Chapter 218 Guang Ming Bi Lei and Great Adjudicator

Many people at the Tribunal headquarters today witnessed this historic moment.

The Guang Ming Bi Lei and the Great Adjudicator were conferred at the same time.

The Adjudicators congratulated Gu Shen one by one...

Jin Yun came to Gu Shen's side, and after expressing his congratulations, he sent a wisp of spirit to Xie Zheng.

"Junior Brother Xie Zheng, if you encounter any trouble in the Tribunal in the future, feel free to find me!"

In the past few years, Xie Zheng's life in Nagano had not been easy.

He was a taciturn person, and he was not used to bothering others when he encountered problems. Mu Qingyang, his best friend, had already helped him a lot in the past few years, and Xie Zheng was really embarrassed to trouble Mu Qingyang again.

Therefore, he was caught in the middle of the factional disputes between Zhou E and Jin Yun caused by the "Great Adjudicator" and often suffered from both sides.

But now it was different.

Gu Shen became the Great Adjudicator, and Xie Zheng's status rose sharply. Just based on those words just now, he would no longer have any trouble.

Who in the entire Nagano Tribunal would dare to trouble him?

Faced with the endless stream of congratulations, Xie Zheng was a little dazed for a while. He was not used to such a scene, let alone the young Liu Quan who had just arrived in Nagano.

"If you're not used to it, go back to your dojo and wait for me."

Gu Shen patted Xie Zheng on the shoulder and said softly, "Take this young man with you."

Hearing these words, Xie Zheng fled as if escaping.

After a while, more and more people gathered at the dojo.

Many transcendents gathered around Gu Shen. Now Gu Shen had become the "benchmark figure" of the new generation in East Continent, the "idol" of countless transcendents, especially the duel at Red Lake, which directly pushed Gu Shen to the pinnacle of the storm.

Today happened to be the recruitment trial, and the young people from various regions of East Continent surrounded Gu Shen, their eyes full of anticipation. At this moment, they all wanted an autograph, or a word of encouragement, or a group photo.

The supervisory personnel responsible for security at the Tribunal headquarters were originally prepared to disperse the crowd.

But Gu Shen signaled them not to do so.

He fulfilled their requests one by one.

It had been almost an hour since he finished these things.

Gu Shen finally had time to free himself. He looked towards the viewing stand and saw those two familiar figures.

After the situation calmed down, he noticed that Lao Yu and Xu Fang were preparing to leave, so he immediately sent a message, asking the two to wait a moment...

This was the time when there were the most people in the dojo.

Gu Shen squeezed through the crowd and came to the viewing stand.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

He reached out and gently pressed down on Lao Yu and Xu Fang, who were preparing to get up, and said with a smile, "Both of you are from the same hometown... no need to stand on ceremony."

"Mr. Gu..."

Xu Fang looked quite embarrassed.

He recalled the words he had just said to Gu Shen... and felt a burst of bewilderment.

Was he just now addressing the Great Adjudicator of East Continent as a brother?

And he even said he wanted to take care of this titled transcendent?

Xu Fang's old face flushed red, and at this moment, he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

"These two pieces of Ziyin are gifts for you two. Please don't dislike them."

Gu Shen reached out and took out two pieces of Ziyin crystals.

Lao Yu and Xu Fang were both stunned.

The value of Ziyin was very precious, but what was truly precious... was Gu Shen's actions at this moment.

There were too many people watching here at the dojo now. They didn't know why Gu Shen wanted to give away Ziyin, but they knew that these two small Adjudicator Envoys from Qinghe were being "specially treated" by Gu Shen.

Because of Gu Shen's actions today.

They would receive goodwill from all directions.

"Accept it."

Gu Shen sent out the two pieces of Ziyin. He said sincerely, "Nagano is so big, it's a great fate that we can meet, so what I said before about arranging a meal and a tour of the Snow Forbidden City... I was serious."

Lao Yu and Xu Fang looked at each other, at a loss.

"It's just that I've just taken office as the 'Great Adjudicator,' and there may be many trivial matters to deal with, so I can't personally entertain you."

Gu Shen paused and said, "I will arrange manpower, so please don't be polite."

"Mr. Gu, this is really... really too much trouble for you..."

After learning Gu Shen's true identity, Xu Fang suddenly couldn't let go. He couldn't act as casually as before, and he couldn't even speak smoothly.

"Brother Xu Fang, it's nothing."

Gu Shen shook his head and said sincerely, "I have a request."

"A request?"

Xu Fang was stunned. What could the Great Adjudicator need to trouble him with?

"I want to use some things to exchange for the 'pendant' in your hand."

