Light Fortress
Chapter 387 - 70 Copper Human Lamp (Two in One)

Chapter 387: Chapter 70 Copper Human Lamp (Two in One)

What exactly is the "art" of Prayer Technique?

In the dream that Li Qingci saw... Gu Shen felt both familiar and unfamiliar with the vision.

Listening to this description, it should be his own "Four Seasons Wilderness," but the wilderness now is empty and deserted; where are the golden spike flowers and rivers?

Is this... many years later?

"Can the Prayer Technique foresee the future?" Gu Shen asked in a low voice.

"Not..."

Li Qingci whispered, "It’s not that it can’t, but... I don’t know. It’s a technique of ’believing is seeing.’ To me, this was but an ethereal dream, I believed we would meet, and now, indeed, we have met."

Gu Shen fell silent.

"Mr. Xiao Gu... I can tell that you’re not unfamiliar with this dream," said Li Qingci with a smile, sensing something from his expression, but she did not continue to probe, leaving it at that.

She had always been a person of moderation.

"Alright... this is the top of Divine Temple Mountain."

Before reaching the ancient house, Li Qingci raised a [lantern].

Innumerable dim black flowers rustled under the illumination of the light.

This scene was somewhat chilling.

A silent and soundless world on the mountain top.

In fact, if one didn’t know... that these black flowers carried the power of "ruin" and "Silent Annihilation," a person standing at the peak and gazing into the distance would find a quiet beauty in this scene.

"To think that a house could even be built here..."

Gu Shen frowned slightly as he squatted down to examine the wooden foundation that supported the old house.

The material, which seemed impervious under the cover of "Black Flower" and showed only signs of slight decay, could it have endured for dozens of years?

"This is the ’house’ of the Li Family’s first generation Protector," Li Qingci paused before adding: "It is also known as... Divine Temple."

This was the origin of the name Divine Temple Mountain!

Gu Shen’s expression turned grave.

If that was the case, then this house had stood for six hundred years, with time apparently frozen here. The "slight decay" of the wooden materials seemed insignificant compared to the passage of six hundred years.

"Ah..."

Because the Divine Temple Mountain Territory blocked all Spiritual Links.

Therefore, Gu Shen couldn’t connect to the deep water area.

He squatted down, with a glimmer from the Chi Huo at his brow, slowly approaching the house. The Black Flower parted, revealing a pathway, and he saw the wooden beams of the house’s foundation covered with talismans, inscribed with one difficult "ancient text" after another!

Ancient texts!

"Miss Qingci... what are these ancient texts?"

Gu Shen tried to memorize the text on the talismans, planning to consult Chu Ling after leaving Divine Temple Mountain.

If he remembered correctly.

The [Red Door] in Lu Nanzhi’s mind was also branded with similar ancient characters.

The establishment of the Ancient Literature Society was precisely to research these symbols.

"I’m not sure," Li Qingci shook her head, "These talismans are relics left by my ancestor; besides him, perhaps no one else can decipher them."

She said solemnly, "All generations of Protectors know that Divine Temple must not be destroyed. Because of these talismans, even the ’Black Flower’ cannot erode this ancient house. This place is the final resting place for the Protectors of the Li Family, a sanctuary of purity, and the Prayer Technique to incubate the Divine Embryo must also be performed here."

Gu Shen’s thoughts stirred.

Although the Prayer Technique had various conditions, it was still more powerful than he had realized. But listening to Li Qingci... even the location of its activation was particular?

"Is it only effective to pray within the ’Divine Temple’?" Gu Shen asked, puzzled.

"If it’s a great and profound wish... it must be made within the ’Divine Temple,’" Li Qingci replied. "But for smaller, more trivial wishes, they can be made without being in the Divine Temple."

"May I go inside to have a look?"

Gu Shen asked cautiously.

"Yes... please follow me," said Li Qingci, as she slowly stepped up the wooden stair and opened the door to the Divine Temple for Gu Shen. The old house indeed bore the wear of many long years... The wooden door creaked and groaned with an eerie sound.

The interior was pitch-black.

After entering the house, Li Qingci gently lifted her hand, and the single flame within the [lantern] split into four, darting towards the four directions of southeast, northwest, instantly brightening the room.

In the corners of the ancient Divine Temple house sat four [bronze lamps]

The figures of the bronze lamps were four miniature ancients, their hands tucked into their sleeves, bowing to the ground with a flame held within their palms. As the faint flames flickered, they seemed to come to life with their wide sleeves swaying.

The four ancient figures were faceless.

"They are seal artifacts..."

Gu Shen stared at the bronze lamps for a long time, "Very strong seal artifacts."

Gu Shen could feel Chi Huo’s repulsion towards the lamp stands, as he drew closer, an involuntary thought of "moving further away" emerged in his mind.

Obviously... the Divine Temple’s resistance to the Black Flower’s erosion was also related to these bronze lamps!

The four bronze lamps, each controlling a direction, formed an invisible domain.

In the Great Miao Realm, they established a small Miao Realm.

This ancient house was actually a realm unto itself, with its own "rules," which was why it could withstand the "collapse of order" from the outside!

However, these seal artifacts seemed to be incomplete.

Gu Shen had a vague intuition... these four bronze lamps probably had their own true faces, and only when they had found them would this set of seal artifacts be truly complete and restored!