Bulwark of Light

This is the three days of No.70 when Gu Shen was conscious.

In the depths of the sea of ​​ice, there is no rising and setting of the sun, only the surging tides, and the endless darkness engulfs this narrow longevity stone wall. Perhaps it is because countless beast spirits in the last Sangzhou Cave rushed forward and threw themselves into the volcano. It absorbed a lot of life force and became extremely strong. It not only withstood the volcanic eruption, but also withstood the corrosion of deep ocean currents...

It's just that this doesn't change Gu Shen's predicament.

Time loses its meaning here.

But Gu Shen didn't give up, he started counting from the day he woke up.

He separated a wisp of blazing fire and threw it into the pure land world, calculating the flow of time every minute and every second.

If "time" is really lost, then "alive" is no different from "dead".

"The price to be borne three times beyond the border is too great."

Gu Shen came to his heart lake through meditation, his soul condensed into a small person, stood in front of the heart lake and looked into the distance, took a deep breath.

The scale of this spiritual sea is simply too large.

The spiritual sea of ​​extraordinary people on the ninth floor of the ordinary deep sea is probably only one-twentieth of that here!

Even if it is placed in the ranks of the fourth-order powerhouse, this spiritual sea is a top existence!
Going beyond the realm three times gave Gu Shen the top-level fourth-order spiritual power on the ninth floor of the deep sea, but it became extremely difficult for him to continue to break through the realm...

The more transcendence, the stronger and harder it is to break through!
"If Xiaoxiao is not killed, I need to increase the blazing fire first, and then turn the blazing fire into a 'flame of vitality'..."

Standing on the heart lake, Gu Shen sighed softly: "Fortunately, there is blood now, and the first step is saved."

Xiao Xiao has been hiding in the Sangzhou Grotto for many years, and accumulated a large amount of family property in the stone wall of the Longevity Art Formation. He became the last oriole and swallowed all his blood!
The soul villain sat cross-legged on the heart lake.

Gu Shen's eyebrows ignited a fire of vitality, which symbolizes the flame of "vitality", which is continuously absorbing nutrients. A large amount of blood fire is summoned around the soul, and it flies out, turning into dots of bloody light and shadow, Grabbing between Gu Shen's eyebrows... This is the necessary homework for promotion to the fourth rank, and there is no shortcut.

But in fact, swallowing blood and fire is already a shortcut.

Without these bloody fires, Gu Shen really didn't know that he would have to wait until the year of the monkey to advance to the fourth level... Because his number of blazing fires is far from enough, this first step may be stuck for a long time.

Now the cross-legged villain on the heart lake is constantly drawing blood.

I can also use one mind and two purposes, and at the same time use the source quality to feed back the blazing fire in the pure land.

The spectator mentality guarantees absolute efficiency.

Time passed by like this little by little...

In 294 days, the blood fire was completely sucked up and turned into Gu Shen's "fire of vitality". The embryonic domain could now cover a thin layer of Gu Shen's body surface, but it was far from the "domain" that was promoted to the fourth level. There is still a long way to go outside, because the heart lake has expanded, so the field of vitality fire still needs more raw materials.

Gu Shen was well prepared in his heart, and he began to transform his own part of the "blazing fire".

In the deep sea, it is not without life.

During the 290 four days of practicing, he would often see some huge deep-sea fish passing around the Longevity Stone Wall... It may be because of the shielding effect of the "ancient Chinese pattern", these deep-sea fish did not Found Gu Shen's existence, so he didn't launch an attack.

They are really huge in size.

For some fishes, the eyeballs alone are bigger than the entire patterned land!
They swam past, and the waves flapped by their tails kept pushing Gu Shen to an unknown distance.

Gu Shen was powerless to resist, and was too lazy to resist.

Anyway, he had already lost his way, and he didn't rely on the source quality in the ice sea to live.

So wandering around in the depths of this icy sea, it doesn't matter where you go...

During this period of time, he also discovered that the source quality of the ancient times remained in the ice sea, and this place was not completely extinct as Wuzhou imagined.

The reason why these fish survive is because their population genes have changed... Although there is no direct contact, Gu Shen's intuition senses that those extremely large fish should have completed the extraordinary awakening, and several of them even gave Gu Shen Brings a strong sense of oppression!

Their strength is likely to be no less than that of those strong men standing above the pyramids in the human race!
"These deep-sea fish should rely on the unique source material deep in the ice sea to maintain their lives...so they will never be able to swim to the offshore area."

