Barrier of Light

Nagano, Gu Clan Hall.

The two old men were fishing as usual, but this time...the fish baskets were full of live fish that had been hooked.

Ever since that day at Red Lake, I learned that Gu Shen was alive.

There was a lot of smile on Gu Qilin's face.

One breath of life.

The so-called breath is actually just a thought.

When Gu Qilin lived to this age, most of the "people" he cared about have passed away.

As for the promising juniors.

Now only Gu Nanfeng and Gu Shen are left. Needless to say, the former has never let him worry since he was born.

Gu Nanfeng is the typical eldest son in the family. He is strong, sensible, and knowledgeable. He is simply a perfect choice for the head of the family.

As for Gu Shen.

In the old man's heart, this is a "child" that is different from everyone else.

No matter how many years have passed, this is still the case in his heart.

The only junior that Gu Qilin owed in his life was Gu Changzhi.

Gu Changzhi left too early.

The things he owed could not be made up...so he subconsciously transferred this "owe" to Gu Shen.

Gu Shen is Gu Changzhi's chosen successor.

so.

Gu Shen is also from the Gu family.

Even though the blood flowing in his body is different, Gu Qilin regards it as his own.

Back then, the Gu family provided Gu Shen with quite reliable protection.

now.

Gu Shen became the most proud person of the Gu family.

There was a burst of noise outside the ancestral hall.

Gu Qilin did not look back. He sat on the chair, closed his eyes peacefully, held the fishing rod in his palm, and felt the tremor caused by the lake.

There is no point in using mental energy to do something like fishing.

A young figure in a cloak came to the back of the two elderly people with slow footsteps.

Gu Qilin smiled and said, "Did your trip to Xizhou go well?"

Retract the pole.

"Bang——"

The lake water broke open, and there was another big fish, sliding in a perfect curve in the air, and finally fell into the old man's fish basket!

"Thanks to Gu Shen, everything went smoothly."

Gu Nanfeng said softly, "I have met President Zhou."

"Would it be possible to grow..."

Zhou Wei smiled and waved his hands, and said with emotion: "I have submitted my resignation application a long time ago. When the safety committee finds a suitable candidate in a few days, I will officially resign from the title of 'President'."

The Safety Committee currently does not have a formal president in a substantial sense.

The news of Zhou Wei's retirement was too sudden.

Although there are many young talents on the committee, the person who is truly qualified to sit in this seat...has not yet been born.

"You're not that lucky."

Gu Qilin smiled and said: "I don't think anyone will wear the title of Chairman of the Safety Committee in a year and a half... just wait and see, there are plenty of things for you to worry about."

"Gu Shen serves as the 'Grand Adjudicator' and is not a great commander. Why do you have to rejoice in your misfortune?"

Zhou Wei said angrily: "You can't escape trouble for those things at the command post."

Gu Nanfeng couldn't help but smile when he saw the two old men being so "energetic".

On the way back from the Gu mission, he had already heard the news from Nagano.

Gu Shen was granted the title [Barrier] and officially served as the Grand Adjudicator of the Dongzhou Adjudication Office!

"Okay, let's not talk about this..."

Gu Qilin did not argue with Zhou Wei. He looked back slightly, looked at Gu Nanfeng, and said, "It seems to have taken a long time to return from Ghent this time..."

It took the Gu mission less than half a month to return to Nagano from Xizhou.

"On the one hand, it was Xizhou who tried to save me."

Gu Nanfeng slowly came up behind the old man. He stretched out his hands and rubbed Gu Qilin's shoulders and back.

"On the other hand, I changed my route and temporarily met with the saints of the Nanzhou Church."

Gu Qilin frowned slightly.

"Isn't the negotiation on Yuanting Island over?"

"good."

Gu Nanfeng said: "The blockade of Yuanting Island has been broken. The church hopes that Nagano can support some extraordinary people to fight against the Tower of Source... So I met with Saint Haitong on the high seas, which was delayed. some time."

"interesting."

Gu Qilin said coldly: "The Church of Storms left the spiritual link of [Deep Sea] unused, but wants to interview you in the real world. Does it want to show off the power of [Storm]'s authority on the sea?"

"Not really."

Gu Nanfeng was silent for a moment and said, "I asked Saint Hai Tong to come to the high seas to find me."

Gu Qilin and Zhou Wei both cast confused glances.

Gu Nanfeng, who was standing behind the two old men, said calmly: "A lot of things happened in Guangming City this time. I hope you two can be more patient..."

…

…

"I don't have that much patience..."

The tea house at the entrance of the Snow Forbidden City was bustling with people, but the rooms were very quiet.

