Barrier of Light

Gu Shen was not late.

He just came a little late...but the time of the meeting was originally planned by these "big guys".

Everyone here knows that Gu Shen has been in seclusion in Li's forbidden area.

The original meeting time was planned to take care of him, deliberately leaving ample time.

Now, it is enough for Gu Shen to arrive early.

When Mr. Gu Qilin saw Gu Shen, he beamed with joy and reached out to pat the empty space beside him.

"Come, sit here with me."

Gu Shen quickly took his seat.

He sat at the long table and immediately felt a different atmosphere. This was his first time in the "real world" to participate in such a high-level meeting... It was completely different from the meetings at the Ancient Literature Society.

There were nine people in the meeting. Except for him and the little girl Qingsui, the other seven people were all banned!

This is a giant that truly stands at the top of Nagano.

Seeing the old man's excitement, Mr. Shan couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "No wonder I wasn't allowed to sit here before. It turned out to be this reason..."

Mr. Gu raised his eyebrows and responded domineeringly: "We have been in Nagano all day, and we have not seen each other when we look up. Do you want to have a meeting and you still want to be next to me?"

Mr. Shan quickly raised his hands in surrender.

Gu Shen felt helpless for a moment, neither standing nor sitting.

The old man pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down peacefully. Then he smiled and said to the young junior who had been looking forward to it for a long time: "It has been some time since I returned to Nagano from Beizhou, but you haven't come to see me at Gu's house for a day. Xiao Gu...I hurt you in vain."

"..."

It turned out to be waiting for me here!

Gu Shen felt a headache and didn't know how to answer.

Of course he didn't forget the old man. In fact, when he came back from Beizhou, he had thought about whether he should pay a visit——

Just thinking about the withered banyan tree in front of the Gu family's ancestral hall, and then thinking about the "Pluto's Disaster" he was burdened with, Gu Shen finally gave up the idea. He felt that before finding a way to suppress his disaster, he should try his best. It is better to go out less and interact with people.

certainly.

There is no need to worry about going to Qingzhong Cemetery.

This "Pluto's disaster" in him is nothing to Bai Shu. Even if he stays with Mr. Bai Shu all day long, Qingzuka will not be infected by the unknown brought by Pluto's fire.

"Next time I'll do it, next time I'll do it..."

Gu Shen wiped his cold sweat and responded with a guilty conscience.

"Whatever next time, I'll do it this time!"

The old man snorted forcefully, not satisfied with this perfunctory answer.

Then he changed his tone and asked meaningfully: "Xiao Gu, you should already know what happened in the tundra this time, right?"

"Well, I already know."

Gu Shen nodded.

On the way, Li Qingsui told him excitedly what happened at [Snow Cage].

As for the specific information, Chu Ling had already prepared it. During the rush, Gu Shen listened to Li Qingsui's Bagua science popularization and read it in detail in the spiritual sea...

Those of you here are naturally aware of what happened to [Xue Cong] before... Li Qingsui was beaming in the car. She marveled at the imaginative posts on the Shenshui District forum. Even with the news completely blocked, she actually put " "Traveler" and "Heavenly Sheath", two entities that have almost nothing to do with each other, are suddenly associated with each other.

The most important thing is that the guesses in that post are all correct!

In fact, the sudden change in the tundra prison this time is really confusing——

Nearly a year has passed since the traveler drew his sword.

The reconstruction of the Tianshe core area was almost completed, but at this juncture, something like this happened suddenly, and there was no problem with the investigation report sent back by Gui Xue and Gui Xue.

The night of the explosion, everything was quiet.

Nothing unusual.

There is no external stimulation.

The "Sword in the Stone" that had stood quietly for hundreds of years suddenly exploded without warning!

"Has the cause of the second explosion been investigated?"

Gu Shen asked.

"Well..." The old man glanced at Gu Nanfeng, who was sitting opposite him, and said meaningfully: "If you are interested in the 'Heaven Sheath Explosion', you might as well ask Nanfeng."

Gu Nanfeng shook his head regretfully and said: "The cause of the second explosion... is still a mystery."

Gu Shen subconsciously asked: "When the explosion occurred, was Tsuka Oni in the 'Heaven Sheath Core Area'?"

