Light Fortress
Chapter 517 - 119 Spectator_2

Chapter 517: Chapter 119 Spectator_2

In the days that followed, Mu Ya visited Spring Rain Temple to drink tea and asked Gu Shen whether he knew the whereabouts of Gong Zi. She too wanted to leave Changye and pursue Gong Zi’s shadow.

However, Gu Shen did not tell her that Gong Zi had gone to the North Continent to break off an engagement...

In that moment, Gu Shen suddenly understood why, for all these years, Master Qianye had locked himself within Qingzhong.

The affairs of the world are full of turmoil.

Having the ability of "Divination Skill," to see into the future, is not necessarily a good thing.

The more one sees, the more troubled one becomes.

Often, people want "answers," yet the future seen through divination does not equate to that "answer."

Gu Shen started to feel fortunate that he never truly possessed the "Divination Skill." He saw the wooden sword above Fenglai Temple and did not know to what extent Senior Sister Nanjin had progressed in her cultivation, whether she would seek revenge at Source Tower, and seeing Gu Nanfeng busy all day long, he had no idea how far the integration of the old faction had progressed; the fates of all beings had not yet converged into threads.

What he saw were individual vibrant lives in their "present moment," not lines extending to a predetermined end where the outcomes of countless lives were already fixed.

People always want to "know."

Yet sometimes, "not knowing" is a blessing.

All of Changye believed that Gu Shen was the "Divination Inheritor."

Praises and acclamations can easily lead one astray. There was a time when even Gu Shen himself almost believed it... but he soon calmed down and reminded himself not to misuse this identity, to be cautious and prudent when travelling outside.

So, from a certain day on, Gu Shen started to genuinely enjoy the "spectator" status of a Divination Inheritor.

He watched the bustling entrance, he watched the solitary entrance.

He watched the winter snow flurry, he watched the spring rain drizzle.

He saw all the undercurrents in Changye, keeping them to himself... The things he did were simple, and monotonous.

Day after day, the only thing was meditation.

Divine Temple Mountain, Qingzhong, Black Flower, Array Patterns.

Whether or not one had practiced Divination, whether one could see into the future... in these days, such things no longer mattered.

Gu Shen began to understand the Tomb Guardian truly and to understand the Prophet of Source Tower whom he had never met, and to understand the "Prophet" rumored to gaze directly into the future—when you wish to possess some inconceivable power.

First and foremost, you must ignore it.

Those who cannot bear the temptation of the future have no right to lift the veil.

The more one desires far-sightedness, the more short-sighted they become.

Time began to fly by rapidly.

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In the courtyard of Spring Rain Temple, after the fallen snow had melted, the willow trees sprouted new buds and grew a canopy of green.

Unknowingly, more than three hundred days had passed.

Winter passed to spring, spring passed to winter.

The green shade in the courtyard withered, leaves fell to the ground, and Changye once again entered the season of snow.

That year, Gu Shen finally obtained the "tranquility" he had longed for.

Outside the small courtyard, there were no more Challengers coming to his door.

In Changye, many new talents re-emerged, stirring up waves, but these waves were no longer related to Gu Shen.

That year, his name was seldom mentioned.

He was like a droplet of water, smoothly merging into the vast ocean that was Changye.

And now, when people mention "Gu Shen"... many have a moment of perplexity, followed by the realization that, indeed, such a person exists here.

S-rank? Divination Inheritor?

It seems that all of these have passed... and become clouds in the past.

What is comforting is that even without Challengers coming to the door, Shen Li became a regular visitor to the small courtyard. The Little Iron Man would come to "drink tea" every now and then in the courtyard, though his true intentions extended beyond that.

He often "sought advice" from Gu Shen.

Yes... it was seeking advice, not challenging.

This was a martial fanatic with an exceptional talent for cultivation, only his spiritual power was somewhat unstable. Whenever he used "Iron Eater" at full strength, he was prone to losing control. That year, Gu Shen used "Spring Breathing" to help Shen Li regulate his spirit, and beyond that, he thoroughly resolved Shen Li’s greatest difficulty in his cultivation career, allowing Shen Li to activate the "Berserk" state without fear of losing control and backlash... This news alone would shock the youngsters at the prison.

Because Shen Li’s master, the Fourth Judge Li Yu, had been unable to fix the drawback of "Iron Eater" and had always resorted to crude methods, using powerful Spirit Seals to suppress the limit of Shen Li’s spiritual power.

This was a Great Transcendent at the late stage of the fourth phase.

A problem that even Li Yu could not solve, Gu Shen managed to resolve?

In fact, solving this problem was not difficult at all.

According to the old Mr. Gu Qilin... "Loss of control" is a manifestation of "Ominous."

So Gu Shen had a brilliant idea.

He allowed Shen Li to attack him with full force, and then, when "Iron Eater" went into full rampage, he used a Jade Ring to absorb Shen Li’s raging spiritual power... In Blazing Fire Vision, that was a dark shadow.

As he had anticipated.

The "Ominous" causing Shen Li to lose control was directly taken by the Jade Ring!

Of course, before attempting this... Gu Shen had a foolproof plan in place, in case the Jade Ring didn’t work, he would still be able to subdue Shen Li’s outburst. In the Four Seasons Wilderness’ large pit, he had planted the very first seed he envisioned.

That year’s time.

The seed slowly grew underground, taking root and sprouting.