Light Fortress
Chapter 444 - 95: Lamp of Sorrow (Long - ! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Chapter 444: Chapter 95: Lamp of Sorrow (Long Chapter! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Indeed.

Master Qianye could not be deceived.

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "This is indeed not my dream... but it is very important to me."

"Xiao Gu, you must understand," the Tomb Guardian said softly, "Divination Skill is indeed formidable, but it is not omnipotent."

Divination Skill may see through most things in this world... but there are always exceptions, like the Divine Throne, like the fire seed, and like the unspoken thoughts in someone’s mind.

In a sense, Divination Skill certainly is a miraculous technique that foresees the future.

But its "causality" is not inverted.

In other words, the occurrence of an event will not happen because the Divination Skill says it will "happen."

"So... you can’t see the location of this Snowfield either?" Gu Shen felt somewhat disappointed.

"..."

The Tomb Guardian neither nodded nor shook her head.

She offered a meaningful hint, "Make a trip to the Divine Temple Mountain. Perhaps there you will find what you seek."

...

...

"Sister..."

"Sister!"

Atop Divine Temple Mountain.

Li Qingsui, carrying the lantern, let out a cry of alarm the moment she arrived at the ancient house.

As usual, she visited Divine Temple Mountain after a regular interval... but this visit yielded no response until she reached the summit, only to discover her sister collapsed on the divine shrine’s ground, unconscious as if stricken with a severe illness, her breathing weak and faint.

"Sister, wake up..."

The little girl hastily set down the lantern, approached the wooden bed, and gently lifted her sister. Beads of sweat the size of beans formed on her forehead as she became frantic and helpless.

Besides calling her sister’s name... there was nothing else she could do.

Li Qingsui was anxious but helpless.

Was it because of the Prayer Technique?

She knew the price of using the Prayer Technique was steep... Seeing her sister so weakened, her heart subconsciously linked this frail state to the Prayer Technique.

Fortunately, after a short while... Li Qingci slowly regained consciousness.

Li Qingsui was nearly in tears, and upon seeing her sister awaken, she sighed with great relief.

"Silly girl, I’m fine."

Li Qingci rubbed her forehead with some effort, using the back of her hand to wipe away the tears on Li Qingsui’s cheeks. Her lips were pale, and her voice was strained as she said, "Be good... don’t cry..."

"Is it the Prayer Technique?"

Li Qingsui bit her teeth, "Sister, did you use the ’Prayer Technique’ again?"

Li Qingci was taken aback.

She shook her head and laughed softly, "It’s unrelated to the Prayer Technique, I just... had a nightmare..."

The little girl called silly by Li Qingci was actually not foolish at all.

She stared stubbornly at her sister, and although she said nothing... the meaning in her eyes was clear.

She didn’t believe it.

Li Qingsui felt deeply pained; this was the scene she witnessed with her own eyes during her visit.

If it happened at other times... such occurrences would often repeat, and she would not see them.

Li Qingsui hugged her sister tightly.

She didn’t want her sister to keep on toiling like this.

"You silly girl... I really am fine..."

After calming the little girl’s emotions, Li Qingci gradually recovered.

Her gaze fell on the four Copper Human Lamps in the ancient house, and she suddenly remembered something very important, quickly saying, "You’ve come at the right time... Help me contact Mr. Xiao Gu, I want to see him..."

"You want to see Gu Shen?" Li Qingsui blinked in surprise.

"Yes."

Li Qingci’s expression turned grave as she said, "The content of this dream is very important... Perhaps it is related to the Copper Human Lamp, perhaps to the Divine Embryo."

As soon as her words ended,

There was a knock on the door outside the cottage.

...

...

Shortly afterward,

Divine Temple Mountain returned to its usual tranquility.

Li Qingci took a sip of water, and a bit of color returned to her pale face.

Opposite her, Gu Shen had a serious expression as well.

Both wanted to see each other... and so this coincidental meeting took place.

Outside the old house, a young girl sat in the black garden; Li Qingsui, anxious for her sister, had postponed all of today’s family trivialities, waiting on the mountaintop, not leaving for a moment, waiting for the conversation to end.

"Last night, I had a dream..."

"I had a vision..."

Both voices rose simultaneously in the cramped confines of the cottage.

Both fell silent, gesturing to the other to speak first, plunging the small room back into stillness.

"Let me start..." Li Qingci said with a wry smile, "It was a nightmare."

Gu Shen adopted a serious demeanor, preparing to listen attentively.

"Yesterday, I used the Prayer Technique to seek the future of the ’Divine Embryo’... The four Copper Human Lamps then produced an extremely abnormal reaction," Li Qingci said, still uneasy as she glanced towards the four bronze lamps placed at the corners of the ancient house.

In the flickering light and shadow,

The ancient figures depicted in a respectful bow seemed somewhat sinister and terrifying.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"Normally, when praying... they would offer some indistinct ’assistance’ from the great beyond. You could consider it as if there is a set of scales in an ethereal void, the more formal and grand the prayer ceremony, the harder it is to summon the scales. The presence of these four Copper Human Lamps significantly increases the success rate of the Prayer Technique."

Although Gu Shen had not practiced this technique,

He could roughly understand it.

This was probably what they call a "supportive instrument."

"I’ve already conducted many ’Divine Embryo’ divinations, attempting to see what the ’Divine Embryo’ might look like..."