Chapter 1 What Kind of Person is Gu Nanfeng?

"What kind of person is Gu Nanfeng?"

"He is..."

In the boundless void, the yuan energy艇 (yuan energy craft) moved forward steadily. Bai Xi and Xiu Gu sat on either side of the cockpit. Outside the craft, gravel swept past like a meteor shower. The [Old World] was as silent as the bottom of the deep sea, a hundred thousand miles down. In this extremely quiet environment, the sound inside the airship seemed abrupt.

Xiu Gu thought for a moment and smiled slightly, "I said before, he is an impatient person."

Bai Xi was a little puzzled, "Someone who could endure for eight years in the Gu Clan's internal strife between the old and the new, is an impatient person?"

"Some things should be judged by their actions, not by their intentions. Some things... should be the other way around. Why can't someone who has endured for eight years be an impatient person?"

Xiu Gu sat with his legs spread wide apart. He pressed his hands on his knees, squinting at the meteorites constantly approaching in the distance. Because of his large weight, he only leaned back slightly, and the seat behind him made a creaking sound that sounded as if it could collapse at any moment.

"When this kid was first sent here, he wasn't dazzling."

"At that time, he was still a little guy who couldn't even hold a knife."

Xiu Gu grinned and said, "The new recruit camp required recruits to learn 'jia dao' (架刀, a sword stance) within a week. He only took three days."

"..."

Bai Xi just listened in silence.

"He completed all the requirements in the legion faster and better than others. At that time, very few people knew about the files, and others didn't understand why this young man was working so hard... but I knew he wanted to leave Bei Zhou (North Continent) as soon as possible so he could return to the Changye Gu Clan."

Because of the urgency, the two great generals just casually selected a yuan energy 艇 (yuan energy craft) and headed north out of Chanyi City, entering the [Old World].

For them, the vehicle wasn't important.

Anyway, they could cross the void with their physical bodies.

It was just that the cabin seats in Chanyi City were really uncomfortable. Xiu Gu frowned and finally stood up. He slammed the iron sword on the ground, creating sparks with a clang.

Standing with his sword planted.

This posture made him much more comfortable.

"So from that day on, I knew that Gu Nanfeng would leave Bei Zhou in the future."

Xiu Gu asked with a smile, "Some people can't be kept. The things this guy wants to do aren't in Bei Zhou. After achieving Domain Unification and reaching the titled realm, he immediately set off south, abandoning his glory and future successor status in the legion without a second thought. Isn't such a person impatient?"

"Interesting."

Bai Xi didn't turn his head. He calmly stared at the void directly in front of the airship.

Sixty li arrived in the blink of an eye.

There were no traces of battle here, but the extraordinary auras of Yin Hu and the other two were indeed present.

Obviously...

This was the so-called "accident." The scene captured by Chanyi City's heavenly eye was just the beginning. Yin Hu prepared to go north to hunt, and thoughtfully left a wisp of extraordinary aura for those who came later, as a guide, to inform them how to proceed.

"Continue?" Bai Xi said.

"Of course."

Xiu Gu said lightly, "Now that we've already left the Chanyi City fortress, why not go a little further?"

The airship continued to move forward.

This time it was Xiu Gu's turn to speak.

"You seem very curious about what kind of person Gu Nanfeng is."

"He is your most valued disciple, and also one of the highest-ranking young people in the Five Continents," Bai Xi said. "Who wouldn't be curious?"

"Nanfeng is the future master of the Gu Clan."

Xiu Gu said, "Gu Qilin is old. Before long, he will hand over the entire Gu Clan to him."

"Indeed, such a person is certainly worth paying attention to."

"...Reasonable."

Xiu Gu slowly took two steps. He came directly behind Bai Xi. After a few seconds of silence, he seriously asked, "Do you know why Gu Nanfeng is an impatient person?"

"Hmm?"

Bai Xi narrowed his eyes.

"Because he is my disciple. And I am also an impatient person."

Xiu Gu smiled and said, "The things I want to do, the people I want to kill, will never be left until the next day."

Buzz!

The sound of a sword being drawn echoed in the yuan energy艇 (yuan energy craft) cabin. The slender and sharp sound of the sword overlapped densely, instantly exploding.

Xiu Gu finished speaking, drew his sword and struck, the whole process was extremely fast, taking only 0.01 seconds.

Even shorter.

A streak of pitch-black appeared. The speeding yuan energy艇 (yuan energy craft) was cut in half by a single sword. Xiu Gu directly used the power of the origin in this strike. The bronze sword qi was sharp to the extreme. His real target was only one person: Bai Xi, who was sitting in the cabin with his back to him!

From beginning to end, Bai Xi did not turn his head.

There were two reasons for not turning his head.

One was absolute trust.

The other was absolute suspicion.

At the moment Xiu Gu drew his sword, Bai Xi also used the "power of the origin." A snow-white origin shield appeared behind him, but just as a wisp of origin appeared, it was shattered by the bronze sword qi!

In terms of lethality...

