I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 278 - 165: Since We’re Here, Take Everything

Chapter 278: Chapter 165: Since We’re Here, Take Everything

"I couldn’t find it. Now it seems there’s a 90% chance this painting is the peculiar existence that is Yue Niang. But then again, originally the Xuanwei Sect disciple should have given it to the Old Temple Priest, right? It’s unlikely to end up in Yu Niang’s hands, isn’t it?" Gu Shanhai was somewhat puzzled.

He had turned the entire Yun Niang Temple upside down, and of course, came away with nothing. If it were that easy to get your hands on it, there’d be no need to send Gu Shanhai at all.

"People are coming back!" Gu Shanhai’s keen perception had detected sounds from afar, still at quite a distance, giving him enough time to slowly arrange the scene.

He leisurely walked to the storage cellar in the backyard and moved all the treasure—gold, silver, jewels—along with the account books. There was a lot, but Gu Shanhai was more outrageous; he just stacked these boxes and walked out carrying them. To normal people, these would indeed be heavy, but for him, they were practically no different from a sheet of paper. If it weren’t for the large volume of items, Gu Shanhai would even have taken the meat and vegetables in the cellar as well.

"Since I’m here, I’ve got a free hand."

After pondering for three seconds, Gu Shanhai casually took the statue of Goddess Yun as well.

After all, there was no use leaving it behind. The only trouble might be getting down the mountain later, mainly due to the fear of being seen, so he decided to find a place to squat until the latter half of the night before heading back.

In the deep woods, combined with Gu Shanhai’s sharp senses, he could play a game of hide-and-seek with them all day without being discovered.

Quickly, he found a hollow in the hills and carelessly set the items down.

"If you want to know some cause and effect, you should be able to find out by sacrificing a bit of life."

Gu Shanhai had constantly active the legendary Legend and Clairvoyance, two divination-type spells, which could provide enough illusions to know the answers or experiences. The problem was that, based on his strength and the different world, the effect of these two divination-type spells without using lifespan was really too poor, so poor that he had to find the information he needed from a tangled mess—just like the Oracle’s Eye on him that allowed him to see the future and the Retrospective Vision to see the past, which were abilities that would only show their incredible effects in the later stages.

There was another spell, Otherworldly Inquiry, which could also ask questions, but in practice, it involved transmitting one’s own mind to another realm to ask those entities. Whether they were willing to answer was one thing; whether they knew was another.

This world simply didn’t have any of these, and Gu Shanhai had tried it—to unsheathe his sword and look around in vain, unable to ask anything.

The real use of Otherworldly Inquiry was actually to identify the location of realms in reverse, and then he would go there directly and ask with a fist as big as sandbags. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the strength for that now, so the operation was useless.

Moreover, this action had to be applied in a world with multiple spaces, like The Sun Never Sets Dynasty, which had the Elemental Realm, various enchantments, secret realms, and so on, to make better use of it.

Like this world, there weren’t multiple spaces or realms, so it was ineffective.

When the bright moon hung high, which was already midnight, Gu Shanhai finally carried the treasure and the statue of Goddess Yun back. This time he flew back without walking, primarily to avoid problems.

After carefully observing, he noted that only Heavenly Immortal Drunk and White Cloud were in the house, obviously hanging around to watch dramas and wait for Gu Shanhai.

After pushing the door open with mana, the two were startled.

"How come you make no noise when you walk... Wow, you’re the one who robbed the Yun Niang Temple!" Heavenly Immortal Drunk was shocked as well, judging by the statue of Goddess Yun in Gu Shanhai’s left hand.

"That wasn’t robbery, that was taking, understand?" Gu Shanhai immediately corrected Heavenly Immortal Drunk. Before taking the items, he had told the Old Temple Priest, who’d tacitly agreed to Gu Shanhai’s intention while unconscious. If the priest had really disagreed, he would have prevented Gu Shanhai from taking those things long ago.

Heavenly Immortal Drunk didn’t care whether Gu Shanhai was taking or robbing; they didn’t have much regard for the Old Temple Priest.

"Did you find any clues?" White Cloud asked. She wasn’t concerned about the life or death of the Old Temple Priest.

"Somewhat. I’ve discovered that Fan Shi is preparing to sell Yu Niang. The situation seems to be..." Gu Shanhai sorted through the chests while recapitulating what he had overheard while squatting on the beams at Luo Mansion to his two teammates.

This made them both shiver in anger, especially White Cloud, who was about ready to take action and teach Fan Shi a lesson, cursing that Gu Shanhai should not have been soft-hearted yesterday; they should have just taken off his third leg.

If it weren’t for Heavenly Immortal Drunk holding her back, she might have done it herself.

"What’s the deal with Yue Niang? Have you two figured anything out?" Gu Shanhai asked after waiting for White Cloud to calm down a bit.

"It’s quite normal, but apart from us and Yu Niang, others can’t see her, which is a bit strange. We initially suspect it might be a background spirit or some kind of associated spirit."

"What, do you want to conquer her and bring her back as a follower?"

After explaining, Heavenly Immortal Drunk also asked with curiosity.

"No, I just suspect she might be a painting," said Gu Shanhai, stating his own guess and the situation.

"But there’s always a contradiction you can’t get around. After all, you know that the painting was with the Old Temple Priest. If it really was gone, it couldn’t have been this quiet," Heavenly Immortal Drunk pointed out, signaling that confirmation wouldn’t be easy.

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