I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 621 - 336: Emperor - Blessed with Longevity and Prosperity by Divine Mandate_2

He had been able to maintain his self and didn’t become a puppet of the Human Dao’s will, thanks largely to Gu Shanhai’s help. Otherwise, he would have already lost himself by now, unlike the present, where he could command the Human Dao’s will with the royal seal.

"Rest assured, my body is quite strong," Gu Shanhai said. If he wasn’t standing, his words would carry even more weight. Only then did he ask, "So, how’s it going? Is becoming a deity going smoothly?"

"Very smoothly. I’ve not only gained the power of a deity, but I’ve also acquired abnormal powers. As long as I exist as a leader, the entire human civilization can thrive and be invincible in battle."

"The only downside is that I have to rule as a monarch and the process will intensify the strengthening of the Sea of Information."

Rein revealed the pros and cons of his abnormal identity.

"Wait, when you say invincible, does that include facing abnormalities too?" Gu Shanhai asked, somewhat confused.

"Exactly. Even an ordinary person can possess great power, resist natural disasters, capture abnormalities, and become stronger than adventurers, comparable to a Saint," Rein calmly replied.

"Holy shit..." Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but curse. If Rein were no longer the leader in the future, would the people feel as though they had regressed? After all, if their ancient human ancestors could crush abnormalities in their hands and shatter mountains with their feet, but they were merely ordinary humans, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

As for not being ancient humans? Impossible. If civilization was reduced to a shell, everyone would be nearly as primitive as the ancients.

"Speaking of which, Teacher, why doesn’t my healing magic work on you?" Rein asked, puzzled. He had cast more than a dozen healing spells on Gu Shanhai, but Gu Shanhai still had the appearance of skin and bones.

"Oh, the purity of your healing spells is too low." If it wasn’t inappropriate, Gu Shanhai would have liked to show him what real healing magic was.

"So how do you recover?" Rein was somewhat helpless. He could tell Gu Shanhai was like a dying flame in the wind.

"It’s okay, I’ll grow back in a bit." Saying that, Gu Shanhai stuffed some elixirs into his mouth, primarily because he had exchanged blows with the Human Dao’s will from a distance.

He realized he had underestimated this world. The Sea of Information was at least level 5000, the Human Dao’s will was about level 4500, and as for Rein at present, his baseline was level 3000. Once he fully mastered the powers of both deity and abnormality and commanded the Human Dao’s will with the royal seal, he could potentially reach a level of 4900 in strength. However, to achieve that would take at least a few centuries.

Thus, with around level 1500 in strength, Gu Shanhai clashed with the Human Dao’s will and forcefully suppressed it, which naturally came at a price.

As for Rein’s healing magic, it was simply intercepted by Gu Shanhai.

Rein’s healing wasn’t aggressive or erosive like Gu Shanhai’s, so it was easy for Gu Shanhai to block.

"Burp~ I’ll need to change the flavor of these pills next time." Gu Shanhai felt he had eaten so many that they were hard to swallow.

"Teacher, how about we don’t make pills next time and just fry up some food and seal it... that’s better, right?" For once, Rein couldn’t help but make a quip. He had succeeded, Gu Shanhai wasn’t in serious trouble, and everyone was happy.

If not now, when would they be happy?

"Are you kidding me? Forget everything else, if you can find usable spices and an iron pot right now, forget about fried dishes, you could even have a Manchu Han Imperial Feast." Gu Shanhai expressed that this young fellow was celebrating too soon. Did he really think the good days had arrived?

For Gu Shanhai, good days had indeed arrived, but for Rein, the hard days were just beginning.

For who knows how many years in the future, he would have to work, all year round with no breaks.

If he were to be a negligent emperor, he wouldn’t have so many worries. But being a wise ruler, he’d be in trouble.

"At first, I sought you out to help me conquer adventure lands, but what do you know, not a single one was cleared, and I ended up working for you for over a year." Gu Shanhai looked somewhat wistful. He felt like he had drawn the short straw.

