Chapter 134 The Spring of Silence

The gravekeeper... had been watching this place?

To be more precise, she had been watching Gu Shen?

Mr. Shan sensed a strange feeling... That Master Chino, although she was in the Pure Grave Mausoleum, was knowledgeable about everything in the world. Logically speaking, it was normal for her to know anything.

But why would she pay attention to a teenager who had just arrived in Nagano?

Most importantly... this surname made it hard not to overthink things.

There were many people in this world with the surname Gu, but there were only a few who were noticed by the gravekeeper.

The inner mausoleum of the Pure Grave was closed.

Chino was the only one who could communicate with Gu Changzhi!

"Let Gu Shen comprehend the Guyu Scroll."

"This is Gu Changzhi's intention!"

She only said these two sentences.

The scene condensed by Lanqie dissipated.

The gravekeeper was unwilling to say more, and there was no need to say more... Her words were, in fact, a divine decree. Unless one didn't believe that Gu Changzhi was still alive, there was no reason or qualification to object.

For the prison that "adhered to" and "obeyed" Gu Changzhi's will, there was no longer a reason to refuse Gu Shen to read the scroll.

The wind subsided.

The teenager's sonorous and forceful words of thanks brought everyone back to reality.

"Regarding the matter of comprehending the Guyu Scroll... I thank you in advance."

Gu Shen bowed, neither humble nor arrogant.

The Chief Inquisitor looked at the teenager with a solemn expression.

Until this moment, Gu Shen's expression was still calm, appearing undisturbed. The more he looked at him, the less he seemed like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old... Could it be that the appearance of the gravekeeper was also something he had expected?

Thinking of the one who had disappeared from the Pure Grave for twenty years.

And some rumors circulating among the people...

An absurd thought uncontrollably arose in Mr. Shan's mind.

This thought began to ferment.

And it intensified.

In reality, Gu Shen's heart was not calm.

He hadn't expected... the gravekeeper to show up at this critical moment and give him a helping hand.

Now, the Chief Inquisitor should have no reason to stop him, right?

Indeed.

Gu Shen could sense that after the gravekeeper appeared, the Chief Inquisitor's attitude had changed a lot.

"You want to comprehend the Guyu Scroll..." Mr. Shan slowly opened his mouth, "When?"

"The sooner the better," Gu Shen said without thinking.

Mr. Shan raised his eyebrows.

The sooner the better, was he serious... This kid had only been cultivating for half a year. Even if his spiritual power aptitude was good enough, didn't he need time to digest it before he could cultivate a second breathing technique?

"Now?" he asked again, probing.

"If possible..." Gu Shen said with some surprise, smiling, "Now would be fine."

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Fifteen minutes later.

The original Guyu Scroll was sent from the headquarters of the prison... and the dojo of the Fourth Inquisitor was also crowded with onlookers. Today, the dojo was no longer just a simple battle between two young geniuses.

Shen Li was defeated, and the Chief Inquisitor appeared.

Then... the gravekeeper also "showed up."

Gu Shen... the newly promoted S-rank of the Tribunal, was about to start comprehending the second breathing technique after cultivating for half a year. Everyone wanted to see what kind of genius was able to comprehend and accommodate two breathing techniques in such a short time.

Compared to the hustle and bustle outside the dojo.

The dojo was actually very quiet... No one spoke to disturb, and the "whispering" between each other was also carried out in the form of spiritual power transmitting thoughts.

The battle stage where Shen Li had fought was now covered by an invisible sound barrier, personally created by Mr. Shan.

He personally handed the Guyu Scroll to Gu Shen.

This was the first time Gu Shen had seen the "original" of the Guyu Scroll.

The legendary "Spring Breath," the breathing technique most suitable for transcendents to calm their minds and soothe their spirits.

The original scroll was actually an ancient parchment scroll... It looked like it had been around for a long time, and it was imprinted with blurred text that looked somewhat familiar.

"It's the ancient text studied by the Ancient Text Society..."

Chu Ling slowly said in the mental link, "You can generate a response just by touching it."

"Mm..."

Gu Shen vaguely felt something was strange.

The Spring Breath should be the breathing technique created by Mr. Gu Changzhi, which meant... that this was a mental technique that had only become popular in East Continent in the last twenty years, but this parchment scroll, called the "original scroll," looked like it was more than twenty years old.

This should be a product from a hundred years ago, or even earlier.

"Disordered ancient text, touching it will form a chaotic spiritual response... Someone has left a wisp of faint spiritual power guidance on the parchment, guiding the subsequent 'scroll readers' to see the correct visualization scene."

Blazing Fire covered his vision.

After taking a closer look.

Gu Shen discovered the abnormality on the parchment scroll.

The Guyu Scroll... was indeed an "old object" that had existed for a long time, but for so many years, no one had been able to discover the secret in the disordered ancient text and successfully visualize it.

The genius who left the guidance... was naturally Gu Changzhi.

No wonder.

If one wanted to comprehend Jingzhe and Guyu, one had to come to Nagano and read the ancient scroll.

These were two breathing techniques that could not be copied or taken away... No one could replicate the ancient text, and no one could replicate the spiritual guidance left by Gu Changzhi.

Unless... like Luo Er, they possessed unparalleled powerful spiritual power and could meticulously replicate an entire wilderness dream during visualization and move it into their own spiritual world.

With this thought in mind.

Gu Shen took a deep breath, his finger hovering over the parchment scroll, and said, "It's about to begin."

His spiritual power was highly concentrated. In just an instant, all external sounds, gazes, and interference... were discarded.

His finger touched the ancient scroll.

The dead ancient text seemed to come alive, and his fingertips seemed to ignite with flames.

"Whoosh—"

The entire Guyu Scroll seemed to be burning. Gu Shen, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, raised his head. The surrounding dojo transformed into a sky filled with flying blades of grass, and the burning Blazing Fire shattered in the mirror-distorted world—

Then he saw thousands of himself.

Those were the figures reflected in every drop of water in the wilderness world where it was pouring rain.

"This is... the world of the Guyu Scroll."

The familiar four seasons wilderness, but the aura was completely different. Jingzhe was the revival of spring, and the whole world still had the chill of winter, but Guyu was the growth of all things, nourishing things silently.

The sound of heavy rain and the sound of grass growing could be heard in his ears.

This was a world about to be revived... After merging with Jingzhe, it would be a complete "Spring"!

But, something was wrong with this world.

Gu Shen stood up.

Thousands of water droplets seemed to freeze, and the entire visualization world seemed to fall into stagnation the moment he entered the dream. The raindrops were about to fall but had not yet fallen, and the blades of grass were about to grow but had not yet grown.

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(Seeking monthly tickets, there will be more in the afternoon~)