It was impossible for him to enlist—at the very least, impossible for him to enlist under Zhang Xutuo.
Although Shen Le thought highly of this famed general from the late Sui, knowing how Zhang Xutuo would ultimately end, he would have to be crazy to enlist under him—was he waiting to die alongside him?
Even if he wanted a close-up look at the tides of history, Shen Le could find someone else. He could, for example, sneak into Wagang Stronghold or make his way over to the Taiyuan Li Clan.
Or, if he could reset, he could head to Yang Province and lie in wait for Emperor Yang of Sui's end? To see what exactly was in Emperor Yang of Sui's tomb and learn all its details firsthand, he would even be willing to die once in his memories!
If dying once let him restart, he could take the answers he had seen with his own eyes to the museum and help the professors restore the artifacts from Emperor Yang of Sui's tomb. He would make a killing!
There had to be more artifacts in that tomb than just Empress Xiao's floral crown—surely there were many even more exquisite pieces!
But in front of Zhang Xutuo, Shen Le still had to choose his words carefully and decline tactfully, lest the man cut him down with a single stroke or send him off somewhere.
He circled around the matter and politely refused for quite a while before Zhang Xutuo finally accepted it:
He still needed to pay homage to Lord of Mount Tai. After that, he had to set off for Liaodong, collecting the remains of those who had died by the roadside and soothing the souls of the dead who could not return home along the way.
Yes, he had