Understanding ancient texts is a rather mentally taxing task.

　　Just as Master Qianye said.

　　Seeing the "ancient texts" is only the first step.

　　To disassemble the patterns of the array, deduce them, and reassemble them requires a great deal of computing power... In this matter, Gu Shen is not Chu Ling. His computing power is already strong among his peers, but he is ultimately just a "person."

　　After disassembling one blueprint, he clearly felt tired.

　　"If... I were to fully understand and disassemble an array pattern, it would take four hours. If I did nothing else all day... I could probably understand five array patterns."

　　Not every array pattern in Qingzhong needs to be repaired.

　　If you calculate it this way... the repair work can indeed be completed in just one year, but if I want to learn all the "ancient texts" on the blueprints, it will take more than five hundred days, and that's if I devote twenty hours a day to it.

　　"Everything is hard at the beginning."

　　The gravekeeper said leisurely, "If you concentrate on cultivating in Qingzhong, you will become more and more proficient, and it won't take so long to master all the array patterns here."

　　"Hoo..."

　　Gu Shen rubbed his brow.

　　Fortunately, he cultivated the complete Spring Breath.

　　His mental strength is very full, and his recovery speed is extremely fast... Even without sleep, it is enough to ensure the mental intensity of daily life.

　　Of course.

　　Under normal circumstances, Gu Shen would ensure two to three hours of deep breathing every day to enter a dream state.

　　Spring Breath allows him to quickly recover his energy.

　　After taking a deep breath, Gu Shen raised his head: "Then... let's continue."

　　In fact, before leaving for Nagano, he had already prepared himself... If he could reach Qingzhong, meet the gravekeeper, or even Gu Changzhi, he must seize the opportunity to "learn" something from them.

　　If he can't learn divination, then he can learn ancient texts.

　　If he can gain knowledge by disassembling blueprints... that would be too lucky and too happy.

　　As long as he spends time, he will definitely gain something.

　　How can this be considered hardship?

　　Gu Shen has plenty of time and energy.

　　He secretly said in his heart: "As long as I don't die from learning... I'll learn like there's no tomorrow!"

　　……

　　……

　　Gu Family Villa District.

　　It was another clear morning with a gentle breeze and warm sunshine.

　　In front of the Chun Yu Temple (Spring Rain Temple), there were still people challenging, but... the number was far less than at the beginning.

　　Shen Li quickly defeated all the challengers.

　　He glanced at the tightly closed iron gate of Chun Yu Temple behind him, and resisted the urge to smash the gate with a slap. Gu Shen hadn't shown his face for two days, and the gate was tightly closed and silent. Did he want to be a "hands-off shopkeeper"?

　　Did he really think of himself as a "wage earner"?

　　Shen Li came to Qian Long Temple (Hidden Dragon Temple) "politely."

　　He knocked on the iron gate three times.

　　If they didn't open the door, he would prepare to "walk" in.

　　He knew that every day when he fought, there were spectators next door.

　　Sure enough.

　　On the third knock, the iron gate opened, not giving Shen Li the opportunity to "break in." Luo Yu was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, and smiled, pointing to the empty seat next to him, signaling Shen Li to sit down.

　　"The young master is not here today, only me. Would you like some tea?"

　　Shen Li frowned.

　　He stood at the door and did not enter.

　　He didn't want to drink tea, and he didn't want to waste time.

　　So he only said one sentence: "Where is Gu Shen?"

　　Luo Yu smiled awkwardly... After Gu Shen was taken away by Li Qingsui two days ago, he disappeared without a trace, disappearing directly from the perception of [Wind Eye]. It was obvious that the Li family had used their privileges.

　　Two days of disappearing from the world.

　　The Five Great Families were very curious about Gu Shen's whereabouts... After searching, the Five Great Families locked Gu Shen's last "point of appearance" in Qingzhong.

　　"These days, Gu Shen has gained fame and the Gu family has gained profit by dealing with extraordinary people who come to challenge."

　　Shen Li said slowly, "But now I can't even see a shadow of him. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

　　Fatty Luo quickly smiled apologetically: "Inappropriate, inappropriate."

　　"If Gu Shen is not in Chun Yu Temple, then I won't come either!"

　　Shen Li coldly left a sentence, and said, "I'm fighting for him, not working for him!"

　　Luo Yu said with a wry smile: "The entire Nagano is looking for Little Gu..."

　　Shen Li frowned, feeling something was strange.

　　He is a martial arts fanatic, and he usually doesn't care about the affairs of Nagano.

　　He doesn't listen to anything outside the window, and only focuses on practicing the Iron Man Fist.

　　If others don't tell him what happened outside, he won't know.

　　"The entire Nagano is looking for him. Where is he now?"

　　"I heard he's in Qingzhong." Luo Yu sighed, glanced at the Feng Lai Temple (Wind Comes Temple) next door, and said, "Who knows? Little Gu is like a dragon, appearing and disappearing without a trace... If he doesn't show up again, you probably don't need to come either. Maybe those challengers will run outside Qingzhong and wait."

