Chapter 1 Gu Shen is Indeed on the Run

Gu Shen... was indeed on the run.

He dragged Song Ci away from Red Lake and used the fastest speed to travel.

All the exits of Guang Ming Bi Lei were guarded by cloudships.

Although these Holy Adjudicators were strong, they were far inferior to Gu Shen.

To ensure a smooth departure... Gu Shen even used [Truth]!

At first, Song Ci could keep up with Gu Shen's speed.

But after leaving Guang Ming Bi Lei, Gu Shen's speed soared again and again, leaving him dumbfounded. He had never seen Gu Shen run so fast in his life!

"Damn it..."

In the end, Song Ci was dragged onto the iron sword condensed from [Truth]. He gasped for breath, looking back at the noisy and bustling city gradually disappearing into the night, still in a daze.

Song Ci felt a trance, like a dream.

"Gu Shen, are we just leaving like this?"

Two minutes ago, he was still at Red Lake.

Two minutes later, he couldn't even see the shadow of Guang Ming Bi Lei!

"We'll only be considered gone if we can get away!"

After leaving the Divine Domain, Gu Shen did not look back. He sped eastward, stepping on the [Truth] iron sword.

At this moment, he didn't care about his source energy consumption.

Gu Shen prepared to cross the sea like this, regardless of the cost, and advance at the fastest speed possible, heading straight back to the Eastern Continent!

"This is the fastest I've ever run in my life."

Song Ci first sighed, then scratched his head and asked curiously, "What did you do at Red Lake? Did you poke the Guang Ming Shen Zuo's (Bright Light God Seat's) big ass?"

"... Pui!"

Gu Shen scolded him angrily, "Believe it or not, I'll throw you down from the sky?"

Song Ci smiled,眯起眼来。

He took a breath of the relatively fresh night air, and said lazily, "But running away like this is pretty good. That dog place, Guang Ming Bi Lei, makes me feel uncomfortable all over. The sooner I leave, the better..."

Speaking of this, the expression on Song Ci's face became serious.

"I just don't understand. Miss Meng even begged for a chance to visit the [Forbidden Book Tower] for you. What's wrong with staying one more day?"

"Stay one more day..."

Gu Shen glanced at Song Ci and said with a chuckle, "I'm afraid my life isn't big enough, and I'll die in Guang Ming Bi Lei."

Die in Guang Ming Bi Lei?

With the power of the Temple, no matter how many cloudships came, it would be useless.

Even if Gu Shen was forced into a defensive position, he would have a way to escape.

The power of a top-level Grandmaster is not something that ordinary transcendents can make up for with numbers.

Song Ci frowned and said, "It shouldn't be that bad... Even Jia Wei isn't your opponent. In the entire Guang Ming Bi Lei, who else can kill you besides the Guang Ming Shen Zuo?"

Speaking of this, he fell silent.

Because the answer was already obvious.

Song Ci said in shock, "Are you worried that the Guang Ming Shen Zuo will attack you? How dare he do that?"

Gu Shen revealed his identity this time, appeared in Guang Ming Bi Lei, and killed Jia Wei, which was in line with reason and law.

If the Guang Ming Shen Zuo left Gu Shen behind, regardless of the cost...

Then it would likely lead directly to a Divine War—

"It's even more terrifying than that."

They had already traveled far.

Gu Shen finally dared to look back at Guang Ming Bi Lei, which had disappeared into the night.

He said in a hoarse voice, "I suspect... that what I saw on the other side of Red Lake was not the real Guang Ming Shen Zuo."

...

...

It took Gu Shen several days to travel from Changye to Southampton, and several more days to travel west to the Xihai Ferry.

But now.

He spent only one night to cross the inland of the Western Continent and arrive directly at the port of Ghent.

The [Truth] iron sword did not stop at all, and continued eastward. Before arriving in Changye, Gu Shen did not intend to stop for even a second along the way.

The conversation on the other side of Red Lake was actually very "perfect." Most of the time, there were no problems.

The words that the Guang Ming Shen Zuo said at the beginning...

Made Gu Shen feel a lot of pressure.

But that was all.

Gu Shen knew that everyone in the Temple suspected his identity. If the Guang Ming Shen Zuo behaved particularly "benevolently" during this summons, it would make him suspicious...

Even if the Guang Ming Shen Zuo still had doubts about his identity, it would be reasonable.

Anyway, Jia Wei was already dead.

And he met with the Guang Ming Shen Zuo in front of millions of people at Red Lake, which was an absolutely safe situation.

The truly terrifying thing about this conversation was—

Gu Shen wanted to take out the "letter" and give it to the Light in front of him more than once.

When he stepped across the lake, his mental power had already swept into the depths of [Pure Land], preparing to take out the letter.

But when he was about to take the letter...

The letter rejected his spiritual will.

This was the first time such a situation had occurred, and Gu Shen did not take it to heart.

The second time.

Was the moment when the Guang Ming Shen Zuo reached out his hand.

At that moment, the letter left by Mr. Gu Changzhi once again rejected his spiritual will. It refused to leave the Pure Land and refused to be handed over to the man sitting on the lakeside.

The hairs on Gu Shen's back stood on end at that moment.

He didn't know what the rejection of this letter meant...

But he knew that Mr. Gu Changzhi would never harm him.

Mr. Gu Changzhi said that he should deliver the letter, and he would never put himself in "danger."

This also meant that the act of "delivering the letter" was absolutely safe.

Conversely, the letter's refusal to be handed over meant... danger.

In a short moment, Gu Shen thought of many things that seemed "reasonable" but were actually very "unreasonable."

If the power of the [Cloak of Invisibility] concealed his authority aura, causing the Guang Ming Shen Zuo to be unable to clearly perceive the power of his seed.

