I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 219 - 135: Why Does the Celestial Fate Above Seek to Kill Those on Earth? Part 2

Chapter 219: Chapter 135: Why Does the Celestial Fate Above Seek to Kill Those on Earth? Part 2

"Is it over, Master Lu? What do you want now?" Hu Jiwen clarified the issue.

"Those words don’t seem fair coming from you, Chamberlain Hu, since it was your own doing and you came here on your own. Yet now you ask what I want," Gu Shanhai’s tone became increasingly mocking.

As a palace attendant versed in the intrigues of the court, Hu Jiwen understood Gu Shanhai’s intention; it was nothing short of a lion’s demand.

It wasn’t that he wanted to compromise; he simply couldn’t defeat him.

Such might, it seemed to confirm the rumors of the age-reversing old monster from the martial arts world.

Not even the Heavenly Sect Master could withstand a single move, and sitting before him, Hu Jiwen felt immense pressure. Act? Impossible. If he were to entertain the thought, the next moment would be his last.

Armies encircling, volley of arrows aiming, neither of the two grandmasters from the Heavenly Sect Demon Gate could intercept them, let alone this enigmatic Master Lu.

"I will convey Master Lu’s words to the Emperor," Hu Jiwen knew that what followed was beyond his involvement.

"It’s meaningless, I just wanted to ask something. Did the court know about the Huang Family’s annihilation back then?"

Convey? That’s nonsense, how about asking something practical.

He suspected that those who acted back then were not from the Heavenly Sect Demon Gate factions but rather a Martial Arts True Immortal who remained out of the public eye; otherwise, in his past life when Huang Yanshan had become Master Wu, how could he still let these factions exist and instead target the True Immortals above.

Gu Shanhai had tried to deduce the truth about the incident but only sampled it superficially. He dared not delve deeper mainly because it consumed too much—starting it could cost a thousand years of life. If he were to continue, he feared he wouldn’t have enough life to give.

Put another way, this was like when Gu Shanhai faced the Stone of Destiny and Holy Grail in the world of The Sun Never Sets Dynasty, which could bring a turning point to the world.

He lacked the ability to predict the ins-and-outs of these two items, and even if he could, it would require a lot of life.

"I know parts of it. This matter was neither the doing of the Heavenly Sect Demon Gate nor any other sect," Hu Jiwen grimaced as he spoke.

"Martial Arts True Immortal?" Gu Shanhai lowered his eyelids, letting out a sigh. Ripples appeared in the tea inside his cup.

In that moment, Hu Jiwen’s scalp tingled; he hadn’t expected Gu Shanhai to actually know about these secretive matters.

"Yes," Hu Jiwen said, feeling as if his essence had been drained from him.

"Those who call themselves True Immortals," Gu Shanhai put down his cup, his tone dismissive. These people didn’t really deserve the title of True Immortals. In his previous life, they were blocked by Huang Yanshan and didn’t dare to descend; if they were capable, they would have challenged Master Wu instead of not daring to step beyond.

This world of martial arts isn’t just about martial arts; it’s about the ways of human emotions and conventions.

These True Immortals aren’t from the martial arts path, but rather constructed from human emotions and conventions.

They are more like ordinary people, knowing when to advance or retreat, compromise, or even show cowardice; otherwise, how could they incite the court to slaughter an entire lineage of commoners?

The Heavenly Sect Demon Gate and the court were both backed by Martial Arts True Immortals, but the court was comparatively weaker and ultimately abandoned, primarily because their ideals didn’t align with those of the Martial Arts True Immortals.

’In my previous life, although the Heavenly Sect Demon Gate survived, it was the court that was crushed by Master Wu, and the Martial Arts True Immortals were confined to the heavens, enough to prove that the action was actually by the court!’

Gu Shanhai sighed. In this world, there are just two forces, the sects and the court; if it wasn’t done by a sect, then it was done by the court.

Right now, the Martial Arts True Immortal couldn’t descend; the spiritual energy wasn’t enough to sustain their existence. If they were to come out openly, they would either cripple their martial arts skills or wait for death.

