Bulwark of Light

Chapter 758 The True Solution of Longevity (Third update, ask for a monthly pass!)
The mountain boundary of the shrine is shrouded in mist.

Li Qingci sat quietly on the top of the mountain.

Today she didn't crouch at her desk to disassemble the ancient text, nor did she get up to cultivate the flower garden, she just sat quietly, watching the waterfall below her rushing down, splashing and echoing, and the snow-white waves wet her white clothes.

Yes.

On that day, when she summoned up her courage, she didn't say anything to Gu Shen...that is, her time was numbered.

As the protector of Li's shrine.

She already had a hunch.

My not-so-long life is coming to an end soon.

And these days, she is no longer entangled.

If time is running out.

Then cherish the moment.

Do what you want to do, say what you want to say.

After the Frozen Lake mission was over and Gu Shen came back, she told Mr. Gu the news... Goddesses were born in Li's shrine, and the black flowers in the future will be wiped out one day.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid I can't see it.

"Shh!"

The fog on the 447 Highway linking the shrine suddenly broke——

Mr. Gu is here?

Li Qingci raised his thin eyebrows, subconsciously stood up, ready to greet him.

However, it was a phantom that broke through the fog, and it was driving towards the shrine at an extremely fast speed!

"Qingsui?"

The moment he saw the phantom, Li Qingci's expression became flustered.

The phantom stopped in front of the shrine mountain.

Without waiting for Uncle Gao to pull the driver's seat, Li Qingsui opened the car door by himself, and trotted all the way to the top of the mountain...

Gu Shen got down from the passenger seat.

He looked at the back of Li Qingsui climbing the mountain, sighed, and said, "Uncle Gao... Shouldn't I tell her the news?"

"It's useless, the lady will know sooner or later."

Gao Tian bowed his head, lit a cigarette, and exhaled lightly, "Besides, we have no right to hide this kind of thing from her. If you tell her when it's too late, she will hate you forever."

"..."

Gu Shen looked silent.

Chu Ling told him that Li Qingci was not very old...

Now that he knows, he must do something.

In the past few days, he urged Zhong Gui to complete part of the dismantling of the "Longevity Technique", and prepared to take the disassembled "Longevity True Solution" and head straight to the mountain boundary of the shrine.

After thinking about it, he still went to the Li Clan Hall and contacted Uncle Gao.

After the Frozen Lake mission was over, Li Qingsui did him a big favor——

He couldn't bear to hide such an important secret.

So... the present scene happened. Li Qingsui was dealing with the internal affairs of the elders' council at that time. After hearing the news, he left the venue directly, and then rushed to the top of the shrine mountain with his skirt in a huff to ask for his guilt.

Gu Shen was not in a hurry to climb the mountain.

This pair of sisters, one standing in the light, the other immersed in the darkness... They are more like a pair of twins, neither of them can do without the other, and the bond of fate between each other is stronger than blood.

Without Li Qingci's sacrifice, it would have been very difficult for Qingsui to ascend to the position of Patriarch so smoothly.

Li Qingci is willing to be the shadow of his younger sister, willing to dedicate his life to the clan.

The wishing chips that piled up the scale of fate again and again.

Not just her Yangshou.

It is Li Shi's hope.

It's just...the most ruthless thing in the world is life and death.

The defenders of the past dynasties are doomed to a short life.

Li Qingci, who was standing on the top of the mountain, looked at his sister with a complicated expression, and then at Gu Shen who was in the distance.

she knows.

Mr. Gu probably guessed what he was going to say.

Then...he told Qingsui all this.

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After Qingsui climbed to the top of the mountain, a soft "array of light" rose from the square flower garden.

Li Qingci opened up the pattern.

Gu Shen sat at the foot of the mountain with great interest. He was not in a hurry to climb the mountain before, and that was the reason...

He and Uncle Gao were leaning on the left and right sides of the Phantom's front car hood.

"Miss still helped you a lot."

Uncle Gao silently lit a cigarette, and said in a dull voice, "You shouldn't have treated her like this... At least, you should tell her good news."

When he was with Miss, he never smoked.

But today... is an exception.

Gu Shen could only lower his eyes helplessly, he was speechless.

Uncle Gao is right.

Of course he also knows this truth.

It's just... There are some news that cannot be concealed, one more day of concealment, one more day of error.

"Actually, there is good news."

Gu Shen supported the hood of the car with both hands, and said softly: "Since I came to the shrine, it means that I have a way..."

"Ok?"

Uncle Gao's finger holding the cigarette butt trembled a little.

He frowned and looked at Gu Shen in surprise.

This kid... didn't drink much, did he?Do you know what you're talking about?

Gu Shen turned his head and asked calmly, "I'll go up after the two of you above have finished arguing... Do you want to come with me?"

"I……"

Uncle Gao obviously wanted to go up with him, but he glanced at the movement on the top of the mountain and shook his head: "I still won't go."