　　"Qingzhong..."

　　Shen Li murmured, "Why would he go to Qingzhong?"

　　The crisp sound of high heels came from outside the door.

　　"I heard that the gravekeeper master summoned him again."

　　Bai Lu, draped in a black feather cloak, also came to the Gu Family Villa District at some point... She crossed her arms, her slender fingers gently tapping her arm, glanced at the challengers who were lying on the ground one by one behind her, and smiled, "Iron Eater, it seems you've made progress again these days?"

　　In Snow Forbidden City, one of the people Shen Li least wanted to see... was Bai Lu.

　　This woman speaks too strangely.

　　Indirectly and circuitously.

　　He doesn't understand it very well, and he doesn't want to understand it.

　　"I have a name. I'm not called Iron Eater. I'm called Shen Li." Shen Li frowned, trying to make his tone sound less harsh.

　　Last time something happened at the dojo... Bai Lu came forward to help him. He still remembers this.

　　Bai Chen rescued him overnight.

　　Not only because of his teacher... but also because of the Grand Judge.

　　In short, it was a kindness.

　　"Okay... Iron Eater Shen Li, it seems you still don't understand."

　　Bai Lu sighed, she smiled and said: "If you are being so polite to me because you were rescued last time, then there is no need... Because the matter of saving you was the intention of my brother and teacher, and has nothing to do with me. I would rather see you locked up in the Committee's prison, detained for a few more days, you know, because of your existence, Gu Shen has much less trouble out of nowhere."

　　Shen Li's face instantly turned ashen.

　　This crazy woman...

　　Is she trying to provoke him!

　　He never indulges these kinds of guys!

　　Fight if you want to fight. Who's afraid of who!

　　Shen Li "swished" and grabbed the iron gate, ready to attack.

　　Bai Lu's smile deepened, and she watched this scene with interest, while silently turning her wrist, preparing to unleash "Thorn Dream" at any time.

　　The next moment.

　　An iron hand pressed on Shen Li's shoulder.

　　The iron hand "buzzed"!

　　[Iron Eater] can melt all ferrous objects, but Shen Li was surprised to find that a huge force was pressing on him, and he couldn't move an inch... That iron hand resisted the digestive power of [Iron Eater]!

　　"You two were chatting so well. Why do you suddenly want to fight?"

　　Luo Yu still had a smile on his face, acting as a peacemaker.

　　"This is the Gu Family Villa District... It's better to be harmonious."

　　At the same time, he transmitted his voice to Shen Li mentally: "Are you stupid... Can't you see that she is deliberately trying to anger you? Do you really want to fight with this madwoman?"

　　Veins bulged on Shen Li's forehead.

　　He ignored Luo Yu, and instead coldly said directly: "It's just a fight... If we fight, we fight. Why do we need so much consideration?"

　　As soon as he spoke, he exposed the fact that Luo Yu had transmitted his voice mentally.

　　Bai Lu smiled and said: "Brother Luo, if you want to represent the Gu family as a peacemaker, you have to be fair... You can't secretly say bad things about people behind their backs. Besides, this is the Gu Family Villa District. If others can fight, why can't I?"

　　Luo Yu cursed Shen Li, the idiot, in his heart.

　　At the same time, he sighed, "Of course you can fight, but if you really fight, the Federal Security Committee will come again... That's probably not good, right?"

　　This sentence was a very obvious reminder.

　　The Federal Security Committee!

　　Only then did Shen Li realize that something was wrong... He silently retracted his hand, threw the iron gate aside casually, and then coldly looked at the Bai family's witch in front of him, and roughly understood the cause and effect.

　　This woman simply doesn't want to see Gu Shen living a leisurely life!

　　These days, the people who came to Chun Yu Temple to challenge him were all defeated by him.

　　If he sent himself to the "Federal Security Committee" again...

　　Then Gu Shen would have a headache for a while...

　　In fact, Shen Li also knew that if they really fought, he wouldn't have the advantage.

　　However... why did he have such a strong emotional impulse just now that made him want to fight this guy?

　　Thinking of this, Shen Li suddenly felt a little scared.

　　His action of pulling out the iron gate to fight didn't seem to have been thought through... Did this woman impose "psychological suggestion" on him?

　　Bai Lu still had a smile on her face, put one hand behind her back, and asked, "Little Iron Man, are you really not going to fight? I can let you use one hand."

　　Before Shen Li could react.

　　"Whoosh!"

　　Bai Lu's face instantly turned pale.

　　A strand of snow-white light flashed in front of her!

　　A wooden sword swept out from the Feng Lai Temple not far away, piercing through the air in an instant, like thunder, and finally swept back again.

　　The speed was so fast.

　　Shen Li didn't see it clearly at all!

　　Even Luo Yu... only saw a shadow!

