Bulwark of Light

Chapter 365 The Lamp of Sorrow (Big chapter! Ask for a monthly pass!)

really.

Can't hide from Master Qianye.

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "This is indeed not my dream...but it is very important to me."

"Xiao Gu, you need to know." The mausoleum guard said softly, "Divination is indeed very powerful, but it is not omnipotent."

Divination can gain insight into most things in this world... But there are always exceptions, such as the throne of God, such as fire seeds, and such as the unspoken thoughts in someone's mind.

In a sense, divination is indeed the magical technique of the prophet.

But its "cause and effect" is not inverted.

In other words, something does not "happen" because astrology says it "happens."

"So...you can't see where this snowfield is?" Gu Shen was a little disappointed.

"..."

The mausoleum guard neither nodded nor shook his head.

She gave meaningful advice: "Go to the Temple Mountain. Maybe there is something you want."

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"elder sister……"

"elder sister!"

The top of Shrine Mountain.

The moment Li Qingsui came to the ancient house with the [lantern] in his hand, he let out an exclamation.

According to the usual practice, she would come to the shrine mountain for visits every once in a while... But today, she didn't get a response to the visit. It wasn't until she got to the top of the mountain that she found that her sister fell on the shrine ground and fell into a coma, as if As if seriously ill, breathing is extremely weak.

"Sister, wake up..."

The little girl quickly put down the [lantern], and when she came to Mutao, she gently hugged her elder sister, beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, she was so anxious that she was helpless.

She couldn't do anything except call her sister's name... other things.

Li Qingsui was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

Is this the reason for using the "wish technique"?
She knew that using the wishing technique would cost a lot of money... Seeing that her sister was so weak, she subconsciously connected this appearance with the "wishing technique".

Fortunately, after two sounds... Li Qingci slowly woke up.

Li Qingsui was so anxious that tears almost came out, seeing her sister wake up, she was greatly relieved.

"Silly girl, it's okay."

Li Qingci rubbed her forehead with difficulty, she wiped away the tears on Li Qingsui's cheeks with the back of her hand, her lips were withered, and she said in a difficult voice, "Hey...don't cry..."

"Is it a wish?"

Li Qingsui gritted his teeth, "Did sister use the 'wishing technique' again?"

Li Qingci was startled.

She shook her head and smiled softly: "It has nothing to do with the wishing technique, I just... had a nightmare..."

The little girl that Li Qingci calls a silly girl is actually not stupid.

She looked at her sister stubbornly, although she didn't say anything...but the meaning in her eyes was obvious.

She doesn't believe it.

Li Qingsui felt very distressed, this was what he saw with his own eyes when he visited.

If it is at other times... my sister often does the same, I can't see it.

Li Qingsui hugged her sister vigorously.

She didn't want her sister...to be so tired anymore.

"Little fool... I'm really fine..."

After soothing the little girl's emotions, Li Qingci gradually recovered.

She raised her eyes and saw the four bronze figurine lamps in the ancient house, and suddenly remembered something very important, and hurriedly said: "You came just in time... Help me to contact Mr. Gu, I want to see him..."

"You want to see Gu Shen?" Li Qingsui was slightly taken aback.

"Yes."

Li Qingci said with a solemn expression, "The content of this dream is very important... maybe it has something to do with the bronze man lamp, maybe it has something to do with the divine fetus."

The voice just fell.

There was a knock on the door.

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Soon.

The shrine returned to its former calm.

Li Qingci took a sip of water, and some blood returned to his paper-pale face.

Facing her, Gu Shen also had a dignified expression.

Both wanted to see each other...so there was this coincidental meeting.

Outside the ancient house, a little girl was sitting in the black garden. Li Qingsui couldn't worry about her sister, and shirked all the family matters of today, just waiting on the top of the mountain, never leaving, waiting for the end of this conversation.

"Last night I had a dream..."

"I have a dream..."

Two voices sounded in the narrow environment of the ancient house at the same time.

Both of them were startled.

Gu Shen and Li Qingci silenced their voices at the same time, signaling the other party to speak first, and the small room fell into silence again.

"I'll come first..." Li Qingci smiled wryly, "This is a nightmare."

Gu Shen's expression was serious, and he put on a posture of listening attentively.

"Just yesterday, I used the wishing technique to seek the future of the 'God's Embryo'... The four bronze lamps suddenly had an extremely abnormal reaction." Li Qingci still had lingering fears, and looked at the four corners of the ancient house. Four bronze lamps.

In the flickering light and shadow.

Those four ancients who "bowed to the end" looked a little gloomy and terrifying.

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"Praying at ordinary times...they will give a 'help' in the dark. You can understand that there is a scale in the illusory space. The more formal and grand the prayer ceremony, the harder it is for the scale to appear, and The existence of these four bronze lamps can greatly increase the success rate of the wishing technique."

