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Chapter 325 - 188: Methods of Evading Disasters - The Seventy-Two Transformations_2

Chapter 325: Chapter 188: Methods of Evading Disasters - The Seventy-Two Transformations_2

"I’m not too clear. I haven’t asked in detail. I’ll get back to you tomorrow," because Yan Du wasn’t involved in the matter, he had just heard some news.

"You better mean tomorrow instead of next year," Gu Shanhai quipped again, always cautious when it came to units of time.

"Yes, yes, tomorrow," Yan Du replied somewhat helplessly. His nephew was good in all aspects, but he tended to quibble and speak cryptically. However, given his status and privileges, Yan Du played along. Who wouldn’t like a junior who could grant you 72 extra lives?

"By the way, my master found some mystery girl who turned out to be his illegitimate daughter. Suddenly, I have a young little martial sister who had been serving a down-and-out young master as a maid in the Mortal World. That young master later joined a minor sect, not one of the branches of our three major sects."

"I have no idea what that young master has fed my little martial sister to bewitch her. She stubbornly refused to come back, insisting on sharing hardships with him, until my master finally brought her back by force. Look at the mess they’ve made of things."

"How about you take this little martial sister under your wing for now? After all, you’re the Dharma Transmission Elder."

Hearing this, Gu Shanhai had a strange feeling of déjà vu.

"I’m almost thirty, middle-aged and still have to look after your sister... Can’t you just throw her in with the other disciples of the same age?" Gu Shanhai felt this was preposterous. If he really had to take care of her, who knows how she might end up troubling him.

"Cough, this is just to strengthen family ties," said Yan Du, also feeling a bit embarrassed. In his eyes, Gu Shanhai wasn’t that old, just thirty, hardly enough to make up even his spare change.

Gu Shanhai was at a loss for words. This wasn’t about strengthening family ties; it was like being dragged into a pit of fire.

With such feelings of déjà vu, if that young master wasn’t the typical useless protagonist, then who was?

"By the way, is your little martial sister very pretty, and did that young master leave with a look of humiliation, vowing to come to Chengyun Sect in person to fetch her?" Gu Shanhai asked back.

"Eh, how do you know? Did you inquire about it already?" Yan Du was curious.

"Is the sect to which that young master belongs also going to participate in the Divine Sect’s Meeting, the kind that he himself will attend?"

"It seems so, but how could his minor sect provide enough support? In two years at best, he’ll only reach the Qi Refining Middle Stage. What significant achievements could he make?" Yan Du was indifferent. He was a Cave Soul Stage Cultivator and didn’t give the same attention to all Qi Refinement cultivators that he gave to Gu Shanhai.

’It’s settled then. When he comes to participate, he’ll be at least at the Foundation Establishment Stage, maybe even the Purple Mansion Stage!’ Gu Shanhai pondered. This guy couldn’t possibly be the protagonist, could he?

’I wonder if Chengyun Sect can hold up against him. What if we can’t?’

Gu Shanhai didn’t quite know what to say.

’Let’s observe further. If he really turns out to be the protagonist and we’ve indeed made an enemy of him, then I should find a way to have him ascend.’

Right now, Gu Shanhai’s power definitely wasn’t enough to kill a protagonist, and his ability to divine fate wasn’t sufficient to affect him. So obviously, the best thing to do was send him off to ascend from this world and let him deal with the Divine World, Immortal Realm, or Holy Realm instead.

The only problem is how to ensure his own safety while the other grows strong enough to ascend.

"What’s up? Are you interested in that young master?" asked Yan Du, seeing Gu Shanhai’s reaction and feeling puzzled.

"No interest at all. But I do have a suggestion. Since they’re mutually in love, why forcibly separate them? Let that young master leave the sect, then place them both in one of our subordinate minor sects to live their simple life. That way, we can avoid unnecessary trouble over trivial matters."

Gu Shanhai tried to see if he could turn that seemingly striving protagonist into an unambitious, ordinary cultivator.

