Barrier of Light

In the long afternoon, the breeze blows across the West Sea.

"Xiaowu, Yao Jin has returned to the city. This operation-"

Mu Xin spoke in a heavy voice and pushed open the door of the small courtyard.

The sound stopped suddenly.

Mu Xin stared blankly at the scene in the yard.

The shadow of the tree shattered and fell on Utuo's body.

The green leaves of the potted plants are swaying, and the sea breeze brings coolness... It is very clean here, clean in every sense of the word.

There is no blood.

There are no traces of battle.

There was no breath.

…

…

"Great Elder, I'm here to apologize."

Yao Jin was sitting in a wheelchair, speaking in a complicated voice through the screen.

"I already know about the Gu family mission."

At the end of the screen, there was darkness.

The sound of surging liquid can be vaguely heard.

The corners of this old-fashioned attic are filled with mechanical components. A large number of green and silver pipes are densely arranged. This is where the sound of liquid gushing comes from... It seems that countless water flows through the pipes and is sent to the world behind the screen, to the temple. Almost no one in the movie knew what was behind the screen.

"You lost the bet, that's normal."

After a long silence, the great elder spoke: "Many people in the temple have lost bets, including me. One failure doesn't mean anything."

Yao Jin raised his head in surprise.

He stared at the darkness at the end of the screen and whispered: "Gu Nanfeng made a rude request..."

He explained the details of this operation in detail.

The great elder is very patient.

"You made a mistake and I'm here to apologize. It's not rude."

After hearing this, he smiled and asked, "You seem to be very angry because Gu Nanfeng called you a 'house dog' raised by the temple?"

Yao Jin was silent.

"In other words, the reason for your anger is...that is indeed the case."

There was no emotion in the Great Elder's tone.

He spoke slowly, with neither contempt nor sarcasm: "You have been guarding the secret cell in the temple for nearly ten years. When you were young, I threw you to Xihaidu to practice with Mu Xin... After you became an adult, you were still young. When you had time to stand under the light, you lost your legs due to the temple's poor decision-making. From then on, you could only spend a long and dark life in this wheelchair. Gu Nanfeng was not wrong when he called you a 'house dog' , after all, you have been chained to Xizhou since you were born, and you have never even left your home."

"...Great Elder, I am not angry because of this."

Yao Jin closed his eyes and his breathing was somewhat disordered.

He silently clasped his fingers together and said calmly: "As long as he can serve the light, no matter what the price, Yao Jin will not hesitate. A pair of broken legs is nothing."

He looked toward the end of the attic.

"I survived because you picked me up... If it weren't for your cultivation, Yao Jin would have died long ago."

The man in the wheelchair lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "I didn't take Gu Nanfeng's words to heart, but I can't accept this 'failure'."

"You shouldn't have let Uto show up."

The Great Elder said softly: "Since we have brought him back, the best way is to hide him completely... As long as Wutuo doesn't show up, who knows where he is?"

Yao Jin gritted his teeth and said, "I want to find out the person behind the Dongze family case."

"Does it make sense?"

The great elder asked with a smile: "Since you have stood in the light, it means... you are no longer a shadow. In the struggle between the 'people behind the scenes', whoever stands up first will lose. Let me ask you , who is the person behind the Dongze family case? You thought it was Gu Nanfeng before...is that true?"

Yao Jin was silent.

Judging from what happened last night, countless clues point to the Gu family mission.

But after meeting once.

Yao Jin knew very clearly... the person behind the scenes he was looking for was not Gu Nanfeng.

"This loss is actually a good thing."

The Great Elder said calmly: "Dongzhou hopes to see you make mistakes. In fact, I also hope... remember that since you stand in the light, you have to deal with problems in a different way."

"I... know I was wrong."

Yao Jin had mixed feelings in his heart.

"How has Yuan Yang been in the secret prison these days? Is there any progress?"

The great elder changed the topic.

"Maybe... it will take some time."

Yao Jin took a breath, a hint of indifference flashed in his eyes, and said: "It is not easy to gain the trust of the goddess. Collecting the [Holy Book] is not a one-day plan. You cannot rush this matter."

"Too……"

"It's just that once Yuan Yang leaves, I will be in a lot of inconvenience."

The great elder sighed softly and said: "Yao Jin, there are some things... I'm afraid I will trouble you."

Yao Jin looked solemn.

He silently clutched the back of the wheelchair, suppressed his trembling voice, and tried to remain calm: "Please give me your instructions."

"You come in."

The aging voice spoke through the screen.

Yao Jin glanced at the dark threshold and drove slowly over.