Although Gu Shen had never practiced this technique.

But he probably understood.

This is probably the "assistant device".

"I have conducted many deduction of the 'divine fetus', and I am trying to see what the 'divine fetus' looks like..."

Li Qingci smiled weakly, and said, "Even if you can't see clearly, it doesn't matter. Even if you only see a blurry face, I can be sure...the god fetus exists."

This is indeed a smart and fearless woman.

To use the wishing technique to confirm the information of the "divine fetus".

It's just... the price is a bit too high, if the deduction is successful, how much life will be paid?

"It's just that the previous deduction has all failed... The scales don't accept my feed." Li Qingci said in a low voice: "So I added weights bit by bit, and just yesterday, something went wrong in the deduction."

"Successful?" Gu Shen was startled.

"No... Judging from the results, the wishing technique should still fail this time, because my feed has not been collected." Li Qingci shook his head and said, "But... in a sense, Seemed to be successful again. Because I saw what I wanted to see."

Gu Shen was a little perplexed.

"Those four copper man lanterns suddenly shook after the prayer was activated!"

"The entire shrine fell into chaos... At that moment, I had the illusion that the entire shrine mountain was about to collapse!"

Li Qingci looked serious, and said: "Among the chaos, I saw the four bronze lamps, and their original expressions appeared on the faces, which are... joy, anger, sorrow, and joy."

Unsurprisingly.

These four copper figure lamps have their own emotions.

"Then... I saw a vague figure standing outside the ancient house..."

Li Qingci rubbed the center of his brows, and said in pain: "That seems to be a divine fetus...'he' was standing by the well, wrapped in a cloud of mist, and I finally got my wish to see the existence of 'him', but what information is there? I didn’t get it, it was just a human-shaped mist standing up. When I woke up again, it became what I am now.”

Waking up to find it was all just a dream?
This is indeed a nightmare, but the tremor of the bronze man lamp is a dream, and the chaos of the shrine mountain is also a dream?
"No, it's not like I got nothing." Gu Shenkuan comforted him, "At least you can be sure...the god fetus exists."

Li Qingci covered his head, and hissed, "Mr. Gu, I don't understand...why didn't I get paid for this 'prayer'? Is this a reminder of some kind of gift?"

Gu Shen silently came to the corner of the ancient house.

Same as last time.

He forced himself to "stare" at the bronze figure lamp in the corner, watching the faceless man fold his sleeves and bow to him... Staring at him for tens of seconds, the thought of resistance in his heart became deeper and deeper.

The blazing fire between Gu Shen's eyebrows was stimulated and fled out by itself.

"Boom--"

There was even an obvious burning sound in the ancient house.

"Did you... see anything?"

Li Qingci held her breath and didn't dare to disturb her. After a minute, Gu Shen looked away before she opened her mouth cautiously.

"I think... a little strange."

Gu Shen closed his eyes, the blazing fire still lingering between his brows.

Because of staring at the [Bronze Man Lamp], two lines of clear tears flowed uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes...

Gu Shen slowly asked: "Miss Qingci, the protector of the past generations, will you clean up the ancient shrine?"

Li Qingci was startled, "Of course..."

Gu Shen asked again: "Then, what about the four bronze figurine lamps?"

Li Qingci shook his head, and said: "The rules left by our ancestors, these four lamps are things of Zhenshan."

The Bronze Man Lamp is the most precious sealed item in the shrine, and it has a strong artistic conception of "deterrence and distance", which makes people want to look away even if they look at it twice!
So all these years, no guardians will touch the lamp at all.

If you are not careful, the shrine will collapse, and no one will take this risk to play with this ancient relic.

But these years... the bronze man lamp has not even left a speck of dust.

It was so clean.

A ridiculous idea suddenly appeared in Gu Shen's mind.

He suddenly stretched out his hand.

"!!!"

Li Qingci's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to stop it.

But Gu Shen's shot was very fast. The moment he raised his hand, the enchanted realm in the ancient house burst out with the idea of ​​"stopping". The palm was pressed against the wall of the wooden house in the corner.

The flames did not go out.

The ancient house was still quiet.

Li Qingci looked shocked, looking at one of the four bronze figurine lamps... being completely penetrated by Gu Shen's palm.

The palm passed through the lamp, the big sleeve and the crown of the bronze figure.

It also passed through the faintly burning flame.

"This……"

"how can that be?!"

For so many years, the guardians have served the "shrine" and these four bronze lamps with great care and caution, not daring to neglect in the slightest.

But this lamp turned out to be just...a phantom?
is fake? !

As Li's protector, Li Qingci could not accept this truth.

As for Gu Shen, who stretched out his hand through the bronze figurine lamp and touched the wooden wall with his palm, tears streamed down his face.

