Light Fortress-Chapter 1526 - 223: Divine Envoy Trial
"Let’s just say I lost."
This lighthearted remark drifted across the snowfield.
"I don’t care about the outcome, winning or losing doesn’t matter. I don’t have any obsession with the battle from back then. The reason I intervened is simply to understand how strong you truly are..."
Bai Xiu slowly spoke, "This is proof of my interest in the ’god-slaying’ plan. I want to know how far mortals can grow. After breaking through the 12th floor, I’ve lost my frame of reference."
Indeed.
Bai Xiu... has already broken through Deep Sea 12th Floor, but he hasn’t applied to the Federation Government for a title. His breakthrough news is currently being kept hidden by the Bai Family.
After breaking through the 12th floor, Bai Xiu encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation for the first time.
Not long ago, he returned to Changye, revisited his old haunts at Snow Forbidden City, and to verify his cultivation achievements, he chose to challenge the titled figures in Bai’s Ancestral Hall.
Two battles, both results were neat and tidy.
First, he defeated the current Family Head Bai Xiaochi, then he defeated his brother Bai Chen.
Back then, Gu Nanfeng broke through Deep Sea 12th Floor at the age of 29, becoming the youngest titled figure in East Continent.
Bai Xiu achieved all this before turning 28.
He’s reached a point that most mortals can’t reach in a lifetime, the extreme! Unlike Gu Nanfeng, he doesn’t shoulder family responsibilities. The Bai Family doesn’t have old and new factions like the Gu family did back then, nor do they need Bai Xiu as a pillar to resolve their difficulties.
Therefore, after reaching the "end," Bai Xiu can still delve deeper, continue cultivating... continue to pursue the "ultimate strength"!
"So you’re using me as a ’reference’?"
The Red Dragon chuckled, saying, "What an honor... But perhaps you should choose someone else because I’m not interested in cultivating to the mortal’s end. After all, the one meant to challenge the Sky Divine Throne in the final plan is not me."
"..."
"At times like this, I miss the guy who died in Sangzhou Cave. How great it would be if Gu Shen were still alive?"
Red Dragon lamented, "If Gu Shen were alive and became titled, he could help you continue to break through... If you want to achieve the mortal extreme, you need a strong enough opponent. That person could be Gu Shen, or someone else, but it can’t be me because I have no desire to become the ’ultimate strength’ from the bottom of my heart. I’m not qualified to be your reference."
"If you really want to find a powerful opponent, then make a trip to North Continent and challenge ’Rust Bone’."
Red Dragon smiled and said, "Though you are very strong now, you will most likely taste failure at the hands of Rust Bone. Facing this great general... will give you a brand-new recognition, and you may discover the next direction for breakthroughs."
"Rust Bone..."
Bai Xiu squinted his eyes, silently reciting the name.
He knows that the three great generals of the North Continent Army are very strong, as is the Investigation Corps leader guarding the tower... These four, even among the titled level, are rare top-notch existences!
They rarely make a move.
But their strength has long been ingrained deeply in people’s hearts.
There’s news circulating that the three generals swept through the titled realm because they experienced the Battle of Red Dragon. In that long, arduous war, they were baptized by blood and fire, achieving a deeper transformation.
"By the way, there’s something I need to tell you."
Red Dragon leaned back against a large rock, "The Source Tower’s Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle have already fused two domain levels. These two are very likely to become ’titled’."
"Them... I’m not interested in this titled level."
Bai Xiu frowned slightly.
"Of course, I know."
Red Dragon said with helplessness, "Even if these two breakthrough, it’s not enough for you to kill them. I tell you this news for a reason. Just think about it, if Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle become titled, what will happen to the four Divine Envoy positions?"
Bai Xiu said, "The four Divine Envoys need to be replaced?"
"Yes."
Red Dragon smiled and said, "I shouldn’t have stayed in the ’Red Dragon’ position long ago, but no one was qualified to step up and take over before. If no surprises occur, the new ’Red Dragon’ will be Gu Xiaoman. As for other Divine Envoys, they will also be replaced. This time she returns to the Source Tower, she might just take over the Red Dragon Envoy Order."
"You’re no longer serving as Divine Envoy?"
Bai Xiu was taken aback and asked, "Then what will you do..."
"Don’t worry, I won’t become the Sky Divine Envoy."
Red Dragon said calmly, "Before Gu Xiaoman is qualified to sit in the Red Dragon position, I will be her Protector and Guide. And when she truly becomes the ’Red Dragon,’ then she will be qualified to access the Wine Spark. My mission will be completed by then."
The rebellion in Tianshui will launch at the moment of the Lord of Wine’s birth!
"Actually, I still don’t understand."
Bai Xiu looked at Red Dragon in confusion, "Why are you doing this? Are there people born to be ’crown bearers’?"
"It’s normal for you not to understand." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Red Dragon smiled and said, "There are millions of roads and millions of people in this world. Someone has to walk some unusual paths... You only need to know that if this world needs a ray of light, then I am willing to become the burning firewood, even if there’s only embers left at the end, it doesn’t matter."
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"BE324, happy to serve you."
