CHAPTER 429: CHAPTER 300: MY SUBORDINATES WANT ME TO BE MORE AMBITIOUS_2

Not sure whether it’s due to my own lack of strength, or that they really did not come.

At night, a knock on the door sounded.

Gu An opened the door, to find an Immortal, clad in a white robe, with a simple hairstyle.

Golden Core Late Stage cultivation.

"Third team leader?" the other asked.

"Gu An. May I know how to address Senior Sister?" Gu An inquired.

Despite the same level of cultivation, it was still proper to address her as Senior Sister.

Just to avoid displeasing her, considering that normal cultivators at Golden Core Late Stage should be older than him.

"I am the second team leader, Ruo Yan. We’re close by, and I hope, Junior Brother, you can take care of me when the time comes." As she spoke, she handed over a bottle of Spiritual Medicine.

Watching her leave, Gu An checked the Spiritual Medicine.

It was for boosting cultivation at Golden Core stage.

"Giving Elixir Pills to make friends?" Gu An was somewhat surprised.

Indeed a rarity.

Even the Foundation Establishment members of his own team despised him.

Yet this Golden Core cultivator actually wanted to befriend him.

He noted down her name and returned to reading inside his room.

Still concentrating on Drawing a Prison, having just grasped the basics, it needed reinforcing.

The place was not small, but fighting here would certainly be noticed.

With Drawing a Prison, it should be somewhat safer.

Less likely to be detected by others.

Once midnight passed.

Gu An received feedback from the Ring of Destiny.

[Yesterday morning, Luu Yan saw you and felt lucky, in her eyes, you are just someone pushed to the front to attract everyone’s gaze, with someone planning everything behind you. You don’t even know when you became a pawn.

Now working under your name will make things easier for her, this time she came to clear the land mainly to find the Core Spiritual Tree and seize its fruit to achieve the highest merit.

As long as you focus solely on the Core Spiritual Tree, she will fully cooperate, but she wants to be the first to get the fruit. If you don’t do your job well, she wouldn’t mind letting you experience the brutality of the men in black.

Moreover, she is here to kill someone named Ge Jing, and is thinking about how to lose you at the critical moment.]

Reading the feedback, Gu An was somewhat surprised, the first feedback turned out to be about her.

It seems that his round tour did not encounter any deadly foes.

Furthermore, her goal for the fruit didn’t conflict with his own.

Though the fruit is valuable, it’s not significant for him.

What he wants is to cut down the Core Spiritual Tree.

Which is somewhat difficult.

However, the nearby trees could also be cut.

Perhaps, there could be some gains too.

Dawn breaks.

Gu An heard the bell sound.

The assembly time had arrived.

At the forest front, Gu An led his people towards the third direction’s team.

Thirty normal people and twenty Qi Refining Practitioners.

Along with the four of them, that made one team.

Not a small number.

The person in charge said a few words above and formally started clearing the land.

Gu An led the people to the third direction, each direction had a door to determine the location.

Ahead was a thick mystical fog.

The fog was like a mountain, seemingly merging as one, unable to be easily stirred or dispersed.

The task was actually quite simple, use talismans to break through the fog, then use magic to draw away the disrupted fog’s Spiritual Energy, then it’s onto the spirit wood, securing the fog on both sides to prevent it from closing up, and finally placing a talisman on the spirit wood to help isolate Spiritual Energy while the spirit wood absorbs it.

By then, the spirit wood would be retracted, taken for Alchemy or other purposes.

Gu An watched their steps, feeling somewhat strange.

Like digging a hole in the mountain.

Though faster indeed.

But also quite intricate.

Aside from setting up spirit wood, the ground had to be turned over.

From time to time spirit trees were encountered, requiring logging.

The morning proceeded smoothly.

The current progress was already five zhang.

And two zhang wide.

It couldn’t be too wide nor too narrow.

Too wide hinders progress; too narrow affects entry and exit.

Fortunately, the trees weren’t too thick, so no real impact.

Cutting down one was also simple.

Such tasks were best done by himself, of course.

Seeing Gu An take out an axe to log, Luu Yan and the rest were stunned.

"Team leader, what are you doing?" the amiable man Xiang Leiling asked.

"Logging." Gu An simply replied, and then began logging.

Although the wood here doesn’t seem to have much Spiritual Energy, it should be rich in the traces of the years.

They thought Gu An was joking, but he really started logging.

