Chapter 1704: Chapter 376: Forging Inheritance (Long Chapter) (2)

He was interrupted by Xu Fang before he could finish speaking.

"Mr. Xiao Gu, are you kidding?!"

Xu Fang’s voice became excited as he pulled down the Destiny Pendant and stuffed it into Gu Shen’s hand, then looked up and said earnestly, "This pendant... I’m giving it to you! As for these promises, they’re really too heavy, Old Xu can’t accept them!"

"..."

Gu Shen didn’t expect that his "exchange" would turn out like this.

This time, it was his turn to be stunned in place.

Since stepping into the Extraordinary Realm, the enemies he had encountered were all extremely cunning.

Schemes and deceit, trickery and manipulation, they spared no effort. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

He had become accustomed to using sharp methods to seize sealing items.

But this time was different.

"In my hands, this pendant doesn’t have much significance; it just tells me what time it will rain today or where I’ll pick up money tomorrow. It’s just a small bit of luck in my life."

Xu Fang sincerely said, "But if it’s in your hands, this pendant... can definitely play a bigger role, allowing more people to feel ’fortunate.’ If you tell me you need it, then you truly need it. Qinghe people are the most united when away from home. Can I still take your things with this little trinket?"

Old Yu, beside Xu Fang, smiled with a complex expression.

He understood Xu Fang too well.

This is someone who appears selfish and loves to take petty advantages.

But his heart is much cleaner than it seems.

"I’ll accept this pendant," Gu Shen took a deep breath and said solemnly, "And please accept my promise. Don’t think of it for yourself, at least consider those around and behind you."

Xu Fang looked back.

He saw the young people he had brought along.

And Old Yu beside him.

"...Alright."

...

...

[The Goddess of Destiny’s Sanctuary], the missing part, was finally completed today.

Gu Shen left the headquarters and went directly to the dojo where Xie Zheng was located.

Unlike other Judgement Institute dojos, Xie Zheng’s dojo was cold and gloomy, with no sign of life, and several sealing barriers set inside and out, giving it a rather eerie and dim atmosphere.

Due to Gu Shen’s "promotion" to Grand Judge.

Many people came to Xie Zheng’s dojo today to congratulate him, and he quickly closed the barrier, declining their good intentions.

These people, waiting fruitlessly, naturally dispersed.

It doesn’t matter if the door is closed.

With the Spirit Network link, they can still contact this promising young Judge through [Deep Sea].

Gu Shen casually found a barrier, then broke through it, Chi Huo directly melting the barrier, and in the next moment, he appeared in the dojo.

Xie Zheng, who was quietly practicing cultivation with Liu Quan, was startled.

"Teacher..."

He quickly stood up.

"You don’t need to call me that."

Gu Shen smiled wryly; he didn’t want Xie Zheng to call him teacher purely due to the age issue, as he was less than five years older than Xie Zheng.

"Then, sir?"

Xie Zheng tilted his head in thought.

Gu Shen sighed softly, choosing not to dwell on it.

He circled around Xie Zheng’s dojo a few times; this boy really has some connection with him. The entire dojo was surrounded internally and externally by layers of impenetrable barriers, spiritual power and light sources isolated outside, looking gloomy and eerie; without outside reminders, people might mistake it for the creation of a "Netherworld King’s" disciple.

Netherworld King disciple... even if Xie Zheng wasn’t one before, he is now.

Gu Shen said, "You seem not very accustomed to today’s environment?"

"Not just unaccustomed, very unaccustomed."

Xie Zheng sighed deeply, "The people I’ve seen in the past year don’t exceed the number today."

Gu Shen waved to set up a small Spirit Barrier, exclusively enveloping Liu Quan who was meditating in cultivation, and asked with a smile, "Where did you learn the Divination Skill?"

Straight to the point.

"My former ’teacher’ taught it to me."

Xie Zheng replied earnestly without hiding, "I only learned the basics, can only see some simple destiny lines, guess the good or bad of fortunes, can’t capture every destiny track of all beings like you can."

"Even the Great Success of the Divination Skill isn’t that powerful."

Gu Shen shook his head and continued, "Who was your previous ’teacher’?"

"I don’t know how to describe it to you..."

Xie Zheng scratched his head, thought for a long time, and explained honestly, "I was born in the Tundra, you should know this."

Xie Zheng was an unregistered Transcendent in the Tundra District.

This was something Gu Shen knew well, as the whole [Deep Sea] East Continent database lacked specific information on him.

"I grew up in the Tundra, around the age of four or five, I was nearly frozen to death by the Wind Snow when that man saved me."

Xie Zheng said, "He carved open a residence in the Tundra’s mountain belly, gave me food, healed my frozen and crippled body... then taught me some strange things."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"What strange things?"

"Well... it’s pretty much this, what you refer to as ’ancient symbols’?"

Xie Zheng slowly raised his right hand.

His right hand was enveloped in a golden light, containing ancient symbols one by one, these ancient symbols were familiar to Gu Shen.

This was the partial Divination Skill Xie Zheng mastered.

Indeed, he only learned the basics.

The truly Great Success of the Divination Skill, when performed, these golden ancient symbols would converge at the fingertips, stripping away flesh and becoming destiny gold threads... this was the price of exchanging divination power with destiny.