I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 479 - 265: Rebels - Dragon Tooth Daoist Soldiers_2

Chapter 479: Chapter 265: Rebels - Dragon Tooth Daoist Soldiers_2

Reborn individuals? The Abyss could even fabricate its own reborn beings, transmigrators, and so on.

These beings were simply not something Gu Shanhai could mess with.

What? The other person might just be an ordinary Abyss Demon or something?

That was nonsense. The will of the Abyss enveloped all life within it, and Gu Shanhai had no interest in offending such a terrifying existence over some meaningless issues.

If this world was truly to fall, Gu Shanhai would bolt at the first chance.

At most, he would drag Jiang Lu along and dump him in the neighboring Dashu Dynasty, letting him mix in with Huang Yanshan if need be.

Saving the world had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Jiang Lu hadn’t grasped the gravity of the situation. Upon hearing Gu Shanhai say there wasn’t an issue, he’d simply taken it at face value.

"If this rebel leader isn’t eliminated, Dalong will never have peace," Jiang Lu sighed. He was extremely anxious nowadays.

Gu Shanhai responded with an "Uh-huh, right."

Wasn’t this trouble of the Dalong Dynasty’s own making anyway? If things had been managed properly, who would’ve rebelled?

The group chatted and entered the encampment outside Xingsu City...

The Lord of Xingsu City wouldn’t let them inside, mainly because Jiang Lu’s group was too large: five hundred Daoist Soldiers and three thousand ordinary troops.

These ordinary troops were either persuaded to defect or were recently recruited. Along the way, Jiang Lu and his men fought to sustain their war efforts, growing their forces like a rolling snowball to their current size.

Though in the eyes of the Lord of Xingsu, the three thousand ordinary troops were just an appendage, those five hundred Daoist Soldiers were combat-worthy.

Inside Xingsu City, the influential families along with the Lord originally had three thousand Daoist Soldiers. After fighting the rebel Dragon Tooth Daoist Soldiers, only one thousand remained, and these weren’t a match for Jiang Lu’s five hundred.

After all, Jiang Lu had led his five hundred Daoist Soldiers to defeat the rebels, something they couldn’t do. This meant that Jiang Lu’s strength surpassed that of Xingsu City.

The city’s noble families weren’t keen on this; Jiang Lu was too fierce. Then, using the excuse that the city’s civilians were terrified, the Lord of Xingsu also prevented Jiang Lu from entering, fearful that Jiang Lu might usurp his position. Hence, the honorary title of Colonel was used to pacify him.

Back in their camp, everyone started to get busy. Maintaining an army of three thousand five hundred wasn’t easy, especially since they didn’t come from noble families and lacked the necessary skilled personnel, leading to them handling many tasks themselves.

Luckily, Jiang Lu had been educated by Gu Shanhai, and Li Yu was competent, while the other three blood brothers had also revealed their military talents.

’If Zhang He, Cui Feng, and Wu Yan were to be rated as SSR, then Li Yu would at least be SR class,’

’It’s just that they’re low-level now. Once they level up and skill proficiency increases, their strength will grow even stronger.’

To be honest, Gu Shanhai was starting to doubt whether Jiang Lu really had the makings of a Great Emperor; how else could he have these characters around him from his very first appearance?

There must have been similar figures assisting him in his former life. It’s just that due to the huge changes this life, he hadn’t met them.

If Gu Shanhai had known, he surely would have matched them up, but not knowing meant it didn’t matter.

The bustle of the camp had little to do with Gu Shanhai. Li Yu went to arrange for his daughter and the household servants, while Gu Shanhai just lazed the days away.

However, he constantly pondered the redevelopment of the Goddess system in his mind, although progress was still mediocre.

"Teacher... you seem pretty relaxed," Jiang Lu ventured hesitantly.

"Not at all, I’m very busy," Gu Shanhai knew exactly what the lad meant, which was basically asking him to get to work.

"..." Jiang Lu really wanted to say that he wasn’t blind; Gu Shanhai had been lounging around watching them work since his return.

But he didn’t dare say it because Gu Shanhai’s words meant he didn’t want to work, and as someone who respected his teacher, Jiang Lu couldn’t insist.

