Chapter 15 Snowfall

A heavy snow fell overnight.

At dawn, Gu Shen woke up from the circulation of the Jingzhe Breathing Method.

There was a commotion of voices outside the window.

The residence arranged by Luo Fatty...should be guarded by dedicated personnel, and idlers were strictly prohibited from entering.

Who would come so early in the morning?

"There are transcendents…more than one." Chu Ling immediately mobilized the images and transmitted them to Gu Shen's mind. "The visitors are ill-intentioned, and their target seems to be you."

Gu Shen frowned.

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In front of the small villa complex, Luo Yu's personal guards stopped a group of transcendents who ignored the access control.

A dozen men and women, all looking very young, were heading straight into the villa area. How could this be allowed?

"Sorry...this is the Gu family's residence. Are you looking for the wrong place?"

The personal guard quickly stepped forward to stop them.

He spoke euphemistically, but his meaning was clear.

However, these people were chatting and laughing, surrounding a young man in a white cloak, completely ignoring the personal guard.

The man in the white cloak had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was very handsome.

He was gentle and smiling, and uttered two words.

"We haven't come to the wrong place, this is it."

An invisible pressure struck… The personal guard gritted his teeth and stood his ground with difficulty, "May I ask who you are?"

"Who I am is not important… a visitor who has come in admiration, admiring the name of S-level."

The man raised his head, slowly looked towards the depths of the villa complex, and said with a light smile, "The Gu family has always treated guests with courtesy, and I'm sure they won't refuse a friendly visit, right?"

The personal guard's expression changed slightly before he could speak.

"Please...step aside."

This time, as the polite words fell.

A gust of air swept out.

The personal guard who was about to step forward changed his expression drastically. An invisible force burst out and hit his chest heavily, knocking him against a stone pier.

"Senior Brother Chu's mental strength has improved again." A young woman beside him sighed.

Another young man glanced at Luo Yu's personal guard who had been knocked away, and said with a tut, "This guy should also have the strength of the third layer of the Deep Sea. Senior Brother Chu knocked him down with a single thought… Is he already beginning to comprehend the 'Mental Domain'?"

The crowd discussed.

"It's still early."

This Senior Brother Chu smiled, "It's still far from comprehending the Mental Domain. It's all because the Gu Yu Scroll is so exquisite… I've only been practicing this breathing method for half a year, and my entire body's organs and acupoints seem to have been purified."

The Deep Sea Trial for mental-type transcendents.

The first three layers are small-scale hypnosis and large-scale hypnosis.

Layers four to six involve releasing mental energy and manifesting it in the material world… From the seventh layer onwards, one comprehends the mental domain. In fact, this process is not much different from the power-attack and natural systems. The former constructs a mental world, while the latter comprehends the origin of matter.

A tenth-layer mental-type transcendent possesses their own complete domain.

For example, Han Dang's [Truth].

At this point, the three types of transcendents converge to the same destination. The power-attack and natural systems, these two transcendent lineages that cultivate external forces, begin to take into account the internal.

One goes from the inside out.

The other two go from the outside in.

By the tenth layer, each possesses their own "Artifact Domain," "Mental Ocean," and "Elemental World."

And in the process of transcendent cultivation, the role of breathing methods is to compensate for the "incoordination" between the physical body and the spirit. The more powerful the breathing method, the lower the risk of losing control and the higher the stability of advancement.

It's just that the body has its own "habits."

Practicing a breathing method requires a lot of mental energy.

Comprehension, understanding, and mastery.

Therefore, every transcendent longs to obtain a "powerful" breathing method that can be used once and for all… As for practicing multiple breathing methods, this is almost unheard of.

Switching between different breaths, even if the spirit can withstand it, the body cannot. This principle is not difficult to understand. It's like no one tries to integrate different "transcendent source substances" to try to digest two different transcendent abilities.

For most transcendents, once they choose a breathing method, they usually don't change it.

Otherwise, it would take a lot of time for the body to re-familiarize itself with the new breathing rhythm and visualization cadence.

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Senior Brother Chu and his group walked towards the villa complex.

In fact, the moment this group stepped through the gate, they attracted attention from within.

The young master of the Gu family, sitting cross-legged in front of the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

Lanqie, enveloped in mental energy, allowed him to see the scene in the distance clearly.

