NovelYeni #345 - Just pretend to be seen by the Eye of Punishment
#345 - Just pretend to be seen by the Eye of Punishment
In fact, Du Gujing had made it very clear.
It was just that Gu An didn't want to agree.
He was very worried that problems would arise.
Others could impersonate, but he himself...
He had a feeling of walking right into a trap.
"Junior Brother, don't overthink it. After all, if you don't impersonate someone, they'll be even more suspicious, which would be even more dangerous," Du Gujing comforted him.
"Now, pushing Junior Brother out there may seem dangerous, but they'll have to carefully consider it.
They'll have to see if they're being deceived.
It's actually safer that way.
Otherwise, if we push someone else out, Junior Brother would be even more easily targeted."
Gu An was silent for a moment. He felt that what Du Gujing said had some merit.
But...
For some reason, he still felt like he was getting the short end of the stick.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "But directly pretending is actually quite dangerous."
Du Gujing smiled and said, "The sect will provide an extra three hundred spirit stones per month, ten more bottles of pills, and you can also go to the Luo Sheng Hall to study for three days each month.
Don't underestimate those three days, it's something others can only dream of.
Moreover, it can be stacked."
Gu An was quite shocked. He knew that even as a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, he only received a few dozen spirit stones a month. An extra three hundred was several times more resources.
The pills were even more, a tenfold increase.
Most importantly, he could also establish a connection with the Luo Sheng Sect.
After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked, "Can I chop wood?"
"Yes," Du Gujing nodded with a smile.
In the end, Gu An said that for the sake of the sect, he could try to take the blame.
But he didn't know how to take the blame.
Soon, he heard some words that surprised him.
Du Gujing said with a smile, "There's no need to worry about that. We've found some relevant fellow disciples who will come and teach Junior Brother how to disguise himself, ensuring that when the Heavenly Maiden lineage sees Junior Brother, they'll be certain that Junior Brother is the one who took that item."
Gu An:
Did they have to be so meticulous?
Then, he asked about the purpose of the Enforcement Hall's actions.
Du Gujing shook his head, "I don't know the specifics. I'm responsible for the simple procedures, just report the person who found it.
So, once it starts, Junior Brother must be careful. You can only go as far as Qingmu City.
Any further would be dangerous.
Of course, you also need to keep it a secret when you occasionally go out.
In addition, you won't have any external assignments during this time.
Just stay in the sect. If there are external assignments, they will be converted into other sect tasks.
Unless it's to lure the snake out of its hole."
Gu An couldn't understand why the Cangmu Sect was targeting the Heavenly Maiden lineage.
As far as he knew, the Heavenly Maiden lineage had a long history.
Their strength was definitely not something the Cangmu Sect could provoke.
But as it stood, they seemed to be provoking them.
Perhaps they didn't know the strength of the Heavenly Maiden lineage, or perhaps they thought the lost item was a treasure and wanted to obtain it.
Should he offer a reminder?
In the end, Gu An decided to see who would come to guide him first.
Afterward, Du Gujing reminded him to be careful of the people from the Zhuanlun lineage.
Their people had already begun to arrive.
And there were quite a few of them.
At least four had been found so far. Two outer sect members had Return to Void cultivation, or even higher.
Two inner sect members, one Nascent Soul and one Return to Void.
Gu An felt that his life was in danger at any time.
He was only in the late stage of Return to Void now.
If a Return to Void Completion or even above came, wouldn't he be captured without a fight?
Afterward, Du Gujing and the others left.
Gu An was quite emotional. Unknowingly, he was not only an undercover agent of the Zhuanlun lineage but also the one who stole the Heavenly Maiden lineage's treasure.
Rumor had it that the Fire Phoenix Clan's item was also obtained by him.
It had only been a few years since he came here.
Why had he provoked such a group of powerful individuals who were not easy to deal with?
Gu An sighed. Now, he also had to make contact with the Divine Monarch Hall.
It inexplicably made his wood-chopping life more complicated.
Afterward, he went out and sent a message, informing Dongfang Changli of the whereabouts of the key.
He still used blood essence.
As for when the other party would receive it, it was hard to say.
Afterward, Gu An summoned Pang Wen and Shu Ci.
The two stood in Gu An's courtyard, somewhat worried.
"Has Squad One had any missions recently?" Gu An asked, looking at the two.
Pang Wen immediately shook his head, "There are no major missions. We can handle everything.
Shu Ci has also solved some of the more difficult ones,
In addition, Chen Changfeng is occasionally sent out to help. His cultivation is strong.
With his help, even if there are problems, they can be easily solved."
"What about Squad One?" Gu An asked.
"Squad One has taken in some people. These are the cultivation methods and spells they copied, but it's still uncertain whether they are correct. In addition, two Nascent Souls have been redeemed, and most of the resources have been handed over." As he spoke, Pang Wen gave him books and a bag of spirit stones: "These are for Senior Brother."