"but,"

Gao Tian frowned and asked: "What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, you boy? Do you know that Miss Qingci's current situation is that her lifespan is exhausted? This is destiny, life and death, and the iron law!"

"Yes."

Gu Shen said indifferently: "Destiny, life and death, iron law, how will you know if you don't try, these things... can't be rewritten?"

"I hold the legendary 'Longevity Technique' in my hand. Although it is only a part, it can also achieve 'changing fate against the sky'."

Gu Shen said seriously: "The reason why I called Qingsui here today is to let you, Mrs. Li, prepare in advance... Although this technique is called 'Longevity', it is really a sorcery. Its price is very realistic. Cruel, it requires the sacrifice of living souls, and the caster can exchange one-twentieth of his lifespan."

"???"

Gao Tian was stunned, and the cigarette butts and butts in his hand also fell to the ground.

Mars is scattered.

"The True Solution of Longevity, I only got the incomplete part." Gu Shen said seriously: "Perhaps as the dismantling progress progresses, its cost will become smaller and its transformation efficiency will become higher...but at least for now, it It's like this."

Longevity...

As the top title in Nagano, Gao Tian still knows a thing or two about ancient Chinese and taboo spells.

Whether it is the "wishing technique" practiced by Miss Celadon, or the "divination technique" of Master Qianye in the cemetery... in essence, they exchange fate through the taboo power contained in ancient characters.

looks.

This is like a different kind of extraordinary ability.

But in fact... Forbidden spells require a price, either blood, flesh, or soul.

The fate scale is fair.

But fairness means cruelty.

The small life of human beings can never bear the huge desires.

Therefore, in the legend, there is a technique that breaks through the rules of taboo exchange.

longevity.

Even the gods who smelt the fire can't guarantee that they can live forever. "They" may live a little longer, and they may be able to maintain their youthful appearance forever, but they will eventually die.

If a person... has "Longevity", what else can he not have?
"This kind of thing...you shouldn't have told me."

Gao Tian squatted down.

He was wearing a clean suit, a neat tie, and snow-white gloves... He was notoriously obsessed with cleanliness, but at this moment he actually picked up the cigarette butt on the floor and took the last puff again.

"Longevity...is a secret that even the gods covet..."

"Maybe it's not as useful as it is said in the legend," Gu Shen said with a smile: "If longevity is really that good, with the power of the Seven Gods, they would have grabbed it into their palms long ago."

It is this principle.

Uncle Gao clapped his palms, and said with a complicated expression, "You probably didn't tell anyone else about this news, did you?"

"of course."

Gu Shen smiled, "Who do you take me for, and who do you take yourself for?"

Since he wanted to save Li Qingci.

Then we must let Mrs. Li take action...

Then Li Qingsui will know, and Uncle Gao will also know that Gu Shen has nothing to hide, these two are part of the "plan" sooner or later, so tell them early and don't worry.

"call……"

Gao Tian imitated Gu Shen's posture, supported the car cover with both hands, and leaned back slightly. He murmured: "If I were a young lady, as long as I could keep the celadon girl alive... I can accept no matter how cruel the price is. Li's power can still find a lot of 'dying people', if I'm not wrong, the price the caster has to pay is to absorb life and at the same time be compatible with the souls of these people, right?"

"……Yes."

As expected of the title of the spiritual department, he guessed very accurately.

Gu Shen nodded.

In fact, this part of the price is not difficult to guess.

Once you get a life, you are destined to bear the corresponding "weight". The soul is the biggest weight in this transaction.

"This is very dangerous. Even if Mrs. Li searches desperately, he can find those young 'death prisoners' within the Eastern Continent. According to the exchange of twenty to one lifespan, sacrificing one will bring Miss Qingci three to four years of life at most. " Gao Tianyouyou said: "The price is to absorb a '20 years' memory, Miss Celadon's life will be extended, but her soul will no longer be pure."

"This is the price of longevity."

Gu Shen said calmly: "Ian, the Grand Master of Central Continent, relied on the 'Longevity Technique' and lived to be 120 years old."

"Is that so?"

Uncle Gao said lightly: "So you went to Zhongzhou before to do this..."

He didn't mean to explore more secrets.

Gao Tian is the most "free" title in Nagano, bar none.

He is not subject to the will of any power.

Staying in the Li family is all voluntary.

On the one hand, it is to repay the kindness of the former head of the family, Li Quhu. On the other hand, he regards Li Qingsui as the most important part of his life. The meaning of staying in the Li family is to be able to witness with his own eyes that this little girl grows up safely and eventually becomes The new leader of the Li family.

Everything else doesn't matter.

Longevity?ian?

He just heard about these things and didn't care.

"Actually, the price of the longevity technique may not be that serious..."

