Chapter 1 After the Destruction of Sang Zhou Grotto, Yuan Ting Island is the Southernmost Island in Southern Continent

This sacrificial island is usually only accessible to believers of the Storm Church. Standing on the highest point of the island, one can clearly see the tall statue standing in the icy sea. Usually, there is not much human activity here.

However, recently, Yuan Ting Island has been full of church members.

Several Sages have come to this place, partly because the Central City's Nagano Fleet just conducted a confluence negotiation here...

More importantly, the Storm Throne has ordered that the icy sea along the coast of Southern Continent be blocked as much as possible to prevent transcendents from other continents from entering.

This so-called "blockade" is the sincerity that the Storm Church needs to show to Eastern and Northern Continents before merging into the camp.

However, Guang Ming Bi Lei and the Source Tower have already begun to exert pressure.

The Red Dragon took the lead in leaving Upper City, and he directly led a team of enforcers to the front line along the coast of Yuan Ting Island.

With his status and position, those believers of the Storm Church could not stop him at all.

And the so-called coastal blockade line has no blocking effect on top transcendents of the Red Dragon's level...

He came with the [Cloud Mirror], and led the team out to sea that night.

Those Sages didn't even have the idea of ​​dissuading him, because they knew very well that before Nagano and Central City's Southern Continent reinforcements arrived, it was impossible to challenge the Source Tower relying solely on the power of the Church.

On the surface, the Holy City is about to fight with the Source Tower over the blockade issue.

But in reality, it will never happen.

The Holy City's backbone is soft.

As long as the Source Tower comes in hard, they will retreat.

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This team of enforcers rode a small cloud boat, suspended on the northern coast of the icy sea.

The Red Dragon assigned tasks to these enforcers, and then left the cloud boat alone, rushing towards the icy sea coordinates sent by Gu Shen!

The sea and sky were dim, and red thunder suddenly sounded.

On the vast icy sea, waves swept through, and two figures, one large and one small, stood on top of an iron sword, suspended before the tide.

Gu Shen and Xiao Man stood on the [Truth] iron sword.

Seeing the large red figure flying towards them with unfolded domain from afar, Gu Shen smiled and said, "Red Dragon, you're here."

"Gu Shen."

The Red Dragon stopped his advance, looked at the person in front of him, and a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

In the past few years, the Nagano Investigation Team has been traveling around, searching for the truth...

Lin Lin also exerted efforts in secret.

Major forces were busy with "Gu Shen's death," and the Red Dragon was no exception. As the First Envoy of the Source Tower, he had to take good care of Xiao Man and cooperate with some members of the Gu Wen Association to carry out reassurance work, and basically had no rest.

Before Gu Shen sent the message.

Everyone in the Gu Wen Association thought that... [Key] was really dead!

"I knew you two were in cahoots."

Gu Xiao Man couldn't help but sigh when she saw their meeting, and teased, "No wonder you were so ruthless back then to send me to the Source Tower."

Gu Shen bowed to the Red Dragon and said, "Thank you for everything these years."

Looking at it now, sending Xiao Man to the Source Tower may not have been a wrong choice.

Not long after the Red Dragon took Xiao Man away, Tan Yao officially broke out, and he was "buried" under the icy sea.

"Why say more between you and me?"

The Red Dragon shook his head.

Although the two had only met a few times, what linked them was the spiritual belief of the Gu Wen Association, which was a bond harder than steel.

The Red Dragon turned to look at Xiao Man, smiled and asked, "Have you been happy in Nagano these past few days?"

In fact, he had also made the worst plans in his heart.

If Xiao Man doesn't show up...

Then so be it.

If Qing Long can't find Gu Xiao Man all the time, it may not be a bad thing. Anyway, the Storm Church will bear the anger and consequences.

Of course, it would be best if Xiao Man is willing to come back.

"Of course—"

"When everything is settled, I want to buy a house in Snow Forbidden City, um... just live near that 'Chun Yu Temple'."

Gu Xiao Man couldn't help but smile as she recalled the past few days.

"By the way."

She suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "The Source Tower's cloud boat fleet has all been shot down and sunk, and you're just taking me back to the mainland alone. How are you going to explain this?"

This is also a point of confusion for Gu Xiao Man.

She had "fun" these days.

But the follow-up of this matter is not easy to deal with. Although Gu Shen and the Red Dragon are taking care of the aftermath, she is still curious about their methods.

"This matter is not difficult."

The Red Dragon said indifferently: "Although the cloud boat fleet was destroyed, no one knows whether the entire crew was wiped out... Although no one has returned to the mainland yet, as the Source Tower's powerhouses go south, there will always be a search. If necessary, we will even return to the starting point of the [Icy Sea Relic]. During this process, it is reasonable to find a few 'survivors'."

"Oh..."

Gu Xiao Man blinked.

She breathed a sigh of relief for A'Fu. Fortunately, the Initial-01 changed its sinking location and moved to the East Sea, otherwise it might have been found.

"I have killed all the members of the Source Tower's vanguard team."

Gu Shen calmly continued: "So there is no need to worry about being 'exposed'."

"Since no one from the Source Tower's vanguard team walked out of the Icy Sea Relic... then I don't need to explain anything when I bring you back to the mainland." The Red Dragon smiled, "After you go back, you just need to insist that you don't remember anything."

"Don't remember anything?"

Gu Xiao Man raised her eyebrows: "But I clearly remember that Xuan Gui and Yun Hu wanted to kill me!"

This time when she goes back, she is also preparing to settle accounts with the remaining forces of these two Divine Envoys.

