Chapter 49 - Start of the Harem or …? II

"Ah?"

"Huh?"

"YOU WANT US TO BECOME YOUR WHAT NOW?"

Gu Yue Mo Meili asked in a high-pitched voice. As she was deeply shocked and not able to control her emotions.

She had thought about lots of things that Fang Yuan would either ask from them or ask them to do. From becoming his mistresses to have them hand over all the primeval stones they would be getting from now on. But never did she think that instead, Fang Yuan would ask them to become his lackeys…

Lackeys…

What does that even mean? Does he mean that they will be his servants from now on? And if that was what he was after then wouldn't it be better to have boys or men as his servants, instead of physically weak girls like them?

All the questions swirling in Gu Yue Mo Meili's head merged to form one important question – Ultimatetely what does he want from them or want them to do?

Looking at the stupefied reactions of the girls in front of him, Fang Yuan simply swept his gaze across their faces, this immediately silenced them. His gaze finally came to rest on the leader of the girls, after which he slowly opened his mouth and started talking.

"A Gu Master's method of fighting is usually divided between melee and ranged. The moonblade attack is a type of ranged attack, well it is medium range actually as its effective distance is only ten meters."

"A single moonblade would consume 10% of primeval essence. So exactly how many times can Rank one Gu Masters like us can throw out a moonblade during a battle? At most for 5 times if you have 50% of primeval essence in your aperture. And this number will decrease even further for the new Gu Master's who cant form effective blows. At most, it can only be used as a form of trump card. As such to a Rank one Gu Master, the truly useful skill would be martial arts. This is because martial arts depends on our own body and training, thus it is more reliable. Not only will it be useful when one is Rank one but if you decide to become a close combat Gu Master then it will be helpful even when you become a Rank two or Rank three Gu Master depending on your aptitude."

"And if I am not wrong then most of you here have C-grade talents and have chances to become a Rank two Gu Master."

Listening to what Fang Yuan was saying the girls became even more confused. Yes, what every Fang Yuan said was true but what did it have to do with them?

"Fang Yuan what is said is right. But this has got nothing to do with us, it's not like we will be going out anywhere to fight. So what is your point in telling us all this."

"Yeah, Fang Yuan. Please just let us go alright. If you want we can promise you that we will continue to keep giving you primeval stones in the future too."

"Please just let us go Fang Yuan."

The girls started clamoring again. Pleading to let them go.

Fang Yuan sighed maybe it was wrong of him to think that these sheltered young girls who grew under the protection of their parents and the clan will know just how dangerous the world outside is.

But this means that his plan has failed, as for it to work they must first have a firm mind. But looking at these girls it didn't seem like any of them had a firm mind.

Fang Yuan sighed and shook his head. Looks like he will have to think of some other way.

"Shut up you all." Suddenly Gu Yue Mo Meili spoke up.

"Big sis?"

"Are you all really that naive? Nothing to do with us? Do you think we will be studying in the academy forever? And what do you think will happen to us once we leave the academy? Do you think the clan will simply let us sit inside the village and keep protecting us? Don't forget once we graduate from the academy we need to approach a senior, beg them to let us into their team. And then we need to complete some missions with them." Gu Yue Mo Meili spoke sharply.

"Yeah but Big sis at that time the seniors will protect us." One of the girls opposed Mo Meili.

"Protect us? The first thing the seniors will check before letting us join their team is if we have sufficient power to protect ourselves. Do you think it's easy going out on a mission not only would you have to look out for the fierce beasts outside you even have to look out for enemy clan members like the Xiong and Bai clan. Do you think under such circumstances they would any power or energy to spare to protect us?"

"Why exactly would they even recruit us when they find out that we can't even protect ourselves?" Mo Meili said.

Listening to what Gu Yue Mo Meili said all the girls shut up. They realized and understood what Mo Meili was trying to say.

Mo Meili's reaction was outside of Fang Yuan's calculations, as such, it surprised him a little. He looked at Gu Yue Mo Meili and the edges of his lips lifted in a smile.

"I think what big sis said is right."

"Yeah."

"But I still don't understand. Fang Yuan, what exactly do you want us to do?"

"It's quite simple actually. I will teach each one of you martial arts and if you guys want I will also give you pointers in Gu cultivation and raising Gu worms and whatever is it that you want help with. And in return I want you guys to issue challenges to the rest of our classmates at the end of each week like I did today." Fang Yuan said.

"You want us to extort our classmates?" One of the girls said while covering her mouth with her hands.

"Not only does he want us to extort our classmates, he wants us to extort our classmates in his place." Gu Yue Mo Meili said as she looked at Fang Yuan in a daze.