After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 235 - 209: Who Among These Men Has a Chance to Marry In?

Chapter 235: Chapter 209: Who Among These Men Has a Chance to Marry In?

Heavenly Suspension Peak.

A woman dressed in a cyan immortal dress walked up the mountain path.

She wasn’t particularly tall, but nor was she short.

At this moment, she slightly lifted her head to look at the path above, her steps light.

After a long time, when she reached the mountainside, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that the journey was not an easy one.

Upon reaching the mountain, the guard who saw her smiled and said:

"Junior Sister Lu, are you here to look for Brother Duanmu?"

Lu Ruan performed a respectful greeting: "Yes."

"Brother Duanmu should still be at his residence, recently I heard he has no tasks," the guard said with a smile.

Hearing this, Lu Ruan thanked him.

Then she proceeded towards Duanmu Qing’s residence.

Seeing a big tree, her pace slowed.

The big tree stood by the cliff, overlooking the vast green mountains and rivers, with a house next to it. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Duanmu Qing sat by the stone table under the tree, silently studying the chessboard.

"Sister Brother," Lu Ruan started to speak as she approached.

Duanmu Qing returned to his senses, looked at Lu Ruan with a smile, and said, "Junior Sister has arrived? Have a seat."

Lu Ruan sat down beside the stone table, and said: "Did Brother know I was coming?"

"Ever since Gu An came up the mountain, I knew you would definitely come," Duanmu Qing said with a smile:

"I just didn’t expect to wait so long, it seems Junior Sister is quite worried."

Lu Ruan fell silent for a moment and asked: "Is Gu An’s arrival at Heavenly Suspension Peak a coincidence?"

"I don’t know about that," Duanmu Qing shook his head and said: "The Master, being the Peak Master, how can his actions be understood by other disciples?

But there must be profound implications.

Besides, there are others beside Master who act this way.

So it should be unrelated to the person behind you."

Lu Ruan looked at the person in front of her, a bit alarmed.

Duanmu Qing paused and said with a wry smile: "I shouldn’t have spoken so freely."

Some things he had deduced, but even if he had guessed some things, he could not disclose them.

Otherwise, his life would be in danger.

Especially concerning that woman.

Lu Ruan changed the subject: "What is Gu An’s cultivation level?"

"It appears to be Golden Core Early Stage," Duanmu Qing replied.

"It appears?" Lu Ruan was somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, it appears," Duanmu Qing nodded: "In reality, it is hard to say, and he seems to have aged more as well."

"When did his cultivation level rise?" Lu Ruan asked.

"He said that when he was at the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden, he was at Perfect Foundation Establishment.

He came to the Sect seeking a breakthrough.

It seems now he must have succeeded," Duanmu Qing said with a smile.

"So this is his own claim?" Lu Ruan asked.

Duanmu Qing chuckled and asked: "What do you think of my cultivation?"

"Very strong," Lu Ruan affirmed.

"If I hid my cultivation, would you be able to tell?" Duanmu Qing further inquired.

"Probably," Lu Ruan nodded.

"Yes, logically if someone’s cultivation is weaker than mine and they hide it, I might be able to tell, especially someone who has yet to attain the Golden Core," Duanmu Qing pondered and continued:

"But do you know what I saw Gu An’s cultivation was at that time?

Qi Refinement. No matter how I looked at him, he was at Qi Refinement.

So, his sudden attainment of Golden Core Early Stage boils down to two possibilities.

One is that he advanced in just three years from Qi Refinement straight through Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

The second possibility is that he hid his cultivation, and especially if he possessed a precious treasure, it would otherwise be hard to conceal."

"So you think it’s the second possibility?" Lu Ruan asked.

"He has a precious treasure on him?" Duanmu Qing countered.

"It doesn’t seem like it," Lu Ruan pondered and replied: "Then it’s the first possibility?"

"Do you believe that?" Duanmu Qing asked.

Lu Ruan shook her head and after a moment of silence, she said:

"Then we still have to conjecture that at that time, he was already at Foundation Establishment or Golden Core.

The reason he wasn’t detected, if not because of a precious treasure, would have to be because he’s adept at concealment.

Additionally, there could be...

someone who helped him conceal his cultivation."

At this point, Lu Ruan’s pupils contracted.

Naturally, she thought of someone.

Therefore, Chu Meng’s escape from the space into the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden wasn’t a coincidence.

But the result of an intricate plan.

And Gu An was not weak from the start, but a sleeper agent waiting for many years.

A particularly important sleeper agent.

Now entering the Sect, he may carry many more plans.

Lu Ruan fell silent.

Duanmu Qing spoke with a smile: "At the time I told him to come to me if he needed anything, it was genuine. Such a person, I dare not provoke.

Had it not been for going out with you once, I probably wouldn’t have paid any attention to him.

But all sorts of suspicions may as well be wrong, it’s just an abundance of caution.

What if by chance I guessed right?

Being nice to him, not troubling him, or targeting him, I suffer no loss at all."

Lu Ruan did not speak.

But remained silent.

She still remembered, at the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden, feeling somewhat disdainful towards Gu An’s actions.

She thought him too rash.

His future achievements must be limited.

Now it seemed, back then she was too young to think further.

Chu Meng, such an important person, why would the seniors assign a Qi Refinement level cultivator?

Chu Meng was already at Foundation Establishment at that time.

What Qi Refinement level could be fit for the task?

Initially, she presumed that place lacked strong individuals.

And it was controlled by poison, surely far from the center of power.

They used poison because it was hard to control.

Now it seems...

perhaps only poison could control such an important individual.

There must be a special reason for this.

And she only understood after Gu An reached Golden Core and became a Peak Master’s disciple.

With a sigh, she said: "I will try to make contact with him in a while."

"Send him my regards when you do, he can come to me if he needs help," Duanmu Qing said with a smile.

...

Gu An opened his eyes from cultivation, feeling as though his Qi Sea was filled with ice blocks.

The previous Qi Sea Sky Gang which was like a sea, had already solidified.

After releasing Gang Qi, Gu An gripped his knife, feeling the added Gang Qi as if it was tangible.