Shen Li raised his eyebrows anxiously.

He glanced at Gu Shen, then at Mu Wanqiu, and raised his voice: "So what exactly is in the Temple of Hades, and what is the final result of your fight?"

"..."

Mu Wanqiu just drank tea silently and did not answer.

Gu Shen picked up a chopstick of beef and chewed it carefully.

"Why are you mute...Am I not an apostle? Why didn't you notify me of such an important mission?"

Shen Li was indignant.

"The Pluto Temple in Qinghe has been abandoned, and there is nothing valuable in it."

Finally, Mu Wanqiu took the initiative and said, "This mission is not dangerous or troublesome, so I didn't call you."

The Temple of Pluto is full of remnants of the Gene Act.

This secret involves Gu Shen's life experience.

So Mu Wanqiu would not take the initiative to leak it.

This trip to Qinghe was indeed very dull. The only thing that impressed her deeply was that the poor man who finally escaped from the disaster in Lintie Mountain, but was still swallowed by the poison of the underworld, took advantage of his waking moments to use up his last bit of strength, Lock yourself in a coffin.

This story is not easy to tell to Shen Liqi.

"As for the result of the fight between me and Gu Shen...of course I lost."

Mu Wanqiu said calmly: "There should be no suspense about this."

"I want to see images."

Shen Li gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I know you lost, I want to see how you lose!"

"No images."

Mu Wanqiu said calmly: "During the fight, I cut off the information capture function of [Deep Sea]."

Are you kidding, she is an apostle!

If this camera can record images and transmit them to deep water, that would be great!

Gu Shen silently took a sip of tea.

There really is such a thing as images...

Chu Ling had been watching the whole battle, and there must be preserved battle images in the carriages.

It's just that this thing will be blocked in the array box sea area and will never be spread outside.

"I didn't win much in this battle."

Gu Shen cleared his throat and spoke slowly: "If I have to count...let it be a small victory."

"No, Xiaosheng?"

Shen Li's eyes widened and he spoke in disbelief.

He had watched the video of the duel between Gu Shen and Jia Wei at the Red Lake dozens of times...

Being able to fight Gu Shen back and forth, doesn't it mean that Mu Wanqiu also has the same level of combat power as Jia Yu?

Top-notch account!

"...You don't have to save face for me."

Mu Wanqiu shook his head and said: "This fight was only half fought. I didn't use the [Forbidden Sealed Artifact] and I didn't use my authority. I lost completely. It was similar to the fight with Bai Xiu... The situation at that time didn't look very good. It’s not a huge disparity, but in fact I have no chance of winning, and the longer I fight, the worse I will look like losing.”

Although she desperately wanted to win, she never lied about such things.

What a small victory, a big victory, a miserable defeat.

It’s nothing more than victory and defeat.

Recalling the showdown at Zhaiyun Mountain, she could only sigh in her heart.

For this battle, she prepared many trump cards...but unfortunately after using them all on Zhaiyun Mountain, they were all broken down by Gu Shen.

After the first realm was torn apart.

The more Mu Wanqiu wanted to break the feeling of "mountain with dead leaves" in her heart.

The more frustrated she became.

In the end... the result of this battle was that she stopped and it was declared over.

Gu Shen played with her and had a good time.

"You are already very strong."

Gu Shen also thought about it and said, "If he hadn't met me, he would have won with a high probability."

"Hmm...remove the white sleeves too."

Mu Wanqiu still shook his head: "There are only a few talented and beautiful people in the world. If we remove them all, what's the point?"

The conversation between the two was shrouded in mist, and there was not a single word of useful information.

The little iron man was anxious and wanted to interrupt several times, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

Why did the mountain stand so high?

Why are you so good?

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore."

Gu Shen smiled and said: "We left in a hurry this time. You and I went out on a mission this week and were so tired that I couldn't breathe, so I deliberately gave you a holiday. The disaster address of the Temple of Hades is in Qinghe District. Tieshan, the temple is indeed in ruins. I contacted Huazhi’s people to deal with the disaster."

"Huazhi, why don't you contact the extraordinary people in Jiangbei?"

Shen Li was stunned and asked subconsciously.

"There are a large number of Gene Act life capsules piled up in the temple." Gu Shen said calmly: "These capsules... were handled by Huazhi before, and they are still handled by them now."

"Gene Act's life capsule?"

Shen Li suddenly realized something.

Qinghe District is Gu Shen's hometown.

"Actually, there's nothing bad to say." Gu Shen shrugged and said, "As everyone knows, I am an orphan. Although there is no direct evidence to show that I am connected with the life capsule of Lin Tieshan... But I think that I am related to There must be a certain degree of correlation between genetic laws."

