Light Fortress
Chapter 392 - 72 Feed (1st Update)

Chapter 392: Chapter 72 Feed (1st Update)

The car stopped in front of Qingzhong Cemetery.

At the same time, Gu Shen slowly withdrew from the "Triple Zero One" Spiritual Link.

He had slept for a while.

The weariness of the real world had dissipated quite a bit.

"I’ve blocked all the Wind Eyes for you on the way here," Uncle Gao said. "Do you need me to pick you up on the way back?"

"Thank you, Uncle Gao."

Gu Shen smiled, "I shan’t trouble Uncle Gao with the rest."

"You’re being rather polite." Qing Sui, the little girl, teased with a laugh, "Just be careful not to get caught red-handed by the Bai Family."

The Bai Family?

Gu Shen raised an eyebrow.

"Bai Lu hasn’t stopped thinking about you."

Li Qingsui reminded him, "Ever since Bai Chen suffered a loss at Uncle Gao’s hands, that crazy woman has seemed much more subdued... but in reality, she’s not the kind to let things go so easily. If she hasn’t made a move lately, it’s very likely she’s ’biding her time.’

"I am aware," Gu Shen said slowly, nodding his head.

Based on what he knew about Bai Lu, it should indeed be so.

His good days at the Spring Rain Temple for the past week were probably because Bai Lu had refrained from reckless actions, out of respect for the "Gu family."

However... with that witch’s temperament, she would surely come knocking sooner or later.

"Also... could you divulge something else?"

Qing Sui blinked her large eyes, "What’s the reason you went to see Master Qianye?"

The Tomb Guardian was an "existence" that the Five Families wished to see but couldn’t.

She guarded Qingzhong, was in charge of controlling the cemetery’s Array Patterns, and condensed the Extraordinary Essence of the Changye District.

There was no saying of going to see the Tomb Guardian.

On the contrary, it was the Tomb Guardian who might want to see someone.

If Master Qianye didn’t wish to see someone, then no one could enter the inner mausoleum.

Gu Shen’s return to Qingzhong was probably going to spark another round of speculation amongst the Five Families...

"You’re mistaken," Gu Shen said, raising a finger with a smile. "It’s not that I want to see Master Qianye; it’s Master Qianye who wants to see me. As for the purpose of the trip, if I say I’m not clear about it, would you believe me?"

Li Qingsui puffed her cheeks and glared at the box in Gu Shen’s hand.

"Look, you don’t believe me, so there’s nothing I can do about it," Gu Shen shrugged and added with a smile. "But to take a thousand steps back... even if I did know, I wouldn’t tell you!"

After that, he got out of the car directly.

Gu Shen didn’t look at Li Qingsui’s expression, but he guessed that the Li Family Master must be grinding her teeth in frustration.

This time.

Gu Shen had actually guessed wrong.

"Uncle Gao... you should be able to see what’s inside that box, right?"

After Gu Shen got out of the car.

Li Qingsui sat in the backseat, rubbing her cheeks, looking toward the fog-enshrouded Qingzhong Cemetery in the distance, and spoke softly.

"..."

"Miss, people should have some secrets," Uncle Gao said gently.

"Of course."

Li Qingsui leaned against the car window, looked up at the sky, and said solemnly, "It’s just that this place, Changye, doesn’t like people with secrets... or rather, the Five Families don’t enjoy the existence of secrets."

On that layer of clouds in the sky.

There were densely packed Wind Eyes.

"Could the authority of the Li Family Master erase the trace of this journey?" Li Qingsui suddenly asked.

Uncle Gao was taken aback.

"It’s possible... but..."

Uncle Gao wanted to say.

But Miss, you are not the Family Head yet.

Using the authority prematurely is somewhat improper and might cause some dissatisfaction among the Elder Council.

"It’s enough that it’s possible. Connect me to ’Deep Sea,’ I want to use the authority of a future Family Head," Li Qingsui said calmly. "I don’t want anyone to know that Gu Shen went on Highway 447, nor that he came to Qingzhong. I want to erase this entire segment of his journey, turning these 12 hours for Gu Shen into a blank."

Uncle Gao fell silent for a moment, then said, "Considering the car from Divine Temple Mountain... Gu Shen might have to come to Qingzhong quite a few more times."

Would each visit require the use of the Family Head’s authority?

"The scepter is born to be used by people, isn’t it?"

Li Qingsui turned her gaze back to Uncle Gao.

She smiled, "Besides, I don’t like such a ’bright’ world in Changye, with eyes in every direction, and no secrets to speak of."

...

...

"Someone with extremely high ’authority’ has entered the deep water area and is searching the database for your travel records over the last 12 hours."

Not long after Gu Shen stepped into the cemetery.

The voice of Chu Ling resonated in his mind.

"...?"

He furrowed his brow, "That was fast. Can you figure out who it is?"

"’Source Code’ is restricted in terms of high-level search privileges, so I can’t determine the real identity of the entity... but it’s not difficult to deduce from the logic defense that their authority is extraordinarily high," Chu Ling said gravely. "At the same time, it can be ascertained that this person isn’t Bai Lu, she simply doesn’t have that level of access. This level of authority can only belong to a Family Head of the Changye Five Families."

"Wait... a Family Head of the Five Families?"

Gu Shen had just realized something.

The report from Chu Ling came again, "This authority is deleting your travel records... This is not an investigation; it’s covering your tracks."

"It’s Li Qingsui!"

Gu Shen immediately understood who the owner of the authority was...

The moment he stepped out of Uncle Gao’s car and arrived at Qingzhong, the records of his moves were obliterated.

Clearly—

This was Li Qingsui covering his tracks!

"It looks like I don’t need to make a move," Chu Ling said. "Your journey from Spring Rain Temple to Highway 447, then to Qingzhong, has been thoroughly erased... No one knows where you’ve been for half a day or whom you’ve seen."

"No..."

"To be precise," Chu Ling continued, "it should be said that no Wind Eye knows what transpired during this time."