Bulwark of Light

Chapter 208 Weak, Strong, Dead

"Finally... Let me talk about the handling of the auditorium incident."

Zhou Jiren habitually took out his cigar, thinking that this was Lu Nanzhi's yard, and this lady didn't like the smell... So he just kept holding it in his mouth and didn't light it up, "Zhou Yu's case has a lot of credit , but you should be clear that this credit is not something you can hold now, even if you are S rank."

Gu Shen said softly, "I know."

"What compensation do you want?" Zhou Jiren squinted his eyes and said, "I heard that you made Cui Zhongcheng a fool... Do you still lack the Sealed Artifact?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Shen's wrist.

It was able to offset a high-intensity impact. It was once an A-level sealed item and was downgraded due to excessive consumption. Now there are only two left.

I heard that Gu Shen also took an unremarkable pointer from Huazhi's underground.

Of course, in the battles between extraordinary people, there are also those who rely on the number of "sealed items" to win. This is the so-called family's big business, and the opponent can be smashed to death just by throwing treasures.

It's just that within the council, A-level sealed items are highly scarce, and being able to hold one as the main combat weapon is enough to match one's own combat power...

The one who is really strong still has to rely on himself.

Sealed items are for auxiliary purposes.

The higher the rating, the stronger it is... But what powerful transcendents are often looking for is not the highest rated Sealed Artifact, but the one that suits them best.

"Teacher... what I lack may not be a sealed item."

Gu Shen smiled wryly.

After he came to Dadu, he experienced many battles, from the fight between Jiangtan and Qushui, to the Jedi counterattack on Yuandan Street, to the escape at Nanwan Building, and then to the avalanche at the ball last night... Every battle is extremely thrilling.

And the biggest feeling Gu Shen felt from it was...

His overall strength is too weak.

The twelfth floor of the deep sea trial, he is now only on the third floor with all his strength, and the combat power that the spiritual system can display in the early stage is limited... Due to the characteristics of the blazing fire, he is fearless in the battle in the dream, but along the way Every one of the assault-type and natural-type transcendents I encountered was much higher than my rank.

The Metropolitan Area...was originally the first city in Dongzhou Jiangnan.

Strong people gather here!
Leaving aside Chen Mei and Song Ci, who are second only to the title of Extraordinary, the reserve eleventh-level players, there are still many deep-sea seven-level and eighth-level mid-level and high-level transcendents.

He simply cannot intervene in high-level battles.

"Hmm...I see what you mean."

Zhou Jiren nodded slowly.

It's not Gu Shenwei's fault.

But the metropolitan area... indeed, there are too many strong people.

There are only a few people with the title Chaofan in Dongzhou, how many can be resident in a certain city or a certain region?The twelfth-level superhumans who have been given titles in the federal system have missions that must be carried out every year, and they spend most of their time on the go.

But most of them have a resident title.

[Shuangchuan] Gu Zhi who retreated from the fortress... With his level of combat power, under the current situation, he should not have appeared in a safe and stable area, unless the importance of this area is very high.

Gu Zhi was able to stay in Dadu because this region has the unique status in Dongzhou.

With title guards, no matter how serious the crisis below S rank is, it will not affect the normal operation of the metropolitan area.

As a newcomer, Gu Shen's promotion and cultivation speed are already astonishing, but in the high-level tasks in the metropolitan area, he really can't play the role of deciding the outcome of the battle.

"I don't know what compensation I want... For me, even now, I'm just a 'poor boy' who has never seen the world, and I don't know what to get if I have gold and silver."

Gu Shen sighed.

"If I have to decide the content of the compensation... I hope that in the future, I can practice all the breathing methods left by Gu Changzhi in the three institutes."

"Actually, I just hope that I can become stronger, faster...better."

He had a showdown, but there was actually nothing to hide. After these few battles, Gu Shen knew that the gap between himself and those powerful transcendents could not be filled by relying on sealed items.

"..."

After listening to Mr. Shu, he hummed lightly, didn't say anything, just stretched out his palm.

A fallen leaf fell from the branch of the banyan tree and landed on his outstretched palm. This falling leaf seemed to have fallen into a lake, and it was slowly immersed in his palm.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

"Remember what I said earlier?"

Zhou Jiren raised his head and looked at the banyan tree again.

