After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 555 - 360: Gu An: Want Me to Marry In? (Part 2)

Situ Baichuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, it’s not exactly a marriage alliance. The other party is from a prominent family, quite noble.

So some formalities must follow their customs.

For example, if one day a child is born, the child may have to take their surname."

Gu An listened, even more surprised.

He had thought it was a marriage alliance, but it turned out to be joining the family.

"Master, I..." Although Gu An wasn’t very cunning,

since his master had already said this much, how could he not understand?

The one marrying into the Royal Family turned out to be himself.

Why?

"This matter is considered good news. Of course, if you have any thoughts, you can definitely express them, but the other party has already chosen someone, and it’s unlikely they would change," Situ Baichuan said earnestly.

Gu An came back to his senses from the previous shock.

Then he asked the question he wanted to know the most: "Why me? I’m a spy from the Zhuanlun lineage, and the Zhuanlun lineage is incompatible with the Royal Family."

"This is the choice of the other party, even I do not know the specific reason," Situ Baichuan shook his head, also quite surprised, "Initially, I thought it shouldn’t be you, but unfortunately, they chose you. There may be other reasons."

But the other party certainly wouldn’t let you suffer.

In a few days, the marriage contract will come. During these days, you need to wait for the message.

Furthermore, any requirements can be directly submitted to the Merit Hall.

They will be conveyed to the person arranging the marriage contract.

Everything should be decided by the end of the month."

After a few more words of advice, Situ Baichuan left.

Gu An stood in place, speechless for a long time.

The sky had indeed fallen.

He never imagined such an ending even in dreams.

The struggle was over, but the result was not what he wanted.

It shouldn’t have been like this.

What worth did he have?

Gu An even lost the desire to continue logging.

If it were any other danger, he would grit his teeth and bear it.

But marriage, and even joining the family, this was a colossal matter.

How could he grit his teeth through this?

Furthermore, a Daoist couple would only hinder his progress.

"I need to think of a plan." Gu An returned to Heavenly Suspension Peak overnight.

He needed to consult Chu Meng.

Before the marriage contract arrived.

As for the Commandery Princess’s beauty, he didn’t care.

Not to mention, Chu Meng had said she weighed two hundred pounds.

Having mentioned it twice, it surely wasn’t baseless.

A two-hundred-pound Commandery Princess, her talent was perhaps linked to her weight.

Otherwise, how could a cultivator be so fat?

Upon returning home, Gu An immediately summoned Noodles and asked it to find Chu Meng.

He hoped the other party would come by morning.

Noodles was initially reluctant, until Gu An dropped a handful of peanuts into a jar, telling it to throw them into the lake once it brought someone.

Then the fish ran off like the wind.

He wondered how a fish could run so fast.

Gu An thought Chu Meng would come tomorrow.

That’s what he planned.

But...

Soon enough, Chu Meng arrived.

As she entered, the courtyard brightened.

"Why don’t you like things to be brighter?" Chu Meng asked.

Gu An looked at her and replied, "I’m used to it."

He invited Chu Meng to sit down and personally made tea for her.

Chu Meng watched these actions and instinctively stepped back, "What happened? Did the sky get pierced?"

"No, just heard some things." Gu An immediately explained, "This junior didn’t stir up anything."

Chu Meng didn’t quite believe it, "You’re too considerate; as a superior, I feel I might lose a layer of skin if not my life.

Why don’t you speak straight, I’ll just stand."

Gu An: "...."

You’re too suspicious, I surely wouldn’t pull out a second Eye of Heavenly Punishment?

Back when they were too close, he startled Chu Meng.

Unexpectedly, she still remembered it.

Back then he was naive, but now he had gained much knowledge, unlikely to repeat it.

"Just tell me what it is," Chu Meng stood aside warily.

Gu An felt that his superior, didn’t have even basic trust.

But he didn’t say much else and went straight to the point: "Today I received some news."

"What is it?" Chu Meng was a bit curious.

Gu An looked at the other, calmly saying: "I heard the marriage alliance target has been decided."

"That’s good news, who is it?" Chu Meng asked.

Gu An didn’t know how to express it for a moment, finally sighed and said: "My master told me, this person might be... me."

Chu Meng laughed and said: "So you called me over to celebrate for you?"

Gu An shook his head: "Senior really loves to joke, this junior is devoted to the Tao and has no intention of marriage, I asked senior over to see if there’s a way to back out of this."

"Why?" Chu Meng came to the table and sat down, saying: "Marrying a Commandery Princess is a great thing, many people would be eager for it."

"This junior is devoted to the Tao," Gu An replied.

