Light Fortress-Chapter 1481 - 205: Blood Fire, Downfall

"You said someone has already achieved ’Longevity’... Who is that person?"

"Specifically who... I don’t know."

Xiao’s voice was hoarse as he chuckled, "Do you remember the stone tablet excavated by the Late Bell Church from the tundra underground? That tablet records the ’Longevity Technique’... Although it’s just a fragmented part, someone has successfully deciphered it."

Gu Shen frowned, "That stone tablet has been deciphered by someone?"

"Indeed..."

With a sarcastic tone, Xiao said, "The saints of the Storm Church are still racking their brains to decode the inscriptions, but these fools are progressing too slowly. At this rate, it would take them at least ten years to even approach the answer, maybe even longer!"

"What does this have to do with someone deciphering the Longevity Technique?"

"It surely does."

After a slight pause.

Xiao slowly said, "Because those inscriptions are not the original text of the ’Longevity Technique,’ but a decoded translation! Many years ago, the Tundra Tomb Master buried the translation together with the coffin... planning to die there."

"The scenes after that, you and I both saw."

"Years later, the snow buried everything, the tomb lay empty, the coffin of the tomb master still remained, but the deceased had long vanished."

"He did not die."

"He truly comprehended longevity!"

This was a very crazy guess, but sometimes, the truth is often more insane than imagination.

Gu Shen thought about the iron armor he had long worn.

Now the iron armor has been completely melted by [Iron Throne], becoming iron scales, able to change form at will.

But this is a mysterious ancient artifact, unknown even to the Gu family!

And also that strange jade ring that can autonomously consume "Spirit"...

Nowadays Gu Shen was no longer the naive youngster he once was; he had seen many high-level sealed items, even divine artifacts, but not a single item could swallow the "Divine Throne Spirit" like the jade ring!

These two items were things he excavated from an ancient tomb.

Didn’t know why at first.

After opening the coffin, so many burial items emerged, yet Gu Shen just happened to choose these two. He later handed the other items to the Gu family for research, but the result was only a report of their "abnormal composition characteristics" and the like... In other words, the truly valuable burial items in the tomb were actually the iron armor and jade ring.

Could this be the arrangement of fate?

Speaking of which, it was precisely due to the [Profiling] initiated in the tundra tomb that Gu Shen and that tomb shadow briefly met eyes in the chaotic space-time.

From then on, he embarked on a transcendent path filled with ’ominous disasters!’

This really seems like the arrangement of fate...

If there was a person, who successfully understood longevity, how could such a person remain unknown?

He would definitely leave a striking mark in history.

"You must have some answers in your heart by now."

Xiao chuckled softly, "Actually, I also have a few candidates in mind, looking back, potential people who might have gained the ’Longevity Technique’ are just a few. But who knows what the real truth is? The only thing I’m certain of is that the Longevity Technique has most likely been lost and that those who obtained this forbidden technique back then have already died; otherwise, why would this forbidden technique truly be passed on."

Indeed.

If the person who got the Longevity Technique were alive...

The tomb should not exist.

This technique, logically speaking, should not be obtained by a second person.

"Gu Shen, I’m the only one who has deciphered the ’inscriptions’." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The humanoid spirit embedded in the stone wall lifted both hands, with a sincere and earnest expression, he seriously said, "I used [Tanyao] for numerous experiments... these extraordinary lives can become sacrifices for the Longevity Technique, their life will transfer to mine at one-twentieth efficiency, as long as there are enough of them, I can live long enough."

"One-twentieth?"

Gu Shen was a bit surprised internally.

It’s known that the beginning of the Longevity Technique that Ian deciphered had a conversion efficiency of one-tenth... which was already low.

Xiao’s efficiency was even lower!

But at this moment, the forbidden technique he researched had different limitations compared to Ian’s.

The "Longevity Fragment" Xiao mastered allowed life conversion between different species, this threshold is far lower than Ian’s version, after all, killing a human and killing a beast are incomparable actions.

In the face of the temptation of longevity, the greatest threshold is actually moral restraint.

And ironically enough.

The "Longevity Fragment" that Xiao mastered, wasted a lot of efficiency to avoid moral loss.

He didn’t care whether the transformation target was human or beast—

And the simple reason for not planting "Blood Fire" on Sangzhou Cave’s local residents:

These people might be taken over by the church, bringing him disaster!

Xiao, this extremely selfish individual, if he knew the conversion efficiency of Ian’s "Longevity Technique" was one-tenth, who knows what he would think?

"Remember when I mentioned earlier about wanting to ’save’ you, if I achieved longevity, then you would also have a chance to touch longevity."

"...?"

"Don’t you understand yet? Our powers share the same origin. I can freely manipulate the physical body, and you, on the other hand, are the uncrowned king of the soul realm."

The humanoid spirit on the stone wall spread its arms wide, swinging vigorously.

Xiao’s expression was very excited: "Your Chi Huo and my Blood Fire can mutually absorb, mutually transform... What does this mean? It means as long as you are willing, we can share this perfect power! We are the twins on the throne!"