Light Fortress

Chapter 1794 - 424: Bearing the Weight of Light

"...Interesting."

Qinglong calmed down and silently looked at his fist.

All along.

He thought he no longer cared about the old matters of the past, but under the influence of the Heart Sea this time, he realized that things from the past will never truly pass.

He still cares, and will care for a lifetime.

This is really a very sad thing.

Because the person who shot him back then is already dead, even if he dug up the person’s grave and scattered the ashes a hundred times... it wouldn’t change anything; he lost a battle when he was young, a small nail driven into the seams of history, and every time this is mentioned, he inevitably recalls that arrow from the past.

"More interesting things are still to come."

Lin Lei smiled faintly: "If I’m not mistaken, Deep Sea wants you to stall me... How long is this period? A week?"

Qinglong remained silent.

He shook his head and extended three fingers: "Three days. I’ll only give it three days."

"In a situation of choosing one of two, you chose me... It can’t just be because I seem stronger than Bai Shu."

Lin Lei laughed: "If I’m not mistaken, you also don’t want to fight with the Torch Inheritor, do you?"

Qinglong expressed no emotion: "You... is there a difference?"

Though he said this.

But Qinglong indeed had this thought, since it was just to delay, why waste more effort, he could even drag two instead of one, but why do that? Why pay so much for Deep Sea’s advancement?

"You should be aware of what’s happening in the outside world."

Lin Lei said slowly: "The Light Aura of West Continent suddenly appeared and then vanished... Now both Bai Shu and I are held up, it’s the perfect opportunity for divine intervention to leave the Five Continents, Deep Sea has taken the body of the Light God’s Seat and is now heading to the Old World."

After Gu Shen fled from Light City.

Bai Shu told Lin Lei the news about the uncertainty of the "Light God’s Seat" identity.

But before they could act, the major incident of today occurred.

"If it weren’t for Gu Shen warning me, I might have needed more time to realize what was happening in the blind spot perspective of Light City..."

Lin Lei said: "You bypassed the origin code and granted it permissions it shouldn’t have."

Qinglong neither admitted nor denied.

He just listened quietly.

"Granting Deep Sea a Divine Throne’s physical body, that’s truly an incredible move."

Lin Lei said: "This plan was originally flawless, but from the moment it was exposed, there was no turning back."

"I think the outside world is already in chaos now..."

"Trapping me in the attic, is it because the wanted order has been issued? Does Deep Sea want to recreate the scene from thirty years ago?"

Lin Lei’s face was full of jest, "Unfortunately, I’m no longer that little girl from back then, and I won’t let the history of those days replay."

"So?"

Qinglong said: "What can you do? You can only sit here, while Deep Sea has already gone to the Old World... he’s going to kill Gu Shen."

"That’s what I mean by even more interesting things."

Lin Lei laughed: "Kill Gu Shen, can Deep Sea really do it?"

Qinglong furrowed his brows, stunned.

Lin Lei’s words caught him off guard... Now, Deep Sea holds a god-level physical body, even without combat experience, he possesses powerful origin power. He had witnessed Gu Shen’s battle at Red Lake.

Indeed, he progressed rapidly.

In just six years, he could already fight with the top Titled strong individuals.

If he went all out, he could even threaten the safety of Origin Strong People, but to arm wrestle with a Divine Throne.

He’s still far off.

Only a god can compare to a god.

"You came to the attic to keep me from leaving North Continent. This is actually good, because I wasn’t planning to leave North Continent anyway... if you hadn’t come to find me, I would have come to find you."

Lin Lei spoke softly: "Because I also don’t want you to leave, now we’ll just sit here... and wait until everything happening outside is over."

Qinglong seemed to hear a grand joke.

"You think Gu Shen won’t die?"

Lin Lei shook her head, speaking with great certainty: "Deep Sea can’t kill him, he will live, and live well, this is... the result of divination."

...

...

"What did you say?!"

Meng Xizhou stared, lost, at the blazing sun in front of her.

The Light God’s Seat, hands clasped behind, nodded slowly.

"Yes... Gu Shen is the Netherworld King."

This news stirred up a storm within Meng Xizhou’s Heart Lake; she looked at the old man before her, perplexed why such crucial information was revealed now.

"Gu Shen is the Netherworld King?"

Meng Xizhou murmured: "What evidence is there?"

"When the Wine God died, Gu Shen was in the cemetery. Since then, the Netherworld King has not emerged."

The Light God calmly said: "Your brother Meng Xiao’s death is closely tied to Gu Shen... And the Duolu River where Meng Xiao’s corpse was buried, contains a substantial residue of the Netherworld King’s aura."

"If you’re attentive enough, you’ll notice... Gu Shen acts extremely cautiously and prudently. There’s no evidence in the world to prove his precise identity, but from the leads of these events, the probability of him being the Netherworld King is very high."

"Probability?"

Meng Xizhou spoke, head aching: "If you believe he’s the Netherworld King, why..."

"Why didn’t I kill him at Red Lake?"

The Light God’s Seat laughed.

He looked at Meng Xizhou, speaking softly: "All these years, I’ve been contemplating the actions of the temple, and the enemies we face. The temple has consistently sought out the ’Netherworld King’ and the disastrous power it represents, striving to eradicate it."

"But is this truly right?"

The Light God’s Seat said lightly: "So, I met with Gu Shen deliberately; I hope he’s different from the previous Netherworld King."

Nobody knows what the conversation between Gu Shen and Light City at the other shore of Red Lake entailed.

But Meng Xizhou remembers clearly, after leaving Red Lake, Gu Shen, in front of everyone, declined the invitation to visit the Forbidden Book Tower, and swiftly left Light City by night.

The reason Gu Shen gave at the time was urgent matters he couldn’t avoid.

But looking at it now, the reason he fled overnight was because Gu Shen was afraid!

Meng Xizhou stared dumbfounded at the Divine Throne before her.

"Regrettably, it seems I was wrong given the current circumstances."

The Light God’s Seat said remorsefully: "I should’ve killed him directly, and eradicated all his subordinates, remnants, altogether."

"My lifespan is waning... I fear I won’t finish some things, but thankfully, there are successors in Light City."

The old man looked at Meng Xizhou.

He paused for a long time, slowly asking: "If I do not complete this task, will you, willing to bear the burden of light, see it through?"