Chapter 861: Chapter 66: Warning (First Update)
“The mission to restart the Duolu River Disaster Realm is currently the largest operation planned by the North Continent.”
“Therefore, no one who can enter this mission is not an elite!”
“Considering the losses from the previous subjugation mission… once this team’s list is confird, there will be a period of intense training. During this ti, the captain can select their team mbers, which is what we call ‘sub-teams’.”
“In theory, forming ‘sub-teams’ is a free matter, but because these few exempt mbers are all powerful figures with status in the North Continent… this ti, many Transcendents have already been pre-selected for the ‘sub-teams’.”
Aluer paused deliberately at this point.
She explained: “Take Zhong Yuan, whom you know, as an example. Before entering the building, he already reserved ‘Yuan Yuan’ as his deputy, joining his small team… Due to Yuan Yuan’s strength and qualifications fully eting the requirents of the restart mission, it’s almost a foregone conclusion.”
Gu Shen nodded.
Lu Zhe, Zhong Yuan… which captain entering this building doesn’t have their own forr subordinates with whom they’re already well-coordinated?
This mission, gathering these top talents, is sure to et their demands.
“So…”
Gu Shen tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and asked thoughtfully, “Does every exempt mber here have appointed candidates?”
“Yes, but not entirely.”
Aluer thought for a mont and said, “The S-class Mu Wanqiu from the first team of the Investigation Corps is bound to act with Lu Zhe. These two exempt mbers will enter the sa team; they have no special requirents for other team mbers, just waiting for the final list to be determined before forming sub-teams.”
“Aluer,” Gu Shen smiled and said, “you know who I’m asking about…”
“Mr. Xiao Gu wants to ask… Duke Zhen Yue?”
Aluer said with a headache, “He also pre-selected a few Transcendents… But didn’t we agree earlier not to trouble him?”
“Give the information on these Transcendents.”
“I will keep my promise, but there’s one condition… if people don’t offend , I won’t offend others.”
Gu Shen’s tone first sank, then he smiled warmly and said, “You should know better than anyone that I’m participating in this restart mission only because I reached an agreent with the Empress… I don’t care about the opinions of the public officials and generals of the North Continent; it’s just that the tide of public opinion has co to this point, and it seems like soone is deliberately behind it. If in a few days, soone tries to apply pressure and provoke, I can’t just wait stupidly to get hit, right?”
“…”
Aluer sighed deeply.
“I will send you the pre-selected list of Duke Zhen Yue,” she said helplessly. “Next, I will visit him and give a stern warning to avoid making trouble for you.”
Gu Shen smiled and bowed.
After Aluer left, the smile in Gu Shen’s eyes slowly disappeared. He stared at his reflection in the floor-to-ceiling window not far away and asked softly.
“Is this matter so simple?”
Although the room was empty and deserted at the mont, that sentence sounded like soone’s soliloquy.
But Chu Ling knew, it was ant for her.
She said frankly, “The probability that Aluer can stop Zhen Yue is very low… I suggest you prepare in advance to avoid becoming passive.”
“Of course, I know that.” Gu Shen chuckled softly, “I’m not a fool who waits for ng Xiao to act and then thinks about how to counterattack. What I’m curious about is not this matter… but sothing much earlier.”
“Much earlier?”
“Is ng Xiao targeting just because my surna is Gu?” Gu Shen’s fingers stroked the pendant on his chest, and his tone unconsciously beca cold and fierce: “There are too many people surnad Gu in this world… Even if he can’t defeat Gu Nanfeng, there are other Gu Family mbers in the four realms of the North Continent that he can seek out, so why choose to trouble ? Why?”
With the intelligence network of Duke Zhen Yue, how could he not know?
Between myself and the Changye Gu Family, there is no ‘blood relation’, it’s just a coincidence that we both share the surna Gu!
The protection of the Goddess of Destiny was now plunged into an absolute ethereal state.
The cross pendant emitted a faint glow.
It could only provide guidance between ‘life and death’, offering no answers to most of the questions about this world from here.
Gu Shen shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
…
…
Aluer stood in front of Duke Zhen Yue’s door.
Just as she was about to raise her hand to ring the bell, the door opened on its own.
“Lord Apostle, please co in.”
A lazy, leisurely voice rang out.
Aluer simply took a small step inside and stopped, not looking closely into the room because ng Xiao was lying bare in a bathtub by the floor-to-ceiling window, the curtains open, and large beams of sunlight spilling down. Though Duke Zhen Yue held many key fortresses of the North Continent, he was ultimately from Light City, quite different in character from the genuinely tough and diligent Northern Continent Generals—
Aluer had heard more than once that he was an alternative who loves luxury and indulgence.
Of course.
He has the right and the ans to do so.
