Light Fortress
Chapter 540 - 127 Cooperation

Chapter 540: Chapter 127 Cooperation

Ancient Stone Tablet!

The greatest secret of the Late Bell Church’s base, discovered in the Tundra District, was that ancient stone tablet.

In the end, Gu Shen killed Mr. Zhuo and scavenged the memory of the tablet within his Spirit Ocean. However, just at the final moment of decoding, a strand of spiritual power from Storm God’s Throne descended, causing an interruption in the transmission of the tablet’s memory.

In fact, even if he had truly obtained this memory, it was not certain that he could decode it successfully. "Ancient texts" could be described as an ultimate challenge faced by all humanity, and to this day, it remained unsolved.

But Gu Shen had a vague feeling.

Xiao understood these ancient texts!

At least... he knew some of the content!

The man sitting opposite Gu Shen chuckled upon hearing this first question.

"I should have told you, I can only recognize part of the content on this tablet. So you shouldn’t expect me to decode the entire tablet and then tell you what it says, right?"

Blood Fire and Chi Huo mingled, flickering.

Any slight fluctuation of spiritual power couldn’t escape the other’s detection.

Gu Shen knew that Xiao wasn’t lying.

He signaled for the other to continue.

"As far as I know," Xiao slowly said, "the tablet records a type of Forbidden Technique, similar to your Divination Skill. As for what that technique is, the tablet doesn’t elaborate, or perhaps I didn’t understand... but it’s definitely something that drives countless people mad."

The flickering of the Blood Fire was very steady.

Hmm.

No lies.

"About the content on the tablet... that’s all I know." He looked straight into Gu Shen’s eyes, shrugged, and said, "Your line of questioning is good, but unfortunately... you asked the wrong person."

He had gained virtually no useful information.

But Gu Shen was essentially satisfied.

He hadn’t really expected this so-called "question and answer session," this "honest exchange," to unearth any real secrets. In Gu Shen’s view, the more important purpose of this exchange was to ensure that he was on the same level as Xiao in terms of awareness of "important information."

This was a gambler, a swindler.

To cooperate with him, one must see "clearly."

It was also a good chance to find out if this guy had any other strange tricks.

"All right... according to the rules, it’s now my turn to ask."

Xiao smiled and asked, "This lamp, which seems unremarkable... what kind of seal does it contain?"

Good question.

Gu Shen replied very quickly, almost instantly: "This lamp is not a sealed object."

Xiao looked astonished.

He stared at Gu Shen, momentarily speechless.

No sooner had he asked the question than Gu Shen had completed his answer. The whole process took perhaps one second, maybe two?

And the feedback via spiritual transmission proved... Gu Shen hadn’t lied.

Xiao’s complexion turned rather ugly as he felt that the Li Family had paid such a great price to find this "antique lamp." This act must have profound significance and content. It certainly couldn’t just be a mere "antique." It had to be an object with deeply hidden attributes.

Not a sealed object?

"This lamp... it’s really just a lamp?"

Xiao couldn’t believe it, his head lifting in confusion, his eyes filled with incomprehension.

"Sorry," Gu Shen said coolly, "it’s my turn to ask now."

Xiao snorted coldly, silently gripping the arm of his chair and narrowing his eyes.

"What did you find in the tomb?"

This was yet another question Gu Shen couldn’t answer.

Their confrontation on the Snowfield.

Xiao had triggered the alarm, contentedly informing himself "on the brink of death" that he had already secured what he wanted.

Gu Shen had observed everything from the opening of the coffin until the end.

Xiao’s physical body was destroyed on the spot; he hadn’t taken any objects with him.

And what could be obtained... was merely some information.

Upon hearing this, Xiao just smiled.

He wasn’t hiding anything, but openly said, "It’s not really a big secret. Didn’t you notice that the corpse disappeared after the coffin was opened? I am sure... the owner of the tomb... did not die there. He left the tomb himself. The only thing I got from the tomb was this information."

Gu Shen recalled the scene he had seen via a "profile view"...

The tomb owner had pushed open the coffin and walked out!

It was because he had looked a bit longer that he had become associated with that ominous event!

As Xiao spoke, Gu Shen realized that this man was concealing something from him.

He hadn’t lied.

But he had chosen to withhold information.

If it were only about finding out the whereabouts of a so-called "Forbidden Technique" from some obscure stone tablet, would he really have traveled thousands of miles to lurk in a place like the Tundra?

No...

The message was too general, too vague.

Moreover, Xiao had ultimately gained nothing.

Was merely knowing that the "tomb owner" hadn’t died in the coffin sufficient for him to consider the journey worthwhile?

Xiao must have known more specific details about the Forbidden Technique, it’s just that he hadn’t found it via the ancient stone tablet... That’s why in the first question, he deliberately avoided what the true content of the Forbidden Technique was and spoke only of what he could not fully understand on the tablet.

Gu Shen was unfamiliar with the Forbidden Technique.

But he understood Xiao.

"You clearly know what the Forbidden Technique is about..." Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and spoke sternly.

Xiao merely shifted to a more relaxed posture and returned with Gu Shen’s earlier words, "Sorry, that’s the next question. According to the agreement, I need only answer your previous question... Now it’s my turn to ask."