After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 297 - 238: We’re Willing to Die to Prove Our Resolve

Chapter 297: Chapter 238: We’re Willing to Die to Prove Our Resolve

In the cave, Gu An watched the people working; they had been cultivating earlier.

They rarely did tasks like digging, so their movements were somewhat clumsy.

But since they used to log woods regularly, they adapted quite quickly.

Afterwards, Gu An withdrew his gaze and looked towards Huang Yunshan next to him.

He hoped that the other party would reveal the location of the forest.

For now, the only option was self-rescue.

To depend on the people outside...

It was unlikely to help, as they were only here to dig through the collapse.

Now, digging here wasn’t the priority.

This place lacked important personnel; reporting while digging and waiting for orders seemed the most prudent method.

Besides, with his own means, there was absolutely no way to get out.

Although those people elsewhere had lived long, it’s likely they too had no way.

Unless one was extremely well-versed in Arrays.

Regardless, some people dug the collapsed building while others cleared the pathways.

It amounted to taking two approaches.

Ultimately, there weren’t better options.

"Forest?" Huang Yunshan pointed ahead and continued, "It should be about thirty paces in front, then continued:

"The forest appeared suddenly and is quite strange.

Our people have gone in but once they go deep, they couldn’t get out.

So, nobody goes in anymore.

Anyway, it’s unclear what is going on.

Having you come here is the best option since your Sect is rich in spirit woods, you should have some insights.

By the way, which peak do your skilled people belong to?"

"People from Spirit Controlling Peak," Gu An responded.

"Which peak do you belong to?"

"Heavenly Suspension Peak."

Upon hearing this, Huang Yuntian showed a slight disappointment.

That meant he couldn’t find out the origins of the Spirit Tree.

Gu An, however, didn’t mind, many from Spirit Controlling Peak were behind him.

Soon, Gu An followed Huang Yunshan deeper inside.

But they had walked less than twenty paces.

When they stumbled upon that forest.

Gu An stood in front of the forest, seeing the lush and dense big trees.

Which one person alone could hardly embrace.

Adjacent were similar large trees.

Due to its location in the cave, the forest appeared dim and deep.

It felt like it could swallow everything around.

"This is not right." Huang Yunshan frowned seriously, saying, "I remember it was about thirty paces, why has it suddenly become twenty?"

Gu An looked at the forest, trying to send in a Blood Spirit to investigate.

But as soon as the Blood Spirit entered the ground and approached the forest, it disappeared.

He suspected that the disappearance of previous Blood Spirits might be related to the forest.

"Go and ask those digging, how many from Spirit Controlling Peak there are, have them come over, I’ll wait here," Gu An said.

Huang Yunshan nodded, then cautioned Gu An to definitely not go in.

Once you go deep, incidents would occur.

Then he walked away.

Gu An stood in place watching the forest.

Standing peculiarly in front of a tree, maintaining a one-step distance.

Yet when people came over, he noticed that the one-step distance had decreased by half.

This was not a good sign.

Soon, Lin Rou and others walked over.

Gu An observed the few behind him, young and middle-aged.

Their cultivation ranged from Golden Core to Primordial Spirit Early Stage.

He briefed them on the situation, then asked, "Do you recognize this wood?"

The three wanted to examine the tree’s condition.

They observed for a while.

After a moment, the three began discussing.

Roughly after half an hour later.

Lin Rou approached Gu An and said, "It should be a Barrier forest, which simply put, the forest itself possesses the capability to distort space.

Combined with a special Array, it can keep expanding the Barrier through distorting space.

Also, this Barrier has likely begun affecting the outside, hence the cave collapse.

Other unexpected circumstances may occur."

Lin Rou explained clearly.

Gu An furrowed his brows, slightly surprised.

It seemed more troublesome than anticipated.

"So, what should we do?" Huang Yunshan asked.

Lin Rou thought for a moment and said, "We can destroy the forest to stop the Barrier’s expansion.

This kind of space distortion requires stability to proceed."

Huang Yunshan was slightly surprised and said, "Isn’t that very easy?"

Later, Lin Rou asked him to try.

The result was, the tree was indeed damaged by Magic, but it quickly recovered.

The conclusion was, if the force used was not strong enough, it would not bring changes on a spatial level.

The force entered, looked like logging, but was actually distorted.

This theory reminded Gu An of his own Warm Current.

So...

"Using body to counter the backlash, destroy the forest," Lin Rou seriously said to Gu An, "With a special axe, logging can disrupt the spatial stability and stop the Barrier’s expansion.

But there will be a huge backlash, and one could be twisted if not careful."

As the message landed, the three that came over were a bit worried.

Because logging was a strong point of the Cangmu Sect.

Since they needed to stop it, they had to log.

But logging was too dangerous.

Yet if they don’t go, should they let Gu An go?

It’s impossible.

Who would willingly risk danger?

Gu An didn’t ponder much and asked, "Logging can stop the expansion?"

"Yes," Lin Rou nodded.

As she was about to suggest taking turns logging, Gu An spoke first, "You guys go back and continue digging the collapsed area."

The three were somewhat confused.

But still, they left.

Huang Yunshan was also perplexed.

"Daoist Huang, watch over them, make sure they dig properly, no slacking," Gu An said calmly to the other party.

"What about..." Huang Yunshan pointed at the trees.

With somewhat of a concern.

Gu An looked at him, pulled out an axe and said, "Leave the rest to me."

Huang Yunshan fell silent.

In the end, he said nothing and headed towards the direction of the collapse.

As he left, he saw Gu An drawing a line on the ground.

It marked the position of the forest, presumably for record keeping.