Chapter 25 Sister... Sister?

Li Qingsui was completely stunned, thinking she had misheard. "Follow me."

After saying this, Gu Shen got out of the car and walked towards the top of Shenci Mountain alone. Li Qingsui came back to her senses and quickly got out of the car as well.

She followed behind Gu Shen.

In the spiritual world, Li Qingci had been watching the scene. At this moment, she couldn't help but speak with concern. "Gu Shen... are you going to tell Qingsui about the existence of the Pure Land?"

Gu Shen's identity was too special. The name Pluto weighed more than Mount Tai.

After Li Qingci came to the Pure Land, she had proactively asked Gu Shen not to tell Qingsui about the secret... She knew the importance of this secret to Gu Shen.

"It's time to tell her," Gu Shen said softly in his heart.

"Miss Qingci, are you going to hide it from her forever? Are you willing to just watch her silently like this? " Li Qingci was speechless.

Indeed, could she stay in the Pure Land forever, hiding as an onlooker until the end? Gu Shen arrived at the top of the mountain and saw the carefully trimmed flower garden.

The white flowers were still there.

The shrine beside it, although without its guardian, was still cleaned very well. The items inside were the same as they were back then, the placement hadn't changed at all, and there wasn't a speck of dust.

The shrine remained, but the old friends were gone.

"Gu Shen... you just asked me if I wanted to see my sister again. What did you mean by that?" Li Qingsui was indeed much more mature and steady.

She endured until she reached the top of the mountain before asking. Gu Shen slowly turned around.

He said softly, "It means exactly what it says."

Li Qingsui looked lost. The next moment, Gu Shen, who had turned around, stretched out two fingers and gently pressed them on her forehead.

This time it wasn't a flick on the forehead. It was a gentle press. "Boom--"

Overwhelming blazing fire surged from Gu Shen's fingertips, turning into a "fire curtain." The world in front of Li Qingsui began to burn. The picture of the top of Shenci Mountain was burned and torn apart. Although this place was maintained year-round, it was, after all, surrounded by the black flowers corrupted by order, and the top of the mountain was shrouded in gloom all year round.

After the blazing fire burned,

the black ash was blown away by the strong wind.

Li Qingsui fell to the ground. She looked at the towering *su xuan* tree that pierced straight into the clouds, and the thousands of long leaves that fell and floated.

But one thing hadn't changed.

That was the ancient wooden house built on the top of Shenci Mountain.

Gu Shen still had the old house behind him... but in reality, this was no longer the one on the top of Shenci Mountain.

After Li Qingci came to the Pure Land, she deliberately built a house almost identical to the one on Shenci Mountain, which she used for rest and remembrance.

The reason why Gu Shen chose to climb to the top of the mountain was for this moment...

After the blazing fire burned and transformed the spiritual world, it seemed that nothing had changed, but it also seemed that everything had changed. The gloom of Shenci Mountain was burned away.

The eaves chimes swayed, and on the long chair that had been empty for many years, there was someone again. Li Qingsui's eyes instantly turned red.

"...Sister."

She looked at the figure she had been thinking about day and night, the figure that appeared in her dreams every night, and she was stunned. The overlapping and alternating scenes of Shenci Mountain and the Pure Land left her mind blank.

Li Qingsui only knew one thing... the person in front of her was her sister. She was too familiar with her sister's spiritual aura.

This was real. What Gu Shen said was true.

After confirming the spiritual aura, Li Qingsui's nose tingled. She didn't want to cry. After succeeding as the head of the Li family, she had encountered countless setbacks and tribulations in the past few years...

But these things hadn't made her shed a single tear. But at this moment,

tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. Li Qingsui only had one thought in her mind. Even if this was a dream, it didn't matter--

Such a realistic dream, she would rather fall asleep and never wake up again.

Only those who had experienced loss knew how precious "possession" was. At this moment, Li Qingsui felt that she was the happiest person in the world.

The woman sitting in the chair still retained her youthful appearance. Her skin still didn't have much color, but she no longer looked haggard.

"Little Gu... why did you do this?"

Li Qingci looked at Gu Shen with a complicated expression and transmitted her voice with her mind. "I owe it to her, and to you."

Gu Shen shook his head and said softly, "Alright, I won't disturb your reunion."

After saying this, his black shirt also disappeared into this spiritual world as the blazing fire burned. Gu Shen returned to the top of Shenci Mountain.

A cluster of dazzling blazing fire enveloped Li Qingsui's forehead, covering it.

All of Li Qingsui's spirit was immersed in the Pure Land. Gu Shen gave the two sisters absolute privacy and freedom to be alone.

However... from the two lines of clear tears on the little girl's face, it was not difficult to guess how important this reunion was to her.

Gu Shen came to the top of Shenci Mountain, in front of the cliff where the waterfall flowed. He slowly stretched his back, and at the same time stretched his limbs, letting out a long sigh that was full of helplessness.

What a headache.

After this meeting, there would be one more person who knew his identity as Pluto, Li Qingsui.

"Judging by your expression, you don't seem to have a headache."

A faint voice sounded in Gu Shen's heart.

Chu Ling shared his vision and hearing, and most of the time she didn't speak, but that didn't mean she didn't know. She knew every thought and every idea of Gu Shen's very well.