He controlled the wheelchair so as not to hit the sealed pipes coated with green silver, and entered the darkness very carefully. At the end was an alloy cast cabin, but it was in a semi-open state and looked like a bathtub. .

The Great Elder who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in Xizhou.

Just lie in this "bathtub".

A large amount of light aura overflowed from the cabin, but it did not leak out because countless "extraordinary barriers" condensed above the cabin, and the light was compressed into a small square space.

"Great Elder..."

Yao Jin's eyes were a little complicated. This was also the first time he saw the scene deep in the attic.

The old man lying in the cabin had his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, more like he was dead.

Those surging green and silver pipes are connected to this aging body.

The Great Elder's skin also undulated with the surge of the pipe...

"In the past, Yuan Yang was the one who did this kind of thing. This time I will trouble you."

The old man lying in the life capsule seemed to be dead, although his eyes were closed.

But his voice echoed in the attic.

Yao Jin raised his head, and he felt a spirit many times more powerful than himself, covering the small area of ​​​​the attic... He was convinced that as long as he made the slightest unfavorable move, the great elder's spirit would be infiltrated The lake in his heart killed him instantly.

"What do I want... to do?" Yao Jin came to the cabin.

"See those pipes?"

The great elder said gently: "What is flowing here... is the blood of the 'undead'. One side is input, and the other side is output."

Immortal? !

Yao Jin knew that with this legendary strange physique, the initial manifestation of the [Immortal] was no different from ordinary mortals. Many of them would not even realize that they had awakened...

But as long as they experience life and death, the [Immortal] will transform!

Their vitality and energy are far more vigorous than other extraordinary beings. Every time they are pulled back from the "death line", they will achieve major breakthroughs in mental and physical strength.

The temple has been looking for [the undead]. As long as people with this kind of physique appear across the five continents, they will be found by the Holy Judge...

No one knows what the purpose of Guangming City’s search for the [Undead] is.

But now Yao Jin knows.

The Great Elder's body is in a state of decay. It is said that he is the earliest follower of the God of Light, has the most favors from the gods, and is the most powerful.

In a sense.

He is the most suitable "winner" for the bright fire.

But it's a pity that he is so old that he can't even lift a finger, let alone smelt fire.

"This body suffered heavy damage during the battle with Hades..."

The Great Elder murmured: "I have been infected with a 'disaster' that cannot be resolved in my life. If it were not for the Lord God's intervention, I would have died long ago. If I want to survive, I need the blood of the [Undead], a steady stream of blood. "

"I drain the old blood out of my body."

"Then this light capsule draws in the new blood of the undead."

"In this way, a large amount of disaster will leave the body with the old blood... But Pluto's attack has a 'karma lock'. If I don't find a new owner for this old blood, the disaster will come back to me. .”

"So... these old blood will be sent into the bodies of those undead."

The Great Elder spoke slowly, "Over the years, the temple has secretly collected more than a dozen [immortals]. Now they are all dead, and my life is coming to an end."

"The undead, are all dead?"

Yao Jin was shocked by the secret told by the great elder.

In his impression, all the undead are top geniuses, including Fisher from Beizhou, Song Ci from Dongzhou, and Meng Xiao, the son of the former Bright Blessing!

Every time you die, you become stronger!

He couldn't help but ask: "Did these people... die of the ominous death of 'Pluto'?"

"Yes, not quite."

The great elder said: "The undead are not as powerful as you think. Everything has a balance, and everything has gains and losses. Although their vitality is tenacious, it also has limits. As long as that limit is broken, the undead will also die... They It's like an epiphyllum that suddenly appears in the dark night, but after it blooms, it will soon wither. No immortal lives forever."

"and."

"Many immortals... remain mortal throughout their lives."

The Great Elder said: "They don't encounter 'death', they are just ordinary people. The few undead people that the temple gave me blood transfusions had very weak resistance. They only had to transfuse blood back and forth a few times before they died of overwhelming weight." "

"..."

Yao Jin was a little absent-minded and murmured: "No wonder you rarely show up outside."

"In the battle with Hades, the Temple of Light suffered heavy losses... It is impossible for the outside world to know about this kind of thing."

The great elder sighed and said: "If I die early, who will take over the temple? Is it Yuan Yang?"

Over the years, every time he appeared, it was at a critical moment when he had to show up.

A large amount of [Undead Blood] was poured into the body.

He was able to leave the light cabin and move freely for a short period of time.

And now.

It's time for him to appear again... The Gu family delegation is about to arrive in Guangming City. As the grand elder of the temple, he will personally greet them and preside over the next "Fire Successor Trial".