Inside the conference hall, the various organizations were discussing the arrangements for Gu Qing Shan's group.
The crowned man spoke: "Their sudden appearance in Calming Soul Country will surely draw a lot of curious gazes, which will cause trouble for them from now on"
An Elder asked: "Then, what does the King mean?"
Gu Qing Shan's group all turned to look.
So this crowned man was the King of Calming Soul Country.
The King spoke: "Let them join the royal guards. The identities of the royal guards are kept secret, and as long as they are by my side, no one would dare to purposely investigate their background"
The military officials went silent.
The Elders went silent.
Most of the people in the conference hall remained silent, only a few voices agreed: "The King is right"
The air was filled with an unspoken awkwardness.
The King looked at everyone and smiled: "If no one has any objections …"
"No, that would be inappropriate"
The Water Pillar Deity cut off the King's words.
Everyone seemed to have regained their senses and spoke in unison: "Please, Deity, grant us your decree"
The King also bowed: "This humble one has not thought things through thoroughly, please forgive me, Deity"
The Water Pillar Deity didn't even bother to look at the King and spoke: "If they were brought here by the Apostle, we should hold a grand ceremony to let everyone know of their existence"
An Elder from the Elder council stepped forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Water God, and bowed: "As the Deity has decreed. Then, what kind of ceremony should we hold? After all, we have never welcomed outsiders before "
"That is indeed a problem, please speak freely"
After saying so, Water God smiled: "It's not appropriate for our guests to just watch us discuss our affairs, take them away to rest, eat something, and change into their formal attire"
"Understood"
Several maids stepped forward and led Gu Qing Shan's group away from the conference hall.
Water God stared at their backs while maintaining a gentle smile on her face.
"We finally have some new blood"
She sighed emotionally.
…
Inside a spacious lounge.
The walls were carved with intricate runes, the carpet was made from a soft white animal fur.
Tea and snacks were prepared.
Several maids stood around, ready to follow orders as soon as they noticed any problems.
"There's still a lot of time before the meeting. Everyone, please have some snacks first."
A maid carried a plate of desserts and came in front of everyone.
None of them moved.
In such an unfamiliar environment, who knew what kind of people they would meet with? How could they dare to eat other people's food?
The maid revealed a regretful expression. Her lips slightly trembled as she said, "This dessert is meticulously made. Its taste is extraordinary."
After saying that, he retreated and prepared to put the snacks on the table.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the maid's appearance and suddenly had a thought.
"Give me one, please."
He said.
The maid stepped forward and picked up the tray.
Gu Qing Shan picked up a piece of dessert, waited until the gourd Adorable confirmed that the dessert didn't contain any Skills, then put it in her mouth.
The food was really delicious. Gu Qing Shan had no idea how it was made. At least, she had never seen it before.
"The taste is really good. Excuse me, I want to know how you made this snack."
Gu Qing Shan raised the other pastry and asked the maid.
The other maids were a bit surprised.
Jang Young-ho then explained for him: "He's a top-notch gourmet chef, renowned throughout the 900 million World Layers. Everyone takes pride in eating his cooking"
The maids all showed an expression of understanding.
The maid from before revealed a proper smile and replied, "This is a dessert used by the royal family. The method of making it is confidential, and only the members of the royal family know about it. However, since you are a few esteemed guests, we will ask later and see if we can tell you the recipe."
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "Then, thank you very much"
He exchanged glances with the maid.
The maid lowered her head and silently retreated.
The few of them remained silent and continued to rest.
A few moments later, the other maids came in with their formal attire.
"Please change into your clothes" the maids all said in unison.
Jang Young-ho went forward to touch it, then sent his voice to Gu Qing Shan: "There are no issues"
"Of course, it would be strange if there were issues with something as simple as this" Gu Qing Shan replied.
One of the maids looked at Lola and said: "It's a bit inconvenient for you to change here, please follow me to another room, we'll be back shortly"
Lola looked at Gu Qing Shan with a hesitant expression.
