Light Fortress-Chapter 1515 - 218: Born to Die, Striving to Live (Part 2)
Fruitless sailing is meaningless.
Thus, fewer and fewer people venture into the Deep Sea.
"Wait... If I keep drifting with the ocean currents, won’t I be swept to the legendary Ice Sea Ruins?"
Gu Shen had a sudden whim pass through his mind.
He promptly shook his head and chuckled self-mockingly.
"What am I thinking, the odds are too small..."
Speaking of years of exploration of the Deep Sea by humans, the only possible discovery might be the so-called Ice Sea Ruins. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
This matter has been brewing for a long time. Initially, angels envoys joined forces to head south, discovering they couldn’t handle that relic, followed by the Storm God’s Throne personally setting sail, only to likely encounter troubles due to the distance. There has been no message returned to the Five Continents.
"The Deep Sea is so vast, the ruins are just a small dot..."
Gu Shen faintly smiled, gazing at the slowly drifting stone wall in the ocean currents, "Even if there is ’precise guidance’, how long would it take to drift there, ten years? A hundred years?"
This stone wall floated very slowly in the ocean currents.
It moved intermittently.
Encountering some obstacles would even stop it for several days.
"I should probably not think too much, and focus on cultivation..."
Gu Shen looked up at the boundless surface of the Deep Sea, each breakthrough in his spiritual power attempted an extension to the outside world.
First, probing his location was most important.
However...
His current spiritual intensity was still not enough, unable to see the world above the sea surface.
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...
Time flies like a galloping horse, passing quickly.
The seven hundred and thirtieth day.
This was the second complete year of Gu Shen’s consciousness awakening.
His reserve of Chi Huo had finally been converted, but there was still a gap before he could advance to the fourth level... Next was the final "hard battle," requiring him to produce more Chi Huo himself to convert the fire of vitality, the progress bar for advancing to the fourth level was about seventy percent complete.
The last thirty percent was the most time-consuming step.
During these days of secluded cultivation, his concentration achieved another breakthrough, and his use of spirit reached a higher level.
Due to the extreme silence within the Deep Sea, he had upgraded from initially multitasking to "one mind three uses."
One mind into three, one strand of spirit cultivated Chi Huo in the Pure Land, another converted fire of vitality in the Heart Lake.
The last strand quietly resided under the Pure Land Suxuan Wood, contemplating the Longevity Array Pattern.
No one can endure the extremely ethereal and intensely silent environment beneath the Deep Sea.
Even Transcendent beings who cultivate to high levels find it hard to endure.
It is truly a form of cruel torment...
The North Continent Investigation Corps always conducts tasks in squads, whether long or short distances, both to care for each other due to the larger number of people and to create noise in such desolate environments, where even a bit of sound is welcome.
Normal Transcendent beings can exit the "meditation" state anytime.
Seclusion chambers can be exited at any moment should there be mental issues.
But the Deep Sea is different—
Due to the persistent state of "Silent Annihilation" in the real world, Gu Shen’s spirit had begun to show some signs of disorder, and others might have gone crazy after two years of secluded meditation in the Deep Sea.
The reason Gu Shen hadn’t lost sanity is because he has the "Pure Land."
In his self-owned realm, he still has Li Qingci, Tie Wu...
Those low-level Soul Spirits can’t communicate verbally but possess some consciousness.
Each time Gu Shen completed a stage of enlightenment, he sought out Li Qingci to convey the Longevity Technique’s ancient texts he deciphered.
Gu Shen did not inform the inhabitants of Pure Land about his encounters in reality.
However, Li Qingci still sensed something amiss...
After a session of spiritual teaching on ancient texts of the Longevity Technique, Li Qingci asked directly, "Gu Shen, is there trouble in the real world?"
Gu Shen raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why do you suddenly ask that?"
"You’ve been cultivating in the Pure Land for too long, you usually don’t do this."
Li Qingci answered simply, "Don’t say you can multitask... Only when you’re in seclusion in the real world, do you dare immerse yourself in the Pure Land World. If I’m not mistaken, the last time you mentioned the real world was back in Sangzhou Cave."
Speaking thus.
She pointed to Adam who was commanding the farming in the distant Pure Land Flower Garden.
Adam’s soul was shattered on Tanyao Mountain and was brought to Pure Land by Gu Shen... In recent years, the Pure Land World had expanded more than double, the flower gardens surrounding the Suxuan Wood all reclaiming their places, the quantity of Extraordinary Essence production gradually began to increase, those leaves that stubbornly emerged from the frozen soil amidst Great Cold were truly miracles of Pure Land.
All of this was thanks to Adam.
Adam researched the Source Origin Study.
Discovering these green plants capable of emitting Extraordinary Essence was like a starving wolf seeing food, he directly pounced on them.
These plants, upon direct contact, touched upon the endpoint of the Source Origin Study, in pursuit of great truths, Adam worked tirelessly... Though in Pure Land, Soul Spirits need neither sleep nor food.
Initially, Adam often sought out Gu Shen, be it for rain invocation or fertilization.
Gu Shen later told Adam tactfully that the operation of this world needed Extraordinary Essence, currently unable to support frequent rainmaking within Pure Land.
Since that day, Adam began the long task of "curved seed recovery," deciding to lead those low-level Soul Spirits, first fill the flower gardens surrounding the Suxuan Wood, then collect seeds beneath the frozen soil of Pure Land World to cultivate individually.