"No...he's not here."

Gu Nanfeng was slightly startled. He didn't understand why Gu Shen asked this. Was it because he was worried about the safety of the tomb ghost?

"During the second explosion, he did not enter the prison, but was outside the iron wall of the snow cage. Fortunately, he did not step into the prison. He was almost stabbed to death by the fragments of the sky sheath blasted by the explosion."

"Is that so?"

Gu Shen didn't ask any more questions. It wasn't the time to investigate the case yet.

Everyone has arrived, and the meeting officially begins. Everyone present represents a "superpower" standing on the top of Dongzhou Jiangbei. The three major offices of Judgment, Prison, and Command, as well as the five great families of Gu White House and Mu Li, are A well-deserved meeting of the leaders of Nagano’s powers-that-be.

The ultimate goal of this meeting is to finalize the list of "capture missions".

The paper document was sent to the nine people present at the meeting.

"This is the list we have initially drawn up... mainly the 'core elites' transported by the five major regions in Jiangbei. Every extraordinary person on this list has a strength of no less than level three." President Zhou Wei introduced.

Gu Shen browsed the list and frowned slightly. There was no one he knew on it.

"The reason why you are all here is because... Nagano has not sent out 'enforcers' yet."

Chairman Zhou Wei stood up and said slowly: "Nagano is the hub of Jiangbei. This time, we need to complete the pursuit mission cleanly without affecting the 'judicial operation' of Jiangbei... You should understand what I mean."

If too many extraordinary beings are sent to perform the capture mission in the tundra, then the "extraordinary loss of control" and other events in the Jiangbei region will tend to become unbalanced.

Having said this, Zhou Wei handed over the right to speak.

"珰——"

There was a heavy tapping sound on the long table.

Gu Qilin served as the commander-in-chief of this arrest mission. Now when it was time for him to appear, the old man slowly said: "Preliminary planning, this mission will be divided into eight teams. Before the final list of law enforcers is released, I hope that the three major institutes and the five major institutes will each send a 'young man' who can command the team. This capture mission is a rare opportunity to hone their skills."

Because Gu Qilin serves as the commander-in-chief, not even the other family heads know the specific battle plan...

At this moment, Bai Xiaochi, Gong Qing and others looked at each other with serious eyes.

Yes.

This time the tundra prison escape incident is an excellent training. When this meeting is held, even if Gu Qilin doesn't speak, they will demand that the core members of the family be added to the mission!

“We need to elect ‘leaders’.”

The old man slowly leaned forward and said calmly: "Everyone, please put the person who is trustworthy and worthy of entrustment to this position... Now is the time when the stars are shining, and there is no better mission than this one. Opportunity.”

There was silence in the conference room for a few seconds.

"The Bai family...recommend Bai Xiu."

Bai Xiaochi was the first to break the silence. On the way here, the head of the Bai family was thinking about the things to be promoted in today's meeting... Since Gu Qilin announced the battle plan for selecting leaders, he would save himself the trouble. Just follow the current and launch the "future leader" of the Bai family.

Let White Sleeve join the fight as one of the eight young leaders of the Enforcers... a decision that won't cause any controversy.

Because this Bai family monster is too strong.

In the past few years, as Xiaoxiu's strength has become stronger and stronger, most of the tasks he performed have been completed alone, which sounds a bit like Lu Zhe, the captain of the Beizhou Survey Corps, because his personal strength is too strong , and cannot compete with teammates.

But in fact, Xiaoxiu has many archival records of "team operations" in his early years.

This is a "perfect genius" in the true sense. He can play any position in the team... In the end, the reason why he fought alone was not because of his character flaws, but because he was a complete team by himself. , it would be a waste to coordinate normal small tasks around him.

After Bai Xiaochi introduced this person, there was no objection in the conference room.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Shan asked with interest: "I have a question... Is Baixiu willing to join the battle?"

In the past few years, Baixiu has been acting alone.

In the public's mind, this evildoer of the Bai family is very "invincible"... If he joins such a large-scale organized war, he will definitely be one of the leaders.

Instead, everyone was a little worried that he didn't want to join.

Bai Xiaochi glanced at Gu Shen lightly and said, "As long as the list is finalized, he will come."

