Chapter 321 Newcomer Tournament?

Gu Shen paused, hearing this.

If Gong Zi hadn't mentioned it, he would have completely forgotten about it.

"The registration deadline is in about twenty days."

Gong Zi chuckled bitterly to herself and asked through voice transmission, "Do you know about the poll on the Snow Forbidden City forum right now?"

"Poll..."

Gu Shen frowned. He said calmly, "I'm not aware."

"It's a poll about who would win in a duel between you and Bai Xiu. Many people think you're not registering because you're afraid of Bai Xiu." Gong Zi glanced at Bai Lu and said, "This crazy woman has been looking for you, probably for this reason..."

"Gu Shen."

Bai Lu spoke as expected, "You should know about the Newcomer Tournament, right?"

Gu Shen nodded faintly.

"You don't want to avoid the fight, do you?" Bai Lu got straight to the point, throwing out the question directly, her eyes burning. "The entire Changye is waiting for you and Xiao Xiu Zi to have a match."

Directly pressing him!

This attitude... was somewhat aggressive.

Gong Zi felt a headache for Gu Shen. This was not an easy question to answer!

Little did she know, for Gu Shen, this wasn't even a problem.

"..."

Gu Shen rubbed his forehead, smiled helplessly, and said seriously, "I'm sorry, but I really don't have time."

He had to go to the Shrine Mountain to clean up the old house and remove the black flowers.

He had to go to Qingzhong to study ancient texts and repair the array patterns.

Where would he find extra time?

Newcomer Tournament?

Bai Xiu?

Gu Shen had never taken them to heart!

And the words "no time"... sounded somewhat like an excuse to Bai Lu and Gong Zi.

"...Is that your answer?"

The Bai family's witch was a little disappointed.

She put away her previous attitude and said slowly, "Let me tell you some good news. Perhaps Xiao Xiu Zi won't be able to return to Changye before the deadline... He has improved a lot during this training. The Newcomer Tournament may not be that important to him."

That really was good news... Gong Zi remained expressionless, but rejoiced inwardly.

On the other side.

Gu Shen, however, was truly indifferent.

Out of politeness.

He nodded. "Oh... I see."

This expression of being impervious to reason made Bai Lu even more annoyed.

She didn't know if Gu Shen really didn't care, or if he was pretending to be nonchalant...

"Let's go!"

The eldest miss of the Bai family slammed the table and stood up.

Farewell!

She wouldn't stand for this!

Before leaving, Bai Lu wanted to slam the door shut, but she glanced up and saw the wooden sword hanging in the sky above Fenglai Temple. In a flash, after a fierce ideological struggle, she finally chose to back down.

The Bai family's witch gently closed the door and then quickly left.

A burst of cheerful laughter erupted in the courtyard.

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"If Bai Xiu doesn't participate in this year's Newcomer Tournament... that would really be a good thing."

Gong Zi smiled and clicked his tongue. "Maybe I'll have a chance?"

Mu Nan adjusted his glasses. "I think it's quite difficult... You can't believe a word that comes out of Bai Lu's mouth. Bai Xiu wants to take the crown of 'Invincible in Changye,' how could he give up the fight, moreover..."

He paused here.

He looked at Gu Shen.

His unspoken meaning was obvious.

Now, the entire Snow Forbidden City was building momentum for Gu Shen... Calling him an S-rank, and the successor of divination techniques.

It seemed that the two of them couldn't avoid a fight.

"Don't look at me, I really don't care about the Newcomer Tournament." Gu Shen smiled, "But I'm curious... Is Bai Xiu really that strong?"

Gong Zi was the future head of the Gong family.

Yet, he would have the idea of avoiding a fight when facing Bai Xiu?

That wasn't the kind of "belief" a young master should have!

After this question was asked.

The small courtyard was silent for a few seconds.

Gong Zi took a deep breath, his eyes filled with unspeakable complexity, and finally squeezed out a few words: "Strong, very strong... extremely strong."

From these words, one could hear his unwillingness.

One could also hear... his conviction.

"Some people's strength doesn't require a fight for you to feel it."

Gong Zi sighed. "Bai Xiu is a natural fighting genius. The aura around him is very strong, like he carries his own 'domain.' If you get close, you'll feel suffocated, making you naturally want to retreat, afraid to confront his sharpness."

"I fought him once. He didn't use his ability, just his physical skills... and he beat me so badly that I couldn't fight back, I could only parry."

Mu Nan lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice, "That was three years ago. The elders of the two families suggested a friendly spar. I lost miserably... and he even let me use only one hand."

Gu Shen fell silent.

From the first time he saw Mu Nan... he felt it.

The "Mu family" of the Five Great Families should have some kind of powerful physical technique inheritance. Mu Nan's physique was different from ordinary people, and after a true outburst, his flexibility and mobility would be greatly improved.

And three years ago... competing with Bai Xiu in physical skills, he actually lost like that?

These two people's descriptions made Bai Xiu sound a little scary.

At first, Gu Shen thought this guy had three heads and six arms.

He looked at Shen Li again.

