Middle-earth, the pinnacle of the source.
There was silence in the divine realm.
The God of the Sky, wearing a loose snow-white silk robe, sat on the throne with his eyes closed.
Theoretically speaking, fire holders do not need to rest. They have almost endless source of energy in their bodies, and their spirits transcend the boundaries of the mortal world.
But...although they surpass "human beings", they are not true "gods".
This time the black flower cleanup was a little easier than last time.
Just as Gu Shen expected.
As Blazing Fire "grows", he will have an increasingly larger "source quality reserve" and an increasingly faster "eating speed".
Another dark stone wall was swept clean.
Gu Shen checked the last stone wall... A week ago, black flowers sprouted everywhere. After being swallowed by the "blazing fire", these black flowers no longer grew, but spread around the clean stone wall.
Places cleared by blazing fire will not generate "black spots" again.
this is a good news.
If he eats those black spots, they will grow again soon... At the rate at which the entire shrine mountain is growing, all that he has done may really be just a drop in the bucket.
The current cleaning speed is still extremely slow.
But at least... there is the possibility of clearing the theory.
These black flowers, so numerous...could they have a root?
If the root cause can be found and eliminated...will the crisis in Shenci Mountain be solved?
Gu Shen suddenly thought of the story that Mr. Gu Changzhi once picked a black flower on the top of the temple.
He pointed to the mountains in the distance.
"Can I go up and take a look?"
Li Qingci understood what Gu Shen was thinking.
She whispered, "Yes. But... the top of the mountain is very dangerous. There are "flowers of broken order" blooming there. If you want to climb to the top, you need to be extremely careful, and there is nothing you want to find on the top of the mountain. "
"What am I looking for?"
"You want to find the source of the broken order. You think there may be a "original flower" in the temple mountain. "
Li Qingci said, "Someone has done this a long time ago... Over the years, black flowers have filled the mountains, not because the defenders gave up the fight and waited for death, but because we cannot remove the black spots, so we can only guide them to grow. If There is a so-called "original flower". As long as it is cut off, it can cut off the black flowers all over the mountain. Then it has been found long ago. "
Gu Shen nodded.
indeed.
If there really is a so-called "original flower", Mr. Gu Changzhi should also pull it out.
"No matter what... I still want to take a look."
Gu Shen picked up the lantern again and said softly, "Please ask Celadon Girl to lead the way."
So far, he and Li Qingci have only "met."
Across the far mountain wall.
During this period, there was flowing mist, gloomy shadow, and dim candlelight.
The distance between the two is not really close enough to see their faces...
Li Qingci put down the wooden pot for watering the flowers.
She slowly picked up a lantern and gave serious instructions.
"If Mr. Gu wants to climb the mountain, please follow Celadon, ten steps away, and don't get too close."
Gu Shen was startled.
"Li's protector, because he has used the "Prayer Technique" all year round to exchange luck for wishes...there are some ominous curses wrapped around his body. Li Qingci said in a low voice, "You can understand it as an "ominous person." "
If you get something, give it away.
That's fair enough.
Without any effort, just praying, you can make your "wishes" come true and make certain impossible things really happen and happen. The only one who can carry this kind of "luck" is the rumored Son of Destiny.
And those who forcefully use this power to add luck and incense to their family will surely suffer their fate.
The backlash.
But the "ominous person" Li Qingci said suddenly reminded Gu Shen of another guy.
Tomb ghost.
Xing Yun.
He followed Li Qingci, keeping a distance of ten steps, neither too far nor too close.
The two began to climb towards the top of Shenci Mountain.
"Celadon girl, do you have to go up and down the mountain every day?" Gu Shen randomly picked a question and asked.
"That's the duty of a guardian."
Li Qingci's already slender figure looked swaying and blurred under the light of the lantern.
Like a shadow that could break away at any time.
If you saw it in another place, you might be mistaken for a "female ghost". qδ
This back view is too ethereal.
"Li Qingsui gave me a talisman, saying it is a must-have to enter the Temple Mountain." Gu Shen added, "I would like to ask, in the past few years... the people with "foreign surnames" who have entered this wonderful place, except for me, Besides, who else? "
This question is actually a bit offensive.
Gu Shen also knew.
