Light Fortress
Chapter 706 - 199: The Person of Divine Favour

Chapter 706: Chapter 199: The Person of Divine Favour

What all witnessed.

The Grand Judge placed a palm on Shen Li’s shoulder and then remained motionless, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

No one knew.

In Mr. Shan’s sea of cranium, a stern and gloomy warning reverberated.

"The borrowed item, it’s time to return it."

Li Yu slightly furrowed his brow, sensing something amiss.

"Mr. Shan?"

Why... were there beads of sweat forming on Mr. Shan’s forehead?

He was a Spiritual Transcendent, and though his realm couldn’t compare to a Titled like Mr. Shan, he could still sense subtle spiritual states.

Li Yu vaguely felt fear emanating from Mr. Shan.

Subconsciously, he lifted his head to look towards the oppressive dark clouds on the vault of heaven.

Shen Li had been in the cemetery all along.

And the Netherworld King... was said to be in the cemetery as well.

Could it be?

"All right..."

Mr. Shan lifted his palm, his voice somewhat hoarse, squeezing out a slight smile, "How do you feel now?"

"Eh... much better."

Shen Li looked surprised, waved his fists, feeling relaxed all over.

He felt as though a thread of light spiritual power had rippled through his mind.

That occurred after Mr. Shan touched him.

The thread of spiritual power, guided along, made the odd sensation in his spirit naturally dissipate.

"Thank you, Grand Judge."

Little Iron Man rotated his arm again to make sure it was unharmed, then respectfully bowed.

He looked at Gu Shen and said, "Brother Gu... did you call me just now?"

"Actually, it’s nothing important. I just wanted to say that if you’re not busy, you could visit the cemetery often," Gu Shen said with a smile. "The Array Patterns inside nourish the spirit, and regular Cultivation here will benefit your injuries."

Shen Li hastily replied with a smile, "If Brother Gu resides here often, then I naturally will come."

Having said that, they parted ways.

Li Yu transmitted his voice, "Judge Chief, did you detect anything unusual?"

Mr. Shan shook his head and transmitted to Zhou Wei and the other Judges, "Gentlemen, I’ll take my leave first and head to Headquarters."

The Judges, still unaware of what had happened, looked at each other in confusion.

Only Li Yu, looking towards the slowly dispersing dark cloud above the dome, seemed thoughtful.

...

...

"Mr. Shan has gone to fetch something."

Chu Ling looked at the receding figures of those from the prison and asked somewhat perplexedly, "Would he be fooled by such a minor ruse?"

It was indeed a minor ruse.

Gu Shen’s Chi Huo was hidden within Shen Li’s Spirit Sea.

Transmitting that thought was actually effortless... after all, having truly practiced in Spring Rain Temple for an entire year, Gu Shen understood his own Spirit Sea better than Shen Li did.

But just with that one sentence, he expected Mr. Shan to return the "Netherworld King’s item."

In Chu Ling’s eyes, it seemed almost inconceivable.

"Not everyone is ’Deep Sea’."

Gu Shen said with a smile, "The name of the Netherworld King is something he cannot disregard."

That dark cloud was originally a coincidence, which turned out to be an excellent opportunity.

Gu Shen noticed that Mr. Shan kept looking up during the burial.

It seemed that the Grand Judge had always felt uneasy about the existence of the Netherworld King.

So, returning the item from the old mansion was not a bother.

That transmitted message was sufficient.

"It won’t be long before he returns the item to the cemetery," Gu Shen calmly stated. "For Mr. Shan, plundering the Netherworld Mansion was just to gain momentum back then; there weren’t any important items in the mansion. Now that he is the Grand Judge, there’s no need to cling to old possessions... Returning them obediently is the wise choice."

Chu Ling slowly nodded.

Under the calculations of the "deep water area," her conclusion was also to return the item intact.

"Returning to the rightful owner is naturally just and proper."

Gu Shen murmured with a smile, "Taking over the former Netherworld King’s belongings, as the current Netherworld King, it’s reasonable, isn’t it?"

He was also a bit curious.

What secrets were contained in those few blueprints?

...

...

Gu Shen had mentioned in advance to his senior, Bai Shu, about requesting the old items from the prison.

The Battle Fire was just newly melted.

Bai Shu was currently in seclusion within the cemetery, comprehending and mastering the Divine Power of this Fire Seed.

During this time, the divine radiance of Battle Fire enveloped the cemetery like a great sun, dispelling darkness and cold, warming the hearts of all.

And Gu Shen sat atop a small hill.

He and Chu Ling repaired the key Array Patterns of the inner mausoleum, reinstating the "Array Mist."

Winding mists rose, shrouding several broken hills.

These hills had collapsed greatly during the Divine War, but Bai Shu’s "Reverse Flow" domain was gradually adapting to the amplification of Battle Fire. Once fully integrated with the Fire Seed, these collapsed hills would soon be restored.

At that time,

The damaged landscape of the cemetery will also be repaired by the "Reverse Flow" domain.

Before long,

Qingzhong regained its quietness.

And Mr. Shan... returned to the cemetery alone, carrying a not-so-large alloy box. Even though he saw a clear sky over the dome of the cemetery, his expression remained grave.

For him, the purpose of this trip wasn’t merely to return an old item.

Returning it was an extremely simple task.

Just as he had taken those items from the mansion so many years ago... reaching out was all it took to take them.

Lowering his hand, he could let them go.

What troubled him was how to communicate with the unpredictable Divine Throne afterwards.

The prison’s "borrowing" those years ago was extremely impolite.

If the Netherworld King flew into a rage...

What then should he do?

Mr. Shan arrived at the hills of the cemetery and saw the mist, which was not yet present at the end of the funerals, rising again, and he once again faintly felt the ’chilling’ gaze.