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Chapter 265 - 158: If the Mountain Won’t Come to Me, I Will Go to the Mountain!_2

Chapter 265: Chapter 158: If the Mountain Won’t Come to Me, I Will Go to the Mountain!_2

"How am I supposed to know..." Gu Shanhai actually did know because he was considered a temporary worker among players, but he was still categorized as one of the players.

Huang Yanshan’s rebirth this time was actually not the same as his initial rebirth; Gu Shanhai’s rebirth was a rollback, while Huang Yanshan’s was an update.

Because of this, during the process of coming back, Huang Yanshan did not encounter any players, since the players had already left and it was impossible for them to appear again, which was akin to saying that the pages of the Time History Book affected this world, not the "First Epoch."

Only things that belonged to this world would be updated, such as Gu Shanhai’s Nine Extremes Outer Pill, which because it had not belonged to him, had now shattered and reverted back to Jiu Juez’s bone marrow. However, the King of Herbs and Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, these two Alchemized Spirit Plants were still present, as they were part of Gu Shanhai and had been reborn accordingly.

That is to say, Gu Shanhai could still find them in North Desert and the snow mountains.

Though he already had them, so there was no need to make another trip.

This led to Gu Shanhai not existing in the past, but only within the time node of the page of the Time History Book that he had initially given to Huang Yanshan.

Furthermore, Gu Shanhai had previously used the pages of the Time History Book to modify his own identity, creating a scenario where Minhu Village had such a person. Both Ying Gu and Huang Yanshan knew of this uncle, but were stunned to find him missing, only able to wait until the right time for Gu Shanhai to appear.

All players experienced this situation, although it was unclear whether there were any players besides Gu Shanhai in the two branches of the Jianghu World.

"Well then, the Time History Book is indeed marvelous." Huang Yanshan did not delve too deeply, but with a clap of the hands, Palace Attendants slowly entered from outside, each carrying various plants in their hands.

"Uncle, those exotic flowers and rare herbs you asked me to find for you previously, I had failed to deliver before, but now I’ve made up for it. Besides the Nine Immortal Herbs, I’ve also prepared some which you might find useful, including Duanchang Grass, seven-star begonia, and Western Regions Mantruo."

The Palace Attendants were holding various items, from medicinal ingredients to plants, totaling twenty-one species, all of which were highly treasured.

"You’ve been thoughtful; I do happen to need these." Gu Shanhai glanced over them, though in reality, there wasn’t much he could use; among them, seven or eight items were fungi and mineral metals which he couldn’t cultivate.

Thus, he was slightly disappointed internally—was this really a great opportunity?

Merely some Spirit Plants can hardly be considered ’great.’

"I know Uncle might not be quite satisfied, initially you wanted these things as part of a stratagem, so just take them for your amusement."

"But I’ve found some nice things in Dugu Tiansheng’s lair." Huang Yanshan had someone bring out an ancient-looking bamboo scroll.

This bamboo scroll was no light affair, as in this world, paper was used and bamboo scrolls had long been phased out, making Gu Shanhai rather curious.

"It seems to record some kind of alchemy technique, but unfortunately, the text is obscure and difficult to comprehend. No one has been able to fully decode it through all these years. Uncle, being a learned Heavenly Person, might perhaps be able to make sense of it."

Gu Shanhai took the bamboo scroll and at the first glance, his pupils shrank.

It was normal for them not to understand because this was not a script of this world at all, but from another world.

’"Yin Zhenjun Golden Jade Five Phases Union"! Could it be that particular Yin Zhenjun?’ Gu Shanhai was also startled internally, a classic mythic figure, the Taiqing True Monarch, but upon a closer look, it actually wasn’t; it was authored by Yin Changsheng in the "Golden Jade Five Phases Union."

The first was Medicine Stone Golden Pill, the latter was Life and Death Inner Elixir, both completely different, serving as reflections of each other.