"But the existence of extraordinary life in this kind of place means that there are other 'ethnic groups' alive in the deepest part of the ice sea?"

For the past 600 years, humans have been heading north.

For the North was once home.

But the southern ice sea is rarely explored...

The living environment of the Ice Sea is worse than that of the [Old World], and it is too large. Once a powerful extraordinary team went south to the sea, went extremely deep, and finally returned empty-handed. This made everyone give up the desire to explore the Ice Sea. After all, every time you go north to the [Old World], you can more or less discover something.

Piece together unknown maps, dig out ancient sealed items, and search for lost ancient texts.

These are what exploring the northern [Old World] can bring.

And the sea of ​​ice.

It's too big and too cold here. If you go out to sea, you will often bring back nothing.

Going to sea without gain is meaningless.

As a result, fewer and fewer people stepped into the ice sea.

"Wait... I'll just keep drifting with the ocean currents, so I won't be sent to the legendary [Ice Sea Ruins], right?"

Such a thought flashed across Gu Shen's mind.

Immediately he shook his head, laughing at himself.

"What are you thinking, the probability is too small..."

If you want to talk about what humans have gained from the exploration of the ice sea for so many years... Maybe the only harvest is the so-called [Ice Sea Remains].

This matter has been fermenting for a long time. At first, the apostles went south together and found that the ruins could not be dealt with, and then the God of Storms went to sea in person, but it may be because it is too far away, and there is no news from God of Storms back to Wuzhou. .

"The sea of ​​ice is so big, the ruins are just a small dot..."

Gu Shen smiled faintly, and looked at the rock wall floating in the ocean current at a slow speed, "And even if there is 'precision guidance', how long will it take to float there, ten years? 100 years?"

This stone wall floats slowly in the ocean current.

stop-and-go.

If you encounter some obstacles, you will not even move, and you will be stuck for several days.

"I still don't think too much, hurry up and practice..."

Gu Shen raised his head and looked at the surface of the boundless deep sea. Every time his mental power made some breakthroughs, he would try to extend to the outside world.

Find out where you are at first.

only……

At present, his mental strength is not enough to see the world above sea level at all.

……

……

Time is like a horse, fleeting.

730 days.

This is the second full year of Gu Shen's sober consciousness.

His blazing reserves have finally been transformed, but there is still a gap before he can be promoted to the fourth level... The next step is the final "battle". About [-]% of the progress bar for the fourth step has been completed.

The last [-]% is the most time-consuming step.

During these days of retreat and practice, his concentration has once again made a breakthrough, and his use of the spirit has also improved to a higher level.

Due to the extreme silence in the deep sea, he upgraded from dual-purpose at the beginning to "three-purpose".

One mind transforms into three, a ray of spirit cultivates blazing fire in the pure land, and a ray of spirit transforms the fire of vitality in the heart lake.

The last ray is perched under the hanging tree in the pure land, quietly comprehending the pattern of longevity.

No one can endure the extremely ethereal and extremely silent environment under the deep sea.

Even those extraordinary beings who have cultivated to a high level can hardly bear it.

This is really a cruel torture...

Every time the Beizhou Survey Corps leaves the fortress, no matter whether it is a long-distance trek or not, they perform tasks in small groups. On the one hand, there are many people taking care of each other, and on the other hand, there are many people. Even a little sound is good to hear.

The "retreat" state of a normal transcendent can be solved at any time.

Close the quiet room, and if you have mental problems, you can leave at any time.

But the deep sea is different——

Due to the long-term state of "quietness" in the real world, Gu Shen's spirit has already appeared a little disordered. If it were someone else, the two years of deep sea retreat might have gone crazy.

The reason why Gu Shen is not crazy is because he has "Pure Land".

In his own country, he still has Li Qingci, and Iron Five...

Those low-level souls can't communicate, but they can be regarded as creatures with a certain degree of consciousness.

Whenever Gu Shen completes a certain stage of comprehension, he will go to Li Qingci to teach the ancient text of the longevity technique that he dismantled.

Gu Shen did not tell those people in the Pure Land what happened to him in the real world.

It's just that Li Qingci still sensed something was wrong...

This day, the spiritual teaching of the ancient prose of the Longevity Technique was over, and Li Qingci asked directly: "Gu Shen, is there something wrong in the real world?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why are you asking so suddenly?"

"You have been practicing in the Pure Land for a long time, and you don't usually do this."

