After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 70 - Helping with Logging

70: Chapter 70 Helping with Logging

70 -70 Helping with Logging

The next day.

Before the sun had emerged, the sky was still a pale blue.

The fresh air of the early morning was invigorating and uplifting.

At this moment, a grey fish clambered out from the pond in the courtyard.

It struggled step by step towards the yard.

Its pace was somewhat slow.

But that didn’t stop its determined effort to press forward.

After a little while, it reached the doorway, where there was a threshold.

It looked up in silence for a long time, then it whipped its tail down hard.

With a slap sound.

The whole fish leaped up.

But as it was about to reach the threshold, it fell to the ground with a splat.

It wasn’t discouraged.

After rallying itself, it leaped again.

But after more than a dozen attempts, it still couldn’t reach the threshold.

Despair set in.

Finally, it turned and headed back to the pond.

As if it hadn’t left at all.

Suddenly, an inexplicable voice came from behind: “What are you doing?”

The Big Eye Fish immediately turned around.

When it saw Gu An, the fish retreated a bit.

Mainly because it was too tall; it couldn’t see his face when too close.

Gu An looked at the retreating Big Eye Fish, feeling somewhat bewildered.

“Aren’t you able to fly?

Why are you hopping around here?”

The Big Eye Fish pointed at its stomach, deliberately sucking it in.

As if to say, it was so hungry its belly was flat.

“You can’t fly because you’re hungry?” Gu An asked back.

The Big Eye Fish didn’t answer, but rolled around on the ground instead.

If it wasn’t fed, it would just keep rolling.

Gu An walked over, grabbed the fish’s tail, and flung it forward, tossing it into the pond.

Then, a few peanuts surrounded by Gang Qi appeared and were thrown in.

Plop plop plop!

The peanuts caused ripples in the water.

The Big Eye Fish was then seen swiftly swimming in the water, eating the peanuts.

After that, Gu An didn’t pay it any more attention.

He went to the logging area.

The targeting against him should have ended.

What remained was just to concentrate on logging the trees.

Occasionally, he would encounter some short-sighted people who came to “borrow” Spirit Stones, or purposely cause trouble.

His reputation wasn’t prominent, so there would always be people coming.

Calling him Junior Brother.

He wasn’t a bad person.

Of course, he would teach them to call him Senior Brother.

These people were also kind-hearted, realizing they had made a mistake, they would even compensate with five Spirit Stones.

There were mostly good people in the Sect.

However, what surprised Gu An the most was Jinxi.

The other person would often come to his logging spot to cut trees.

This continued until mid-month.

Today.

Gu An walked in the logging area, inspecting the trees.

He had realized that he could actively seek out older trees to log.

Initially, he couldn’t differentiate, but after encountering many kind-hearted Junior Brothers, there were always people who were knowledgeable about these things.

Heat detection was one method.

The hotter it felt, the older the tree.

But this required considerable investigative ability.

Fortunately, Gu An’s spiritual power was quite good.

He could probe to some extent.

Gu An stood in front of a tree, placed his hand on the trunk, and then began to sense.

He didn’t dare to press too hard, as the heat could cause injury.

He quickly removed his hand.

The flame within the tree was very small.

If one were to gauge based on flame sprouts, about one sprout would represent ten years.

Two sprouts, about twenty years.

Of course, sprouts varied in size.

Small ones would count for a year, big ones for ten years.

It wasn’t that there were real sprouts, it just felt that way.

The largest Gu An had encountered so far was three sprouts.

The smallest also had a flame at least as big as the largest.

But the weakest had none.

That is to say, it would take at least ten years of growth before logging.

“Senior Brother, what kind of tree are you going to choose?” Jinxi followed behind like the girl next door, quite curious.

“Older ones.” Gu An answered casually.

“Wouldn’t that be harder to cut down?” Jinxi asked with wide-open eyes.

“The refining effect is better.” Gu An stated flatly.

“I heard that finding older trees requires not mediocre Divine Thought, otherwise you can easily hurt yourself, which I am not capable of.” Jinxi said with a smile: “Senior Brother, could you help me find one with fewer years?”

“Sure.” Gu An nodded, but as the other was delighted, he continued:

“Five broken Spirit Stones, and I’ll find one for you.”

The smile on Jinxi’s face suddenly stopped, but she soon smiled again:

“Okay.”

With that, Gu An said no more and instead stood in front of a tree, perceiving it to be around twelve or thirteen years old.

He then pointed at the tree and said, “This one, it’s not the youngest, but it’s not far off.”

“Thank you, Senior Brother.” Jinxi immediately approached the tree, with no intention of giving any Spirit Stones.

Gu An looked at her and said, “What about my Spirit Stones?”

“Oh.” Jinxi immediately handed over five broken Spirit Stones.

Holding the broken Spirit Stones, Gu An looked thoughtful.

He had thought she wouldn’t give them.

But she did.

Still, it was a gain for him, and he then stepped away.

Without any delay.

The person in front of him gave him a strange feeling, every move clearly without any Charming Technique, but was more effective than one.

He needed to distance himself quickly.

The other was clearly approaching him voluntarily, though he didn’t know the purpose, he was sure it was not good.

In a moment, Gu An stopped in front of a large tree, approximately twenty-five years old.

This was the one.

Then he grasped the axe and began logging.

Stroke after stroke, maintaining a steady rhythm.

At the same time, he adjusted his body’s Qi.

To prevent injury.

Then a Warm Current appeared.

“The Warm Current from this tree appears faster than from other trees.”

Indeed, twenty-year-old Green Sun Wood is better.

He continued logging.

The Warm Current emerged once again.

[Magic: 20/50]

Then came some subtle sensations, and once enough were gathered, the Warm Current would emerge.

By noon, another Warm Current appeared.

[Magic: 21/50]

This indicated that by the end of the month, the Magic should be accumulated.

Hard Cultivation would likely do the same, but could not improve cultivation.

There was no Foundation Establishment Technique.

There was the Three Green Pill, which could be exchanged for a common Cultivation Technique.

So, should he choose a good one or simply go for the most common?

Gu An pondered.

The Inner Sect recruitment was about to begin, and prices were starting to rise.

Many were keen to try.

Buying any Cultivation Technique at this time would be a loss for him.

Unless he traded at the Merit Hall.

But his Merits were nowhere near enough.

In the evening.

After logging, Gu An submitted his axe and planned to leave.

“Junior Brother Gu, wait a moment.” The Senior Brother managing the axes called out to Gu An.

Gu An looked at the man before him with surprise: “Senior Brother is calling for me?”

“Of course.” The Senior Brother checked the time and said, “My work is coming to an end here, could I invite Junior Brother for a drink later?”

“Thank you, Senior Brother.” Gu An nodded and accepted.

The other had sought him out for something, naturally.

Just wasn’t sure what.

In the evening.

Inside a private room of a Qingmu City inn.

“I’ve heard the food here is delicious, Junior Brother, try it later,” Liang Chen said with a smile.

Gu An tried it and found it indeed good, and it even contained a bit of Spiritual Energy.

Why was the other spending so much?

What was he aiming for?

“Senior Brother, you’re too generous, may I know why you’ve invited me here this time?” Gu An was direct.

“Junior Brother truly speaks his mind.” Liang Chen began with a smile: “Then I won’t beat around the bush.

I just wanted to ask if Junior Brother has considered logging for others?”