Chapter 408: Chapter 291: All Spies?

Returning to the Outer Peak.

Gu An reflected on the master’s task.

*He always felt something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint what it was at the moment.*

*It seemed like such a task shouldn’t require the master to personally issue it.*

*And it still involved finding a group of Golden Core practitioners.*

*Since when were each Peak’s Peak Masters so approachable?*

*Normally, after he went up the mountain, he only had one opportunity to meet the master.*

*Moreover, some people never even saw the master.*

Becoming a Peak Master’s disciple didn’t necessarily require kneeling and formally becoming an apprentice.

It was like a transfer order, and one could be directly transferred up.

Someone was always responsible for these things.

No need to meet the master.

*Eventually, there was still an issue with this matter.*

*But perhaps it would take some time to see what the problem was.*

Additionally, there was a spy in the First Institute, which seemed dangerous.

Thinking this way, Gu An controlled his sword and left the Outer Peak, heading outside.

Since that box would be discovered sooner or later, it was better to inform Dongfang Changli directly.

*But what kind of reward did he need?*

After hesitating for a moment, Gu An decided not to mention the reward for now.

*He would just let the other party examine the goods.*

*If the other party later reneged on the reward or bargained for a lower price, he could see them more clearly.*

*He originally wanted to get rid of the thing, and he might as well use this to understand the other party’s credibility.*

If the Divine Monarch Hall opened, could it be supervised by the Hall Master?

Unfortunately, he couldn’t join the Divine Monarch Hall.

*He could only let the Blood Demon Divine Monarch go and communicate; the opponent was strong and deep-rooted, and it was impossible to know what choice they would make.*

*With the slightest carelessness, he would face certain danger.*

*How troublesome.*

Luckily, the Divine Monarch Hall hadn’t opened yet, and the Hall Master hadn’t appeared either.

*By the time he became strong enough, he wouldn’t worry about what the Blood Demon Divine Monarch might think.*

Leaving the Sect, Gu An used the Blood Spirit to go to the peak where he had previously communicated with Dongfang Changli, finally leaving an envelope and initiating the secret technique.

He informed Dongfang Changli that he could obtain information.

With that, the Blood Spirit directly dissipated.

At that moment, Gu An was walking on the road to Qingmu City.

He planned to check out the talisman store.

*Suddenly going out and then suddenly returning without doing something always seemed a bit suspicious.*

Since he wasn’t in a hurry, Gu An decided to walk.

On the road.

Gu An heard the sorrowful cry of a horse.

*He was slightly surprised.*

When he went to check it out, he found that a cart carrying goods had fallen into the ditch beside the road.

The goods were pressing down on the frail horse, preventing it from struggling.

An old man was pushing the cart desperately, seemingly wanting the horse to climb out.

But the frail old man, in the ditch, couldn’t push the cart away.

When Gu An came over, he looked at the old man in the ditch and kindly said, “Old man, you can’t leave the cart in the ditch.”

He pointed to the blocked waterway, “You’re blocking the flow of water.”

The old man, who was already at a loss, stood in the mud, wiping his dirty hands, and did not know what to do after hearing Gu An’s words.

He opened his mouth but didn’t know how to explain.

Gu An ignored the old man’s confusion, only forming a gesture with two fingers and gently lifting them.

The cart and the horse were directly lifted by him and then steadily placed on the ground.

The scattered goods all fell in order onto the cart.

Thus, he continued, “Next time, don’t park the cart in the ditch.”

Without waiting for the old man to speak, Gu An lightly stepped forward and walked away.

As he passed the old man and the cart, a gust of wind blew.

The dirt on the cart and the mud on the old man vanished instantly.

By the time the old man came to his senses, he found that Gu An had already disappeared at the end of the road.

By then, Gu An had arrived in Qingmu City.

*He didn’t care about the old man’s situation; after all, this was the Demon Sect.*

*There weren’t that many good people.*

*To many, he was also a bad person.*

*There weren’t many people in the Sect who knew him that didn’t hope for him to suffer losses or be punished.*

Arriving at the talisman store, Gu An saw the owner talking with a man.

It seemed like he was pleading with the man.

“You should go back, I’m not going to agree,” the owner said, issuing an eviction notice when he saw Gu An enter.

His counterpart was a man about thirty years old.

With Perfect Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

He glanced at Gu An, hesitated for a moment, and then left.

Gu An made way, not daring to block the customer’s path.

Once the man left, Gu An said to the owner, “It’s been too long since I last came, does it affect your business?”

“It doesn’t,” the owner shook his head and said, “You can come here to work anytime, or not at all, it’s fine.”

Hearing this, Gu An suddenly remembered something.

Chu Meng said others called him “young master”; how could he have the face to accept that?

*Now that the owner called him “young friend,” how would he dare to accept it?*

*After all, the owner seemed only a few years older than him.*

However, he was at Qi Refinement, while the other party was at Golden Core.

Being called “young friend” was reasonable.

So Gu An didn’t ask the owner to change his address.

“I’m here to look after the store,” Gu An said.

After briefly checking the talismans, Gu An was somewhat surprised to find that the goods weren’t plentiful.

Seeing this, the owner explained, “It’s the Ouyang Family. Because of our cooperation with them, business has been quite good, and we’ve given a discount: ten Spirit Stones with a one-Spirit Stone reduction.”

With these words, he handed a pile of Spirit Stones to Gu An, “This is your reward, young friend.”

Gu An saw it was three hundred Spirit Stones.

This was clearly meant to give him a share.

But Gu An refused.

He finally took three Spirit Stones.

*Do as much work and take as many Spirit Stones.*

*The other party intended to share with him, but it also meant the place was associated with him and used his name.*

*Gu An just worked there and didn’t want to create trouble for himself.*

*He also didn’t want to take over the owner’s small shop.*

*After all, the shop was useless to him, only useful to some big families.*