“After leaving the Flood Fortress in the Northern Continent, Gu Nanfeng's first action wasn't to rush back to the Eastern Continent, but to go to the Western Continent... to the City of Light.”

“This operation was once again obscured by a signal issued by the High Table, but because it touched the foundational logic of the Deep Water Zone's operation, it was captured by me.” Zhu Ling enunciated each word, “The High Table's authority isn't hierarchical; they can't decipher or investigate each other... so, besides the person he met, the only one who knows that Gu Nanfeng went to the City of Light is me.”

“And now, there's one more.”

Gu Shen fell into thought.

He hadn't yet realized... what it meant that Gu Nanfeng had gone to the City of Light.

“Seven Seeds of Fire, seven Divine Seats... Currently, there are only six transcendent leaders who have successfully ascended to godhood. Two are in the Central Continent's Source Tower, and the other continents each have one, maintaining a relative balance.”

“And the Divine Seat of the Western Continent... is in the City of Light.”

Zhu Ling, reaching this point, simply stated it directly, “After connecting these two events, I performed calculations. The probability that the Divine Seat Relic in Gu Nanfeng's hand originated from Qingzhong is greatly reduced... it's very likely a relic from the City of Light.”

“Sealed federal historical documents record that Gu Changzhi went to the City of Light in the Western Continent for a period of study. He trained under the Light Divine Seat and was able to obtain a Seed of Fire... also due to that Divine Seat's strong recommendation. From a visual perspective, the power displays of these two should have similarities... perhaps they aren't clear across vast distances with spiritual observation. But now that the Dionysus has personally descended, as long as he dissects the relic, he will definitely be able to ascertain the truth.”

Zhu Ling's tone became tense.

“That's what I'm worried about...”

She was worried that this was a deception, that Gu Nanfeng had deceived everyone... but couldn't deceive the descended Dionysus.

The more calculations she ran, the higher the probability that the relic was fake.

If this really was a deception.

What kind of storm would the Eastern Continent face after the Dionysus exposed it?

After she finished speaking, she raised her head.

The space of the Train 001 was no longer stable.

The lights began to flicker—

And Gu Shen, who had been sitting across from her, listening quietly, also looked strange. He raised his hands, watching his body in the train gradually become transparent, drifting away, as if turning into flying catkins.

“This is...?”

Zhu Ling was stunned.

“I feel... like something is extracting my spirit...”

The feeling of spiritual extraction surged into his mind. Gu Shen had just experienced it once, and now it was happening again. Something was summoning him, very strongly, and irresistibly.

Gu Shen reached out and touched his forehead. In the spiritual world of Train 001, no blazing fire appeared on his forehead... but at this moment, he felt real heat, a scalding sensation.

There was a sense of confusion that transcended reality and illusion.

He felt like the person stuck in the middle of a mirror world.

In the darkness, Gu Shen seemed to see a scene in reality... an emblem burning with firelight struck between his eyebrows.

With a "boom."

Thoughts exploded!

The next moment.

The lights of Train 001 returned to normal.

Zhu Ling, holding the ancient book, sat in the quietly moving carriage, her expression grave as she looked at the seat opposite her.

It was empty.

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"Drip!"

A drop of water landed between his eyebrows.

Very cool.

Gu Shen opened his eyes.

Everything seemed unchanged. All he had done was blink... but in that instant of blinking, the rustling sound of the train wheels on the tracks disappeared.

After opening his eyes, this was no longer the warm carriage of Train 001.

But a vast wilderness.

He was sitting cross-legged in the center of the wilderness.

Gu Shen's breathing became rapid... Just as he was about to return to reality, he seemed to see Song Ci's relic flying towards him, and the next moment, his spiritual power was forcibly drawn to this familiar place.

This is... the meditation scene of the Jingzhe Breathing Technique! (Awakening of Insects Breathing Technique)

“...Gu Shen.”

A faint female voice sounded from behind.

Gu Shen subconsciously turned his head and saw a snow-white mask close to him, only a foot away. He staggered and almost fell backward...

He was actually leaning against an ancient tree.

In the world of the Jingzhe Breathing Technique, it was a vast and boundless plain.

But the world at this moment... was slightly different.

A suddenly erected ancient tree, blocked the dark clouds above.

On the branches of the ancient tree, a masked woman in a large robe was hanging upside down. The woman was sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the tree trunk in a posture that completely defied the laws of physics, like a suspended person. Her long white hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin. She didn't look like a real person, but like a monster in a mural.

The woman's robe was engraved with dark clouds and trimmed with gold embroidery. On her snow-white mask, very simple red ink was used to depict the image of a calico cat. This should have been a classical and precise combination.

However, the upside-down posture made her look very... strange.

However, this was originally a "spiritual world," so any posture wouldn't surprise Gu Shen.

“You are…”

Gu Shen's attitude was cautious. It wasn't difficult to call out his name. Now he was somewhat famous. The S-level of the Tribunal and the important figures in the Eastern Continent Federation had heard of him to varying degrees.

However, who was this woman?

“...I come from Qingzhong.”

The woman hanging upside down from the tree paused for a moment and opened her mouth softly, "You can call me..."

At the moment the voice came out.

The entire spiritual world suddenly trembled!

When Qingzhong was first established, it was only intended to bury the bones of transcendents, but later it gradually became the "Miracle Land" of the Eastern Continent. Because of a special law that took effect here, countless transcendent source essences wandering in the void gathered in Qingzhong, indirectly providing energy for the operation of Changye City.

Many people believe that this is because Mr. Gu Changzhi is sleeping in Qingzhong.

Only gods can condense such huge transcendent source essence.

In the years when the most serious conflict broke out in Changye, it wasn't that no one had tried to enter Qingzhong... but they all failed. The reason was simple. A mysterious person with great strength and wearing a mask came to Qingzhong.

She guarded Mr. Gu Changzhi's sleeping place alone.

No one knew the woman's identity or origin. They only knew that she was a great diviner who could predict the future and celestial secrets. Her divination skills were the same as the Source Tower's prophets' astrology and had never been wrong.

The disordered transcendent source essence of the entire Qingzhong became ordered because of her arrival.

It was also because of her guardianship that those radicals who were sure that Gu Changzhi had died dared not covet Qingzhong and became more peaceful again.

Those conservatives who supported Gu Changzhi called this master—

“Gravekeeper.”

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(There will be a third update tonight. Those who can't wait can go to sleep first.)