Chapter 198 The So-Called "Opponent"

For Bai Xiu,

The words "opponent" were something he had hardly ever considered.

At least... not before.

After his talent awakened, he left all his peers far behind, becoming the true "invincible at the same level" in Nagano.

A true genius doesn't surpass others.

But constantly surpasses themselves.

He had long since ceased to have rivals... If he had to name one, it could only be himself.

Rain and snow mingled, falling on the umbrella.

Bai Lu looked at Xiao Xiu's calm, expressionless face.

"His name is Gu Shen. He was rated 'S-level' by the Three Great Families. No one knows what his true ability is... He has only cultivated for half a year, yet he defeated Shen Li, the disciple of the Fourth Judge..."

Out of respect,

Bai Xiu listened quietly.

"If you give him another year, he will grow very strong." Bai Lu said seriously, "At that time, you will have more trouble than this year."

"Every year, there will be a lot of trouble."

Bai Xiu finally finished listening. He said softly, "The Gu Shen you mentioned is indeed a genius, but... what does this have to do with me?"

"The head of the family, the Great Elder, and my brother... all believe that this year is the best year."

Bai Lu sighed softly, "The entire Snow禁城 hopes you two will fight. If you participate this year... under the influence of public opinion, it will be difficult for him not to participate."

Even though she had received a clear answer at the Chunyu Temple.

But the Bai Family still believed... that Gu Shen's attitude did not represent his true feelings.

"So?" Bai Xiu looked at the witch silently.

So...

As soon as these two words came out,

Bai Lu suddenly froze. She suddenly didn't know how to express herself.

Some things cannot be brought to the table... Because of Gu Shen's relationship with the Li Family, the Bai Family had already identified him as a future "adversary," and the Bai Family had never been soft on enemies.

The battle of geniuses, the outcome of victory and defeat, will affect the state of mind in cultivation.

A monstrous figure who is truly aiming for the "Dream of Fire," if defeated in a head-on confrontation... their future path of cultivation will also become bumpy.

In fact, how could Bai Xiu not know what she wanted to say?

"This era will not hinder any genius from shining."

Bai Xiu said calmly, "If you want to become a true 'Invincible in Nagano,' relying on this kind of method will not last long."

"If he is really a very, very strong genius, then I look forward to fighting him... For me, meeting an evenly matched opponent is even more rare than getting that wisp of the 'Dream of Fire.'"

Bai Xiu said slowly, "It's just... I really don't see him as an opponent."

This sentence sounded very arrogant.

But in reality... Bai Xiu was telling the truth.

Someone who only wants to be number one will not care how many pursuers are behind them.

He had no contempt whatsoever.

This time, not participating in the Rookie War... was just simply because he didn't want to participate.

"Okay... I understand."

Bai Lu was actually only acting on the order of the head of the family, coming to persuade Bai Xiu. If Xiao Xiu insisted on staying until next year to compete, they would not say anything, because the entire Bai Family... was full of confidence in him.

Give Gu Shen another year?

Even if he was given another three years, what could he do?

He was an S-level genius, and Bai Xiu was also an S-level genius!

"You seem to have changed since you came back this time." Bai Xiu looked at Bai Lu and said softly, "You are more... restrained than before. This is a good thing."

Said very euphemistically.

Was she trying to say that she had become quieter?

She shook her head and smiled, and said, "Is it because I have been staying in the ancestral hall these past few days? Don't misunderstand, I have never changed, but a few days ago, that Gu calculated a divination, and he said that my Yintang was dark and surrounded by ominousness, so it is best not to go out to avoid attracting disaster."

Bai Xiu was slightly startled.

"Gu Shen is also a successor of divination. He has just been accepted as a disciple by the gravekeeper..."

Seeing Xiao Xiu's expression, Bai Lu quickly explained, and then frowned and muttered, "I don't know what Master Qianye saw in him, that he would be willing to impart such a technique as divination."

Divination...

Qingzhong...

The misty shadow on the mountain...

Bai Xiu lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"I'm going out for a while." He said softly, raised his head and looked at the distant sky.

"Eh..."

Bai Lu only had time to say one word.

Heavy rain poured down.

A bolt of lightning fell, and the entire Snow禁城 was dyed silver.

Bai Xiu in white clothes and sleeves rushed out of the umbrella, his figure seemed to blend with the lightning, and with just one step, he disappeared into the long city alley.

