After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 167: Getting Close to Him Means Certain Death

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Getting Close to Him Means Certain Death

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This place is unlike within the Sect; it’s spacious enough to find a separate house.

Here, everyone is in a big courtyard, each finding a room for themselves.

In a corner, Gu An confirmed that the room was unoccupied.

He then activated the Array with his Identity Token.

Thus, this place became his temporary residence.

If he didn’t mind the distance, he could go back to the Inner Sect.

It wouldn’t affect anything.

After a simple cleaning, he checked the Array.

There was a simple Barrier that could defend as well as prevent the Qi inside from spreading out.

The basic security was in place.

It was a good spot.

With that, Gu An headed to the backyard.

Indeed, he saw two large rocks, one marked as team one and the other as team two.

Currently, the rock for team one had no brightness, while team two had a bit.

After all, it was still early in the month.

Picking up an axe casually, Gu An headed to the logging area.

He discovered that various types of wood were planted here.

Not many in number, but they seemed to be quite old.

There was Vajra Wood here.

The trees that were logged by the Inner Sect were also here.

Finally, there were even more impressive ones in abundance.

After searching for a moment, Gu An chose the Blood God Wood, which couldn’t be logged over a long period during Foundation Establishment.

It could absorb human Blood Qi.

Logging this tree would leave one ghostly pale and extremely emaciated.

But Gu An needed such a tree, having been confined for four months, he had fallen behind too much.

He must quickly increase his cultivation.

However, these four months hadn’t been fruitless for him; he had gained a deeper understanding of some Magic.

Especially the Soul-shocking Finger, which had reached Perfection.

The Sea Suppressing Fist had also reached Great Success.

None of these used numerical values.

With the use of numerical values, the more he learned, the easier it became for him to comprehend other Magic.

But the more difficult ones were slow, requiring a long time.

Arriving in front of a sufficiently old Blood God Tree, Gu An adjusted his status, then swung down an axe.

A dull sound emerged.

Followed by the sensation of his Blood Qi being drained.

Even he, with his Golden Core Cultivation, couldn’t avoid it.

But it was a bit better than before.

He could last longer.

This was also due to the boost from the Body Refining Method; ordinary Golden Core cultivators would probably not want to touch such a tree.

Because the draining of Blood Qi easily made one fall into a weakened state.

...

In the courtyard, Song Feng sat by a stone table, sipping tea in the backyard.

Seemingly lost in thought.

Then, a man and a woman walked in; they too had Golden Core Cultivation, but their complexions were poor.

"Qingcheng Sect is being unreasonable, saying the spirit wood we sold them was gnawed by Demon Beasts and claiming it was our quality issue, insistently demanding compensation.

The Manager told us to handle it quickly, better to suffer a small loss.

Apologizing didn’t help, they weren’t happy with a bit of compensation, next month they want to meet again, I’m out of options.

I just don’t understand why the Sect has to establish such a place; it’s simply sending us out to face grievances," grumbled the fairy in a grey beast hide.

"Doing business, if we’re too aggressive, business won’t go well. Taking a loss makes them feel they’ve earned more.

Business will come then, after all, our Sect needs these deals. But recently, these people have become more excessive.

It seems even the Manager doesn’t want to escalate the matter to the Sect," sighed the man who looked to be in his late twenties:

"Just endure it, it’s always been like this over the years."

As they walked in, they saw Song Feng drinking tea.

"Boss, why are you sipping tea here? Weren’t you supposed to go logging? We haven’t started logging this month yet, the Sect really treats us like beasts of burden, demanding both logging and dealing with other Sects." The Beast Clothes Fairy grew more upset as she thought about it.

Duanmu Qingping, Golden Core Early Stage, under Song Feng’s command.

"Indeed, this month the number should be quite significant. Thinking about the lumber in the backyard, I suddenly feel dealing with those people shouldn’t be an impossible task." The man then sat down.

Cao Yuanfei, Golden Core Early Stage, under Song Feng’s command.

As the two sat down, Song Feng calmly said, "Because someone went logging and even boasted that from now on, the logging task can be left to him alone."

"Who?" Duanmu Qingping was somewhat surprised:

"Senior Brother Hu, or Senior Sister Lin?"

"Neither. A newcomer." Song Feng sipped his tea and casually said:

"He just arrived today and has already gone logging."

"Can it be? Although we sometimes exploit newcomers, going to log as soon as they arrive?" Duanmu Qingping was somewhat astonished.

"Yeah, only Team Two would do something like this." Cao Yuanfei added.

"I didn’t ask him to go today, but he wanted to, what can we do?" Song Feng said with a cold laugh:

"You all shouldn’t be surprised. This person is no good samaritan.

His arrival might just bring us misfortune."

Upon hearing this, both of them were somewhat taken aback.

"What kind of person? Someone with a formidable background?" Cao Yuanfei was puzzled.

"I don’t know about his background, but have you guys heard about the recent anti-corruption crackdown within our Sect?" Song Feng looked at them and asked.

"I’ve heard, they said it resulted in many deaths and it even reached the Outer Peak, with people being taken away," Duanmu Qingping said somberly.

Song Feng set down his teacup, remarking:

"Do you know who brought that crackdown upon us?"

Upon hearing this, both of them had a notion but found it hard to believe.

"It’s the new guy who arrived today. It seems the higher-ups won’t kill him, but many wish him dead.

If he’s with us now, won’t we suffer too?

You better not get too close to him, it could be fatal," Song Feng spoke in a low tone.

Pausing for a moment, Song Feng continued:

"Try not to provoke him either. Even though he seems weak now and could be killed at any moment,

he’s not someone to be trifled with.

I’m worried you might provoke him and end up dead by accident.

He doesn’t go easy when killing.

With that temper and those methods, who knows how long he can last.

Maybe one day he’ll just be gone.

As for Team Two, they’re naturally arrogant and backed by someone. They’re used to acting high and mighty.

Let them provoke him if they want to."

The two listened and sighed,

but they were also curious about what this legendary man looked like.

"Even though he said he would go logging, if he doesn’t finish it, you’ll have to step in. As for the affairs of Qingcheng Sect, we can discuss that next month," Song Feng said.

Both of them felt a bit distressed for a time.

Logging...

They’d rather go apologize to someone.

But they didn’t leave and were waiting for Gu An to come back.

To meet him.

After all, he’s a legendary figure.

It’s still better to have less contact.

After all, everyone present couldn’t bear the hostility from within the Sect.

But in the afternoon, he didn’t return.

In the evening, he still had not returned.

Late at night, it was the same.

This surprised them. What was going on?

At midnight,

as they were about to go and check, they saw a haggard figure walking under the moonlight.

Solitary and lonely.

Giving off an old, down-and-out feel.

Like an elderly individual with no one to rely on.

This old?

Duanmu Qingping was surprised.

He looked middle-aged and somewhat unkempt, not appearing very old, but why did he feel so elderly?