Chapter 2397: Return Once More!
At this moment, in Zhou Yu’s cave abode.
He was looking at Gu Yue, who had returned once again, with a face full of surprise.
Gu Yue bowed towards Zhou Yu and said:
"Daoist Zhou, I apologize for disturbing you again."
Zhou Yu was quite surprised in his heart, but immediately, he thought of something.
"Daoist Gu must have something to ask, right?"
"Not convenient to let others know?"
Gu Yue nodded.
"That’s right."
"Daoist Zhou, I do have a matter to seek your help with."
Zhou Yu smiled and said:
"Please, Daoist Gu, speak."
Then, Gu Yue began her narration carefully.
After listening, Zhou Yu showed a look of surprise.
It turned out, Gu Yue had returned to find him to seek his assistance in action once.
The reason was that although the Gu Family was one of the Divine Blood Three Families,
because no talented successors had emerged in the past millennium, the status of the Gu Family among the Divine Blood Three Families was already in jeopardy.
The reason the Divine Blood Three Families possess divine blood is that they stand out among many other divine blood families.
These divine blood families gather together every thousand years to compete.
Thus determining status, resources, and a series of other things.
Gu Yue’s idea was to ask Zhou Yu to represent her Gu Family at the next meeting of the divine blood families to help them stabilize their status.
In exchange, Gu Yue was willing to provide Zhou Yu with some secret techniques of refining divine blood.
This was very tempting to Zhou Yu.
Therefore, after listening, Zhou Yu thought for a moment and agreed.
This offer was clearly more suitable than making him a Guest Elder of the Gu Family.
Upon hearing Zhou Yu agree, Gu Yue was very grateful.
She touched her Storage Ring, and a dark red ring appeared in her hand.
Gu Yue handed it to Zhou Yu.
"Daoist Zhou, this is the credential of our Gu Family’s Guest Elder."
"Daoist Zhou can keep it for now, and wear this ring during the meeting, it represents the ability to fight for our Gu Family."
"After the meeting ends, I will take the ring back."
"Daoist Zhou need not feel any burden."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded and then accepted the ring.
After agreeing on some details, Gu Yue left once again.
For the next half year, Zhou Yu continued to stabilize his cultivation in the cave abode.
During this half year, more than ten waves of visitors came to visit.
Among them were even emissaries of several Heavenly Venerates.
Without exception, they all came to recruit Zhou Yu.
But Zhou Yu politely refused them one by one.
A year later, Zhou Yu finally got up and left this cave abode.
Now, his cultivation realm was completely stabilized.
It was time to handle his own matters.
Zhou Yu’s first stop was naturally to return to Fengyuan City.
This time returning to Fengyuan City, Zhou Yu had a clear purpose.
He went straight to the East Gate of Fengyuan City. Upon arrival, the guards of the City Defense Team immediately wanted to step forward to check.
Zhou Yu, without saying a word, released a part of his aura directly.
In an instant, all the guards of the City Defense Team around showed expressions of shock.
Immediately, an elder quickly appeared in front of Zhou Yu.
He looked at Zhou Yu in astonishment, then bowed and said:
"Junior did not know senior’s arrival, apologies for not welcoming from afar."
"May I know who senior is..."
The elder was the captain responsible for the East Gate.
Generally speaking, those who could become captains were veterans of Fengyuan City.
And as veterans of Fengyuan City, they were very familiar with the cultivators above the Integration Realm in the city.
But this young man before him seemed unfamiliar.
The elder spoke politely while observing Zhou Yu.
However, quickly, he noticed that this young man seemed somewhat familiar.
The elder stared closely at Zhou Yu.
Suddenly, he exclaimed:
"Zhou... Captain Zhou?"
"Is senior Captain Zhou?"
Zhou Yu was somewhat puzzled.
"Huh?"
"You know me?"
The elder quickly said respectfully:
"Captain Zhou... senior, this junior is the captain of Team 191. A hundred years ago in Baihua Forest, I encountered danger on a mission and was saved by Captain Zhou."
"I didn’t expect that in a hundred years, senior Zhou has already stepped into the Integration Realm."
"It’s... truly shocking to me."
Zhou Yu glanced at the elder, thought for a moment, and indeed had no impression.
He said indifferently:
"I’ve come here to find Xu Ling."
"I heard she is the protector responsible for the East Gate area of the City Defense Team?"
Upon hearing this, the elder quickly said:
"Yes, yes, Protector Xu indeed is in charge of the East Gate area, but right now, she is not here."
"This time period is when she goes out on patrol."
"If senior has urgent matters to find her, I can use the Sound Transmission Jade Talisman to ask her to return quickly."
Zhou Yu replied, waving his hand:
"No need."
"Tell her after she returns, to please come to the Drunken Immortal Tower in the city."
"Yes, Senior Zhou."
After speaking, Zhou Yu floated into the city.
After Zhou Yu left, all the guards of the City Defense Team immediately gathered around.
"Captain Yue, is this really Captain Zhou of Team 189?"
"A hundred years ago, people of such captain rank were only in the Divinity Transformation Realm, weren’t they?"
"How could he have become a senior at the Integration Realm?"
"Indeed, indeed, this cultivation speed is too astonishing, isn’t it?"
"Captain Yue, did you recognize him incorrectly?"
At this moment, the elder surnamed Yue, who was surrounded, was also deeply shocked.
He shook his head and said:
"Absolutely impossible to misrecognize."
"Back then, Captain Zhou of Team 189 was an absolute legend of the City Defense Team."
"In a span of ten years, he completed several missions, and remarkably, none of his team were harmed."
"Do you know how many people wanted to join his team at that time?"
Upon hearing this, everyone showed expressions of excitement.
They too had been part of the City Defense Small Teams.
Naturally, they knew how fortunate it was to encounter such a captain.
After all, when the City Defense Team went out on patrol missions, the casualty rate was still quite high.
It can be said that every one of them present had experienced life and death escapes to be here today.
If they went again, they might not necessarily survive.
The elder surnamed Yue continued:
"At that time, Captain Zhou of Team 189 was already very famous in the City Defense Team because of his high talent."
"Later, during the alien race’s siege, it’s said that the higher-ups, to resolve the crisis between the human and demon clans, secretly sent out several teams on extremely dangerous missions."
"Captain Zhou should have been in that team secretly dispatched."
"Later, most of those teams did not return, they should have all perished."
"Now, not only has Captain Zhou returned, but he has also become a senior in the Integration Realm, it’s simply incredible..."
With these words from the elder surnamed Yue, the others exclaimed continuously.
"Could it be that Senior Zhou encountered some extraordinary opportunity during the mission..."
"Is it possible that the sudden withdrawal of the alien race’s siege is related to Senior Zhou?"
"..."
For a time, various speculations arose.
Soon, it spread within the City Defense Team...