Li Qingci's answer is very simple: "Don't say you can use one mind at two things... Only when you are in a state of retreat in the real world can you dare to immerse yourself in the pure land world with confidence. If I guessed correctly, you mentioned things in the real world last time , when we were still in the Sangzhou Grottoes."

Say it.

She pointed to Adam who was directing the cultivation in the pure land flower garden in the distance.

Adam's soul was broken on Tanyao Mountain, and Gu Shen took him into the Pure Land... In the past few years, the Pure Land World has more than doubled in size. The rise, those leaf seedlings that bore out of the soil against the frost and severe cold, can be called a miracle of pure land.

All thanks to Adam.

Adam's research is "originology of origin".

After he discovered these green leafy plants that could emit extraordinary source quality, he jumped on it like a hungry wolf seeing food.

These plants have directly touched the end point of the origin of source matter. In order to touch the truth of the Dao, Adam once forgot to sleep and eat... although the souls in the pure land do not need to sleep or eat.

In the beginning, Adam often came to Gu Shen, either to pray for rain or to fertilize.

Later, Gu Shen euphemistically told Adam that the world needs source matter to run, and the source matter in the pure land cannot support frequent rains.

From that day on, Adam began the long task of "curve to save the seedlings". He decided to take those low-level souls to fill the flower beds around the hanging trees first, and then collect the seeds under the frozen soil of the Pure Land World, one by one. nurture.

After all, only with sufficient source quality can the "master of the world" perform miraculous operations such as rainfall and sunshine.

"It has been more than two years since Adam entered the Pure Land World. Even if there is no disturbance after the completion of the Sangzhou Grotto mission, you will not have retreated for so long." Li Qingci calmly said: "The most important thing is...you have been sitting in the past two years. Cultivating under the hanging tree, she didn't tell me any news about Qingsui."

"Sure enough, I still can't hide it from you."

After hearing the words, Gu Shen lowered his eyebrows.

He did not choose to continue to hide, but confessed: "There is indeed an accident in the real world. The specific situation is hard to say. You just need to know... I am buried deep in the ice sea, maybe several kilometers, maybe ten thousand meters. rice."

"Deep in the ice sea?"

Li Qingci was taken aback.

Although there are already psychological expectations, this news is still a bit ridiculous.

"Don't worry, I'm the only one buried in the sea of ​​ice."

Gu Shen said indifferently: "The [Tan Yao] in Sangzhou Grotto broke out, and the Church of Storms used its authority to push the isolated island into the ice sea, and finally the island disintegrated... Well, this is probably the case."

"???"

Li Qingci's expression was very exciting, she suddenly remembered something, and asked in shock: "Wait, what do you mean...you have been buried under the ice sea for two years?"

Gu Shen nodded silently.

"The source quality born from the pure land is enough for me to maintain basic life activities... As long as my spirit is not in trouble, this state can continue forever."

Li Qingci looked at Gu Shen in disbelief, and said, "Are you sure you're not dead, and now the spirit after death stays with us 'dead'?"

"..."

Gu Shen was a little helpless.

He sighed: "To be honest, I have gradually started to have some mental problems recently. The idea you just mentioned, I had a similar illusion before. But in the real world, my heart can still beat, although Physical functions are beginning to fail, but I'm probably still alive... huh?"

Li Qingci heard it.

The last word meant that, in fact, Gu Shen himself was not sure.

After saying this sentence, Gu Shen's spirit left under the hanging tree at this moment felt a little dazed, it was not tiredness, but "numbness".

"not good……"

Li Qingci had a bad feeling.

She took a deep breath, quickly squatted down, and shook Gu Shen's shoulders vigorously.

Everything is still, everything is still.

This state...is actually no different from being dead.

"Gu Shen, can you hear me?"

Looking at the dazed Gu Shen, Li Qingci tried to continue the conversation, but the other party had no response.

"The Pure Land is still in the 'severe winter', and this place is in the closest state of death, just like you at this moment."

She opened her mouth quickly, raised her arms while shouting in a low voice, and pointed to the frost-covered hanging tree branches, reminding loudly: "Didn't Mr. Gu Changzhi leave you the Four Seasons Breathing Method? You have successfully stepped out of the reverse practice That's a step... Gu Shen, you have to believe in yourself, you can live against death!"

"Rumble..."

730 days in the real world.

The deep ocean currents churn out the dull sound of water bubbles.

Leaning against the skeleton-like figure sitting on the Longevity Stone Wall, his eyelids trembled slightly.

Gu Shen's mental disorder appeared, he only vaguely remembered Li Qingci's cry and the last four words.

Live to death.