"That’s not a reason, do you have another?" Chu Meng took out some peanuts and curiously started eating.

But also handed some to Gu An.

Receiving the peanuts, Gu An knew the cultivation reason wouldn’t work, so he thought for a moment and gave a somewhat reasonable excuse: "Because the Commandery Princess weighs two hundred pounds."

Thwap!

Chu Meng paused, and a peanut slipped from her hand, dropping onto the table.

She looked in disbelief at the person in front of her and said: "Who told you the Commandery Princess weighs two hundred pounds?"

"You, senior, and you said it more than once." Gu An said with a straight face.

"Me?" Chu Meng was dumbfounded.

But soon she returned to normal and said: "It’s surely not a problem for a person in cultivation to lose weight, it shouldn’t be difficult."

"Senior also knows that a person who cultivates shouldn’t have such weight, since the Commandery Princess has outstanding talent and yet is so heavy, perhaps it’s related to her cultivation method, it would be as hard as climbing to the sky to lose weight," Gu An voiced his speculation.

Chu Meng opened her mouth, at last saying: "Besides this reason? You’re getting on in years, it’s fortunate she doesn’t mind you and yet you mind her?

For someone like you, finding a Daoist couple is as hard as climbing to the sky.

To marry a Commandery Princess is an unexpected blessing from the ancestors."

Gu An looked at the person in front of him, shook his head slightly and said: "My master informed me it would be a marriage into her family."

Thwap!

Another peanut slipped from Chu Meng’s hand.

She looked incredulous and said: "Marriage into her family? Who’s entering?"

"Me," Gu An said helplessly, "A two-hundred-pound Commandery Princess, and I need to marry into her family, isn’t the future bleak? This junior is concerned only with the Tao, how could I be trapped here?

Does Senior have a way to cancel this marriage contract?

The marriage certificate will be issued in a few days.

If truly driven to a dead end, this junior, even if apprehended, will attempt to leave this place."

Hearing this, Chu Meng was taken aback: "You want to escape marriage? Then what about me, as your superior, how would I manage? Wouldn’t I end up with no subordinate at all?"

Gu An naturally didn’t want to escape, because it was essentially inescapable.

Even if he did escape, he wouldn’t be able to quickly raise his cultivation level.

Other sects simply don’t have this many Spirit Trees, even if there’s a Divine Tree, it wouldn’t be Gu An’s turn to log it.

As for the deep mountains.....

They’re too dangerous, and many trees require special axes.

He didn’t have the skill for this.

Otherwise, logging might cause injury.

It would affect the Warm Current appearance.

Or the axe might not withstand the Spirit Tree.

"Why don’t you ask if you could avoid marrying into her family, and just marry the Commandery Princess, if refused I’ll think of other ways for you," Chu Meng suggested.

Gu An hesitated, thinking the sect surely wouldn’t agree.

Since the Royal Family wanted him to marry into the family, they likely wouldn’t agree to his request.

The next day.

The Cangmu Sect Hall.

Qu Youdao looked at Situ Baichuan below him and said: "How is it? Have you spoken to the First Institute about the marriage alliance?"

"Not only that, I even mentioned wanting to take him as a direct disciple," Situ Baichuan said listlessly.

"Was he happy?" Yan Ruxue asked.

"Happy?" Situ Baichuan sighed: "He rejected me taking him as a direct disciple, and further wants to reject the marriage alliance."

"What did you say?" Qu Youdao asked.

"I said the Royal Family wants him to marry into the family." Situ Baichuan replied.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, finding it hard to believe: "Marry into the family? The Royal Family didn’t mention that."

"Yes, I mentioned it myself." Situ Baichuan looked at everyone and said: "Even if I didn’t say it, you should have felt it, he simply isn’t interested in marrying the Commandery Princess.

When I mentioned taking him as a direct disciple, he looked vigilant, seemingly afraid I’d pull him into some competition again.

If told to marry the Commandery Princess, I feel he’d have the urge to escape marriage."

"Marriage into the family, and no more problems?" Yan Ruxue asked.

"There are, but with a compromise, for example, he can suggest no marrying into the family, making a concession, he might feel like he gained something." Situ Baichuan said.

The compassionate Immortal choked up and said: "So pitiful, he just wants to quietly cultivate, wholeheartedly pursuing the Grand Dao, and yet even this is calculated against him.

He’s still a child, is it wrong just because he loves logging?"

Hearing this, Situ Baichuan looked at the compassionate Immortal and said: "You’re still the one who’s sharp, I didn’t even think of using logging to lure him."

The compassionate Immortal looked at Situ Baichuan, tears falling: "...."