This time the black flower cleaning was a little easier than last time.

Just as Gu Shen expected.

As Blazing Fire "grows", it 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, there were black flowers everywhere. After being swallowed by the "blazing fire", these black flowers no longer grew, but spread around the clean stone wall.

Places that have been cleared by blazing fire will not generate "black spots" again.

This is good news.

If you eat those black spots, they will grow again soon... At the rate at which the entire temple mountain is growing, all that you have done may really be a drop in the bucket.

The current cleaning speed is still extremely slow.

But at least...there is the possibility of clearing the theory.

There are so many black flowers...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 said softly: "Yes. But... the top of the mountain is very dangerous. It is full of 'flowers of broken order'. 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 guardians gave up the fight and waited for death, but because we were unable to remove the black spots, so we could only guide their growth.

If there is a so-called 'original flower', and if it is cut off, it can cut off the black flowers all over the mountain, then it would have 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 has only "met" with Li Qingci.

Across the distant mountain wall.

During this period, there was flowing mist, dark shadows, and miserable 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 solemnly gave 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 uses 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 'ominous'

'."

If you get something, give it away.

That's fair.

Without any effort, you only need to pray, and you can make your "wishes" come true, making certain impossible things really happen and come to you. The only ones who can carry this kind of "luck" are the rumored children of destiny.

.

And those who forcefully use this power to add luck to their family will surely suffer the backlash of fate.

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.

"It is the duty of the guardian."

Li Qingci's already slender figure looked swaying and swaying under the light of the [lantern].

Like a shadow that may break away at any time.

If you saw it in another place, you might be mistaken for a "female ghost".

This back view is really ethereal.

"Li Qingsui gave me a talisman, saying it is a must-have item to enter the Shenci Mountain." Gu Shen added: "I would like to ask, in the past few years... people with other surnames who have entered this wonderful place, except

Besides me, who else is there?"

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 who really knows what exists in this wonderful place?

, are very few.

Very few.

"Not much." Li Qingci's heart was as clear as a mirror, she smiled softly and said, "Whatever Mr. Gu wants to ask, just ask him directly... There is no need to go around in circles."

"I know a... friend."

After thinking briefly, 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 a certain mystery to the question.

"The 'ominous person' that the 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 open his mouth several times before Li Qingci read his thoughts.

Gu Shen nodded slowly and said yes.

"good."

"Is he considered a friend of Mr. Xiao Gu?" Li Qingci said with a smile: "Although I live deep in the mountains and wholeheartedly serve the wish of the 'divine fetus', I don't know anything about the outside world. The ghost of Tsukasa is in Nagano

His reputation is very bad, and logically speaking, he should have no friends."

"You should also be aware of things in the Dadu District."

Now that it has been exposed, there is nothing left to hide.

Gu Shen said: "The ghost of the tomb was brought back to Nagano by Gu Nanfeng, and he is staying with us now."

"Many years ago, the ghost of the tomb came to Shenci Mountain."

Li Qingci paused slightly.

She turned back meaningfully, 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 [Qing Tomb], so Mrs. Li invited him over, hoping to contribute to the temple.

Shan offered some 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 bloomed faster. I was still young at that time, and the previous guardian sensed something was wrong and quickly invited the Tomb Demon away. Statistics afterwards

, the day the Tsuka Oni came here, the 'life' of Shenci Mountain was reduced by half a year out of thin air."

Gu Shen was very surprised.

"Incredible, isn't it?"

Li Qingci gave a wry smile and said: "We also find it difficult to understand... 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 the Li family.

The disasters caused by the guardian's use of prayer 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 that the luck reflected on his head... was completely dark." Li Qingci explained seriously: "Ordinary people, if for a moment

If you have bad luck, your luck will be mixed with some black. When the bad luck dissipates, this black streak will disappear. But Tsuka Oni is different. No matter what time, the luck on his head will always be black."
To be continued...