Light Fortress
Chapter 230 - 210 Token_2

Chapter 230: Chapter 210 Token_2

Proving someone’s alive is simple.

"The Tomb Guardian of Qingzhong revealed that Mr. Gu Changzhi, after establishing Qingzhong... chose an Angel Envoy." Gu Nanfeng spoke slowly, "This Angel Envoy doesn’t even know that they’ve been chosen. This news only recently emerged from the tomb. The Tomb Guardian, through ancient Divination Skills, captured the disorderly spiritual elements flowing within Qingzhong and came to this conclusion."

"Divination?"

Hearing this word, Cui Zhongcheng furrowed his brow, reacting just as any common person would upon hearing of hypnosis...

"The Tomb Guardian’s divinations are one hundred percent accurate, meaning what is divined is fact, is the truth." Gu Nanfeng said calmly, "According to the divination’s results, that Angel Envoy is in Dadu District, which is the real reason I came here."

Mr. Xiao Cui found this very troubling.

He had come to understand the position Gu Nanfeng represented... It was the faction within the Gu family that hoped Gu Changzhi would awaken, the same who had insisted on establishing Qingzhong. Now, with the Tomb Guardian’s divination result in hand, they had arrived in Da Du, needing only to find the Angel Envoy to prove Gu Changzhi was still alive.

Well... it sounded very mysterious and the hope seemed faint.

But if they found the Envoy, the fact of Gu Changzhi’s survival could indeed be confirmed!

"You hope I will help you?" Cui Zhongcheng narrowed his eyes.

"Yes. In fact, we have already narrowed down the list... In seeking the Angel Envoy, the Gu family is very serious, not just paying lip service," admitted Gu Nanfeng frankly, "Since that person is called, they must meet several conditions."

"First... they inherited Mr. Gu’s spirit, possessing an unmatched resilience, a mandatory condition for all Angel Envoys."

"Next... they should have awakened a unique Extraordinary Ability, and their cultivation progress must be exceptionally quick."

"Finally, as a Divine’s Apostle, they should possess a Divine Gifted Power that can obliterate ’black spots’, and with an artifact’s enhancements, unleash an unstoppable combat force." At this point, Gu Nanfeng produced a small, exquisitely crafted badge, depicting an eagle in flight, "The aspiration to fight against the harsh wind, the power to strike back at Skytop. This artifact can call to an Angel Envoy, and should be able to prove the identity of the Envoy."

Listening to Gu Nanfeng’s explanation, Cui Zhongcheng thought more and more about a particular figure.

His expression subtly changed.

Really?

The person in his mind... was Gu Changzhi’s Apostle?

"We have now preliminarily confirmed the Angel Envoy we’re seeking. His most comprehensive profile should be in your hands," Gu Nanfeng stated earnestly, "If you don’t mind, may I have a look at it?"

...

...

The river bank.

After a night of revelry, bars closed during the day by the riverside, washed by the sound of water and lapsing into silence... A small tavern named "Hengsha" stood with its door tightly shut, softly knocked upon.

"Who is it..."

With bleary eyes, the owner opened the door, greeted by a smiling young man in a duckbill cap and a long-coated redhead woman.

His sleepy visage instantly sobered up at the sight of the knife sheath peeking out from the woman’s waist.

Before he could flee, the next moment, he inadvertently caught sight of the young man’s eyes.

"Swoosh!"

A streak of Blazing Light shot out from the eyebrows hidden under the duckbill cap, breaking into the owner’s Spirit Ocean.

With a clang.

Gu Shen pushed the unconscious body back into the dimly lit tavern, perhaps to ensure a good sleep during the day, the doors and windows of the small tavern were tightly closed, utterly dim. Thus, as soon as the main door was flung open, the Blazing Light, like that shining into a bat cave, instantly caused an uproar in the darkness.

Several sleeping bodies were startled awake, annoyingly screeching as they lunged forward.

Gu Shen stepped back expressionlessly.

"Swoosh!"

The long coat billowed with a swift forward charge.

The blade’s light tore through the darkness, streaking out a series of crimson beads tinged with a scorching heat!

