Light Fortress
Chapter 396 - 75: Crazy Woman

Chapter 396: Chapter 75: Crazy Woman

Interpreting ancient texts was an exceedingly mentally exhaustive task.

Just as Master Qianye had said.

Seeing the "ancient texts" was only the first step.

To deconstruct the array patterns, calculate, and reassemble them required a vast amount of computing power. In this regard, Gu Shen wasn’t Chu Ling. His computing power was already strong among his peers, but after all, he was "human."

After dissecting a drawing, he distinctly felt fatigued.

"If... fully interpreting and deconstructing an array pattern takes four hours, on a day when I do nothing else... I could probably interpret five array patterns."

Qingzhong didn’t require every single array pattern to be repaired.

By that calculation, the repair work indeed only needed a year to complete, but wanting to learn all the "ancient texts" on the diagrams would take over five hundred days, even if he invested twenty hours each day.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning."

The Tomb Guardian said leisurely, "If you dedicate yourself to cultivation in Qingzhong, you will become more and more proficient, mastering all the array patterns here won’t take that long."

"Sigh..."

Gu Shen rubbed his forehead.

Fortunately, he had fully practiced Spring Breathing.

His spiritual power was very full, and his recovery speed was extremely fast. Even without sleep, it was enough to maintain the spiritual intensity of daily life.

Of course.

Under normal circumstances, Gu Shen ensured two to three hours of deep breathing every day, entering the Dream state.

Spring Breathing allowed him to quickly recover his energy.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Shen lifted his head, "Then... let us continue."

Actually, before he set off for Changye, he had already made preparations. If he could reach Qingzhong and meet the Tomb Guardian or Gu Changzhi, he must seize the opportunity to "learn" something by following them.

If he could not learn Divination Skill, then he would study the ancient texts.

If dissecting diagrams could grant him knowledge, that would indeed be fortunate, truly blissful.

Just needing to invest time, he was sure to gain something.

How could that be considered suffering?

Gu Shen had plenty of time, and plenty of energy.

He silently vowed in his heart, "As long as it doesn’t kill me... I’ll learn to the death!"

...

...

Gu Family’s Villa District.

It was another breezy and sunny morning.

In front of Spring Rain Temple, challenges continued, although... the numbers were far fewer than at the beginning.

Shen Li defeated all the Challengers in no time.

He glanced at the tightly closed iron gate of Spring Rain Temple, suppressing the urge to smash the door with a slap. These past few days, not a shadow of Gu Shen had appeared, the doors were tightly closed, completely silent. Was he planning to be an "absent manager"?

Did he really think of himself as just a "worker"?

Shen Li "politely" went to Hidden Dragon Temple.

He knocked on the iron gate three times with a bang.

If it wasn’t opened, he was prepared to "make his way" inside.

He knew that every day there were onlookers next door.

Indeed.

At the third knock, the iron gate opened in response, not giving Shen Li the chance to "break in." Luo Yu was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, smiling as he gestured to the empty seat beside him, indicating that Shen Li could sit down.

"The Young Master isn’t here today, just me. Care for some tea?"

Shen Li frowned.

He stood at the entrance, not going inside.

He did not want to drink tea or waste time.

So, he just threw out a sentence: "Where is Gu Shen?"

Luo Yu smiled awkwardly. Since Li Qingsui had taken Gu Shen away two days ago, he had completely vanished without a trace, directly disappearing from the "Wind Eye’s" perception, clearly a privilege used by the Li Family.

The mystery of two days.

All the major families were curious about Gu Shen’s movements. After some searching, they had locked his last "appearance" in Qingzhong.

"These past few days, facing Transcendents coming to challenge... Gu Shen gained fame, and the Gu family gained profits."

Shen Li slowly said, "But now, I can’t even see his shadow. This isn’t quite right, is it?"

Fatty Luo quickly tried to smooth things over: "Not appropriate, not appropriate."

"If Gu Shen isn’t at Spring Rain Temple, then I wouldn’t come either!"

Shen Li coldly dropped a sentence, "I’m here to fight for him, not to work for him!"

Luo Yu replied with a bitter smile, "All of Changye is looking for Brother Gu..."

Shen Li frowned, sensing something strange.

He was obsessed with martial arts and typically unconcerned with the affairs of Changye.

Heard nothing of the outside world, focused solely on practicing Iron Man Fist.

What happened outside, if not mentioned by others, he wouldn’t know.

"All of Changye is looking for him, where is he now?"

"It’s said that he’s in Qingzhong," sighed Luo Yu, glancing at Fenglai Temple next door. "Who knows? Brother Gu moves mysteriously... If he doesn’t show up soon, you probably won’t need to come anymore. The challengers might just wait outside Qingzhong."

"Qingzhong..."

Shen Li muttered, "Why would he go to Qingzhong?"

Footsteps sounded from outside, the crisp click of high heels.

"I heard that the Tomb Guardian Master had summoned him again."

Wrapped in a Black Feather cloak, Bai Lu, somehow, had also arrived at the Gu Family’s Villa District. She held her arms, lightly tapping on her elbow with slender fingers, glancing at the row of Challengers lying defeated behind her. She smiled and said, "Seems like you’ve made some progress these days eating iron."

In Snow Forbidden City, one of the last people Shen Li wanted to see was Bai Lu.

This woman spoke too peculiarly.

Twisted and winding.

He could hardly understand and didn’t want to.

"I have a name, not called ’eater of iron,’ but Shen Li." Shen Li frowned, trying hard to make his tone sound not so harsh.