Gu Shen was not late.
He just arrived a bit later...but the eting ti had been set by these "elite figures" themselves.
Everyone present knew that Gu Shen had been in seclusion in Li’s Forbidden Land.
The originally scheduled ti for the eting was specifically arranged to accommodate him, and ample ti was deliberately left.
Now, Gu Shen being able to arrive early is already sufficient.
Mr. Gu Qilin looked at Gu Shen, cheerfully smiling, and patted the vacant seat beside him.
"Co, sit here."
Gu Shen hurriedly took a seat.
As he sat at the long table, he imdiately felt a different atmosphere. This was his first ti participating in such a high-level eting in the "real world"..pletely different from those few etings of the Ancient Literature Society.
The eting had a total of nine people, apart from him and the young Qing Sui, the other seven were all Titled!
These were truly the giants standing at the pinnacle of Changye.
Watching the old man’s excited deanor, Mr. Shan couldn’t help but mumble in a low voice, "No wonder he didn’t let sit here earlier, turns out this was the reason..."
Mr. Gu raised his eyebrow and responded boldly, "We spend all day in Changye, always seeing each other. Do you really need to sit next to just for a eting?"
Mr. Shan raised his hands in surrender.
Gu Shen was montarily at a loss, neither standing nor sitting felt right.
The old man pressed his shoulder, reassuring him to sit down, and then chid in with a smile, teasing this young man he’d been awaiting for quite so ti: "It’s been so days since you returned to Changye from North Continent, yet you haven’t visited at Gu family even once, Xiao Gu...I cared for you in vain."
"..."
So this is what you were waiting for!
Gu Shen felt a headache, not knowing how to respond.
Of course, he hadn’t forgotten the old man. Ever since coming back from the North Continent, he’d considered whether to visit—
But thinking about the withered banyan tree in front of the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, and the "Netherworld King Calamity" he bore on himself, Gu Shen eventually dismissed the idea, feeling that until a thod to suppress his calamity was found, it was best to minimize going out and interacting with others.
Naturally.
Visiting Qingzhong Cetery was not a concern.
The "Netherworld King Calamity" on him was insignificant to Bai Shu; even if he spent all his ti with Mr. Bai Shu, Qingzhong would not be tainted by the sinister influence brought by the Netherworld King’s Spark.
"Next ti for sure, next ti for sure..."
Gu Shen wiped his cold sweat, responding with so guilt.
"What do you an next ti, this ti it’s a must!"
The old man snorted firmly, dissatisfied with the perfunctory answer.
Then, he changed his tone, asking aningfully, "Xiao Gu, you should already know about the incident that happened on the Tundra this ti, right?"
"Yes, I’m aware."
Gu Shen nodded.
On the way, Li Qingsui had talked to him enthusiastically about what happened at the [Snow Cage].
And the specific data, Chu Ling had long prepared. During the journey, Gu Shen listened to Li Qingsui’s gossip popular science while reading in detail within the Spirit Sea...
The few people present naturally knew about the previous incidents at [Snow Cage]... Li Qingsui, in the car, was all excited, marveling at the imaginative posts on the deep water area forum that, despite the total lockdown of information, had forcibly linked the "traveller" and "Heavenly Sheath", two seemingly unrelated entities.
Most critically, the speculations in that post turned out to be correct!
In fact, this sudden change at the Tundra Prison this ti really left people at a loss—
Nearly a year had passed since the traveller drew his sword.
The reconstruction of the Sky Sheath Core Area was almost complete, but then, at this juncture, such a sudden change occurred, and the investigation reports sent back by Ghost and Snow had no issues.
The night the explosion happened, everything was calm.
No anomalies.
No external stimuli.
That "sword in the stone" which had stood silently for hundreds of years suddenly blew up without any warning!
"Has the cause of the second explosion been investigated?"
Gu Shen asked.
"Hmm..." The old man cast a aningful glance at Gu Nanfeng across the table, suggesting, "If you’re interested in the ’Heavenly Sheath Explosion’, you might as well ask Nanfeng."
Gu Nanfeng shook his head regretfully, saying, "As for the cause of the second explosion...it’s still a mystery at the mont."
Gu Shen instinctively asked, "Was the Tomb Ghost in the ’Sky Sheath Core Area’ when the explosion happened?"
"No...he wasn’t."
Gu Nanfeng was slightly startled, not understanding why Gu Shen asked this. Was it out of concern for the Tomb Ghost’s safety?
"When the second explosion occurred, he hadn’t entered the prison and was outside the iron wall of Snow Cage. Fortunately, he didn’t step into the prison, as he narrowly avoided being pierced by shards blasted from the explosion."
"Is that so?"
Gu Shen didn’t ask further questions; now wasn’t the ti for investigation.
With everyone present, the eting officially began, and each attendant represented a "super power" standing at the pinnacle of East Continent Jiangbei. Arbitration, prison, command, the three major offices: Gu, Bai, Gong Mu, Li, the five families. This was truly a leaders’ eting for the rulers of Changye.
And the final purpose of this eting was to finalize the list for the "capture mission".
Paper docunts were delivered to the nine attendees of the eting.
"This is our preliminary list...mainly composed of ’core elites’ from the Five Districts of Jiangbei, each Transcendent on this list has a strength of no less than Third Order," President Zhou Wei introduced.
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