Gu Shen said slowly, "From now on, the Nagano Tribunal headquarters will open a dojo with Adjudicator-equivalent authority for you. You can bring your disciples to enjoy Nagano's cultivation resources. In addition, I will take you to the headquarters to receive the complete 'Spring Breath,' and choose an A-grade sealed item that matches your attributes."

Xu Fang was completely stunned in place.

He looked at Gu Shen in disbelief, and subconsciously pulled out the pendant in his hand.

"These things... in exchange for it?"

For him, the conditions offered by Gu Shen were simply a pie falling from the sky!

"That's right."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "To be honest, this pendant is very important to me... It's not just an ordinary 'lucky pendant.' I've been looking for it for many years."

Xu Fang's expression was very interesting.

"Of course, you can refuse."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "These promises I've given will not be taken back. Consider them all as my sincerity. From now on, you can still live in Nagano, or return to Qinghe and live the life you like."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Fang.

"Mr. Gu, what are you kidding me?!"

Xu Fang's voice became excited. He grabbed the pendant and stuffed it into Gu Shen's hand, then looked up and said seriously, word by word, "This pendant... I'll give it to you! As for these promises, they're too heavy, I can't afford them!"

"..."

Gu Shen didn't expect his "barter" to have such a result.

This time, it was his turn to be stunned.

Since entering the transcendent world, the enemies he had encountered were all extremely cunning.

Intrigue, deception, and all kinds of tricks.

He had become accustomed to using ruthless means to seize sealed items.

But this time it was different.

"In my hands, this pendant doesn't have much meaning. It just tells me what time it will rain today and where I can pick up money tomorrow. It's just a little luck in my life."

Xu Fang said sincerely, "But if it's in your hands, this pendant... will definitely be able to play a greater role and allow more people to feel 'luck.' If you tell me you need it, then you must really need it. The people of Qinghe are the most united when they're away from home. How could I accept your things for such a small trinket?"

Lao Yu, who was beside Xu Fang, smiled with a complicated expression.

He knew Xu Fang too well.

This was a guy who seemed selfish and loved to take advantage of others.

But this guy's heart was much cleaner than it appeared on the surface.

"I'll accept this pendant." Gu Shen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Please accept my promise as well. Don't consider it for yourself, at least consider it for those beside you and behind you."

Xu Fang turned his head to look.

He saw the young people he had brought.

And Lao Yu beside him.

"... Okay."

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...

The protection of the Goddess of Fate, the lost part, was finally completed today.

Gu Shen left the headquarters and went directly to Xie Zheng's dojo.

Unlike other Tribunal dojos, Xie Zheng's dojo was deserted, completely devoid of people, and several sealing barriers were set up inside and out, making it look rather gloomy and dark.

Because of Gu Shen's "promotion" to Great Adjudicator.

Many people came to Xie Zheng's dojo today to congratulate him, and he quickly closed the barrier, refusing their kindness.

These people waited for a long time without success, so they naturally dispersed.

Closing the door and refusing to see them, it didn't matter.

Under the connection of the spirit network, they could still contact this young Adjudicator with a promising future through the Deep Sea.

Gu Shen casually found a barrier, then broke it open. The blazing fire directly melted the barrier, and the next moment he appeared in the dojo.

Xie Zheng, who was quietly cultivating with Liu Quan, was startled.

"Teacher..."

He quickly stood up.

"You don't have to call me that."

Gu Shen was dumbfounded. He didn't want Xie Zheng to call him teacher, purely because of age. He was less than five years older than Xie Zheng.

"Then, sir?"

Xie Zheng tilted his head and thought for a moment.

Gu Shen sighed softly and stopped dwelling on it.

He circled around Xie Zheng's dojo a few times. This kid really did have some fate with him. The entire dojo was surrounded by several layers of airtight barriers, and spirit power and light were blocked out, making it look gloomy. If no one reminded him, he would probably be mistaken for something made by a "King of the Underworld" disciple.

King of the Underworld disciple... Even if Xie Zheng wasn't before, he was now.

Gu Shen said, "You don't seem to be used to today's occasion?"

"It's not that I'm not used to it, it's that I'm very unaccustomed to it."

Xie Zheng sighed, "I haven't seen as many people in a year as I did today."

Gu Shen waved his hand and set up a small spirit barrier, covering Liu Quan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground meditating, and asked with a smile, "Where did you learn your divination technique?"

Getting straight to the point.

"It was taught to me by my previous 'teacher.'"

Xie Zheng looked sincere and did not hide anything. "I only learned the basics. I can only see some simple life lines and guess the good or bad of fortune. I can't capture every trajectory of the future destiny of all beings like you can."

