After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In
Chapter 136: I Will Crush Everything Underfoot

Chapter 136: Chapter 136: I Will Crush Everything Underfoot

At the foot of the mountain, Gu An retracted his Qi and started walking up.

Several times he encountered formidable Demon Beasts, but he narrowly managed to evade them.

By the time he ascended, it was already midnight.

There was indeed some light.

At the management area, Gu An saw a young man.

Perfect Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

"Greetings, Senior Brother." He was noticed as soon as he appeared, so he discarded any thoughts of secretly observing.

"Which Junior Brother are you?" The young man looked at Gu An.

"I’ve come to do some logging." Gu An stated truthfully.

"Alone?" The young man asked.

Gu An nodded.

"How did you know about this place?"

"A fellow sect member told me."

"What’s their name? Don’t worry, Junior Brother, we’re just asking as per routine."

"That fellow sect member did not reveal their name, only seeing that I was lacking resources, they suggested I try my luck here."

Gu An spoke earnestly.

Naturally, he could not betray Chu Meng.

The last thing an undercover operative needs is to be associated with their contact.

It would increase the risks manifold.

The young man looked at Gu An for a long time and then said, "Are you in great need of Spirit Stones?"

"I’m of mediocre talent, and no longer young; I wanted to give it another try." Gu An said sincerely.

Older in age and weaker in cultivation, one was most likely to come here.

Unless it was about the affairs of the Outer Sect, they would not ask too much.

Finally, the young man gave him a token: "This is your identity token. Take an axe and you can start working.

Oh, you know about the remuneration, right?"

Gu An thought for a moment and said: "I only know there is no Merit."

"It seems you have some understanding." The young man said:

"One month equals eight Spirit Stones, roughly two every seven days. There are about seven days left this month, so I’ll give you two stones to start with.

Once you take the Spirit Stones, you must complete the work."

Taking the Spirit Stones, Gu An was somewhat surprised.

In the Outer Sect, it’s six Spirit Stones, here it’s eight.

Is it a loss or a gain?

Certainly, the Outer Sect is more tiresome, but you get more Spirit Stones than what you’re given.

And the Inner Sect, it seems easier, but gives you less than what you’re given.

Those who want to purchase, must pay more than ten Spirit Stones.

At least twelve or thirteen.

In the Outer Sect, you at least earn half...

Cheap labour.

"If there are no issues, you can take the axe and start working." Seeing that Gu An had taken the axe and was about to go logging, the young man suddenly said:

"There’s more than one person on duty.

If you encounter any issues with the distribution of Spirit Stones later on, you can ask me.

There will occasionally be others patrolling, and if you don’t get a result after asking the person on duty, you can ask the ones on patrol."

Gu An nodded.

The Outer Sect doesn’t have these.

Is the Inner Sect welfare this good?

If the Outer Sect had this, why would An Xinru be the sole ruler.

Suppressing everyone to the point of gritting their teeth in resentment.

After that, Gu An began searching for Thunder Wood to log.

After Foundation Establishment, Shocking God Wood didn’t yield much Warm Current; there probably wouldn’t be much Thunder Wood either.

But, it was better than only cutting Iron Heart Wood.

Especially since Iron Heart Wood can only be logged for half a day.

Over time, the body can’t withstand the Qi-Blood depletion.

However, upon entering, he found that there were quite a few people logging.

Most were at Early-stage Foundation Establishment and Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

Hardly any from Qi Refinement.

Occasionally, one or two at Late-stage Foundation Establishment were seen.

But they weren’t young.

They were about the same age as himself.

And that was just appearance-wise.

In actual years, they were probably much older than him.

For a moment, Gu An felt quite melancholic — turns out he wasn’t that old after all.

Finding a sturdy Thunder Wood, Gu An began to chop it down.

He started by gently letting the axe fall.

Regardless of the tree, he would first get accustomed to it.

To prevent any overly significant side effects that might injure oneself.

But the side effects from felling the Thunder Wood were just a slight numbness in the hands, with basically no harm done.

