Chapter 977: Chapter 977

Inside the black box flows a thin layer of "Miracle Silver."

The Truth Ruler is immersed within, occasionally emitting a "gurgling" sound.

This time, Gu Shen finally felt at ease.

"Finally, I don’t have to worry about being ’spied on’."

The guy in the black mist was far more tricky, insidious, and cunning than Gu Shen had imagined.

Being watched by such an existence, Gu Shen was genuinely uncomfortable.

"It’s just that... sealing the devil also means I can’t use the power of the ’Ruler’."

Sealing the devil is equivalent to sealing the Truth Ruler.

This is the price for "not being spied upon."

The reason the devil can tempt people into trade time and again... the fundamental reason is that it truly possesses unparalleled power, and in the hands of any Transcendent of any level, the Truth Ruler can unleash terrifying combat strength that crosses borders.

All along, this has been Gu Shen’s greatest trump card.

Sealing it is like sealing his own arms.

Luckily, Gu Shen has completed his third breakthrough, and his combat strength can compete with a "Fourth-order Transcendent." Even without the Truth Ruler, he remains invincible at the same level.

Just by relying on the Pure Land Domain, Gu Shen could sweep through the third order!

"This is a long war."

He closed the black box, and his fingers slowly brushed over it.

Gu Shen’s gaze became solemn.

He knew that the war with the devil was just beginning, and what followed was a real "playing the long game": either he wears out the devil, or the devil fully ensnares him.

He then opened the Pure Land Domain and threw the black box inside... deciding that during this time, no matter what happens, he would not take it out.

Apart from killing the devil, he also needed to obtain the important information inside the "devil’s" mind.

Information regarding the Netherworld King’s secrets, the method of creating "Extinguishing Candle," the correct way to open the Truth Ruler...

These are all pieces of information that Gu Shen is determined to obtain!

So, he needed to let the Ruler first fall into a long silence.

After finishing all this.

Gu Shen rubbed his temples.

His spiritual power experienced quite a bit of exertion earlier, and he was truly a bit fatigued at the moment.

He gathered his spirit and began to operate the breathing method.

With everything settled, he could now take a period of rest... In the coming days, Gu Shen decided to focus on diligent cultivation.

As for the Four Seasons Breathing, he’s only comprehended up to "Spring Breathing."

The second volume... feels like there’s a bottleneck.

Thus, Gu Shen began his cultivation.

His mind immersed, he completely forgot the passage of time in the outside world.

Under the "bystander" mentality, the speed of spiritual cultivation became incredibly fast, and the only downside was being overly focused, entirely absorbed, and subconsciously ignoring the outside environment.

In Gu Shen’s perception, it seemed like he had just begun his cultivation, but shortly after, a dull knocking sound echoed from outside the small courtyard.

After witnessing the "Calamity Divination" scene of the bracelet, Gu Shen became extremely vigilant.

He instinctively spoke aloud, "Who is it?"

He knew that once the door was opened...

There might be several holy judges clad in sackcloth claiming to be of the Light standing outside.

Along with the Great Knights of Light City!

Gu Shen withdrew from his state of spiritual cultivation.

Hmm... it seems his efficiency was pretty high; the previous fatigue had completely dissipated.

However, it seemed quite late?

A hearty laugh echoed from outside the door.

The next moment, the gate of the Xuankong Mountain courtyard clicked open.

Gu Shen hurried out to greet him, "Fisher, you’re truly a rare guest... How did you come here?"

He didn’t expect his little courtyard to be quite lively, first with Lin Lin, and now Fisher.

Gu Shen had vivid memories of this top fourth-order powerhouse.

Fisher’s veins flowed with "Undying Blood," and his awakened Extraordinary Ability made him unbeatable in water combat. Because of this, he accomplished a great merit in the final brutal battle of the restarted mission, single-handedly slaying several powerful intelligent beings and substituting for the severely injured Osmond, bearing the burden of bringing up the rear for the team.

However... at this moment, Fisher didn’t look like the "lethal force" figure.

He had a fish tank on his head, a smile on his face, grinning while the gills on both sides of his face slowly opened and closed, expelling bubbles inside the Source Armor Mask.

He seemed honest and harmless to both humans and animals.

[Living Fish] smiled and said: "Brother Gu, I live not far from your Xuankong Mountain, and I’ve actually wanted to chat with you for some time... But before the restart tasks began, you were always in seclusion cultivating, and after the tasks ended, you went straight into cultivation as usual. A diligent genius like you is quite rare, even in the North Continent."

Gu Shen couldn’t help but chuckle wryly.

What he said made Gu Shen feel a bit embarrassed.

"Please come in." He hurriedly invited Fisher inside.

Fisher shook his head and instead made the same inviting gesture as Gu Shen did outside the small courtyard.

It was then that Gu Shen noticed that there was a mini open-top airship hovering outside his Xuankong Mountain, only big enough to hold two people, still burning source material, spewing out dark flames.