　　"This is..."

　　Fatty Luo suddenly realized that Miss Lu, who was silently cultivating, also lived next door.

　　Bai Lu's expression was ugly.

　　She is a mental-type transcendent... She is very sensitive to the surrounding anomalies.

　　A strand of hair slowly fell in the air.

　　The sword just now had been infinitely close to her face, but before she could use any defensive measures, the blade had already swept away... cutting off a strand of her hair!

　　This was a warning.

　　A naked warning.

　　Gu Nanfeng was not here... but there was also Lu Nanjin. Bai Lu had only vaguely heard of this name before, and she didn't take it to heart.

　　The sister of Madam Lu of Hua Zhi.

　　The background is indeed impressive.

　　But that is a matter of the Dadu District... What does it have to do with her?

　　"You dare to attack me?"

　　Bai Lu gritted her teeth and looked at Feng Lai Temple, asking coldly.

　　The only response she got was the wooden sword that was hanging high again.

　　It was just a simple wooden sword... It was not a sealed item, and it didn't seem to have any extraordinary aura.

　　But what was scary was.

　　It was just hanging there, but it gave people a full sense of oppression.

　　"Why wouldn't I dare?"

　　A woman's calm response came from Feng Lai Temple.

　　"My surname is Bai!" Bai Lu said in a deep voice.

　　"So what?"

　　Lu Nanjin seemed to have heard a very funny joke.

　　"Your surname is Bai. What does that have to do with me?"

　　This question.

　　Bai Lu was choked instead.

　　She suddenly realized... from Lu Nanjin's perspective, her Bai family's background was also nothing to care about.

　　"If you make any more noise and disturb my cultivation, the next sword will not be as simple as cutting hair!"

　　The wooden sword spun in the air.

　　The wind howled.

　　Slowly dispersed.

　　The aura in Feng Lai Temple re-waterfalled, slowly converging.

　　Bai Lu is not the kind of person who stubbornly clings to her reputation... More often, she just wants to "make trouble." This "trouble" is limited to troubling the other party. If the situation is unfavorable, she will stop immediately.

　　Able to yield and stretch.

　　This kind of person... is the most troublesome.

　　Seeing the wooden sword unsheathed, after weighing the pros and cons in her heart, Bai Lu indeed chose to shut up obediently.

　　And Shen Li was staring blankly at the wooden sword flying in the air, lost in thought.

　　He kept recalling the sword just now in his mind...

　　Too fast.

　　Too stunning.

　　He didn't see the specific trajectory at all, and only remembered a fleeting arc.

　　These days, he had been fighting for Gu Shen, and he only knew that a red-haired woman lived in "Feng Lai Temple," but he didn't know that her swordsmanship was so exquisite.

　　The martial arts fanatic's nature made his hands itch.

　　But Shen Li knew that with his current strength, if he really went to challenge her, he would probably be defeated by that woman in two or three moves!

　　Most importantly.

　　That woman was actually able to make Bai Lu "back down"!

　　Shen Li's character is straightforward, but he is not stupid... Bai Lu is a well-known crazy woman in Nagano. She does things without overstepping the rules, is unforgiving when she is right, and is also unreasonable and shrewish, but such a person would actually admit defeat under that wooden sword!

　　If Gu Nanfeng had unleashed the wooden sword today.

　　Bai Lu wouldn't be afraid at all.

　　Because the Gu family is deeply rooted in Nagano and has had a century-old friendship with the Bai family.

　　If the young master of the Gu family threatened her for the sake of an outsider... Once this matter got out, it would be difficult to deal with, and both the new and old factions would be watching Gu Nanfeng's actions.

　　But it was Lu Nanjin.

　　Her roots are in Dadu.

　　And her backing is strong enough.

　　Most importantly... this woman also seems to be a "madwoman" who doesn't care about the rules at all.

　　Today, she provoked Shen Li. She was the one who caused trouble first. If Lu Nanjin insisted on giving her a "lesson"... Bai Lu could only swallow it and not dare to make a sound.

　　Rather than swallowing her teeth and suffering in silence.

　　She would rather choose to remain silent actively.

　　"Wonderful, wonderful."

　　Several crisp clapping sounds rang out from outside the villa district gate.

　　"Being able to see the Bai family's eldest miss suffer a loss is a rare sight."

　　The Bai family's witch was stunned.

　　She didn't realize... when someone had appeared behind her.

　　Wait...

　　It was when the "wooden sword" was unsheathed!

　　Her mental power had all been attracted by that sword!

　　Gu Shen came to the gate covered in dust, his clothes were a little sloppy, and his expression was a little tired, but the smile in his eyes was very clear.

　　"I heard everything you said just now..."

　　Gu Shen ignored Bai Lu and came to Shen Li. He smiled and said, "Brother Shen... you must not fall for this crazy woman's tricks. She doesn't want to fight at all. She clearly wants to send you to prison. She's so bad."