Barrier of Light

For Baixiu.

The word "opponent" was something he had barely considered.

At least...not before.

After his talent awakened, he immediately surpassed all his peers and became Nagano's true "invincible" at the same level.

True genius is not about surpassing others.

But to constantly surpass yourself.

He has no opponent for a long time... If he must say one, then it can only be himself.

Rain and snow fell on the umbrella.

Bai Lu looked at Xiao Xiu's calm face.

"His name is Gu Shen, and he was rated 'S-level' by the three institutes. No one knows what his true ability is... After only half a year of training, he defeated Shen Li, a disciple of the fourth inquisitor..."

Out of respect.

Baixiu has been listening quietly.

"If you give him another year, he will grow very strong." Bai Lu said seriously: "By then, you will have more troubles than this year."

"Every year there's a lot of trouble."

Bai Xiu finally finished listening and said softly: "The Gu Shen you mentioned is indeed a genius, but... what does this have to do with me?"

"The head of the family, the great elder, and my brother...all think that this year is the best year."

Bai Lu sighed softly, "The entire Snow Forbidden City wants you to fight. If you join the war this year... it will be difficult for him not to join the war due to the influence of public opinion."

Even in Chunyu Guan, a clear answer has been obtained.

But the Bai family still believed that... Gu Shen's attitude did not represent his true thoughts.

"So?" Baixiu looked at the witch silently.

so……

As soon as these two words came out.

Bai Lu was suddenly stunned. She suddenly didn't know how to express herself.

Some words cannot be brought to the table... Because of Gu Shen's relationship with Li, the Bai family has identified him as a future "rival", and the Bai family has never been soft on their enemies.

The battle of geniuses, winning or losing, will affect the state of mind during practice.

If a demonic character who is truly pursuing the "Dream of Fire" loses in a head-on confrontation... the path to spiritual practice will become bumpy in the future.

In fact, how could Baixiu not know what she wanted to say?

"In this era, no genius will be prevented from shining."

Baixiu said calmly: "If you want to become the real 'Nagano Invincible', you won't be able to do it for long by relying on this method."

"If he is really a very strong genius, then I look forward to a battle with him... For me, meeting an evenly matched opponent is even more rare than getting that 'Dream of Fire'."

Baixiu said slowly: "It's just... I really don't see him as an opponent."

This sentence sounds very proud.

But in fact... Baixiu told the truth.

A person who only wants to run first will not care about how many pursuers are behind him.

There was no hint of contempt on his part.

This time, if I don’t participate in the rookie battle... I simply don’t want to participate.

"alright, I got it."

In fact, Bai Lu only came to persuade Bai Xiu on the order of the family leader. If Xiao Xiu insisted on staying until next year for the competition, they would not say anything because the entire Bai family... was full of confidence in him.

Give Gu Shen another year?

Even if you give him three more years, so what?

He is an S-level genius, and Baixiu is also an S-level genius!

"You seem to have changed when you come back this time." Bai Xiu looked at Bai Lu and said softly: "You are more... reserved than before. This is a good thing."

That's put politely.

Do you want to say that you have become quieter?

She shook her head and smiled, and said: "Is it because I have been staying in the ancestral hall these days? Don't get me wrong, I have never changed. It's just that a few days ago, the guy Gu made a fortune, and he said that I had a hair loss in Yintang." It’s dark and there’s something ominous about it, so it’s best not to go out to avoid getting into trouble.”

Baixiu was slightly startled.

"Gu Shen is also the successor of divination. He was just accepted as a disciple by the tombkeeper..."

Seeing Xiao Xiu's expression, Bai Lu quickly explained, then frowned and muttered: "I don't know what Master Qianye saw in him, and he was willing to teach him such a technique as divination."

Divination…

Qingzuka...

The fog shadow on the mountain...

Bai Xiu lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"I'm going out for a trip." He said softly, looking up into the distance.

"Eh……"

Bai Lu only had time to say one word.

The rain was heavy.

A bolt of thunder fell, and the entire Snow Forbidden City was dyed silver.

The white clothes and white sleeves took out the umbrella, and the figure seemed to blend with the thunder. In just one step, he disappeared into the long city alley.

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"Master Qianye... the person I just asked to meet at the foot of the mountain is really strange..."

