Ray sat on the window sill of his room his legs dangling outside of the window
'This is not that bad actually'
He said looking out and down into the village
He was thinking about maybe going to rest but decided against it, he did not need to sleep and there was a lot of things that he would be able to get done instead of sleeping when he did not need to
This moment marked the 1 full day mark that he had been in the Gu world and already comparing his situation upon landing here to his current situation, it was like comparing heaven and earth.
He had only a crude shack to his name with absolutely nothing or no one but now he had a nice room in the home of the Clan head himself.
Not to mention he had two personal servants that would do as he wished
The servants were not people given to him by the Clan head but rather they were people given to him by the Mo and Chi clan elders
A testament of their good will towards him
Ray could have cared less.
He was more glad about what he was given
As an A Grade Talent of the Clan, one who had no family or backing - Ray had basically been adopted by the clan head.
It was true he could not be shown more favor by the head but as someone with nothing he was given something to even the playing field with regards to the other children
20 Primeval stones
Ray hopped of the window and sat on the bed
He opened up the large pouch and laid the 20 primeval stones on the bed
'...Voice.'
He called in his mind
[Yes?]
'Can you make a copy off each of these stones?' He asked
[It can be done.]
The voice responded
Ray, unfortunately could not see what was happening within his aperture so he was going to make use of the voice to do so
[Consume 1 bead of green grape immortal essence to use Divine Copy Gu?]
The voice asked
Ray paused suddenly his face black
'How many beads do I have?' He inquired
[Sixteen.]
Ray smiled
He had forgotten that the immortal aperture creates 16 beads of green grape immortal essence for each day in the Gu world that passed
Fang Yuan attained Rank 6 at roughly the age of 30, what did that mean?
It meant that for 15 years until then, If Ray wanted to become an immortal at roughly the same time he would accumulate 16 beads of immortal essence a day
That basically meant that in 15 years, if he did not use a lot of immortal essence he would have a reserve of 86 000 beads of green grape immortal essence before he even needed to make large use of them - that basically meant he had the equivalent of 876 beads of red date immortal essence and there for the equivalent of 8 beads of white litchi immortal essence
A smile graced his face
'Use one bead to make the copies'
He said to the voice
[Understood.]
Was the reply he got
He could not see what was happening in his aperture but inside a Gu that looked like a hand held mirror was reflecting the 20 primeval stones that lay on the bed
Each one in the reflection suddenly became real
[Process Complete.]
The voice said
'Can you make it exit the aperture?'
He asked and the voice did so, materializing the 20 beads into reality
Unlike immortal Gu more than one primeval stone could exist at a time and so he was able to have it show in the real world as well
He smiled
From 20 primeval stones he suddenly had 40
'Wait a minute...'
A thought appeared in his mind
[No. It is not possible to copy the Gu master had been granted through wishes.]
He deflated
'Damn...'
Imagine the possibilities if it could be done.
Ray sighed and placed the 20 primeval stones into the pouch once more before leaving it at the little bed side table - next he closed his eyes with his legs crossed and began to focus
'From what I understand I need to focus on the space between my kidneys' He said as his mind relaxed
He focused for a few seconds more and then he felt it
It was almost like an orb, within that orb was a green sea which was his rank 1 initial stage primeval essence
He smiled
He focused again his eyes closed shut and started to move the essence within
Thankfully it seemed that he had a good talent in this because he was able to do it with relative ease
He smiled as he willed the essence to flow towards the light wall membrane of the aperture walls
Splash
It hit the walls
Ray smiled and continued to do so for the entire night over and over he hit the aperture walls with his essence breaking it down
When the essence was depleted he immediately used a primeval stone which slowly began to shave away as he absorbed the essence within
He cultivated and cultivated fascinated by the process and eventually he was forced to stop
'Ah...' He said reaching out for another primeval stone but found nothing
He did not want to use his other 20 since he had plans for it which meant he had to stop now, in 6 hours his aperture would be filled once more and he could begin a new
Ray got curious so he asked
'How long will it take to reach rank 1 middle stage?'
[If you cultivate 8 hours a day every day. Rank 1 middle stage can be reached within 20 days if 5 primeval stones are used daily in cultivation.]
That was more or less expected
Fang Zheng who had a 80% aptitude managed to reach rank 1 middle stage after one and a half months with barely any primeval stones since he was only given 3 primeval stones and must have used it to get food and resources for his Gu
'I need to get primeval stones...'
He thought as he began to make a plan in order to get such stones.