Chapter 1706: Chapter 376: Forging Inheritance

"Turing is still alive, and... within the Five Continents?"

This conjecture is truly shocking.

"Without evidence, it will always remain a guess."

Gu Shen put away the thoughts in his Heart Lake. He looked at Xie Zheng with a complicated expression and asked, "That man didn’t tell you his name?"

"He said he didn’t have a name."

Xie Zheng shook his head and said, "He also said if I really wanted to call him something, I should address him as teacher, so I did."

"I... want to see the place where you buried him."

Gu Shen said, "So many years have passed, can you still find it?"

Xie Zheng was taken aback and hurriedly laughed, "Of course, I frequently go to pay my respects. Without the teacher, I might have already died in a snowy night on the tundra."

"Wait..."

After speaking, he looked at Gu Shen, his expression a bit strange.

"Sir, you won’t want to go now, will you?"

"Yes, right now."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "Liu Quan has already entered meditation. I gave him a wisp of Chi Huo; it will take him at least half a day to wake up."

"Half a day... but the teacher’s tomb is on the tundra..."

Xie Zheng murmured, "Is there enough time?"

Gu Shen calmly waved his sleeve, and countless rays of iron scales and silver light flashed across the sky, transforming into a smooth long sword.

"Half a day is more than enough!"

With his current spirit and source quality strength, summoning [Truth] to hasten their journey, even traveling to a distant continent across the sea would only take one night.

Half a day is ample time for a round trip from Changye to the tundra.

"These iron scales..."

Xie Zheng’s eyes suddenly lit up, "Sir, do you have so much meteoric iron?"

Meteoric iron?

Gu Shen’s heart trembled.

The nameless iron excavated from the tundra tomb, which had been tested by the five families, could not be identified by anyone; it was known only to be incredibly hard and of peculiar quality.

Yet, Xie Zheng had called out its "name"!

Chu Ling immediately reported, "Meteoric iron... there is no such item recorded in the database."

Gu Shen quickly beckoned Xie Zheng onto the sword, then activated the Iron Throne, soaring upward, directly breaking through the barrier above the Dojo, and speeding northward into the changye skies.

The raging wind howled, and the cold assailed him.

Xie Zheng sat at the tip of the iron sword, unable to open his eyes against the wind. He marveled inwardly at the powerful spirit of this Mr. Gu whom he just worshipped. The speed of this sword flight must be many times faster than a source energy boat! At this speed, a half-day round trip to the tundra is absolutely sufficient!

Gu Shen’s voice echoed in Xie Zheng’s Heart Lake: "The existence of meteoric iron, was that also told to you by your teacher?"

"Yes."

Recalling the scenes from those years, Xie Zheng slowly said, "The teacher taught me to identify many strange and peculiar items back then, all of which were rare and strange materials. For more than a decade while I traveled in the tundra and Jiuning District, I haven’t encountered many... this is the first time I’ve seen so much ’meteoric iron’."

Turing.

It must be Turing!

Hearing this response, Gu Shen felt another confirmation in his heart...

Back then, the Late Bell Church had dug up a "living corpse" coffin in the Tundra Mountain.

The coffin had already been opened.

The owner of the coffin seemed to have left silently, leaving only a stone stele carved with ancient text and a coffin full of rare iron.

That stele was later stolen by Xiao, who studied it, and it turned out to be the genuine interpretation of the Longevity Technique!

As for the exotic iron in the coffin, it was exactly what Xie Zheng referred to as "meteoric iron"!

No matter how you look at it, it all matches... The sleeper in this mountain was a "Possessor of the Longevity Technique," reborn after death, who left behind these items!

Gu Shen equated the tomb owner directly with Turing.

Ian lived for nearly a hundred and twenty years and could only grasp the wedge of the true interpretation of the Longevity Technique. Achieving "resurrection" was simply not possible!

In this world, the only one who could master this most powerful forbidden ancient technique is just one person.

Allen Turing.

"Rumble——"

The Truth Iron Sword pierced the clouds and broke the sky, transforming into a silver light, rapidly shooting towards the north.

