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#15 - Promotion

Initially, the two were evenly matched.

But suddenly, the battle tilted to one side.

The change was so rapid that everyone was caught off guard.

One moment they were marveling at Yang Shi's strength, and the next they were hearing Yang Shi's miserable screams.

Even Steward Chen hadn't anticipated this.

He had expected Gu An to have some advantages, but never thought he could be a match for Yang Shi.

Yang Shi had talismans, magical artifacts, and his spiritual energy was richer than an ordinary Qi Refining Stage Three cultivator.

Gu An was over forty and unable to improve, so he was definitely on a downward slope.

How could he compare?

But the truth was right in front of them, forcing him to accept it.

Yet, it also filled him with anger.

In this small Spiritwood Garden, he had absolute control.

He greatly enjoyed the feeling of having everything under his control, but today someone had disrupted his plans.

Seeing Gu An about to continue his attack, Steward Chen angrily shouted, "Enough!"

The powerful aura swept out with his roar.

Gu An, who had already intended to stop after the heavy blow, was suddenly startled.

As the aura swept over him, he staggered back a considerable distance.

Seeing the enraged steward, he immediately lowered his head and said,

"In a moment of urgency, I lost my sense of propriety and injured Team Leader Yang. Please forgive me, Steward."

Steward Chen looked at Gu An, his eyes almost dripping with gloom.

"Opening Mountain Fist?" Steward Chen asked.

"Yes," Gu An nodded, explaining, "As you know, Steward, I have difficulty improving in cultivation, so I put all my effort into the Opening Mountain Fist.

That's why I lost my sense of propriety and injured Team Leader Yang."

"Good, very good," Steward Chen said in a low voice, looking at Gu An.

Then he went to Yang Shi's side. There was a significant wound on his chest, but a healing talisman had been activated in his body, and it was healing the wound.

However, such an injury involved the internal organs.

One healing talisman was far from enough to recover.

"You two, take Team Leader Yang back to rest," Steward Chen said to Zhao Ying and Qiu Hua.

His words, "Team Leader Yang," had already confirmed who the new team leader was.

Gu An understood, but didn't care.

He couldn't be the team leader right now anyway.

After all, he still had to go in and chop wood.

Qiu Hua and the others finally reacted and hurried over to help.

As he was being carried away, Yang Shi turned his head and looked at Gu An.

The resentment and killing intent in his eyes were almost tangible, sending a chill through Gu An's heart.

He really didn't know when he had caused the other party to hate him so much.

But no matter what, the feud had been completely formed.

Therefore...

He had no way out.

After that, it was back to logging.

Gu An continued to chop wood with his axe.

Now there was only one overseer, Shen Shanhe, who was working diligently.

He didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

What happened today made him somewhat worried and fearful.

He didn't know what the future held, so he could only do his job well, lest someone see him slacking off and he get caught up in some trouble.

Even he, who was slow to react, could see it now.

Steward Chen was on Team Leader Yang's side, so why did he suddenly decide to use a competition to decide who would be the team leader?

It must have been that Yang Shi thought he was sure to win and wanted to rise to the top by stepping on someone.

But the result was disappointing.

Now Yang Shi was still the temporary team leader.

This showed that he had a high position in Steward Chen's eyes.

Team Leader Gu's actions today meant that he probably wouldn't be able to stay here.

He was finished.

The simple Spiritwood Garden had suddenly become complicated.

The overseer and some of the loggers fell silent and focused on their own work.

In the afternoon.

Qiu Hua and Zhao Ying returned.

Zhao Ying silently went to work.

Qiu Hua came to Gu An's side and whispered, "Boss, Yang Shi seems to be from the Chen family, you..."

Gu An gripped his axe and swung it casually, his voice calm, "Don't worry about it. Just do your job well. What's coming will come."

Qiu Hua wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

The Chen family was nothing in front of the sect, but they still had some influence in this peripheral area.

Offending them might mean disappearing in a few days.

She wanted the boss to leave as soon as possible.

But where could they go?

They were all at the bottom, and they had to struggle with all their might just to survive.

Now that they had offended the Chen family, the consequences could no longer be resisted by struggling.

If the Chen family wanted them dead, it had nothing to do with whether they struggled or not.

Especially with Steward Chen not interfering.

The situation would only get worse.

Gu An had originally planned to let Qiu Hua leave, but suddenly asked curiously, "How have I been to you all these years?"

"Very good. Although you've been a little harsh at times, you've indeed helped us get through so many years smoothly, without any major disasters," Qiu Hua affirmed.

"What about Yang Shi?" Gu An hesitated and then asked, "Have I wronged him?"

"No," Qiu Hua said firmly, "Yang Shi was personally promoted by you, Boss. You helped him with many things, his residence, his cultivation. You've been extremely good to him."

Yes, I can see it in my memories too. Although it's not a great favor, I haven't wronged him. Gu An sighed in his heart.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

After that, he didn't talk to Qiu Hua too much. Everyone was busy with their own work.

The atmosphere in the Spiritwood Garden today was a bit oppressive.

In the evening, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they left.

Gu An walked back expressionlessly. From the moment he injured Yang Shi, he knew that the days ahead would not be easy.

After all, Yang Shi was no longer the Yang Shi of the past.

But rather a future talisman maker.

His value was not low.

Returning to his residence, Gu An saw Chu Meng resting with her eyes closed.

For safety's sake, he'd better sever her tendons again.

After all, people with high cultivation levels are prone to natural recovery.

"Does that bitch know how vicious you are?" Chu Meng, who had been resting, roared angrily.

The great pain made her hate the person in front of her.

Gu An sighed in his heart. That woman probably didn't know.

After all, she was even more vicious.

After that, Gu An gave her two buns and returned to his room.

The hard cultivation value was already full.

Gu An spent the evening increasing his cultivation.

After using the value, he once again felt himself falling into a dream and began to cultivate hard.

During the process, his body would always undergo some slight changes.

He felt like he had been cultivating hard for many years. Finally, the spiritual energy accumulated to the extreme, and he broke through the shackles in one fell swoop.

Entering the fifth level of Qi Refining.

After comprehending for a long time, Gu An finally opened his eyes.

After sensing for a moment and confirming that there were no problems, he checked the panel.

【Name: Gu An】

【Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage Five】

【Status: Poisoned, Poison is activating】

【Techniques: 18 / 50】

【Hard Cultivation: 12 / 100】

【Ring of Destiny】

"The hard cultivation value hasn't been used up. I wonder if it will be wasted if I don't break through after using it up."

When using the hard cultivation value, he felt like he was cultivating hard himself. If he failed to break through in the end.

Perhaps these values would not be enough for him to break through again.