Light Fortress
Chapter 262 - 238: Don’t Look Down on Me

Chapter 262: Chapter 238: Don’t Look Down on Me

"Tomb Guardian," the moment those three words escaped his lips.

Gu Shen slowly lifted his head.

The scene from the Jingzhe Breathing Technique unexpectedly reappeared in the Spiritual World.

The sky above was covered with dense clouds, with thousands of rain threads falling, accompanied by bursts of thunder, signaling the arrival of spring’s Jingzhe... but soon, a sense of suffocation overwhelmed him. Seated atop the wilderness, Gu Shen felt only the hot wind on his face as the gentle rain turned violent, and the breath of early spring grew arid.

"This is..."

Gu Shen’s breathing grew faintly hurried.

The breathing technique left by Mr. Gu Changzhi wasn’t just Jingzhe... Could these subsequent visions be the conceptual images of other breathing techniques?

"This is the manifestation and control of spiritual power, a higher-order method of Spiritual Control,"

said the Tomb Guardian calmly, "Simply put, it’s what you know as ’breathing techniques.’ After the Jingzhe Scroll... comes the Grain Rain Volume. One reason we can meet here is that you’ve entirely penetrated Jingzhe, allowing your spiritual power to conjure the ’Four Seasons Wilderness.’

Four Seasons Wilderness...

Gu Shen pursed his lips and tugged at the wild grass beneath his hand.

This place was as real as ’0001,’ seemingly another virtual world condensed by spiritual power.

"To pull you from another spiritual world... I apologize."

The woman hanging from the tree spoke again. Gu Shen’s expression didn’t change, but he was inwardly alarmed; did the Tomb Guardian sense the presence of "0001"?

Not a hint of emotion could be seen beneath the floral cat mask.

And from her unruffled tone, Gu Shen couldn’t guess the Tomb Guardian’s thoughts.

"Time is short, so I’ll be brief."

She slowly wiped open a sliver of a light screen with two fingers.

The scenery of the Divine Domain in the real world "slowly" reflected back.

Gu Shen clearly saw the image of his true self, with the emblem burning with flame adhering closely above his brows.

"To meet at this moment, there were many coincidences, but the biggest reason is the trace of Divine Power in the token, which has built a bridge... For some reason, it chose you as the host," the Tomb Guardian said. "But clearly... with the God of Wine personally descending, if Gu Changzhi does not show himself, and Qingzhong does not respond, then all of you will face a destructive fate."

Gu Shen’s gaze solidified.

He intently watched the white shadow in the image, standing protectively in front of himself.

"Mr. Bai" was real.

"A bigger ant is still just an ant. In the face of the power of the Divine Throne, Bai Shu, no matter how strong, is useless. He can at best save his own life," the Tomb Guardian noticed Gu Shen’s gaze and said, "But you can save everyone."

"How?"

Gu Shen’s response surprised the Tomb Guardian.

At the moment of establishing the Spiritual Link through the token, she had considered the resistance to communication within such a brief period... but this youth seemed to possess an extraordinary ability to absorb these messages.

"Divine Descent."

The Tomb Guardian said succinctly, "Use your body to host the lingering will of Gu Changzhi... and complete the Divine Descent."

One sat inverted on a tree branch.

One sat cross-legged on top of the wilderness.

The two faced each other, opposites in every way. Gu Shen was silent for a second; he pinpointed a key word from the Tomb Guardian’s speech.

Gu Changzhi... the lingering will.

Lingering.

"Is Mr. Gu Changzhi dead?" Gu Shen asked the question that everyone in the Federation Council wanted to know.

He was asking the one who was most likely to know the truth.

The Tomb Guardian only shook her head.

A shake of the head doesn’t necessarily mean no, and although the floral cat mask hid her face, Gu Shen still deduced the Tomb Guardian’s meaning from the slow magnitude of the shake.

"...No one knows, including myself," the Tomb Guardian finally answered the question.

"Then, where does the lingering will come from?" Gu Shen asked again.

Giving him a meaningful look, the Tomb Guardian seemed to realize that this youth knew much that he shouldn’t, "You don’t need to worry about that... you just need to accept the power from the token."

Gu Shen said, "I am willing to undergo the Divine Descent, but I do not want to become an ’Angel Envoy.’"

"Don’t worry, you won’t become an ’Angel Envoy.’ The token’s chosen one is not you..."

The Tomb Guardian was patient. Seeing Gu Shen hesitant to speak, she said, "Alright, our consciousness will soon awaken... If you still have questions, I will wait for you in Changye."

Truthfully, she was also very curious about the youth before her...

According to the divination results, she found the best vessel for the talisman for Gu Nanfeng, and after arriving at Da Du, as predicted by the divination, the talisman chose Song Ci as the "Angel Envoy"... That is an "Undead" with incredibly strong healing abilities, a top-notch vessel by any measure.

No matter how you look at it, if "Divine Possession" were to be chosen, "Angel Envoy" Song Ci should be the prime target.

But why did the talisman choose this young man to undergo "Divine Possession"?

"...I understand."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and said, "Let’s begin."

As his voice fell.

The Four Seasons Wilderness before him started to change rapidly, a scene of imagined perception that could not be grasped, with torrential and light rain, scorching sunlight, winds that cut to the bone, and heavy snow burying everything.

In a moment, Gu Shen seemed to have lived through ten thousand years.

His consciousness faded, as if he were sinking into an eternal dream from which he could never awaken.

And at the next moment.

The flickering Chi Huo stirred in his mind.

Gu Shen spoke with a voice from his heart, uttering two words.

"Wake up."

...

...

Divine Power moisturized his spirit like sweet rain at the center of his forehead.

This warm current flowed slowly from his forehead, warming the internal organs and channels throughout his body.

At that moment, Gu Shen felt as though he could see his own body.

Bones, blood, every inch of skin, all shone with a brilliant Holy Light.

Is this... what Divine Possession is like?

There was no feeling of his consciousness being taken away.

Mr. Gu Changzhi’s spirit hadn’t directly seized his body... As a result, that brute "evolution" did not occur, and Gu Shen slowly opened his eyes, his pupils reflecting a splendid golden color in the darkness.

He saw a raindrop falling slowly from the night sky above Da Du, halting midway, and he immediately realized... this Divine Domain was still a fabricated realm.

Perhaps only half a second had passed in the real world, his consciousness had experienced layer after layer of leap, and the final destination was still a Spiritual World. Maybe it was for this reason... When Gu Shen opened his eyes, he felt somewhat tired.

Or perhaps there was another reason?

A trembling and angry voice broke his train of thought.

"Gu Changzhi... How can you still be alive?"

Gu Shen looked up slightly.

He clearly saw the true face of the Wine God. The "god" who had spoken was just a young boy who seemed to be no more than ten years old.

Gu Shen instinctively grabbed the Truth Ruler.

In the hands of an ordinary person, it is the authority to the Divine’s Throne.

But in the hands of a "god".

This Ruler... is a real weapon that can do whatever one wants.

["Do not... look down on me."]

That voice appeared once again in his mind.

Gu Shen lifted two fingers, and the Truth Ruler dissolved instantly, turning into two clusters of silver light that twined around his palm, and the voice uncontrollably rasped out from his throat.

"Do not... look down on me."

He gently tapped his two fingers towards the distant Wine God.

The Wine God’s face turned pale.

The next moment.

He staggered and sat down on thin air.

The Throne, pieced together from numerous iron objects, was erased by Gu Shen’s two fingers!

...

...

(Double monthly ticket, asking for a monthly ticket~)