After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 149: Senior Brother, Is There Really No One Backing You?

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Senior Brother, Is There Really No One Backing You?

Late January.

About two months remained until the Golden Core promotion plan.

Now, there was a little more than a month left of Hard Cultivation.

And Magic would soon be finished, too.

Currently, Gu An was at the Qi Sea Sky Gang seventh layer; as long as he kept logging Blood God Wood or Hundred Organs Wood, he would advance to the eighth layer by February.

Even though the ninth layer took the most time, he would probably finish it by mid to late March.

After all, Blood God Wood really wasn’t bad.

But he still hadn’t managed to overcome the side effects brought by Blood God Wood.

Now he looked frighteningly thin.

But plans could never keep up with changes.

People had already started getting angry.

Luckily, it had just started, and so far people just talked in private, staring at him with their eyes.

Of course, it wasn’t just him, but also others who held positions in the Spiritual Treasure Vault. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

Besides that, there were other places as well.

Anywhere one had power over people, it was easy to collect Spirit Stones.

And wherever Spirit Stones could be collected, disputes naturally arose.

Which bred resentment.

Gu An arrived at the Spiritual Treasure Vault and sighed.

He hadn’t yet advanced to Golden Core, so even if he wanted to do something now, it would be hard to succeed.

Besides, he needed some outlet to vent.

It was best to approach things as a weakling.

If things had been easier at first, now he could be counted as one of those persecuting the bottom-level cultivators.

After all, he really had taken plenty of Spirit Stones.

He could only wait for a chance when the time came.

"Senior Brother." Yang Qi ran in from outside and said, "Senior Brother, something’s happened, outside..."

Yang Qi, coming in, froze in disbelief when he saw Gu An and said, "Senior Brother, what happened to you?"

Gu An was sitting at his desk, thin, his face pale.

This was from logging Blood God Wood.

His Qi-Blood had been badly drained.

There was no time at all to recover.

Of course, he hadn’t planned on recovering either.

Appearing so frail made it easier to strike a chord with others.

After all, the weak were always the majority.

Even though weaklings often didn’t matter, the strong were born from the weak.

The Sect kept that in mind.

*Otherwise, why would they stir up the hatchet starting from these grumblings?*

"It’s a small matter," Gu An said.

Then he added, "So, what major thing happened?"

"The atmosphere’s changed lately." Yang Qi looked left and right, and said seriously,

"For some reason, the Junior Brothers and Sisters with weak cultivation have started resenting things, saying whatever they do, they have to give gifts. Their resources were already sparse, and after slaving away at tasks, they still have to hand things over.

Feels like they’re being squeezed to death.

Meanwhile, the Senior Brothers and Sisters in all the positions just laze around, tapping fingers, and all sorts of Spirit Stones come rolling in.

If no one pays up, it makes survival pretty much impossible.

They feel these people are being way too cruel.

This talk started with the weakest folks, and since they get resources from Senior Brother here, they basically blame Senior Brother.

Of course, there are other places too, like those running task assignments and those managing rental spaces.

Besides that, it’s some workshop shops, Spiritual Treasure Vault procurement, even picking out ingredients at the mess hall.

Anyway, Senior Brother, you’re in real danger right now.

I even asked my fellow townsfolk, and she said Qianchen Peak could be in for a purge."

Gu An felt a wave of emotion; Yang Qi’s fellow townsfolk was sharp indeed.

*Maybe she’d sensed more, just left things unsaid.*

"So it looks like I’m doomed?" Gu An asked quietly.

"Senior Brother, don’t you care?" Yang Qi asked seriously, "That friend of mine said lately we shouldn’t get too close to people with posts like yours, ’cause we might get dragged down.

Senior Brother, maybe you should hurry up and switch to some other task."

Gu An shook his head and said softly, "This is my assignment. I can only stay. But has anything like this ever happened before?"

Yang Qi thought a long time, then said, "I never heard about it when I got here. At most, there’d be minor flare-ups, but they’d stop quickly.

You still had to hand over Spirit Stones, or else you’d just get shoddy resources.

If you advanced slowly, you were more likely to get bullied.

That’s just how things went.

There’s no such thing as kindness in the Cultivation World, just some places that are safer than others. That’s what my townsfolk warned me when I first arrived."

Gu An nodded slightly and said,

"Seems like it’s for real this time."

Yang Qi looked confused, "Senior Brother, you don’t seem that anxious."

"Would being anxious help?" Gu An shot back.

"But I feel like you’re different, Senior Brother." Yang Qi thought a bit and added, "Oh right, Senior Brother, you must have someone backing you, otherwise you couldn’t be in this post. You could go find your backer."

Gu An looked at the man in front of him and smiled, "Sorry, I don’t have anyone supporting me."

"No one?" Yang Qi frowned and shook his head, "No way. How could you even be in this post if you didn’t have someone..."

Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and said,

"So those voices this time are actually them...

Senior Brother, I better go for now. I’ll visit again in a couple days."

Gu An didn’t care.

The guy had probably figured something out and was off to ask his townsfolk.

*But really, what good did it do, knowing?* No one could really help him anyway.

*Things were already like this. Plenty of people really resented him now. If he got suddenly pulled out, it’d make a splash.*

*Unless, of course, the person helping him was weighty enough.*

Chu Meng could, but she wouldn’t help.

He didn’t know if Hua Jiyang could, but there was no word from him.

Still, he hadn’t expected anyone to bail him out. In the end, he needed to walk his own road.

*Only those who’d gone through it would understand.*

Afternoon.

Before leaving the Book Collection Pavilion, Gu An headed for the Iron Heart Wood management office. Junior Sister Bai Qing was pacing uneasily.

"What’s wrong, Junior Sister?" Gu An asked.

When Bai Qing saw Gu An, she sighed and said, "Senior Brother, you’re in danger. I sense a lot of people want to denounce you guys."

"What about you, Junior Sister?" Gu An asked back.

Bai Qing was startled and said, "I can’t find the person I need, and if the axe gets found out, I’ll definitely have to pay compensation—but it’s just an axe, at least I’ll keep my life."

Gu An didn’t say anything more. After all, she didn’t know that every axe had problems.

Gu An picked up an old axe and started logging.

He had seen Senior Brother Ye a few times around here. So far, that guy hadn’t taught him a thing.

Didn’t look like he had any intention to teach, either.

So Gu An ignored them too.

Things were peaceful enough between them.

*But with things about to go south for him, those guys were probably pretty happy about it.*

Evening.

Gu An left early.

Bai Qing looked at him, hesitating a long while before saying, "Senior Brother, maybe you should run. The Sect doesn’t watch these things closely."

Gu An was a little curious, "Junior Sister, how are you so sure I need to run?"

"If this blows up, they’ll pin it on someone, and they... don’t care about fairness," Bai Qing said seriously.

She had been through it, so she knew.

"Senior Brother, you could request a task and leave. If things calm down after a while, you can come back. If not, just don’t return," Bai Qing said, quite seriously.

"Thanks for the heads-up, Junior Sister," Gu An thanked her, and then left.

He needed to prepare for the Hundred Organs Wood Logging Yard.

He had already discussed things with the night logging yard manager.

They had advised him not to go, but Gu An had no choice.

He had to stay at least seven days to finish the assignment.

Whether he got the Golden Core Technique depended on this assignment.