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In the gloomy study, a man sat quietly at his desk.

It was still noon, and even in the north, it should be daytime at this moment, although there was no bright sunshine like in the Central Plains, but it was enough to see.

But in this study, it is inexplicably a little dim.

The sunlight is like meeting some indescribable barrier here, and it is blocked out alive.

The man, with his head bowed, seemed to tremble, and it was so slight that it had to be watched very carefully to see it properly.

There was a candle flame in the study, but the candle flame was jumping. Windless jumps.

The man's originally extremely handsome face was illuminated in a flickering light, but it looked quite infiltrating.

There was a commotion outside, and a man dressed as a soldier walked in and knelt down on one knee towards the man.

"Master Gu, I just received the news... That... That Su Chang'an... It's back. The soldier said this, but his voice trembled a little, "At this moment, I am leading Su Tai towards the Taishou Mansion, and I guess it is the one who came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt." ”

......The man sitting at the desk was silent for a while, as if he was caught up in some memory, and did not have the slightest intention of responding to the soldier's words.

"Master Gu, I just received the news that Su Changan is back, and he is bringing his father to the door to ask for the crime!" Seeing that the man did not react, the soldier plucked up the courage to say again, and his voice was a little louder at that time.

Actually, he was a little scared at the moment.

He can't say the reason for this fear, but since the man in front of him took over his father's position a few months ago, something has changed.

The smile on his face gradually receded, and the aura around him became more and more gloomy.

Even the predestined Mrs. Taishou, who was in love with him, had a quarrel with him a few days ago for some unknown reason, and it has been half a month since she came to the door to find Lord Taishou.

And in the past half a month, this former son of Nagato has become more and more cold, even if he has been on the battlefield and fought for many years, he will feel extremely uncomfortable inexplicably when he is by his side.

"Well, got it, you step down. It was only then that the man raised his head to look at the soldier as if he had just woken up from a dream, and he said this, his voice was extremely flat, as if someone had taken his soul out of it, and there was no emotion in his words.

"No. The soldier could no longer bear the cold aura coming from this room, or from the man, and after bowing his head, he hurried back. And when he walked out of the door, he realized that his back was already covered with dense cold sweat.

Gu Ning was still sitting at his desk.

His eyes were empty, and he no longer had half of the agility he had when he was Nagato.

It wasn't until the soldier exited the door that he lowered his head in a daze, and at that moment he stretched out one hand and pulled the sleeve of the other hand open, and the white arm was now engraved with a black mark from some unknown material.

It was a very complex pattern, like some kind of totem, like some kind of text.

If Su Changan did this again, the divinity in his body would definitely tell him the answer.

That's an ancient text.

It doesn't have a special meaning, just a number, which represents seven.

And just as Gu Ning looked at the mark, the black mark seemed to be aware of it, and began to change for a while, and finally turned into another pattern that was completely different from it.

It's also an ancient text, and it's also a number, which represents eight.

At that moment, something seemed to be surging in the dark room, and a cloud of black qi that was invisible to ordinary people poured into Gu Ning's body at an extremely fast speed.

His body shook, and after a few breaths, a high momentum rose from his body.

It was so imposing, like a raging sea, but at the same time it carried a chilling cold air.

That momentum is clearly the momentum that only a strong person in the Dao Realm can have!

This is the eighth time since the day the sigil appeared.

And his cultivation also soared with such a change, and in just a few months, he went from the Prosperous Morning Realm to the Dao.

And the first appearance of this thing......

Gu Ning thought about it carefully, probably after his father was transferred to Nanhu City.

Others said that Gu Xiang Tingfu was expensive and got promoted. But in fact, this is a rising and dark falling.

Nanhu City is located on the border of the north, adjacent to the territory of the demon clan, where there are constant battles all the year round, and small frictions with the demon clan occur from time to time, and there are more than ten Taishou who have died there over the years.

For this reason, Gu Ning did not have the cheekiness to beg the Gu family.

But the Lord's family had always been like this, and they had never looked at them directly, let alone complied with his request.

So Gu Xiangting was helpless, and led the old department to Nanhu City, and Gu Ning, who took over Changmen Town, was silent for a long time, even if Su Mo persuaded him, it didn't have any effect.

At that time, he kept thinking, why is this happening?

He thought that if he went to Chang'an to study, and when he returned to Changmen, he would definitely be able to change his father's status in the main family.

But in fact, none of this helps.

He was trapped in the Morning Realm.

And many monks at a glance, it is difficult to forge a star soul.

