I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 354 - 203: A Regular Transmigrator Loses the Mission Due to a BUG

Chapter 354: Chapter 203: A Regular Transmigrator Loses the Mission Due to a BUG

After seeing off Zhu Xiang, numerous Loose Cultivators visited one after another, presumably because Zhu Xiang had spread the word, giving his Five Elements Sect a bit of a reputation.

During that time, there were no short-sighted individuals coming over to provoke or deliberately make things difficult, as Gu Shanhai was neither aggressive nor competitive—why bother him for no reason?

It was clear that Gu Shanhai was from the Chengyun Sect, sent to the lower regions to ’gold plate’ his experience—with both a background and real strength, why provoke him?

Even the land where their caves were located belonged to him; if someone were to irritate him enough to call in reinforcements, not only would the land be taken back and the caves lost, but even the people involved might disappear.

Chengyun Sect’s protection of its own was infamous in the Xuanji Realm. If you hit the junior, the junior would report upwards, potentially bringing out some old monsters. Such an incident could spell disaster for all Loose Cultivators in the area.

Of course, the visiting Loose Cultivators were mostly hoping to form a good relationship with the sect or find a way to become a Tribute or Guest Elder at the Five Elements Sect.

Through such positions, they hoped to gain eligibility to purchase... Spirit Veins.

They didn’t dare to harbor Spirit Veins secretly, as every single vein was recorded and constrained by the Chengyun Sect; if someone meddled without the proper procedures, the sect would notice immediately, and within a short time, a Chengyun Sect disciple would arrive to investigate.

Harboring a Spirit Vein was an extremely long process, not something that could be accomplished in less than a decade.

Hence, there was no point in planning tricks; the methods of the sect were far more sophisticated than those of any Loose Cultivator—the reason why it was one of the three major ruling sects of the Xuanji Realm.

Gu Shanhai could only refuse these people in a tactful way. A group of Purple Mansion Stage cultivators couldn’t even defeat Little White, much less serve as Tributes or Guest Elders for him—he wouldn’t even have them run errands for the sect.

During these days, Gu Shanhai’s life was also very peaceful. Aside from cultivating, he was upgrading the Five Elements Great Escape.

The results were still excellent. The continuously optimized Five Elements Great Escape had evolved into the Qimen Dunjia.

Refining and deducing it through the laws of the five elements, he ultimately created a brand new Divine Skill.

Not only was it an Escape Technique, enabling rapid retreat, it also worked in tandem with the Nine States Instrument, amplifying mana auras to some extent and creating certain special effects.

In essence, Gu Shanhai aimed to become someone who could wield great power effortlessly—throw a rock and you could kill a crowd of enemies.

Besides that, he also organized Prophecy Spells, integrating them fully into his Qi Refining Second Level senses.

"What’s this about someone coming... Oh, it’s Zhu Xiang." Gu Shanhai sensed someone approaching, casually manipulated the Nine States Instrument, and with the aid of Qimen Dunjia, instantly divined the identity of the visitor.

By now, as long as he wasn’t using Prophetic Divination to probe into the secret affairs of the Xuanji Realm, such as destinies or mysteries of heaven and earth, he didn’t have to worry about being detected by the realm.

"Little brother, your art of divination has grown increasingly inscrutable. I haven’t even arrived, and you’ve already discovered me," Zhu Xiang said to Gu Shanhai, his tone laden with flattery.

Previously, Zhu Xiang had addressed him as ’little friend,’ but as their relationship developed, he had lowered his status and began calling Gu Shanhai ’little brother.’

"Brother Zhu, you’re too kind. It’s merely a pastime," Gu Shanhai didn’t bite on the flattery; instead, he piled compliments back onto Zhu Xiang, "But I can’t compare with Brother Zhu starting from scratch and building up this great market. I’m just standing on the shoulders of the sect."

Zhu Xiang wasn’t a fool; he wouldn’t take Gu Shanhai’s words seriously. He was used to flattery and simply took it as politeness from Gu Shanhai.

"Little brother, I have some leads on the matter you asked me to investigate." Zhu Xiang began delicately after sitting down, and then got to the point.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shanhai stopped pouring tea and looked up, "Shen Heng hasn’t died yet?"

"Of course, he’s alive and well, you could say his power is at its peak, having already reached the Purple Mansion Stage," Zhu Xiang said, somewhat enviously.

"It’s about time for him to be at the Purple Mansion Stage," Gu Shanhai nodded, knowing that had Shen Heng not lost his opportunity at the Jianfeng Everday City, he would have already achieved that stage. Still, the man truly was a genius, for without his supernatural destiny, he managed to reach the Purple Mansion Stage, indeed anything but ordinary.

"Shen Heng must have already defected from the Luoyuan Sect, right?" Gu Shanhai queried.

"You really guessed right, little brother. He left after the Divine Sect’s Meeting, and that Luoyuan Sect has grown increasingly backward. They’ve used unfounded charges against him, claiming he betrayed the sect. They’re trying to coerce Shen Heng to reveal the Evading Disaster Avoiding Tribulation Method passed down by Taoist Wude, then plan to hand him over to Chengyun Sect as atonement."

"That way, not only do they obtain the method, but they claim it was Shen Heng’s own doing and absolve themselves of guilt," Zhu Xiang remarked with a mocking tone.

"It seems the ruler of Luoyuan Sect lacks brains entirely. With Shen Heng’s agreement with Taoist Wude, even if they really forced the method out of him, Chengyun Sect wouldn’t pursue it; they would just destroy Luoyuan Sect entirely to prevent the method from leaking," Gu Shanhai chuckled dismissively.

The rulers of Luoyuan Sect were either oblivious or malevolent, failing to understand such matters.

’It seems that after losing his destiny, Shen Heng has slowly started to regain the independent thought of a transmigrator,’ Gu Shanhai mused with his own schemes in mind.