as far as to kill the family of the next closest house
As a result the child of bad luck was born and ostracized from the mortal village as well.
'Did it have to be as depressing as my real life?'
He thought and to his surprise
Something responded.
[The tale you weave is entertainment for the gods. The truly powerful must start from the bottom.]
It seemed that the system had tagged along with him, it initially was a surprise but not a real shock. Quite a few reincarnation things occurred like this
But how was it that the voice... sounded different from the other one?
What is its purpose?
What was it?
Was it just to be a watcher? To relay his actions to these gods?
He did not know
So, he asked
'What is your purpose in being here?'
[I am a helper, gifted by the main body to assist in your growth.]
For now at least it seemed that it was not a threat, perhaps it would never be a threat actually - why would he be reincarnated only to be disposed of
Well...
'Is that not what happened to Fang Yuan? Being used by not only the Venerable but also Heavens Will and then they both attempted to dispose of him?'
Regardless
There was nothing that Ray could do
Or more accurately, nothing that Yuxuan could do
That was the name he had been given in this world and it was the name he would need to use from now on, the name Ray was very clearly out of place here and though attention was not a bad thing, unwanted attention could be.
'What exactly can you do?'
[I can perform the abilities of a Land Spirit that had been born from an obsession.]
[I also contain all known knowledge from your life and will continue to record such information.]
[I can act as an advisor based on the situation.]
[I can perform the same actions that you would be able to.]
Ray smiled
It seemed that he had a reliable helper
He was especially glad that it could behave as a land spirit and a land spirit born from an immortal meaning it would have many abilities but above all those he had a main question he needed an answer to
'Can you access treasure yellow heaven?'
He asked as he sat down on the ground within the house.
The voice remained silent for a few seconds as if contemplating what answer it could give.
Ray knew well that it could but the real question was would it to so?
[Yes.]
He smiled
Accessing treasure yellow heaven, paired with his soon to be immortal essence stones was going to give him a great edge while he lived as a mortal - which would be until his mortal aperture reaches rank 6.
In usual cases connecting heaven Gu and divine sense Gu would be needed which he lacked and would not be able to get for a long time.
If he thought about it he would most likely only access treasure yellow heaven in Shang Clan City where he might be able to gather the materials to refine the gu.
'Speaking of which...'
He started to think about the essence stones
'How long till the first batch of immortal essence stones are created?'
[Essence Stone Gu produces 1000 Immortal Essence Stones every 30 days in the real world.]
[Days till production: 30]
Ray sighed
From now till the next 30 days he would have to behave as a regular mortal and he could not begin his immortal life plans just yet.
That had quite a few implications on his mortal life as well.
Currently he was just a mortal according to how everyone would see him, not even a mortal aperture was present - tomorrow as a 15 year old he was going to awaken his aperture
Hopefully
As unfortunate as it was awakening an aperture and the aptitude of that aperture was dependent on ones innate talent. It was entirely up to chance
Perhaps he could have an extreme physique or even a D Grade Aperture.
Even worse he might be a regular mortal, or at least that's what people would see
It was not that big a detriment in the long run since he could simply purchase a Gu from treasure yellow heaven to awaken a mortal aperture
But that would mean wasting an entire month
'No, Every moment counts.' He thought as a small drop of anxiety crept into him
What would his aperture grading be?
He could not tell and something told him the voice would not tell him either
Ray sat down and started to think
'Fang Yuan has returned and right now should be in his room'
He brought his hand and rested his head on it
'When would the best time to use Eternal Brotherhood Gu on him?'
Naturally he did not want to do it in front of everyone and as a result would have ample opportunities since Fang Yuan is quite a loner.
He was the current largest threat and Ray wanted to eliminate that threat as fast as possible.
[The best time to execute the plan based on your specifications is when Fang Yuan leaves to find the liquor worm.]
'Ah that's right, you're an advisor too.'
[That is correct.]