Chapter 20 What is your realm?
Chapter 20 What is your realm?
Hearing this "hmm", Lin Wanyi remained silent for a longer time.
After a while, she suddenly shook her head violently, and her expression became inexplicably more determined.
Gu Zhuo looked at Lin Wanyi, at her long hair that was dancing in the air, thought for a moment, and said, "I..."
"Don't talk!"
Lin Wanyi interrupted him suddenly, raised her head, took a deep breath, and said expressionlessly: "I suddenly have some realizations, and I must practice immediately. Is it okay for you to eat dinner alone?"
Gu Zhuo has no objection.
Lin Wanyi turned and walked away, her skirt fluttering in the wind, looking awe-inspiring.
She looked very anxious, and in fact she was, because she could not accept that she was left behind by Gu Zhuo in terms of cultivation.
Especially when she thought that Gu Zhuo had successfully broken through to the realm of Dong Zhen in just one afternoon, while during the same period of time, she had a full sleep... Even though this sleep was necessary and she slept quite happily, she still felt deeply ashamed at this moment.
The person who humiliated her was not Gu Zhuo, but herself.
How to avenge?
Only by practicing diligently.
Compared with this, neither dinner nor Cheung Chau Academy were worth mentioning.
Just as Lin Wanyi was thinking about these things and was about to leave, she suddenly recalled something.
"Many people have challenged you, and all the challenge letters have been handed to me. I'll have Butler Qiu deliver them to you later."
After saying this, Lin Wanyi finally left.
Gu Zhuo wondered how much is a lot?
Half a quarter of an hour later, Butler Qiu, holding a thick stack of envelopes, gave a vague answer to the question.
"How many are there here in total?"
"I didn't count them, but probably more than a hundred."
"it is good."
"Mr. Gu, I want to remind you something."
"please say."
"I know that you, Master Gu, never like to fight with others, but the challenge letter has been delivered to your desk. If you don't take it seriously, it may cause some criticism."
The conversation ends there.
These more than a hundred challenge letters were eventually placed on the desk in the room, forming a thick hill. And it can be imagined that this hill will grow even higher in the future.
The word "criticism" mentioned by Butler Qiu was actually a subtle reminder to Gu Zhuo that if he refused to fight as he had done in the past, someone would surely take advantage of this to cause trouble next time, so he should be cautious.
As for how to treat it...who knows?
There are more than a hundred challenge letters, and it is impossible to answer them all one by one. That would not be a question of whether or not you can win, but a very troublesome problem.
From the most basic agreed time, to discussing the battle location, to the fact that the time and location of each battle do not overlap, how to accurately arrange the round trip, and whether Gu Zhuo's personal rest is sufficient...
Just thinking about these things can make people feel bored or even scared.
Not to mention that the vast majority of challengers are far inferior to Gu Zhuo in strength, so there is no point in fighting with them at all.
Obviously, Changzhou Academy, which had started this storm, was silently telling Gu Zhuo a message through this mountain of challenge letters.
——All your detachment and freedom in the past were built for you by the academy at all costs.
……
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"How do you think Gu Zhuo will deal with this?"
Chen Chi lazily lay in the chair and asked with his eyes closed.
Beside him were naturally his two familiar colleagues, Yu Yinchun and Guan Xingu.
At this time, the three of them were deep in the office of the Sky Patrol Department, looking through internal files and trying their best to complete the task assigned by Director Pei himself.
"Pick out some who are worth fighting? Have a few fights?" Yu Yinchun answered casually, his eyes always fixed on the files in front of him, thinking about the question that puzzled the fat old man in Changzhou Academy - where did Gu Zhuo's blank thirteen years go?
Guan Xingu was doing the same thing, but the difference was that he was in a slightly worse mood.
"This is too ridiculous. Gu Zhuo didn't just appear yesterday. Why didn't anyone notice this before?"
Chen Chi thought for a moment and said, "Then we have to ask the people from Changzhou Academy."
Yu Yinchun suddenly asked: "Why don't you ask Gu Zhuo directly?"
Guan Xingu said: "Because we can't be sure whether what he said is true or not."
Yu Yinchun stopped reading the relevant files and turned to look at the two of them, saying seriously, "Whether the answer he gives is true or false, even if he is unwilling to speak, it is still a clue."
Chen Chi shook his head and said, "Keep investigating first. If you really have no clues, go find him later."
Having said that, Guan Xingu also stopped the work in his hands.
The three of them simply started a discussion on this.
"Did any natural or man-made disasters occur four years ago?"
"I don't think so... Are you trying to say that Gu Zhuo might be a refugee from another country who sneaked here, so there is a blank for the past thirteen years?"
"But I can't figure out how he walked from the border to Wangjing?"
"The dean of Changzhou Academy has been traveling around in recent years. Is it possible that he happened to save Gu Zhuo's life while traveling?"
"This inference makes some sense. After all, he really doesn't want to talk about the past. After the dean realized his talent, he took the initiative to cover up for him and forged a new identity, allowing him to come to Wangjing and enter Changzhou Academy... This logic seems to make sense."
"But the meaning from Changzhou Academy is that they also know nothing."
"Even if you know, you should pretend you don't know, right? Forging an identity is no small matter and you will be punished."
“…I always feel it’s not that simple.”
Chen Chi clapped his hands, interrupted the discussion, and said, "Then let's start with what you guys are talking about. I'll ask the people from all the ministries to cooperate, and I believe there will be progress soon."
Yu Yinchun and Guan Xingu naturally would not object.
Chen Chi looked out the window and saw that it was getting late. He said, "Anyway, now that things have come to this, let's not think too much about it today. Let's go have a meal first."
The bottom line is that they are living in a rare prosperous era in a thousand years. Even in the Sky Patrol, a violent organization directly under the Emperor and with a certain dark color, the internal atmosphere is relatively peaceful, with few sinister and violent scenes.
Leaving the government office and joining the crowd, Wangjing becomes even more prosperous after nightfall.
The three of them walked around casually, picking and choosing on the street, and finally chose a hot pot restaurant with great difficulty.
Not long after they sat down, before even the soup base was served, there was a sudden commotion downstairs.
Then, the uproar subsided in an instant as if it had never occurred.
"what happened?"
Although Chenchi is lively, the food is even better.
He had not intended to pay any attention to this matter, but the situation was indeed a bit strange, so he couldn't help but call the waiter over and ask about it.
The waiter lowered his voice and said, "My master heard Gu Zhuo's statement today that he wanted to compete for the first place in the summer festival. He was eager to fight and couldn't help but write a letter of challenge."
Chen Chi was puzzled, thinking what was the point of making such a fuss, and asked, "Then what?"
The waiter looked around and made sure that no one was paying attention, then answered the question with an extremely strange expression.
"Gu Zhuo wrote back to my master. There were six words written on the letter."
"What six words?"
"I have seen the truth, what about you?"
There are some changes in the previous chapter, mainly to complete the information about the protagonist's breakthrough and identity. The modification time is after 4 pm, so you don't need to turn back if you read it after that.
(End of this chapter)