After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 146: The Path to Golden Core

Ren Yinghua’s Ring of Destiny was quite straightforward.

Corruption over a long period always leads to account discrepancies, and such problems can’t be indefinitely left unresolved.

Waiting for an active investigation from higher up could easily lead to disaster.

It’s better to provoke the higher-ups into taking decisive action themselves.

Let some people take the fall and use it as an opportunity to wipe clean the financial records of previous years.

Moreover, some positions have provoked much animosity, and it’s time to give an explanation to the fellow disciples.

By then, most of them would be able to escape unscathed.

After the storm passes, everything could be restored as it was.

Not much would be lost.

And these emotions also need to be ignited, hence the plan must start in March.

Get the people of Qianchen Peak to discuss corruption, to grow resentful towards certain positions or even explode with resentment.

That’s when the problems will emerge.

Once the higher-ups bring down the heavy blade, the pent-up resentment in those people’s hearts will be vented.

Especially when they see those being denounced fall from power one by one, it naturally brings them satisfaction.

Don’t think that ordinary people in position falling from grace would not affect them. Know that it’s these very ordinary positions’ people who are pressing.

Then deliver some of the more important positions.

That should mostly do it.

But complications are necessary.

Gu An calculated the days.

If he went by June, he had six and a half months.

But if by March, then only three and a half months.

Qi Sea Sky Gang currently had only six layers.

The seventh layer needed another month and a half.

The eighth and ninth, at least six months, maybe even nine.

There’s simply not enough time.

Additionally, he needed to acquire a Golden Core Technique.

"It seems I need to change my logging location."

The Sect was never short of logging areas.

The Foundation Establishment Wood Field was insufficient; he needed something better.

Could ask some senior brothers.

Just say that he wants to earn more Spirit Stones.

Also, it was time to visit the Book Collection Pavilion.

At the entrance of the Inner Sect Book Pavilion.

Gu An landed in the square with Sword Control, looking at the bustling entrance, quite moved.

The change of entrance represented a change in his identity.

Regrettably, the Inner Sect was more complicated than the Outer Sect.

It seems the higher one’s status, the more complex life becomes.

Afterward, Gu An followed the hints given by Hua Jiyang and made his way to the second floor.

The second floor was vast, filled with many Jade Scrolls.

Naturally, there were also many people.

However...

There were no elders.

Gu An could only wander about and soon noticed a crowd gathered in the depths.

There were even some discussions.

He approached quickly and discovered two elders playing chess.

Gu An saw that it was Go.

Go...

He didn’t really understand.

But those playing chess were elders, and in the Cultivation World, chess-playing elders often carried many legends with them.

Like the tale of Watching Chess to Forget Reality.

Gu An observed the onlookers and saw that they were mostly young.

They were either praising the left or admiring the right.

Gu An wondered if these two were related to the person Hua Jiyang mentioned.

Both elders were dressed in fine silk and satin, beards gray and white, an air of transcendence about them.

They had the appearance of one who has found the Way.

But...

Both had Perfect Foundation Establishment cultivation.

"You’ve come to watch the chess?" Suddenly a voice rang out: "A new face, eh?"

Gu An turned to the person beside him and saw an older man than himself.

Probably in his sixties.

Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Weaker than himself.

"Just arrived. Would the elder brother like to watch?" Gu An immediately yielded a spot.

"Quite respectful of your peers," the elder whispered with a laugh.

Gu An corrected in his mind:

"Elder brother appears to be over sixty, I’m only fifty, we are not peers, I am still young."

Although it’s quite amusing to act older than one’s age, it’s a pity to do so in front of someone older.

It’s not saleable.

In the Outer Sect, almost nobody was older than himself.

In the Inner Sect, they were a dime a dozen.

Especially those at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Once he completes the mission here, it’s highly likely he will achieve the Golden Core.

Is a forty-year-old Golden Core old?

Should be quite young, right?

Seeing Gu An give up the spot, the elder grew curious: "You’re not watching?"

"Don’t understand," Gu An admitted truthfully.

The elder sighed: "I didn’t understand at first either, but I made an effort to learn so I could comprehend. They say the chess pieces here can pull one into another space."

"Good luck might bring you an inheritance."

"Has anyone ever received it?" Gu An asked.

"Some have," the elder stated with certainty.

This came as a surprise to Gu An.

But he really didn’t understand, did he have to go back and learn?

If it was really as Hua Jiyang said, learning would be nothing.

But if not...

It probably wasn’t worth staying and wasting time.

After all, time was running short.

After thanking him, Gu An turned and left.

He began to look for any normal elders.

But after searching around, he found that aside from the two playing chess, the oldest one was the spectating elder.

Gu An sighed.

He strode away.

He would come back later.

Returned without success.

After that, upon completing his morning task, Gu An would head to the Iron Heart Wood, then visit the second floor of the Book Collection Pavilion.

Watch the chess game for a while, then wait for the elder to come over and greet him before leaving to take a stroll.

And then, look at some books.

He knew very little about the world of cultivation.

In the afternoon, he had to go logging.

Also, during the night when logging, Gu An found the manager.

He asked to go to other logging areas.

The manager was somewhat surprised.

But still agreed and asked where he wanted to go.

Gu An’s answer was simple: anywhere with plenty of Spirit Stones.

The manager suggested the Shocking God Wood.

Ten Spirit Stones.

Gu An shook his head.

Then the manager suggested the logging field for the Blood God Wood.

Logging there would draw away Blood Qi, offering twenty Spirit Stones to let him try it.

If it wasn’t suitable, he could come back.

He could go there the next day.

The following day.

January 6th.

Nearly three months left until Ren Yinghua’s plan commenced.

Gu An came to the Book Collection Pavilion once again.

Watching the two play chess, Gu An found the game to always be very typical; at least, that’s how he, an observer, felt it to be.

Perhaps he couldn’t grasp the profundity within.

"Junior Brother is here again?" the elder appeared.

Gu An smiled and said: "Senior Brother, please."

The elder was punctual, and after looking at some books, it was time for Gu An to go logging.

At night.

The location of the Blood God Wood was on the mountain peak behind the Thunder Wood.

It wasn’t far.

The wood was blood-red, and the leaves were crimson, imbued with a strange beauty.

When chopping it down.

Gu An felt a part of his Qi-Blood being drawn away.

It was somewhat similar to the Shocking God Wood.

Both gave a feeling of being extracted.

It brought a kind of twisted discomfort.

It was a long time since he had felt such side effects.

Logging was slow all night.

But the good news was.

The Warm Current appeared quickly.

The values were changing rapidly.

[Magic: 43/50]

.....

[Hard Cultivation: 88/100]

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[Magic: 44/50]

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[Magic: 45/50]

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[Hard Cultivation: 89/100]

The fact that there was a five or six-point change in values overnight indicated that his rate of improvement had increased exponentially.

But...

Coming down the mountain, Gu An looked at his somewhat shriveled self and fell silent.

If he continued like this, he would become skin and bones.

The next day, Gu An went to the Book Collection Pavilion again.

The elder was stunned to see Gu An: "Did you go to log Blood God Wood? You look like it. By the way, why do you keep coming here?"

Gu An asked curiously: "What about Senior Brother? Why do you come here?"

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"I heard there are tasks here, came to take on a task, but didn’t see anyone to receive it from."

The elder looked baffled: "Take on a task? Then why don’t you ask? I have a task here."

Gu An: "???"