Light Fortress
Chapter 433 - 91 A Snowscape (Long - ! Requesting monthly passes!)_2

Chapter 433: Chapter 91 A Snowscape (Long Chapter! Requesting monthly passes!)_2

The condensation of Extraordinary Essence was like a rainstorm.

The raindrops fell to the ground, evaporated, rose up again, and gathered back into clouds... This took a very long time.

"It doesn’t matter, he now has a very, very long time."

Bai Xiu said, "As long as he can return to the right place... that’s good."

This was an even more suitable resting place for eternal sleep than the Bai Family Ancestral Hall.

"Before knowing your identity, I had wanted to visit Qingzhong again..." Bai Xiu spoke slowly, "But back then, I never considered inviting you to come down the mountain, I just wanted to make a special trip to express my gratitude."

Indeed.

He knew Bai Xiu’s identity.

And Bai Xiu knew his identity.

Gu Shen thought for a moment and named someone: "Bai Lu?"

"Is this a deduction from Divination Skill... or just a wild guess?" Bai Xiu squinted his eyes, looking at Gu Shen from a very close distance, merely less than a meter away.

Gu Shen could see a slender, snow-white light flickering deep inside Bai Xiu’s pitch-black pupils.

The strand of light was not blinding.

Not long ago,

he must have been looking at himself through the fog just like this... perhaps his gaze was tens of times brighter than this one.

"Of course, it’s a guess," Gu Shen said indifferently, "Actually, I don’t know how to use Divination Skill."

Sometimes, the people who tell the truth are the ones not believed.

Every word Gu Shen said fit the identity of a "Divination Inheritor" too perfectly.

First, he left a "baleful prophecy" to keep Bai Lu confined in the family temple.

All that followed erupted within the family temple.

And his own identity... as of now, seemed to have been a well-laid foreshadowing from days ago.

"I would prefer to believe that all this was within your calculations." Bai Xiu smiled, "All these years, no one has managed to control Bai Lu so well, making her willingly study and meditate in the family temple."

After looking at Gu Shen seriously for dozens of seconds,

the slender, white light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

Like a cat extinguishing its vertical pupils in the night.

The flickering flame of Chi Huo on Gu Shen’s forehead also slowly extinguished.

"She said you are a true genius." Bai Xiu said softly with emotion: "So, I wanted to meet you..."

"They all say that you’re the true genius," Gu Shen laughed, "So... I’ve always wanted to meet you too."

Bai Xiu was taken aback.

"You’re indeed different from others I have met before."

He then smiled and said, "I can’t see through you... nor can I see through that strand of flame."

"Is that a compliment?"

"Of course."

"Then, thank you for the compliment."

"If you stayed in Changye for a bit longer, you would know... everyone is waiting for us to have a battle," Gu Shen said with a subtle feeling, smiling, "I actually thought we really would have one."

"It sounds very interesting," Bai Xiu said, "But now... is not a good time."

This was spoken very diplomatically.

Gu Shen had started his Extraordinary Cultivation too late.

The gap between the two of them had grown very large.

To catch up was immensely difficult.

Let alone... having a battle now with such a disparity in strength.

"Extraordinary Cultivation is a grave matter. Winning and losing, matters little." Bai Xiu stood up and said, "I will participate in next year’s newcomer’s fight... The original reason was simple, just because I wanted to meet the ’Flame Dream’ in the best condition."

He extended his hand, saying, "And now, there’s an additional reason."

This sentence implied an opponent.

This hand, signified friendship.

Gu Shen also stood up.

He shook hands briefly with Bai Xiu.

Then he said earnestly, "I’m sorry... I won’t participate in the newcomer’s fight... not this year, nor next year. I wouldn’t fight you if I couldn’t win, and even if I could win, I still wouldn’t."

This was beyond Bai Xiu’s expectations.

"Just as you said... Extraordinary Cultivation is a grave matter. Winning and losing, matters little."

Gu Shen spoke slowly, "That’s why I’m not participating."

Was this a refusal to compete?

No.

It was a different kind of competition.

Everyone in Snow Forbidden City vied for the title ’Champion’ of the newcomers’ battle, but Gu Shen didn’t care about this empty honor; he cared more for his "ancient literary studies" and the Black Flowers on Divine Temple Mountain.

The "Dao" he contended for day and night wasn’t in Snow Forbidden City.

"I... understand."

Bai Xiu pondered thoughtfully, murmuring, "No wonder Master Qianye would choose you as a Divination Inheritor."

...

...

"There is something I want to remind you of,"

"this assassination attempt... it’s very likely, not over yet."

Dawn was approaching.

After much consideration, Gu Shen decided to share his thoughts with Bai Xiu: "Perhaps you don’t care about the assassin’s intention, but to plan such a sophisticated and perfect scheme... it could not rely on just one person."

These words sounded like he was instigating defection from the Bai Family.

But in fact, Gu Shen had no such intention.

"The schemer is in Changye, the assassin in the Tundra... the elder whom the Bai Family is about to execute, dealt only with the family temple accounts on a regular basis, he had no direct conflict with you. No matter how much he disliked you, it is unlikely he would risk so much to hire someone to kill you."

Gu Shen looked at the stele for Yu Shu and spoke softly, "Divination Skill can find direct causality... in other words, Divination Skill can show that it was him who hired the assassin from the Frozen Prairie, but the one who truly harbored the intent to kill you might still be lurking in the shadows."

Bai Xiu did not respond.

He was just listening quietly.