Based on his understanding of Shen Li, this martial arts fanatic would not be afraid of a fight, and would not back down even when faced with a stronger enemy.

"What about you?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Shen spoke, Shen Li replied simply, "Don't look at me, I definitely can't beat him."

"You gave up way too easily..."

Gu Shen frowned. "Have you fought him too?"

"No!"

Shen Li shook his head, but his expression changed quickly.

He recalled the past, his eyebrows dancing, and said, "I remember when I first entered the prison, the teacher led me on a mission... and I happened to see Bai Xiu taking action. As soon as that guy made a move, lightning danced across the sky, and an entire mountain just crumbled!"

Lightning across the sky?

Shattering a mountain with one move?

This sounded even more terrifying than what the previous two had said... it was simply a god descending to earth.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

The Bai family protected Bai Xiu extremely well. His files were sealed and forbidden from investigation.

Chu Ling had once checked the files of this "Invincible Bai," but unfortunately, she didn't gain much.

"Bai Xiu rarely shows his abilities."

Gong Zi became serious and asked earnestly, "When did you see him take action that time?"

"A year and a half ago... maybe?"

Shen Li scratched his head, trying to recall, and said, "It was about that time, in the wilderness of Changye, chasing down an out-of-control person. Although he was young, he was completely able to act alongside transcendents at the level of arbiters. I saw Bai Xiu walking in the void, controlling lightning across the sky, sealing off a large area, and finally successfully intercepting the target. During the mission, he shattered an entire mountain with his attack... Although that mountain wasn't very big, the momentum was quite terrifying."

Listening to this description... it was indeed divinely unstoppable.

"Chu Ling, based on the scale of this destructive force, what level was Bai Xiu at a year and a half ago?"

Gu Shen sighed in his heart.

"It depends on the ability rating..."

Chu Ling replied, "If it's an extremely dangerous ability, it's not difficult to cause this kind of phenomenon. Overdrawing oneself and paying a certain price can also do it. But if it's normal use, then that's at least the power of the seventh layer of the Deep Sea Zone. If Bai Xiu is a lightning-type ability user, calculated with the destructive force of splitting a mountain, he probably already condensed the prototype of a domain a year and a half ago."

A year and a half ago... Bai Xiu was already a third-stage transcendent?

That was indeed far ahead of everyone else.

What could the other peers in Changye use to fight him?

As for splitting a mountain range... it was indeed very intimidating. If it were another ability, such as Shen Li's [Iron-Eating Disciple], unless he cultivated to the top level of mastery, he wouldn't be able to do it at all.

"I still can't forget the terrifying scene of destruction." Shen Li raised his fist, feeling frustrated. "I ask you, how long would I have to punch... to level a mountain?"

A hundred punches, a thousand punches?

From sunrise to sunset, and then to sunrise again?

But Bai Xiu shattered the entire mountain in the blink of an eye!

"So..."

Shen Li shook his head like a rattle drum. "I don't want to be struck by lightning, and I don't want to fight Bai Xiu!"

"Guts."

Gu Shen said, hating that he wasn't made of steel, "How do you know you're not his opponent if you don't fight?"

"Do you take me for a fool?" Shen Li sneered, "I don't need to fight Bai Xiu to know that I can't beat him!"

In comparison...

Someone who was frequently challenged suddenly felt insulted.

Gu Shen asked gloomily, "Hearing that tone, you've been challenging me all along... don't tell me you thought you could win?"

"You and Bai Xiu are different."

Shen Li was an honest person. He said seriously, "The reason why Bai Xiu can't convince me is that I will never fight him... But you're different. I always feel like you, this S-rank, aren't that great. The gap between you and me is only a little bit."

This iron man wasn't just stubborn.

He was also hard-mouthed.

What a pity... Bai Xiu would forever lose the opportunity to beat him into submission.

It seemed that he was currently the only one who had this opportunity.

Gu Shen found it a little funny and a little helpless.

"I voted for you to win in the poll on the Snow Forbidden City forum..." Shen Li said earnestly, "Don't get me wrong, it's because I think you're too pitiful."

Gu Shen was greatly moved and was about to say something when he was choked back by the second half of the sentence.

"However... if you and Bai Xiu really have to fight, I'll bet on you to win."

A twist and turn.

Before Gu Shen could continue to be moved.

Shen Li then said, "The prison opened a betting pool, and I heard the odds are as high as one to thirty. If you win, I'll make a killing, and if you lose, it won't be a loss... I'll just consider it a funeral expense."

"One to thirty?" Gong Zi was shocked and asked in a low voice, "Is this betting pool still open?"

Mu Nan echoed in a low voice, "Hey, can you take me with you... I'll go all in."

Gu Shen glared at the three of them fiercely.

"If there really is a betting pool... those who go all in on Bai Xiu will lose everything."

Gu Shen sneered.

The others were somewhat bewildered.

"Because I won't be participating in this year's Newcomer Tournament at all..."

Gu Shen stood up and said gloomily, "This fight won't happen at all, how can he win against me?"

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(Seeking monthly tickets!)