Chapter 1703: Chapter 376: Forging Inheritance (Extended Chapter)

Many people at the Judgement Institute headquarters bore witness to this historic moment today.

The [Bastion] and the Grand Judge investiture were completed at the same time.

The Judges came forward one by one to congratulate Gu Shen.

Jin Yun came to Gu Shen’s side, and after offering his congratulations, sent a strand of Spirit to Xie Zheng.

"Junior brother Xie Zheng, if you run into any trouble in the Judgement Institute from now on, just come to me!"

These past few years, after Xie Zheng came to Changye, life had not been easy for him.

He was the taciturn type, and even when he ran into problems he wasn’t used to bothering others; his closest friend, Mu Qingyang, had already helped him a lot over these years, and Xie Zheng really was too embarrassed to keep causing trouble for Mu Qingyang.

So in the factional struggle between Zhou E and Jin Yun that arose over the "Grand Judge" position, he was stuck in the middle, often getting it from both sides.

But now, things were different.

With Gu Shen becoming Grand Judge, Xie Zheng’s status skyrocketed; just based on those words just now, he would no longer have any trouble.

In the whole Changye Court, who would still dare make things hard for him?

Faced with the flood of congratulations, Xie Zheng felt a bit dazed for a moment. He wasn’t used to such a scene, let alone the young Liu Quan who had just arrived in Changye.

"If you’re not used to it, go back to your Dojo and wait for me."

Gu Shen patted Xie Zheng on the shoulder and said gently, "Take this young man with you."

With those words, Xie Zheng fled as if escaping.

A short while later, more and more people gathered at the Dojo.

Many Transcendents clustered around Gu Shen. By now, Gu Shen had become the "flag-bearer" of the new generation in the East Continent, the "idol" of countless Transcendents; the Red Lake duel in particular had pushed Gu Shen straight to the very peak of the storm’s eye.

Today happened to be recruitment and trials day. The youths from all the major regions of the East Continent were gathered around Gu Shen, their eyes full of expectation. Right now they all wanted an autograph, or a few words of encouragement, or a photo together.

The inspectors in charge of security at headquarters originally planned to disperse the crowd.

But Gu Shen signaled that there was no need.

He satisfied their requests one by one.

By the time he was done with all this, nearly an hour had passed.

Gu Shen finally had a moment to pull away. He looked toward the spectator stands and saw those two familiar figures.

When the situation had calmed down, he had noticed Old Yu and Xu Fang preparing to leave, so he immediately sent them a voice transmission, and the two of them waited for a bit...

Right now was when the Dojo was at its most crowded. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Gu Shen squeezed through the crowd and came up to the spectator seats.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

He reached out and gently pressed down on Old Yu and Xu Fang, who were about to stand up, and said with a smile, "You two elder brothers are both fellow townsmen... no need to stand on ceremony."

"Mr. Xiao Gu..."

Xu Fang’s expression was quite awkward.

He thought back to what he had said to Gu Shen just now... and felt a wave of unreality.

He’d just been chumming it up with the East Province Grand Judge, calling him brother?

And had even said he’d look after this Titled Transcendent?

Xu Fang’s old face flushed red; right now he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

"These two pieces of Purple Silver are a gift for you two elder brothers. Please don’t despise them."

Gu Shen reached out and took out two Purple Silver crystals.

Old Yu and Xu Fang were both stunned.

The value of Purple Silver was very high, but what was truly precious... was what Gu Shen was doing at this moment.

There were too many people in the Dojo watching this scene. They didn’t know why Gu Shen was giving out Purple Silver; what they did know was... these two low-ranking Judgement Envoys from Qing River were being "specially treated" by Gu Shen.

Because of what Gu Shen was doing today.

They would receive goodwill from all directions.

"Take it."

Gu Shen handed over the two pieces of Purple Silver and said sincerely, "Changye is so big, yet we were able to meet—this is a tremendous stroke of fate. So what I said earlier about arranging a meal and a tour around the Snow Forbidden City... I meant every word of it."

Old Yu and Xu Fang exchanged a look, both at a loss for words.

"It’s just that I’ve only just taken office as ’Grand Judge’, so there will probably be a lot of trivial matters to handle, and I might not be able to host you personally."

Gu Shen paused, then said, "I’ll arrange people to take care of you. You mustn’t be shy about it."

"Mr. Xiao Gu, this really... really is too much trouble for you..."

Now that he knew Gu Shen’s true identity, Xu Fang suddenly couldn’t relax anymore. He couldn’t act as casual as before, throwing arms over shoulders; even his speech had turned clumsy.

"Brother Xu Fang, it’s nothing."

Gu Shen shook his head and said sincerely, "I do have an unreasonable request, though."

"An unreasonable request?"

Xu Fang was stunned. What could the Grand Judge possibly need to trouble him over?

"I’d like to trade a few things for the ’pendant’ in your hand."

Gu Shen said slowly, "From today onward, the Changye Court headquarters will open Dojo access for you at a Judge-level permission tier. You can bring your Disciples to make use of Changye’s cultivation resources. Besides that, I’ll take you to headquarters to select a complete ’Spring Breathing’, as well as an A-rank Sealed Artifact that matches your attributes."

Xu Fang was completely stunned.

He stared at Gu Shen in disbelief and subconsciously pulled out the pendant in his hand.

"All that... in exchange for this?"

To him, the conditions Gu Shen was offering were like a meat pie falling from the sky!

"That’s right."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "To tell you the truth, this pendant is extremely important to me... it’s not just an ordinary ’lucky pendant’. I’ve been looking for it for many years."

Xu Fang’s expression grew wonderfully complex.

"Of course, you can refuse."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "I won’t take back any of the promises I’ve made. Treat all of that as my sincerity. From now on you can still live in Changye, or go back to Qing River and live the kind of life you like."