"This kid has backing, so he is fearless..."
As long as the kid didn’t voluntarily leave the building, he had no justification to strike.
And if he had chosen to strike just now,
he would have likely brought disaster upon himself!
Gu Shen left the building, speaking softly with some regret, "In the end, he didn’t make a move."
President Zhou Wei appeared from a hidden spot, coming to Gu Shen’s side, and slowly said, "Han Dang is a well-known cunning fox. I kept my eyes on Zhu Wang’s reactions during the meeting... At the final joint voting, he didn’t express his stance but observed everyone’s reactions before choosing to agree. Clearly, they have prepared to abandon the original plan."
After the incident at the cemetery, Zhou Wei immediately established contact with Gu Shen.
It wasn’t Gu Shen who found Zhou Wei.
It was Zhou Wei who found Gu Shen.
This was why Gu Shen was sitting still in the detention room earlier... If the voting results at the meeting were not passed, he would have directly fled from the Security Committee Building, but in that case, President Zhou Wei would have intervened personally to distract the others and create an opportunity for him.
Gu Qilin "disappeared" into Qingzhong.
Zhou Wei couldn’t just sit by and do nothing.
And currently, the only person who could possibly make contact with "Master Qianye" was Gu Shen.
At any rate, he was going to rescue Gu Shen and send him to the cemetery.
"The current situation is extremely complex."
Zhou Wei lifted his hand, and a pool of water immediately swept over from afar. Under the mighty spiritual power of the chairman, this pool of water became incredibly smooth and thin, surprisingly turning into a water carpet.
Zhou Wei stepped onto the water carpet.
Gu Shen also stood on it afterward... This thin water carpet slowly rose off the ground, then took off and flew towards the direction of Qingzhong Cemetery.
Zhou Wei said solemnly, "The five major families have decided to form a squad to enter the cemetery, rather than just repairing Qingzhong... I think the true intention of most Transcendents within the squad is to find the ’Flame Dream’ lost within the cemetery."
Gu Shen slowly nodded.
He had already heard about the return of the Flame Dream to the cemetery.
"Currently, the squad is mobilizing, within an hour... a large number of Transcendents will flood into the cemetery."
Zhou Wei’s expression was grave, "I will drop you directly into Qingzhong... Something important to note, we still don’t know the internal situation of the cemetery, once you go in, you must be careful."
Gu Shen nodded again.
He sat on the water carpet, continually adjusting his breath.
Restoring his spirit to its fullest state.
A few minutes later, the two arrived at the location of Qingzhong, already seeing from miles away the immense Blazing Light Barrier, suspended and enveloping Qingzhong, its boundless radiance falling, illuminating the cemetery as if it were a divine realm.
Gu Shen had previously seen the grand scene of the Golden Gate being wide open through Chu Ling.
Yet witnessing it firsthand, he still felt a tremendous shock.
A massive "Golden Gate" hundreds of meters high stood open right in front of the cemetery; compared to this golden gate, Transcendents seemed like tiny ants.
"We suspect that inside the cemetery might be a wondrous realm..."
Zhou Wei earnestly said, "Because I sensed a mighty spiritual power in the Blazing Light Barrier, a vast power that only a god would possess, so... once you step into the cemetery, you might be stepping into another world."
The water carpet slowly descended.
Zhou Wei took out a wolf’s hair brush and an ancient piece of sheepskin parchment from his bosom.
"This sealing artifact is called ’Million Miles’... As long as you write on this sheepskin, I have another piece of parchment that can display the content on the paper in real-time," he said gravely, "Currently, Qingzhong Cemetery is enveloped by a mighty spiritual power, the ’Deep Sea’ signal cannot connect, perhaps this artifact can help us establish contact. If you can send out valid information in advance, the three territories and five families will change their strategy at any time, if there is no news after an hour, then the assembled Transcendents will enter the cemetery."
Gu Shen received the "Million Miles".
Zhou Wei stepped back... The old chairman stood in the distance with a complex expression, watching that young man.
The young man stood in front of the Golden Gate, slowly lifting his head.
The intense aura blew towards him, making his robe flutter as if submerged by dragon’s breath.
He did not directly enter the cemetery but quietly stood there for a minute.
Anyone entering this Golden Gate would need courage.
Zhou Wei felt, Gu Shen was no exception.
Gu Shen was talking to Chu Ling.
"Next... I’m afraid we’ll have to disconnect for a while."
Gu Shen spoke with some apologetic tone.
He looked up at the enormous outline of the Golden Gate; the door was truly massive, making his own small form seem like a mere ant in comparison.
Even the "giants" within the Giant Statue Ruins seemed minuscule.
A sweeping and blistering Spiritual Aura emanated outwards, each moment feeling like a wave of heat gushing forth, cleansing the body.
"I’ve been listening all along."
Chu Ling, who had been quiet up until now, also spoke up. Her voice was light, with a smile, "Breaking the Spiritual Link... it’s not the first time, right? It won’t be long before we meet again."
"This time... might it take a bit longer than before?"
Standing before the Golden Gate.
He felt a surge of "awe" and "fear" swell from deep within his heart.
It was a familiar feeling.
It was... the feeling of facing a "God".
"A bit longer, that’s alright."
Chu Ling said softly, "If you don’t come out, then I’ll come find you."
Gu Shen slowly nodded.
No longer hesitating, he took a step forward.
At that moment, a raging Blazing Fire ignited on Gu Shen’s brow, compared to the heat wave emanating from the Golden Gate, the Blazing Fire seemed extremely "tiny," yet it was more pure and blinding.
Zhou Wei, standing in the distance, watched as Gu Shen entered the Golden Gate.
All the sounds around the ears vanished.
The scorching breath of the Blazing Fire swiftly dispersed into the distance.
The whole world became incredibly silent.
And most importantly... even Chu Ling’s voice vanished in an instant.
Without the "ding" sound of the Spiritual Link breaking.
The moment he stepped into the Golden Gate, the whole world seemed to have transformed; Gu Shen looked back, President Zhou Wei, who had been watching him from afar, had disappeared... The entrance of the gate vanished out of thin air, leaving only a few drifting, withering leaves.
The towering Golden Gate, upon stepping inside, vanished completely.
This was the "familiar" Qingzhong Cemetery.
Only, the scene was unprecedentedly desolate.
The quiet mountains and forests, the slumbering tombstones, and the silent lost souls.
A bleak cold wind swept through the cemetery.
Gu Shen walked toward the direction of the inner mausoleum.
The "Array Patterns" he saw along the way were all in a frozen state; Gu Shen inspected several Array Patterns and found them in a "about to activate yet unactivated" state, as if at the moment of activation, they were directly interrupted by a much more powerful force.
The Array Patterns... were frozen.
The entire cemetery had fallen into a deathly "frozen" silence.
As for those "entrants to the cemetery" mentioned in the federal report, Gu Shen did not see a single one; he tried to release his own spiritual power to widen the search area... but what was terrifying was that even the "Blazing Fire" was suppressed at this moment.
In the frozen air of the cemetery, it seemed like an extremely powerful rule had solidified.
Gu Shen’s spiritual power could not spill out at all.
For a Transcendent, losing spiritual power... was like becoming a "blind person".
However, being unable to use spiritual power, the impact on Gu Shen was very limited.
He remembered the entire map of the cemetery exceedingly clearly.
This road, he had walked hundreds, thousands of times over the past year... here lay two thousand five hundred sixty Extraordinary Array Patterns, of which he had contemplated close to ninety percent.
In the whole Snow Forbidden City, there was no second Transcendent more familiar with Qingzhong than him.
(There will be another Chapter tonight)