Light Fortress
Chapter 386 - 69 Prayer Dream (Two in One)_2

Chapter 386: Chapter 69 Prayer Dream (Two in One)_2

Gu Shen slowly nodded, giving a soft hum of agreement.

"Not bad."

"Is he considered a friend of Mr. Xiao Gu?" Li Qingci smiled and said, "Although I’ve been living deep in the mountains, devoted to the wish of the ’Divine Embryo,’ I’m not completely ignorant about the outside world. The reputation of Tomb Ghost in Changye is very bad; logically, he shouldn’t have any friends."

"You should also be aware of the matters concerning the Dadu District."

Now that it had been pointed out, there was no longer any reason to hide or hold back.

Gu Shen said, "Tomb Ghost was brought back to Changye by Gu Nanfeng, and now he stays with us."

"Many years ago, Tomb Ghost came to Divine Temple Mountain."

Li Qingci paused briefly.

She turned around meaningfully, half her face looking at Gu Shen, and spoke softly, "At that time, he had just taken over the task of designing ’Qingzhong,’ so the Li family invited him over, hoping he could provide some constructive suggestions for Divine Temple Mountain. However, he was asked to leave in less than a day."

"Asked to leave?"

"Because his arrival... caused the ’Order Ruined Flowers’ on Divine Temple Mountain to bloom faster. I was still young at the time, and the former Protector felt something was amiss and hurriedly sent Tomb Ghost away. Afterwards, it was calculated that the one day Tomb Ghost spent here had reduced the ’lifespan’ of Divine Temple Mountain by half a year."

Gu Shen was extremely astonished.

"Incredible, isn’t it?"

Li Qingci gave a bitter smile and said, "We also find it hard to understand... And not long after that, the higher-ups in Changye learned of the calamity that Tomb Ghost carried with him — he was a natural ’individual of misfortune,’ different from the disasters caused by the protectors of the Li family using the Prayer Technique. The fortune he carried was inherent and couldn’t be diminished."

"..."

Gu Shen fell into a deep silence.

"The day after that, my father used the Prayer Technique to peer into Tomb Ghost’s fate and found that the fortune projected above his head... was completely black." Li Qingci explained seriously, "Ordinary people, if they fall into bad luck temporarily, their fortune might be mixed with some black, but once the bad luck dissipates, the blackness will disappear. But Tomb Ghost is different, no matter when, the fortune above his head is always black."

"This means... he will never change his luck?"

"Not only that."

Li Qingci shook her head and said, "His black fortune is rather strange. My father said, when a major disaster meets Tomb Ghost, it brings major misfortunes; when minor misfortunes occur, they give rise to minor ones."

"What does that mean?" Gu Shen muttered, "Strong when met with the strong, weak when met with the weak?"

"It roughly means that," Li Qingci smiled, "you can understand it as... he’s a true ’bearer of misfortune,’ and good things will never befall him."

Gu Shen fell into contemplation.

He looked up incredulously and asked in a low voice, "Does fortune really exist?"

"If Transcendents can exist... why can’t fortune exist?" Li Qingci laughed, "Moreover... this existed even before Transcendents. In fact, you should also know that this so-called ’fortune’ is just an adjective, and before it was coined, the thing it described already existed."

"Because fate, has never been fair."

Some people are born destined to lead a lucky life!

Gu Shen thought for a moment and said, "On the way here, I tried to change Tomb Ghost’s fortune. I found one method that works... "

"Accompanying Tomb Ghost, as long as you let him encounter disasters, you can protect yourself from harm." Li Qingci took the lead and said, "This is indeed a good method, but it can only avoid ordinary misfortunes. If you encounter a major disaster, trying to evade it this way won’t work."

"I... can’t understand."

Why does an existence like "Tomb Ghost" even exist in this world?

It’s too unreasonable.

Transcendence or fortune, both abide by a set of rules in the unseen world.

Li Qingci is entangled with misfortune, bearing the ill-omen because she overused the "Prayer Technique," causing her destiny to be depleted.