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"Master Qianye... the person who asked to see you at the foot of the mountain just now was really strange..."

Gu Shen returned to the Four Seasons Wilderness.

As he spoke, he vaguely felt the smile beneath the cat mask.

Was there something funny?

Or was what he just said funny?

"What did you see?" Master Qianye asked with a smile.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

He recalled the scene he saw after trying his best to look out. The fog was too thick, and the array patterns were complicated. He exhausted his eyes, but all he saw was obscuring gray fog.

Even the blazing fire could not penetrate this thick fog.

Because this was the wonderful realm condensed by the "Fire Seed"! If you want to clear the obstacles, you must comprehend all the "ancient texts" in the inner mausoleum!

"I... didn't see anything."

Gu Shen shook his head and replied, "Except for the fog, it's all fog."

"He is the same." Master Qianye said, "He also tried his best to see you, but... what he saw was also fog."

"Is this... funny?" Gu Shen scratched his head.

"From my point of view, this is actually very funny." The gravekeeper gave a rare serious reply.

"What kind of person would come to Qingzhong to ask for a tombstone, and the name on the tombstone..."

Gu Shen opened his mouth helplessly and muttered to himself, "To bury someone, but not even know the other person's name... Judging from his appearance, he should be from one of the Five Great Families..."

Speaking of this.

He seemed to realize something.

Born in one of the Five Great Families.

"That 'Yu Shu'... is a death warrior of the Five Great Families?" Gu Shen suddenly raised his head and looked at the upside-down Master Qianye.

The smiling face under the cat mask was still like a crescent moon, as if signaling himself to continue speaking.

The surname Yu.

This was not a surname of the Five Great Families... Just like Uncle Gao, an outsider guarding the orthodox line.

"I have seen all the young people from the Five Great Families..."

A series of names flashed through Gu Shen's mind.

Finally, he ruled out all possibilities.

Only... one answer remained.

"The person at the foot of the mountain... is Bai Xiu?"

Gu Shen looked surprised. He finally understood why the gravekeeper was smiling. If he were to see the harmonious scene on the mountain just now, he probably couldn't help but smile knowingly.

The entire Nagano was committed to creating a tense atmosphere of "swords drawn and bows bent" between the two.

Gu Shen even asked the old man for a copy of Bai Xiu's information... He had already prepared himself in his heart. If the "Invincible Bai" who went north for training one day returned to Nagano and forcefully wanted to suppress him.

He must also be prepared to deal with it.

But he never expected.

The development of things was so... illogical.

"You are a little smarter than I thought, and a little more dull." Master Qianye said lightly, "In fact, the identity of that 'person at the foot of the mountain' is not that difficult to guess."

Indeed.

The entire Nagano knew of his identity as a "divination disciple."

If someone came to Qingzhong to ask to see him, and saw a man standing on the misty mountain... then it could only be himself.

From the posture of saluting, it could be seen that the other person was a member of the Five Great Families.

And he didn't know his identity.

There was only one possibility... He had just returned to Nagano, and he didn't pay any attention to the news of Snow禁城.

"I thought I was very famous." Gu Shen smiled helplessly and joked, "It seems that he doesn't care at all."

"You are indeed very famous, he will know sooner or later." Master Qianye said casually, "It's just that he came very urgently... very hurriedly, and didn't have time to understand what happened in Nagano before he came to Qingzhong to meet me."

Thinking of asking for a tombstone, and the extra hint given by the gravekeeper.

Gu Shen's eyes lit up: "Because... he was assassinated?"

"That's right." Master Qianye smiled, "Someone in the Bai Family wanted to kill him, and Yu Shu sacrificed himself to save him."

No wonder... he asked for a tombstone.

Death warriors are nameless.

Until his death, Bai Xiu didn't know the person's name.

"It seems that public opinion is the most untrustworthy thing in the world." Gu Shen rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a complicated expression: "Before meeting him, I thought of him as very bad... and regarded him as the biggest enemy."

But when they really met.

Even if there were only a few words, the two of them bowed to each other and became unnamed "friends."

"Gossip is a fearful thing, three men make a tiger." Master Qianye said: "We are inevitably influenced by the outside world for people and things we have never seen... If Bai Xiu heard your news before meeting you, I am afraid it would not be so peaceful."

"So... you let him owe me a favor?"

