Light Fortress
Chapter 359 - 50 Talisman

Chapter 359: Chapter 50 Talisman

They traveled out of the Divine Temple Mountain Territory.

The Spiritual Link with "001" was reestablished, and a raspy electrical sound seemed to flow through their minds.

"Chu Ling, can you hear my voice?"

Gu Shen asked again with his heart’s voice.

And instantly, Chu Ling responded, "The connection was lost earlier... Now, I can hear you."

Sigh.

The Spiritual Link was restored.

Gu Shen let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

The view before his eyes was covered with intertwining lines of wind snow and black crevices, while Uncle Gao’s domain expanded into a large circle, taking the vehicle with it, like a meteor slashing across the sky.

As the wind snow intensified and the black crevices diminished, Gu Shen felt as though he was returning to reality from illusion.

"Where is this?" he asked softly.

A map appeared before his eyes, enlarging steadily, and a series of dots came together to form an unclear record of a route.

"Northern Changye boundary, Highway 447."

The route they had used, marked chaotically with Wind Eye, continued until it abruptly disappeared. This was the complete journey from Snow Forbidden City to Divine Temple Mountain.

This phenomenon had been observed once before; it was similar to Qingzhong, a place of congregated Extraordinary Essence.

"Where did the Li Family take you?" Chu Ling immediately checked Gu Shen’s body. There was nothing unusual, and no spirit implantation or similar methods had been used.

"Divine Temple Mountain," Gu Shen spoke earnestly. "A mountain... blooming with Order Collapse Flowers."

"No wonder... the link was interrupted," Chu Ling realized suddenly.

Actually, the Spiritual Link between her and Gu Shen was already quite stable.

But in certain special situations with an overly high concentration of Extraordinary Essence, the connection would still break off... The reason was simple: the essence’s inherent nature was disorder and interference, and Gu Shen’s spirit was not yet strong enough.

"During the time the link was broken... I performed a self-check of the database," Chu Ling’s voice was slightly puzzled as she murmured, "I wanted to ascertain when exactly Li Qingsui and I had met before, but the self-check result of the database showed that we have never met."

Humans might have erroneous memories.

But Deep Sea would not.

If it existed, it existed; if not, then not.

"This is strange, I can’t understand it," the girl sitting in the car sighed lightly. She was now experiencing emotions like trouble and entanglement, and subconsciously made a human gesture of pressing her forehead to relieve stress, "Divine Temple Mountain... Is it the same as Qingzhong?"

"No," Gu Shen thought for a moment before answering, "If Qingzhong signifies order, then Divine Temple Mountain signifies disorder. Every generation’s Protector of the Li Family has been stationed here, using a technique called ’Prayer Technique’ to suppress and guide the growth of the Order Collapse Flowers, attempting to nurture a ’Divine Embryo’ on the mountaintop."

Chu Ling said, "The black dots cannot be guided."

"That’s the theory... but the Li Family has indeed done so. I’ve seen countless Black Flowers crawling up the cliffs, entwining the giant wall. However, too many Order Collapse Flowers have overwhelmed Divine Temple Mountain. This beautiful place is on the verge of collapse, and the Divine Embryo has yet to hatch, while the Li Family is close to their limit," Gu Shen said.

The words now seemed profoundly ironic.

It made one wonder whether that ancestor of the Li Family, who had used the Prayer Technique and made a grand wish, was a desireless Saint or a madman chasing after Divine Miracles.

Too much time had passed, and the truth was now untraceable.

It was just that the descendants of the Li Family had already paid too much, far too much, for this grand wish...

Gu Shen recounted his encounter with Li Qingci.

"Prayer Technique... ten years..."

After listening, Chu Ling was somewhat moved.

She began to wonder what kind of person this Protector girl was.

Even more curious was the so-called Prayer Technique and its principles, which apparently could transcend causality and grant blessings directly.

The Prayer Technique and the fragment of memory in her mind suddenly connected... a subtle sensation arose in Chu Ling’s heart.

"Gu Shen," she said softly, "let’s disconnect the Spiritual Link for a while."

"I want to be alone for a bit."

...

...

"This is the ’Divine Temple’ talisman of the Li Family."

Leaving Highway 447 and heading all the way to Snow Forbidden City, the journey was quiet.

Quiet in every sense of the word.

Outside, a heavy snow was falling, but Uncle Gao’s domain was open, and not a sound could be heard in the car.

Gu Shen’s spiritual world was equally quiet.

Chu Ling had disconnected the link, seemingly lost in thought about something.

Before arriving at the gates of Snow Forbidden City, Uncle Gao pulled out a small wooden talisman from inside his suit. This talisman seemed inconspicuous, with a clean and solitary mountain painted on it.

Perhaps this was what Divine Temple Mountain originally looked like.

"Don’t ever lose it... This talisman has a history of six hundred years, and the Li Family only has so few," Li Qingsui said earnestly. "You should have seen the path that leads into Divine Temple Mountain Miao Jing. The place is guarded by Extraordinary Array Patterns set by the Protector of the Li Family throughout the generations. Only the true blood descendants of our noble family can enter smoothly. And for someone of a different surname to set foot in the Divine Temple Mountain Territory, they need a ’talisman’."

Gu Shen accepted the wooden talisman.

The rule was strangely reminiscent of Qingzhong.

If one wanted to enter the inner tomb, one had to have permission from the Tomb Guardian. Without guidance, even if one walked into that dense fog, finding the correct direction would be impossible, and one would eventually be escorted out.

The same was true for Highway 447.

No matter how hard you turn the steering wheel, without a talisman, you can’t enter "Divine Temple Mountain."

In front of the Snow Forbidden City Gates.

Gu Shen and Li Qing Sui got out of the car one after the other, the heavy snow swirling around them, while Uncle Gao held an umbrella to shield the young lady from the wind and snow.

Standing under the umbrella, Li Qing Sui took two steps forward into the snow.

She tiptoed and gently patted Gu Shen on the shoulder, smiling softly.

"This time, you helped the Li Family... Next time, the Li Family will also help you."

Gu Shen was momentarily stunned and instinctively looked skyward.

"Don’t worry, with Uncle Gao here, the ’Wind Eye’ above won’t see this scene," she reassured.

"It’s just that since you got on our car, we can’t hide that," Li Qing Sui pulled her large suit jacket around her shoulders and continued seriously, "They will guess what we talked about and what the outcome was... I can promise you, as the future Family Head of the Li Family, that we will not manipulate public opinion."

This gave him a secure safeguard.

The five great families restrained and balanced each other... Gu Shen had always maintained a firm stance regarding being courted by them.

He had refused the Bai Family, as well as the Gong and Mu families.

If he turned around and agreed with the Li Family now, all that he had discussed with Gong Zi would become a joke.

"Actually, the relationships between the five great families aren’t as intense as you think," Li Qing Sui said with a smile. "The struggles you see are really just minor squabbles. Deep down, everyone knows that Changye can’t do without any one of the five families."

Gu Shen looked at the young girl, thinking that these words finally seemed to fit the future Family Head.

"Finally..."

Li Qing Sui coughed gently with a tinge of guilt, leaned in closer, and asked in a hushed tone, "That person isn’t really Song Ci, is he?"

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(Tonight’s update will be at 12 o’clock and will be a long Chapter.)