"As long as you don't become the 'Lord of Wine,' there will always be someone who wants to kill you." Gu Shen said, "Think carefully, is this kind of reckoning meaningful?"

"..."

Gu Xiao Man was silent for a while.

Rather than saying that this is a reckoning with Xuan Gui and Yun Hu, it is better to say... this is a reckoning with Qing Long.

It was Qing Long's plan to make countless transcendents swarm forward.

Either she steps on the corpses of these people and ascends to the throne of the Lord of Wine.

Or she gets drowned.

"You're right... this kind of reckoning is meaningless."

After taking a deep breath, Gu Xiao Man calmed down. The fingers of her hand holding the war knife at her waist were faintly white. She still clearly remembered the scene where she was plotted against by Hiddal and Dongse Yue: "But some things, I can't stand it. After returning to the Source Tower, I've decided to kill my way through that bunch of guys in the 'Divine Envoy Trials'!"

She didn't want to participate in these disputes.

But the trip to the icy sea has tempered her mind.

Gu Xiao Man's state of mind has changed greatly now. She knows how difficult it is to "cut Qing Long," and before becoming the Lord of Tinder, she has no shortcuts to take. She must take one step at a time and first defeat all the same-level transcendents in Central Continent.

Even without Tinder, she will be the first! Be the strongest!

"Yo ho..."

Seeing Xiao Man's transformation, the Red Dragon couldn't help but smile: "You better be able to do what you say."

The Divine Envoy Trials are not over yet.

Originally, Xuan Gui and Yun Hu just wanted to find successors, but after this icy sea incident... it is a real selection of official Divine Envoys in the true sense.

The complete fall of the cloud boat fleet is a pain even for a behemoth like the Source Tower.

No matter how rich the foundation is, it can't withstand such a degree of loss.

There is a large group of young geniuses in the vanguard team who have passed the selection...

However.

Upper City is rich in natural resources and outstanding people. Many people are not interested in the Divine Envoy's successor. After this incident, Qing Long personally recruited envoys with divine will, which will re-attract a group of "geniuses."

"Okay, the icy sea is changing rapidly, and this place is not safe. In addition to the enforcers, some of the Church's spies may approach."

Gu Shen patted Xiao Man on the back and said, "It's time to leave."

"...Okay."

Gu Xiao Man clenched the hilt of her knife. She turned her head reluctantly and looked at Gu Shen.

"Go ahead... It's not like a life or death separation, don't cry."

Gu Shen smiled softly: "With the [Cloak of Invisibility], there will be many opportunities to meet in the future."

Xiao Man jumped lightly from Gu Shen's iron sword and landed on the Red Dragon's thunder domain.

Gu Shen bowed to the Red Dragon again and said, "Please take her back to the Source Tower... Please take care of her in the days to come."

"What kind of talk is that?"

The Red Dragon said angrily: "I'm not used to you being so polite."

He looked at Gu Shen, with a lot of emotion in his expression.

The last time they met, Gu Shen's strength was only at the third level... At that time, he also sent Gu Shen a creation to break through the realm.

This time when they met again.

He couldn't see the depth of Gu Shen's strength anymore.

Obviously, the trial formulated by the [Deep Sea] can no longer measure Gu Shen's current realm.

The Red Dragon knows very well that he no longer has the strength to give the other party "creation."

But he is very happy.

This is what the [Key] should look like.

If under the crisis of life and death, the [Key] still cultivates hard for six years and is still far inferior to himself... then this world would be really bad.

Before leaving, the Red Dragon asked, "You don't plan to tell others about your alive return this time, is Bai Xiu included?"

Bai Xiu...

Gu Shen's eyes showed a hint of trance when he heard the name.

Gu Xiao Man was also stunned.

She had just met Master Bai Xiu before leaving for the icy sea.

"I met him not long ago."

The Red Dragon said softly: "The current Bai Xiu is really strong... He believes that you are still alive and is waiting for you to show up."

"It's been five years since we last met, Bai Xiu must already be a titled, and a very strong one, right?"

Gu Shen smiled and opened his mouth. Seeing the Red Dragon's solemn expression, he knew that he had guessed correctly.

In his cognition, Little Sleeve is an unparalleled first genius.

In terms of cultivation alone, even Gu Shen is ashamed.

Bai Xiu is the kind of person who has the opportunity to become the strongest mortal, just like "Bai Shu" who gathered the White family's backflow bloodline, second only to one person and above ten thousand people.

It's just that Little Sleeve doesn't have that many creations.

"Since Little Sleeve believes that I am still alive... then why should I tell him this news?"

Gu Shen murmured softly: "If the day of meeting comes, we will naturally meet."

"What about Lin Lin? What about Mrs. Lu Nan Zhi?"

The Red Dragon asked again.

Those people from the Gu Wen Association have not completely given up hope, they are still waiting for the day when the [Key] breaks out of the sea.

"...It won't be long before they all know."

Gu Shen looked at the Red Dragon and said seriously: "I will let everyone know that Gu Shen is still alive."

Since Gu Shen spoke like this, the Red Dragon had nothing more to ask.

He nodded and left silently.

The waves surged, red lightning flashed, and the Red Dragon took Gu Xiao Man towards the direction where the cloud boat fleet was suspended. At the end of the sea in the distance, there was also the shadow of the Storm Church's old origin energy boat.

Gu Shen, draped in the cloak of invisibility, bathed in the rainstorm, standing in the deepest part of the night that no one could see.

Under his feet is a vast and boundless icy sea.

And six years ago, this was the un-submerged Sang Zhou Grotto.

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