The Changye Territory is a crucial area of Jiangbei, with many source energy boats patrolling.

This silver light, leaving the Snow Forbidden City, immediately caught the attention of [Wind Eye], but Gu Shen directly used his "Grand Judge" authority to verify his identity with [Deep Sea], thus making his journey smooth and unhindered, with the source energy boats retreating, and the Transcendents on duty marveled.

In the Battle of Red Lake, killing Jia Wei.

Gu Shen has already been acclaimed as the Transcendent closest to God in East Continent.

Someone captured the image of Gu Shen traversing Changye on the Truth Sword Light, and it quickly spread throughout the Deep Water Area, gaining numerous likes.

About four hours.

Gu Shen, following the coordinates, arrived at the snowfield where Xie Zheng had buried his "teacher." This place remains quiet year-round, perpetually veiled by snow and wind, so desolate that the reserve bases of the five families are far away from it.

It’s worth mentioning.

This place is not far from the "snow mountain" at the easternmost edge of the tundra.

In less than an hour’s flight, it would reach the untamed eastern region of the tundra, where Gu Shen once obtained the "array box".

"This is where I buried the teacher."

Xie Zheng exhaled a mouthful of warm air. He led Gu Shen to a simple stone tablet that he had carved as a child following two years of study and cultivation with his teacher. Despite the passage of time, the "Restoration Engraving" stone tablet remained intact, untouched by the toll of years.

As for underground, he had exerted great effort to make a stone coffin, carving the "Eternal Peace Engraving" to prevent external spirit and source quality from disturbing the teacher’s rest.

"Every year, I come here to worship and bow."

"To say it out loud without fear of your laughter, I’ve shed tears here many times..."

Gu Shen stared at the stone tablet for a long time.

If things were indeed as he suspected, then it was quite embarrassing.

Xie Zheng had been worshiping an empty grave marker all along.

Gu Shen was unwilling to break Xie Zheng’s heart.

But seeing how the young man grew increasingly emotional in his storytelling, he quickly changed the topic: "Did you do all this alone?"

"Yes, it wasn’t easy."

Xie Zheng raised his head, giving a wry smile: "The teacher taught me how to make coffins, his craftsmanship was excellent, I can’t compare..."

As he spoke, he suddenly paused.

It’s not usual, after all, for someone to teach a disciple skills like forging inheritance, but who would also teach such an idle and bizarre task as "making coffins"?

"I know you shared a deep bond."

Gu Shen asked with a complicated expression, "But maybe things aren’t as simple as you think. Do you mind if I open it?"

"???"

Xie Zheng was stunned for several seconds, having vaguely suspected something amiss.

"No, it can’t be?"

After much hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Xiao Gu... this act of ’betraying one’s teacher’ should be my responsibility."

Bang!

The stone tablet was lifted from the ground, and as the snow overturned, the stone coffin buried beneath the snowfield lay quietly below.

Upon opening it.

It was empty.

"...What the hell!"

Xie Zheng felt a dizzying shock and couldn’t help blurting out a curse from the Tundra District. Indeed, he’s been crying all these years over an empty grave?

"Where did the person go?"

He stared at the empty coffin blankly, his mind equally blank.

But soon, he understood everything.

All of his forging inheritance was taught by that man; if the man wasn’t dead, then opening the coffin from inside would be a trivial matter!

Just opening the coffin, sealing the stone tablet, restoring everything to its original state.

Clearly, he wanted me to believe he died just like that.

"Look on the bright side, a living person is always good news."

Gu Shen rubbed his temples and chuckled lightly.

Confirming his suspicions, he felt much lighter at heart.

Gu Shen re-summoned the iron sword and gestured for Xie Zheng to board it with him.

"Your teacher is still alive, and there’s a high probability he’s doing very well."

Xie Zheng sat numbly on the iron sword.

He felt the tundra wind was cold, and so was his heart.

Gu Shen patted the young man’s shoulder, speaking words laden with meaning.

"You are not the only one who has been deceived..."

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(PS: Please forgive my late update; today I am extremely exhausted, so only one Chapter.)