After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In
Chapter 83: Is Killing People the Only Solution You Know?

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Is Killing People the Only Solution You Know?

The other person’s words left everyone speechless for a moment.

*Dissatisfied as they were, they had to admit he had a point.*

*Nothing had been done yet, so earning Spirit Stones wasn’t really justified.*

*They wanted to argue back, but didn’t know how to respond.*

*It felt suffocating and unfair.*

*Gu An found the whole thing pretty odd from start to finish.*

*At first it was full payment up front, then half up front, and now they had to complete everything before getting paid.*

*Wouldn’t be surprised if they ended up waiting a month for payment next time.*

But he didn’t really care, since he wasn’t here just for the Spirit Stones anyway.

Of course, what was rightfully his, he wasn’t going to give up a single bit.

Soon, he found out what this Immortal was called.

An Xinru.

She was said to be an Outer Disciple on Bamboo Spirit Peak.

Within a year or two, she would advance to Foundation Establishment and become an Inner Sect Disciple.

She had just taken over this place less than three months ago.

*To start squeezing people the moment she arrived—impressive,* Gu An thought to himself.

*No way someone weak could come up with a plan this cost-effective, right?*

*Maybe new tricks will pop up in another few months.*

Luckily, the month was nearly over; September was almost here.

Which also meant the time for missions was approaching.

If he made it to Foundation Establishment, things would be much easier.

*Just needed to let her know at the end of the month that he’d be off the first four days of next month.*

If the mission required even more time, then he simply wouldn’t show up again.

Right now, Foundation Establishment Technique was most important.

*Otherwise, however long he stayed here, it wouldn’t mean a thing.*

The value growth had slowed for a day or two lately, so plus today’s Perfection value, he should be able to temper himself three more times.

Six plus three—that’d be nine tempers in total.

With doubled Spiritual Energy, his combat power would be something else entirely.

*Now Gu An felt ridiculously strong.*

*He could fight several people of the same realm, easy.*

As dawn broke, the logging finished.

When Gu An came back, he immediately upgraded Soul-shocking Finger.

The mission was starting soon—he needed some offensive magic.

After that, he worked on tempering his realm.

Once that was done, he performed the ritual on the red beans.

Nine red beans, all refined together.

These red beans now contained quite a bit of power.

If he used them, they might reach Qi Refining Sixth Level.

Nine at Sixth Level.

That was still pretty useful.

Too bad there wasn’t enough time; otherwise, he could reach the Eighth Layer.

Just needed to upgrade Planting Beans into Soldiers one more time.

If he learned Drawing Marrow and refined them on the go, Ninth Level of Qi Refining might not be out of reach either.

The problem was they had no intelligence, so they couldn’t really fight at ninth level.

But nine of them, after all—

Quantity mattered here.

Apart from that, he needed to find a new boxing technique to replace Mountain Opening Fist.

He already had spiritual attack, but now needed something with pure physical force.

*Otherwise he just felt like he wasn’t hitting hard enough.*

The month flew by.

He upgraded his magic twice, both times choosing Soul-shocking Finger.

If none of his other moves could be the strongest attack, he’d have to rely on Soul-shocking Finger alone.

Soul-shocking Finger had now reached Great Success.

One finger to stun the soul, then smash through with Mountain Opening Fist.

End of the month.

Gu An glanced at his status panel.

[Name: Gu An]

[Cultivation: Ninth Level of Qi Refining]

[Status: Poisoned]

[Magic: 38/50]

[Hard Cultivation: 80/100]

[Ring of Destiny]

*Another two days probably wouldn’t be enough, but he was just about there.*

Also, in the last few upgrades, the pain from Shocking God Wood had become pretty mild.

Didn’t really affect him anymore.

This was the day for handing out Spirit Stones again.

Thankfully, everyone’s month of hard work paid off, and they got their Spirit Stones smoothly.

"Just wonder if something’s going to go wrong next month," Gu An thought as he weighed the Spirit Stones in his hand,

"If anything’s going to happen, it’s going to be next month."

Thinking about it, Gu An went to find An Xinru, "Greetings, Senior Sister."