Gu An looked at the storage treasure. There were actually forty thousand spirit stones inside.
When did Squad One become so wealthy?
Gu An didn't put them away but placed them on the table with the books and said:
"Tell me about the rankings. Even if two Nascent Souls are redeemed, it shouldn't be able to maintain the current ranking, right?"
Hearing this, Pang Wen smiled and said, "That's indeed the case. We originally thought we would definitely be last,
But when we went out, we encountered a cave, and Chen Changfeng found a skeleton inside.
Then, he obtained the things left behind by the deceased during his lifetime.
That maintained us for two months.
In the first two months, we encountered some difficulties and took Chen Changfeng out again. On the edge of a lake, we found a dead demon beast. We originally wanted to process some parts of the body to exchange for spirit stones.
Who knew that we would find some magic weapons and forging methods in its belly?
That maintained us for another two months, and the remaining ones will definitely be able to maintain the first place this month."
Gu An was silent.
With all the calculations, who could have guessed that Chen Changfeng would bring back these things when he went out to complete a mission?
Even if he was lucky, it shouldn't be this good,
He hadn't been this exaggerated before when he went out.
Originally, he was worried that taking him out would cause problems, but now it seemed that staying in Squad One was a bigger problem.
"In the future, let Fairy Yue Han take people to help you complete the mission," Gu An said.
Although Pang Wen and Shu Ci didn't understand why, they still nodded in agreement.
"Recently, some people have been approaching us, probably looking for the team leader," Shu Ci said.
After a pause, she continued, "They should all be disciples who have been stuck at a bottleneck for many years, some Foundation Establishment and some Golden Core."
Gu An understood what she meant, they wanted to become people of the Zhuanlun lineage.
This method used the consumption of life as power to break through bottlenecks and could potentially affect the mind.
Logically speaking, the life and death of others had nothing to do with him.
If they wanted to learn, he could just give it to them.
But:
Teaching it randomly everywhere could easily cause problems.
He could only talk about it later.
"In addition, someone from the Joyous Union Sect is looking for the team leader," Pang Wen said again.
"Joyous Union Sect?" Gu An was slightly surprised, not expecting anyone from the Joyous Union Sect to be looking for him.
Logically speaking, he didn't know anyone from the Joyous Union Sect.
Then, Gu An looked at Shu Ci.
Perhaps they were here because of her.
After confirming that the other party would come again in early July, Gu An asked about other matters.
In nearly half a year, everyone's cultivation had improved to a certain extent.
That was considered good news.
After there were no other problems, Gu An let them leave.
He also had them take the forty thousand spirit stones back and give them directly to Chen Changfeng.
The things were almost all found by the other party. He could give them to Squad One, but Squad One couldn't accept them all.
It was fine to take them before, but now it's forbidden to take any more.
Leaving Gu An's residence, Shu Ci walked and said:
"Senior Brother Pang, do you think the team leader is happy?"
"The team leader is a relatively reserved person, and won't show it whether he's happy or not," Pang Wen said.
Shu Ci said "Oh", then took two steps forward, turned her head to look at Pang Wen, and smiled like a flower: "Then, Senior Brother, do you think I'm happy?"
Hearing this, Pang Wen was a little flustered, and then shook his head and said, "You shouldn't be very happy."
"Oh?" She looked puzzled and said, "Why?"
"Recently, Junior Sister has occasionally been absent-minded when checking the contents of the books. She should be thinking about something, quite heavy-hearted," Pang Wen said.
Shu Ci looked at the person in front of her, and then said: "Then, how is Junior Sister Ruan Huan's mood?"
"She should be quite happy," Pang Wen said subconsciously.
Shu Ci asked inquisitively: "How did Senior Brother discover that?"
"Recently, Junior Sister Ruan has been bringing back some snacks to share from the inner courtyard, so she must have encountered something happy," Pang Wen replied.
Hearing this, Shu Ci said with a smile: "It's been like this recently."
"Yes, it wasn't like this before," Pang Wen added.
Shu Ci nodded slightly: "It wasn't like this before."
Pang Wen nodded.
Shu Ci stepped back, and restrained her previous smile, saying: "Senior Brother observes very carefully."
Pang Wen replied truthfully: "Team One's tasks are relatively heavy, and the team leader is extremely busy, so we must observe the emotions of all the junior brothers and sisters to determine whether the tasks are suitable, and try to bring less trouble to the team leader."
Shu Ci was slightly surprised, and then stopped mentioning these things, and instead said: "The team leader doesn't care about things, isn't Senior Brother quite tired?"
"It's not just me who's busy. Junior Sister Shu, haven't you done a lot too? Occasionally, the writing in the books is too scribbled, and Junior Sister will re-copy a copy," Pang Wen said.
