I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 352 - 202: Dragon Vein·Nine States Instrument

Chapter 352: Chapter 202: Dragon Vein·Nine States Instrument

After nearly a month and a half, Gu Shanhai had finally completed the establishment of his Five Elements Sect, and during this time he went to receive the corresponding resources sent by Chengyun Sect.

It wasn’t a direct delivery, but rather through several intermediaries, so even the deliverers were unaware of the receiver’s identity. Naturally, this was to prevent any anomalies that might form due to recognition robbery.

With this batch of resources, the subsequent perfection of Gu Shanhai’s Five Elements Sect could proceed more smoothly.

The only things he brought with him were cultivation resources; at that time, he really was in too much of a hurry. Even the Supreme Elders didn’t have time to gather these things for him.

Gu Shanhai couldn’t possibly stay just for some materials, gambling that the recognition robbery wouldn’t target him. If he won the bet, well and good; but if he lost, he would die. With the speed of the Peeping Dao Stage, he absolutely couldn’t respond in time.

"At the current stage, it seems like there’s nothing else to do. Both the 36 Transformations and the 72 Transformations are pretty much perfected at this stage."

"Recognition robbery...I want to resolve it now, but I just can’t, not without the appropriate experimental subjects."

After making his selections, Gu Shanhai quickly arranged his brand-new project: the transformation of the Qi Refinement Realm Divine Skill Yin-Yang Dual Qi and the enhancement of the Foundation Establishment Divine Skill Five Elements Great Escape.

These past days, he had realized where the redundancy of the two Yin-Yang ribbons lay; they were of no help and even interfered with his work while circling him.

Their damage output was low; compared with his creation, the Five Elements Great Escape, they were utterly subordinate.

Fortunately, these things had some malleability, and Gu Shanhai was still able to change them.

"As weapons or armor, using the Yin-Yang Dual Qi seems too wasteful." After some thought, Gu Shanhai realized he had the Azure Dragon as a weapon and the Previous Life Biluo for armor—accessories were also pointless. It would be better to use them as tools for his Prophetic Divination and deducing Heavenly Mechanisms.

These creatures had physical form and could be regenerated through Divine Skills if damaged, truly making them convenient tools.

"Let’s make a compass. It has a wide range of uses and can later be applied to arrays, geomancy, finding people, and even serve as a makeshift compass." After reflecting, Gu Shanhai decided to transform the Divine Skill of Yin-Yang Dual Qi into a compass.

"The shaping part seems a bit tricky?" After pondering for a while, turning these two ribbons into a compass indeed presented some difficulty.

Unlike the Fierce General, the predecessor of the Azure Dragon, which was made of phantom constructs, the Yin-Yang Dual Qi seemed tangible but was essentially a Divine Skill.

So if Gu Shanhai wanted to make changes, he had to focus on the Qi Refinement Realm Divine Skills.

Fortunately, thanks to the Heart Demon Avatar patch Divine Skill, he had gained complete control over his Qi type; even now, as his Qi type had transformed into the Dao foundation, it remained under his command.

At least... there were no life-threatening dangers.

Gu Shanhai didn’t wish for more; such a feat was practically unheard of in the Xuanji Realm. Cultivators could cultivate their techniques again, but they couldn’t change their original bodily structure. In other words, if you didn’t break through to a Divine Skill during the Qi Refinement stage, you wouldn’t have it even if you cultivated again.

Of course, re-cultivating didn’t require absorbing the essence from heaven and earth or all things anew; it’s akin to dropping in levels, then climbing back up without having to redo the corresponding quests.

"Alright then, I’ll go ahead and innovate without worry."

Naturally, Gu Shanhai promptly immersed himself in work, improving his Yin-Yang Dual Qi on one hand and cloning himself on the other.

These clones were primarily for experiments in enhancing the Five Elements Great Escape. He intended to transform all the Divine Skills breakthroughs of Xuanji Realm cultivators into a series.

Meanwhile, he would integrate the overly abundant Prophecy-based spells constantly surrounding him.

These were useful, but Gu Shanhai found that most had limited utility. Although their power had greatly increased with his rising strength, they were still too scattered for his liking.

Currently, in the Marked Druid system, only the Prophecy skills remained at a basic level, not deeply integrated into his system.

Markings had already been incorporated into Gu Shanhai’s "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture," and the Prophecy-based spells could barely be considered a second layer of perception, but just barely.

"The second layer of perception also needs to be optimized. At least... my own Divination and Prophecy Skill needs an update."

Gu Shanhai knew that aligning himself with the Heavenly Mechanism Flow, combined with his constantly increasing lifespan, could greatly assist his growth. He wasn’t lacking in combat power and followed the path of brute force triumphing over finesse; a single powerful attack could crush the opponent, no matter how mysterious their moves or unparalleled their realms. As for those he couldn’t defeat, he would, of course, run away.

Once he upgraded the Five Elements Great Escape and coupled it with the Heart Demon Avatar, he would be able to ignore Xuanji Realm’s pursuit.

He even planned to arrogantly nurture a Spirit Plant with the protagonist’s luck from Shen Heng, pairing it with Previous Life Biluo, calling it "Past and Present Lives."

"The compass consists of three parts: the Heavenly Pool, the inner disk, and the outer disk."

"Ah, it seems like the Yin-Yang Dual Qi isn’t quite enough." muttered Gu Shanhai, as he had only two ribbons, enough for just two parts.

The Heavenly Pool was the central part of a compass, while the inner disk was the core. The outer disk was positioned at the corners to read the inner disk.