I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 366 - 209: Human Arrives, Soul Transforms, Impending Doom

Chapter 366: Chapter 209: Human Arrives, Soul Transforms, Impending Doom

"Yawn~" Gu Shanhai yawned while building a wall, looking quite bored as he contemplated whether to give himself a half-hour break.

He had been working non-stop for more than half a month. Azure Dragon and Little White were looking a bit listless, as they, too, had been working on the construction. However, while they followed an eight-hour work schedule, Gu Shanhai followed a twenty-four-hour one, so their working hours differed.

The remodeling work on the Five Elements Sect was substantial, at least as involved as the most effort he had ever put into the Mountain Gate Array, because it was a prototype for his own Purple Palace, so he couldn’t afford to do a shoddy job.

"Little White, fetch two more carts of cement; Azure Dragon, remember to mix it well," Gu Shanhai called out.

Still dressed in black, Little White had just brought a load of bricks and hadn’t had time to unload them before it got up to haul the cement.

For them, the workload wasn’t that big. Given Little White’s strength, this task was nothing compared to its usual training, except that getting cement out of its fur was a difficult task.

While Gu Shanhai was busy working, he abruptly put down his tools and stared toward the mountain gate.

A middle-aged man with a pack on his back stood there, seemingly hesitant to enter.

"We have a visitor; you two stop your work and clean up a bit. We need to receive the guest first," Gu Shanhai recognized the man immediately.

It was Shen Heng, who, like him, had reached middle age.

"It’s been a long time, Shen Heng. I was quite surprised when I heard about you," Gu Shanhai opened the Mountain Gate Array and seemed unsurprised that Shen was still alive.

"I was surprised too. To think that the once famous Taoist Wude would have lived in obscurity for so many years," Shen Heng remarked.

"Fame brings its burdens, but... it seems you’ve overcome the ’recognition calamity’?" Gu Shanhai looked at him, this time genuinely surprised and not just making polite conversation.

"Recognition calamity?" Shen Heng appeared confused.

"Let’s walk and talk. Chatting at the gate is hardly a way to treat a guest." Gu Shanhai smiled slightly and led him inside the gate, then explained what the ’recognition calamity’ was.

The ’recognition calamity’ was a concept shared only among the high echelons of the Xuanji Realm. If Shen Heng had followed his slated path, he might have become one of the elite, but he became a Loose Cultivator halfway due to his lack of destined Qi, so his ignorance was understandable.

After hearing Gu Shanhai’s explanation, Shen Heng fell silent, faintly guessing how his ’recognition calamity’ had disappeared. It must have been due to the changes in his soul brought about by his identity as a transmigrator, leading to a break in this cognitive limitation, ultimately causing it to vanish.

Once they were seated, Little White and Azure Dragon quickly boiled water for tea, showing great efficiency.

"I’ve come to seek help from you, Elder Wude," Shen Heng did not beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"Is it because of the baby you’re carrying? I’ve sensed it already. Born incomplete, if you hadn’t frozen it, it would not even survive its first year," Gu Shanhai spoke before Shen could ask, knowing what he wanted.

And he knew where this trouble had come from.

"Exactly. I am willing to offer the crafting of the Giant God Mecha as a tribute to becoming your True Disciple if Elder Wude agrees to accept it," Shen Heng said, then added, "My life will not last much longer. After my death, besides you, no one else will be able to craft this treasure!"

"Don’t you feel that the ’mecha style’ doesn’t fit at all with the cultivation practices of the Xuanji Realm?" Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but remark.

Hearing this, Shen Heng was momentarily stunned. "Elder Wude, you too..."

"Yes, transmigrator. Otherwise, how could I be without the ’recognition calamity’? Honestly, when you brought out the mecha, I knew there was something off about you..." Gu Shanhai revealed his identity as a transmigrator and then said, "What’s this about your life not lasting long? If I can help, I will; after all, I am the Dharma Transmission Elder of the Chengyun Sect, and I have some capabilities."

"You’re at the Purple Mansion Stage now, haven’t you felt it?" Shen Heng asked with some bitterness.

"Nothing at all. What’s it?" Gu Shanhai was puzzled, feeling something, an illusion of becoming stronger?

Then, Shen Heng briefly introduced his misfit situation and some details about his previous career before transmigrating.

"I haven’t encountered this problem of not fitting in, perhaps because I broke through the ’recognition calamity’ ahead of time?"

"Your ’recognition calamity’ disappeared because of a malady in your soul due to incompatibility with this world, but I had already broken through the ’recognition calamity’ even before practicing Qi Refinement. Looking at your actions since you transmigrated, you seem more like someone who didn’t manage to escape in time and was assimilated by the world as a native."

"Back when you said you were a Mecha Researcher, how could you possibly follow the local cultivation practices like a native? Where did your scientific mindset go, and what happened to your curiosity and thirst for knowledge?"

Gu Shanhai’s flurry of remarks led Shen Heng to an epiphany: "One wrong step leads to another, and from the beginning I never made it out, only tasting the bitterness at the end."

"But why did you want my Qi destiny back then?" Shen Heng asked.

"I thought you were the main character, with your cross-level powerful strikes and continuous impressive feats. I first hoodwinked you a bit, success or not to be considered later. The method I gave you to avoid calamities was really a last resort because the balance between the Chengyun Sect, Juxia Sect, and Feather Transformation Sect had already collapsed.

"If I didn’t do something, it would definitely lead to conflict, and the Xuanji Realm would have fallen into centuries of warfare, which was an unavoidable situation. Giving it to you was a choice of lesser evils. Back then, I never thought I would win, but who knew the spirit creature given to me by the Chengyun Sect would grow so well."

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