After I Became a Divine Monarch, the Sect Wants Me to Marry In-Chapter 281 - 230: Backed by the Merit Hall

In the courtyard, Chu Meng looked at the Spiritual Medicine in her hand and said after a moment of silence:

"These people all have decent cultivation, right?"

"Yes, they’re all decent, each one surpassing the Golden Core Early Stage, the weakest is the Golden Core Late Stage," Chunyu seriously said.

"How did they manage to capture Gu An then?" Chu Meng asked with slight curiosity.

"The people who died on Qianchen Peak were related to the major purge, they had already started plotting, and perhaps it wouldn’t be long before they planned to kill Gu An.

After all, he was the catalyst for the major purge.

As Gu An became a Peak Master’s disciple, they probably felt if they didn’t act soon, they might never have another chance.

So, they targeted Gu An, but ended up being killed instead.

Saying it’s unrelated to Gu An, no one would believe that." Chunyu thoughtfully continued:

"The steward from the Outer Peak even had direct conflicts with Gu An, and Si Wuye even sent people to capture Gu An.

These people all had a certain degree of enmity with him.

To protect themselves, hiring someone to commit murder seems logical.

If it weren’t for his cultivation level not permitting it, with his personality, he might have acted on his own."

Chu Meng: "...."

For a moment, she did not know how to start.

"Has Luo Sheng Hall been alerted?" Chu Meng asked.

"Not yet, but it’s nearly there.

People from the Law Enforcement Hall have already deployed some Magic Treasures to start the investigation.

Two direct disciples died this time, they definitely won’t let this slide." Chunyu reminisced then continued: "Even if there are just some clues pointing towards the suspects, they will not escape from the Law Enforcement Hall.

According to past practices, anyone who goes in now might not come out for ten years."

Chu Meng lowered her eyes, and set down the Spiritual Medicine.

She sighed inwardly.

Her head started to ache.

...

Law Enforcement Hall.

Gu An was "invited" over by Dugu Jing and the others.

He was brought directly to the familiar cell block.

Upon arrival, he found there were already quite many people here.

Every person had their hands bound by a Spell.

There were others brought here as well; they were already restrained by magic by the time they arrived.

Once they arrived, Dugu Jing took out a talisman, smiling, said: "Just routine, sorry for the inconvenience, Junior Brother."

Gu An said nothing in response.

Subsequently, the talisman transformed into ropes that bound his hands.

Making it difficult for him to escape.

Thus, Gu An was also brought amidst the crowd.

He stood next to a young man.

The young man was slightly panicked and asked, "Senior Brother, do you know why you were captured?"

"Don’t you know, Junior Brother?" Gu An countered.

"I don’t know, they wouldn’t tell when asked, and we were restrained the moment we arrived; it seems it was only necessary upon your arrival," the young man felt Gu An probably had some powerful backing.

"I heard some direct disciples were killed," Gu An truthfully informed.

Hearing this, the young man turned pale and said: "Senior Brother, if you have connections, you should find some way out, once involved in the killing of direct disciples, even if it’s just a tangential connection, one couldn’t escape easily."

"I have no connections," said Gu An with a shake of his head resignedly.

The young man looked utterly hopeless.

At this moment, individuals from the Law Enforcement Hall started to collect everyone’s Storage Treasure.

Gu An frowned.

They want to confiscate even from suspects?

Previously, it was only because I killed people that mine was taken.

Although some people were reluctant, in the end they still had to turn them over.

Gu An was silent.

Fortunately, he had shifted most of his possessions elsewhere.

"Taking away the Storage Treasure directly, seems like what Senior Brother said was true, this matter can’t be easily resolved," said the young man resignedly: "Now having connections might not help either, being brought here and having to turn over Storage Treasures, it’s hard to leave."

Gu An understood this too, just followed with a sigh.

Soon, two people from the Law Enforcement Hall reached Gu An’s side.

They were holding a tray, placed in front of the young man.

Without hesitating, he handed over his Storage Treasure.

Soon, the tray was placed in front of Gu An, asking him to hand over his goods.

Gu An sighed internally, the Law Enforcement Hall exerted an inexplicable pressure, even with his Late-Stage Primordial Spirit cultivation level, he couldn’t resist.

Not to mention, this place wasn’t lacking powerful figures.

He had to comply.

"Hang on."

Just as Gu An was about to act, suddenly a voice came from outside.

Gu An turned his head and saw Mei Jianghe with two others walking in.

Seeing him, everyone was a bit surprised.

The young man exclaimed: "Why would people from the Merit Hall come? Who has such a significant background?

This is the first time I’ve heard of the Merit Hall directly interrupting the Law Enforcement Hall’s procedure.

Senior Brother, do you know who they came for?"

"I don’t know," Gu An shook his head.

The young man confidently said: "It must be for some Immortal, likely favored by some powerful being by chance.

If it were a man, they shouldn’t have been brought in."

And as for the sudden visit from the Merit Hall, Law Enforcement Hall was taken aback too.

The Immortal collecting Storage Treasures did not stop however, but intended to continue.

Just when the tray was placed in front of Gu An.

Suddenly, Mei Jianghe’s figure disappeared and reappeared next to Gu An, casually pushing the tray being handed over back.

This sudden move made the collecting Immortal stunned.

Not only that, the young man was completely dumbfounded.

The sudden action was undoubtedly taking a stand for Gu An.

To think he had confidently declared they came for an Immortal.

Moreover, the person with terrifying connections was right beside him.

Gu An was also surprised.

He did not expect someone from the Merit Hall to come directly, and even confront the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Senior Brother Mei," Dugu Jing approached, signaling the person collecting the Storage Treasures to step back.

"Junior Dugu, what is this?" Mei Jianghe pointed to Gu An.

"A sect task, Junior Brother Gu is suspected of plotting against a direct disciple," Dugu Jing said with a smile.

"Suspected?" Mei Jianghe lightly smiled: "Got any evidence?"

"We’re investigating."

"Investigating? For how long? A few years? Decades?"