"Alas, I advised my master on this too, but no idea what he’s thinking, sigh~"

"However, with you, the Dharma Transmission Elder, bringing it up, he might consider it."

Yan Du was also feeling helpless. As for that little martial sister who tended to make a show of her distress, he didn’t like her much either. She had good talent but was too fixated on that young master. If she were a bit more self-reliant, he wouldn’t be so vexed.

"You, a Cave Soul Stage Cultivator, using my lowly Qi Refinement Realm flag doesn’t seem quite right," Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

"Where? It’s clearly me, a True Disciple, borrowing the face of a Dharma Transmission Elder like you," Yan Du teased in a different direction.

When Gu Shanhai invented the first of 72 Transformations, he became a Dharma Transmission Elder, so in terms of position, he indeed ranked higher than Yan Du.

Like the True Disciples, no corresponding ceremony had been held for him either, but Gu Shanhai had no complaints. It was better to keep a low profile.

"But now that I think about it, I feel like there’s something off about that young master, giving off an unserious vibe," Yan Du frowned and said.

"Unserious? What do you mean by ’unserious’?" Gu Shanhai asked, curious.

"It’s like that same unserious, out-of-synch thing you have when facing you, not fitting in with the surroundings," Yan Du explained, trusting his own intuition.

"If you want to scold me, just do it directly. Why beat around the bush?" Gu Shanhai was somewhat speechless. Where was he being unserious or out of sync?

"No, no, no. I’m talking about aura, that devil-may-care attitude, like he has absolutely no reverence for the secular world at all; if I had to describe it, he’s an oddity," Yan Du clarified, genuinely not trying to give an indirect insult to Gu Shanhai.

He didn’t dare insult him anyway. Despite being the only one by Gu Shanhai’s side, in reality, many elders and senior members were covertly protecting Gu Shanhai.

If he insulted Gu Shanhai now, he’d definitely get beaten up once he left.

Hearing this description, why did Gu Shanhai feel like it sounded like a transmigrator?

Moreover, one from a modern world who had transmigrated into this one.

Being out of place was quite normal. If Gu Shanhai didn’t disguise himself, his whole demeanor and actions would be absurd and conspicuous. However, in Chengyun Sect, everyone had already gotten used to it. It was the environment adapting to him, not him to the environment.

"Interesting, but such a noticeable anomaly is indeed something to be cautious of. What if he, like me, has no fate-deciding tribulation attached to him?" Gu Shanhai changed the subject.

At this point, Gu Shanhai seemed to understand a bit why the protagonist was human; the other party might be a transmigrator, likely borrowed from another world to this one, a native of this world rather than from the Cultivators’ camp.

Maybe the other party even carried a system of some sort. That could get a bit tricky.

Gu Shanhai remembered that lately there had been a craze for ’sign-in to get stronger’ systems. What if the other party had one and became invincible from the get-go?

Yan Du realized this too and said afterward, "Strange, why didn’t I think of that before."

’Of course, if you thought of that, how would the protagonist develop?’ Gu Shanhai commented inwardly.

"I’ll immediately arrange for someone to go, I guarantee..."

"No need. Aren’t you free? You can go yourself. No need for others," Gu Shanhai cut him off.

If he arranged it, he’d surely send someone in the Foundation Establishment Stage, resulting in a cycle of being killed, sending more people, and being killed again.

"This kind of errand is fine for a Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple to handle; I don’t need to go in person," Yan Du found it odd.

He had been exactly predicted by Gu Shanhai, so he could only say, "Anyway, you’re free. Are you going to waste other disciples’ time for your personal matter?"

"Fine, I’ll discuss this with my master..."

"There’s no need to explain to your master. You go by yourself, and it’s better to keep it from both your master and your junior apprentice sister to avoid complications," Gu Shanhai once again used his interruption skills.

And there was no need to bother with reporting. Of course, Gu Shanhai knew how many people were around him, all with real power. This matter had also been reported to the Sect Leader, so there was no need to worry about those procedures or any other troubles.

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