Upon hearing this, Rein also gave a wry smile. He had no idea the adventure lands had been taken by Gu Shanhai and thought they were destroyed along with the Great Ruins because all the adventure lands had disappeared.

"Well, Teacher, you have to look forward, right?" Rein didn’t know how to comfort him. He couldn’t really say that it was precisely because they hadn’t cleared the adventure lands that Gu Shanhai hadn’t recovered, thereby narrowly escaping disaster—that would be like adding fuel to the fire.

"Don’t even try, every time someone tries to feed me that ’pie-in-the-sky’ talk, it’s all the same." Gu Shanhai indicated that he wasn’t falling for it, as if he had never hoodwinked anyone before.

"Cough, teacher, I think that as master and disciple, we could definitely join forces to create..."

"You still want to hustle me into working!" Gu Shanhai’s eyes bulged in disbelief. Hadn’t he been through enough empires and dynasties to recognize this ploy? It was just unpaid labor in disguise.

With his seniority and status, even if he did nothing at all, Rein was obliged to support him generously. Did he look as if he had never been through situations like this?

Playing the role of a pampered lord was something he had quite some experience with.

"..." Rein became increasingly embarrassed.

"It’s getting late, shouldn’t we head back for dinner?" Rein awkwardly changed the subject.

"It is late, let’s head back then." Gu Shanhai didn’t press the issue further; it would’ve been pointless. He struggled to his feet, and seeing this, Rein quickly went over to help him up.

"Teacher, try not to overexert yourself next time." Rein spoke out of the blue.

"You think I wanted to? Once a teacher, forever a father—I couldn’t possibly let you down at a critical moment." Gu Shanhai said calmly.

Rein fell silent for a moment before escorting Gu Shanhai back.

He had planned to offer to stay and take care of Gu Shanhai, but the latter recovered swiftly, ballooning back to health like an inflated balloon.

"Right, teacher, don’t all those plants inside you make you feel awful?" Rein asked out of curiosity.

"???" Gu Shanhai gave him a look that screamed ’are you out of your mind?’ Rein had already made it to the door and had then circled back just to ask him if he felt queasy...

"Fine, you probably don’t feel bad then. So, what plant do you think best represents an era of prosperity?" Rein switched his line of questioning.

Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment before responding, "Only the peony embodies the true splendor of the state, its bloom stirs the capital."

"Peonies, huh?"

"I’ll make sure that you see them, teacher."

After saying that, Rein turned and left.

He didn’t know what the capital meant, but he did know about peonies; some players had brought them before, and he had seen them.

"What’s this kid up to now... Surely he’s not planning to give me a peony." Most of the Spirit Plants inside Gu Shanhai were vegetables and medicinal herbs, with few ornamental plants.

It was mainly because Gu Shanhai found them pointless; growing flowers seemed to serve no purpose.

"Whatever, let him do as he pleases." Gu Shanhai indicated that he couldn’t really control what the other did.

Rein’s power, should he choose to fully unleash it, was even greater than Gu Shanhai’s—starting at a solid level 3000, Gu Shanhai’s strength was only a little more than half of Rein’s. And that was before considering the godlike power of creation combined with his auto-system’s hundred percent success rate; the potential force was evident.

Yes, after Rein became the Abnormal Human Emperor, the hundred percent success criterion in his auto-system was once again activated, though it seemed to come with additional restrictions?

"Although the journey was fraught with difficulties, the payoff..." Gu Shanhai checked his spoils. If he wanted to ascend to godhood, he could do it now—he had, after all, played a role throughout the entire process of Rein’s transformation into the Abnormal Human Emperor, one could even say that he had personally guided and fashioned him.

’But I have another way to become a god that I might choose.’ Gu Shanhai’s gaze rested on the five adventure sites within his Mother-child Grass space. With divine data now in his possession, the formerly tough challenges had turned into jerky, no longer quite as hard to chew.