"Being a towering tree can last for a hundred years."

"When the bright epiphyllum blooms, there is only one night."

"Many people will misunderstand this sentence... thinking that I am encouraging my disciples to walk slowly and slow down. In fact, the practice of a superhuman is a bumpy road full of ups and downs. Those who have the ability to walk fast are only one out of ten. , walking slowly is the norm.”

Zhou Jiren looked at Gu Shen and smiled, "The ones who are qualified to enter the tribunal and to join my 'Towering Tree' sect are all talented geniuses. , can be very fast... Of course you are no exception."

"That's why I put this sentence on my lips and remind them all the time."

"If you can go fast, then you should go slow."

Gu Shen was a little perplexed.

He understood, but he didn't seem to understand.

"In the adjudication office, there are quite a few powerful and extraordinary titles. If the East Continent Council decides to release the limit on the number of 'Grand Adjudicator' seats, then they will soon become the new 'Grand Adjudicator'...they have strength, but also to teach excellent disciples and students. It’s just that there is no difference in Taoism, and everyone’s practice philosophy is different, so the students and disciples he educates are also different.”

"Zhu Wang's favorite student, Han Dang. When he entered the tribunal, he created the record of Jing Zhe's dream interpretation. He made great progress all the way and broke the record of the tribunal... Now he stops at the No.11 floor of the deep sea."

"As for your Senior Sister Luo, who entered the tribunal together with him and was accepted by me, Jingzhe's dream interpretation results were mediocre and she hadn't shown her talents yet... Now, she has become 'Tiantong', the youngest title in Dongzhou. One, she will only be stronger than me in the future."

When this long passage came out of Zhou Ji's mouth, it didn't mean to show off much. The old guy who has never been very serious, became serious this time.

"Being my disciple, you don't have to 'compete for the first'."

He paused, and said: "I understand your current state of mind...Song Ci, Chen Mei, these young people are not much older than you, you see them all shining brightly, and your current strength is still so weak There must be a gap in my heart. But in fact, there is no need."

Zhou Jiren took a deep breath.

He clenched his palms.

The dead leaf has been integrated into the flesh and blood.

The energy of [Sacred Wood] radiated from the old man's body, and Gu Shen once again felt that gentle, faint glow... There seemed to be a warm current flowing around. The yellow leaves were blown up by the wind and fell on Mr. Tree's body, and all of them melted, as if returning to the hometown he should go to.

"Only by thick accumulation and thin hair can we live long and see forever."

"It can be evergreen for a hundred years, and it can also be brilliant overnight."

"... Watch it!"

A low drink.

Zhou Jiren looked at the banyan tree. It was originally an evergreen tree, but it only turned yellow at the end of autumn. Now, under the reflection of the [Holy Wood], the branches trembled in an instant, as if returning to spring, and the leaves grew wildly. In an instant, there was a shimmering light swaying on the crown of the tree, and the years of this banyan tree were unbelievably reversed, and it returned to the moment when it was the most vigorous!
"If you have no savings, growing wildly...is overdrawing your own future."

"If the foundation is rich, wait for it to bloom, and what will be ushered in will be continuous."

The glow gradually dissipated.

The warm breeze lingered in the yard for a long time.

Zhou Jiren took back his [Sacred Wood], and he seemed to have turned into a tree man, with layers of leaves growing on his cheeks, like paper, blown by the wind, rattling and rattling, but as the light dissipated, He regained his previous appearance.

Gu Shen watched this scene... fell into deep thought.

Zhou Jiren glanced at the master bedroom of the old house without showing any traces, and he said slowly: "Nan Jin left Dadu and came to the Judgment Office. She has been learning swords with me for almost ten years. Now it is only the seventh floor of the deep sea, not It's because she doesn't have enough qualifications and doesn't work hard enough..."

"On the contrary. She has good qualifications and works hard enough."

"With her talent, if you want to overdraw, you can naturally practice higher and faster."

"But this should never be the way she should go."

"There is a very good example in front of me...Chen Mei. Chen Mei followed Xiao to practice physical skills, and relying on the grant of the 'spiritual link', he cultivated the eleventh floor of the deep sea in ten years...but so what? If not Fortunately, he has already died in Xiao's calculations. Even if he is alive now, whether he can become a title in this life will be a big question mark." Zhou Jiren asked, "You feel that your strength is weak, and now you have such a title. Physical skills are in front of you, do you want to practice?"

