"Finished?"
The moment Gu Shen entered the courtyard, he saw Song Ci staring at him.
He smiled. "Finished."
"We agreed to kill people together. Why didn't you call me?"
Song Ci said irritably, "I woke up and found you'd vanished."
"I never agreed to kill people with you."
Gu Shen said helplessly, "Are you that bored in the City of Light?"
"The Fire Seed Trial is too dull. There isn't even a competition segment." Song Ci rested both hands behind his head and yawned. "It'd be nice if I could find someone to fight."
"If there really were a competition... who would fight you? Who could beat you?"
Gu Shen sighed. "The preliminary selection list is already out. Next comes the Wash Heart Pool trial. I heard the Grand Elder of the Temple has personally taken charge of the remaining Fire Seed Trial starting today. You should be careful."
"Careful about what?"
Song Ci grinned. "Would those Temple bastards dare do anything to me?"
"These past years, the Temple has been gathering Undying Ones."
Gu Shen's expression turned grave. "Even if you've already reached mastery, this is still land covered by the Divine Domain of Light. We don't know what methods they have."
Song Ci gradually lost his smile.
He had actually learned long ago about the Temple collecting Undying Ones.
"You mean... they might really make a move against me?"
"There's a saying that suits this situation perfectly: if they could beat you, they'd have beaten you long ago."
Gu Shen said earnestly, "Back when you were in the Eastern Continent, even outside a Miracle Land like Nagano, the Judicators they sent would have found it difficult to forcibly take you away... They could only use the guidance of the Dream of Light to keep luring you toward the