"A big bad bully, picking on kids again!"

A black car stopped in front of the Chunyu Temple.

Li Qingsui stepped out of the car, still wearing a ruqun.

She crossed the threshold and, seeing the scene, said with some sympathy, "Poor Shen Li, helping you beat someone up, only to get beaten up by you in return!"

Gu Shen felt rather helpless.

He had already admitted defeat... but Shen Li's request was just too bizarre.

If one of them had to be lying down...

Then it could only be Shen Li.

"Bah... who are you calling a kid?"

Hearing this, Shen Li immediately flew into a rage.

Lying on the ground, his consciousness gradually returned, and he could only feel a burning pain on his face, the "pain of being slapped" that even Iron Man couldn't bear.

Blazing Fire had knocked him down once again.

And this time, the after-effects were extremely fierce.

He was like a corpse, only able to lie there, finding it difficult even to move a finger.

Even so, he gritted his teeth, refusing the kind offer of assistance, and said, "No need to help me, I can stand up on my own!"

"Still being stubborn..."

Li Qingsui squatted down with a smile and said, "Serves you right for getting beaten up, I won't speak up for you next time."

Only then did Shen Li clearly see the face of this ruqun-clad girl.

He frowned, inexplicably feeling that this girl looked familiar.

After thinking about it carefully.

He suddenly remembered that this girl was the most mysterious future head of the Li Clan among the Five Great Families!

Li Qingsui had visited the dojo once before, and that visit had caused quite a stir, ultimately requiring his teacher, the Fourth Judge, to personally accompany her throughout.

"You???"

Only then did Shen Li realize... that his earlier words had been somewhat rude.

"Me what?" Li Qingsui could tell that this guy had recognized her identity, and immediately smiled, "Now you know you were wrong?"

"I wasn't wrong!"

Shen Li snorted coldly.

How was he wrong? According to age, Li Qingsui was the real kid!

"This guy's got an even harder personality than iron."

Gu Shen said casually, "Trying to get him to lower his head is harder than climbing to heaven."

"You don't need to worry about me!" Shen Li closed his eyes, and with great difficulty, raised his hands and placed them behind his head in a relaxing pose, "It's cool and comfortable here... I'm happy to lie here!"

Li Qingsui stood up and clicked her tongue in amazement, "What an iron block, so stubborn. Then just lie there for a while..."

The two of them came outside the gate.

Uncle Gao was already waiting by the car.

"Gu Shen and this little girl from the Li Clan... seem to be getting pretty close."

Luo Yu saw this scene, narrowed his eyes, and thought of the Feng Tong records on the Gu family's documents not long ago.

Gu Shen had rejected the Bai family, the Gong family, and the Mu family.

But he hadn't rejected the Li family.

Undeniably, Gu Shen got into Li Qingsui's car at the time because Gao Tian was present... This was a fierce person who dared to beat even Bai Chen when he got angry. In front of such a ruthless person, Gu Shen had no right to refuse the "invitation."

But now, only a week later.

This was already their second meeting.

"Young Master, are we just going to watch?" Fatty Luo asked curiously.

You should know.

Gu Shen was now the "sweet pastry" that everyone in Nagano wanted to take a bite of: an S-Class talent, backed by Hua Zhi, the Tribunal, and having not accepted any of the aristocratic families' olive branches.

It was truly tempting.

And the Gu family... after sending the "Chunyu Temple," had made no further moves.

Not long ago, the Young Master had chatted with Gu Shen alone on the back mountain.

As for what they talked about, Luo Yu didn't know.

All he knew was that, from that day on, the Young Master had not left the temple, but had remained inside cultivating in seclusion, not mentioning his original purpose for coming to Nagano... Every day he just practiced his swordsmanship and instructed Lu Nan Jin in swordsmanship, which pleased both the old and new factions.

If Gu Nanfeng continued like this, it seemed pretty good.

At least the Old Master would be very happy to see it.

"You mean, we should go and stop Gao Tian's car?"

Gu Nanfeng's voice echoed in the wind, with a hint of laughter.

Fatty Luo coughed awkwardly twice.

"Bai Chen tried it not long ago, and I heard he was beaten into a minor injury. He'll need to rest for a while before he can recover." Gu Nanfeng said lightly, "Why don't I try it too, and see if I can stop it... I think I'm stronger than Bai Chen, don't you think?"

"No, no, no..."

Luo Yu quickly said, "Young Master, you're definitely better than that Bai guy, but at this critical moment, please don't do anything foolish. That Gao fellow doesn't know how to hold back, what if he injures you?"

Gu Nanfeng still smiled gently.

"Don't worry, if I really wanted to stop his car, I wouldn't be so fragile. I could still fight him..."

But as for the outcome.

It was indeed hard to say.

Gu Nanfeng changed the subject, "It's Gu Shen's freedom to get into whoever's car he wants, why keep staring at him?"

Luo Yu was stunned.

"Think about it from another angle, he's already living in the Gu family... isn't he?"

Gu Nanfeng said faintly. After this sentence, he paused for a long time, and added, "If... I'm still the Gu family's Young Master, that is."

This sentence contained a lot of information.

A few drops of cold sweat trickled down Luo Yu's forehead. He suddenly remembered... that he had still subconsciously said the words "Young Master" earlier, and this time, Gu Nanfeng had not reminded him to correct his address, but had accepted it calmly.

In a few more days.

It would be the date agreed upon to meet with the Old Master... These days, Gu Nanfeng had been focusing on cultivating his sword, staying behind closed doors, and everyone thought that he had seen the situation clearly and had chosen silence.

But now Luo Yu felt that.

Things wouldn't be so simple.

Gu Nanfeng's "stillness" was only accumulating strength.

The mountain rain is about to come, the wind fills the tower.

Luo Yu had heard before that the Gu family's new faction wanted to take this opportunity to remove the so-called "Future Family Head" title, in order to end the eight-year-long internal war and strife, and to carry out a merging of the new and old factions.

And the Old Master seemed to be nodding in agreement.

The "Family Head" title eight years ago, in a sense, was the dawn of achieving "peace." The Gu family's old faction pinned their hopes on the "Future Family Head" to promote the merger.

And now... removing the Family Head could also complete the merger.

So this result didn't seem unacceptable?

Each side takes a step back.

The sea is wide and the sky is vast.

Gu Nanfeng had expressed his idea of not caring about "empty names" more than once, and in these years, he was in North Continent, always carrying the title of Gu family's Family Head, but he had never used the Family Head's actual power even once... which could be regarded as confirming his idea with actions.

So, it wouldn't matter if he removed the "Family Head" title today, right?

But Luo Yu now increasingly felt that things wouldn't be so smooth.

He looked towards the Young Master, who was sitting cross-legged under a tree in Qianlong Temple, cultivating peacefully, with a complex expression.

Was it his illusion?

The Young Master seemed to be different from before in some way.

He thought about it and felt that it was the aura on Gu Nanfeng's body that had changed. All of the sharpness that he had when he first arrived had disappeared.

Not worn away.

But... completely restrained!

The wind whirled around, stirring the broken leaves.

Sweeping past the plaque.

Luo Yu seemed to hear the sound of the plaque colliding with the wind, vibrating with the sound of a dragon's roar—

He fixed his gaze on it.

A full gust of wind swept up the withered leaves, flying together with the broken snow, obscuring his vision, and he could only see two blurred characters.

Qian Long.

A hidden dragon lies in wait in the abyss.