Then...

He should not have no reaction to the "Light Seed."

In other words, the "Nether Fire's" induction to the Light Seed still existed. When Gu Shen and Meng Xizhou looked at each other that year, the Nether Fire authority trembled. Now, facing the Guang Ming Shen Zuo... it was very quiet.

The conversation on the other side of Red Lake was too calm.

It was so calm that Gu Shen didn't even realize these abnormalities at first.

So, there was the last conversation between the two.

Gu Shen decided to hide the secret of the "third letter" and no longer hand it over.

Faced with his departure, the Guang Ming Shen Zuo did not try to keep him, but instead threw out the temptation of the [Forbidden Book Tower].

What would happen if there was a second meeting?

Gu Shen didn't know and didn't want to know.

The [Forbidden Book Tower] was a great temptation, but he hoped even more that he could leave Guang Ming Bi Lei alive and send the information from the other side of Red Lake back to the Eastern Continent.

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...

Red Lake returned to calm, and Meng Xizhou took over Guang Ming Bi Lei.

The Temple experienced a cleansing tonight.

It was fortunate that the Goddess did not reveal the scandal of the "Secret Prison"... Third Elder Batu was ordered to take over and was responsible for counting, sorting, and investigating past files.

Now that the Temple was thoroughly investigating the ugly crimes of Grand Elder Gao Mao, Meng Xizhou had to find out the secret agents who conspired with Gao Mao in the past.

As for the Secret Prison.

There was no need to investigate it anymore.

The felons in the Secret Prison had been killed by Gu Nanfeng. Yao Jin's death... would naturally be attributed to Gao Mao's case.

In fact, the case of Gao Mao hunting down the [Undying] had long been unclear.

The so-called thorough investigation was just to show attitude and prove identity—

Meng Xizhou knew that the filth hidden in this Guang Ming Bi Lei could not be swept away in a day or two. If all the transcendents who had participated in this matter were arrested for interrogation and torture, the Temple would soon be without anyone available.

After all, Gao Mao was the Grand Elder of the Temple, second only to one person and above ten thousand. If he was determined to do something, the entire Guang Ming Bi Lei would make way for him.

However, when thoroughly investigating this case, there were a few points that Meng Xizhou found strange and incomprehensible.

What Gao Mao and Yuan Yang did seemed to be more than just hunting down the [Undying]...

The blood of the [Undying] could be used to cleanse disasters and ominousness.

But Gao Mao also secretly transported a large number of believers abroad, cultivated many "Outer Continent Believers," and planned to bring all these "Believers" back to the Western Continent.

This matter directly involved the [Holy Book].

They needed to use the [Holy Book] to convert a large amount of faith. In their plan, this faith was used to prolong the life of the Guang Ming Shen Zuo.

This was the contradiction.

Judging from the performance of the conversation on the other side of Red Lake, the Guang Ming Shen Zuo didn't seem to care about everything that happened in the world...

He believed that everything in the world had its own destiny, and that life and death were no exception.

In that case.

Then why collect "Faith Power?"

At this time, Meng Xizhou wanted to find Gao Mao for interrogation... Unfortunately, Gao Mao was already dead.

She watched the Grand Elder die under the eruption of "Disaster," his spiritual sea collapsing and dying.

In addition to thoroughly investigating Gao Mao's case, she also reorganized the power structure of the Temple. Too many things had happened in Guang Ming Bi Lei during this period, and many elders of the Temple were no longer there... But this was not necessarily a bad thing. There were still many "shadows" cultivated by the Xihai Ferry. This was the only contribution Gao Mao had made to Guang Ming Bi Lei. These people had become a strong support for the Temple.

In addition, the highly respected people of the Guang Ming Church scattered throughout the Western Continent could return.

As long as the foundation of the Temple was still there.

The Elder seat would soon be filled.

No one expected that the last day of the Guang Ming Bi Lei celebration would usher in a long night.

At first, the Yang of Life rose, the dawn shone on the streets, and the crowds who had been reveling dispersed one after another. The transcendents who came because of the Seed also left because of the Seed... They witnessed the birth of the new "master" of the Guang Ming Temple. Although there were no announcements or official documents, everyone could see the choice of the Guang Ming Shen Zuo.

On this night, those transcendents who came to Guang Ming Bi Lei had more or less gained something.

At the very least, they had gained "excitement."

For many people, this was a leisurely and relaxing night.

But for Gu Nanfeng, it was not the case...

Under the "calm" of Guang Ming Bi Lei, there was a torrent surging silently.

Robbing the Secret Prison, saving the Goddess, killing Yao Jin, and dragging the Holy Son.

Gu Nanfeng alone took on all the things that needed to be done in the Gu family's Western Crossing plan. He had no time to go to Red Lake. To ensure that everything went smoothly for Meng Xizhou, he entangled Su Ye for a whole night.

Night ended, and dawn broke.

When Gu Nanfeng pushed open the courtyard door of the Gu family mission.

He was stunned for a second.

Gu Nanfeng saw a full house of people crowded in the courtyard of the mansion.

In addition to the Gu family members he had brought on the Western Crossing, there were also many Gu family Night Watchers who had responded to the call and rushed to Guang Ming Bi Lei.

These people had accepted the Gu family's orders, which was equivalent to a kind of "exposure." From today onwards, they would no longer be able to return to their original positions...

Next, the Gu family mission would return, and they would also return with them.

Everyone was crowded here, waiting for the Young Master to return.

The small courtyard was crowded, but there was only one place that was an exception.

Under the banyan tree, there was no one, leaving a space.

A beautiful woman with an extraordinary temperament, surrounded by light, was sitting under the banyan tree, smiling.

With her identity, she should not have appeared here.

But she still came.