I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 299 - 175: Spirit Plant·Previous Life Biluo_2

Chapter 299: Chapter 175: Spirit Plant·Previous Life Biluo_2

"Later on, when I find a spatial Spirit Plant combined with the Previous Life Biluo to forge a ’universe in my sleeve,’ capturing people and seizing objects will become much easier."

"Hissss~ If I also manage to acquire a Ginseng Fruit Tree, wouldn’t I be able to play the part of Zhen Yuanzi?" Gu Shanhai quipped.

It didn’t seem impossible.

"Moreover, if next we gather those of this life and the next, the set of ’Three Lifetimes’ would seem even more powerful. The luck-based and morality-based categories really complement each other."

Cause, fortune, and morality were inherently greatly interrelated.

However, in this world, it was impossible to gather all those elements, primarily because Gu Shanhai had finally found a chance to escape the causal constraints of this world. There was no need to involve additional complications.

After acquiring the Previous Life Biluo, Gu Shanhai actually had another way to escape the inevitable besides resolving karma: inducing chaos by flipping the table, though that might backfire. Thus, Gu Shanhai did not plan to resort to that; the risk was too great and unsuitable.

Normally, no one would recklessly reveal their trump cards.

It was just like Gu Shanhai’s ultimate state, which obviously couldn’t be used lightly.

After dealing with Previous Life Biluo, while fostering it to the same level as the other Spirit Plants, Gu Shanhai also kept an eye on the surrounding situation.

"This should be the real Qingxian Town."

Looking at the ruins and overgrown weeds around him, he guessed Qingxian Town had probably been abandoned for decades, possibly even centuries, and maintained its uninhabited state.

The imperial court had probably forgotten about this town, as it was newly established at that time and was dealing with various major sects. There wasn’t much energy left to care about a small town, especially one under the domain of the Xuanwei Sect, the largest sect in the realm.

"Perhaps the imperial court managed to thrive back then, maybe due to the causal ties linked with the Mountain Ghosts’ Grudge," Gu Shanhai speculated, as the past karma had involved the entire Tianzhou. Otherwise, it would have been too coincidental.

As the saying goes, a levee collapses because of an anthill. The cause led to the massive death of Elders and Disciples of the Xuanwei Sect, crippling the most powerful sect in Tianzhou. Otherwise, it would have been uncertain whether the imperial court could have won.

Regrettably, aside from Gu Shanhai, there probably was no one else who knew about these affairs. Those aware of the truth were long buried under the earth.

Luckily, the mountain ghost did not care about these concerns. Her karma was simple: to annihilate the Xuanwei Sect entirely for her revenge.

"Counting the time, it’s been about a decade in this world?"

Heavenly Immortal had been engrossed in playing games for five or six years. Comparatively, it naturally rounded to about a decade.

"So the struggle for the Mountain God’s position has been ongoing for so many years without a result? Or has another divine position appeared?"

Gu Shanhai was actually quite puzzled, for according to reason, the period of slaughter should still be ongoing, leaving abilities like cosmic calculations still inoperative.

This indicated that these past years had been mired in madness.

It was at least to the degree of a world war, and he wasn’t sure whether it was still wartime or a cold war period.

In a world equipped with modernized thermal weapon treasures, the destructive power was absolutely much greater than those in the Immortal World- mythical fantasies of calamities couldn’t match against a barrage of thermal weapons.

Terrifying thermal weapon treasures, like nuclear and hydrogen bombs, were basically treated like wholesale items in the modern world. Unlike those mythical Immortal World, where top-tier treasures were few, and damage required nurturing, repair, etc., if the two ever clashed, they would not be on the same level.

Qingxian Town probably survived because its location was considered valueless. When the war broke out, the first targets were always enemy’s strategic areas like military bases, hydropower stations, airports, and so forth. It was unlikely anyone would bomb a desert with nothing in it.

Given that Qingxian Town had been abandoned for an unknown number of years and lacked any strategic facilities, it naturally went unnoticed.

"The plants here show varying degrees of mutation; must be a water issue," Gu Shanhai astutely observed the problems with the vegetation growing amidst the ruins, thankful that he specialized in this area, or else he might not have noticed.

There was certainly no radiation, so it was very likely a water source problem, either groundwater or rainfall, but either indicated the presence of pollution.

The origin of the pollution was obvious, apart from highly polluting thermo-weapon types of Spells, there were no other possibilities.

Other Immortal or Fantasy huge battles might pollute one area, but modern cultivational conflicts drag the entire civilization down the drain.

"If things go as expected, long-term consumption of these highly polluted plants will hugely increase cancer risk, and not just any cancer."

This pollution was not just radiation, but also mixed with some kind of malign Mana, creating a unique cancer effect that even Cultivators could not resist.

"If possible, let’s collect some samples. They might just match well with the flesh technology," Gu Shanhai was quite curious about this matter.

Of course, the main reason for such various mutations was due to the peculiar nature of cultivators in this world; they were simply too weak. This very weakness paved the way for the birth of technology. Combining technology with cultivation was indeed effective.

To dismiss these thermal-weapon Spelled objects as external was somewhat indefensible. Those who could create them demonstrated their capability, and the victors were the key.

Especially after years of war, the Spelled objects might become even more terrifying, possibly even developing Mechas and battleships. War is the best fertilizer for technology.

It was very likely that this world could reach greater heights, possibly even matching the High Magic Era’s Sun Never Sets Dynasty.

All other aspects were just a necessary cost. Rapid and comprehensive development was unlikely; Gu Shanhai needed time.

"The world is indeed fascinating. A seemingly trivial change can cause such massive turmoil; the butterfly effect is no joke after all."

Gu Shanhai was certain that in his past life, the world was not this chaotic. A big reason was that he had unveiled the position of Mountain God from the mountain ghosts, triggering these severe consequences. One could say the massacre was initiated by him; it might not have happened at all or might have been triggered by the Heavenly Immortal’s reckless actions.

Changes in the Heavenly Immortal’s condition also arose from this.

Since the regions he had experienced had changed due to his past experiences, it was no longer possible for him to take the same old path as he had in his past life. How else would he have met his wife, White Cloud, if not for this? The death of the Heavenly Immortal in his previous life was very likely caused by the world’s catastrophe too, heavy karma was expected.

Now, the catastrophe had already begun. The karma on the Heavenly Immortal was comparatively shallow, and since no great powers had yet emerged in this phase of the world, even if he died, it would only be a mission failure, not being used by a great power to manipulate karma.

It was an interlinked whole; this is how it worked.

"I’ve found it, the nearest city is actually a thousand miles away, which is absurd, not sure if it’s accurate though," Gu Shanhai commented. He had been using city locating spells and prophetic divination to find the nearest city. Due to the disorder in the heavenly secrets, his success was erratic—city locating spells belonged to the category of divination and were naturally affected by the disordered heavenly secrets; these wouldn’t work perfectly in the world of the Sun Never Sets Dynasty.

"Little White, let’s go." Gu Shanhai mounted Little White, letting it follow the coordinates. He planned to find a city first to ask about the whereabouts of the Xuanwei Sect.

He knew where the Xuanwei Sect was, but he didn’t know where he was.

Unable to pinpoint his own location, how could he possibly head to a destination? If they were south and he walked north, was he planning to circle the whole world?

"My sixth sense is a bit unstable; indeed, the Qi Refining Second Layer·Perception is not strong enough, it needs further enhancement."