Light Fortress-Chapter 1429 - 186: If You Choose to Burn_2

Gu Shen understood the implied meaning of the Red Dragon’s words.

Given that Gu Xiaoman is such an important part of the god-killing plan, how could Tianshui let her be corrupted?

"That would take many years..."

Gu Shen slowly said, "Five years, ten years..."

"Maybe even longer."

The Red Dragon spoke up, "Killing ’Sky’ is not a plan to be executed overnight. It’s a great existence that has sat atop the Seven Gods’ Throne the longest... so the planning for this must span a considerable time. But now is the moment to make the decision."

"I hope she can become the ’Lord of Wine’—"

Gu Shen slowly said, "But all of this is not a transaction between you and me."

The Red Dragon’s true purpose must be for Gu Xiaoman.

The earlier mention of the Ancient Literature Society’s designation was solely to continue the conversation—

If possible, he would likely keep the ’064’ card until the very end!

At this moment, Gu Shen also guessed that Bai Xiu was probably fine.

"Before you take her away, I need to see her one more time."

Gu Shen calmly said, "There are some words that won’t matter if you say them, she only listens to me."

"...No problem."

The Red Dragon agreed readily, "Don’t worry, the child is still in East Continent’s hands, Bai Xiu is protecting her well. All I need to do is find her and take her away before leaving the island." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Gu Shen’s thoughts returned to the previous conversation: "So the second key person is Bai Xiu?"

"..."

The Red Dragon looked at Gu Shen meaningfully.

He neither nodded nor shook his head, but asked a question completely unexpected by Gu Shen: "Did you know that it rarely rains in Upper City?"

Gu Shen was taken aback.

He thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true... Perhaps Rhein, as a port city near the sea, often sees rainy weather, but Upper City does seem to be perpetually sunny. Most of the citizens of the Five Continents know that Upper City has a pleasant and extremely livable climate.

Ultimately, it’s because of the Sky Divine Throne.

The power of the Sky Divine Throne’s [Authority] can control the local weather.

Yet no one ever thought of the deeper reason behind this.

"Twenty years ago, my family was destroyed, and I was brought to the Source Tower, where Mr. Tianshui taught me Sword Skill and told me many interesting ’past stories’..."

The Red Dragon laughed, his tone slightly mocking: "The reason Source Tower is perpetually sunny is because Sky Divine Throne Qinglong dislikes the rain."

Gu Shen asked, "...So?"

"The reason Qinglong dislikes rain is because he once lost a duel when he was young before becoming a Divine Throne."

The Red Dragon squinted his eyes and said blandly: "It was a rainy day, and Qinglong’s heart was nearly pierced... Fortunately, Mr. Tianshui saved his life."

Gu Shen was shocked.

"Qinglong... lost before becoming a Divine Throne?"

Every Divine Throne can be considered an invincible figure of their era.

They climbed all the way up to the top, existing like phoenix feathers—

Like Mr. Gu Changzhi!

Undefeated throughout Changye, even Bai Shu could only be ranked second!

And for such a powerful figure among the Divine Thrones, to have lost in their youth... Gu Shen was curious beyond shock about the person who had once defeated and nearly killed Qinglong.

What kind of fierce person could this be?

The Red Dragon mocked: "That person was extremely skilled at long-range attacks, shooting an arrow from dozens of miles away, nearly taking Qinglong’s life—"

"With an arrow?"

Gu Shen was taken aback, then he immediately thought of the [Extinguishing Candle] he previously condensed with Truth Arc Light.

The Devil once said that [Extinguishing Candle] was a Divine Artifact left by a remarkable person!

Push back the timeline a hundred years...

Qinglong, when young, was shot by a mysterious person, which seems to mysteriously coincide with the era of [Extinguishing Candle]’s great radiance.

Could these two people be the same?

Gu Shen’s lips were somewhat dry. He asked, "Who was that person, did they later become one of the ’Seven Gods’? Now..."

He stopped speaking at this point.

Now... now they must be dead.

"The gentleman never said that person’s specific name."

The Red Dragon shook his head with some regret: "With that person’s ’astonishing talent’, if they had continued cultivating, they surely would have reached a Divine Position, only I heard from the gentleman that the person was beset by illness and died young, otherwise Qinglong wouldn’t have ascended to the ’Sky Divine Throne.’"

Gu Shen felt regret.

"These are all stories from a hundred years ago, now they are no longer important."

The Red Dragon continued, "What matters is that Qinglong, since that incident, has survived countless threats, leaving a shadow in his heart. For a long time after becoming a Divine Throne, he disliked stormy days..."

Gu Shen held his breath and listened.

"Not only because that battle happened on a stormy night."

"But also because longbow archers’ abilities, on thunderstorm nights, are greatly enhanced."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shen’s pupils suddenly contracted.

He guessed what the Red Dragon was about to reveal.

"Thunder Realm Walker?!"

The Red Dragon revealed a satisfied smile: "Yes... the one who nearly shot Qinglong back then was the master of the special ability system [Thunder Realm Walker]."

Taking a considerable detour, he indirectly answered Gu Shen’s question.

The second key person—

is Bai Xiu!

[Thunder Realm Walker], the super genius that the Five Continents had awaited a hundred years to be reborn.

"In fact, Bai Xiu has always been on the Source Tower’s hunting list."

The Red Dragon said: "It’s just that Bai Family’s protection of him is very strong, the best chance was years ago when Bai Xiu traveled to the Tundra. Unfortunately, those assassination attempts all ended in failure."