"Li Qingci has always forbidden me from telling Li Qingsui about the identity of Pluto... because she's worried that I'll run into trouble because of it." Gu Shen smiled and said, "Her consideration is correct. I was too weak before and not worthy of possessing the Fire Seed." But the current situation was different from what it was back then.

After killing Jia Wei in Guang Ming Bi Lei, Gu Shen's combat strength was among the top tier in the Five Continents.

Those who could exchange blows with him were only the top titled experts, and those Apostles who relied on the power of relics.

Chu Ling teased and joked, "So you told Li Qingsui because you feel that you have the confidence now and aren't worried about the exposure of your 'Pluto' identity?"

"Of course not..."

Gu Shen sighed and said, "What kind of person am I? Don't you know? I wish I could hide this kind of news, even if I really fuse the Fire Seed one day, I don't want to make it public, after all, the name Pluto isn't something glorious."

"I agree with this point."

Chu Ling said, "The name Pluto is like a rat crossing the street." The teachings of Guang Ming Bi Lei have been too successful in spreading these years. Everyone hates Pluto.

In addition to the actions of the previous Pluto... it should indeed be hated.

It would take a long time to reverse the image of this lineage, perhaps even a lifetime. From the moment Gu Shen accepted the Pluto Fire Selection, he had prepared himself to hide his tracks for the rest of his life.

"There was another very important reason why I didn't tell Li Qingsui before."

Gu Shen said calmly, "At that time, she was too young, and the karma carried by the name Pluto was too great. Once it was leaked, the mere Li Clan couldn't bear it at all."

The mere Li Clan.

These four words were enough to stir up a huge wave in Changye City. No matter how weak the Five Great Families were, they were still giants that were in a league of their own.

But the fact that it came from Gu Shen's mouth... was so reasonable. Getting too close to Pluto wouldn't end well.

Gu Shen was already deliberately "distancing" himself from his old friends. He didn't want to bring disaster to those he cared about after he fused the Fire Seed in the future. Similarly... if Li Qingsui knew his identity as "Pluto", it would definitely not be good news for the Li Clan.

Sometimes, it wasn't always better to know more. This kind of truth was safer if you didn't know it.

"That's why I chose to climb to the top of Shenci Mountain, and deliberately set up a spiritual barrier..."

Gu Shen looked at Gao Shu, who was strolling alone far away at the foot of the mountain. He said solemnly, "This matter can only be known by Li Qingsui alone, not even Gao Shu can be told."

Li Qingsui was too young back then, and this secret was too heavy for her to bear. But now,

Li Qingsui was old enough, and Gu Shen could also see that the little girl had become much more steady. "If it weren't for Shenci Mountain, there wouldn't be you."

Gu Shen turned his head slightly and looked at the empty space beside him. He smiled and said, "We owe this favor to Qingsui and Qingci."

"We..."

Chu Ling didn't speak. She silently repeated the sentence that Gu Shen said in her heart, and a warm current flowed through her heart.

Gu Shen had promised Li Qingci that he would dye all the black flowers on Shenci Mountain white.

He had also promised Li Qingsui that one day, he would take her sister away from this place and let her see the sun in the outside world.

On the day Li Qingci's lifespan ran out, she asked Gu Shen,

if there would be a day in the future... when she and Qingsui would have the opportunity to meet again?

Not this kind of spiritual meeting today, but the kind of real, "living" meeting. Gu Shen told Li Qingci that it was possible.

Miss Qingci had used the most precious ten years of her life to forge this karma with him. Because of Shenci Mountain, he was able to successfully cultivate and advance to blazing fire. Because of the Divine Embryo, Chu Ling was able to successfully descend into the world...

In his heart, this was what he owed to the Li Clan.

So he had always kept those promises in his heart and had never forgotten them.

It was just that now, what he could do was to let the little girl who liked to cry know the truth that her sister had not completely "dissipated."

Having one more thought of living in this world meant having one more hope.

Looking at the woman in the ruqun dress sitting in the flower garden with tears streaming down her face, Gu Shen couldn't help but reveal a gratified smile. "Alright, there's one more thing."

Gu Shen looked at the black flowers all over the mountains and plains. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his expression and aura became serious.

The position he was standing in now...

was the position that Mr. Gu Changzhi stood in in Li Qingci's memory.

Back then, Gu Changzhi returned to Changye seriously injured and had come to Shenci Mountain once... Li Qingci said that Gu Changzhi had stood here for a whole night, and in the end, only picked one black flower.

The Gu Shen of the past didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

But the current Gu Shen didn't think so.

Looking at it now, Mr. Gu Changzhi, who had returned from the Old World, had clearly seen something... That was why there was the killing game of the Wine God's Seat at the cemetery, and the three letters.

"What's the matter?"

Chu Ling's thoughts also returned to the real world.

"I'm wondering, with Mr. Gu Changzhi's ability, why didn't he directly eliminate these black flowers?"

Gu Shen looked solemn. This Shenci Mountain was very big to him, but to Mr. Gu Changzhi, it should just be a mountain.

"Was it because he was seriously injured and about to fall asleep, so he didn't have the strength to remove the black flowers?"

"Or was it because he had already seen the 'future', so he chose to leave this Shenci Mountain, and these black flowers... all to me?"