Barrier of Light

Gu Shen knew that the devil was always watching him.

However, he also has countermeasures.

After taking a short rest in the "Pure Land World", Gu Shen returned to the real world.

Had a relaxing experience.

At this moment, his tense spirit had improved a lot.

"drop--"

Gu Shen picked up the communicator and dialed a number.

…

…

"As for the 'marriage' thing, I don't care what I said..."

Zhuxue looked at Lin Lin helplessly.

He said with a headache: "You are indeed indispensable for the successful completion of the task of restarting the Dolu River disaster area. But can you change your request?"

"Well."

Lin Lin thought for a while and said: "I want to return to Gubao. You can extend my stay. Well... add five years first, or ten years."

"???"

Lin Ci gritted her teeth and looked at her brother.

After winning the battle, I made this request.

"What's so good about that damn place in Gubao?" Zhuxue slammed the table, "It can make you think about it all day long?"

He knew Lin Lin's plan very well.

Breaking the engagement and extending the period of stay are basically the same thing!

If he really wants to marry the Goddess of Light, Lin Lin's royal identity will be exposed in advance. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to stay in Gubao... This boy's attitude is so determined that Zhuxue is a little suspicious.

Do you like Gubao too much or hate Mengxizhou too much?

"There is nothing good about Gubao." Lin Lin said calmly: "But it is a place that belongs to me. I want to stay there. Is there any problem?"

"Meng Xizhou is in Central City now."

Zhuxue was silent for two seconds and asked seriously: "How much do you hate this goddess of light? She has been waiting for you in Central City for more than half a month! I want to meet you at least?!"

Lin Lin shrugged: "I won't see her. In fact, her and I have the same appeal, which is to dissolve Lin Meng's marriage. I'm afraid that any private contact at this time will cause you to misunderstand."

Very nice and cunning…

Zhuxue was about to say something more when his communicator suddenly rang.

Glancing at the caller's identity, Zhuxue chose to answer the call.

"Mr. Xiao Gu."

Zhuxue spoke in a low voice, the anger from the previous conversation with Lin Lin gone, and with a slight smile, "Are you satisfied with your stay in the small courtyard in Xuankong Mountain?"

Is this a call from Gu Shen?

Is there anything... that I need to call Zhuxue?

When Lin Lin heard the title at the beginning, he raised his eyebrows and raised his ears with interest. He only heard laughter coming from the other side of the phone.

Zhuxue glanced at his brother, snorted silently, and then turned on the speakerphone.

Gu Shen said sincerely: "There is something I need to trouble the Grand Duke with."

"What's the matter?"

Zhuxue's smile did not diminish.

"I heard that there are a lot of mithril materials in Beizhou. I would like to buy some high-quality mithril from you." Gu Shen got straight to the point, without any politeness.

"High-quality mithril?"

Zhuxue was slightly startled when he heard this. He had not thought of this request.

Mithril is indeed a special material that is hard to find in the extraordinary market. This is something whose value cannot be measured by "common objects". Certain dangerous sealed objects above D level require "red silver". Collected.

However, for the real "big guys", "mithril" is not that important.

Because the sealed objects they use have almost no risk of losing control, and when performing tasks in normal times, they need to seal the extraordinary source of matter. The parliament and related organizations will also provide the corresponding "mithril", without the need for them to collect it personally.

Gu Shen wants mithril, what's the use?

It's just that Zhuxue didn't ask any more questions. He knew very well that this was not something he should explore.

"No problem, how high-quality mithril do you want?"

Lin Ci's voice was very cheerful.

He tapped the jade table top with his fingertips, the smile on his face not diminishing.

Gu Shen, this little guy, is extremely talented and has a strong background. He will definitely become a great asset in the future. If it were normal, what kind of mithril would he not be able to get? That is to say, only in Beizhou would he dial his number... After finally getting this opportunity, he must agree first.

"I want...black silver..."

The voice on the other end of the phone pondered a little.

When she heard the word "Black Silver", the smile on Lin Silk's face became a little stiff.

However, Gu Shen hadn't finished speaking yet: "Can you get Mithril, which is of higher quality than black silver?"

"..."

If the person on the other side was not Gu Shen, then Zhuxue thought that the call must be a malicious attempt to trick him.

Black silver... The amount mined every year in the entire Beizhou is only a small amount.

That is mithril that can be used to seal quasi-S-level sealed objects!

Gu Shen heard Zhuxue's silence, but he actually knew it in his heart.

Hei Yin, a giant like Mr. Shan, must carefully store his treasured objects. Such things that can be used as an apology gift to Hades... must be very rare.

"Mr. Xiao Gu. If you want black silver... I still have some here."

Lin Ci smiled bitterly and said: "But if you want higher-quality mithril, it's really difficult. That kind of 'mithril' is miraculous silver that has been smelted and blessed by the fire of the throne. Even if I want to give it, but I can’t.”