Among the three great generals, Xiu Gu ranked first.

His sword qi's lethality was unmatched in the Five Continents!

In the era of the Fa Hong War before comprehending the "origin," the three great generals were once trapped by Jin Yuan.

At that time, the three had discussed it.

Under extreme circumstances, if they wanted to achieve victory in the war, they could consider setting a trap to kill this strongest extraordinary under the command of the Hong Emperor.

In this assassination plot, the most suitable candidate to strike was Xiu Gu.

Because Yin Hu and Bai Xi's lethality was not enough at that time, they simply had no way to break through Jin Yuan's defense.

As for later... this "extreme situation" did not occur. The originally difficult Fa Hong War suddenly progressed exceptionally smoothly.

Because Jin Yuan died at the hands of Bai Shu.

No need for them to act.

The biggest enemy had already been eliminated.

Later, the three great generals separately accepted the cleansing of the Calamity, and obtained their own good fortune. They coincidentally mastered a wisp of the power of the origin, but these three wisps of the power of the origin corresponded to their three most skilled fields.

Yin Hu's power of the origin was related to "space." With a single thought, he could activate the power of the origin and impose restrictions on space.

His field of expertise was "mind" and "diversion control."

Xiu Gu's power of the origin was the ultimate "cutting" and "destruction," which was also the field he had cultivated and comprehended earlier.

As for Bai Xi...

Bai Xi's physical body was the strongest among the three great generals. Before advancing to the origin, he could freely walk in the void of the [Old World].

During the Fa Hong War, there was a famous battle.

Jin Yuan had set up an extremely ingenious trap, spending a huge price to lure the highest leader of the Third Legion into the trap, and then bombarded him with the Black Silver artillery shells that the Hong Emperor had accumulated for many years, finally confirming that no one survived the bombing... but just as the Hong Emperor's legion was celebrating a great victory, Bai Xi reappeared on another battlefield.

His life cell activity was hundreds or thousands of times that of other extraordinary beings.

For other extraordinary beings, irreversible injuries were just minor injuries to Bai Xi... that he could easily recover from in a few breaths.

And after comprehending the origin...

Bai Xi's life force once again leaped, and he almost became an "immortal being" who could not be killed.

Bai Xi's "life origin power" was very similar to that of the undead. This was also the reason why he painstakingly cultivated Fisher... the city lord of Shenlin City was very similar to Bai Xi's situation. Due to an accidental extraordinary awakening, his genes mutated, giving him a powerful life force different from ordinary people.

Fisher's "regeneration ability" was indeed very strong.

But compared to Bai Xi...

It wasn't on the same level.

"Buzz!"

A slight cracking sound rang out in the void. Bai Xi's snow-white origin had not yet had time to take shape before being cut into by the bronze sword qi. His physical body was instantly cut in half.

Xiu Gu turned his wrist expressionlessly, and then made another horizontal cut!

This sword did not hit Bai Xi.

The two halves of the body swept away to the far end. This time, the snow-white origin was fully condensed, and Bai Xi's physical body pieced itself together... his blood spread in the void, each drop as dazzling as a crystal.

Severed limbs regenerated, shattered body reconnected.

This was a miracle that only the "power of the origin" could achieve.

Yet Bai Xi did it.

In a sense... the three great generals were all extraordinary beings closest to gods.

Bai Xi turned his body, facing Xiu Gu, still with a calm expression, "So you've been setting this up for so long, just to kill me?"

The two stood on the void of the [Old World]. Not far away, the airship still maintained its forward momentum, but Xiu Gu's sword qi had already cut it in half. After a few seconds, the airship split into two, the cut being extremely smooth.

"Obviously."

Xiu Gu raised the iron sword, the tip of the sword pointed at Bai Xi, and said quietly, "Actually, I wanted to do it when we were in Chanyi City."

"Oh? Why?"

Bai Xi smiled.

"Because the aura on your body is very annoying to me."

Xiu Gu no longer concealed his gaze, "I said before that I am an impatient person. I am too lazy to hide and disdain to hide my contempt... Although my relationship with Bai Xi was not good in the past, he did not have such a 'disgusting aura' as you."

"..."

The smile on Bai Xi's face gradually disappeared.

He lowered his head, looking at his hands, and murmured in a voice that only he could hear, "Disgusting aura?"

"How should I put it."

Xiu Gu injected the power of the origin into the bronze iron sword. Accompanied by the crisp sound of the void, this rusty sword gradually glowed. The bronze-colored origin burned from the hilt position, climbing up little by little, finally igniting the tip of the sword. The entire surface of the long sword seemed to be quenched, the power of destruction so rich that it seemed to overflow from the sword body, burning fiercely on the tip of the sword.

"We are all comrades-in-arms who have come out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Although we dislike each other, we can entrust our backs to each other when we encounter real crises..."

"But from the first moment I saw you, I knew something was wrong."

Xiu Gu said coldly, "Your body is filled with a disgusting 'smell of death.' That's not the aura Bai Xi should have. Who exactly are you? Where did Bai Xi go?"