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Finally, Beidou stopped, stared at the severed sword tip, and after a moment said, "You really want to join the Guiyuan Group?"

Guan Jinyue did not sheathe his sword.

"I want to see a path that I can walk down."

Beidou sneered, "You won't make it."

Chen Guan stood to the side, not interfering.

Guan Jinyue refused to back down: "Many people thought I wouldn't make it, but I did."

Beidou looked at Guan Jinyue and asked a very strange question.

"What do you take Bal for?"

Guan Jinyue said, "The contractual party."

"That's all?"

That's all.

Beidou nodded: "You are more suited to the position of Azure Dragon than many others, but you are not suitable."

Chen Guan turned his head to the side. Beidou's words sounded like a battle between the left and right hemispheres of his brain.

Is he really suffering from Alzheimer's disease?

Beidou looked at Chen Guan: "Are you thinking about something rude again?"

Chen Guan naturally denied it outright: "Of course not."

Beidou looked at him, clearly not believing him.

In terms of age on paper, Chen Guan is indeed the youngest. It's not surprising that young people have a more unconventional way of thinking.

But the thought that he was the reincarnation of his teacher... made Beidou feel so uneasy.

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Chen Guan quickly tried to justify himself: "I was just thinking that the onboarding process for the Guiyuan Group is very irregular."

Beidou laughed out loud upon hearing this, but it was only for a moment.

"It's definitely not standardized," Beidou readily admitted. "After all, most of the time, whoever we find gets to work first."

Chen Guan agreed.

No wonder.

He handled the Xuanwu matter rather hastily.

Beidou withdrew his gaze and looked at Guan Jinyue again: "But you are really not suitable. Being suitable and being appropriate are two different things."

"I've been reserving the Azure Dragon position for someone else. Give it up."

Guan Jinyue wanted to say something more, but Beidou had already vanished like the snow falling from the sky. The scene rapidly rewound, and in the blink of an eye, the two were back at the very beginning.

The snowstorm subsided.

Beneath the coffin lay black and white stone bricks, the dried-up circular pool still stood before them, and a pale blue stone lamp burned quietly along the wall.

The murals in the rotunda remain unchanged.

Before that blank door, the child still kneels there, his back etched into the stone wall, with seven hidden clasps clearly visible.

Guan Jinyue stood beside him, his long sword still in his hand.

Her breathing was much calmer than before she entered the hallucination.

The BeiDou system she just encountered put too much pressure on her.

That sense of oppression did not come from an offensive, but from its very existence, which made people realize that time is also a kind of power.

It's so different from the Seven-Hit Man in the illusion; time has changed so much.

Chen Guan raised his hand and pressed his brow.

Ribal's voice echoed in my mind.

"You're back?"

"Um."

"No missing limbs?"

"What would you like me to lack?"

Baal sneered, "Lord Baal is just concerned about his partner."

Chen Guan was too lazy to pay attention to Him anymore; anyway, that certain demon god just liked to talk to himself.

Guan Jinyue finally spoke: "Beidou said the Azure Dragon's position is reserved for someone. Who is that person?"

She didn't want to lose to someone she'd never met in such an unclear and meaningless way.

Chen Guan thought for a moment: "It could be a living person, or it could be a dead person."

Guan Jinyue looked at him but didn't reply.

Chen Guan added, "It could also be someone who hasn't been born yet."

Baal mentally muttered, "Are there any other options?"

Chen Guan's expression remained unchanged.

He didn't actually have the answer either.

Beidou's statement was made with such certainty.

In the four positions of the Guiyuan Group, Xuanwu fell to him, Long Ao was directly appointed, but Qinglong has been vacant until now, and it is definitely not just because of being picky.

Chen Guan walked to the edge of the round pool.

The ancient silver-blue characters at the bottom of the pool had mostly darkened, with only a few thin lines remaining in the characters, like the lingering warmth of dying embers.

Guan Jinyue did not ask any further questions.

She was just rejected by Beidou decisively.

But she showed no sign of frustration; she simply kept those words to herself.

She will seek his advice in the future.

Chen Guan glanced at her: "You still want to join the Guiyuan Group?"

Guan Jinyue sheathed his sword, making no attempt to hide his thoughts: "I want to."

"Even BeiDou says it's not suitable."

He was referring to now.

Chen Guan laughed: "You're quite good at picking up words."

Guan Jinyue looked at the last mural: "He said I'm more suitable than many people, but not suitable either, and the first part of that statement is also true."

Chen Guan did not refute.

She is indeed suitable.

Sober, capable of fighting, and with a stable goal.

Many people who sign a demon god contract first lose their judgment, and then lose everything they own.

Guan Jinyue did not.

She even admitted to Baal that he was merely a contractual partner.

It sounds easy, but it's extremely difficult to do.

Barr was very dissatisfied.

"What do you mean she's just a contractual partner? You little brat, wait until she gets beaten to a pulp one day, then she'll be begging Lord Baal for help."

Chen Guan replied, "She might not shout."

Baal was silent for a moment; He truly found it hard to imagine that scene.

"That's true."

The sound of tiny stone slabs sliding echoed in the round hall.

Chen Guan and Guan Jinyue both looked at the last mural.

Below the blank door in the painting, the stone bricks that were originally closed have been misaligned again.

This time, the crack was very narrow, just enough for one hand to fit inside.

Guan Jinyue raised his hand to stop him.

"Beidou has already left."

Chen Guan looked at the crack and said, "So what's coming out now is most likely not Beidou."

"You're still touching it?"

"Since we're already here..."

As those four words fell, Baal let out a long sigh in his mind.

"I knew it."

Chen Guan squatted down and gently probed the crevice with the end of his sickle.

Nothing happened.

He then took out an ordinary stone and threw it in.

The stone rolled into the darkness with two soft thuds, then fell silent.

Chen Guan waited for ten breaths before reaching his hand into the crevice in the stone, where his fingertips touched a cold, thin piece of paper.

He took the object out; it was a piece of bluish-green copper.

There were words below the bronze plate, and Chen Guan continued to look down.

The second door is on land, the third door is in heaven, and the fourth door is in the nameless.

Don't rush to open the second door. Once the doors are connected, the path home will reappear. At that time, you'll need sufficient strength to deal with the troubles.

Chen Guan looked thoughtful upon seeing this.

Endless deserts, icy northern seas, and nameless islands in the east.

These are the three places Yue Teng mentioned back then. Now, the Ice Sea is probably the first door, the Sand Sea is the second door, and the Nameless Island... will it be the third or the fourth door?

After all, people without names are in the same category as nameless islands.

Guan Jinyue noticed his movements.

"There is more than one door on the road home."

"It seems so."

Chen Guan looked up and surveyed the surroundings of the round hall.

The blue stone lamp remained unchanged, but the light from its wick was much dimmer than when it had first appeared.

This place has been hollowed out.

The old dreams have faded, the Big Dipper has departed, and this place is now empty.

Chen Guan turned the bronze plate over to examine the back. The smooth metal surface had only a faint engraving that resembled half a door.

Chen Guan carefully placed the copper piece into his storage ring. Thanks to the thorough cleaning inside the illusion earlier, there was no trash left in the storage ring.