After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 11 - Can There Be Love Between Us

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The new team leader Shang Yundong has been missing for three days.

Not only were Yang Shi and the others puzzled, but so was Manager Chen from the Spirit Tree Garden's Deacon Hall.

He went to the other party's residence and did not find anyone.

He even had someone ask the Outer Disciples.

The other party didn't return there either.

So where had he gone?

He wanted to report it, but it seemed that the other party had returned with a mission, and reporting it could easily affect him.

It would be no good to needlessly offend someone like this.

He felt somewhat of a headache for a moment.

At this time, Yang Shi requested an audience.

Upon hearing this, Manager Chen furrowed his brows.

He hesitated, then allowed the person to come in.

An individual at the Qi Cultivation Second Level didn't need to be paid attention to by Manager Chen.

Such people were under the team leader's jurisdiction.

Normally, if there wasn't a sufficiently good reason, he wouldn't even grant an audience.

But during special circumstances, it was impossible not to meet.

The new team leader had disappeared.

If it was just a short departure, it would be fine, but he feared something might have happened.

Therefore, Yang Shi's sudden arrival probably meant he knew something.

"Greetings, Manager Chen," Yang Shi said respectfully as he entered.

"What's the matter?" Manager Chen asked indifferently from his seat.

"There are some items I would like Manager Chen to take a look at," said Yang Shi, presenting a talisman.

"A Healing Talisman? The work of a Junior Talisman Maker," Manager Chen casually remarked.

Although not bad, that's all there was to it.

To others, it might be something valuable, but for him, it was only enough to put him in a good mood.

However, Yang Shi didn't care, and only said softly, "It was made by this junior a few days ago, it's a bit laughable."

Upon hearing this, Manager Chen was startled.

His look at Yang Shi changed, and then he smiled and said, "Take a seat, I've been wanting to have a chat with Daoist Yang."

The talisman itself might not be valuable, but the person who made it certainly wasn't simple.

Such a person was destined to hold a certain status in the future.

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Gu An left the Spirit Tree Garden and passed through the workshop to buy some daily necessities before returning home.

Upon entering, he saw Chu Meng sitting in the living room.

Seeing the person in front of her, she said with slight joy, "You're back?"

That sentence made Gu An somewhat puzzled.

He immediately checked his status.

Indeed, he was subjected to a Charming Technique again.

The other party was really persistent.

He needed to calm himself down to become immune to such techniques.

Otherwise, silently and unbeknownst to himself, he might be beyond redemption.

After making some food, Gu An placed it in front of the other party's table and then returned to his room.

As soon as he entered the room, he heard a resentful voice from outside: "Are you avoiding me? Why? Can't I even speak a few words with you?

You captured me, severed the tendons in my hands and feet; can't I even complain a little?

I haven't harmed you, nor have I wronged you.

Instead, you have acted against me time and again.

I'm just a weak woman, feeling bitter in my heart, wanting to talk to you, but you even want to avoid me here?

Don't you think you are being too much?"

The more Chu Meng spoke, the more agitated she got.

In the end, she broke down crying.

Gu An felt a twinge of guilt.

Then he checked his status again.

He had fallen into a Charming Technique.

Was this also part of the technique?

He hadn't expected the Charming Technique to be used this way.

But he couldn't stop it.

He could only enter the practice room and start calming himself down.

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Until the latter half of the night, true calm finally set in, and the status returned to normal.

"Continuing to keep people here is bound to cause trouble."

Gu An frowned, but if he didn't leave someone behind, what else could he do?

The messenger who was supposed to contact him was delayed, most likely something had happened.

This made him somewhat anxious; without the antidote, he would certainly die.

As he pondered, he felt changes in the Ring of Destiny.

He checked it at once.

The next moment, the content appeared in his mind.

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[Yesterday evening, Yang Shi found Manager Chen and presented a Healing Talisman, claiming it to be his own fine work. He impressed Manager Chen enough to be deemed worthy of sitting down for a chat.

Yang Shi informed Manager Chen that he had received information from the Chen Family, suggesting that the leader's visit was to search for someone. The leader's sudden disappearance was likely due to discovering something, but it could also mean an accident had occurred.

If the Sect didn't investigate, it would mean nothing; but if they did, he had something to say.

He then told Manager Chen that you often hunted Demon Beasts in the Spirit Tree Garden, which was surely a ruse to distract attention and lead away key personnel. The leader had uncovered this and followed you back to your residence, where you ambushed and killed him, burying the body in the backyard.

Manager Chen asked what if there was no body in the backyard? Yang Shi replied that there would be a body.

The two exchanged a smile, and in the end, Yang Shi acquired the temporary leader position he desired.]

Reading the content of the Ring of Destiny, Gu An fell silent.

It wasn't because Yang Shi had gotten the temporary leader position in the end.

But rather...

Yang Shi was right, completely right.

There really was a new leader buried in the backyard.

"According to Yang Shi, he plans to bury a body in my backyard."

"That's a bit troublesome."

His worry was not about someone being buried, but about someone unearthing the body.

If discovered, the consequences would be unpredictable.

The Sect wouldn't normally bother to investigate too deeply, as this was just an area for Chores, not even counting as part of the Outer Sect. There was no need for the Sect to probe.

But if the Sect issued a simple edict, he would likely be blamed for wrongdoing.

"I need to advance my cultivation as quickly as possible, it's good that Yang Shi has become the temporary leader."

The leader has the duty to manage the Spirit Tree Garden and the authority to investigate within.

Besides Manager Chen, only the leader can openly access the core Vajra Wood.

Now that the leader is Yang Shi, as long as I can sneak past undetected, I can continue logging.

Thus, improving my cultivation.

As long as my cultivation surpasses Manager Chen, I should be relatively safe.

But to surpass Manager Chen, I need to advance at least twice.

No, three times.

That is, to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

This won't be easy.

And to approach that tree, I need to maximize my Hundred Steps Chasing Wind technique.

Only at night might I successfully infiltrate.

To advance now, I still need some time; I just hope the new leader's matters remain unattended for now.

Early morning.

Gu An tidied up and prepared some plain porridge and pickles.

"Can't I even eat a single bun?" Chu Meng questioned, her eyebrows tightly knit: "Besides, how do you do it?"

Gu An ate his food, perplexed: "Do what?"

"Charming Technique." Chu Meng was straightforward: "Why can you repeatedly break free from my Charming Technique? Is it because of that wretched woman?"

"Senior, have you ever heard this saying?" Gu An asked.

"What saying?" Chu Meng looked curious.

"Reflect on my conduct thrice a day," Gu An raised his eyebrows and looked seriously at her: "After returning, I will meditate and recall today's events to see if anything was amiss, then I will self-reflect, calming my heart and clearing my mind."

Chu Meng: "..."

Are you sure you're not joking with me?

"When exactly is that wretched person going to come?" Chu Meng asked.

Gu An shook his head: "I do not know either."

He was more anxious than anyone; the poison was about to take effect.

Even he didn't know how much time he had left.

The feeling was not good at all.

His status didn't reveal much, nor did it specify the type of poison.

Otherwise, he could have slowly planned and found a solution.

"Have you ever thought, I am now in danger, and because of me, you are also in danger. We are now dependent on each other for survival. Don't you think there can be some special bond forming between us?" Chu Meng asked.

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