The metal path is the Gu path of metal path Gu Masters, metal path Immortal Gu, and one of the five mainstream paths.
The novel treats metal path as a named cultivation path with demonic Gu Masters, Immortal Gu, and auction demand among the five mainstream paths, not as a generic word for ore.
What the path governs
Lin San Chi is named a rank four demonic Gu Master skilled in the metal path and also an earth path Gu Master. Narration calls his metal and earth specialty renowned through the land. ch. 339 At Qin Bai Sheng’s auction, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are named the five most mainstream paths, more popular than cloud path and sound path, and metal path Immortal Gu draw heated bidding. ch. 752
Immortal Gu auction
Gu Immortal Five Elements Grandmaster at rank eight wins a bid using a rank seven metal path Immortal Gu and a rank six metal path Immortal Gu plus immortal materials. His cultivation includes the five paths of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, so he holds metal path Immortal Gu. As a metal path Gu Immortal, Qin Bai Sheng requests a rank seven metal path Immortal Gu as the base bid for another item, and Fang Yuan cannot compete for such lots because he has no metal path Immortal Gu. ch. 761
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