I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 202 - 127: Forging One’s Own Path with the Master’s Legacy

Chapter 202: Chapter 127: Forging One’s Own Path with the Master’s Legacy

"Hiss~ This feeling seems quite magical..." Gu Shanhai, through his innate channel, drew energy from the Holy Grail. He didn’t absorb it directly into his body but instead stored it in the natural mark, turning it into a transfer station.

As for the body of the former King, it had long been transformed by him into a solution, which Gu Shanhai had studied and found useless. He didn’t partake in Corpse Refinement, and secondly, as a mummy, the various special abilities originally possessed by the dragon descendants did not reside in the flesh but in the soul, leaving only a tough corpse.

And because it was a mummy, it had no nutritional value. Had it possessed even a slight nutritional value, he could have crafted it into a constitution potion or something similar. However, there was none, so he had to deal with it in order to retrieve the Holy Grail.

Keeping it was also not out of the question, but Gu Shanhai worried about potential problems.

By the time he had retrieved the Holy Grail, seven months had passed. The real challenge was the former King; without dealing with him, the Holy Grail couldn’t be retrieved.

During these seven months, the Royal Capital had sent people again, this time not just a skirmish with a few dozen men but five thousand, completely sealing off all approaches to the area.

No peculiar events occurred in the meantime, Gu Shanhai had been toiling away, oblivious to external affairs.

"The Holy Grail can indeed help me condense the fifth layer of natural marks, and next, I need to find a way to lift the Holy Grail’s restriction and restore the High Magic Era."

Gu Shanhai was also certain that the Holy Grail was indeed intercepting the energy levels that should have existed in the world. These energy levels hadn’t disappeared; they were entirely sealed off, with the Holy Grail at the core of this seal. He couldn’t help but marvel at the genius who had created this massive seal.

Of course, he leaned more towards it not being a human, but a lord, the unborn lord.

Whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious. If not him, who else could it be? Even if it was a wrong guess, it didn’t matter, for the lord was already dead.

Now that things were settled, any scheming had become pointless.

"My Spirit Plant should now be able to withstand a 9th circle prophetic Spell permanently."

Over these seven months, Gu Shanhai had not only been working on extracting the Holy Grail from the former King’s body but also on enhancing his existing Spirit Plant and cultivating new ones. The Self-healing Tree, cultivated from the Birch representing self-healing and rebirth, gave him recovery abilities; the Power Tree, cultivated from the Red Alder representing strength, resilience, and determination, provided him with strength and defense, representing the ability to soothe emotions; the Emotion Tree, developed from the Willow known for dispelling gloom and sorrow, offered him adequate emotional protection.

The Stability Tree, developed from the White Wax Wood representing stability and enhanced focus, balanced his Spirit Plants’ relations; the Fairy Tree, cultivated from the Hawthorn representing Spells, protection, and fertility, provided him with extra Spell amplification, symbolizing struggle and exorcism protection; the Protective Tree developed from the Holly for protection from evil.

The Longevity Tree, developed from the Apple Tree representing youth, beauty, and love, provided him with life span; the False Talk Tree, cultivated from the Grapevine which embodies lust, falseness, prophetic power, and the revelation of truth, enabled him to mislead and confound divinations.

The Purification Tree, cultivated from the Golden Bird Flower, which denoted renouncing the old and welcoming the new, purified various negatives; the Thorny Tree, developed from the Blackthorn representing attack, possessed counterstrike and rebound abilities; the Curse Tree, developed from the Bog Myrtle, a source of curses, provided significant curse resistance and channels.

Self-healing Tree, Power Tree, Emotion Tree, Stability Tree, Fairy Tree, Protective Tree, Longevity Tree, False Talk Tree, Purification Tree, Thorny Tree, Curse Tree—in seven months, Gu Shanhai had cultivated eleven Spirit Plants, only daring to do so because he was in a safe place.

Even the cultivation of these Spirit Plants had impacted the development of his Spirit Root Ability, which was just a bit away from breaking through to Level D, but because of insufficient nutrients, it was significantly slowed.

True, his ability had endured this long without breaking through, but that was a normal circumstance, always growing stronger and not stagnating, belonging to the type with a very high limit.

"There are still eight types of Druid’s Divine Trees left to cultivate into Spirit Plants before I leave." After pondering, Gu Shanhai felt he still had a chance.

What remained was merely condensing the natural marks and permanently stabilizing a 9th circle prophetic Spell. After completing these two steps, this world would essentially be devoid of value.

He had no plans to participate in the High Magic Era, as it didn’t mean much to him staying could make him stronger, but it could also trigger deadly mutations.

For instance, he had already fully reduced the Marked Druid and the Green Knight to mere resources; should the High Magic return, it might reignite them, and more so, the constant Spells on him could transform due to the High Magic Era’s environment, which his Magic Domain couldn’t withstand.

If he didn’t leave, he might truly end up trapped, at which point the losses would outweigh the gains.

Moreover, he still had a cursed Sword of the King here. In the High Magic Era, it would thrive, and Gu Shanhai would not be able to suppress it.

Thus, from any aspect, the benefits of leaving outweighed those of staying.

"Next, I should quickly condense the six natural marks through leverage." After contemplating, Gu Shanhai opened the natural channel and proceeded to work.

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