The Shenci Mountain is the Li family's largest forbidden area, and its existence here is a secret... Even the five major families know that there is a wonderful place on the northern border of Nagano, which is the important place of the Li family. But those who really know what exists in this wonderful place , are very few.
There are only a handful of them.
"Not much." Li Qingci smiled softly and said, "Mr. Gu, if you want to ask anything, just ask... There is no need to go around in circles."
"I know a... friend."
After thinking for a moment, Gu Shen hesitated for a second between the words "guy" and "friend", and finally chose the latter, which not only gave Tsukauki some face, but also added some mystery to the question.
"The "ominous person" that Celadon Girl just said..."
Gu Shen hasn't finished speaking yet.
Li Qingci replied, "The person you are talking about is the ghost of the tomb, right?"
Gu Shen silently closed his mouth, wondering if the wishing technique also had the ability to predict the future. He didn't speak for several times before Li Qingci read his thoughts.
Gu Shen nodded slowly and hummed.
"good."
"Is he considered a friend of Mr. Xiao Gu?" Li Qingci said with a smile, "Although I live deep in the mountains and serve the wish of the "divine fetus" wholeheartedly, I am not completely ignorant of things in the outside world. Tsuka Oni's reputation in Nagano is very bad. Logically speaking, he should have no friends. "
"You should also be aware of what's going on in the metropolitan area."
Now that it has been exposed, there is nothing left to hide.
Gu Shen said, "The Tomb Ghost was brought back to Nagano by Gu Nanfeng, and he is staying with us now."
"Many years ago, the Tsuka Oni came to the Shrine Mountain."
Li Qingci paused slightly.
She turned back thoughtfully, looked at Gu Shen with half of her face, and said softly, "At that time, he had just taken over the task of designing the tomb, so Li invited him over, hoping to make some improvements to Shenci Mountain. Constructive suggestions. However, he was asked out in less than a day."
"Please go out?"
"Because of his arrival... these "flowers of ruin" in Shenci Mountain bloom faster. I was still young at that time, and the previous guardian sensed something was wrong and quickly asked the ghost to leave. Afterwards, statistics showed that the day the Tsukauki came here, the "life span" of Shenci Mountain was reduced by half a year out of thin air. "
Gu Shen was very surprised.
"Incredible, isn't it?"
Li Qingci smiled bitterly and said, "We also find it incomprehensible... and not long after that, the senior officials in Nagano learned about the news that the Tsuka ghost was suffering from disaster. This guy was a born "unlucky person", and he had nothing to do with Li's guardian. The disasters caused by Taoists using prayer techniques are different. The luck in him is innate and cannot be eliminated. "
"..."
Gu Shen fell silent.
"After that day, my father used the wishing technique to spy on the fate of the ghost, and found the aura reflected on his head.
Luck... is completely dark. "Li Qingci explained seriously, "For ordinary people, if they are unlucky for a while, their luck will be mixed with some black. When the bad luck dissipates, this black streak will disappear. But the Tsuka ghost is different. No matter what time, the luck on his head will , always black."
"This also means...he will never be reborn?"
"Not only that."
Li Qingci shook her head and said, "His black luck is a bit weird. My father said that the fate of the ghosts in the tomb is that when there is a big disaster, there will be a big disaster, and when there is a small disaster, there will be a small disaster."
"What does this... mean?" Gu Shen murmured, "If you are strong, you will be strong, and if you are weak, you will be weak?"
"That's pretty much what it means." Li Qingci smiled, "You can understand it... he is a "unlucky one" in the true sense. Nothing good will ever happen to him. "
Gu Shen fell into thinking.
He raised his head in disbelief and asked in a low voice, "Does luck really exist?"
"Even the extraordinary can exist... Why can't luck exist?" Li Qingci smiled, "What's more... this is something that appeared before the extraordinary. In fact, you should also know that the so-called "luck" is just It's just an adjective. The thing it describes already existed before the word was created. "
"Because fate is never fair."
When someone is born, they are destined to have good luck throughout their lives!
Gu Shen thought for a while and said, "On the way here, I tried to change the fate of the ghost. I found that there is a method that is effective..."