Gu Shen returned to the Four Seasons Wilderness.

As he spoke, he vaguely felt the smile under the tabby cat mask.

Is there anything funny about this?

Or should I say that what I just said was funny?

"What did you see?" Master Qianye said with a smile.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He recalled what he saw after trying hard to look out. The fog was too heavy and the formations were complicated. He tried his best to see, but all he saw was gray fog that covered his eyes.

Even the blazing fire cannot penetrate this layer of fog.

Because this is the wonderful place where "fire" condenses! If you want to clear your eyesight, you must understand all the "ancient texts" in Neiling!

"I... didn't see anything."

Gu Shen shook his head and replied: "Except for fog, it's just fog."

"The same goes for him." Master Qianye said: "He also tried his best to look at you, but... what he saw was also fog."

"Is this... funny?" Gu Shen scratched his head.

"From my perspective, this is actually quite funny." The tomb keeper replied in a rare serious tone.

"What kind of person would come to the Qing Tomb and ask for a tablet and the name on the tablet..."

Gu Shen had no choice but to speak and muttered to himself: "I want to bury a person, but I don't even know the person's name... Judging from his appearance, he should be from one of the five families..."

Speaking of which.

He seemed to realize something.

Born into a family of five great families.

"That person named 'Yu Shu'... is a dead soldier of the Five Families?" Gu Shen suddenly raised his head and looked at Master Qianye who was hanging upside down.

There was still a crescent-like smile under the tabby cat mask, as if gesturing for him to continue speaking.

The surname is Yu.

This is not a surname among the five major families... just like Uncle Gao, a person with a foreign surname who protects the orthodoxy.

"I have met all the young figures from the five major families..."

One name after another passed through Gu Shen's mind.

Finally, all possibilities were ruled out.

There's only...the only answer left.

"That person at the bottom of the mountain...is Baixiu?"

Gu Shen looked stunned. He finally understood why the tomb keeper was smiling. If it were him, seeing the scene of harmonious conversation just up and down the mountain, he would probably not be able to help but smile knowingly.

The whole of Nagano is dedicated to creating the tense atmosphere between the two of them.

Gu Shen even went to the old man and asked for a piece of information about Bai Xiu... He had long been prepared in his heart. If the "White Invincible" who went north for trials one day returned to Nagano, he would forcefully suppress him.

He must also prepare countermeasures.

But I never expected it.

The development of things is so...unreasonable.

"You are smarter and duller than I thought." Master Qianye said calmly: "Actually, the identity of the 'Yanxia man' is not that difficult to guess."

indeed.

The whole of Nagano knows his identity as a "disciple of divination".

If you come to Qingzhong to ask for a meeting and see a man standing on the top of the foggy mountain...then it can only be you.

It can be seen from the salute posture that the other party is a child of the five families.

But he just doesn't know his identity.

There is only one possibility... He has just returned to Nagano, and he doesn't pay any attention to the news about the Snow Forbidden City.

"I thought I was famous." Gu Shen smiled helplessly and teased: "It seems he doesn't care at all."

"You are indeed very famous, and he will know it sooner or later." Master Qianye wrote lightly: "It's just that he came in a hurry...he was in a hurry. He didn't have time to understand what happened in Nagano, so he came to Qingzhong and wanted to see me. "

Think of the memorial tablet and the reminder given by the tomb guardians.

Gu Shen's eyes lit up: "Because... he was assassinated?"

"That's right." Master Qianye smiled and said, "Someone in the Bai family wanted to kill him, but Yu Shu sacrificed himself and saved his life."

No wonder...asking for a monument.

The dead soldiers do not leave their names.

Until his death, Baixiu didn't know that person's name.

"It seems that public opinion is the most untrustworthy thing in the world." Gu Shen rubbed his eyebrows and said with a complicated expression: "Before we met, I thought very badly of him... and regarded him as my biggest enemy."

But we actually met.

Even though there were only a few words, the two people bowed to each other and became anonymous "friends".

"People's words are scary, and three people can become a tiger." Master Qianye said: "We are all inevitably affected by the outside world when it comes to people and things we have never seen before... If Baixiu hears your news first and then meets you, I’m afraid it won’t be so peaceful.”

"So...you made him owe me a favor?"

Gu Shen smiled bitterly.