"Even the completed divination technique isn't that powerful."

Gu Shen shook his head and continued, "Who is your previous 'teacher'?"

"I don't know how to describe it to you..."

Xie Zheng scratched his head and thought for a long time, then said everything in detail, "I was born in the tundra, as you should know."

Xie Zheng was an unregistered transcendent from the tundra region.

Gu Shen was very clear about this, because the entire Deep Sea East Continent database didn't have his specific information.

"I grew up in the tundra. When I was about four or five years old, I was rescued by that man when I was about to be frozen to death by the wind and snow."

Xie Zheng said, "He carved out a residence in the mountains of the tundra, gave me food, healed my frozen body... and then taught me some strange things."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"What strange things?"

"Well... it's about this, what you call 'ancient writing'?"

Xie Zheng slowly raised his right hand.

His right hand was covered in a golden light, containing ancient characters. Gu Shen was no stranger to these ancient characters.

This was Xie Zheng's half-mastered "divination technique."

He had indeed only learned the basics.

When the truly completed "divination technique" was performed, these golden ancient characters would condense on the fingertips, separating flesh and blood and transforming into golden lines of fate... This was also the price of exchanging divination power with fate.

But after careful examination, Gu Shen realized that this matter was not that simple.

Xie Zheng had not only learned the basics, but he could only learn the basics.

This half-baked "divination technique" could not be melted into golden lines of fate, so naturally it could not complete the "price exchange" step. In other words, the man who taught Xie Zheng the divination technique perfectly controlled his cultivation progress, allowing him to learn a part of the "divination technique" without being harmed by fate.

His body was still completely preserved!

This was not a coincidence.

Since he was a person who knew of the existence of fate, everything he did could not possibly be a coincidence!

Gu Shen immediately said, "And then?"

Xie Zheng looked a little sad, "Then... he died."

"Died?"

Gu Shen didn't expect to get such an answer.

"When I was six years old, there was heavy snow. I found his frozen body on the ice field and confirmed that he had lost his breath... so I buried him in the snow and left that snow mountain."

Xie Zheng's voice was hoarse, "Later, I wandered alone in the tundra, trying to survive."

He was a bitter person.

Gu Shen sighed softly. He asked softly, "So your 'forging technique' was also taught by that man?"

"Yes."

Xie Zheng raised his head and said seriously, "This is also the secret I couldn't say in the dojo before. That man told me that if I wanted to survive in the future, I had to follow the guidance of 'fate'... Later, I met Mu Qingyang, and then I came to Nagano, and then..."

"Alright, you don't have to say anymore."

Gu Shen already knew everything that followed.

He stood in the dojo, in front of a standing cast iron training dummy.

He looked at the sealed item made by Xie Zheng.

This sealed item was not of high quality, and the materials were also average, but it exuded an aura of "ancient machinery." Different forging technique inheritances would have different carvings and techniques.

But the sealed item made by Xie Zheng was out of sync with modern sealed items.

It didn't seem like the craftsmanship of this era.

"Boom!"

Gu Shen suddenly attacked. He casually slapped out a palm, and the cast iron training dummy was immediately smashed to pieces, turning into dozens or hundreds of parts, scattered on the ground.

This palm did not use the domain, nor did it contain transcendent source matter.

After the cracking sound.

The iron dummy parts scattered on the ground suddenly began to move, flying through the air and reassembling.

"This is a recovery carving."

Xie Zheng said in a deep voice, "As long as it hasn't been destroyed by transcendent power containing destructive properties, it can be restored to its original state... provided that it consumes source matter. The better the material, the less source matter it consumes, and the higher the 'integrity' after recovery."

Gu Shen watched this scene and didn't speak for a long time.

He asked in his mind, "Chu Ling, have you seen such a transcendent carving?"

"No."

Chu Ling replied, "Unheard of, inconceivable."

"I've seen it."

Gu Shen said, "This is the craftsmanship on the Starship."

Back then, the red shadow robots mass-produced by Afo used this "recovery carving." In addition, the huge initial ship's hull also used this carving in large quantities!

The red shadow robots could regenerate after being destroyed!

The same was true for the initial ship's hull!

The price that needed to be paid was the consumption of source matter... The "recovery carving" on these two was more complicated than the one Xie Zheng carved on the iron dummy, but they led to the same result and were the same thing!

"The craftsmanship on the Starship?!"

Chu Ling was shocked, "You mean... Xie Zheng's 'forging inheritance' was learned from the ancient humans?"

"It's true that it comes from ancient humans, but his teacher is likely a Five Continents person."