"Walking with the tomb ghosts, as long as the tomb ghosts encounter disasters, you can keep yourself safe." Li Qingci spoke first, saying, "This is indeed a good way, but the only things that can be avoided are ordinary small disasters. Really encounter When it comes to major disasters, it’s impossible to avoid them in this way.”
"I can not understand."
In this world, why do there exist such existences as "Tomb Demons"?
It's so unreasonable.
Whether extraordinary or lucky, they all follow a certain set of rules.
Li Qingci was plagued with bad luck and was burdened with bad luck because she overused the "Prayer Technique" and overdrafted her destiny.
And what about Tsukauki?
He was born this way!
Such an existence is completely inconsistent with Gu Shen's cognitive rules.
"There are always problems that cannot be understood in this world, not because you are not smart enough, but because... the time has not come yet." Li Qingci continued to move forward with the lantern. She climbed the steps slowly, her steps were light, like a ray of swimming. soul.
Another light word fell heavily into Gu Shen's heart.
"It's like those people outside can't understand Mr. Gu's power."
Gu Shen felt that this sentence meant something else.
He said seriously, "Please make it clear."
"I heard Aho tell a story about Mr. Xiaogu's first day in Nagano."
Li Qingci sighed with emotion, and spoke after careful consideration, "Please forgive me for using the word story... because many years from now, people will commemorate this day. I heard that you triggered a black spiritual glow when you meditated on the Grain Rain Scroll?" "
Black spiritual glow!
This is a "vision" that no one understands!
Even Gu Shen didn't figure it out...why the spiritual glow caused by the white sleeves was white, but he was black? He could only attribute the birth of this vision to the uniqueness of his spiritual wilderness practice.
Gu Shen did not follow the path of enlightenment left by Mr. Guo Changzhi to operate the Guyu Scroll.
So...he created a new world of his own.
Therefore... the color of the spiritual glow also changed.
However, this explanation obviously did not satisfy Gu Shen.
He asked sincerely, "Celadon girl, did you use the prayer spell... to see something?"
"I still remember the last time we met, I said..."
"I spent ten years in exchange for this meeting."
Li Qingci smiled, her voice sounding like she was talking in her sleep.
"I made a wish to meet the person who has the ability to save "Shrine Mountain". "
"The wish spell took away the ten years of life that were on the scale, and after that, I had a dream."
"I dreamed that I came to a huge boundless wilderness, where golden spikes of flowers bloomed, huge rivers flowed, and ships docked..."
Li Qingci smiled and said, "It's a pure land there."
Gu Shen was startled.
"The Golden Spike Flowers blooming in the Pure Land are exactly the same as the "Flowers of Destruction of Order" in the Shrine Mountain, but the color is golden, cold and dazzling. The whole world is in this strange feeling. . "
"There is no black and white here, but there is an intermediate state between black and white."
"Some people feel... like they are dead, but at the same time they feel that they are actually still alive."
Li Qingci said softly, "I kept walking on that pure land, and I saw the figures of "living people," but they were blurry and they didn't see me... I just walked to the other side of the river. I was invited on board. "
"The man told me... that I was dead."
"Then he said to me...death may also be rebirth."
Speaking of this, Li Qingci stopped.
There is no way forward.
The two of them have arrived at the top of the temple.
The black flowers all over the mountain swayed in the wind, blooming with the breath of death.
But something unexpected happened.
The top of Shenci Mountain is not as depressing as imagined.
Countless black flowers are entwined here, and the density of black spots is hundreds of times that of the mountainside. It should be shrouded in an atmosphere of destruction and desolation.
But a simple wooden house was built on the top of the mountain, with a foundation half a person's height. It was quite solid... I don't know what material it was made of, but it was still strong in such an environment and did not collapse. If you look carefully, you will find that these foundations are covered with talismans, with strange and obscure ancient texts written on them. Perhaps those ancient texts have played a role. The black flowers around the ancient house only grow on the outer layer of the foundation and have no real meaning. Wrap up.
A small house.
An ancient well.
A... neatly trimmed, huge square flowerbed, filled with the most terrifying flowers in the world.
"This dream sounds interesting."
Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and said, "What's the end?"
"Mr. Xiao Gu... let me state in advance that this is just a dream I had and it has no meaning."
Li Qingci comforted her.
"at last……"
She said slowly, "The person I saw... is you."