The previous tears were because the lights were too dazzling.

And the tears at this moment... are because Gu Shen has an unstoppable "sorrow" in his heart. It is an emotion that directly affects the spiritual level, and it is as turbulent as the sea.

He took out his palm and sat on the ground of the ancient house. While tears streaming down his face, he looked at his palm silently. After pulling away from the bronze lamp, the turbulent emotions gradually receded.

Four bronze lamps.

It symbolizes... joy, anger, sorrow and joy.

The one just now should be mourning.

Immediately afterwards, he reached out to touch the second bronze lamp...it was still a phantom.

Gu Shen couldn't help but touch the second lamp.

His body began to tremble, and his chest seemed to be ignited with raging anger.

Gu Shen quickly pulled his hands away, and silently recited the word "restraining anger" dozens of times in his heart, then he looked at the lamps in the other two corners... At the same time, he looked at Li Qingci, and asked, "If you don't mind, what are the remaining lamps?" I should try the next two..."

Li Qingci looked complicated.

In fact, she probably already had the answer in her heart.

I picked two at random, and the result is like this...then the remaining two are probably fake.

After so many years, didn't any protector discover that... the bronze figure lamp placed on the shrine mountain, which is considered to be a top-level sealed item, is actually just a virtual projection!
Seeing that Li Qingci didn't object, Gu Shen stretched out his hand to touch the third cup, raised his brows, and said lightly, "This one...is for joy."

On the other side, Li Qingci also tried it.

With her back turned to Gu Shen, with the idea of ​​"repelling" forcefully, she reached out and penetrated the bronze lamp, touched the wall of the wooden house, the figure stopped suddenly, and retracted her hand like an electric shock.

The fourth lamp... is also a phantom.

Gu Shen was a little surprised by Li Qingci's reaction.

Joy, anger, sorrow, joy...the fourth lamp should be "joy", but Gu Shen doesn't quite understand, if there are four same emotions, joy and joy, how to distinguish them?

Her slender fingers returned after being electrocuted.

Li Qingci stared at his bare hands, and said softly: "Happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, desire, the seven can be learned without learning... The 'joy' contained in the fourth lamp is actually 'desire'. ’ and ‘Love’.”

Gu Shen was startled.

The fourth light...desire and love?

No wonder Li Qingci's reaction to withdrawing his hand was so intense after touching it. The emotions in these four lamps were too strong.

After taking two deep breaths.

Li Qingci regained his composure.

She turned around slowly, looked at Gu Shen, and said with sorrow in her voice, "Little Mr. Gu... Are these... all fake..."

For so many years, only four lights and shadows have been placed in the shrine.

This... is really a joke.

"Do not."

Gu Shen shook his head, narrowed his eyes, looked at the four lights again, and murmured: "I don't think they are fake. On the contrary... I think they are real."

Li Qingci was a little puzzled.

"The fire that ignites these four lamps is a normal fire... If the lamps do not exist, or cannot carry the flames, or support the ancient house, then the guardians of the past generations have already discovered the clues." Gu Shen said slowly: "But their functions are normal. In other words, even if there are only phantoms left, they still condense a complete 'small wonderland', allowing the shrine to stand among the black flowers for a hundred years."

"The reason why I have doubts... is because of the emotions you said."

"Every practitioner, no matter how powerful he is, must ensure the coordination and unity of spirit and matter... This point, even the 'God Throne', cannot be avoided."

Li Qingci nodded slowly while listening.

"Wait a minute!"

She suddenly realized something, and murmured: "...Could it be that these four lamps are pure...spirit?"

Gu Shen smiled gratifiedly: "Yes. These four lamps should be pure 'spirit'."

carrying the substance.

But beyond the material.

"Actually, this also proves that the warning left by the ancestors of the Li family is correct...Only in a place like 'Wonderland' can the spirit of these four lamps survive, so, in fact, we were doomed from the very beginning. , cannot take these four lamps away.”

Gu Shen shrugged and said, "Who can take away the pure spirit?"

He frowned at this point.

No... not right.

Li Qingci whispered: "Material and spiritual should be unified."

Since these four lamps have retained their spirits on the top of the Temple Mountain... what about their physical bodies!

"If there is the main body of the [Bronze Man Lamp] outside the wonderland...then find the main body and put it back in the house..." The last missing link was completed here, and Gu Shen murmured: "Maybe , this sealed item is truly complete."

Lost spirit.

[Bronze Man Lamp] is just scrap iron.

"good……"

Li Qingci's expression hadn't completely escaped from the shock just now, and he remembered something again.

She pursed her extremely dry lips, and her voice was already a little hoarse: "Have you ever thought about why the ancestors placed these four bronze lamps here?"

"Happiness... Anger... Sorrow... Joy..."

