After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 7 - You Are Cunning

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The sky had yet to brighten.

Gu An began to comprehend Hundred Steps Chasing Wind.

For a moment, the magic values started to change.

A surge of power merged into Gu An's body.

Gradually, his understanding of the magic became more proficient.

The Hundred Steps Chasing Wind of Small Success broke through the limits.

It seemed that as long as he willed it, he could take a hundred swift steps.

Silently and without a trace, chasing the wild winds.

Hundred Steps Chasing Wind, Great Success.

Feeling everything, Gu An thought that in the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, without external aids, it should be difficult to catch up with him.

Even with some simple talismans and Magic Treasures, catching up was not guaranteed.

Once achieved Perfection, it would be even more extraordinary.

Even those in the Qi Refining Fifth or Sixth Layer might not immediately catch up.

The premise being, they weren't deeply accomplished in it.

With others at Great Success or Perfection, he would surely not be a match.

After finishing his cultivation, Gu An looked out the window.

The sky was already lightening, and many tasks needed to be done today.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the new leader will follow me back, then snoop around my residence."

Gu An pondered as he walked step by step to the main hall.

Chu Meng was sitting and sleeping; she had been like this for quite some time.

For safety's sake, every so often, Gu An would re-injure her tendons.

To prevent her from recovering.

A slight mistake, and he could die at her hands.

Footsteps sounded.

Chu Meng immediately opened her eyes; there was a trace of fatigue and anger in them.

Seeing Gu An, she spoke with unstable emotions, "Do you know? I'm starting to smell. I really want to kill you now."

Gu An prepared a bowl of porridge.

Just as he placed it on the table, she knocked the porridge away with her head, exclaiming:

"I won't eat it. Do you know how I eat?"

Looking at her somewhat collapsing demeanor, Gu An sighed and said, "Senior, I also want to hand you over quickly, but as you know, if the people above don't contact me, I'm helpless."

"Let me go. I definitely won't cause you any trouble," Chu Meng said seriously.

Gu An shook his head, "I can't do that, senior."

The poison was about to take effect; if he let her go, he would be the one to die.

The cultivation world was not kind. Living as someone at the bottom was already tough, and if he let himself fall into desperation again, he would truly die.

Perhaps some people were lucky enough to easily avert danger.

But he only had one life—how could he dare to gamble?

Chu Meng gritted her teeth but quickly calmed down, looking at him and asking, "Have you reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer?"

"Yes," Gu An reflected, "I was rather lucky. By the way, does the senior have any cultivation techniques for concealing one's status?"

"I do. But why should I give it to you?" Chu Meng asked.

"Senior thinks you smell. I wonder if a Clean Body Talisman would work?" Gu An asked.

Upon hearing this, Chu Meng stared at Gu An in a daze and said, "Waiting here for me? I didn't expect you to be so scheming."

Gu An was slightly surprised; he hadn't meant it that way.

"You're just like that scoundrel, your heart is really black," Chu Meng said coldly:

"Do you think I'm easy to manipulate?"

Gu An sighed again, realizing it wouldn't be easy.

Today's plan had to be particularly careful, keeping himself in a very weak position.

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Just as he was about to leave, Chu Meng spoke, "What kind do you want?"

Huh?

In the end, Gu An obtained the Qi Concealment Technique.

This was easy to learn.

With good mastery, the effect should be quite good.

The leader at the same Qi Refining Fourth Layer probably wouldn't notice.

After locking her back in the practice room, Gu An prepared another bowl of porridge for her.

Only then did he head to the Spirit Tree Garden.

Regarding the sudden change, Chu Meng simply thought that the person in front of her had gained some benefit and knew to curry favor.

Spirit Tree Garden.

Gu An didn't arrive very early, but definitely before the required time.

Upon arrival, he found the other four were already there, with the leader giving instructions in front.

Only he seemed to lack the proper attitude.

As expected, when the leader Shang Yundong saw Gu An, he frowned: "I asked you to come early today, does Leader Gu have any opinions?

Or does what I say mean nothing?"

The words "Leader Gu" were snarled harshly.

Gu An slightly furrowed his brow, "When did the leader notify us?"

"I told Yang Shi to inform you, now everyone else is here, and you're the only one arriving slowly, isn't it your issue?" Shang Yundong asked coldly.

Upon hearing this, Gu An understood the situation and bowed his head in apology, "I woke up late, it's my fault."

"Go log, if this happens again, you won't need to come back.

In your forties and still at Qi Refining Third Layer, it's absurd you even got the supervisor role, let alone being a leader," Shang Yundong said disdainfully.

Gu An sighed inwardly, realizing this leader also couldn't tolerate him.

But, what he said wasn't wrong; his capabilities were quite ordinary.

So he just nodded and accepted it.

He picked up the axe and went to chop trees.

If this continued, it wouldn't be long before his supervisor duties would be stripped away.

In the past, Gu An might have done something.

Send some gifts to ensure stability.

But now it was unnecessary; the leader might want his life tonight.

So there was no need for extra actions.

"Boss Gu, it seems things aren't going well for you lately," a rather young Loose Cultivator woodcutter said with a laugh.

Gu An smiled and nodded, "At least you guys have a fair amount of Spirit Stones to collect. Me? Not as fortunate."

The young Loose Cultivator laughed, feeling somewhat happy for a moment.

It wasn't about anything particularly joyful, just the satisfaction of seeing someone better off being less fortunate than himself.

A short while later.

Yang Shi came over, saying he had forgotten to inform them yesterday.

It was all his fault.

He said he'd go and explain it clearly to the new boss later.

Gu An waved it off, saying not to worry.

Even in his situation, Yang Shi still said this, indicating he hadn't been promoted yet.

But it was imminent.

Having the Chen Family's support, reaching Qi Refining Third Layer was just a matter of time.

Reaching Qi Refining Fourth Layer in a few years wasn't impossible either.

The fourth and third layers were different, already the Qi Refining Mid-stage.

There was a certain bottleneck.

The day passed a bit slower than usual, not due to logging, but because Gu An had things on his mind.

He wasn't sure what he would encounter today.

By evening.

Everything ended smoothly.

Yang Shi only came by at the start, and nothing after that.

The other supervisors naturally didn't come to suppress him either.

Except for Qiu Hua, others were somewhat distant from him.

There was no helping it.

With the attention of the Outer Sect disciples, everyone chose to play it safe.

Gu An was no exception.

Fortunately, his values had increased, not much, but steadily.

Watching Gu An leave.

Zhao Ying felt a twinge of guilt, "We didn't even say a word to the boss all day. Isn't that bad?"

"There's nothing to be done about it. There could only be four supervisors, and the new boss clearly wanted to get rid of the old boss. If we got close, it could easily spell trouble for us.

Without the job's conveniences, then....." Shen Shanhe trailed off, lowering his head.

They didn't want to either, but that's just how life was.

They could only choose the better side.

Yang Shi sneered, "Gu An himself offended the new boss, we're just taking sides now. A Qi Refining Third Layer at over forty years old, he's nothing."

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