Many times in this world, it is actually very simple, the superior drives the inferior, and the strong devour the weak.

Gu Ning has been taught by Gu Xiangting since he was a child, and he has studied the Four Books and Five Classics, knows etiquette, and is honest and shameful.

The world calls him the son of Nagato, and he deserves this title.

It's just that at that time, he realized that the so-called Nagato Gongzi was just a rural village man in the ears of the main family, just a joke.

So during that time, he desperately wanted to become stronger.

Break the morning, cast three souls, refine seven spirits, and asked.

However, for some people, the cultivation of this thing is like walking on the ground, but for some people, it is like a moat.

He was still trapped in the Morning Realm.

And maybe it was at this time that that thing was eyeing him.

He didn't know if the choice was just a fluke or if there were some rules he wasn't aware of.

But he was indeed targeted, and an ancient text of zero meaning appeared on his arm.

Then a nightmarish voice rang in his head.

Go and steal a piece of armor from the arsenal, and I'll help you get to the top.

The voice said this, with an inexplicable, but bewitching smell.

At first, he didn't care about it, but said that he had given birth to demons.

But as the days passed, his cultivation did not grow by half, and that voice sounded tirelessly day after day.

He finally couldn't hold it anymore and sneaked into the munitions depot one night to steal a pair of armor.

This is actually not a big deal, with his position as Nagato Taimori, he can call on all the things in this arsenal. It's just that Gu Ning is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and takes the gentleman and sage as a model, and doing such a thing is really against his temperament.

However, after such a small thing is done.

The sigil in his hand went from zero to one.

And his cultivation was also in a breath, and suddenly from the early stage of the morning, he suddenly turned into a great achievement.

At the same time, the bewitching voice sounded at that time.

Put this armor into the house of Gutang, lead the soldiers to arrest, and I wish you the success of Taiyi.

Gu Tang is Gu Xiangting's nephew and Gu Ning's cousin.

His father died early, and Gu Xiangting picked up the pity and took him in, and gave him an errand in the army.

Gu Tang's theft of the munitions depot was known to Gu Xiangting and Gu Ning, but he couldn't grasp the handle, and he was a member of the same clan, so he could only turn a blind eye and let him go.

According to what the voice said, this is undoubtedly a frame-up.

This was contrary to the teachings that Gu Ning had received since he was a child, so he quickly put away such thoughts.

However, the temptation to become Taiyi was too great, and the matter of Gutang stealing the munitions depot was also a matter that had already been confirmed, but there was no evidence. Although it is a bit shameful to do this, the result is that it can remove a harm from Nagato.

Gu Ning tossed and turned for a long time, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of soaring cultivation, and made a move.

When he led the sergeant to search for the armor in the house in Gutang, the mark in his hand changed again, turning from one to two.

And his cultivation naturally turned from Fanchen to Taiyi.

At the same time, the voice came to mind again......

"Gu Taishou, the old man asked to see, and please come out to talk about it. A chilly but familiar voice came from outside.

Gu Ning retracted his thoughts.

He stood up, reached out and brushed his somewhat wrinkled shirt, and walked out of the room with his hands in his hands.

......

Su Changan stood in front of the Taishou Mansion with a cold face, and behind him the dense crowd of Changmen people were standing in the distance to watch, in front of him, those guards were obviously shocked by his momentum, coupled with the tragic situation of Yu Tong and the others, naturally no one dared to step forward to stop Su Changan.

At this stalemate.

There was a heavy whimper from the door of the Taishou Mansion, and then it slowly opened.

A man in a white Confucian robe walked out of the dark depths of Nafu.

He walked very slowly, with a warm smile on his face, just like the young man of Changmen that Su Changan knew back then.

He didn't seem to have changed, but he seemed to have become almost unrecognizable to Su Changan.

It's a strange feeling, hard to describe.

Finally, he came to a foot in front of Su Changan.

He stopped.

"Brother Su, after a few years, Gu Ning misses it very much. He said in a hearty voice.

Su Changan's brows furrowed.

He is not a person who is good at observing words and feelings, and the cordiality on Gu Ning's face makes him extremely familiar, and he can hardly find a flaw in half a day with his experience.

But his father was bullied, but he couldn't fake it, and as Nagato's Taishou, Gu Ning couldn't be unaware.

Therefore, after thinking about this, his face suddenly turned cold.

"Do you miss my people, or do you miss my sword?" he asked, the chill in his eyes as cold as the wind and snow in the Northland.