Thus, he felt much more at ease.

He began to cut down trees with effort.

Only then did he feel a slight numbness in his body.

As if struck by a faint thunderbolt.

Now, with his cultivation at Perfect Foundation Establishment, two of his organs had developed Innate Strength.

His Qi-Blood was strong and powerful.

The Thunder Wood basically had no effect on him.

It could be said that among those present, none had fewer side effects than he did.

Unfortunately, after a whole night, there were hardly any Warm Currents, with the second one arriving just before daybreak.

What a pity.

When he put down his axe, Gu An glanced at his status panel.

[Name: Gu An]

[Cultivation: Perfect Foundation Establishment]

[Status: Poisoned]

[Magic: 46/50]

[Hard Cultivation: 93/100]

"Almost there, it’s nearly full."

Looking at the values, Gu An was quite happy.

Once the Magic value is full, he would enhance his Qi Sea Sky Gang.

Once Hard Cultivation is full, he would elevate his Five Organs’ Innate Strength.

It should take just a month or so to raise the Third Strength logically.

The Fourth Strength, on the other hand, would require a long time.

Therefore, Gu An wanted to complete the Third Strength by himself first, so he could apply the Hard Cultivation to the Fourth Strength.

Once the Five Strengths were complete, with Qi-Blood surging through his body, his combat power would be comparable to a Golden Core.

Of course, challenging a Golden Core was just talk.

In a real fight, he probably wouldn’t be an opponent.

But it could extend his lifespan.

"Are you new here, junior brother?" asked a man at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment as he descended the mountain with Gu An.

The man appeared to be in his thirties, with a slightly robust body.

"Yes," Gu An replied:

"I am not very familiar with this place; does senior brother know of anything that we shouldn’t touch upon here?"

"At the moment, no, and the Spirit Stones are delivered on time," the man said with a sigh:

"In fact, just over half a year ago, it wasn’t like this.

There were quite a few things that made us uncomfortable.

The managers didn’t care at all, and even deliberately withheld Spirit Stones, making us indignant but not daring to speak up.

Until that day a half year ago, when a junior brother from the Outer Sect arose from among us.

He rebelled against the Inner Sect disciples, creating a huge uproar.

I heard he stood on a fallen Inner Sect disciple with one foot and pointed to the sky with one hand, roaring loudly that if the heavens are not just, he would flatten all injustice.

Sadly, it wasn’t long before the Law Enforcement Hall’s personnel arrived.

It then triggered battles among the direct disciples.

Eventually, the entire night logging yard of the Inner Sect was reformed.

Those managers who had withheld the Spirit Stones were dealt with one after another.

It really put everyone on edge.

Even we at the bottom were somewhat fearful.

But in the end, we found out that the withheld Spirit Stones were actually returned one by one.

We really have to thank that junior brother; he brought change with his own strength.

Sadly, I heard he was sent to the Exile Land.

He may never come out again."

Hearing this, Gu An was stunned for a moment, momentarily wondering if anyone else had taken action.

But ultimately, he only sighed:

"It is quite a pity; I don’t know how he is faring inside."

"Yeah, if I ever meet him, I’d give him a month’s worth of Spirit Stones, no matter what. Without him, where would we have these comfortable days now?" said the robust man.

Gu An looked at him for a moment, suddenly wondering if the man already knew it was him and was trying to entice him with Spirit Stones to admit it.

Then being known by the managers and expelled on the spot.

After all, he was not welcome at the night logging yard.

Good thing the logging yard didn’t seem interested in asking for names.

Otherwise, there was a possibility of being discovered.

As managers, they likely heard the name of the Outer Sect bully at some point.

Before daylight, Gu An had already descended the mountain, heading straight for the Spiritual Treasure Vault.

He continued his early morning shift after finishing his night shift.

Sitting in the room of the Spiritual Treasure Vault, Gu An felt quite reflective.

What has cultivation brought to himself?

Work in the morning, training in the afternoon, and part-time jobs in the evening.