Gu Shen smiled wryly.

Reminding him on the top of the mountain... can also be regarded as confirming his identity as a "divination" disciple.

"Some favors look big, but they are actually small."

"Some favors look small, but they can be very big."

The gravekeeper stretched out her withered palm, and suddenly a layer of golden threads spread out on her palm, like the sky clouds pulled from the wilderness, plated with a layer of gilded light, and each long line seemed to be linked to the end of the wilderness, the limbs of the world.

She performed divination in front of Gu Shen.

However... Gu Shen couldn't understand it at all.

These strands of golden thread shook and trembled.

"Bai Xiu will become a very remarkable person... His favor will become very big in the future." Master Qianye picked up a long thread and said seriously, "You actually made a lot of money by getting this favor with just a few words."

It was indeed a good deal.

Gu Shen couldn't help but sigh.

Fate is indeed a very wonderful thing. Putting two people in two different positions to arrange a meeting will produce different endings...

From opponents to friends?

Gu Shen thought silently in his heart: Without this favor, without this meeting... Maybe Bai Xiu and I would have fought.

No.

To be honest, he should be chased and beaten by Bai Xiu.

After reading the file of [Thunder Realm Walker], Gu Shen didn't think he had the power to fight this guy now... He was indeed a lot worse, but these should be considered the losses in cultivation years.

It's not a shame to recognize the gap!

The golden thread in the gravekeeper's hand suddenly trembled again. She smiled and pinched the thread, pressing down on the trembling of the long thread of fate with her two slender fingers.

"I suggest you go to the old place again."

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"Big news!"

"Big news!"

"Bai Xiu has finally appeared! [Wind Eye] captured his trace!"

The posts on the deep water area forum were updated, instantly attracting a lot of clicks. This time, [Wind Eye] captured specific images, and the Bai family did not use their authority to shield these pictures.

Previously, when Bai Xiu returned to Nagano, many people waited in vain.

And they waited for a long time, but did not wait for a reply... The protagonist that everyone expected, Bai Xiu, disappeared out of thin air.

This disappearance lasted a whole day and night.

At that time, some people were guessing, what was this "Invincible Bai" going to do?

Soon, the Bai family released the news that Bai Xiu had successfully broken through, and claimed to the outside world that the frozen tundra trial was extremely successful, and Bai Xiu's extraordinary ability had now reached the "ninth level of perfection," and he was only one step away from entering the tenth level.

The reason why there was no news for a day and a night was because Bai Xiu was too tired and needed to recuperate.

This news was not shocking, it could only be regarded as expected.

Over the years, the people of Nagano have become accustomed to Bai Xiu's smooth breakthrough... People would not be surprised if this enchanting genius made any breakthroughs.

What everyone is concerned about is... the Rookie War!

The registration for the Rookie War is about to end, and Bai Xiu returned to Nagano at this critical moment. Is he finally ready to take away the "Dream of Fire" that belongs to him?

Yes.

The entire Snow禁城 believed so.

His non-participation every year is actually a kind of "psychological pressure" on the participants.

For the past champions, there is a big mountain above their heads. If they can't defeat that mountain, even if they win the championship, they can only be considered lucky... Perhaps because of the influence of this psychological effect, or perhaps because the trial of the Dream of Fire is too difficult, so far, no rookie war champion has been able to successfully complete the spiritual trial left by the gods.

Bai Xiu's coordinates are constantly updated.

And finally, it stopped in a place that no one could have imagined.

"Bai Xiu... stopped in front of the Qingzhong Cemetery!"

"Wait... he entered Qingzhong!"

The last disappearing coordinates ignited the entire deep water area forum in Nagano... because the place Qingzhong was too special.

Here... lived an "enchanting" figure who was no less popular than Bai Xiu recently, and was also considered a "genius" who was a popular comprehender of the Dream of Fire——

Gu Shen!

No one expected that Bai Xiu, after unblocking the Bai family's information protection on himself... the first place he went to was Qingzhong.

This information, in the eyes of outsiders, was full of gunpowder.

What else could Bai Xiu do in Qingzhong?

Was he going to directly challenge Gu Shen?!

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(I had classes all day today, and my head is a little dizzy. There will be another chapter later, and I will try my best to ensure it is a big chapter. Friends who can't wait can stop waiting. It will be there tomorrow morning when you wake up.)