"If you can’t handle it, recruit some people. I mean, you’re related to the Royal Family, aren’t you? Even if not a military chief, there should be some scholars around, right?" Gu Shanhai shifted to a more comfortable position to continue lying down.

Jiang Lu’s face turned bitter, "Teacher, you know it’s not that easy to find people."

First of all, scholars are not found everywhere; most are concentrated among the elite families, with a smaller portion from poor scholarly families, and only some lucky ordinary people can afford to read books.

Speaking of Jiang Lu, even though he came from a humble background, his ancestors once had some wealth. But for a poor scholar’s family to make it out, it’s not that easy, and more often than not, they end up impoverished and destitute like Jiang Lu.

The scholars from elite families rarely leave their own circles, as most of them follow their own military leaders, who, aside from the Daoist Soldiers, also have staff teams and so on.

"So what you’re saying is that it has to be me who does this?" Gu Shanhai’s face fell, and then he said, "I’ll find one for you; it’s up to you to figure out how to kidnap him back."

"Kidnap?" Jiang Lu was somewhat dumbfounded.

"Search for..." Gu Shanhai directly performed Prophetic Divination and quickly found an SSR.

"Too expensive, ten years of lifespan, remember to pay me back next time." Gu Shanhai grumbled as he wrote down the address, the name, and even a portrait.

"Teacher... Are you sure you’re alright?" Jiang Lu got a shock hearing about the ten years of lifespan, questioning whether it was worth such a sacrifice.

"No, it’s nothing serious for me..." Gu Shanhai sarcastically remarked, how could it not be serious?

"Alright, stop fussing, hurry up and kidnap him, remember to bring back his mother, his wife, and his son as well." Gu Shanhai finished writing the information and lay back down.

The target was indeed an SSR, it’s just that he died young and had not been prominent, a type whose talent was obscured, hence the deduction of ten years of lifespan. If it were not for these drawbacks, he would have spent even more of his own lifespan.

"Teacher, are you really okay with losing ten years of lifespan?" Jiang Lu indicated that the recruitment of talent could wait, suggesting that Gu Shanhai might want to go check it out first.

"It’s nothing, just living ten years less." Gu Shanhai sensed his own lifespan, which was still abundant, then with an indifferent look he expressed that this was it? He could still pay another ten years.

Jiang Lu looked on with mixed emotions.

"Teacher’s kindness, the disciple will remember with heartfelt gratitude." Jiang Lu was very moved, and then left with tears in his eyes to find the person based on the address and portrait.

"Don’t be sentimental, nothing is better for me than not having to go to the office." Gu Shanhai expressed his desire to slack off.

At this moment, Jiang Lu had already imagined Gu Shanhai as not having long to live, and that he should not overexert himself.

Jiang Lu had his three sworn brothers and Li Yu take care of the matters in the camp, while he personally led the Hundred Riders of the Sun and Moon Daoist Soldiers to find the person.

The address given by Gu Shanhai was not far, just around a town near Xingsu City.

Dalong was organized into four levels based on the provincial government, city government, county government, and villages.

There was also a provincial governor position established above the Lord of the City.

After everyone left, the camp once again became busy. Li Yu had settled his daughter and then came to work.

During this period, there was definitely some gossip to be had, like what Gu Shanhai had taught recently. He had been thinking about using his status as a notable disciple to see if he could get his daughter taught by Gu Shanhai as well.

He felt a little schadenfreude after finding out the consequences of his daughter not finishing her homework, thinking to himself, if the father had been scolded, how could the child miss out?

"Teacher, do you want to change your position to lie down?" Li Yu said somewhat awkwardly.

"What, am I blocking your spot?" Gu Shanhai scoffed, slowly got up, and then moved to another place to lie down.

This made Li Yu a bit embarrassed: "The place you were lying down is my office desk..."

"Look at how stingy you are. When you guys have power and authority, even if you ask me to lie down, I won’t." Gu Shanhai showed that he had no sense of social tact.

This made everyone present somewhat uncomfortable.

However, due to Gu Shanhai’s status, everyone could only pretend they didn’t hear it.

Li Yu couldn’t say much and just had to sit down to work because the job was his. If he didn’t do it, no one else would help him do it, and others were just as busy as he was.

Besides, it was already very good that Zhang He and the other two didn’t ask him for help, and it was wishful thinking for him to want to slack off and let others work instead.

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