Gu Shen said softly, "Back then, the ancient humans left these inheritances, and someone always had to inherit them..."

Chu Ling was stunned, "If it's a Five Continents person... how could there be no news at all? Such a person should be very famous."

"You're right."

Gu Shen murmured, "Such a person must be very famous, perhaps... he's already famous enough?"

A guess appeared in Chu Ling's mind.

"There's one person still alive. If it's him, these 'ancient writings,' as well as the 'forging inheritance,' would be explained."

Gu Shen paused for a long time and said, "... Turing."

Even though he was already prepared.

This answer still shocked Chu Ling on the other end of the spiritual link, rendering her speechless.

"Turing is still alive. He not only went to the Initial Ship, but also appeared in the Five Continents... I suspect more than once."

Gu Shen lowered his eyes and said, "If it wasn't him, who else could have taught Xie Zheng this 'forging inheritance' that contained Starship technology? If it wasn't him, who else could have grasped the teaching progress of the 'divination technique' so precisely?"

"But Xie Zheng said he saw with his own eyes... that person died."

Gu Shen said three words, "Longevity Technique."

He had already obtained the Longevity Technique stele deciphered by Xiao. As long as he had enough sacrifices, the caster could theoretically obtain an infinitely long lifespan.

Provided that his soul was strong enough.

According to Xiao's final guess, Turing was a human who had already mastered the Longevity Technique, and his Longevity Technique tended to be perfect, and the price paid would be minimized.

"Turing is still alive, and... is within the Five Continents?"

This inference was too shocking.

"Without evidence, it will always be just a guess."

Gu Shen retracted the thoughts in his mind. He looked at Xie Zheng with a complicated expression and asked, "That man didn't tell you his name?"

"He said he didn't have a name."

Xie Zheng shook his head and said, "He also said that if I really wanted to call him something, I should call him teacher, so I did."

"I... want to see the place where you buried him."

Gu Shen said, "Can you still find it after so many years?"

Xie Zheng was stunned and quickly smiled, "Of course, I often go to pay my respects these years. If it weren't for teacher, I might have died in the snowy night of the tundra."

"Wait..."

After saying that, he looked at Gu Shen with a strange expression.

"Sir, you don't want to go see it now, do you?"

"That's right, right now."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "Liu Quan has already entered meditation. I sent him a wisp of blazing fire. He won't wake up for at least half a day."

"Half a day... teacher's grave is in the tundra..."

Xie Zheng muttered in a low voice, "Is there enough time?"

Gu Shen calmly waved his sleeve, and tens of thousands of iron scales and silver light flashed in the air, turning into a smooth long sword.

"Half a day is enough!"

With his current spirit and source matter intensity, summoning Truth to travel, even going to the continent across the sea, would only take one night.

Half a day was more than enough for a round trip from Nagano to the tundra.

"This iron scale..."

Xie Zheng's eyes lit up, "Sir, do you have so much meteorite iron?"

Meteorite iron?

Gu Shen's heart trembled.

The nameless iron excavated from the tundra tomb in those years was tested by all five major families, and no one could find out its composition. They only knew that it was extremely hard and had a strange texture.

But Xie Zheng pronounced its "name"!

Chu Ling immediately reported, "Meteorite iron... There is no record of this item in the database."

Gu Shen quickly beckoned Xie Zheng to get on the sword, and then activated the Iron Throne, rising from the ground and rushing out of the barrier above the dojo, flying into the Nagano clouds and heading towards the northern tundra.

The wind howled and the cold invaded.

Xie Zheng was sitting on the tip of the iron sword, his whole body blown so that he couldn't open his eyes. He felt with emotion that the spirit of the Gu teacher he had just kowtowed to was really strong. The speed of this sword flight was probably many times faster than a source energy boat! At this speed, half a day was definitely enough to return to the tundra!

Gu Shen's voice sounded in his mind, "The existence of meteorite iron, did your teacher tell you about it?"

"Yes."

Xie Zheng recalled the scene of that year and said slowly, "Teacher taught me to identify many strange objects, all of which were rare and strange materials. Later, I walked in the tundra and the Jiuning area for more than ten years, and I haven't encountered a few... This is the first time I've seen so much 'meteorite iron.'"

Turing.

It must be Turing!

Hearing this reply, Gu Shen confirmed again...

Back then, the Evening Bell Church dug up a "living corpse" coffin in the tundra mausoleum.

The coffin had been opened.

The coffin owner seemed to have left silently as if he were alive, leaving only a stone tablet with ancient inscriptions, and a coffin full of rare and strange iron.

The stone tablet was later stolen by Xiao and deciphered, and it was the true explanation of the Longevity Technique!

