Translator: La0o9
The people in power were discussing how to arrange for Gu Qing Shan’s group within the audience room.
The man who wore a crown on his head suggested: “Their sudden appearance in Calming Soul Country would surely draw the prying eyes of many, which could complicate their lives from now on”
An Elder asked: “Then, what does Your Majesty suggest?”
Gu Qing Shan and everyone else turned to him.
——-so, this man with the crown was actually the sovereign of Calming Soul Country.
The king said: “Let them join the country’s royal guards. The identity of every royal guard will be kept a secret, and since they are by my side, no one will spend too much effort trying to probe their origins”
The Generals all maintained silence.
The Elders kept contemplating.
The majority of the people in the audience hall remained silent, only a few agreed: “His Majesty is right”
The atmosphere was filled with a sense of awkwardness that needn’t be spelled out in order to be recognized.
The king looked over everyone, then smiled: “Since no one has any objections——”
「 No, that isn’t suitable 」
The Water Pillar God cut off the king’s words.
Everyone instantly regained their senses and spoke at once: “Please grace us with your divine revelation, our Deity”
The king also lowered himself: “This humble one did not consider all things clearly, please excuse my impertinence, my Deity”
The Water Pillar God didn’t even bother to glance at the king and directly declared: 「 As they are people brought to us by the Apostle, we should conduct a grand ceremony to notify everyone of their existence 」
An Elder from the council of Elders came forward and knelt on one knee in front of Water God and bowed: “Your will shall be done, then, which level of ceremony should we hold for them? After all, we have never welcomed any outsiders before”
「 That is certainly a point to be considered, you are free to discuss among yourselves 」
After saying so, Water God smiled: 「 We cannot allow our guests to stand there and watch our discussions, that is highly inappropriate. Lead them to rest, have some food, and change their attires 」
“Understood”
Several maids came forward and led Gu Qing Shan’s group out of the audience hall.
Water God kept her sight on them as they gradually left, still maintaining a gentle smile.
「 Finally, we have some new blood 」
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She muttered emotionally.
…
A wide, open guest room.
The walls were decorated with intricate patterns, the carpet made from the hide of a soft, white-furred animal.
Snacks and drinks had been amply prepared.
Several maids stood on standby, ready to receive their orders as soon as they needed to.
“The discussion will last for a very long time, please have some snacks”
A maid lifted a tray of snacks and came over to them, softly offering.
No one moved.
In this foreign environment, there was no telling what kinds of ability they would run into so how could they eat something that someone else offered so easily?
The maid appeared regretful, then hesitantly explained: “These snacks were intricately made, the taste of which cannot be compared”
Saying so, she retreated and was about to place the tray back onto the table.
Seeing her like that, Gu Qing Shan sensed something.
“Please give me a piece”
He said.
The maid came forward and lifted the tray.
Gu Qing Shan took a piece of snack from it, waited until Adorable confirmed that there were no skills affecting it before he put it in his mouth.
The snack certainly tasted good, the likes of which even Gu Qing Shan couldn’t imagine how it was made.
“What extraordinary taste—— I want to trouble you for a bit, please tell me how you made this snack”
Gu Qing Shan picked up another piece of the snack and asked the maid.
The other maids were surprised.
Zhang Ying Hao explained for him: “He’s a top-class gourmet chef, famous throughout the entirety of the 900 million World Layers. Many people would feel honored to enjoy his personal cooking”
The maids all displayed an understanding expression on their faces.
The maid who offered the food displayed an appropriate smile and replied: “This is a snack made for the royal family, the recipe of which is kept a secret that only royal family employees are allowed to know——- however, as you are our esteemed guests, we will try to ask and see if we can divulge the recipe to you, sir”
Gu Qing Shan nodded: “Then let me thank you in advance”
He and the maid paused for a brief moment.
The maid lowered her head, then silently retreated.
Everyone else kept quiet, still focused on resting.
A few moments later, several other maids arrived with formal clothes.
“Please change your clothes” the maids said in unison.
Zhang Ying Hao walked up to check it and sent his voice to Gu Qing Shan: “No issues”
“Of course, it would instead be strange if there are issues with such a minor thing” Gu Qing Shan replied.
A maid turned to Laura and said: “It is highly inconvenient for you to change your clothes here, please come with me to another room, we shall return right away”
Laura looked at Gu Qing Shan, full of hesitation.
Males and females must naturally keep distance, and since she was a noble Empress, she naturally couldn’t change her clothes right here.