An Xinru, who was about to leave, shot Gu An a glance and frowned, saying,

"Who said you could come up and talk to me? With your cultivation, you think you get to just walk up here?"

*Gu An felt like this person was a bit full of herself.* He didn’t answer her question, just stated seriously,

"I’d like to take four days off at the start of next month."

Hearing this, An Xinru’s cold eyes flickered, "You’re dissatisfied with my arrangements?"

"It’s not that, it’s just that I have business at the beginning of the month," Gu An replied calmly.

"Business at the beginning of the month? Want me to talk to someone for you?" An Xinru asked coldly.

"Appreciate your concern, Senior Sister, but it’s an assignment from the Sect," Gu An answered softly, "If you can help me get out of it, that would be amazing."

At those words, An Xinru froze for a moment, her expression darkened, and she held out her hand, "Hand it over."

A man behind her said,

"You’ve got two more days of logging; get your Spirit Stones after those two days."

At this, Gu An handed over eight Spirit Stones.

The onlookers sighed quietly.

*They thought Gu An had just embarrassed this Senior Sister.*

*Things were probably going to get rough for him.*

As they headed back, Zeng Lan spoke up,

"Senior Brother, when you mentioned the Sect assignment, Senior Sister An’s face turned black."

"Yeah, I saw it too," Yu Tu added.

Gu An shook his head and said, "We’re here to earn Spirit Stones, not to defy the Sect. Sect missions are far more important than this place."

Zeng Lan nodded; Sect assignments did matter more.

But if he’d phrased it a little more tactfully, maybe it would have been fine.

*Gu An thought so too, but with nine tempers under his belt, he was already far beyond his peers.*

*He had started to get cocky.*

*Power made it hard for people to keep their heads.*

Gu An figured he ought to cultivate the Seven Emotions and Six Desires more often.

Keep his mind steady.

*So he wouldn’t go and do something reckless.*

Back in his room, Gu An noticed someone was there.

From where the Big Eye Fish was hiding, it had to be Chu Meng.

After a quick greeting to confirm who it was, Gu An stepped inside.

The other person was having breakfast again.

No braised beef, no buns this time.

But there were dumplings, colorful pastries, and fried dough sticks.

And, of course, some peanuts.

"Senior, you eat these too?" Gu An pointed at the fried dough sticks.

"You don’t want them? If you don’t, I’ll take them," said Chu Meng, snatching them up right away.

Gu An sat down and eyed the weird-looking pastries, "What are these?"

"Delicious cakes—and you’re still so clueless. I don’t even have tea in front of me," said Chu Meng.

"You must’ve already checked. There’s no tea here," Gu An replied helplessly.

Chu Meng raised an eyebrow at Gu An, "You can’t go buy any?"

Gu An chuckled, "Did you forget, Senior? I’m not just old—I’m broke too, just like you said yourself."

Chu Meng: "..."

*Shameless brat.*

In the end, Gu An poured her a glass of water.

"The Outer Sect hidden mission’s opened up, and you actually got a spot?" Chu Meng sounded a bit surprised.

Gu An knew what she was talking about,

"Yeah. What advice do you have, Senior?"

"Have you found any Qi Refinement folks who know Qi Sea Sky Gang yet?" Chu Meng started, bringing up the task.

"No," Gu An shook his head.

He hadn’t even looked.

"Whatever, doesn’t matter if you don’t finish it," Chu Meng said, shaking her head as she ate,

"Did you realize how fierce the competition is for this Outer Sect mission?

For you to get a spot quietly like that, it means you have someone backing you."

*Gu An thought Hua Jiyang had treated him too well, but he shook his head and explained,* "I just happened to get something Senior Sister Chen was interested in."

"No, it doesn’t matter what you think, it’s about what others think," Chu Meng said, setting down her chopsticks and lifting her bowl,

"Since you’re in, they’ll definitely probe you. If they figure out you don’t have anyone behind you, you’ll have to make a show of force,

just to keep them from sabotaging your mission."

"Killing people?" Gu An asked.

Chu Meng stared for a second, saying, "Is murder seriously all you know how to do?"

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