The probability of the natural birth of Blazing Fire, an absolutely supermodel S-level ability, is close to zero.

"this……"

After Gu Shen revealed his life experience, the scene suddenly became deserted.

Shen Li regretted that he had to break the casserole and ask the truth.

"Okay, what's the matter?"

Gu Shen patted the little iron man on the shoulder and said, "I heard that the Gu family mission has returned... You will come with me to the Gu family's ancestral hall later to inquire about the follow-up of the Xizhou Sacred Code."

…

…

"...The follow-up to the Western Continent Sacred Code is probably like this."

It took a long time.

Gu Nanfeng recounted the general process of this westward journey in detail, of course...from his own perspective.

After listening to this, Gu Qilin and Zhou Wei fell into deep thought.

"The God of Light hopes to marry the Gu family to change the current camp structure?"

Gu Qilin rubbed his eyebrows.

He just felt that the amount of information brought back from this trip to the west was too great.

"He did make that point at the bottom of the Red Lake."

Gu Nanfeng whispered: "It's just at the expense of promoting the bill..."

"So you refused outright?"

Gu Qilin raised his eyebrows.

"certainly."

Gu Nanfeng was a little surprised by the old man's question: "We spent a lot of effort to expel the bill proposal."

"If you say you are young, you appear mature. If you say you are mature, you are really young."

Gu Qilin changed to a comfortable sitting position and said in a persuasive manner: "The God of Light wants to implement the Awakening Act. This kind of thing cannot be decided overnight... Don't refuse in a hurry. Next time you encounter this kind of thing, first say that you need it." Time to consider, and then slowly take a roundabout way. Think about it, Meng Xizhou is now the goddess of the Temple of Light, in charge of the power alone, and sooner or later she will be the successor of the Light Fire. If she is kidnapped into the Gu family, there is no need to worry about the bill. Something about it?"

Gu Nanfeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You mean to drag Meng Xizhou into the Dongzhou camp?"

Gu Qilin blinked.

"I respect her position and I respect her camp."

Gu Nanfeng said sincerely: "No one wants to see the divine war start... It's just that there are some things that we can't decide. Behind me is the Gu family, and behind her there is a whole Guangming City to consider."

"Your personality is like your knife. Too straight."

Gu Qilin stretched out his withered and aging fingers and tapped lightly on the back of Gu Nanfeng's hand.

He said calmly: "What I want you to do is to persuade Meng Xizhou's position? If there is a serious conflict or contradiction between the positions between the two of you, will there still be a drama of 'prison robbery'?"

Gu Nanfeng's eyes were blank.

The old man raised his fingers horizontally and vertically and wrote a word.

drag.

"How long has that old guy in Xizhou lived?"

Gu Qilin asked: "How long can he live anymore? Who has the final say what happens after death?"

"..."

Gu Nanfeng understood.

This is indeed a very straightforward statement. If the God of Light is dead and the Awakening Act cannot be passed, then there will still be room for change.

At that time, the only person he needs to convince is Meng Xizhou.

And the Gu family has never been an enemy of Xizhou.

"Do you know why you haven't been announced as the 'official head' of the Gu family?"

Gu Qilin spoke meaningfully: "It's not because I want to grasp this meaningless power... I have been waiting for this day for too long. I am looking forward to the day when you become the head of the five families more than anyone else. .”

Gu Nanfeng was silent.

Of course he knew how much effort the old man put into cultivating him.

Now he is still the young master of the Gu family, but he actually already holds great power, except for the last "name".

The name is right.

The last name seems unimportant, but the real weight is far beyond what the world can imagine.

The previous head of the Gu family was named Gu Changzhi.

The previous man who was favored by Gu Qilin and thought he could become the "head of the family" was called Gu Lushen... Gu Lushen gave Mr. Gu a very, very deep blow.

The old man sitting in the chair at this moment, if he opens his clothes.

Half of those dense scars were left by Gu Lushen.

"Arashiri is the sharpest wind in the world."

Gu Qilin said softly: "But no matter how sharp the wind is, it should still be wind... Wind is omnipresent and softer than water."

"You already have all the qualities of the head of the Gu family, except for a little bit. You know how to be flexible."

Mr. Gu narrowed one eye and intertwined the pads of two fingers on one hand.

Gu Nanfeng saw this scene in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

…

…

"Speaking of which, I'm very curious about what you gained in the Forbidden Library..."

President Zhou Wei smiled and said: "Nanfeng, it is said that there is the 'Land of the Prophet' left by the God of Destiny. What did you see there?"

