Light Fortress
Chapter 492 - 111: Baby

Chapter 492: Chapter 111: Baby

"Achoo..."

"Achoo!"

Gu Shen sneezed twice in a row.

"A curse if once, longing if twice... someone is thinking of you."

Through the Spiritual Link, Chu Ling’s voice rang out, aptly adding, "That person isn’t me."

Was there such a thing?

Gu Shen looked somewhat bemused as he rubbed his nose.

He pushed open the courtyard door, and a spring breeze kissed his face.

After several heavy snowfalls, Changye finally bid farewell to the harsh winter. The layers of snow thawed, willow trees sprouted buds, from winter to spring, all was lush and birdsong filled the February air—indeed, a perfect time for Meditation. During this period, Spring Rain Temple finally had some peace. Surely nobody should be thinking of him?

Snow Forbidden City had been abuzz these past few days.

The yearly battle for newcomers was about to commence.

Because a certain supreme genius had chosen not to participate, the young members from the three institutions and five major families had rushed to sign up at the last moment... Right now, they must be fighting fiercely.

But the villa area was the exact opposite.

Luo Yu was busy with an investigation, Gu Nanfeng had taken Tomb Ghost to an unknown location, and after the start of the newcomer fight, Spring Rain Temple had no Challengers. Shen Li hadn’t shown up in the past few days, so the entire villa area was deserted, leaving only Senior Sister Lu from Fenglai Temple engrossed in her Meditation of Sword Skill.

A rare tranquility.

Gu Shen felt his mind was exceptionally serene.

He had just returned from a few days in the Tundra and found his courtyard in Spring Rain Temple covered with a thick layer of snow. Gu Shen began clearing the snowfall. Afterwards, he took out the ancient text array pattern from Qingzhong and immersed himself alone in its study within the courtyard.

Before he knew it, time had flown by.

Studying ancient texts and dissecting array patterns was the kind of Cultivation that consumed the most spirit and time... Often times, once engrossed in it, half a day would pass in the blink of an eye. An ordinary person truly did not have the privilege to study "ancient texts"—without strong breathing methods and spiritual power as support, even with the resolve to forsake sleep and forget to eat, they wouldn’t have the strength to stay up all night.

When he looked up again, the sky was already dark.

Many of the icy patches in the courtyard had thawed, and the sunlight that had fallen on him earlier now carried a hint of cold desolation.

Gu Shen donned a thin coat, preparing to continue his "burning the midnight oil." If the days could remain this peaceful... it would indeed be a pleasant affair.

He was content with the tranquility.

He also couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to the state those geniuses from Changye had contorted themselves into for the Flame Dream.

"Gu Shen!"

A burst of clamor.

A flurry of broken snow fell through the courtyard door.

Along with the broken snow that drifted into the courtyard was a familiar female voice.

The woman draped in a Black Feather cloak nonchalantly entered the yard. She sat opposite Gu Shen at his stone table, biting her silver teeth and said, "You clearly told me before that I had an ominous sign... you... you were lying to me!"

Bai Lu’s initial shout before entering the yard was loud and clear, but after catching sight of the wooden sword hanging in the void of Fenglai Temple, her latter half sentence was uttered in a low voice, full of anger.

"An ominous sign..."

Gu Shen was initially taken aback, sizing up the person across him before recalling his original offhand prophecy. He smiled and said, "Why should Miss Bai be so angry."

"I have been in Meditation at the sect for a long time... all because I was worried about encountering some misfortune."

Bai Lu, who was particularly vigilant against the word inauspicious, had been drinking tea and reading under the ginkgo tree in the sect hall, practicing Meditation in pure tranquility, until today when she faintly sensed something amiss.

She said coldly, "But I went out today and didn’t come across any ’inauspiciousness’."

"Isn’t that a good thing?" Gu Shen said indifferently, "Divination is, after all, about seeking good luck and avoiding bad. It can’t pinpoint fortunes and misfortunes with certainty... Perhaps precisely because you have been conducting yourself properly and practicing in Meditation these past few days at the sect, you may have avoided a calamity that you were supposed to face."

Bai Lu glared at the young man before her with indignation.

These past few days, Changye City had been peaceful; what calamity could there be?

Now thinking about it... all this talk about inauspiciousness and calamity, it was all nonsense made up by Gu Shen!

But since Gu Shen wouldn’t admit it, she was powerless to accuse him.

"You’ve traveled such a long way here, not just to accuse me, right?" Gu Shen dusted off the ancient text diagram and whispered, "If Miss Bai has nothing else to discuss, you’re free to leave. I still have work to do."

Gu Shen was experienced in dealing with Bai Lu.

He was always reluctant to say more than necessary.

She was the precious daughter of the Bai Family, a person of noble status, and thus warranted a certain level of attention. But after stating the necessities, Gu Shen directly gave her the boot.

"Wait...wait!"

Bai Lu’s expression suddenly changed. She was a "little overlord" who roamed Changye, making others in Snow Forbidden City falter before her, but she found herself up against Gu Shen—an "iron-hearted man" impervious to both soft and hard approaches.

His response was always a curt "please come back."

It takes a villain to beat a villain.

Her tone softened, and she sincerely said, "A previous misunderstanding... my apologies, I was rude to you."

Gu Shen frowned.

He looked at Bai Lu with a somewhat peculiar expression.

Apologizing?

Hearing those words from anyone else, he wouldn’t have been surprised... but coming from Bai Lu’s mouth, it made Gu Shen feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Did the sun rise from the west?"

Gu Shen put away the ancient text diagram, and glanced again at the wooden sword hanging above Fenglai Temple, saying blandly, "Get to the point."

"All right." Bai Lu sighed lightly, "I came all the way here to find out... what exactly happened in Qingzhong? Did you meet Little Xiuzi?"

Little Xiuzi, because of the assassination attempt, and the Elder Council had quite a falling out.

Although the matter was suppressed and did not spread throughout Snow Forbidden City... Bai Xiu’s absence from the newcomers’ battle still sparked debate. Many people began to speculate whether there was a rift, a gap, between Bai Xiu and the Bai Family.