I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 261 - 156: A Page in the Time History Book_2

Chapter 261: Chapter 156: A Page in the Time History Book_2

"I have no idea if I can beat him, didn’t you see what I look like now." Gu Shanhai rolled his eyes, thinking he was definitely the wrong person to seek comfort from, as he was nearly gone himself, yet he still said, "Give you ten years and you can totally thrash him."

Giving Gu Shanhai ten years was hardly feasible, as even his rapid progress had its limits at this stage, but it was different for Huang Yanshan, the protagonist who faced no such bounds.

"I appreciate the compliment, Uncle, but that’s assuming we can both survive another ten years, and that I can emerge from death’s door tomorrow," Huang Yanshan retorted sarcastically, obviously, the supposition needed some reasonable premise. Gu Shanhai could still recover, but after going through "Time History Book", Huang Yanshan felt hopeless.

"That’s also uncertain, what if a peerless expert pops up tomorrow and passes on their power to you? Then you achieve great mastery and could punch the Martial Ancestor and kick the True Immortal," Gu Shanhai suggested that anything was possible. He himself, as the Treasure Delivery Boy, was beaten to a pulp, so he reckoned someone else more capable would have to step in.

What? A Great Rejuvenation Pill? That thing was long gone after Gu Shanhai’s body was smashed to bits.

Even the Nine Extremes Outer Pills had numerous cracks. Sustaining such intensity in combat would probably work only one or two more times. Gu Shanhai was hanging by these pills, otherwise, how could the Azure Dragon maintain his life force.

"Forget it, where would a peerless expert pop up from in this wild countryside? Uncle, you’re so exceptional yet look at the state you’re in, who else in the world could be more exceptional than you," Huang Yanshan was not stupid, he estimated that only the Martial Ancestor Dugu Tiansheng and Gu Shanhai were of the same caliber.

Fortunately, Gu Shanhai’s prophecy spell was temporarily out of action, otherwise, he definitely would have spat in his face. Achieving this was a result of desperate effort, and one slip could send him back to the "First Era" temporary rooms.

Right, he dares to fight to the death only because he knows there’s a way out. Without that, he would never risk his life.

"There should be some..." Gu Shanhai was actually quite hesitant. He was uncertain if there were still mysteries hidden in this world. Within The Sun Never Sets Dynasty were ancient Green Knights like Amute Green Forest, and who knows if there are creatures stronger than the Martial Ancestor lurking in the Jianghu rivers and lakes.

Okay, perhaps nobody could be stronger than Dugu Tiansheng, his strength was truly outrageous.

If environmental factors hadn’t blocked the path for him to grow further, probably only the Huang Yanshan of the previous life, Master Wu, could have defeated him, and even then, it was likely to be a very close match.

The main problem was the poor start; the Martial Arts he could acquire were those developed later on. If he had used the "Purple Profound Thunder Skill" plus "Time History Book", that high school physics tome given by Gu Shanhai, and truly trained for ten years, he might have been able to deduce all the way up to the twenty-fifth layer of the magnetic field’s rotation, not to mention more.

"You hesitated, didn’t you!" Huang Yanshan mocked, even he lacked confidence, let alone fooling himself with whims.

By now, Gu Shanhai had managed to stitch himself up as best as he could, except for most of the organs and flesh which hadn’t regenerated.

He assessed that he needed at least a month of recovery. The injuries were not the issue; the real problem was the exhaustion of his life force. As long as that was replenished, the regeneration of his organs and flesh would be instantaneous.

"So what if I hesitated, I even lost," said Gu Shanhai, implying it was none of Huang Yanshan’s business.

Soon after, he fumbled out a page that looked like a gold foil, called a page from the Time History Book. Don’t ask how he knew, for the page exuded a certain dignity that spoke for itself.

No idea where the complete Time History Book was located.

"What’s this?" Huang Yanshan asked curiously.

"I tore it out of Dugu Tiansheng’s chest, I’m not too clear myself, I’m guessing it’s something he uses for rebirth," Gu Shanhai didn’t make it clear, intending to study it first.

