I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 579 - 315: Spiritual Seed, Embryo of the Next Life_2
Chapter 579: Chapter 315: Spiritual Seed, Embryo of the Next Life_2
What is even more important is that the protagonist’s destiny also affected him, gradually granting him a similar ability to turn misfortune into fortune. The effect might not be as good as the original, but with multiple protagonists’ blessing upon him, it became quite considerable.
"Just like this, if I want to successfully cultivate it, I’m afraid it’s going to take a long time," Gu Shanhai knew that the time cost involved here was enormous.
This was not like Previous Life Biluo or the current Child of Destiny, who had innate advantages. Previous Life Biluo was originally a Biluo seed transformed from the obsession of a mountain ghost, while the Child of Destiny possessed a destined life force, capable of surviving anywhere it was dispersed.
However, the Holy Spirit Seed did not have so many mystical properties, at most, it possessed malleability. The innate advantages could not compare to those two.
"Fortunately, I have sufficient time." Gu Shanhai was not in a hurry to leave this world, so he had plenty of time, even if it meant waiting here for a hundred, a thousand years.
"Speaking of which, if I found the leaf of the World Tree, could I possibly transform it into a Ginsengfruit Tree?" Gu Shanhai had a sudden thought, and it seemed feasible.
After all, he had both the Wuzhuang Temple and Longevity Mountain. Wouldn’t it be awkward not to grow a Ginsengfruit Tree?
"Cough, we’ll talk about that later, later," Gu Shanhai was not going to use the invitation he had received from Smile-face at this stage. That world was a bit special and slightly higher on the power scale.
Although it couldn’t compare to Daoist Soldier World, it was still around level 2000, give or take.
Following that, Gu Shanhai immersed himself in the research of the Holy Spirit Seed. The days passed one by one, and Gu Shanhai was living quite a fulfilling life.
The growth of Rein and others was rapid, especially after the addition of a girl they named Spirit. The difficulty of conquering adventure lands once again decreased as the girl, upon becoming an adventurer, received a divine profession named Holy Spirit Armament Master. Her ability was to forge various equipment through Divine Power, each piece having special effects that grew stronger with her level.
Thus, Spiritual Energy could act as a supplement in all deficiencies, capable of attacking, defending, healing, and controlling, with terrifying strength.
Gu Shanhai was not too surprised by this, as she was, after all, half-human, half-divine. It would be concerning if she were weak.
"Don’t touch if you’re not buying!" Gu Shanhai was preoccupied with the Spirit Plant of the Holy Spirit Seed and noticed a player touching a sword, so he casually shouted.
"It’s so expensive... who can afford it? Speaking of which, big shot, you provide credit services to those NPCs, why not to us?" the player asked.
"Tsk, are there rental services in ’First Epoch’?" Gu Shanhai retorted, effectively shutting that avenue down.
The player’s face fell, "You’re being too double-standard here. I’ll gather some funds and come back in a couple of days."
"No worries, you can take your time," Gu Shanhai said slowly.
"You’re willing to keep it for me?" the player’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said.
"No, I still have a hundred or so swords with such properties, don’t worry about them selling out." Gu Shanhai’s statement landed like a bombshell on the player.
"..." The player left, looking speechless.
This was a good thing for him, as he did not need to worry about the equipment being sold when the player returned.
Gu Shanhai’s little shop, although unique and not accepting Game Coins but trading in various props, equipment, and skills, was overall about one-third cheaper than the auction houses, stalls, and other venues in the "First Epoch".
This was good news for the ordinary players.
It was precisely because of this that a steady stream of customers kept coming. With Gu Shanhai’s presence, his Five Elements Sect City gradually became a mainstream gathering spot for players in the Adventurer King’s world. Many players from other worlds came here to shop because of this.
Many major forces also felt that Gu Shanhai was not only powerful but also possessed a host of high-level, high-quality life skills and wanted to rope him in. But all were refused by Gu Shanhai.
There was no suppression or people sent to cause trouble either. Gu Shanhai’s strength was formidable; for someone to provoke him was akin to courting death.
Primarily, someone had dug up Gu Shanhai’s old performance record, labeled as the initial stage’s account killer maniac in the game.
After so many years, NPCs’ methods for wasting accounts had become increasingly sophisticated, while players’ related tactics were quite rare. Therefore, everyone on the forum basically knew of Gu Shanhai’s intimidation—so why would anyone mess with Gu Shanhai without good reason?
Moreover, Gu Shanhai’s little shop really wasn’t involved in any profit disputes with them.
Given the small scale of his shop, it hardly affected the overall market situation of the "First Era." Only a fool among those major forces would target him.
Would the wealthiest man in the country target a rundown convenience store in a remote mountain village? More importantly, a world-destroying beast resided in this little store—wouldn’t they be out of their minds?
There were some who didn’t get the message, and Gu Shanhai dealt with them all.
His method was simple: first, he would waste the account, then put them to sleep, and finally dig a hole, bury, and seal them inside. By the time the seal was broken and they woke up, it might already be thousands of years later.
As for the possibility of someone digging them up, that was quite unlikely. He buried them deep, over a thousand meters down, and with the seal in place, even if they were dug up... well, that would be it; what else could the other party do?
Gu Shanhai suddenly looked up and caught a white glimmer that flew towards him.
Then the light shattered, turning into a stream of information.
’Ten days later, the Saint’s Conference!’
The message was sent by the Holy Saint, asking him to attend a meeting in ten days.
"Big God, what was that just now?" a player asked curiously.
"Oh, the NPC is inviting me to a dinner," Gu Shanhai replied nonchalantly.
In reality, he was performing a Prophetic Divination, trying to figure out what this so-called Saint’s Conference was all about.
He didn’t think much of saints because he was not a genuine Saint himself and was still considered stillborn, so too much interaction would easily expose his issues. Even if he did expose himself, that group of Saints couldn’t do much about him—but doing so would unnecessarily complicate things.
As for searching, naturally, he couldn’t find any related information; it was all encrypted.
"Dinner?" The player was stunned. Was that a perk?
"Yeah, it’s with those Saints. When you also get the title of Saint, you can join the dinner too," Gu Shanhai didn’t explain much further.
The player didn’t press further either and just ’oh’-ed before starting to settle the bill.
Right, Gu Shanhai only chatted with the buyer because the buyer was purchasing, otherwise, if someone was just freeloading, Gu Shanhai wouldn’t bother with them at all.
’Ten days later, I’ll go and see. Just treat it as joining the fun; there probably won’t be anything major.’ Gu Shanhai didn’t take it too seriously; for him, it was also an opportunity.
An opportunity to deepen his understanding of this world.
Before, he was too lazy to seek it out, as his goal was clear—he wanted to extract the Soul of Heaven and Earth from the Divine Relics. Whatever the situation or changes in this world, it didn’t concern him.
Now it was different; the opportunity had presented itself, and he didn’t have to seek it out, so Gu Shanhai would definitely make the trip.
Digging for opportunities and grasping them were two different concepts.
In other words, who wouldn’t like a free ride?
’Maybe I can even uncover some truths related to the world.’ Gu Shanhai knew that the Saints had hidden many truths. Even those high-ranking adventurers at level 10 didn’t know these truths.
Like about the divine entities, the adventure lands, and more, to learn these true existences, one must join their circle.