Gao Tian lowered his eyebrows and said: "As long as Li's practice is more 'cruel', the biggest drawback of the longevity technique is that it needs to be compatible with the soul... The celadon girl practices the 'wish technique', and her spiritual power will be stronger than ordinary people. Powerful, but she just wants to use this method to continue her life, sooner or later her consciousness will be chaotic, and she will not be able to tell which one is the real self."

"so……"

"Just find a newborn baby and sacrifice it directly."

Uncle Gao looked at Gu Shen slowly, and said in a calm tone: "As long as you pass the hurdle of conscience, the longevity technique can use the smallest cost... to provide the caster with 'longevity'."

……

……

At the foot of the shrine.

The two looked at each other in silence.

"Mr. Gu, with your intelligence...I'm afraid you can't miss this point, right?"

Uncle Gao smiled lightly.

Minimize the cost, realize the maximum use of the longevity technique——

Of course, Gu Shen thought about this.

When he finally killed "Ian", he actually realized this.

This 120-year-old old guy looks crazy, but in fact there is still the last bit of humanity left.

At least he didn't sacrifice babies...

But who can tell?

In this long 120 years, no one knows whether Ian has ever done anything to break through the lower limit, but what Gu Shen knows is... Ian chose "Hooper" as a sacrifice.

If he had chosen to absorb the baby's life, perhaps he would not have set his sights on this disciple again.

No matter how young you are, you will never be younger than a baby.

No matter how pure the soul is, it will not be more pure than a baby.

"Li Shi has many enemies."

Gao Tian said lightly: "It's not just the Li family, Nagano, Jiangbei, and the entire East Continent...have a common enemy."

"Although I don't care about what happened in Nagano, I know that Dongzhou is forming an alliance with Central City. The envoys of the two continents have recently started close talks. The source energy boats in Beizhou Fortress can legally sail into the border of the tundra... this series of things , It is enough to prove that the closer our relationship with the Lin family is, the closer the enemy will be."

Gu Shen didn't nod or shake his head, but asked calmly, "So?"

"So if there is a need, I can be this 'villain'." Gao Tian looked at Gu Shen, "The Tower of Zhongzhou Source, Xizhou Guangming City, Nanzhou Holy City, these places are heavily guarded, but other places can't stop them." Hold me... I heard that during the Red War, the Church of Light plundered many innocent children on the border of Beizhou, since this kind of demonic behavior has always been done, Dongzhou can also reproduce it."

"..."

Gu Shen looked at the butler Li in silence.

for a while.

He couldn't tell whether what Gao Tian said was serious or a joke.

"Miss Celadon needs a fresh life, and Mrs. Li can bring her a fresh life...Of course, these are all plundered from the 'enemy'. Maybe Dong Zhou should never have advertised himself so noblely, The reason why Mr. Gu Changzhi died is because he regarded himself as the sun of 'justice'."

Uncle Gao asked word by word: "Do you agree with what I just said?"

"I……"

Gu Shen shook his head.

"It's hard to agree."

Gao Tian quietly looked at the young man in front of him.

"The mean is the pass of the mean, and the noble is the epitaph of the noble."

Gu Shen said calmly: "I never deny this, and I even agree with it very much. But the reason why Mr. Gu Changzhi died was not because he was the sun, he was too noble, and he made sacrifices, so he deserves to die... So die, just because all people are going to die, and all people have the right to choose how they die."

"What I have done is to announce the 'Longevity Technique' to Mrs. Li. I will not stop you from taking any measures. You can plan a 'sacrifice' in Outer Continent. But if it is possible , I hope Mrs. Li will set her eyes on the 'damned person', at least not to plunder the baby..."

"the reason is simple."

Gu Shendao: "The meaning of life is not just to be alive. Everything that Celadon girl dedicates her life to do...is not for this. She wants to see the light outside the shrine mountain, just because she has hope and wants to see the cleanliness outside. world."

"..."

Gao Tian looked at Gu Shen, who shook his head and showed a complicated smile.

The pattern on the top of the mountain dissipated.

This means...the conversation between Qingci Qingsui and the two of them has come to an end.

Uncle Gao walked towards Gu Shen.

"It is said that you are the 'absolute hub' where the two continents will merge in the future, and you are qualified to steer the fate of thousands of people. If you give me a spark, you may become the next Gu Changzhi..."

He patted the young man on the shoulder, and said with a relieved smile, "But I don't think so. How are you and Gu Changzhi similar? If I had just said this to him, he would have punched me without hesitation , beat me to the ground... oh sorry, you can't beat me now."

Gu Shen was startled.

"Miss, they are waiting for you, hurry up the mountain."

Gao Tian rubbed the soot vigorously with the soles of his shoes, shook the skirt of his clothes, and dusted off the dust.

He said in a relaxed tone: "Just pretend that you haven't told me about this matter, and I will forget the conversation just now... completely."

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