"Between ’Yin Zhenjun’s Golden Stone Five Phases’ and ’Golden Jade Five Phases Union’, Gu Shanhai didn’t know which one was stronger. After all, he hadn’t read the latter, and he had only read the beginning of the former.

Now it seemed that this was a great opportunity. This cultivation technique was enough to perfect the fourth outer layer of Gu Shanhai’s ’Green Emperor Longevity Scripture’.

"It seems Uncle has found something," said Huang Yanshan.

"I’ve made quite a few discoveries, and I’ll take these things. This is probably the origin of alchemy, but I remember Dugu Tiansheng’s work seemed to be the ’Chaotic God Demon Infinite Skill.’ How did he come to possess this book?" Gu Shanhai asked curiously.

The origin of the pills in this world must have started from this. Initially, Dugu Tiansheng must have learned a bit from it, which led to the current situation with the pills. Unfortunately, he had only learned the basics, which limited the effects of the pills. Otherwise, how could there be something like the Heavenly Heart Pill that didn’t match the world’s energy levels?

"Indeed, the technique he cultivated was indeed this one, but it was obtained from the Time History Book, and it has been lost now," explained Huang Yanshan.

Since there were others present, they didn’t mention anything about rebirth, but Gu Shanhai still understood the gist—that this boon was available only after one’s first rebirth.

"Then didn’t you ask him about it?"

"I did ask, but this technique was different from ordinary techniques. What he spoke wasn’t the main content of the technique, but some obscure and sharp nonsensical mutterings, like some kind of terrifying tune taught by an indescribable being."

"I even tried to have him write it down, but what he wrote wasn’t text. It was all sorts of incomprehensible strange lines and chaotic characters, completely impossible to understand."

"In the end, I had to give up on this ’Chaotic God Demon Infinite Skill.’ From all this, it does match the name of the technique."

Huang Yanshan didn’t hide anything and spoke frankly.

Listening to this, Gu Shanhai also found it a bit strange. This ’Chaotic God Demon Infinite Skill’ clearly didn’t originate from the same source as ’Yin Zhenjun’s Golden Stone Five Phases.’ So how did these two end up together?

This made the Time History Book seem a bit fishy.

"No need to bother with that, everything is over now. Heavenly Person, Martial Arts True Immortal, Martial Ancestor, all of them are a thing of the past," Gu Shanhai had never thought of acquiring the ’Chaotic God Demon Infinite Skill.’ Just by listening to the name, it sounded a bit eerie, and it was better to use the ’Yin Zhenjun’s Golden Stone Five Phases,’ as the methods from classical myths were mostly extremely powerful, truly like ingesting a Golden Core and ascending to immortality in an instant.

"But that being said, why didn’t you just kill them? Keeping them is also a curse," Gu Shanhai asked curiously.

"Killing them would be such a pity. As long as I don’t die for a day, they have to suffer for a day. Besides, with my ’Purple Profound Thunder Skill’ at the fiftieth heavenly layer, immortality is just a minor matter," Huang Yanshan was very confident about this.

Gu Shanhai agreed with Huang Yanshan’s confidence, as long as he didn’t mess up.

As for not killing and instead torturing them, Gu Shanhai didn’t interject to say it was inappropriate.

Venting was normal. If the roles were reversed—his entire family was killed and he was chased, but he just happened to gain the power—simply killing wouldn’t feel as satisfying as torturing them for a lifetime.

"I initially planned to let Uncle vent too, but I couldn’t find you, so I had to take action first," Huang Yanshan was not purposely waiting for Gu Shanhai; it was mainly because Gu Shanhai had been late by a whole sixty-five years, and he couldn’t help it.

When there was a good opportunity, action had to be taken; it couldn’t be wasted.

"I am broad-minded, how could I possibly be nitpicky about this minor matter? You already avenged me; what more can I say?" Gu Shanhai was someone who could let things go, primarily because Dugu Tiansheng was too tragic, and he felt bad about continuing. Otherwise, how could he be broad-minded? It was because the opponent had paid the price. If they hadn’t, Gu Shanhai would surely be one to hold a grudge.

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