Gu Nanfeng came back from his trance.

"President, unfortunately, I didn't see anything."

Gu Nanfeng smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the God of fate does not favor me. I gained nothing in the Forbidden Library..."

"That's a shame."

Zhou Wei sighed with emotion: "That little brat Gu Shen ran too fast with oil on his feet, otherwise he would have had a chance."

"The current God of Light is not a good thing, so it would be nice if it ran away."

Gu Qilin said: "Killing Jia Wei, turning Guangming City into a mess, and then going to the Forbidden Library to gain enlightenment, how can such a good thing happen?"

"Too."

Zhou Wei thought for a while, if he were Gu Shen, he wouldn't dare to stay in Guangming City for a long time.

"Actually, there is one more important thing."

Gu Nanfeng said solemnly: "About the meeting between Saint Haitong and me on the high seas."

"Um?"

The two old men regained their attention. Gu Nanfeng had just spent a lot of time reporting on the westward journey, but he hadn't had time to talk about the episode on the way back.

"The Red Dragon Divine Envoy of the Tower of Source detected the induction signal of extraordinary life on the coastline of Yuanting Island... Zhongzhou has increased the pressure on Nanzhou."

Gu Nanfeng said: "During this period, extraordinary beings have been stationed on the coastline of Yuanting Island. The strength of these extraordinary beings has exceeded the control of the church. With the Red Dragon sitting in charge, no one can do it unless Saint Chunli comes forward in person. These extraordinary ones suppress the Tower of Source."

Zhou Wei had a heavy expression on his face: "We discovered the induction signal of extraordinary life. Is there any remaining survivors in [Ice Sea Ruins]?"

"While retreating, I saw with my own eyes... that the Tower of Source and the fleet of City of Light were completely destroyed."

Gu Nanfeng was silent for a moment and said: "But based on time, if anyone is really alive and the flying vehicle is completely destroyed... it will be almost time to come back."

"Yin Zhuo, the fourth elder of the Temple of Light, and [Giant Moon] Meritz from the upper city."

Gu Qilin said calmly: "The strength of these two titles cannot be underestimated. According to the images you sent back, although the bombardment of black and silver cannonballs can destroy the ship, it may not be able to completely kill them... With extreme It is not impossible for a few survivors to return inland from the ice sea."

"It's just that after so much, their mental power and source of energy should be close to depletion."

Zhou Wei gave a simple assessment: "If these two blocked accounts are alive, then the 'life signal' near Yuanting Island's defense line is indeed very likely to come from the survivors of the [Ice Sea Ruins]."

"The church hopes that Nagano will send a powerful enough supernatural being, preferably one that can compete with the red dragon."

Gu Nanfeng just said these words.

Gu Qilin couldn't help but sneered: "Are they crazy?"

The strength of the Red Dragon God Envoy was evaluated as immeasurable by [Deep Sea] after the mission on Mulberry Island.

Because of the uniqueness of his identity.

The Tower of Source has never granted him an exclusive title——

But the whole world knows that Red Dragon has been promoted long ago!

This is the level that is recognized by the highest level of the Five Continents Council as the top level of a continent's top account.

"Before Gu Shen returns, the meaning of Saint Haitong's words can be understood as hoping that you will personally go to Yuanting Island to supervise the battle and fight against the red dragon at the same time."

Gu Qilin sneered: "But the battle at Red Lake has been made public. The Saint of Sea Eyes obviously hopes that Nagano will send Gu Shen south."

The one who best meets the conditions is Gu Shen!

"Yes, their intention is obvious. Although they are in alliance with Nagano Central City, they do not want to make an effort."

Gu Nanfeng said: "The Saint of Sea Eyes does not care about the truth that the survivors brought back [Ice Sea Ruins]..."

The truth is that the Church of Storms launched a death raid and wanted to drag everyone along to be buried with them!

However, Guangming City and Source Tower will not believe this version of the truth now.

From the moment the Nagano Central City fleet returned inland intact, the truth lost its meaning.

"So...what did you say?"

Gu Qilin asked with a deep breath as veins bulged on his forehead.

Gu Nanfeng said calmly: "I told him to get away as far as he can... Since no one cares about the truth, Nagano doesn't care either."

"well said!"

Gu Qilin smiled happily.

Zhou Wei held his forehead. He was different from the grumpy Gu Qilin. Although he was very relieved to hear Gu Nanfeng's answer, he was also worried about what would happen next.

"What will happen if we don't support Yuanting Island at all?"

"Red Dragon has been leading a team to search the sea area in the past few days. If there are survivors, they will be found."