But she was also anxious to leave Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and told her: “Come, big brother has something to tell you”
Laura walked up to him.
Gu Qing Shan raised the Silent Dusk Cloak to obscure the maids’ eyes and covered Laura.
A short moment later.
The cloak was lowered.
“Have you remembered my words?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Laura nodded: “Hm, I will keep big bro’s words in mind to not commit any rude action”
She nodded to everyone and left with the maid.
A few moments later.
The maids seemed to have received some sort of news.
They exchanged glances and bowed at once: “Please change your clothes there, we shall be with you shortly”
“Alright, go ahead. We’ve troubled you” Gu Qing Shan waved his hand to dismiss them.
The maids went away.
Gu Qing Shan turned to Zhang Ying Hao immediately.
Zhang Ying Hao took a deep breath and spoke with a serious expression: “I have a few ways to escape pursuit, but this is a closed world, and the enemy’s forces are strong. Even if we can avoid their trap, we wouldn’t have anywhere to escape to”
“No need to worry about that, we need to prepare right away, they might spring the trap any moment now” Gu Qing Shan said in a low tone of voice.
“Got it”
Zhang Ying Hao started to draw Cards from the void of space.
Boss had remained silent up to this point, but now suddenly asked: “You said earlier that Water God was probing us, what was she trying to find out?”
Gu Qing Shan replied: “I want to know that as well”
Saying so, he released a deep blue mass of light from his hand—— just like the light that Water God released in the audience hall.
This grand light fell down and enveloped everyone.
Lines of glowing text swiftly appeared on the War God UI.
[You’ve been temporarily equipped with the large-scale human war system super appraisal function]
[You’ve obtained the following information:]
[Zhang Ying Hao, human male. Combat state: peak, combat prowess: level 8]
[Ye Fei Li, World Destroyer. Combat state: slightly fatigued (lacking Soul Points), combat prowess: level 10]
[Gu Qing Shan, identity cannot be determined (his identity is obscured by a powerful secret technique. Unless he informs you of his own accord or you are able to defeat the one protecting his secret, his identity remains unknown). Combat state: peak, combat prowess: level 21]
[Boss (this personage’s self-titled name holds priority), identity: Lord of Infinite Origin. Combat state: Absolutely weakened (heavily wounded to near-death, does not have enough combat power), combat prowess: level 99]
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Gu Qing Shan swiftly skimmed through everything.
Strange.
This Water God isn’t the Water God I’m looking for, but she has the large-scale human war system appraisal function equipped
Who exactly is she?
Asking for my identity as soon as she saw me, what was her purpose?
As there wasn’t much time, Gu Qing Shan didn’t think too much further about this and informed Boss immediately: “They most likely already know about how serious your injuries are”
Sensing the blue light, Boss understood what Gu Qing Shan was trying to say.
He sighed: “I thought my identity would at least be able to suppress them, but it was just wishful thinking”
Gu Qing Shan nodded: “Ying Hao, the situation is extremely terrible, we need to begin right away”
Zhang Ying Hao displayed a Card in front of everyone and said: “This is my ace in the hole, please do as I say”
The Card depicted a hitman wielding dual daggers.
Behind the hitman, his shadow had manifested as a second person that made the same actions that the hitman did.
Zhang Ying Hao tossed the Card out and explained: “This is the [Flesh Marionette] Card, it’s able to receive all damage for us right before the moment of our deaths, manifest the appropriate wounds, then turned into our actual corpses”
“To activate it, I’ll need to use 70% of my power, as well as a drop of your blood in order to replicate your bodies”
Without hesitation, Gu Qing Shan cut his finger with a small sword phantom and flung a drop of blood onto the Card.
The Card glowed a bit brighter.
Ye Fei Li also let out a drop of blood and flicked it onto the Card.
Boss hesitated: “I’ve already used up the last of my blood, what now?”
Zhang Ying Hao told him: “A strand of fur or hair is fine too”
Boss scowled, but pulled a strand of hair and placed it onto the Card.
Gu Qing Shan looked at Zhang Ying Hao.
Zhang Ying Hao sensed it and nodded: “I can activate it any time, but after activation, I’ll be greatly weakened and unable to participate in combat”
“No worries. Now we’ll need to wait and see if ‘that’ will actually happen”
Gu Qing Shan said.
He pulled a piece of paper out from his mouth and unrolled it in front of everyone.
A single line of text was written here using Divine Script:
[I can only buy a bit of time, quickly run away, or you will lose your lives without a doubt]
Below that, a simple diagram depicting the route of escape was drawn.