As for the strange iron in the coffin, it was exactly the "meteorite iron" that Xie Zheng said!

No matter how you look at it, it all matched... The sleeper in this mausoleum was a "Longevity Technique owner" who was reborn after death, so he could leave these things behind!

Gu Shen directly equated the owner of the tomb with Turing.

Ian had lived for nearly one hundred and twenty years and had only comprehended the wedge of the true solution of longevity, and it was impossible to achieve "resurrection from the dead"!

There was only one person in this world who could master this most forbidden ancient technique.

Alan Turing.

"Rumble——"

The Truth Iron Sword pierced through the clouds and sky, turning into a silver light, and shot towards the north at an extremely fast speed.

The Nagano territory was an important area in Jiangbei, and there were many source energy boats cruising and investigating.

This silver light, leaving the Snow Forbidden City, immediately attracted the attention of the Wind Child, but Gu Shen directly used the authority of the Great Adjudicator to transmit his identity to the Deep Sea, so he was unimpeded all the way. The source energy boats retreated, and the transcendents responsible for patrolling sighed.

In the Battle of Red Lake, Jia Wei was killed.

Gu Shen had been praised as the transcendent closest to God in East Continent.

Someone captured the image of Gu Shen riding the Truth Sword light piercing through Nagano, and it soon spread in the deep water area and received a lot of praise.

About four hours.

According to the coordinates, Gu Shen came to the snowy plain where Xie Zheng buried his "teacher". It was quiet all year round and covered by wind and snow all day long. Because it was too desolate, the reserve bases of the five major families were far away from here.

It is worth mentioning that.

This place was not far from the "snow mountain" on the easternmost side of the tundra.

After flying for less than an hour, he could reach the no-man's land on the easternmost side of the tundra, where Gu Shen obtained the Array Box.

"This is where I buried my teacher."

Xie Zheng exhaled a large mouthful of warm air. He led Gu Shen to a simple stone tablet. He had learned cultivation with his teacher for two years in his childhood, and carved a tombstone with a "recovery carving" when he was buried. After many years, the stone tablet was still intact and had not been eroded by the years.

As for the underground, he spent a lot of effort to make a stone coffin, carving "eternal peace carvings" to avoid external spirit and source matter interfering with his teacher's rest.

"I come here every year to worship and kowtow."

"I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me, I've shed many tears in front of the monument..."

Gu Shen stared at the stone tablet for a long time.

If it was really as he guessed, then it would be very embarrassing.

Xie Zheng had been worshiping an empty tombstone.

Gu Shen couldn't bear to interrupt Xie Zheng.

But seeing that the kid was getting more and more emotional, he quickly changed the subject, "Did you do all this alone?"

"Yes, it wasn't easy."

Xie Zheng looked up and smiled bitterly, "Teacher taught me how to make coffins. His craftsmanship was very good, I can't compare..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly froze.

Normal people, teaching their disciples the inheritance of forging was enough, but who would teach the method of making coffins for no reason?

"I know you have deep feelings."

Gu Shen asked with a complicated expression, "But things may not be as simple as you think. Do you mind if I open it?"

"???"

Xie Zheng was stunned for several seconds. He had vaguely guessed something was wrong.

"No way?"

He hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth, "Mr. Gu... I'll do this kind of 'deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestor' thing."

Bang!

The stone tablet was pulled off the ground. Amidst the flying snow, the stone coffin deeply buried under the snow lay quietly under the snowy plain.

Open it again.

It was empty.

"... Crap!"

Xie Zheng felt a burst of dizziness and couldn't help but blurt out a tundra area slang. So the grave he had cried over for so many years was an empty grave?

"Where did people go?"

He looked blankly at the empty coffin, his mind was empty.

But soon, he understood everything.

His entire inheritance of forging was taught by that man. If that man wasn't dead, then it would be very simple to open the coffin from the inside!

Just open the coffin, close the stone tablet, and restore everything to its original state.

Obviously, he hoped that he would think he had died.

"Be optimistic, it's always a good thing that people didn't die."

Gu Shen rubbed his eyebrows and smiled softly.

Confirming the guess in his heart, he felt much lighter in his heart.

Gu Shen resummoned the iron sword, signaling Xie Zheng to get on the sword with him.

"Your teacher is still alive, and most likely still living well."

Xie Zheng sat numbly on the iron sword.

He felt that the wind in the tundra was very cold, and his heart was also very cold.

Gu Shen patted the young man on the shoulder and said meaningfully.

"You're not the only one who's been deceived."

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(ps: Please forgive me for updating late. I'm especially tired today, there's only one chapter.)