After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 81: Planting Beans into Soldiers

After the other party issued the punishment, they took their people and left.

Not even glancing at Feng Lin, who lay on the ground.

Gu An didn’t care either.

As for continuing with the woodcutting, that was really good.

He had been pondering over how to make sense of the situation.

Unexpectedly, the lady had helped resolve it.

"Teacher, Senior Brother, are you alright?" Yu Tu came over to ask.

He came out late and didn’t witness the whole process.

But he knew that the rumors had been spread by Feng Lin.

Which made him somewhat angry.

Everyone came together to cut wood; how could such things be said.

And in the same realm, being older and taking the title of Senior Brother made sense.

Of course, he also felt that Feng Lin’s previous jokes went too far.

Gu An shook his head slightly and said:

"Let’s go."

Zeng Lan also came over at this time, looked at the seriously injured Feng Lin without saying much,

And followed Gu An and the others as they left.

She too understood the reasons behind what happened.

But Gu An’s strength was not within her expected range.

So strong.

Not to mention a Feng Lin.

The three of them together might not be able to handle the person before them.

And yet, there are people daring to address him as Junior Brother?

Even those at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining would need to be more polite.

On the way, she was somewhat concerned:

"Senior Brother Gu, doesn’t this attract a lot of attention to you?"

"Mhm," Gu An nodded and said:

"It’s okay, people here don’t come to fight; everyone is here to earn Spirit Stones.

Not many would invite trouble for themselves.

And since we rarely see each other, it doesn’t matter much."

"Doesn’t that mean you can’t rest?" Zeng Lan asked.

"It’s not really a problem," answered Gu An.

"Yes, yes, I feel that although my body is uncomfortable, going back to rest, just rest up, and it’s much better." Yu Tu said.

Gu An and Zeng Lan looked at him subconsciously.

They then remembered, the person before them was only nineteen years old.

His innate talent and constitution seemed somewhat extraordinary.

After that, they each went their separate ways.

For Yu Tu and the others, the next four days were days of rest.

"Being able to persevere now, probably means they can keep it up later too; the question is how long their bodies can endure it."

Gu An couldn’t help but reflect.

He considered himself fortunate; he could recover once in ten days.

Otherwise, he would not be much stronger than them.

The Shocking God Wood costing a mere eight Spirit Stones was really harsh.

He himself was at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining, yet an ordinary person at the Seventh Layer would be half dead after a month’s work.

At night.

Gu An came to the Shocking God Forest once again.

This time, he was sure he was the only person logging in the entire forest.

Watching his Hard Cultivation points incrementally increase, Gu An didn’t bother with anything else.

Still, he remained vigilant of his surroundings.

Worrying that someone might show up unexpectedly.

Early July.

Gu An returned from the forest.

Today was the Sect’s rest day, a day to receive resources and squander them.

Gu An couldn’t help but reflect.

The Sect was good at exploiting the Outer Disciples.

However, for Gu An, today was also a day to learn new Magic techniques.

His Magic and Hard Cultivation had both reached substantial values.

After receiving the resources, Gu An headed back.

No one specifically came to "borrow" Spirit Stones from him.

After all, there had been rumors lately, saying he intentionally appeared weak to get people to "lend" Spirit Stones, then deliberate wasted them.

Such hypocrisy at his age.

In short, Gu An was unpopular in a very small circle.

He didn’t mind, though.

After all, they all still had to call him Senior Brother to his face.

Back at his residence, Gu An let himself begin reciting the Seven Emotions and Six Desires.

To alleviate the mental sting.

This time not upgrading the Seven Emotions and Six Desires technique, he needed to ease it first.

Otherwise, it can easily affect subsequent improvement.

Noon.

Gu An felt his status was about good enough.

He then took out Planting Beans into Soldiers and began to study.

Once he was sure he could at least grasp the basics, he started to practice cultivation using the numerical values of the technique.

It was as if he had started dreaming.

In the dream, Gu An looked at the book, then took out a soybean and began to refine it with magic.

Drawing human figures within it.

But the soybean quickly shattered.

Day after day, year after year, he was comprehending the method of imprinting human figures.

Until one day, a human figure successfully appeared within the soybean.

Light flickered.

Thus, Gu An finally awoke with a start.

In an instant, he understood Planting Beans into Soldiers.

He had gained entry-level mastery.

He looked around and found no soybeans at home, so he had to use peanuts as a substitute.

The core of Planting Beans into Soldiers lies in this very drawing.

But once mastered, the human figure is in the mind.

No need to draw it out, it can be directly cast into a vessel.

Next, a human figure appeared within the peanut.

He scattered them with a flick of his hand.

The peanut was enveloped in light, then transformed into a golden armored figure.

Garbed in armor, with ordinary features and a rather stout build.

Its eyes replaced by golden light, devoid of any spiritual intelligence.

As tall as an average person, its Qi seemed to be at the Third Level of Qi Refining.

"It’s a bit weak, but the beans can be refined. The longer the refinement, the stronger the soldiers that emerge, or I could improve the level."

Planting Beans into Soldiers has four levels.

Skin Painting, Bone Drawing, Drawing Marrow, and Painting God.

Currently, he remained at Skin Painting.

Weakness was to be expected.

But it came with an advantage.

That is, quantity.

Gu An grabbed a handful of peanuts and scattered them.

Golden light twinkled, and figures of golden light appeared one after another.

In the span of a breath, the room was full of standing figures, a total of eighteen.

This was the limit.

The cost was not too much of a concern.

It was a limit of the technique, not of Spiritual Energy.

If the sole aim was to produce figures, perhaps the number could be substantially increased.

After retrieving the peanuts, Gu An wondered if inscribing some runes on them would enhance their power.

But for now, they could only serve as guards, so there was no need for too much trouble.

Still, he needed to choose some beans to refine.

To make their power greater.

If they were Spiritual Beans, the effect would be even better.

Without further ado, Gu An continued to temper his current cultivation.

After the tempering ended, Gu An felt that he was improving in all aspects.

The quantity of Spiritual Energy, its purity, as well as perception were all enhanced.

Even his spirit, which had not improved before, had now begun to grow.

Advancing to Foundation Establishment should be very smooth.

"So strong, I’m almost tempted to challenge a Foundation Establishment to a duel."

Of course, it’s just a thought, he would not dare to actually do it.

He would die.

After feeding the fish, Gu An went to the workshop to buy beans.

There were soybeans, but they were quite ordinary.

He hesitated over whether or not to purchase them.

"These beans aren’t good enough for you?" The young stall owner felt that dealing with old people was difficult as they dawdle, love to haggle, and still aren’t satisfied with the goods.

But he still took out another box and said:

"How about these? They are all top-quality beans, each one infused with Spiritual Energy."

Gu An was unaware of the stall owner’s thoughts, his eyes swept over.

He saw nine red beans in the box.

Each one was bright red and plump, they looked like they should taste good.

"These are select red beans from the spirit field, nine in total, one Spirit Stone each," the young stall owner made his offer.

Gu An: "...."

In the end, he made the deal for five Spirit Stones.

Seeing the other party’s smile, Gu An felt he had bargained too little.

But these red beans were indeed good, containing quite a lot of Spiritual Energy, balanced and stable.

They were very suitable for refining.

Seeing the sky darken, Gu An went straight to the Shocking God Forest for logging.