Look what I'm doing... Gu Shen rubbed his forehead.

The next recommendation went smoothly without any setbacks. The Gong family recommended Gong Zi, a well-deserved genius leader who won the rookie battle and was the future successor of the Gong family.

The prison recommended "Bai Chen", who was the same dominant leader as Gu Qilin. The information on the extraordinary people who escaped from the tundra this time was still being counted... but it was confirmed that some escaped with banned accounts.

If you want to carry out this mission perfectly, you must have a titled strong person sitting in the team of law enforcers.

Two titles that stabilize people’s hearts——

One is Gu Qilin, and the other is Bai Chen of the Bai family.

In fact, judging from the seats at today's meeting, it can be seen that... the real talkers in Nagano are the Gu and Bai families.

Among the nine seats in this meeting, three were named Gu. Although Gu Shen was not a member of the Gu family, he was gifted by Gu Changzhi. In a sense, he was a member of the Gu family camp.

As for the power of the Bai family, it goes without saying.

There are two gods who protect Nagano, one is named Gu and the other is named Bai.

The geniuses emerging from the Bai family are no less sharp than those of the Gu family. Bai Chen and Bai Xiu almost perfectly correspond to Gu Nanfeng and Gu Shen.

Li's recommendation was not unexpected.

Li Qingsui directly recommended her. Now, she is not the real head of the family who can make the Li family bow. If she wants to succeed successfully, she needs to have enough "skills". This time the capture mission is worth seizing. Chance.

She is still young and lacks strength, but with Uncle Gao following her, she does not have to worry about her safety being affected.

The push is almost complete.

There are almost no unfamiliar names in this list of leaders.

In addition to the Mu family, Mu Yi recommended a young man named "Mu Qingyang".

This is an offensive genius who was sent to Jiangbei for a mission. He has good qualifications and strong strength, but he has already reached the fourth level at the age of twenty-seven. However, Mu Qingyang is not in Nagano most of the time, so everyone is not familiar with it. He had no impression... But when the Mu family gave the young man's information, no one raised any objections.

Such a young fourth level, although not as good as S level, is still very good!

Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't expect that the "Mu family", which ranked lower among the five families, actually held such a good card. If a person like Mu Qingyang came to Nagano early, then he would probably become Besides Gu Shen, he is the third most influential figure after Baixiu.

at last.

Mr. Gu recommended "Luo Yu" within the command post. This is a genius commander in the command post and his appointed deputy for this mission... Having been stationed in the tundra for so long, this capture mission also requires familiarity. Terrain wise man.

The promotion is coming to an end.

It's almost time for me to speak...who should I recommend?

Gu Shen had a headache. He didn't know many acquaintances in the adjudication office. The nine adjudicators seemed to be a bit old, and among the young people who were strong enough, he knew too few.

The senior sister is still in Dadu, probably still recovering from the injuries caused by Suzaku.

Even if she were in Nagano, given her personality, it seems that she would not accept the recommendation of a "leader"——

Just as Gu Shen was making rapid calculations in his mind, the old man changed the subject after finishing his speech: "Zhou Jiren and I have been friends for many years... Let me make the recommendation for Zhou Jiren."

Gu Qilin smiled and said: "I recommend Gu Shen as the 'leader' of the Judgment Office to participate in this mission."

Gu Shen: "???"

"Everyone, do you have any objections?" the old man asked in a gentle voice.

Several family heads in the conference room nodded one after another. This was also an uncontroversial choice.

He looked at the old man with a complicated expression, and suddenly understood the true meaning of Gu Qilin's previous sentence "I will do it this time", and also understood the reason why Bai Xiaochi cast a meaningful look at him.

He suspected that he had long been the designated "leader"!

He even suspected that Gu Qilin, who was responsible for leading the operation, chose to launch this leader plan because he wanted to elect a "leader" among "leaders" in this capture mission——

Obviously, it’s me!

The old man also looked at Gu Shen with a smile, with "kindness" written all over his face at this moment.

Gu Shen read the meaning in the old man's eyes.

Long time no see...

Since you haven't visited me for so long.

So why not come with me on this capture mission?

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(PS: The first chapter of the new year~ This chapter is an extra update to thank the leader of the alliance for Yu Lai Yu~)