“I know why you’ve co…” ng Xiao closed his eyes, the sunlight shimring, casting ripples in the bathtub, the scars on his body emitted a similar radiance, and for a mont, a sacred solemn aura filled the chamber.
“It must be about Gu Shen, right?”
ng Xiao smiled, casually reaching for a goblet and gently swirling it.
Aluer, however, appeared solemn.
As the Empress’s apostle, she naturally had a keen sense for the power of other Divine Thrones.
The “Light God’s Seat” aura emanated from ng Xiao!
Was this a show of force?
“Don’t get wrong… I have no hostility, but the ‘Spiritual Radiance’ filling this room is not sothing that can be released and retracted at will. It’s my way of cultivation, and it’s always been this way. You just happened to co at a bad ti.” ng Xiao noticed the change in Aluer’s expression and said gently, “Lord Aluel, please forgive … After all, I’m not a prophet, nor do I have foresight. How could I have known you would choose to visit at this mont?”
Aluer took a deep breath.
She said seriously, “Duke Zhen Yue, your conflicts and disputes with Gu Shen… Her Majesty has already heard about them.”
“Oh?”
ng Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.
He focused on the wine glass and gently asked, “So you’re here today at Her Majesty’s behest? Does Her Majesty wish for Gu Shen and to cease our rivalry, to et with a smile, and to let bygones be bygones?”
“…”
Aluer was silent for a mont.
“I cannot represent Her Majesty today,” she said honestly. “I do not know what kind of discord exists between you and Mr. Xiao Gu… but why not stop it here?”
“So you’re only representing yourself…”
ng Xiao’s smile gradually disappeared.
He raised his head, gazing at Aluer, and his voice beca increasingly cold, “In Light City, an apostle like you would be expelled… you know, don’t act on behalf of your master without permission.”
“Mr. ng, you should be aware…”
Aluer stopped being polite, and said softly, “You are in the North Continent.”
She released the Empress’s Divine Power, and the temperature of the entire room suddenly dropped…
Inside the bathtub, the rippling water began to freeze.
But the ice crystals only spread to ng Xiao’s chest before they began to lt, as another “intense power” also started to be released. The scars that covered ng Xiao’s chest, shoulders, and arms turned into golden fish-like streaks.
A large amount of steam surged forth.
ng Xiao calmly said, “Of course I know, have you forgotten my identity? I am the North Continent’s…”
He uttered each word slowly, his voice spreading like a divine decree, echoing!
“Duke Zhen Yue!”
The intense radiance collided with the mist.
The enormous room was instantly filled with boiling steam… half of the room was scorching, the other half icy cold.
Aluer remained unmoving.
She placed one hand at the doorfra, her fingers crushing it.
In an instant, her pupils turned a snowy white.
Amidst the clash of their Divine Powers, a barrier faintly ford… the two forces did not emit true hostility but rather canceled each other out. ng Xiao and Aluer withdrew at the sa ti, under their control, forming a delicate balance of origin power and Divine Power within the room.
To continue would have caused a great commotion.
This building was full of powerful beings; the slightest leakage of energy would draw imdiate attention.
“Are you mad, daring to strike at ?”
ng Xiao smiled gently, but his words were utterly chilling: “When I et Her Majesty, I will report everything truthfully.”
“No need for such trouble.”
Aluer coldly replied, “I am Her Majesty’s eye… whatever happens here, she sees clearly. Currently, I act as the ‘ssenger’ of Her Majesty’s decree.”
ng Xiao maintained his lazy, relaxed deanor.
He gazed at the steam and mist beyond, trying to glimpse the spiritual manifestation of that great will behind Aluer…
But unfortunately.
There was nothing behind Aluer.
The Empress, of course, wouldn’t “descend” for such a minor issue.
Aluer said expressionlessly, “ng Xiao, I remind you once more, Gu Shen is a distinguished guest of the North Continent… should you persist in your provocation, you must bear the ultimate consequences alone.”
“Such a useless warning.”
Duke Zhen Yue shook his head, smiling, “Have you finished speaking?”
Aluer was silent.
He lay in the warm bathtub, stretched his body, and lazily said, “If you’re done, please leave. Considering my status, opening the door for you is already giving face to Her Majesty… unless Her Majesty speaks personally, why do you think you have the right to interfere with matters between Gu Shen and ?”
These words left Aluer without response.
Having walked the North Continent for many years, he was the first to so brazenly disregard her as an “apostle.”
ng Xiao caressed his wrist, where a circle of radiant light surged and was subrged by the Light Aura, seemingly forming a bracelet.
“I am a coward, afraid of death, grudging, and vindictive… if I truly go mad and forget everything, not even the Empress or the Light God could stop .”
ng Xiao stared into Aluer’s eyes and said seriously, “So, esteed Lord Apostle, ensure you never appear in my sight again. Otherwise… I fear one day I might lose control and strike at you.”
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