These are actually the four most basic human emotions.

And as long as a person is born, he has the ability to sense emotions.

of course there are exceptions.

Gu Shen came up with the most likely answer: "Is this for... hatching a divine fetus?"

Li Qingci nodded slowly.

"I'm thinking, the picture I saw just now... is very likely to be a reminder left by the ancestors to future generations. The reason why I didn't pay the price is because the price has already been paid by the predecessors." She smiled palely He smiled and said: "The previous protectors used the prayer technique to send this important reminder to the 'correct era', which is... the era of the hatching of the divine fetus."

Countless clues burst out in Gu Shen's mind.

The illusion that Chu Ling and Li Qingsui met face to face.

Chu Ling gradually regained her authority...and her humanity.

The god fetus of the shrine mountain.

Enshrined here, the four copper lamps that provide emotions.

These clues, like spider threads one after another, extend and converge!

Finally... pointing to an incredible direction.

Gu Shen slowly sat opposite Li Qingci, he took a deep breath, and said, "I dreamed of a snowfield last night... Girl Qingci, this may be an important clue... I hope you can use the wishing technique to help find it. Find out the exact location of this snowfield."

Li Qingci was stunned, she still didn't understand...the dream that Gu Shen mentioned has any relationship with the previous [Bronze Man Lamp].

She carefully watched the snow field displayed by her spiritual power.

"Only seeing such a picture, can you find where it is in reality?"

After quietly waiting for Li Qingci to finish reading, Gu Shen asked cautiously.

"There should be...no problem."

Li Qingci narrowed his eyes, "Praying is the ability of 'belief is where it is'. In front of this ability, the snow scene that cannot be discerned by the naked eye is actually meaningless. As long as the feed of Libra is taken away, the guidance given is absolutely correct ..."

While Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, he remembered that there is still a price to be paid for making a wish, so he hurriedly asked, "Is it necessary to pay a high price to find such a place?"

"Are you worried about me?" Li Qingci smiled and said, "You seem to have always been curious about what kind of existence the wishing technique is... do you want to try it now... put your life on the scale taste."

In fact, it's just a casual statement.

Unexpectedly, Gu Shen nodded solemnly.

"If possible... I want to experience it. Please let me pay the price for this prayer."

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Li Qingsui squatted in front of the flowerbed, thinking that he would wait for a long time.

But not for an hour.

Gu Shen and his sister walked out of the shrine together, the former looked a little pale, and he was actually supported by his sister to walk out...

The little girl was a little angry when she saw this scene, obviously her sister was the sick one.

She stepped forward angrily, and just about to say something sarcastic, she immediately sensed that something was wrong... Gu Shen's breath was a little weak, and this kind of weakness was often seen in her elder sister.

Is this... the use of a wish technique?
"You don't need to help me...I can walk." Gu Shen smiled bitterly, squatted down slightly, and supported his knees with both hands, "It's just...need to slow down."

Li Qingci comforted her softly, "It's always like this the first time... I'll get used to it later on."

"Is this a prayer..."

Li Qingsui rarely had a poisonous tongue.

She looked at Gu Shen curiously, and asked earnestly, "Praying...what does it feel like? Is it really so painful?"

"I thought... it was just a let-off, exchanging the unwanted life for a bargaining chip."

Gu Shen shook his head, showing a wry smile.

"Actually... the feeling of praying is like throwing something away. The moment I complete the wish, it's like being cut in the heart with a sickle by the god of death. This feeling...is very uncomfortable."

It's really hard to imagine that this kind of pain is commonplace for Li Qingci, and he has to experience it every few days.

No wonder this girl is so... gaunt.

For another person, the willpower is not strong enough, and I am afraid that I will not be able to make a few prayers, and I will be afraid, afraid, and shrink back.

"What exactly... are you praying for?"

Li Qingsui pursed his lips.

"It's very simple... I just found a dilapidated snowfield." Gu Shen smiled and said, "I lost 30 days of life."

"30 days?" Li Qingsui was startled, "Are you crazy?"

"Crazy?" Gu Shen raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said, "Maybe...but I think it's worth it."

The little girl muttered in a low voice: "A ragged snow field... As for using the wishing technique to find it? What can there be?"

Gu Shen said meaningfully: "Something that can make you cry."

Li Qingsui's eyes widened, he immediately covered his forehead, and took a step back.

Crying stuff?

Isn't that...

Gu Shen said lightly: "It's safe. It's not a brain collapse."

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(PS: 1 A few days ago, this chapter was said to have been swallowed up by net clean activities, and it should be back to normal now. 2 I wrote it at 02:30 in the morning, and completed the promise of the big chapter. Please ask for a ticket. This chapter was posted without checking. If there is any typo problem, wake up tomorrow morning and correct it.)
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