"Master Lu, careful with your words!" Hearing Gu Shanhai’s assessment, Hu Jiwen was jolted and quickly retorted.

"Alright, one last question, why eradicate the entire Huang Yanshan family?" Gu Shanhai asked the key question.

Upon hearing this, Hu Jiwen’s pupils shrank, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat, internally muttering, ’How dare he ask directly? The perpetrators were extremely secretive back then, and all evidence and traces were disposed of!’

Even though he was a Chamberlain, he only knew bits and pieces, after all, he didn’t have his current position at the time, and he didn’t learn much more after his promotion.

"I don’t know!" Hu Jiwen gritted his teeth and spoke these two words, he genuinely didn’t know.

Gu Shanhai was somewhat disappointed by this, to actually not know, this would give him a headache.

If this won’t work, next he would have to ask Huang Yanshan if he knows anything.

As for consulting the Martial Arts True Immortal, he did indeed want to, but couldn’t get through; otherwise, he would have directly killed a True Immortal to get answers.

With his current strength, at his limit, he was confident in facing a mere Martial Arts True Immortal.

That would be equivalent to skipping the process and looking directly at the answer, a kind of truant play, unfortunately, there was no way to do it.

"Alright, I have no more questions, do you have any?" Gu Shanhai didn’t ask who else knew about this matter, he reckoned that probably no one knew, and those who knew must have been silenced.

Whether it was the Emperor or Palace Attendants, all had been replaced, and the original ones were naturally all dead.

There might be some oversights, but it didn’t matter, since not much else could be known, at most they knew about the massacre, and the one who really knew must have been the former Emperor, but his burial mound was now three feet tall with grass, Gu Shanhai couldn’t summon souls, even if he could, there was no corresponding mechanism in this world, and he simply couldn’t summon souls.

So as long as he knew the court was behind it, resolving this would be easy.

Just kill all the Martial Arts True Immortals related to the court, wouldn’t that be revenge? Whether or not the killed True Immortals were innocent didn’t matter, couldn’t Huang Yanshan simply ignore their rules?

"I’m done, I’m done." Hu Jiwen shrank his neck, today was truly thrilling, even the power struggles he faced in the palace were not as nerve-racking. If he wasn’t careful, he could lose his life here.

Hu Jiwen just didn’t understand Gu Shanhai, what it meant that if he was not careful, he could lose his life here. If he made a move, he wouldn’t even leave a corpse, he would directly relieve him with a healing technique, guaranteeing even the funeral services were rendered unnecessary.

"Then go back and report, of course, if you feel there’s still room for redemption, then show some sincerity, rather than sending people to stealthily monitor." Gu Shanhai hinted at a benefit, of course, just hinted, later he would deny knowing anything.

Being inflexible about principles could result in losing a lot.

Gu Shanhai never claimed to be a good person or a gentleman, his alignment was chaotic neutral, so acting capriciously was perfectly normal.

Hu Jiwen’s mind wavered uncertainly, as Gu Shanhai was far too unpredictable, making it hard to decide, ultimately he could only meekly take his leave, he couldn’t possibly agree outright; if the court turned hostile later, he would be caught between a rock and a hard place.

Offending the court he could escape, but offending Gu Shanhai, he might not be able to get away.

After he left, Gu Shanhai then leisurely lay down and read a book, while thinking this matter was indeed very absurd.

The forums from his previous life had many deficiencies; even though they gathered great trends, many matters couldn’t be resolved just by understanding these trends, detailed information was also necessary.

Just a slight discrepancy could form an information gap and become a fatal flaw.

’Good thing I’m not a mastermind who controls everything or a commander in power, otherwise I might have led everyone into the ditch.’

From the start, Gu Shanhai took the path of...not deception, but overpowering with strength, as long as he could overpower, he would brazenly push forward; if not, he would keep a low profile.

’Why would a Martial Arts True Immortal want to annihilate the entire Huang Yanshan family, and why hasn’t this been achieved? What’s the motive? There’s no intersection between the two parties, and how has Huang Yanshan survived? Is it by riding on the protagonist’s halo?’