Light Fortress
Chapter 549 - 130: So Your Brain Broke

Chapter 549: Chapter 130: So Your Brain Broke

Li Qingci had a dream.

It was a long stretch of a dream... In the dream, she saw Divine Temple Mountain teetering on the edge of collapse, with rows upon rows of figures standing below it. They were more terrifying than the Black Flowers that blanketed the hillsides, quietly surrounding the base of the mountain.

She was alone.

Unable to prevent these people from climbing the mountain.

They ascended along the mountain, showing no regard for the place that the Protector had painstakingly maintained for six hundred years, because it was already sufficiently dilapidated, overgrown with the Black Flowers of Silent Annihilation. Thus, when they began their destruction, they were utterly ruthless.

Everything smashable, burnable, tearable... was utterly destroyed.

However, this was the only fortunate thing amidst the misfortune.

The temple had nothing left to destroy.

In the end, they reached the mountain peak... the "sacred ground" maintained by the life of the Protector, the birthplace of the Prayer Technique.

In the dream, Li Qingci couldn’t make out the faces of these people.

She could only see, one after another, the dark faces; what they looked like didn’t matter anymore... They all looked the same; they intended to destroy the temple, to destroy the ancestral land.

And at the end of the dream, she heard a faint dripping sound.

"Drip drop."

A very faint sound.

Li Qingci opened her eyes.

She was under the eaves of the Ancient Temple, where she had dragged a lounge chair and fallen into a heavy sleep.

Upon waking, she discovered a drop of water on her forehead.

Oddly enough.

Divine Temple Mountain, this wondrous place, knew no time, did not differentiate between day and night, was perennially shrouded in clouds, and very rarely experienced rain. There were several dry waterfalls at the foot of the mountain, but the top of the mountain was always arid.

Where did this water drop come from?

Li Qingci rubbed her forehead with difficulty; she instinctively looked toward the well... held her breath, and walked over.

Mr. Xiao Gu had said, he saw a "Goddess" inside this well.

She admitted, there was a moment when she approached the well, she entertained an unrealistic fantasy.

But truly bending over.

The well was calm.

Not a single ripple.

Li Qingci felt somewhat disappointed, she sighed softly, but the next moment her facial expression tensed up... Intruders had breached the Divine Temple Mountain Territory, and this time, there was more than one.

...

...

Three Elders from the Li Family Elders arrived, led by the Second Elder.

This group stood at the base of Divine Temple Mountain, looking around, ready to ascend when they encountered Li Qingci, the Protector coming down to the foot of the mountain. The Second Elder greeted her leisurely with a bow.

Courtesy before force.

He twirled his snow-white beard, draped in the black-patterned ancient robe of the Li Family, appearing every bit the sage.

The Second Elder opened with a smile, "Miss Qingci, it’s been a long time."

Li Qingci knew the purpose of these people... She also knew that this Second Elder had ill intentions.

She stood before the mountain, not moving an inch.

"The three Elders should know that Divine Temple Mountain is Li’s Forbidden Land. Even though you have a talisman, it would still be better not to disturb if unnecessary," she said very politely.

But obviously... when people from the Elders come, they won’t leave easily.

"Miss Qingci speaks rightly... but we also have difficulties,"

The Second Elder sighed lightly, feigning helplessness, "After the Family Head passed away, the family’s financial statements need to be thoroughly audited... We came to the temple actually to investigate Miss Qing Sui’s ’Search for the Lamp’ project."

This project was very mysterious in the report.

Only mentioned briefly.

Then glossed over.

Yet it was this very project that burned through a considerable amount of the Li Family’s liquid assets in one year.

At this juncture, the interested members among the Elders certainly wouldn’t miss such a perfect opportunity... Investigating the ’Search for the Lamp’ project is both a required strategy and facilitates a clear inspection of Qing Sui’s proposals.

A "girl" young in age and lacking in qualifications, wants to become the Family Head of one of the five major families?

All they need to do is find a project she advocated for, sift through it for problems, and soon they could use the title of "unable to convince the public"... to marginalize her from the center of power within the Li Family.

In fact, ever since the Family Head passed away, this is exactly what they had been doing.

Only a year ago, Qing Sui began taking charge of the core business of the family... her achievements were notably outstanding, nearly flawless, certainly due to the covert assistance of the previous Family Head.

But it must be said, Qing Sui was highly perceptive and sufficiently decisive.

Trying to find fault in other projects... was almost an impossible task.

That’s why the Elders turned their attention to the ’Search for the Lamp’ project.

"Investigate?"

Li Qingci still stood her ground.

She coldly spoke, "As a Protector... I have the right to reject your investigation."

What a joke... How could they possibly allow these people to freely enter such a crucial place as the temple!

But despite saying this.

Li Qingci still vaguely felt an ominous premonition.

She was the Protector who had inherited the Prayer Technique, the previous dream... could not be without reason.

If that dream was a sign,

then the events to follow... might well be beyond her control...

Li Qingci was prepared to defend the temple alone to the death.

But to her utmost surprise,

The Second Elder had no intention of proceeding further.

He smiled, "Alright, Miss Qingci, since you refuse the investigation... then we won’t enter."

Li Qingci was stunned.

"However, the impact of the ’Search for the Lamp’ project might be much larger than you think... After we return, the Elder Council will reassess Miss Qing Sui anew."