Barrier of Light

"Prayer is an illusory ritual... Make a wish, then wait for 'karma' to take away the price, and then wait for the wish to come true. In this process, the caster can do nothing but wait."

This sounds a lot like a scam.

How could such a thing happen in this world?

Make a wish and you don’t have to do anything…just wait for it to come true.

It's like...a sacrifice.

Gu Shen suddenly thought of this word, and then his pupils shrank slightly, realizing that the so-called prayer technique was essentially a sacrifice. The "protectors" passed down by the Li family through the generations are the "sacrifice" that have been constantly changing for hundreds of years. They use their lives and energy to feed that illusory wish.

If the wish spell is fake, then these protectors... are all fools.

If the wish spell is real, then they are all crazy!

Today's "Shrine Mountain" is full of dark flowers. These are broken "orders", and it is these "flowers of broken order" that proved to Gu Shen the existence of the wishing technique, and Li's crazy.

Perhaps many years ago, the "extraordinary source material" in Shenci Mountain had not expanded to this extent. At that time, "special means" could have been used to eliminate and deal with it.

But because of the desire to raise the "divine fetus"... this sacred mountain was raised in captivity by the Li family.

Also in captivity are these "black spots" that grow indefinitely.

The greater the desire, the easier it is to provoke backlash.

For six hundred years, the Li family has made many "sacrifice" for the "grand ambition" of their ancestors.

And now.

This temple mountain is already a huge crisis that cannot be solved!

The guardians of later generations also had to put themselves on the prayer technique to maintain balance with difficulty.

"What will happen if... the prayer technique can no longer suppress the Shenci Mountain?"

Cold sweat broke out on Gu Shen's back.

"Shrine Mountain is a wonderful realm, an illusory but real realm." Li Qingci said calmly: "These flowers grow too much and will overflow the wonderful realm and come to the real Nagano. Starting from the northern border, Nagano will collapse and be corroded.”

"You seem nervous?"

She lowered her eyebrows, smiled, and comforted: "Relax, for the top leaders of the Five Families, the existence of Shenci Mountain is not a big secret. There are many similar places in the Five Continents...Mr. Gu Changzhi has been here before. , before he just returned to Nagano and fell asleep."

"Mr. Gu Changzhi...didn't you deal with these flowers?"

"No."

Li Qingci shook her head, "My father said that Mr. Gu Changzhi stood on the top of Shenci Mountain for a day and a night, and then left... Before leaving, the shrine plucked a flower and left a message."

"He hopes that Li's wishing technique will finally come true and a divine fetus will be hatched."

"If the wishing technique gets out of control in the end... he will have no choice but to destroy the entire shrine mountain."

Rao heard this sentence after twenty years.

Gu Shen still felt the shock of these words... If the wishing technique goes out of control, will the entire Shenci Mountain be destroyed?

He looked up at the countless dark flowers and the towering mountain located between Sumeru and darkness.

Just as Gu Shen could not imagine the devastating blow that would be caused by the overflow of the essence of the Temple Mountain... He also could not imagine the scene of one person completely defeating this giant mountain and the collapse points of order all over the mountain.

For Gu Changzhi, is this a disaster that is still under control?

Or... he also believes that Li's "wishing technique" has hope of becoming a reality.

"only……"

Li Qingci smiled bitterly and said: "Shortly after leaving the Temple Mountain, Master Shenzuo fell into a long sleep. I once used the prayer technique to make a wish to see the God Seat again, but the 'sacrifice' I offered was not taken away. Since that day, the situation in Shenci Mountain has become serious, and no one knows what will happen when these flowers bloom outside the mountain."

Once there was a large-scale collapse of Shenci Mountain, Gu Changzhi still hadn't come forward at that time...

This is probably a real disaster.

The collapse of order in the Temple Mountain is likely to lead to one outcome in the end: the Eastern Continent Federation begins to seek help from outside continents. If the remaining "God Thrones" are willing to accept help, then they will send their [Apostles] to the Temple. Ancestral Mountain.

For Gu Shen, who had just experienced an apostle battle in the metropolitan area, he knew exactly what this meant... The two divine thrones in Central Continent had always coveted Dongzhou and were ready to take action at any time.

Asking them for help is inviting the wolf into the house.

What they care more about than "the collapse of the temple mountain" must be "Gu Changzhi's fire".

"I want to take a look... what you just said, the prayer spell reflects the guidance picture of 'me'."

Finally, Gu Shen took a deep breath and made a request.

"Prayer is an indescribable power." Li Qingci was silent for a while, "It can't be described, it can't be explained, it can only be understood, it can only be understood. If you make a wish, you get a response and feel yourself The 'sacrifice' has been taken away...then it means that the prayer technique is coming true, you just need to continue to believe."

"So your wish is..." Gu Shen frowned.

Li Qingci smiled, "I lowered my requirements. If I can't meet with Lord Shenzuo, then I want to meet with a person who has the ability to solve the crisis of 'Shrine Mountain'. If possible, I hope that person can eat the mountains and plains." flower."

Gu Shen felt something in his heart and looked slightly strange.

To know.

His "birth" was before Li Qingci made this wish.

The so-called cause and effect seems to be a bit reversed here... He was not born because of the wish of "Shrine Mountain". This kind of power in the dark is more like pulling.

Because Li Qingci made this wish, he came here.

And if you think about it carefully, the truly terrifying and unsolvable part of the wishing technique is... Even if Li Qingci didn't explain this wish to Gu Shen, from the perspective of stance and decision-making, Gu Shen would not allow these flowers to bloom outside the mountain.

Li Qingci's prayer is more like an accidental arrangement of fate.

Gu Shen sighed softly, and stretched out his palm. A wisp of blazing fire lingered in his palm, and a dark flower grew nearby.

Under the "wrap" of blazing fire.

He plucked the flower of the collapse of order.

The sitting woman was startled when she saw this scene, and then a smile appeared on her pale face.

Gu Shen looked at this "Flower of Collapse of Order" that was constantly twisting and collapsing inward in the palm of his hand, and asked softly: "What price did you pay for making this wish?"

There was no trace of sadness or haggardness on Li Qingci's face.

She smiled happily: "Mr. Xiao Gu... I spent ten years of my life in exchange for this meeting."