The familiar smell of high explosives, only this time there was no chance to detonate, as they were all shattered by Lan Qie, slicing through them as easily as cutting vegetables, and the fine and cold wind blades flipped the first two figures who rushed forward onto the ground. The assailant was fast and ruthless, giving the adversaries not the slightest chance to retaliate.

Gu Shen then took advantage of a moment of emptiness, retracting the Blazing Light that had entered the Spirit Sea of the person he had confronted earlier.

"Sizzle!"

Hung high, the Blazing Light sent out ripples, and in this moment as he closed his eyes, he could see the details of the dark tavern with absolute clarity—the stages, the private rooms, and even the person feigning death under the counter; Gu Shen saw it all with his "eyes".

Great Hypnosis!

The Blazing Light struck, bursting forth a sudden brilliance.

Lu Nanjin put away her sword expressionlessly. After twirling the last two sword flowers, the gusts of wind stirred up dispersed the stench of blood. She didn’t even glance at the two fallen assailants as she walked towards the outside of the tavern.

All were remnants of the Changjiu Foundation.

Zhou Jiren was right; Xiao indeed had a hidden ace when it came to mind control. To ensure he could control such a gradually expanding organization as the Changjiu Foundation, every member who believed in him had been branded with a unique Spiritual Imprint. Through the reverse reading of Compass’s spiritual branding, one could find the remaining strongholds of the Changjiu Foundation.

In fact, none of these guys were easy to handle. They appeared indistinguishable from ordinary people on the outside, their disguise seamless. They could interact normally with others, but they likely carried high explosives in their pockets, prepared to pull them out and perish together should things go awry.

This cleansing operation was massive... Already, Judgement Envoys from the Judgement Institute had paid a bloody price while dealing with the Believers of the Changjiu Foundation.

Even as Transcendents, they were ultimately but flesh and blood.

"Wait a moment," Gu Shen suddenly said, even surprising himself. After awakening his Extraordinary Ability, his tolerance for bloodshed had greatly increased, and seeing certain body parts being lopped off... his mood remained undisturbed.

In the vision of Blazing Light, the blood splattered on the walls was just a part of the essence of life... that was all.

He crossed the pool of blood and headed towards the inside of the tavern.

The believers of the Changjiu Foundation were mostly not Transcendents, so the method of searching through Extraordinary Sensing was entirely ineffective... Moreover, their beliefs were unwavering. Xiao no longer regarded his followers as human beings and had subjected them to an extremely intense spiritual cleansing.

In other words,

even if not killed, upon waking up, they would continually seek revenge upon society.

Even if all memories were erased, deep within their souls still resided the profound "malevolence"... that was the last bomb Xiao left for society.

If one couldn’t bear to remove it,

then one would be removed instead.

Gu Shen approached the slumbering individuals; he chose not to read the Dreams, but rather to violently pull away the Blazing Light... In this way, he killed all of the dreamer’s spirit, ending the life of Xiao’s believers.

There was no bloodshed, no battle.

Everything happened in their sleep.

The Blazing Light was withdrawn from several people’s Soul Seas, and as it swept out, it carried with it strands of crimson hue, the spirit of the owner of Blood Fire.

Gu Shen’s Blazing Light mingled subtly with the Blood Fire, seeming to share the same origin, yet not quite resembling each other.

In the end, he lifted his palm, and a small ball of liquid, blood-colored flame separated from the Blazing Light. It was the spiritual imprint left by the owner of the Blood Fire, as well as the lingering presence of their Extraordinary Ability... In fact, this didn’t align with Gu Shen’s understanding of the Extraordinary Law.

With the host’s death, unless there was an object to seal the spirit,

the Extraordinary Essence would dissipate, and the ability would naturally vanish along with it.

How then could this strand of Blood Fire still exist?

And moreover,

his own Blazing Light had unexpectedly resonated with the Blood Fire, sensing something during his first visit to Zhou Yexin’s Dream, Gu Shen had noticed something odd.

These two powers seemed to reveal similarities in their profound effects.