Uninvited guests so early in the morning… Gu Nanfeng glanced at Xing Yun, who was snoring loudly in the next room, and thought sarcastically, is this the "good luck" that the Tomb Ghoul brought me?

"Brother Nanfeng."

The next moment.

A gentle flame, carrying Gu Shen's mental energy, flowed along with Lanqie's voice.

Gu Nanfeng was slightly stunned.

"These people are here for me."

Gu Shen's voice didn't sound angry, only calm, "If it's convenient, I'd prefer to handle this myself. I don't want to trouble you."

The same voice was also transmitted to Lu Nanjin.

Gu Shen stood by the window.

"Chu Jue, joined the Nagano Tribunal three years ago, rated B+, a mental-type transcendent, currently at the fifth layer of the Deep Sea."

A complete file was listed by Chu Ling.

There were a total of twelve people. The one who needed the most attention was Chu Jue… The others were all newcomers who joined the Nagano Tribunal this year. They had just started transcendent cultivation for less than half a year, and their ratings were all between B and D.

"There's no big shot."

Chu Ling's tone carried a hint of a smile as she teased, "The files of these people can be seen through at a glance. They're not encrypted, so they must be ordinary people… I'm a little curious, who gave them the courage?"

"Perhaps in Nagano… this is a very normal thing."

Gu Shen said calmly, "Luo Yu said that many people in the three divisions are talking about me… The appearance of an S-level will naturally attract the attention of many people. It's normal to want to exchange blows."

Nagano is a city of war.

The headquarters of the three divisions is located here, and the Eastern Continent Federation also encourages young transcendents to compete and exchange blows in the Snow Forbidden City. Every year, even a joint tournament of the three divisions is held.

The spirit of martial arts prevails in Nagano.

This is why Nagano has produced a figure like Gu Changzhi. It is said that when Gu Changzhi was young, Nagano ushered in a golden age that occurred once every five hundred years. Many genius transcendents were born in Nagano, including many, many powerhouses, who later supported half of the Eastern Continent Federation. And the most dazzling of these people… was naturally Gu Changzhi.

Stars shining.

The bright moon in the sky.

However, this God Seat seemed to have also taken away Nagano's luck… Until he fell asleep in the Qing Tomb, the luck of this warlike city gradually recovered and improved.

"Actually, I'm a little curious why these people came so quickly?" Gu Shen said with a headache, "They just landed, and they came to challenge me right after… Don't they need to sleep?"

The news spread too quickly.

"Nagano has millions of eyes watching you." Chu Ling said, "It started from the day you became an S-level."

"That's true…" Gu Shen slowly exhaled.

"These people are ill-intentioned…" Chu Ling asked, "What are you going to do?"

"What else can I do?" Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, looking at the group of transcendents outside the window, and said softly, "This is only my first day in Nagano. I haven't even had a good night's sleep, and challengers are already knocking on my door… If I avoid the battle, won't I be ridden on and shat on in the future?"

"Fight?" Chu Ling asked tentatively.

"Fight!" Gu Shen clenched his fists and said calmly, "One punch to avoid a hundred punches."

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"Everyone must be tired from your travels."

Gu Shen pushed open the window, looked at the group of transcendents not far away, and said with a smile, "Are you looking for me?"

Chu Jue frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the voice.

He didn't expect this guy to appear so cleanly.

As if he was waiting for him to come to his door?

With a "snap."

Gu Shen held the windowsill with both hands, gently leaped down. Unlike his embarrassing state during the previous fire, the Truth Ruler in his sleeve lit up silently at the moment of landing.

He landed steadily, pushed open the gate of the Chun Yu Temple, and came to the crowd.

Some of the young transcendents who had just joined the Tribunal looked at each other. They looked at Gu Shen… They didn't expect this so-called "S-level" to be so young.

Judging by his appearance, he was only about seventeen or eighteen years old?

In fact, like them, Gu Shen was also a newcomer… He had only started transcendent cultivation for a few months.

"You are… Gu Shen?"

Chu Jue carefully examined Gu Shen. His mental energy couldn't see through the depth of the young man in front of him at all… The Eastern Continent Federation had no intelligence records of Gu Shen's strength, only rumors that he was a gifted mental-type transcendent. Apart from that, there was no more information.

