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Chapter 457 - 254: The City Falls, Escape!_2

Chapter 457: Chapter 254: The City Falls, Escape!_2

"But it’s not without its flaws; my aura effect can affect everyone and everything, whereas the enemy can only enhance their own Daoist Soldiers, leaving the Daoist Soldiers of others and ordinary soldiers without the same benefit,"

Gu Shanhai also noticed the flaw in his opponent.

Of course, what’s more important is that the enemy’s military tactic ability was not constantly in effect like Gu Shanhai’s; it had a time limitation.

Therefore, the opponent’s should be considered a state-type skill, not an aura-type skill like Gu Shanhai’s, and there were quite a few differences between the two.

Watching the thousand riders leave, Gu Shanhai had no intention of following them; for him, a one-sided slaughter held no interest.

The data between the leader and Daoist Soldiers wasn’t that important to Gu Shanhai; there was no use in directly observing it. It would be better to find a military tactics book and become a leader himself.

To become a leader, one had to study military tactics.

As for being a Daoist Soldier, he had never even considered the option.

After becoming a Daoist Soldier, one would remain so for life, under the command of the leader, similar to the relationship between a slave and a slave owner.

But the treatment was better than that of slaves because a Daoist Soldier was part of the leader’s strength; mistreating a Daoist Soldier could backfire.

"The person has gone; next, I need to get myself a good identity and find someone to blend in with."

"Let’s see, let’s see, which heroic figures of this era are currently in their low period."

This world was special, lacking a main protagonist, meaning that every person had the potential to become a trendsetter of the times.

"It’s a bit hard to find. If it were a world a thousand years later, I’d have some memory, but from a thousand years before, even records are scarce," Gu Shanhai felt a bit helpless.

Under normal circumstances, this world shouldn’t even have started now, and the idea of pre-planning was even more laughable; his arrival had already occurred, and if this world could still develop according to its original trajectory for ten thousand years, then Gu Shanhai’s visit would have been for nothing.

"Huh, there is some? It’s just not much."

Gu Shanhai quickly dug out some relevant records from obscure sources.

The dynasty he was in was the Long Dynasty at the end of its era, which, soon after repelling a barbarian invasion, had experienced massive peasant uprisings due to the depletion of its strength in repelling the barbarians, leaving it powerless to suppress them.

Moving forward, various local militias rose to suppress the large-scale peasant uprisings; each one became an uncontrollable warlord, leading the Long Dynasty into a fragmented state, existing in name only.

There was actually a tough character from the heavens, related to the Long Dynasty’s Royal Family, albeit a very distant relative, almost eighteen generations removed.

Needless to say, he failed and dragged himself to death without being able to rectify the chaos.

The specific circumstances were not very clear in Gu Shanhai’s materials, but from the records, one could ascertain that he was neither like Cao Cao, who enjoyed slaying in his dreams, nor like Xiang Yu, who was obstinately self-righteous.

Rather, he was a genuine charismatic person who valued loyalty and righteousness.

He could be roughly compared to an unpolished version of Liu Xiu, just lacking quite a bit of luck.

"Alright, I’ll observe him first. Right now, he hasn’t risen to power yet. If our personalities are compatible, it’s perfect timing to become his Minister of Dragon," Gu Shanhai thought. After all, he was a future overlord who occupied the moral high ground. With his help, he could indeed change history.

Of course, that was assuming the man truly valued loyalty and righteousness.

If he really did pass the test and Gu Shanhai decided to pledge allegiance to him, that would definitely mean enduring some hard times.

But that was also a good thing; if he valued loyalty and started from humble beginnings, his future position would be more stable.

Adding flowers to the brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, just as with the protagonists he had befriended before. Except for Shen Heng who was rather special, the rest had all started from difficult times with Gu Shanhai supporting them.

Otherwise, how could they have such a relationship?

"Being an uncle is definitely not going to work; everyone in the village has the same surname. Moreover, the other party hasn’t married, so I can’t blend in as a relative on the wife’s side..."

Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless, as change was definitely possible, and the lineage was real; after all, he had the cooperation of Previous Life Biluo and the fortune of his current life. A page from the Time History Book could indeed form an identity.

The problem was that this identity clearly had issues. As his uncle, you don’t share the same surname as him, isn’t that problematic?

"Otherwise... maybe I could mix in as his teacher or something like a godfather?" Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment, and that seemed feasible.

His current appearance was around fifty-something, while the other was just about to be in his twenties or early thirties.

"Nevertheless, the other party is a collateral branch of the Royal Family. Down and out as they may be, it wouldn’t be quite right for me to rush up to them eagerly." Gu Shanhai knew that even delivering coal in snowy weather required tact—direct delivery would be dubbed as bootlicking.

"Fine, that’s settled then. I’ll focus on attracting them, making them actively seek me out as a teacher." Gu Shanhai quickly decided on a strategy.

There was definitely still enough time. The peasant uprising was a good while away, and the barbarians had not yet been suppressed. Wulaoguan was just a microcosm of the entire battlefield.

The other party would only emerge into prominence after this peasant uprising.

"As for the identity, let’s go with a hidden sage... seems like that won’t work." Gu Shanhai tried to modify his identity and encountered too much resistance.

Then it dawned on him, in order to become a hidden sage, you need sufficient fame to begin with; otherwise, who would even know who you are?

Gu Shanhai quickly abandoned that idea as its difficulty was too high, and he chose not to consider it.

"Let’s try being a forgotten sage from the wilderness..."

"Surprisingly, that worked."

Following the modification, it indeed worked.

The meaning of being a forgotten sage from the wilderness was having abilities but no fame, and as the identity began to evolve, seeing as Gu Shanhai’s involvement in it was minimal, it quickly took shape.

[Gu Shanhai (Person from Dazhuo Village)]

"There, it’s done; but this identity is somewhat crude, really just providing an identity..."

He did not know where Dazhuo Village was, but from the identity, it was inferred to be a place wiped out due to bandit trouble, and Gu Shanhai’s identity of having been away travelling saved him from the calamity.

With the identity now confirmed, the Previous Life Biluo and his current life’s fortune activated and began to continuously refine the current identity in his possession.

The former solidified his lineage, ensuring no one would notice any issues with his identity.

The latter started to leave traces and draw forth some opportunities pertaining to Gu Shanhai. These opportunities were now being generated, with no set time for their completion; after all, Gu Shanhai was a temporary piece of data, it wouldn’t just instantly appear out of nowhere, and these opportunities would also fluctuate and change with Gu Shanhai’s choices and actions.

"The level of this world is too high; this is just a basic identity. To transform into a hidden sage or perhaps an abandoned child of the Royal Family would likely require even more time."

The Previous Life Biluo would take a bit faster, but it would still need about a month.

The fortune of his current life would take considerably longer, at least around half a year to complete.

"It should be enough time, right?" Gu Shanhai was actually not very sure in his heart; he was utterly unfamiliar with this time period in the world of countless armies’ struggle for power.

That he was able to dredge up this much information from his memory was already quite impressive.

He had also considered, if the other party turned out to be a hypocrite, then Gu Shanhai planned to switch to another identity, perhaps like an illegitimate son of the former head of a prominent family, and then he would become a warlord himself.

But being a warlord had many downsides, such as having to personally deal with official duties and bear the pressure, which would greatly delay his study and strength improvement.

So, he would rather be someone who leeches off others and idles away their time than go it alone.

Of course, going solo had its advantages, in that all resources could be kept for oneself. As for constraints, those were nonexistent. With his disposition of not craving power, as long as he didn’t encounter characters like Zhu Yuanzhang or Liu Bang, there was basically no danger to his life.

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