Go to become a god, let me marry into the sect

Yuan Mujin begged for mercy.

Gu An looked at the man groveling on the ground, and didn't continue to attack.

Giving him a lesson was enough.

He didn't yet have the strength to be at odds with everyone.

Sometimes, doing just enough meant no one would come looking for trouble.

But going too far would only create more problems.

Of course, there still had to be some punishment.

Yuan Mujin knew what was good for him and handed over five spirit stones to Gu An.

Then, limping, he left, bowing his head in gratitude and saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for showing mercy."

Gu An didn't pay it any mind; this kind of thing was common in the outer sect.

Usually, there wouldn't be any follow-up.

Coming out to "borrow" spirit stones often meant having to pay them back.

Unless one was confident in their backing.

Or was humiliated to the point of losing their mind.

Many people wouldn't continue to pester.

Unless they advanced in the future and had enough strength.

Gu An put away the spirit stones and headed towards his residence.

Hua Jiyang's matter had brought him some trouble.

But it wasn't brought by Hua Jiyang himself, but rather because without Hua Jiyang, those who wanted to target him were no longer restricted.

Now, he had to rely on himself.

"I didn't expect Hua Jiyang's presence or absence to make such a big difference."

Along the way, he felt many people staring at him.

Maybe they thought he was old and easy to bully.

There weren't many people in the East District; as Gu An walked, he didn't see anyone.

Passing by Ren Shan's residence, he didn't see anyone inside either.

There was no way to guess what plans these people had.

He just needed to improve as quickly as possible.

Especially today.

Gu An looked at the panel.

【Name: Gu An】

【Cultivation: Qi Refining Seventh Layer】

【Status: Poisoned】

【Techniques: 50 / 50】

【Diligent Training: 100 / 100】

【Ring of Destiny】

Everything was full; all that was left was to improve.

However, techniques were becoming increasingly rare.

Unlike before.

It would be fine if it was just luck.

But if it really depended on improving the strongest technique, that wouldn't be good news.

But as long as he found a better tree, he should be able to fill it up quickly.

Even now, as long as he had time, all he lacked was a cultivation method.

The Qingyang Wood was completely sufficient.

As he approached his residence.

Gu An saw that there were actually two people in front of the courtyard.

One was a man around thirty, the other a woman around twenty-five.

Gu An recognized both of these people.

The former, Zhong Bing, was said to be a blacksmith, and the latter, Feng Mei, was a talisman maker.

Both were at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

They were both people from Hua Jiyang's gathering before.

Their sudden appearance here made one have to be vigilant.

'They should be here for Hua Jiyang; I wonder what their attitude is.'

At this time, they also turned their gaze over.

"Greetings, Senior Brother, Senior Sister," Gu An came up to them and gave a greeting.

"You know about Hua Jiyang's matter?" Zhong Bing asked coldly.

Gu An secretly said, 'As expected,' then nodded, "I know the general idea."

He didn't know the specifics, but he understood that everyone wanted to clear their name.

"We met Hua Jiyang, but we weren't familiar; it was just a brief encounter," Zhong Bing looked at Gu An and said indifferently:

"You should understand, right?

If I find out you're talking nonsense, I think there's no need to keep your tongue."

Implicitly, Gu An felt a force lock onto him.

As long as he shook his head, he might be attacked.

"Although we don't want to pressure you with our strength, each of us is not an ordinary outer sect disciple.

Offending us won't do you any good.

So it's better to be careful when you speak in the future," Feng Mei followed up.

Gu An nodded and replied, "I haven't met a few Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, let alone know anything about Hua Jiyang's matter."

"A little cleverness," Zhong Bing looked at Gu An, chuckled, and said disdainfully, "But don't think you can rely on this little cleverness to get close to us; a small character like you isn't qualified to enter our circle.

Hua Jiyang was blind to do such a superfluous thing.

So now he has almost ruined himself."

"I understand," Gu An nodded.

He also had no intention of integrating into them.

As for looking down on people, that was very normal.

If he wanted to refute anything, he would have to have the strength to suppress them first.

Otherwise, he would only be asking for trouble.

"It's good that you know your place," Zhong Bing said, then stepped away.

Feng Mei did the same.

Gu An looked at them.

He lowered his eyes.

Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

And not just ordinary Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

If he wanted them to talk to him equally, he had to work harder.

Zhong Bing's words were very direct, and he readily revealed his contempt for him.

Although Feng Mei's words were more euphemistic, her sense of superiority was no less than Zhong Bing's.

They were the same kind of people.

Only their expressions were different.

Breathing out, Gu An turned and returned to his residence.

It's hard to cross the mountains, who grieves for the lost traveler, meeting by chance, all are guests from other lands.

Everyone avoided Hua Jiyang.

Today's him might be tomorrow's him.

Now, all that was left for him was to improve his cultivation and increase his strength.

Besides becoming stronger, there was no other choice.

.......

Returning to his residence, Gu An didn't care about anything else and began to improve his cultivation.

This time, he would improve his cultivation first.

For a time, Gu An fell into endless diligent training.

He slowly comprehended and understood.

Only when he fully understood could he make it his own.

In the long years, he accumulated spiritual energy little by little.

When he reached a certain limit, he began to break through the bottleneck.

However, he failed.

But diligent training continued.

This time, he didn't accumulate for too long and started to break through again.

Crack!

Gu An felt the bottleneck loosen.

A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole; with a crack, everything went smoothly.

Gu An successfully entered the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

Opening his eyes, he felt it, then breathed out.

The sky was already slightly bright.

After simply consolidating his cultivation, Gu An once again fell into cultivation.

This time, he improved his techniques.

It was still acting on the Qi Sea Heavenly Dipper.

As long as he successfully filled it up, it would be the ninth stage.

The Heavenly Dipper Qi turned into mist.

Then it would have enough destructive power.

As the technique value decreased, Gu An felt endless Dipper Qi gathering in his Qi Sea.

At this time, he seemed to be able to perceive how vast his Qi Sea was.

If it was one at the beginning, now it should be nine.

Not only was it bigger, but the tempered Qi Sea needed purer Dipper Qi.

It took even longer.

The long accumulation finally made Gu An feel saturated.

Only then did he wake up.

Looking at the panel again, both values had returned to zero.

Cultivation had become the Eighth Layer.

And the Qi Sea was full; as long as he released it once more, he could complete the ninth tempering.

Breathing out.

Gu An came to the courtyard.

It was already noon.

It was relatively late, but fortunately, it only took half a day to complete the logging task.

Taking a deep breath, Gu An mobilized his Dipper Qi and struck towards the sky.

The pure Dipper Qi traveled throughout his body, tempering his meridians.

Boom!

A whistling sound came from the sky.

Thus, Gu An felt some pain in his body, but it became more resilient.

The Dipper Qi in the Qi Sea flowed back, becoming tangible.

Like a mist, it swirled in the Qi Sea.

Then, Gu An mobilized his Dipper Qi again; for a time, obvious Dipper Qi appeared around his fingers.

It was as thin as a mist.

Then, he gently brushed the wood beside him.

Without any hindrance, it was like a sharp blade cutting through.

The wood split in two.

Then, Gu An clenched his fist, and the Mountain Opening Fist merged with the Qi Sea Heavenly Dipper.

There was Dipper Qi around the fist.

At this moment, he felt that he could kill the same Qi Refining Eighth Layer with one punch.