"And then?"

"Condemn, what the Church of Storms has done will be exposed, and the World Parliament will be convened again, but the Holy City will drag Nagano and Central City into the water."

Hearing this, Zhou Wei's face became serious: "Although you are right, what should I do if it really comes to that?"

What Zhou Wei is worried about is not the quarrels in the World Parliament.

What he is worried about is the game of will at a higher level... If this matter is confirmed, will the war between gods break out because of this?

"It won't come to that."

A very calm voice suddenly sounded.

The person who spoke was Gu Shen.

Passing through the front hall, Gu Shen deliberately tightened the "Godly Hidden Cloak" hanging around him. This time, the big banyan tree in front of the ancestral hall would not wither and lose its leaves inexplicably... He brought Shen Li and Mu Wanqiu to come. Arriving at the fishing place of Mr. Gu and Zhou Wei, he had been to this place once before and sat in President Zhou Wei's seat last time.

Seeing the fish basket full of fish, he felt much more relaxed.

It used to be fake sleep, but now it's real fishing.

It seems that after meeting him, Mr. Gu's worries have been relieved a lot.

"This is Mu Wanqiu, captain of the first team of the Beizhou Investigation Corps, and this is Shen Li, the fourth judge of the prison."

Gu Shen briefly introduced the two old men. He and Gu Nanfeng made eye contact, and everything was clear.

"A rare visitor."

Gu Qilin raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Wanqiu, saying, "The Beizhou Survey Corps must be very busy, right?"

"Miss Mu and I are old acquaintances. When she learned that I was still alive, she specifically asked for leave and went south to fight with me."

Gu Shen spoke for Mu Wanqiu and made a simple excuse.

People in Beizhou are aggressive, and Nagano is also aggressive. Mr. Gu smiled and nodded, dismissing it as such.

He had specifically read this S-class file, and specifically looking for a reason to fight with Gu Shen was indeed something Mu Wanqiu would do.

The apostle status of these two people is very easy to conceal.

"Gu Shen," Zhou Wei said with a smile: "You just said... you won't get to this point. What do you mean?"

Regarding the current tense situation in Wuzhou, he is very pessimistic.

Zhou Wei was very worried that this incident would become a trigger.

If Nagano doesn't handle it properly, it could very well lead to a God War.

Gu Shen knew what President Zhou Wei was worried about.

He got straight to the point: "I controlled and fired the black silver cannonballs in [Ice Sea Ruins]... I know the power of those cannonballs better than anyone else. The cloud ship fleet of the Tower of Light City Source has been completely destroyed, even if they have Even with all his abilities, it is impossible to re-repair the airship, and as for the two people with titles, they must have been seriously injured."

Based on the immersion position of the Initial Number at that time, even in his heyday, he would still need to fly for a full week if he stepped on [Truth]!

Whether the two severely injured ones can survive is still a question.

"You fired the black and silver cannonballs..."

Zhou Wei's expression was complicated, "So there really is [Ice Sea Ruins], what is in that ruins?"

"The ruins have completely sunk."

Of course, Gu Shen would not reveal the existence of Afu. He avoided the key question and wrote lightly: "It happened to be a coincidence that I followed the ocean current and drifted near the ice sea ruins. After waking up, I encountered the [Ice Sea] The exploration team of "Sea Ruins]. So I entered the ruins alone. I saved all the vanguards sent by Wuzhou who should be saved. Those who should be killed... I also killed them all."

"I remember Zhong Fan submitted a report..."

Zhou Wei murmured: "Is that the mysterious man wearing the evil ghost mask yours?"

"Yes, it's me."

This secret is no longer a secret.

After Gu Shen killed Jia Wei, the top brass within the Dongzhou Council would know all this if they read the [Ice Sea Ruins] report.

"etc……"

Gu Qilin frowned and said, "You mean, the most survivors are Yin Zhuo and Meritz?"

"yes."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "I killed all the guys who entered the [Ruins]."

Cloud Tiger, Black Turtle, Giant Deer, Longqi...

Not a single one was left!

The information received by Nagano is limited, so they don't have to worry about additional banned survivors.

"Ignore the church's request for support and let the Red Dragon Envoy lead the search in the waters of Nanzhou... There will be no results in the end."

Seeing Gu Qilin and Zhou Wei were still a little confused.

"Even if Yin Zhuo and Meritz are alive, they will definitely be seriously injured by the black and silver cannonballs. Even if they have the strength to escape to the waters of Yuanting Island, they will only be at the end of their efforts."

Gu Shen said softly: "They...can't survive."