Blindfold yourself.
Then walk forward in the dark.
Your eyes can’t receive information about the surrounding scenery, and your brain can’t adjust for the changes in stride.
But you can only move forward... because if you don’t, you might be trapped forever.
This is roughly how Chen Lusi felt when passing through the Bronze Gate once again.
Luckily, he already had experience moving forward in the dark.
So there was no panic.
He walked a certain distance.
Suddenly, a beam of light appeared in front of him...
Chen Lusi, in a daze, found himself standing in an empty room with a blinding overhead light.
For Chen Lusi, who had just erged from the darkness, this was sheer torture.
He instinctively lowered his head, shielding his eyes.
Then.
He saw a fair face leaning toward him.
"..."
Chen Lusi paused slightly, then stepped back.
A woman stood before him, appearing quite young, wearing a white dress resembling a gown, with a long hem almost trailing the floor, giving off a gentle and elegant vibe.
"Very handso indeed."
A voice ca through.
Chen Lusi slightly raised his head, looking toward her face in the light.
She certainly wasn’t very old, with clear and delicate features, yet there was a slight seductive air around her, giving a sowhat odd feeling.
"Are you Chen Lusi? Want to join our brigade? The benefits are amazing! We’ll even throw in a girlfriend!"
Seeing Chen Lusi retreat.
The woman stepped forward enticingly.
Chen Lusi: "..."
"Tang Language, are you crazy?"
On the other side.
Xia Yue stepped in to diffuse the situation, amused, "Why are you lurking by the teleportation point? And as a dignified Celestial Strategy, can’t you recruit with a bit of reserve? Don’t make it like the old days giving away maidservants. If you actually delivered, fine, but promising without delivering, how is that different from playing with people?"
"None of your business."
The woman turned and retorted irritably.
Hearing the na Xia Yue called out, Chen Lusi took another good look at Tang Language and stepped back again.
"... Are you guys secretly calling brain-dead?"
Tang Language stomped her foot in frustration, her dress swaying as she exclaid angrily, "You’ve all ruined my reputation!"
Seeing her actions, Xia Yue said expressionlessly, "You’re almost three hundred, stop pretending to be a young girl."
...yet another explosive piece of news.
Chen Lusi remained silent, stepping back once more.
"Xia Yue!!!"
Tang Language beca anxious, raising a fist but hesitating when she saw Xia Yue’s impassive face.
She paused, slowly lowered her fist, and gently touched her heart, "Whatever, I won’t stoop to your level."
That said.
She glanced at Chen Lusi, who had retreated twice, waved dismissively, and said disdainfully, "Although quite handso, age over beauty! Forget it!"
"Alright, go be crazy sowhere else."
Xia Yue shook his head, prepared to take Chen Lusi away.
"Wait, Mount Tai wants you to go to the upper floor, Kunlun just had a mythological activation event."
Tang Language rembered sothing, stopping Xia Yue, "Though it didn’t fully form, Kunlun got struck by lightning... You just ca from Kunlun, he wants to know if anything happened."
"..."
Xia Yue paused, frowning, "Struck by lightning?"
"Yes, Kunlun’s Copper Gate and Luo Mountain were struck by lightning."
Tang Language replied, then moved to the doorway and opened the door, "Though the mythological activation has cald down, the surrounding spirits are still raging. Li Ge and others have gone to help, to prevent anything formidable from reviving.
So what exactly did you do before teleporting here? Luo Mountain said the spirits of the entire Kunlun Mountain Range seed like they were boiling."
"I did nothing." Xia Yue shook his head.
"Alright then." Tang Language said no more, opening the door and exiting.
"...Wait here a mont. I’ll find soone you’re familiar with to show you around. I have to leave for a bit."
After Tang Language left.
Xia Yue glanced at Chen Lusi, thought for a while, said a few words, and then left as well.
Chen Lusi stood there.
Silent.
This can’t... be related to , can it?
Ultimately, Chen Lusi didn’t wait long.
About ten minutes later.
The door opened again.
A middle-aged man, with a fierce look between his brows and wearing retro tortoiseshell glasses, entered.
It was Jin Yi, whom he had t once before.
Seeing Chen Lusi, he smiled and greeted, "Long ti no see."
Chen Lusi returned to his senses, "Long ti no see."
"Xia Yue Celestial Strategy asked to show you around."
Jin Yi ca up to Chen Lusi, explained, and then said, "Welco to the Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters."
"Thank you."
"Let’s go... Recently, the Celestial Strategy Mansion’s been bustling. Normally, only the Taishan Brigade is stationed here, but recently, due to the Monkey Anomaly Realm, people from various brigades have arrived."
After greeting, Jin Yi prepared to take Chen Lusi away.
Following him, Chen Lusi asked, "Are they all preparing to enter the Monkey Anomaly Realm?"
"Yes."
Jin Yi nodded, then opened the door.
...outside was a corridor.
Though Chen Lusi was prepared after hearing Jin Yi’s words, the scene outside still stunned him.
The place was bustling.
People of all kinds were rushing along the corridor, lively and vibrant.
Soone heard the door open, glanced back, and saw Jin Yi coming out, greeting him.
As for Chen Lusi, being unknown, he just nodded.
Then they left.
Far away.
They can still hear their discussion.
"I heard that Chen... that man is also coming to the Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters, right? Is he also entering the Monkey Anomaly Realm?"
"Seems like it, but I just saw Xia Yue Celestial Strategy go to the top floor, no one else with him, just the idiot... oh, I an, Tangyu Celestial Strategy."
