I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 519 - 285: Don’t Both Pounce on One Person_2

Chapter 519: Chapter 285: Don’t Both Pounce on One Person_2

Casually slicing off the flesh near the wound to feed the Spirit Plant inside for healing, Gu Shanhai then began to examine his newly acquired gains.

He saw a manual of military tactics named "Hidden Dragon Military Art," capable of cultivating powerful Daoist Soldiers at a king-level. A king-level Daoist Soldier may seem, at first glance, to be just one ability short of the superior Daoist Soldiers, but it presented a qualitative difference. The tenth ability could integrate the previous nine abilities and form a force similar to a secret technique.

Besides, there were the strengths of the Soldier Master, the military tactics, and the Daoist Soldiers themselves. If the current Daoist Soldiers were to win by sheer numbers, this "Hidden Dragon Military Art" added quality on top of quantity.

"Speaking of which... this manual wouldn’t happen to belong to Luo Chuan, would it?" Gu Shanhai noticed that, apart from the five scrolls for Soldier Master’s cultivation—the Total General Scroll, the Daoist Soldier Scroll, the Strategy Scroll, the Force Deployment Scroll, and the Armament Scroll—there was an additional Formation Scroll.

Upon opening it, indeed, it contained the six military formations: as swift as the wind, as silent as the forest, as fierce as fire, unmovable as a mountain, mysterious as the night, and as powerful as the thunderstorm.

"Could this kid have been reborn or traveled from the future?"

Judging the whole "Hidden Dragon Military Art," Gu Shanhai could see that it surpassed the technology of the era by countless years. Compared to the manuals he had on hand, this "Hidden Dragon Military Art" was simply of legendary quality.

It’s like the military tactics of this era were still walking on two legs, while the "Hidden Dragon Military Art" had already taken to supersonic jets. How could they even compare?

"If that’s the case, it really might explain why Luo Chuan initially went after Jiang Lu," Gu Shanhai thought. Even with his fragmented memories, he knew that Jiang Lu was one of the future overlords. How could Luo Chuan not know?

Gu Shanhai even suspected that if it weren’t for Luo Chuan’s interference at the beginning, the allied forces might not have failed so miserably, and Jiang Lu might have had a chance to shine brilliantly.

"So what kind of world is this, that a reborn person has jumped out of nowhere?" Gu Shanhai also performed a Prophetic Divination to confirm.

But the results were vague, unable to provide definitive confirmation. Due to this uncertainty, Gu Shanhai became even more convinced of his theory.

And he could be sure of one thing: Luo Chuan’s rebirth was different from Dugu Tiansheng’s past rebirth.

Dugu Tiansheng’s rebirth relied on a page from the Time History Book, while Luo Chuan’s process seemed to be a natural occurrence within this world. This meant that, most likely, Gu Shanhai wouldn’t be able to take advantage of this situation again.

"I don’t know how he came to be, but he must have been quite desperate," Gu Shanhai chuckled to himself. Had it not been for him, Luo Chuan would really have eliminated a future overlord.

"But then again, is there an inevitability to history here?"

Some worlds witness such occurrences, similar to the "myth" where high officials like Zhao Gao appear to alter history, yet they are actually a part of it.

With this thought, Gu Shanhai’s demeanor became calm. If this was indeed the case, then the other party’s rebirth might genuinely have been triggered by Gu Shanhai’s arrival.

In his past life, he hadn’t come to this world, so his knowledge was limited.

His impression of this world was that it was specialized for legion and lord players, producing a large quantity of troops, standardized armaments, and a unique profession known as Soldier Master.

"..." Gu Shanhai then realized a significant problem.

Why did he possess a memory fragment from ten thousand years ago?

That was highly illogical. In his past life, Gu Shanhai couldn’t possibly have taken special note of this, as it held no value.

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From the very beginning, Gu Shanhai hadn’t expected to arrive in this world so soon, as his rebirth strategy was only planned up to joining the Imprint Druid Sect. There was no further plan.

"Which means, this memory doesn’t belong to me at all," Gu Shanhai narrowed his eyes.

