Light Fortress
Chapter 711 - 201: Life as Brief as Cicadas (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 711: Chapter 201: Life as Brief as Cicadas (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Is everyone in the Gu family this fierce?

Within the domain of light and shadows of the Infinite Scale, those originally sinister layers of ghostly shadows were smashed to pieces by Mr. Gu’s swing of a fishing rod!

In that strike was embedded the spiritual power of Gu Qilin.

More importantly...

In that strike lingered the residual might of the Battle Fire!

Gu Shen had also faced this ominous force a few times, with these negative spirits that congealed from negative emotions preferring to hide in the dark and likewise fearing fiery heat and light the most.

Even the slightest thread of Divine Power from the Battle Fire, once released, could incinerate them!

Of course, this did not mean that Gu Changzhi himself would not encounter misfortune...

Yet, at his level of cultivation, the "darkness" he was to face would be far greater.

"Now, I am not afraid of any misfortune."

After Mr. Gu flicked out the fishing rod, he reached into his coat and took out the letter, speaking with a somewhat boastful smile, "Look... this is the gift Chunzhi left before he departed, not bad, right?"

The letter was emanating a faint golden light.

Mr. Gu took out the envelope and showed it to the "audience" behind him.

The next moment, a painting of darkness within the domain of the Infinite Scale let out a mournful scream.

"..."

Gu Shen watched the wall of ghosts, smoking slightly, in silence.

So, was this the correct way to open the letter?

"You’ve been carrying quite a heavy Yin and gloomy aura recently."

Mr. Gu smiled and said, "I guess what happened to you in the cemetery with the Netherworld King was not merely watching from a distance as you’ve said..."

Gu Shen’s heart skipped a beat.

Maintaining an impassive expression, he gave a wry smile, "Indeed, I said a few more words, is that such a big deal?"

The large banyan tree at the entrance had shed all its leaves!

He had yet to formally refine the Netherworld King’s Spark...

Just borrowing a bit of strength had already tainted him so heavily with misfortune?

Gu Qilin grinned meaningfully, "You know very well what happened."

He did not press further.

Everyone has secrets...

As for Gu Shen, since seeing this young man’s profile for the first time, Gu Qilin knew he was one with many secrets.

"Here..."

Gu Qilin smiled as he handed out the envelope, saying, "Take this letter with you, you’ll feel a lot better."

The remnant light of the Battle Fire spilled out from the envelope.

Gu Shen was slightly taken aback.

His heart was moved, yet he firmly spoke.

"No... no need."

Gu Shen did not take the letter.

Mr. Gu was unaware that his contact with the Netherworld King was not simply a minor matter... he was to refine the complete Netherworld King’s Spark and become the future Divine Throne!

The misfortune he was to face could not be resolved merely by a letter.

The previous Netherworld King had fallen due to "spiritual out of control"... If he could not solve this problem, his future was predictable.

Moreover,

Mr. Gu himself was a figure "enshrouded in misfortune," being a hardcore Transcendent involved in the North Continent war sixty years ago. He had overdrawn too much brilliance, and his later years would likely be very troublesome.

It was precisely for this reason that Gu Changzhi had sent this particular letter.

How could he take it for himself?

"Why be formal with me? Just take it!" Mr. Gu frowned.

"Sir, you better keep the letter for yourself; I have my ways,"

Gu Shen said with a smile, "How could I fear this bit of misfortune if I am to walk my own path? If it dares to come, I am confident I can suppress it directly!"

"Oh?"

Mr. Gu was somewhat surprised.

He knew that Gu Shen was not the type to be conceited or boastful.

If he said he had a way, then he must have a way...

"Excellent, you really are a young man I admire." Gu Qilin laughed, patting Gu Shen on the shoulder.

The two fished beside the lake, achieving a good catch.

They chatted for half a day.

Gu Shen stood to say goodbye. As he left, standing in front of the ancestral hall, looking at that withered yellow banyan tree, a slow burn of fire rose between his brows.

Within his extraordinary vision fueled by his own fire.

The banyan tree was indeed entwined with some black energy... somewhat similar to his own shadow.

However, a continuous flow of purple and green energy came from beneath the earth. The location of Gu Family’s ancestral hall was indeed excellent; the Extraordinary Essence of Snow Forbidden City nourished this land, and this large banyan tree occupied a prime position of "entrance dragon head."

These days, although he had not learned the Divination Skill, the assessment of the elusive "luck" through Qi Observation brought some understanding under Master Qianye’s tutelage, yet they were merely trivial tricks, not worth much.

The Extraordinary Essence existed in the void, always enveloping and permeating the gaps in this world. Its flow, in a way, affected the state of living beings.

Master Qianye told Gu Shen that in her memory, using essence to judge luck was also a lost technique.

This technique was named Qi Observation and could be classified under a minor branch of Divination.

After carefully observing through "Observing Qi Technique," Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that he had not truly brought any devastating misfortune.

On the banyan tree, green leaves had started to grow back.

It wouldn’t take long.

These wilted leaves would grow back anew.

...

...

Chu Ling was not idle.

While Gu Shen went to find Mr. Gu at the ancestral hall, she waited in the cemetery, feeling anxiously unsettled for some reason, an emotion she had barely felt before in her ethereal state.

Perhaps because she now had a physical body...