And Tomb Ghost?

He was born this way!

Such an existence completely contradicts the rules Gu Shen knew.

"There are always questions in this world that cannot be understood, not because you’re not smart, but because... the time has not yet come." Li Qingci continued walking with her lantern, slowly ascending the steps with graceful steps, like a drifting spirit.

Yet another light remark fell heavily into the depths of Gu Shen’s heart lake.

"Just like those outsiders who can’t understand Mr. Xiao Gu’s power."

Gu Shen felt there was an underlying meaning to that comment.

He earnestly said, "Please speak clearly."

"I heard from Qing Sui about Mr. Xiao Gu’s first day in Changye."

Li Qingci’s voice was filled with emotion as she carefully began, "Please forgive me for using the word ’story’... because many years later, people will commemorate this day. I heard that when you were comprehending the Grain Rain Volume, it triggered a black Spiritual Radiance?"

Black Spiritual Radiance!

It was a phenomenon that no one understood!

Even Gu Shen hadn’t figured out why... Why did Bai Xiu trigger white Spiritual Radiance, while he, himself, triggered black? He could only attribute the birth of this phenomenon to the uniqueness of his Spiritual Wilderness Cultivation Technique.

Gu Shen did not follow the comprehension path left by Mr. Gu Changzhi with the Grain Rain Volume.

Therefore... he created his own "new world."

Therefore... the color of the Spiritual Radiance also changed.

However, this explanation clearly couldn’t satisfy Gu Shen.

He earnestly asked, "Miss Qingci, did you see something using the Prayer Technique?"

"Do you remember what I said the last time we met..."

"It took me ten years to exchange for this meeting."

Li Qingci smiled, her voice as if murmuring in a dream.

"I made a wish to meet the person who had the ability to save ’Divine Temple Mountain.’

"The Prayer Technique took ten years of life from the balance scale, and afterward, I had a dream."

"I dreamt that I arrived at a vast and boundless wilderness, where golden spike flowers filled the area, massive rivers flowed, with boats moored..."

Li Qingci smiled and said, "That place was a Pure Land."

Gu Shen was momentarily stunned.

"The golden spike flowers blooming in that Pure Land are exactly like the ’Order Ruined Flower’ of Divine Temple Mountain, only their color is golden, cold yet dazzling, and the whole world was enveloped in this strange sensation."

"There were no black or white colors there, but rather, it was a middle state between black and white."

"Some felt as though they had died, yet also felt that they were actually still alive."

Li Qingci softly said, "I continued walking in that Pure Land, and I saw the figures of ’living people,’ but they were blurry, and they did not see me... just like that, I walked to the opposite bank of the river. Someone invited me onto the boat."

"That person told me... I had already died."

"Then he told me... Death, perhaps, is also a rebirth."

As she said this, Li Qingci stopped in her tracks.

There was no road ahead.

The two had already reached the top of Divine Temple Mountain.

The mountain was covered in black flowers swaying in the wind, emitting the scent of death.

But unexpectedly,

the top of Divine Temple Mountain was not as oppressive as imagined.

This place was entwined with countless Black Flowers, the density of black spots was hundreds of times that of mid-mountain, which should have been shrouded in an atmosphere of ruinous silent annihilation.

Yet, the summit had a simple wooden house built half a person high off the ground, quite sturdy... It was unknown what material was used to construct it, yet it stood firm without collapsing in such an environment. A closer look revealed that talismans, inscribed with strange and obscure ancient texts, were pasted on these foundations, perhaps the ancient texts had an effect, as the Black Flowers just clung to the outer layer of the foundation without truly entwining up.

A cabin.

An ancient well.

A... neatly arranged, square, huge garden, where the world’s most terrifying flowers were fostered.

"This dream sounds very interesting."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and said, "And then?"

"Mr. Xiao Gu... I should mention in advance, this was just a dream I had, and it doesn’t mean anything."

Li Qingci reassured him for a moment.

"In the end..."

She slowly said, "The person I saw... was you."

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