"Hope I can et him, I’m quite curious... that’s the guy who killed Feng Zhen, and Lu Hao too."
"I still think it’s just a rumor, word of mouth mistaken, Lu Hao might be arrogant, but he has the capital for it. An invisible sword, what’s the difference from a sniper, at least you can feel a sniper. His sword leaves no trace, extrely difficult to handle."
"I also find it hard to believe, but the news has been suppressed, there’s definitely so inside story, right?"
"mbers of the Xia Yue Brigade... tsk tsk tsk, Lu Hao was also a mber of their brigade back in the day, right?"
"Are you suggesting sothing?"
"..."
Chen Lusi watched those two leave and noticed that apart from them, quite a few people were discussing him, couldn’t help but look at Jin Yi.
"Not ."
Jin Yi clearly misunderstood, awkwardly explained: "The first one to leak it wasn’t . I originally intended to keep it to myself, but among the people I was leading at the ti, so were beyond my jurisdiction.
Reporting the specifics to their respective brigades is our duty."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lusi shook his head: "It’s nothing, let’s just leave."
He wasn’t blaming Jin Yi.
It’s just that facing such a situation was sowhat unexpected.
It seems that even though the discussion in the group was suppressed, related topics were still fernting in reality.
This was not good news for him.
Just hoping.
... not to cause too big of a storm.
...
At the sa ti.
Elsewhere.
Xia Yue and Tang Language arrived at the eting room on the top floor.
Pushed the door open.
There weren’t many people in the eting room, only two.
One sat at the head position, around fifty years old, forehead etched with wrinkles, temples laced with silver hair, slightly plump, wearing a blue polo shirt, skin tanned.
Appeared unremarkable, like an ordinary office worker worn down by life.
The other was younger, seed younger than Xia Yue, you could tell from his attire, sporting a neat crew cut, earrings, and necklace in place, full of vitality.
"Ah Yue."
Seeing Xia Yue enter,
Both their eyes were drawn to him.
The middle-aged man around fifty crossed his hands on the table and asked, "What happened just before you ca over? What did you do? I saw Luo Mountain looking quite battered."
"Mount Tai, struck by lightning, of course, looks battered."
Xia Yue pulled out a chair and sat down, replied, "I didn’t do anything. Luo Mountain, however, did quite a bit, investigating Chen Lusi’s soul, taking him to read the Descriptive Book."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"... Got it."
Mount Tai glanced at Xia Yue, hesitated for a mont, but nodded: "I will explain to Luo Mountain, but this thing is indeed odd. I heard from Luo Mountain that he even felt anger from this thunderstorm."
"Yu Zhou doesn’t know the reason?"
Xia Yue glanced sideways at the young man next to Mount Tai: "Isn’t his Authority Ability lightning control? Why send Li Ge, wouldn’t it be better to send him?"
"Ah Yue, stop ssing with , no need to investigate, probably Kunlun’s deeds have been too outrageous."
Standing next to Mount Tai, Yu Zhou chuckled: "If struck by lightning, of course, you would feel anger..."
"Idiot."
Tang Language rolled his eyes.
Yu Zhou got angry: "Tang Language, I haven’t even settled with you yet, you want to co up to ?"
Mount Tai ignored the quarreling two and replied: "Li Ge and others insisted on going themselves."
"Mount Tai."
Xia Yue was silent for a mont, then sowhat helpless: "Don’t tell you don’t know what Li Ge wants to do. If Kunlun has a Legendary Activation, it starts as a Level 1 Authority. Don’t you know why they insist on going themselves?
Didn’t you refuse? You just allowed them to go?"
"Kunlun indeed needs help."
Mount Tai shook his head, speaking softly: "If Kunlun really experiences Legendary Activation, it would be super-class contact... relying solely on Kunlun’s death would be very heavy."
"Am I saying not to send people to help? Forget it, who else?"
"Yan Kan, Hu Shengping."
"..."
Hearing this, Xia Yue was silent for a mont, sighed: "Let guess, not only Li Ge and the others, but even those scattered organizations, sects, groups, families have gone to Kunlun?"
"..."
Mount Tai likewise sighed: "Pretty much, the level 1 Authority of Kunlun is too tempting, now the number of mbers entering the Monkey Anomaly Realm is not enough, I’m trying to find a way."
Xia Yue rubbed his temples.
Tang Language and Yu Zhou had unknowingly fallen silent.
"Give the phone."
Xia Yue lifted his head, suddenly stretched out his hand towards Mount Tai.
Mount Tai frowned slightly: "Ah Yue... there are already too many contradictions."
"If you want to watch the mbers of Celestial Strategy Mansion go to their deaths, then keep muddling through."
Xia Yue said expressionlessly: "The Legendary Activation of Kunlun hasn’t happened, just a sign, yet people are hurriedly taken there, while the Monkey Anomaly Realm is about to open, and it’s neglected, which is more important!?"
"..."
Mount Tai was silent, then sighed deeply, handing his phone to Xia Yue.
Xia Yue took it, then searched through it and directly called Li Ge.
The phone rang a few tis, it was answered.
"Co back."
Xia Yue went straight to the point: "Co back to right now."
The person on the other side paused after hearing the familiar voice: "Xia Yue, I’m going to help."
"Co back, we don’t need your help, we will rearrange people."
Xia Yue said calmly: "Or I’ll co to you, if you want to be like a dead dog in front of your subordinates, then continue."
"..."
The person on the other end of the phone heard this, took a deep breath.
Even over the phone, you could feel his anger.
But Xia Yue remained calm, said: "I’ll say it only once, get back to ."
Mount Tai: "..."
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