Light Fortress
Chapter 372 - 58 Pure Land

Chapter 372: Chapter 58 Pure Land

Familiar images, familiar scenes.

Perhaps even familiar lines.

Iron Eater’s emotions were complicated as he watched the scene on the other side of the wilderness, "Mr. Gu has reached out his hand..."

He did hope that more and more people would come to the "New World" in the future.

But with only one seed, Iron Eater didn’t want to see another Iron Person.

"Sorry... I pulled someone in, got into a fight."

The voice of Gu Shen suddenly echoed in Iron Eater’s mind.

"When the ’New World’ is more complete, you won’t see scenes like this anymore."

The wilderness was not large, and the spiritual structure was not fully developed. Although Gu Shen held supreme authority, he still needed some time to turn his own wilderness into a real world.

For now.

His spiritual power could completely isolate him.

But if he brought someone into the wilderness... these disturbances couldn’t be fully shielded. However, it wasn’t a big deal. Through the blurred light screen, Iron Eater couldn’t clearly see his own strength.

Once his spiritual power grew some more, this kind of situation would no longer occur.

Gu Shen just mentioned it in passing.

He didn’t know that this sentence... allowed Iron Eater to breathe a huge sigh of relief.

"What am I thinking? At this time, how could Lord Divine easily let someone in?"

Iron Eater felt relieved, then spat out and whispered to himself repeatedly, "I should call him Mr. Gu, I should call him Mr. Gu..."

...

...

In the small courtyard, Shen Li lay facing up on the ground.

Spread-eagle.

Motionless, like a dead man.

Blood slowly seeped out from his face, but he made no move to cover or wipe it away, letting it flow freely.

So Iron people can bleed as well... Gu Shen felt somewhat emotional. He leisurely poured a cup of tea, returned to the Taishi Chair, and squinted, enjoying the hard-won sunlight of the early morning.

A moment later.

Picking up the teacup, he blew on the scalding tea, Gu Shen remembered the person still lying on the ground.

"Would you like a cup?"

"..."

Shen Li slowly shook his head.

His emotions were very complicated.

Up to now, he still hadn’t figured out... how Gu Shen’s punch managed to break through the dual defenses of the Iron Eater and the Spirit Seal in a flash.

Thinking back and forth.

Rather than admitting Gu Shen was too fast.

He preferred to attribute the problem to himself... being too weak.

"Though I’m still not convinced... I indeed lost. And I lost thoroughly."

After a long while.

Shen Li got up from the ground, looked directly at Gu Shen, and said, "You can rest assured, I lost fair and square. I will keep my promise... and for a very long time to come, I won’t challenge you again."

"Oh?"

Gu Shen took a sip of tea and smiled, "Brother Shen, this is what they call ’No discord, no concord’, eh..."

Shen Li’s face twitched slightly.

Gu Shen handed over a clean white towel.

Shen Li did not take it, instead letting the blood run wildly over his face.

He said gravely, "As for announcing my second defeat in a challenge... I will post it in the deep water area forum."

Gu Shen was taken aback, then shook his head with a smile, "There’s really no need for that."

"I lost, and that’s that," Shen Li repeated solemnly, "And... releasing this news is good for both of us."

A group of people wanted to challenge Gu Shen.

Whether these people were organized and plotted, or were overconfident or genuinely wanted to have a fight... Gu Shen needed a reason to refuse them.

He was the Grand Judge’s disciple.

If the reason was not adequate.

He might be labeled as "avoiding a fight" or "fearing a fight."

And Shen Li... was the perfect "reason".

"Scum like Chu Jue don’t have the right to challenge you. If you truly were to fight them one by one, it would not only be an insult to the S-level, but also an insult to me."

Shen Li took a deep breath. Though he verbally refused to accept defeat, in truth... deep down, he had already admitted that he was indeed not at Gu Shen’s level.

"That’s all I wanted to say... I’ll take my leave now."

Just as Shen Li was about to push the door open and leave, a gentle yet forceful voice stopped him.

"Wait a moment, Brother Shen—"

He turned around somewhat blankly.

"I’m touched that you’d say these things to me..." Gu Shen, holding his tea, surveyed the devastated courtyard and seriously said, "But before you leave, you need to settle the damage compensation first."

...

...

In the small courtyard of Fenglai Temple,

Lu Nanjin had finished her night of cultivation and opened her eyes.

In front of her floated a wooden sword, plain and simple, not forged from any precious materials or even sharpened. In the hands of an ordinary person, it would be difficult to even kill a chicken.

But at this moment,

as Lu Nanjin opened her eyes,

the wooden sword, losing the support of the wind, quickly fell and plunged into the soil of the courtyard, burying itself up to the hilt.

Right then, someone knocked on the door at just the right time.

The wooden door was blown open by the wind.

Three people slowly entered the small villa courtyard—Gu Nanfeng, Luo Yu, and Tomb Ghost Xing Yun, who was dragged along in a lethargic state.

"Miss Lu, it seems that the cultivation techniques of the North Continent are quite suitable for you." Gu Nanfeng looked at the wooden sword in the ground and sincerely praised, "Your progress is faster than I imagined. In just a week, you’ve already grasped the basics."

Lu Nanjin’s talents actually weren’t poor.

Her teacher wasn’t lacking either; Mr. Shu was famously "practical". His disciples had branched out and gone to different places in the East Continent and even to the Outer Continent, which showed the "teaching style" of Zhou Jiren was quite strict.

But his only advice to Lu Nanjin was to not be hasty for victory, to move forward steadily, improving step by step.

Over these ten years, Zhou Jiren more than once urged Nan Jin to "take it easy" and not to be too tense.

Lu Nanjin understood this principle but never truly managed to do it.

Many things are like that, only after they have passed do you truly comprehend.

Now that the Lion Alley case has concluded, and after cutting through the events of ten years ago, Lu Nanjin’s cultivation mindset has undergone a revolutionary change.

Once let go, it becomes easier to pick up again.

"Last night, something interesting happened in Changye."

Gu Nanfeng casually tossed over a document.

Lu Nanjin took it and glanced briefly...

The Gu family’s "Wind Eye" was monitoring Gu Shen’s every move.

The document detailed the actions caught by "Wind Eye" after Gu Shen left Qingzhong, with most time segments thoroughly recorded.

There was just a small gap in the timeline.

The note for the missing segment read "Li Family’s intervention".

"The Changye Five Families took turns to make their move, and I heard two Titled fought a small skirmish," Gu Nanfeng said with a smile, "Xiao Gu eventually went to Snow Forbidden City and rented a courtyard; truly a wise move."

This document clearly explained what’s meant by "the more famous you are, the more problems you attract".

Gu Shen was now the focus of the entire Changye.

Every single move he made was watched by the "Wind Eye".

"I hope Brother Gu enjoys his time in Snow Forbidden City... It’s probably best if he doesn’t come back for a while..." Luo Yu patted the snowflakes off his shoulder with an iron hand, recalling the scene when he passed by the gate of Spring Rain Temple, he shuddered with trepidation.

This place used to be tranquil and undisturbed.

Yet last night, hundreds of people sought battle outside Spring Rain Temple, waiting in vain.

These folks were truly insane.

Although it wouldn’t take long for the news of Gu Shen’s relocation to the Snow Forbidden City courtyard to spread... By then, the challengers in front of Spring Rain Temple would move to the new location to stake out.

But perhaps, after some time, there won’t be as many challengers?

No sooner had the thought occurred,

than a commotion was heard in the distance.

Someone shouted:

"He’s back!"

"Gu Shen is back!"