I'm afraid I can't borrow this favor.

The only thing higher quality than black silver is miraculous silver?

Gu Shen had a headache and glanced at the Ruler of Truth.

The deal he made with the devil was that he would no longer use black silver for subsequent bans.

But in that transaction, he played a very low-level, but very effective word game.

Black silver is not allowed to be used, but it does not say that other mithrils are not allowed to be used.

It's just that... mithril, which is lower than black silver, may not be able to truly block the devil's prying eyes.

"sorry for disturbance."

Gu Shen apologized: "I'll ask other people."

Just when he was about to hang up——

"I have."

Lin Lin spoke.

"???" Lin Cian looked at her brother in astonishment.

"Gu Shen——"

Lin Lin pulled up a chair and slowly sat down opposite his brother. He laughed and said, "I happen to have a piece of 'Miracle Silver' in my hand. I can give it to you."

Pause slightly.

Lin Lin added a condition meaningfully: "But you owe my brother a favor."

Zhuxue's expression was a little subtle.

He stared at his brother in surprise and anger.

How can anyone talk like this bastard?

Doesn't this show that he is a dignified Grand Duke of Beizhou, a philistine, incompetent, and fond of petty gains?

"No problem." Gu Shen agreed simply and neatly, "Thank you, Grand Duke Zhuxue."

Zhuxue once again: "???"

The phone hangs up.

Gu Shen didn't even thank Lin Lin.

The two men sang in harmony and cooperated fluently, like a double act, so that Zhuxue felt that this was a drama that had been colluded in advance, and she was the only audience member who was kept in the dark.

"Very good." Lin Lin said calmly: "And you owe me a favor now."

"You know, what should I use to repay this favor..."

"Of course, you don't have to repay it." Lin Lin stood up and said calmly: "But unfortunately... I know you too well. You are the kind of person who will get rashes all over your body if you owe someone else even a penny. People who can’t sleep.”

Lin Ci hadn't been so angry and gnashing her teeth for a long time.

Yes.

He is indeed the kind of person who would rather ask the world to owe me than owe me a penny. Perhaps it is because he was born in the Beizhou royal family, and his greatest pleasure since childhood was to collect "favors".

And the thing I hate the most is naturally owing others a favor.

"Hey, where did you get the 'Miracle Silver' from?" Zhuxue stood up and stopped Lin Lin who was about to leave.

"Generally speaking, the youngest one in the family can only pick up some toys to play with in the corner, right?"

Lin Lin paused slightly and said in a show-off tone: "I picked up those 'Miracle Silver' in the corner of the second floor of the attic. Unfortunately, they are not very fun."

Mithril forged in the furnace.

The world's top silver of order.

In his words, it is a "not very fun" toy.

"You and I both know that the so-called 'miraculous silver' looks extremely precious in the eyes of ordinary people, but when the formation pattern on the second floor of the attic was just built, it was just 'waste and dregs' stacked in the corner that no one cared about. .”

Lin Lin leaned against the door and said with a sarcastic smile: "It's a pity that you were already a qualified noble by that time, and you wouldn't be like me, squatting in the corner picking up these 'waste scum'... Brother, your My childhood was really full of regrets.”

"..." Grand Duke Zhuxue was speechless and could only remain silent.

Lin Lin turned and left.

Lin Silk sat on the bench in the office, closed her eyes, and after a long time, shook her head with a half-smile.

He opened the drawer.

From the thick pages, he took out a yellowed photo.

The photo shows a group photo of three people and a dog.

It was the Queen's Castle more than ten years ago. The flower garden was neatly built, the new trees had just sprouted buds, and the pool next to it sprayed tiny sprays of water.

The person who pressed the shutter to record this scene was Aunt Wen in her prime.

At that time, the young queen was neither surrounded by snow nor flames. She just put her hands on the shoulders of the two teenagers and stood unpretentiously by the spring, smiling in the warm spring breeze, as if she were all the light in the world.

The young Lin Cian pressed her cane and wore a suit that didn't match her figure. She tried hard to straighten her chest and adjust her tie, trying to appear tall and strong, but it had the opposite effect.

On the other side, Lin Lin, a young man in green shirt with a wooden sword in both hands and a lazy dog ​​around his feet, curled his lips and did not hide his disdain for Lin Silk next to him. At the moment when the shutter was pressed, he did not He raised his middle finger nonchalantly.

This doesn't look like a group photo of the three of the Beizhou royal family, the Lin family.

It's more like a group photo of thousands of families, childish, tender, and a little bit cute.

Lin Silk rubbed the yellowed photo with her fingertips...

The smile on his face became dazed.

That midsummer night, the old friend was like a dream and a firefly.

Now the old dream is still there, but the firefly has gone.

The people in the painting have all changed their appearance, more or less stained by a layer of wind and frost.