After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 145: She’s His Childhood Friend

Yu Tu?

Gu An was quite surprised.

He naturally remembered that name.

Another was Zeng Lan.

Originally, the three of them were fellow loggers at the night logging yard.

He had a deep memory of Yu Tu, this twenty-year-old young man.

He was a genius; even logging Thunder Wood wouldn’t pose too much of a problem for him.

It’s just that he looked somewhat mature.

Doing hard labor can indeed lead to that.

It’s understandable.

At that moment, Gu An thought of himself, feeling as though he had aged some more.

Chu Meng said it; she was sure she wasn’t mistaken.

It made Gu An unable to comprehend; his cultivation was growing higher, life expectancy reaching around three hundred and fifty.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment would have a lifespan of about two hundred.

The Innate Longevity Technique gave him an extra hundred years.

The Five Organs Innate Strength added another fifty years to his lifespan.

In theory, he should still be a youth.

But why does it feel like he’s getting older?

Could it be that hard cultivation or extracting magic techniques could also leave traces of the years?

Gu An wasn’t quite sure.

But that’s what Chu Meng said.

Indeed, a few more strands of white hair were present.

However, signs of aging were not readily found.

During his reflections, Yang Qi spoke again about Yu Tu.

"This Qi Refining disciple has high talent; I don’t know why he pushes himself so hard. A Qi Refining disciple who normally wants to progress wouldn’t torment their body this way."

"Perhaps it’s because of love," Gu An suggested.

"Love?" Yang Qi looked astonished: "That really might be possible; a relative of mine from the same hometown seems to have encountered a great deal of trouble because of love.

That really was a legend.

I’m from that place too, so I can empathize."

Gu An felt like Yang Qi had quite the experience.

But village affairs aren’t very interesting.

Better to keep logging.

As for Yu Tu.

Let’s see later if I should go and say hello.

After all, he was someone I used to log with.

When the sky began to brighten, the logging was over.

Gu An walked slowly on the path. freёwebnoѵel.com

And indeed, he saw Yu Tu walking quite leisurely.

The other party still looked sturdy, appearing to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

He had aged too.

For a moment, Gu An actually felt some relief; after all, he wasn’t the only one who had gotten older.

Quickly, he walked over: "Junior Brother Yu."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tu was stunned, then quickly turned around.

The moment he saw Gu An, his honest face was filled with surprise.

Some disbelief.

"Gu, Senior Brother Gu?"

Gu An nodded: "It’s me."

"You, weren’t you, weren’t you exiled, exiled to the Exile Land?" Yu Tu stammered.

He always spoke this way.

At this time, Yang Qi came from behind, looking surprised at Gu An: "Senior Brother, you know him?"

"Yes, I also used to log in the Outer Sect," Gu An said truthfully.

"A person like Senior Brother also needed to log?" Upon hearing that, Yang Qi remembered the present and nodded: "I remember now, it’s living experience. But what’s this about Exile Land?"

Gu An glanced at Yang Qi and said: "It’s just a visit to Exile Land."

Yang Qi did not respond for a moment.

Since Gu An spoke up, Yu Tu did not have to keep it a secret and explained: "Logging in the Outer Sect, there was a problem. Someone was corrupt and oppressed people too severely. In his anger, Senior Brother, he killed, killed all of them."

The more he listened, the more Yang Qi felt the story was somehow familiar.

Then he remembered something; when he first met Gu An, he himself had told this story.

Because of that story, everyone had benefitted from the tale’s hero.

At this moment, he finally realized.

Some disbelief at the person beside him, his hands were trembling with excitement.

Even more shocking than when he discovered the other party in the Spiritual Treasure Vault.

The hero of the story.

For the first time, he saw a living one.

He was even a bit at a loss for words.

At first, I thought I was telling a legend, only to realize I was telling the story of the person before me.

"Senior Brother, you, you..." Yang Qi said in shock: "Can you not take my Spirit Stones?"

Initially, he insisted he must give the other party a month’s worth of Spirit Stones.

Gu An didn’t take it to heart, merely saying, "It’s no big deal."

Killing An Xinru was actually just part of the mission.

I’m no hero.

The consequences that followed had little to do with me.

Whether they’re good or bad, I won’t care too much.

If I were to embrace the good too heartily or completely ignore the bad, it would easily tarnish my earnest pursuit of the Dao.

Afterward, I chatted with Yu Tu for a while.

He said his arrival here was entirely due to his childhood sweetheart.

This astounded Gu An.

"Why?"

"She, she said it was her who found someone to bring me in, said I passed the first round of assessment, and what followed was the Inner Sect’s assessment."

"All your Spirit Stones, you gave them to her?"

"Yeah, entering the Inner Sect gets me two more Spirit Stones, and working in the night logging yard also gets me two more Spirit Stones, a total of ten, she, she did the calculations for me."

"Did you ever ask her how many Spirit Stones she’s saved up for you?"

"No, I didn’t."

Gu An nodded and chose not to continue the conversation.

However, he glanced at Yang Qi beside him.

Yang Qi also found it odd, as well as the matter of Yu Tu’s childhood friend.

But he decided to ask around to see if it was the childhood sweetheart who had sent him.

Later, Gu An also inquired about Zeng Lan’s situation.

"Senior Sister Zeng is still in the Outer Sect; she hasn’t caught anyone’s attention, so she can only continue logging. But, I heard that her situation has improved quite a bit, maybe, maybe she won’t have to log anymore."

Gu An nodded.

It seems that these people are all progressing towards something better.

That’s a good thing.

Time flew quickly, and by the end of November.

Yang Qi finally got a clear picture.

Yu Tu’s childhood sweetheart was named Jinxi, an Outer Disciple of Bamboo Spirit Peak.

This time, Yu Tu’s entry had nothing to do with her; it was just a coincidence that a Senior Brother from Qianchen Peak happened to come across him and brought him in.

Gu An was slightly surprised.

Not only did Yu Tu’s entry have nothing to do with his childhood friend, but also the name of this childhood friend.

Jinxi.

If I remember correctly, the person who used to follow me in the Outer Sect was called Jinxi, indeed no ordinary woman.

At that time, I felt it strange and thought her intentions were dubious.

As expected.

Being in my forties, she was likely after my Spirit Stones eight or nine out of ten times.

Thinking I was old and easy to manipulate.

The reason she vanished later on was probably because she went to the Inner Sect.

"It’s over, this childhood friend is no good. Junior Brother Yu is bound to suffer," said Yang Qi.

Gu An felt the same, but how could he make Yu Tu feel this way too?

Of course, a suitable warning is enough; anything more would be inappropriate.

Everyone has their own choices.

What if Yu Tu is happy with the situation?

And what if we are all wrong?

With nothing much else happening, it wasn’t a good time to speak up.

Mid-December.

Gu An glanced at his panel with some helplessness.

[Name: Gu An]

[Cultivation: Perfect Foundation Establishment]

[Status: Poisoned]

[Magic: 25/50]

[Hard Cultivation: 70/100]

[Ring of Destiny]

The Hard Cultivation is ample, but Magic is lacking.

Only halfway there in a month and a half.

And the progression will only slow down from here.

It might be possible to improve once every three or four months.

But...

A few days ago, I received information about Ren Yinghua’s Ring of Destiny.

I learned that by June next year, the great axe of Qianchen Peak will fall.

The March plan will start, triggering the axe.

Time waits for no one.