Everything had gone exactly as Fang Yuan expected.
Afterward, the Academy Elder ordered the Healing Gu Master to treat the two guards.
The guards' lives were saved, but they were left severely crippled and were expelled from the academy by the Academy Elder.
Fang Yuan received no punishment whatsoever. Instead, he was praised.
This outcome only filled the other youths with even greater fear.
But the matter was far from over. As time passed, the disturbance spread throughout the entire clan.
With C-grade Aptitude, Fang Yuan had been the first to advance to the mid stage, becoming a minor yet remarkable curiosity and topic of discussion throughout the clan.
After meals and over tea, many people discussed the matter.
After their initial astonishment, people began speculating about the mystery of Fang Yuan's advancement.
"Actually, for someone with C-grade Aptitude to surpass those with A-grade and B-grade Aptitude and be the first to advance to the mid stage isn't all that strange."
"That's right. There are many methods in this world that can accomplish it."
"For example, the Sari Gu. Once this Gu is used, it can sublimate the aperture walls, boost one's cultivation, and raise one by one small realm. It would be as easy as turning one's hand over."
For a time, everyone voiced their own opinions, and all sorts of possible answers clamorously rose into the dust.
Naturally, things such as the Wine Worm Gu and Exotic True Essence were also brought up by quite a few people.
If Fang Yuan had honestly revealed the Wine Worm Gu's existence from the start, it would not have caused such a sensation. But by concealing it, he invisibly stirred up people's curiosity.
Gu Yue village appeared calm on the surface, but an undercurrent had already begun to surge beneath it.