Gu Shen fell silent.

He thought of the battle at Jiangtan, Chen Mei's demeanor...it was indeed fascinating.

But if there is such a physical skill that overdraws the future, if he puts it in front of him, he will definitely not practice it.

He shook his head.

Zhou Jiren smiled heartily. From the first moment he saw Gu Shen, he knew that... this kid is a life-saving guy.

"But Lu Nanjin is different. If she has such a physical skill, she will really practice it, and she will practice it without hesitation... So the biggest difficulty in these years is not how to walk faster. It's about how to make her walk slower."

Obviously, these words were not meant for himself.

Gu Shen also glanced slightly in a certain direction of the old house.

There seems to be no movement there... But in fact, Madam has already woken up and is listening silently at this moment.

The speaker has an intention, and the listener also has an intention.

My sister has been in the tribunal for ten years, and Lu Nanzhi also wants to know what happened in these ten years.

"With Lu Nanjin's identity and means, it's actually not difficult to get a 'shortcut'." Zhou Jiren said indifferently: "Some of the tribunals are ways to overdraw life, and some are ruthless techniques to cut off meridians. I just told her... No matter how much an ant overdraws itself, it will not be able to bring down an elephant. If you want to kill an elephant, you must at least make yourself an elephant."

Yes……

Senior sister is indeed a ruthless person.

From the choice of drawing swords against A-009, it can be seen that she is a complete lunatic in battle, and she doesn't care what price she will pay.

"She has been holding back her energy, and wants to wait until she returns to Dadu before venting."

"Now... she's back, she looks like she's only on the seventh floor of the deep sea, but in fact, her strength after going all out is not just that. Maybe Lanche can kill a transcendent from the ninth floor of the deep sea, maybe she can kill Die on the tenth floor." Zhou Jiren said meaningfully to Gu Shen: "After all...the extraordinary trials provided by the deep water area are only the extent to which the extraordinary people have explored and developed their own extraordinary power. No one said that the trial layer in the deep water area The number can represent the combat power of a transcendent."

Gu Shen was startled.

That's right...he was a bit enlightened.

Because of the authority binding, everyone is conducting extraordinary trials in the deep water area, and they are frantically increasing their trial layers... In the final analysis, this is just a program developed by the parliamentary government to condense computing power. Before the birth of the deep water area , the transcendent has been born long ago, and has already begun to explore his own supernatural ability.

And at that time, who would care about an empty number?

Obviously, increasing the number of layers in the deep water area... is essentially meaningless behavior.

Because it's just name, not substance.

And this is exactly the cultivation idea of ​​Mr. Shu's line... The combat power in actual combat is only weakly related to the number of layers in the deep water area.

An extraordinary person, who has obtained [-]% of his extraordinary ability through enlightenment, can reach the sixth floor in the trial of the deep water area, but it does not mean... he can use all these powers for "actual combat" middle.

The real extraordinary practice... is not asking for the so-called "deep water area" layers at all.

It is a fight in a desperate situation, there is life but no death, there is victory but no defeat.

"Extraordinary practice...is not about closing your eyes and thinking hard."

"If an extraordinary person who grows in a greenhouse has no way to survive the real life-and-death battle, then no matter what level he reaches in the extraordinary trial in the deep water area... he will always be a weak person."

Zhou Jiren said calmly, "So...do you understand what I want to say?"

Gu Shen shook his head, then nodded again.

Zhou Jiren said: "Then let's take Lu Nanjin as an example... She is now on the seventh floor of the deep sea. She can kill a person on the ninth floor of the deep sea after burning everything. Is she a strong person?"

Gu Shen said cautiously: "...Yes."

Fighting across borders can kill superhumans who are two levels higher.

This is already a practical faction with extremely concentrated strength.

"Do not."

Zhou Jiren looked out of the yard expressionlessly, and said, "No matter what, after burning everything on the seventh floor of the deep sea and killing the ninth floor, he himself will die... and the people who die will only be the dead, not the dead. is strong."

Wearing a suit, Lu Nanjin, who was leaning against the gate of the Lion Lane house, silently lowered her eyes.

she knows.

The teacher said this sentence for himself.

(End of this chapter)