"That's right."

Gu Shen already knew the names and origins of the people in front of him, but he still pretended not to know and asked with a smile, "May I ask who you are?"

"Gu Shen, I, in the capacity of a trial envoy of the Nagano Tribunal, challenge you!"

Chu Jue said in a deep voice, "My teacher is the Fourth Trial Officer, and these are my junior brothers and sisters. If you can defeat them today, then we will admit defeat…"

What the hell?

Gu Shen frowned.

These transcendents of the Tribunal who have just started cultivation for less than half a year… Although they generally look several years older than him, there's not a single one who can really fight!

A bunch of trash fish, are these the people who came to challenge him?

The situation seemed to deviate somewhat from what he had imagined.

"Actually, taking the initiative to issue a challenge is a custom that has been passed down in Nagano for many years… You can refuse, and they can continue to issue them."

Just then.

A gentle breeze, carrying Gu Nanfeng's voice, slowly came.

"The original intention is to encourage competition and exercise strength. But this guy obviously has bad intentions. Competing with these people will not benefit your strength in any way."

"There are more than a dozen trial officers in the Tribunal alone, and each of them has students and disciples… These kinds of challenges, without repetition, can come dozens of times a day, lasting for several months."

Gu Shen looked at Chu Jue with a complicated expression.

This old guy is playing dirty… Today is the first wave, tomorrow is the second wave, and if it continues like this, anyone would be annoyed to death.

"Just refuse." Gu Nanfeng's Lanqie continued to transmit the voice, "I'll help you drive these guys away."

Gu Shen shook his head and replied with his mental energy gathered with blazing fire, "No need… Thank you for your kindness, Brother Nanfeng."

Although he was named Gu and lived in the Gu family's residence.

But he wasn't a weakling who could only rely on the Gu family to survive. Gu Shen still knew how to survive in a place like Nagano.

Then, he raised his head and coldly interrupted Chu Jue's words.

"Alright… no need to continue introducing yourselves."

Chu Jue was slightly stunned.

He wasn't angry, just looked at Gu Shen and said calmly, "If you're ready, the challenge can start at any time."

Behind him, the young junior brothers and sisters were eager to try.

Gu Shen smiled.

"Are you ready?"

Before Chu Jue could react, he saw the young man in front of him already rolling up his sleeves…

"Since we're colleagues from the Tribunal… then I have to put in some effort seriously." Gu Shen moved his muscles and bones, and said quietly, "Everyone, don't think about coming one by one, or all together. It's meaningless. Everyone has only been practicing transcendent cultivation for a few months, and haven't even fought a few times. I'm sure everyone came here today… just to broaden their horizons, right?"

The junior brothers and sisters were somewhat at a loss.

"I accept the challenge… however, I accept your challenge." Gu Shen looked at Chu Jue and said lightly, "I don't know my own strength, so please forgive me!"

The next moment.

Gu Shen suddenly struck.

He suddenly kicked off the ground and darted out, like a fierce tiger, pouncing towards Chu Jue.

Chu Jue's expression changed drastically.

He never expected that Gu Shen would be so cunning… and so arrogant, daring to attack him?

What he didn't expect even more was.

That this rumored S-level mental-type transcendent actually chose… close-quarters combat!

That seemingly elegant and refined white cloak had now become a burden. Chu Jue quickly retreated, but the young man's speed was astonishing. Without using any sealed objects, just one punch!

"Boom!"

He even heard a thunderous sonic boom!

In a hurry, Chu Jue quickly circulated the Gu Yu Scroll, offering a wisp of mental energy and sweeping it towards Gu Shen. At close range, this mental energy instantly branched out, turning into layers of air waves, sprinkling out like a storm.

Gu Shen didn't dodge or evade, but directly took it head-on!

He chose to open up his defense, allowing these mental energies to fall into his mental domain!

On the Siji Wilderness, only slight ripples were stirred up.

Next—

One punch!

Just one punch!

Chu Jue was knocked flying, crashing to the ground.

His handsome face seemed to have been dented.

Before he could understand what happened, a figure was straddling his body, raining down fists and the whistling sound of wind.

Gu Shen's combat skills, honed in the capital, had finally found a useful human target.

At this moment, he unleashed them without reservation!

This was truly a storm of fists.