I Don't Agree to the Terms

"But come to think of it, as for throwing me into the sea, there isn't even a single person around."

Gu Shanhai looked around the area he was in; not to mention a boat, there wasn't even a speck of debris on the sea.

He casually pulled Little White out of his arms and placed it on the sea.

Luckily, Little White's ability to walk on water was passive; otherwise, it would have sunk into the sea with that plop.

"Yo?" Little White, seeing the sea, couldn't help but remember the time it had sailed a boat and the sea horse it had knocked bald, which seemed to have been about a hundred years ago.

It hadn't expected to see the ocean again one day, and wondered if it could manage to knock another sea horse bald.

"Don't bother me with any reminiscing if it's not going to birth any offspring; besides, your throwback isn't even serious. I've never seen anyone reminiscing about knocking others bald," Gu Shanhai remarked, unable to deny the wonder of deer language, with a single word expressing so much meaning.

"Yo!" Little White expressed that it didn't hit others anymore, with its size these days; one kick, and it would wreck itself.

"Speaking of your size, being this big really isn't quite right. Let me make some changes," Gu Shanhai felt that Little White, like a war beast, didn't need siege equipment to storm a city, standing out wherever it went.

He figured that changing it to a more appropriate size would work.

Conveniently, he had Womb Transformation, Shape-Shifting, and Size-Wishful.

A mount, as long as it was fast, stable, and could find its way, was all that was needed; other abilities were just minor details. Of course, he could still share his talent for genius with Little White, and the originally shared vitality wasn't important anymore, because now it was Gu Shanhai sharing with Little White instead.

Using these two Divine Skills through his animal companion, he directly sculpted Little White, quickly changing its size and appearance for a disguise.

From a huge war beast, it changed into the size of a normal Qingyuan White Deer, not even comparing to the original Qingyuan White Deer King.

"Don't exert yourself too much; otherwise, your skin might break," Gu Shanhai advised, as this wasn't a real transformation but a disguise; Little White could struggle free if it exerted force, and the enemy could break it if they attacked.

Besides, it could also serve as a layer of armor.

"In a couple of days, I'll add some useful abilities for you, like after getting Void Escape, you'll also be able to traverse space," Gu Shanhai flipped through his plan book again, finally finding some plans for Little White in a corner—Void Escape was a skill Gu Shanhai developed by referencing the teleportation array technology from the era of adventurers in the Ancient Lost World.

The rest, like revival and rebirth abilities, was much easier to install compared to Void Escape, simply attaching them to Gu Shanhai would do.

"Yo~" Little White flicked its hefty antlers, indicating no problem.

Gu Shanhai estimated that as long as Little White didn't intentionally destroy it, this layer of disguise could withstand ninety percent of its strength; a full force would result in some cracks. Intentional destruction would, of course, directly remove the disguise since it was controlled by Little White.

"Very good, this time we must present ourselves as immortals with an air of divine grace. We absolutely cannot reveal our true capabilities," Gu Shanhai instructed again.

To become a Heavenly Emperor, a good outer appearance was very important; otherwise, with Gu Shanhai's true appearance, he could forget about being a Heavenly Emperor and might as well try to be a Demon Emperor or an Evil Emperor.

"Yo!" Little White signaled its assurance in its work; as long as he didn't mess up, it wouldn't reveal its true form even if its butt was set on fire.

"That's great to hear; I'm very pleased," Gu Shanhai thought Little White had grown up.

"Yo." Following that, Little White indicated that it had been so cooperative; it wanted a boat to drive, to hit people at sea.

"???" Gu Shanhai was speechless; so eager to drive a boat, you're a deer, a land animal!

"I'll make you one in a couple of days," Gu Shanhai figured if he didn't provide Little White with a boat, it would probably make a fuss. It hadn't been fussy before because its large size made it aware of the commotion it would cause when romping around. Now, clad in the guise of Womb Transformation and Size-Wishful, it was practically like a horse, so it could very well throw tantrums.

Actually, Gu Shanhai had considered that having a boat at sea was probably better. Anyway, he would just let Little White steer it when the time came; a mount changing jobs to become a driver was indeed a little unusual, but not impossible. After all, being versatile had its advantages.

If it really didn't work out, he still had his Heart Demon Dao Soldiers. That's right, the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers could also serve as the Navy. Some varieties of Heart Demon Dao Soldiers were as comfortable on and under the water as fish in water.

But he needed to use the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers carefully—they were truly ugly, best kept as a last resort.

Soon after, Gu Shanhai took out a page from the Time History Book and began to modify his identity.

"Let's see if a Divine identity would work," Gu Shanhai went straight for the gold.

He had the identity of a deity from the world of adventurers, which, although greatly different from the Divines of the Azure Sea World, might have some common ground, since both related to rules.

"Does it feel a bit too cheap?" Gu Shanhai found that he only needed to exchange ten years of his lifespan for this identity.

This made him hesitate to choose it.

The main issue was that it seemed too cheap; he feared there might be a catch.

If the request had been for a lifespan of a hundred thousand or eighty thousand years, Gu Shanhai would have paid without hesitation. After all, the energy level of this world was not low, and he was seeking the highest-level identity—high value was the norm.

"Forget it, I don't want it, I'll just decode the Divine directly," Gu Shanhai decided not to take the risk. Gaining the identity of a Divine in the Azure Sea World would indeed let him avoid many detours and give him considerable advantages, but if the cost was more than just his lifespan, then it wouldn't be worth it.

For Gu Shanhai, lifespan was the cheapest commodity. Don't you see how he even stopped bothering with missions altogether?

So he simply chose an inconspicuous identity. An identity was more or less redundant for him unless he came across those at the level of Saints in the world of adventurers.

The precondition being there were no pitfalls.

With such a low fee, it's true what they say—cheap goods aren't good.

Because the identity he chose this time was so easy to attain, he finished in a flash, even perfecting the identity of his Three-Life Spiritual Plant in the process. It really was rather unremarkable.

[Gu Shanhai (Sea People)]

Sea People, meaning wanderers born on the sea. Identity didn't matter anymore.

Gu Shanhai also considered changing his identity to that of the protagonist's uncle, but he calculated that, at the present stage, this world had no protagonist.

Protagonists aren't always present; it's possible they haven't been reborn yet, or they haven't crossed over, or maybe they have been dead for several hundred years.

Having no protagonist was actually a good thing—it suggested there weren't any imminent great dangers.

Otherwise, he might not have casually chosen such a low-key identity.

"After gathering the Three-Life, it even gave me some memories. That's quite nice."

After some investigation, Gu Shanhai found that this world also had rulers, a presence known as the Royal Family, controlling the islanders. Those who did not drift at sea were not called Sea People, but Land People, seemingly enjoying superior status.

However, the memories were incomplete since his identity had been artificially inserted.

To this, Gu Shanhai could only express disdain. Maybe these Royals and Land People had some secrets, but the world ultimately belonged to the ocean, not the land.

Don't you see that even the "First Epoch" is named after the Azure Sea Territory, indicating that the primary groups are in the sea, not on land.

But these Royals and Land People didn't seem like Sky Dragon People; they were more like intermediaries and managers. And it was precisely because of this that they gathered wealth from various sea territories, hence the superior status. In other words, they were the wealthy.

Still, being part of the Royal Family and Land People wasn't fixed. Some people from various sea territories tired of life at sea might kill and seize an island, and then they became the Royal Family, while Land People were what Sea People who settled on islands were called.