On the top of the mountain, giving a warning... can be regarded as confirming his identity as a disciple of "divination".

"Some favors may seem big but are actually small."

“Some favors may seem small, but they can be huge.”

The tombkeeper stretched out her withered palm, and her palm was suddenly covered with layers of golden threads, like sky clouds pulled down from the wilderness, coated with a layer of gilded light, and each long thread seemed to be linked to the direction of the tomb. The end of the wilderness, the limbs of the world.

She performed divination in front of Gu Shen.

But... Gu Shen couldn't understand it at all.

These golden threads shook and trembled.

"Hakusho will become a very great person...His favor will become very big in the future." Master Qianye twisted a long thread and said seriously: "If you win this favor in just a few words, you will actually make a lot of money."

Very profitable indeed.

Gu Shen couldn't help but sigh.

Destiny is indeed a very wonderful thing. If you put two people in two different places and arrange to meet, they will have different endings...

From rival to friend?

Gu Shen thought silently in his heart: Without this favor, without this meeting... maybe Bai Xiu and I would have fought.

No.

To be honest, I should be beaten by Baixiu.

After reading the files of [Thunder Realm Walker], Gu Shen doesn't think he has the ability to fight this guy now... He is indeed still far behind, but these should be regarded as the disadvantages of his years of cultivation.

There is no shame in recognizing the difference!

The golden thread in the tombkeeper's hand suddenly trembled again. She twisted the thread with a smile, and pressed down with two delicate fingers to hold down the trembling of the long thread of fate.

"I suggest you go to the old place again."

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"Big news!"

"Big news!"

"Baixiu finally showed up! [Feng Tong] caught his traces!"

The update of the post on the Shenshui District Forum instantly attracted a large number of clicks. This time [Feng Tong] captured specific images, and the Bai family did not use their authority to block these images.

When Bai Xiu returned to Nagano, many people waited in vain.

And they waited for a long time, but still didn't get a reply... The long-awaited protagonist, Bai Xiu, disappeared out of thin air.

This disappearance lasted for a whole day and night.

At that time, some people were wondering, what on earth did this "Bai Wudi" do?

Soon, the Bai family released the news of Baixiu's successful breakthrough, announcing that the tundra trial was extremely successful. Baixiu's extraordinary ability has now reached the "ninth level of perfection" and is only one step away from reaching the tenth level.

The reason why there was no news all day and night was because Bai Xiu was too tired and needed to meditate.

This news is not shocking, it can only be considered expected.

Over the years, everyone in Nagano has become accustomed to White Sleeves successfully breaking through... No one will be surprised by any breakthroughs made by this evil genius.

What everyone is paying attention to is...the newcomer battle!

The registration for the rookie battle is about to close. Shirasuke returns to Nagano at this juncture. Is he finally ready to take away his own "Dream of Fire"?

Yes.

The entire Snow Forbidden City thinks so.

Every year he does not participate in the war is actually a kind of "psychological pressure" on the participants.

For previous leaders, there is a big mountain above their heads. If they fail to defeat that mountain, even if they can win the championship, it can only be regarded as a fluke... Maybe it is because of this psychological influence, or maybe it is because of the trial of the Fire Dream. It's too difficult. So far, no newcomer leader has been able to successfully complete the spiritual test left by the throne.

The coordinates of Baixiu are constantly updated.

And in the end, it stopped at a place no one could have imagined.

"White sleeves...stopped in front of Qingzhong Cemetery!"

"Wait a minute...he entered Qingzhong!"

The coordinates that finally disappeared ignited the entire Nagano Deepwater Forum... because Kiyotsuka is such a special place.

Here... is a "monster" who has been as popular as Baixiu in recent times, and is also considered a "genius" who is a popular meditator of the Fire Dream——

Gu Shen!

No one expected that after Bai Xiu lifted the Bai family's information protection... the first place he set out to go to would be Qingzhong.

This information, to outsiders, is really full of gunpowder.

If Bai Xiu goes to clear the tomb, what else can he do?

Is this a direct challenge to Gu Shen? !

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(I had a full day of classes today, and my head is a little dizzy. There will be another chapter later, and I will try my best to make sure it is a big chapter. Friends who can’t wait, don’t wait. It will be there when you wake up tomorrow morning.)