I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 42: Knowing Heaven’s Mandate Yet Not Knowing Oneself

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Knowing Heaven’s Mandate Yet Not Knowing Oneself

Gu Shanhai soon extracted the intelligence he needed, no, to call it extraction was almost an understatement—it was simply asking; whatever Gu Shanhai asked, the other party answered without any hesitation.

In this process, there was no hesitation, but Gu Shanhai didn’t intend to exploit the other for benefits; rather, he was pondering how to spend the coming month.

As for Xiang Fang? He had already killed him, buried together with Ren Li.

Xiang Fang’s response also cleared up many doubts for him. The tragedy of Fengtai Village was also somewhat related to him—after all, the outside world had modernized, yet he stubbornly monopolized the resources. With his identity, he suppressed various aids and subsidies to Fengtai Village and even diluted the presence of the village.

Indeed, he had succeeded, for it was just a remote small mountain village, after all. Were it not for the records of the mountain ghost, there might not have even been any relevant documents.

Even if there were, now there were only a few scant traces.

But to the death, Xiang Fang didn’t realize that what he regarded was merely a poor, remote area that had once had a thousand-year-old monster, which, of course, was no longer there.

Because from the beginning, neither he nor his superiors cared about this place, only knowing that it housed a spiritual beast mount that suppressed a mountain ghost, and that beast was already dead, and the mountain ghost had been slain a thousand years ago, so it was completely insignificant.

Xiang Fang had been assigned there also because of his insufficient strength and his penchant for ingratiating himself with others, almost akin to being exiled to the frontier.

Being sycophantic was not wrong, but the problem was the direction of his sycophancy—he only cared about accumulating wealth for his pleasure, which was a disaster.

Gu Shanhai admired such self-destructive behaviors; doing such things in a world of karmic retribution meant not only regurgitating all that was swallowed but also losing one’s life in the process.

"I just knew it was too coincidental—looks like retribution arrived, no wonder he bumped into me," Gu Shanhai muttered irritatedly, as if the fate had used him as its executor.

However, this was also a good thing, at least killing the other party didn’t taint him with karma, even the belongings on the person now belonged to him.

It was his reward for acting on behalf of heaven.

After searching for a while, he indeed found a cultivation technique.

The technique was called "Knowing Destiny," written on silk—it mainly strengthened one’s five senses and sixth sense. Upon deep practice, one could develop the abilities of danger intuition, attracting success, and acting on whims.

"It’s somewhat useful, but not that much useful, no wonder this guy lacked combat prowess—he focused entirely on dodging."

If Xiang Fang had sown good deeds, then this technique would have been divine for him; even if thrown into a desert, resources would be abundant everywhere, unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for him, making those abilities wasted.

This misfortune certainly couldn’t be avoided by him.

And for Gu Shanhai, the same applied; when he left this world, these abilities, without the backing of good deeds and karma, could be blocked or induced by others and might work sporadically.

"I can practice it, but can’t rely on it; still, it’s sufficient to complete my Qi Refining Second Level..."

Gu Shanhai hadn’t thought of it being very powerful. After all, "Knowing Destiny" wasn’t easy to master.

It lacked power because it had to be paired with good deeds and karma, thus turning bad luck into good and misfortune into blessing.

"The cultivators in this world seem to have taken a wrong path."

Many systems need to be adapted to local conditions to bring out their best, of course, if converted to skills and talents of "The First Era," it would be another matter.

"Or do they actually know, but just don’t believe?"

"Okay, both are possible, but that’s not my concern."

Gu Shanhai was merely a passerby. He neither wished to delve into the cause and effect system to muddle himself nor intended to stay long in this world, nor was he afraid of becoming tainted with so-called karma.

At least when it came time for the so-called strong-arm dealings, he was confident that he could escalate to the extent of destroying this world.

If he lacked even this confidence, wouldn’t his reborn advantage be wasted?

If he couldn’t scheme against "The First Era," could he not scheme against a world?

As a player of the Evil Path, he naturally had various ways to respond.

"For now, I’ll use Knowing Destiny to complete the Yunling Technique; these two are about equal in terms of energy conversion efficiency," Gu Shanhai remarked.

In other words, it meant the upgrades required more proficiency but didn’t offer an increase that matched other skills.

No matter, it could be modified later, it wasn’t a big problem.

Moreover, for Gu Shanhai, strict level segmentation wasn’t necessary. Being a temporary worker and still restricted by level segmentation would waste his advantage.

"At this conversion rate, the Qi Refining Second Level, if cultivated by the rules, would take at least a year and a half."

Normally, his Qi Refining First Level would also take about half a year, only because he chose an unconventional method.

If the conversion efficiency was poor, he would improve from other aspects, like immersing himself in an environment filled with Spiritual Energy, which would make up for the low conversion efficiency.

Furthermore, if the Yunling Grass and Purifying Grass, the two Spirit Plants in his possession, were enhanced, then the concentration of Spiritual Energy within his Magic Domain would increase once again.

Not only would his cultivation progress faster, the Magic Domain would also strengthen, as it revolved around the Spirit Plants and him as the core—the enhancement of both would naturally lead to an overall improvement, akin to a base attribute increase.

Soon, Gu Shanhai organized his new gains thoroughly, yet his mind also pondered that the deaths of Xiang Fang and Ren Li wouldn’t end so simply; surely, more people would be sent to investigate.

And the people sent to taste this evil fruit henceforth meant that the next month or two would also not be calm, making him contemplate whether to leave and return to the temporary worker’s room in "The First Era." Although it required sacrificing lifespan, it would at least be peaceful.

Concerning moving to another intermediate area, he feared a mishap, having almost had one this time, whether with Black Tiger before his resurrection or after, neither was within his capacity to handle.

The difficulty of the next intermediate zone would only increase, not decrease, as the strength of players improved, the difficulty of these intermediate zones also increased synchronously.

Thus, he had only two options: to stay or to leave.

Ultimately, he chose to stay, not for anything else, but perhaps to reap more evil fruits.

Should a fight prove unwinnable, he could always run.

Moreover, as the saying goes, "A horse doesn’t get fat without night grazing." He was cautious, not cowardly, abandoning this opportunity could lead to greater losses later.

Having a backup plan, he definitely had to give it a try.

Of course, this was just his speculation; perhaps he wouldn’t encounter such a situation, after all, acting as the agent of heaven was in high demand, and his participation wasn’t guaranteed—it was only suitable this time because of the circumstances.

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