Read! Gu Nan had never seen Zhong Qinghe before.
At least in his memory, he had never seen this Celestial-level Starlord in person, even though there was some interaction between the two.
Back then, when Gu Nan first came up with the idea of a player army, it was because he brought Zhong Die to the Pantheon World and used Zhong Die as a test subject for the first time.
Zhong Die was Zhong Qinghe's daughter. Later, because of her identity, the people of the Qinghe Realm tried to bring Zhong Die back, but the result was obvious.
But this was not important. Because even though the player army played a role in the end, completely worthy of Gu Nan's efforts, Zhong Die was already useless.
Gu Nan held her in his hands purely because he did not want the Blood Breed's route to spread.
Now that Zhong Qinghe had suddenly come to him, Gu Nan felt a little strange. Of course, with his current strength, he did not care about a Rank 7 or 8 Starlord at all.
Just a moment later, Zhong Qinghe was brought in front of Gu Nan. He did not even go to see his daughter.
"Lord Gu Nan." Zhong Qinghe looked very kind and always had a smile on his face. He was like an ordinary merchant and not a high and mighty Star Lord.
"What's the matter?" Gu Nan did not have any intention of talking nonsense with him and asked directly.
Zhong Qinghe did not mind and just smiled calmly. "I heard that Lord has some conflict with Old Mister Fang … Do you need help?"
"How do you want to help?" Gu Nan asked noncommittally.
"If you want to talk about fighting, I naturally do not have the ability to intervene in your fight," Zhong Qinghe said again. "But Lord, your Astral Realm has just been established. I'm afraid you lack things to attack and defend a city?"
When he heard this, four words suddenly popped into Gu Nan's mind — arms dealer!
At first, Gu Nan did not think that Zhong Qinghe, a dignified Starlord, would actually come out to do this kind of business. However, Zhong Qinghe establishing the Astral Realm through commerce was most likely his way of cultivation, so it was understandable.
Speaking of which, the entry point that Zhong Qinghe chose was also very tricky, so Gu Nan had no reason to refuse.
Now, Gu Nan was able to stall the battle in the god kingdom. He was relying on the player army. He still had a lot of Break World people. He was using high-end powers to keep things going.
However, Fang Chaoyun had already realized the existence of Yan Xiaoxiao, so he decided to gather his forces and attack one city after another. The following battles were likely to be defensive battles.
Even though there were many cities in the Divine Kingdom, the abundance of resources determined how long each city could last.
Just as Zhong Qinghe had said, Gu Nan had always developed his Divine Kingdom on his own, so he didn't have many reserves in this area.
"You know, I don't have money." Gu Nan said with a smile, but his eyes were already locked on Zhong Qinghe. Regardless of whether he had money or not, he definitely wanted it.
Zhong Qinghe seemed to have expected this. "You don't need to pay. I will send the supplies here."
"Price?"
Zhong Qinghe smiled and said, "If Mister loses this battle, then there is no need to talk about it. If Mister defeats Mister Fang, then please give me some soup."
Gu Nan looked at him for a long time. He finally nodded and said, "Deal."
…
Zhong Qinghe was indeed a qualified businessman. No one could find any reason to refuse the price he offered.
Gu Nan had reason to believe that he had placed a bet on Fang Chaoyun, and he was offering something that Old Fang needed.
No matter who won in the end, Zhong Qinghe might not be the biggest winner, but he would not be the loser. The victory of a plane war was enough for everyone involved to earn a lot of money.
"Zhong Qinghe is a person who is good at playing both sides," Zhuang Xuan said. "I tried to recruit him a few times, but he rejected me every time."
Gu Nan quickly put Zhong Qinghe's matter to the back of his mind. Now, he was on Pure Terpsichore.
This time, Gu Nan did not come alone. Instead, he came with a group of Heavenly Deity Association members on Starship.
With Gu Nan's current level, directly entering the plane was like a huge light bulb in the night. There was no way for him to hide.
Using Starship as a cover, it would not be so easy to discover him once he entered the Pure Terpsichore. After all, people like Yan Xiaoxiao were rare, and the Pure Terpsichore clearly did not receive such treatment.
Zhuang Xuan also came. He had to be in charge of setting up the Blood Sacrifice Formation in various places.
"You bet very decisively," Gu Nan said as he looked at Zhuang Xuan.
Personally participating in this matter was tantamount to forming a death grudge with Shi Daotian's faction. There was no turning back. If things did not work out, the Heavenly Deity Association could give up on Gu Nan. Of course, they could also give up on Zhuang Xuan.
Zhuang Xuan remained expressionless as he said honestly, "If I don't want Senior to go back on his word, this is the best way."
Gu Nan could not help but laugh.
Actually, Zhuang Xuan wasn't wrong at all. Gu Nan could totally do something like accepting someone else's help and then walking away after that.
There were too many players who accepted money from NPCs but did not do anything.
On the other hand, Zhuang Xuan had chosen to stand on Gu Nan's side. If Gu Nan turned against him and refused to acknowledge him, his reputation would suffer too much.
This was tantamount to adding a condition to the quest: giving up on the quest would result in a huge loss of Reputation Points. Thus, the cost of turning against Zhuang Xuan increased.
Seeing Zhuang Xuan's "sincerity", Gu Nan did not mention this matter anymore. He quickly immersed himself in setting up the Blood Sacrifice Formation.
A Blood Sacrifice was not as simple as drawing a formation on the ground and throwing in two energy sources.
To complete the Blood Sacrifice on a target, the formation itself needed to be powerful enough, and to gather and transport the power obtained from the Blood Sacrifice, the formation needed to be tightly linked.
There was a step in the latter that could only be completed by Gu Nan himself — he had to provide the Blood Sacrifice Source for every formation, which was the blood-colored skull.
Otherwise, how could the formation transmit power if the skull did not participate in setting up the formation?
Setting up a real formation wasn't a game, where the power could be sent wherever one wanted.
On the other hand, Comrade Old Fang was no fool. How could there be no one guarding his hometown when he was going to the frontlines?
Usually, there were no other Astral Lords in Terpsichore, but it was very normal to find a few fellow Astral Lords to help during a crucial time like this.
The Blood Sacrifice Formation continued to be set up, and it was very difficult not to attract the attention of Terpsichore. At this time, Gu Nan had to take action.
Thus, Fang Chaoyun and Gu Nan went to each other's Astral Realms, each with their own thoughts. One started to attack the city openly, and the other secretly planned to "destroy the world."
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