"Eh, Uncle, how about you rebirth and train the ’Purple Profound Thunder Skill’ to Great Perfection, giving Dugu Tiansheng the ultimate insult," Huang Yanshan suggested his uncle was their only hope.

Gu Shanhai just facepalmed. He had only been reborn for how many years, what was he supposed to go back for? Besides, even if he did go back, he couldn’t save Huang Yanshan; everyone would be long gone after the "First Era" opened up.

"Can you bring back that scholarly aura from your time at Hanlin Academy, or the unruly defiance you had as the Beast King in the martial arts world? You’re so tough now, I’m finding it a bit hard to adjust," Gu Shanhai sensed a kind of self-abandonment in Huang Yanshan, probably thinking ’I’m a waste, so I choose to let myself go, and let uncle Gu Shanhai struggle on my behalf.’

"It’s no good, the scholarly aura is gone, but I can try being unruly and defiant. Although, I suspect if I really do become that way, Uncle, you might just bring out some flowers and weeds to hit me with again," Huang Yanshan expressed his indifference, not caring about these things.

"All right, then be quiet, I need to figure out how this thing works," Gu Shanhai said, somewhat helplessly.

Soon after, he began to study the page from the Time History Book.

’Rebirth seems to have a problem?’ Gu Shanhai had thought this thing was for rebirth, but then he realized that it wasn’t the kind of rebirth he had imagined. It was about sending his memories back to the past, not his entire person flowing back through time; it was a kind of cheat.

Moreover, it’s not about traveling to a parallel universe, but actually changing this particular timeline.

At first glance, this might seem like a way to settle various scores, but the reality is the endlessly changing timeline could cause unpredictable damage to the world, and it seems this feature has a bug—it can’t be used continuously, at most only one more time.

If it were to be used a third time, the page would crumble away.

This meant that Dugu Tiansheng had already altered this world once, and that’s how he was able to kill Huang Yanshan’s grandson, the future protagonist.

More importantly, the opponent’s identity wasn’t something earned through hard effort; this thing could actually change identities.

For example, he could see from this page of the Time History Book that his own identity was unregistered.

[Gu Shanhai (no record found)]

Furthermore, it could only be used on himself, and others could not use it. Then he tried to change his identity to Martial Ancestor, but the moment he moved to write it, he immediately stopped, feeling a flutter of anxiety—as if daring to write would mean daring to explode.

’Is it because of too many variables?’ Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment, then changed it to the uncle of Xu Yinggu from Minhu Village, Xiweng County, Yidong City, Qin Ningzhou.

And, believe it or not, it was actually written down.

Xu Yinggu was Huang Yanshan’s wife. Then, the information changed to a resident of Minhu Village, coming with an appendix of ’the first under the heavens,’ possibly an autonomously evolved situation.

’Damn, really became his uncle?’ Gu Shanhai felt a bit WTF, and quickly cast a divination in secret, only to find out that it had really changed.

This Time History Book could actually, to a certain extent, grant him a legitimate identity, and it could autonomously evolve a corresponding identity.

This current identity was still not very stable and seemed to be changing.

That is to say, if he could change his identity to Martial Ancestor before Dugu Tiansheng becomes the Martial Ancestor, he could replace Dugu Tiansheng and become the Martial Ancestor himself.

However, it wasn’t omnipotent; for example, being Xu Yinggu’s uncle, which was a minor influence, Gu Shanhai could easily generate such an identity. But if he tried to take the identity of Huang Yanshan or Dugu Tiansheng, one the protagonist and one the Martial Ancestor, it would not succeed.

The higher the identity, the more difficult it is to generate, and there’s also an extremely strong backlash.

Gu Shanhai could so easily become Xu Yinggu’s uncle, thanks in part to Huang Yanshan admitting this identity. After all, Minhu Village had already been wiped out, so there was no identity at all, not to mention that Minhu Village was just a small place.

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