Men and women were different, and she was a noble Empress, so of course she couldn't change here.
But she was a bit scared to leave Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said: "Come, big brother has something to tell you"
Lola walked up to him.
Gu Qing Shan raised her Silent Dusk Cloak to block the maids' line of sight and covered Lola.
One breath.
The cloak unfolded.
"Do you remember what I told you?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Lola nodded: "Hm, I will remember big brother's words, I definitely won't do anything rude here"
She nodded to them and left with the maids.
A few moments later.
The maids seemed to have received some sort of information.
They exchanged glances and bowed in unison: "Please change your clothes here, we'll be with you shortly"
"Very well, go, you've worked hard" Gu Qing Shan waved her hand dismissively.
The maids retreated.
Gu Qing Shan then looked at Jang Young-ho.
Jang Young-ho took a deep breath and spoke with a serious expression: "I do have a way to escape from various pursuits, but this is a sealed world, the enemy is too powerful, even if we manage to avoid their traps, there's nowhere for us to run"
"It's fine, prepare now, they're most likely going to act soon" Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice.
"Got it"
Jang Young-ho began to draw Cards from the void of space.
Boss had been silent until now, then asked: "You said that Water Deity investigated us, what did she find out?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I also want to know"
Saying so, he waved his hand to unleash a deep blue light, similar to the one that Water Deity unleashed in the conference hall.
This brilliant light descended and enveloped everyone within it.
Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.
[You've temporarily installed the large-scale human war system's super detection function]
[You've obtained the following information:]
[Jang Young-ho, human male, combat state: peak, combat strength: level 8]
[Ye Fei Li, World Destroyer, combat state: slightly exhausted, combat strength: level 10]
[Gu Qing Shan, identity unable to be obtained, combat state: peak, combat strength: level 21]
[Boss, identity: King of Infinite Origins, combat state: absolutely weakened, combat strength: level 99]
Gu Qing Shan quickly skimmed through everything.
Strange.
Although this Water Deity isn't a real Water Deity, she's equipped with the large-scale war system's super detection function.
Who exactly is she?
Asking about my identity right away, what exactly is she trying to do?
Since there wasn't much time, Gu Qing Shan didn't have time to think further and told Boss: "They might already know about your heavy wounds"
Sensing the blue light, Boss understood what Gu Qing Shan was trying to say.
He sighed: "I originally wanted to use my identity to suppress them, but it seems I won't be able to"
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "Ying Hao, the situation isn't looking good, we need to begin right away"
Jang Young-ho showed a Card to everyone and said: "This is my trump card, please cooperate with me"
On the card, there was a drawing of an assassin wielding two daggers.
Behind the assassin, his shadow manifested as a real person, doing the exact same thing as the assassin.
Jang Young-ho tossed the Card out and said: "This is the Flesh Puppet Card, it can take the damage for us at the moment of death, displaying the corresponding wounds and turning into a real corpse"
"To activate it, I'll need 70% of my power, as well as a drop of your blood to replicate your corpses"
Gu Qing Shan released a sword phantom without hesitation, cut her finger and sent a drop of blood into the Card.
The Card glowed.
Ye Fei Li also let out a drop of blood and sent it into the card.
Boss hesitated: "I've already used up the last of my blood, what do I do now?"
Jang Young-ho replied: "Hair is fine as well"
Boss scowled, then plucked out a strand of hair and put it into the Card.
Gu Qing Shan looked at Jang Young-ho.
Jang Young-ho sensed it and nodded: "I can activate it at any time, but my strength will be greatly reduced after activating it, I won't be able to participate in combat for now"
"It's fine, we just need to wait and see if that 'thing' will actually happen"
Gu Qing Shan said.
He took out a piece of paper from his mouth and unfolded it in front of everyone.
A line of text was written in Divine Script:
[I can only buy a bit of time, quickly escape, or you'll die]
Below the words, a simple escape route was drawn.
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