I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 358 - 205: Why does the description of this ancient magical treasure sound a bit familiar?

Chapter 358: Chapter 205: Why does the description of this ancient magical treasure sound a bit familiar?

Five years had passed, and Shen Heng had completely disappeared without a trace. There were still some who pursued the matter, but they found nothing at all.

Zhu Xiang had died, and even Gu Shanhai didn’t know the cause of death. He’d only heard rumors that Zhu Xiang died the second year after closing his market. None of his offspring survived.

Gu Shanhai merely expressed regret, and there was nothing more to it.

He had some guesses about the reasons, all boiling down to the Spirit Vein that Zhu Xiang had purchased from Chengyun Sect.

In the hands of Chengyun Sect, no one would dare harbor any ill intentions towards the Spirit Vein, but once Zhu Xiang bought it, it was his. Although Chengyun Sect did offer after-sales service, they certainly couldn’t be prompt all the time. It wasn’t their personal property, so they weren’t as concerned, making Zhu Xiang a soft target.

As for the aftermath of the Spirit Vein, Gu Shanhai didn’t concern himself further. He didn’t need that Spirit Vein, as the one located at his Five Elements Sect was already one of the top Spirit Veins in the Xuanji Realm. There was no need to covet any others.

"Unknowingly, I’ve reached the Late-stage Foundation Establishment. Time flies so fast, and I feel like my strength’s growth rate has slowed."

The growth of the Magic Domain was satisfactory, naturally relying on Spirit Plants and Gu Shanhai’s cultivation of the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture."

After enduring for over a decade, his Spirit Root Ability had finally reached C-level. Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but sigh, though it was normal. While only C-level, in comparison, his C-level ability could match the amplification of an SSS-level. Others could only reach SSS-level with their abilities, but Gu Shanhai’s Spirit Root Ability reached SSS-level because that was the highest grade possible.

Of course, Gu Shanhai was only referring to the attribute enhancement. Compared to the causality-level abilities, his was still inferior. Those abilities were simply defying the heavens, while his was merely about pure strength improvement.

Outside the third layer’s Spirit Root, the other four layers of the "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture" also made progress, though not with the same qualitative leap as the Spirit Root.

Originally, he had planned to refine the Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt with Dragon and Tiger Gang Sha, but it didn’t work out in the end. Mainly because he had to focus on consolidating Divine Skills, and eventually, he gave up on it.

He didn’t have time. Over the past five years, besides developing Purple Mansion Stage Cultivation Techniques and making breakthroughs in Divine Skills, he’d been constantly working on deciphering the prophecy.

Mainly because he felt insecure outside, once he’d resolved the prophecy, he could return to Chengyun Sect and continue to be a big shot.

Like now, not only did he have to complete twenty-three hours of work every day, he also had to find an hour to cook for Little White.

Gu Shanhai practiced Fasting, but Little White didn’t. Furthermore, Little White’s strength depended entirely on eating. Even using Chengyun Sect’s Beast Taming Technique, after reaching enlightenment, it would still need cultivation through various methods, with eating being the essential part.

Little White couldn’t cultivate, and the same applied to magical beasts. Therefore, ingesting the appropriate elixirs and feed became the best route for strength improvement.

Luckily, Gu Shanhai only had to cook, as dishwashing was handled by Azure Dragon.

However, at this point, Gu Shanhai wouldn’t just cook for Little White. He had to prepare meals for himself and Azure Dragon as well.

Therefore, if you were to ask which skill had improved the most dramatically, it would undoubtedly be his cooking.

"The main hall seems like it’s going to collapse again. Time for more repairs. This has been fixed so many times; relying on an Array to support it is so unreliable." Gu Shanhai complained.

He felt that if he kept repairing for another decade or so, the Five Elements Sect would end up like the Ship of Theseus, completely devoid of original parts. In this process of repair, Gu Shanhai felt he had the potential to become a civil engineering brother. At least they just dealt with cement; he had to do everything, even bricklaying.

As he said this, Gu Shanhai stealthily moved a meter backward, then watched as the beam above cracked and fell.

"Being adept at prophecy has its perks. Things like falling beams and ceiling fans won’t hit me." Gu Shanhai made a quip as he propped the beam back up.

"Wait, isn’t this the main beam I added later?" Gu Shanhai recognized the familiar object.

The first time he built it, he went entirely on instinct—his intuition, sixth sense, and the like. As long as he didn’t sense any danger during construction, he’d keep adding more; the Array would support it in the end.

As proven, not only did beams not fall on him, even if the whole main hall collapsed burying him, there was no threat to his life. So neither his sixth sense nor his danger perception ever warned him that haphazard construction could sometimes lead to things falling.

Therefore, the main beam was also added by Gu Shanhai later. Now that it had fallen, he had a bad premonition.

"I remember not only supporting the main beam with an Array but also using various talismans to reduce its weight, float, and the like. Theoretically, it shouldn’t fall."

Gu Shanhai scoffed. Yes, theoretically. In reality, he wasn’t sure. When he built Five Elements Sect, his heart wasn’t in it. He did it all with passion, but after ten years, that passion should’ve cooled down even if it were used as cement.

"Yikes, why didn’t I just pour concrete in the beginning... Oh, I didn’t have the raw materials." Gu Shanhai realized that the materials from Chengyun Sect hadn’t arrived yet.

During this conversation, the entire main hall collapsed.

Little White stood by, somewhat dumbfounded, wondering how everything had just collapsed.

"It seems the main beam really shouldn’t be retrofitted." Gu Shanhai felt more hopeless than the time Dugu Tiansheng had blown up half of his body.