"Take me as your master..."
Gu Shen looked at Xie Zheng and smiled. "You didn't come to Nagano just because of this, did you?"
Xie Zheng smiled awkwardly. "Of course... not entirely."
He and Mu Qingyang had met when they were both still nobodies. Back then, Mu Qingyang had been an overlooked collateral member of the Mu family, while he himself was equally obscure... Later, Mu Qingyang gradually made a name for himself in Jiuning District. As a brother willing to take a blade for him, Mu Qingyang had given him many resources and much help.
Gu Shen could see it.
Xie Zheng carried an exceedingly mysterious Forging Inheritance.
"Brother Mu invited me after he returned to Nagano."
Xie Zheng said quietly, "It's just that I arrived at a very unfortunate time..."
Qi He had previously looked down on Xie Zheng because he thought Xie Zheng did not know how to speak.
But that was not the case.
It was simply because Xie Zheng did not think speaking to Qi He required careful consideration.
At this moment, he stopped at precisely the right point.
Because he knew that some things only needed to be said halfway.
"I see."
Gu Shen smiled. He already understood what Xie Zheng meant... Back then, after arranging the matters of the Convergence, he had hurried south to carry out the mission at Sang Continent Grotto.
And that departure had become a "permanent farewell."
Mu Qingyang had managed to latch onto Gu Shen, but Xie Zheng had arrived one step too late.
Although the Mu family had arranged for Xie Zheng to enter the Adjudication Court and become a Tribunal Officer, the future he had hoped for... never came.
Gu Shen had died at Sang Continent Grotto.
"Little Mr. Gu... I have certain secrets that are