He was slightly stunned.

"Brother Gu, don’t you know? There’s a celebratory banquet tonight at the ’Underground Research Institute’ in Central City." Fisher curiously looked at Gu Shen, exited the [Deep Water Area] email system, and pulled out the invitation email.

Only then did Gu Shen realize that once he returned to the small courtyard, he became completely "cut off from the world."

He hadn’t even checked his email.

"Let me have a look."

Gu Shen had a vague sense of foreboding.

In the presence of Living Fish, Gu Shen opened the [Deep Water Area] interface, and in the next moment, countless emails sprang out in unison... After the restart task ended, many prominent figures from the North Continent were very interested in him. Since the residence arranged by Duke Zhu Xue for "important people" was very secretive, no one had yet discovered that Gu Shen resided here, so they could only write to his email.

Gu Shen glanced at the dates.

He understood where his bad premonition came from... Perhaps because of the "Nether River Journey," his mind had been too tense, and entering the "spectator mindset," time flew by.

He just closed his eyes.

In the real world, three days had passed!

No wonder his inbox was so full of emails!

"Mr. Xiao Gu, I am Li Bing, the guardian of ’Dongning City’. My master is Duke Beizhou Xiangchen, and we sincerely invite you for a lunch at Yuan Xipu the day after tomorrow..."

He casually opened one mail.

Gu Shen hadn’t heard of this Dongning City’s guardian, but evidently, the other party was quite "admiring" of him, writing nearly a thousand words to arrange a lunch with him, even invoking the name of "Duke Xiang Chen."

The only pity was, the mail was sent three days ago.

The invitation date from the Dongning City’s guardian was yesterday...

However, even if Gu Shen had seen it, he probably wouldn’t have gone.

"You were cultivating at the time, so I read all these junk emails on your behalf."

At this moment, Chu Ling’s voice echoed in Gu Shen’s Spirit Sea, she explained: "There’s nothing meaningful in these invites, you can ignore all of them."

Gu Shen transmitted back with a smile: "Indeed."

Similar invitations filled the inbox, and Gu Shen wouldn’t even respond to each one. It wasn’t hard to see from the letters that these people were quite "distinguished," young aristocrats from the North Continent, but unfortunately, if they wanted to invite Gu Shen for a private meeting—

They weren’t qualified.

The truly qualified ones, like a "Duke Xiang Chen," such significant figures naturally had channels to find Gu Shen’s current residence address, and if sincerely wanting to meet... they would visit personally.

Thinking carefully, over the past three days, the only one who had visited his small courtyard seemed to be Fisher?

Gu Shen, startled by the explosion of his inbox, felt a sense of relief in his heart at this moment.

It seemed this Xuankong Mountain small courtyard wasn’t as lively as he imagined.

That’s a good thing; if the real big figures from the North Continent came to visit, that would be troublesome.

Hopefully, there wouldn’t be people knocking on the door every day.

He should reserve his energy for dealing with the Holy Judge.

Finally, Gu Shen found the mail in the inbox... In Chu Ling’s opinion, this invitation was also a "junk email" because it only contained time, place, people, without even polite phrasing.

"Is the invitation from the ’Central City Underground Research Institute’?" Gu Shen was puzzled: "Celebratory banquet... at the underground research institute?"

The most important power system of the entire Central City is the "furnace."

The Empress’s Divine Domain supports this floating giant city.

And the researchers at the underground institute were responsible for reasonably transporting the majestic Divine Power to every corner of the giant city... Of course, the Divine Throne could accomplish these tasks with its own will, but if matched with a "scientifically efficient" planning network, Her Majesty the Empress on the second floor of the attic would be much more relaxed, without being so strenuous. For original chapters go to NoveIＦire.net

Therefore, this so-called "underground research institute" was a research unit of extremely high status in Central City, bringing together the top researchers from the North Continent, into which the Royal Family had poured countless money and effort.

Fisher vigorously wrapped his arm around Gu Shen’s shoulder, and without any say, dragged him out of the courtyard, patting the seat of the mini airship, and asked with a smile: "Brother Gu, those who can receive this invitation are all Transcendents who participated in the battles... People like us, where do we care about the so-called ’celebratory scene’?"

Gu Shen’s eyes slightly narrowed.

Indeed, this time the restart task was initiated through selection by the dignitaries, those who could participate in the battles were first-rate powerhouses toiling in various North Continent fortresses!

As for the team leaders, they bore even more responsibilities.

They stayed in Central City not for enjoyment, right?

"Don’t you want to see... the demeanor of the ’traveller’?"

Fisher lowered his voice, his dead fish eyes shimmering with strange excitement: "It’s said that fellow was embedded into the ’furnace’ by Her Majesty the Empress, so the future Central City need not worry about ’energy issues’ anymore!"

Gu Shen suddenly understood.

So-called "celebratory banquet," "invitation"...

In fact, it was a spectacular achievement exhibition of melting the Divine Throne!