The wood was quite hard.

Moreover, there was a strange feedback, a sensation of pounding on the body.

Fortunately, his physique was strong, fully capable of enduring it.

After a considerable time, a tree fell to the ground.

Although there was no Warm Current, there was still an abundant harvest.

Thus, Gu An continued forward to begin logging.

The distribution of spirit wood was quite dense, with one or two trees within a range of ten feet.

Half a day’s work resulted in a coverage of fifty feet.

One day’s work was four or five trees.

Then Gu An did indeed log for an entire day.

The progress in the mist had reached eleven feet.

It could be considered as completing the task.

When the last tree fell, Gu An felt a change in his body, the Warm Current appeared.

Magic level increased by one.

This made Gu An quite thrilled.

Once a day?

Even this is the periphery, could it not mean an opportunity twice a day in the deeper parts?

Even if it’s truly once a day, over the course of three months, wouldn’t there be a chance to increase magic levels twice?

Nowadays, his magic level was already close, he could improve it in a few more days.

When it was time to regroup, Gu An noticed Yao Caixuan and Xiang Leiling with a hint of a smile, saying that the team leader was truly suited for logging.

Everyone else was unable to fell trees, relying solely on the team leader.

Seemingly commendation, but in reality implying that Gu An was like a rustic woodcutter.

In response to this, Gu An didn’t mind.

The task was completed, and as long as he was able to log, there was no need for further complications.

As for Luu Yan, she seemed quite dissatisfied with him, especially upon learning that others had already reached a progress of thirteen feet.

However, she didn’t say anything and decided to wait until tomorrow.

Returning to his dwelling, Gu An awaited midnight.

Once midnight arrived, Gu An received the feedback from the Ring of Destiny again.

[Yesterday, the spy among the Qi Refining sect, Lai Chang, discovered you. He had long known you would come and thus accepted the order from Linghua Valley to capture you alive.

Although he didn’t know why, he had already thought about how to capture you.

He will switch teams to join yours, a Qi Refining practitioner switching teams won’t draw attention.

When deep in the woods, he will take the opportunity to release a Demon Beast, scattering the team.

First, he’ll severely injure you and take you away.

Additionally, hearing that you know the Nirvana Dao Scripture, he decided to interrogate you, perhaps it holds a chance for him.]

"Appeared."

After reading the feedback, Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, there were spies from other Sects.

Nevertheless someone who meant harm to him.

Why did Linghua Valley want to capture him alive?

For the Daoist Scripture?

It didn’t seem likely.

It seems that Linghua Valley is hiding other secrets.

Gu An recalled and suspected it might be related to the Demon they caught.

Thus, it seems necessary to be especially cautious around Linghua Valley.

The next day.

As soon as day broke, they began to assemble.

This assembly was a roll call.

After confirming that everyone had arrived, work commenced.

This time, as Gu An was about to start logging, Luu Yan said, "Team leader, your task is to command, to increase the team’s progress faster; logging is not suitable for you."

Hearing this, Gu An looked at the person before him and said, "Junior Sister Luu thinks how can we make better progress?"

"Logging, turning over the soil, though the interference from spirit wood is cumbersome, it’s unchangeable; we can start with Energy Introduction," replied Luu Yan earnestly.

Gu An interrupted, "I think Junior Sister is quite adept at this, now Junior Sister go to the Energy Introduction location to command, while the other two Junior Brothers and Sisters should keep a good watch on the surrounding people to prevent any accidents."

Before they could say anything, Gu An sent them off to be busy.

Luu Yan hesitated for a moment, but eventually went to command.

Having her do it was good; this way, progress could be made faster, and she could compete better for goods.

Gu An was indifferent about this.

He didn’t need what these people wanted.

But before he started logging, he glanced at the busy people around him.

Eventually, he noticed a man in his thirties, Qi Refining Fourth Layer by appearance, exact age uncertain.

However, his cultivation was truly remarkable, Primordial Spirit Perfection.

Only one step away from Returning to Void.

For a moment, Gu An felt a sense of danger.

Sending a Primordial Spirit Perfection to deal with a Golden Core?

What if someone from Mid-stage Returning to Void came to compete for the Nirvana Dao Scripture?

Gu An felt the need to log quickly.

To quickly enter deeper into the woods, then fell older and more spirit-essence filled trees.

Perhaps, there’s a chance to advance his cultivation within three months.