Shu Ci was stunned.
Normal books had to pass through her hands, and then be approved to be handed over to Pang Wen to be submitted to the team leader.
Simply put, Pang Wen had to manage the work of most people and various important matters, while she needed to handle various trivial matters.
The team leader only managed the overall direction.
Some cultivators' handwriting was indeed scribbled, so she would take the time to re-copy a copy.
But she didn't tell anyone, and almost always copied it when she was relaxing.
"How did Senior Brother know it was me?" Shu Ci asked curiously.
"I can recognize Junior Sister's handwriting at a glance," Pang Wen said as he walked: "Junior Sister's handwriting has a generous feeling, but recently the handwriting on the paper has been a bit heavy, is there something on your mind?"
Shu Ci walked behind, lowering her eyebrows, not knowing what she was thinking.
After that, they returned to the First Courtyard.
They had all been here recently.
Even the tasks of Team Two were arranged here, after all, the previous Team Two didn't have a place to work, they all took tasks and then went out.
Pang Wen went to handle some matters.
Shu Ci sat in her seat and began to copy books again.
This time, when she put pen to paper, she had a strange feeling.
She had never thought that anyone would look at the handwriting before, but now she had an unspeakable feeling.
However, what she was worried about recently were the people from the Joyful Union Sect, not knowing whether they would disrupt her peaceful days.
In the afternoon.
Gu An waited for two people.
A man and a woman.
Gu An couldn't see through their cultivation.
It was evident that they were very powerful.
"I have met the two seniors," Gu An respectfully saluted.
These two people were a middle-aged man and a mature, beautiful woman.
They looked like Dao companions.
"It's alright," the middle-aged man said calmly: "You can call me Shangguan He, and the one beside me is my Dao companion, Nangong Qing."
Originally, they were not Dao companions, they could only be considered fellow disciples.
However, after encountering the Cangmu Sect, they realized that it was basically impossible to escape.
The difference in cultivation was too great, and they had no intention of letting people go or reusing them.
In order to get rid of the Cangmu Sect as soon as possible, they decided to cultivate together.
So they became Dao companions.
It could also be considered mutual support.
After all, without helping each other, they would not only be bullied by the people of the Cangmu Sect, but also by the Fire Phoenix Clan.
They never dreamed that the back mountain of the Cangmu Sect actually kept the Fire Phoenix Clan in captivity.
This was the legendary second-rate sect?
Which second-rate sect kept Fire Phoenixes in captivity?
They didn't even dare to think about it.
Weren't they afraid of the other party's revenge?
"What should I do?" Gu An asked softly, "What important thing did the Heavenly Maiden lineage lose this time? Does Junior Brother understand what it is?" Shangguan He asked.
Gu An shook his head.
In fact, he understood.
"It's a transparent box. You can see a scarlet eye from the box. You don't need to know what this thing is called, but you have to know what it looks like. Also, after seeing it, there will be some marks on your body.
These are what they will use to judge.
I will teach you a method of simulating the marks. When someone investigates you, just activate it," Shangguan He said, taking out a book: "I have already written it down, you can study it carefully, you should be able to learn it within three days.
I will take the time to check.
If possible, Junior Brother, after you have learned it, start running it non-stop.
The people of the Heavenly Maiden lineage are also very cautious, and will definitely test you randomly."
"If they confirm it, what will they do?" Gu An asked curiously.
"They will retrieve that thing, and many people will come, but they shouldn't think that the thing is in your hands, they will only think that you are an insider.
In the final analysis, they will still deal with the sect.
This thing is extremely important to the Heavenly Maiden lineage. It is said that there is a person of noble status who cannot tolerate that thing reappearing," Shangguan He said.
Hearing this, Gu An was a little stunned.
In other words, someone in the Heavenly Maiden lineage was also seen by the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
Once the Eye of Heavenly Punishment is released from the seal, then he will also have to die.
So he must suppress the seal.
Although the thing is sealed now, but the thing is not in his hands, it is the same as his life not being in his hands.
So the Heavenly Maiden lineage must retrieve the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
Otherwise, they would probably be eager for someone to take over this thing.
Gu An understood, there were more things inside than he expected.
But Gu An had no clue what the sect was thinking.
After teaching Gu An a lot, the two left.
They looked at each other and sighed: "This person is also pitiful, he has to become the object of suspicion, I'm afraid there will be no good days.
Even if it's fake, the other people in the Heavenly Maiden lineage will definitely not let him go.
I'm afraid there will only be more people who want to catch him.
And it is said that he also took the things of the Fire Phoenix Clan.
When the time comes, if they are not the opponents of those peak masters, can't they take it out on him?
The two shook their heads and sighed.
The current them, in fact, have no qualifications to pity others.
The world of cultivation is like this.
The weak can only endure all kinds of dangers,
And will accidentally die in the game of the strong.