He was caught up in the inevitability of history, so the memory was imposed on him by the world to get him involved.

Fortunately, he didn’t dwell on it too much, as there were issues with that approach. Furthermore, with the existence of the "First Epoch," he didn’t need to worry about such external tricks. After all, a world already marked by the "First Epoch" would likely be too busy trying to figure out how to resist it to bother dealing with him.

Besides, without the causality and fortune, many things couldn’t be directly interfered with by the world, and as long as only indirect interference was at play, Gu Shanhai wasn’t afraid.

Like the issue of memory, it wasn’t as overpowering as the recognition tribulation. Gu Shanhai hadn’t noticed it before because he didn’t think about these matters when memories were released from the True Spirit. Thus, he was led by the nose. After he realized this, didn’t everything become much simpler? Moreover, with the Four Sacred Beasts System now providing him with even more detailed monitoring of himself, there was no way someone could take another stealthy jab at him unnoticed.

Moreover, it was just a memory that was given, which couldn’t affect Gu Shanhai’s subsequent choices. If the controlling power were really that strong, Gu Shanhai would never have thought about modernizing reforms or tried to obtain military strategies through Prophetic Divination.

It’s very likely a laissez-faire approach.

"That’s not a big deal; it’s mutual use. As long as it doesn’t involve related interests, I can go along with it," Gu Shanhai expressed nonchalantly. He came to this world to make use of its system and resources to grow stronger, so naturally, the world could use Gu Shanhai to achieve certain things as well.

As long as it wasn’t the kind of malice that was on the level of the Xuanzhen Realm, Gu Shanhai didn’t mind lending a hand.

He might be shameless, hypocritical, and petty, yet he also understood that the world didn’t allow for a situation where only he could do something that others couldn’t.

He wouldn’t seek to take revenge on the entire world if it used him when he himself was relying on the world to become stronger—well, as long as it wasn’t taken too far.

"So you’re saying, bundled sales are not a world feature, but rather a kind of welfare treatment for me?" Gu Shanhai was somewhat skeptical. If there were a discount in price, that would be even better, like Gu Shanhai only wanted military formations but ended up getting the whole "Hidden Dragon Military Art" instead, highlighting thoroughness.

"Just right, research the ’Hidden Dragon Military Art,’ and then upgrade the entire Liang Wang Party. Once Luo Chuan loses this advantage, his downfall will only be a matter of time." Gu Shanhai was also thinking about upgrading his Heart Demon Dao Soldiers. After all, if the Dao Soldiers became stronger, he, as their master, would also receive feedback.

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"A brand-new national policy?" Zhou Ding, who had now become Prince Yan, looked at the entirely new national policy that appeared on the Dynasty Struggle System’s national policy panel.

Not long ago, his Dynasty Struggle System had undergone an update and acquired a new national policy.

"Added were the royalty-level Daoist Soldiers and a national policy named ’military formation.’"

"Does this mean that Prince Xi, Luo Chuan, became so powerful because he had royalty-level Daoist Soldiers and military formations?" The thought excited Zhou Ding.

He, of course, had his own intelligence system. He didn’t know about the royalty-level Daoist Soldiers, but he was aware of the military formations, which he had learned about from spies lurking in Yong’an City.

"But this thing is really expensive. There aren’t enough policy points. To acquire it, it’s going to take quite some time."

Zhou Ding started to contemplate the idea of further territorial expansion.

Conquering cities and lands to expand territory was the fastest way to obtain policy points. Like his status as Prince Yan, an honorary king, he had acquired the policy to be ennobled using policy points. Of course, there’s a whole chain beneath that, including policies to be granted a marquisate, but he went straight for ennoblement as king in one go. Going further up would be to proclaim himself emperor.

However, to proclaim himself emperor, he would need to control at least twelve states to activate it. Otherwise, even with enough policy points, it wouldn’t be possible to activate such a policy due to strict prerequisite conditions. But even if Zhou Ding could activate the policy to become emperor right now, he wouldn’t do it—it would be too easy to become the target of everyone.

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