After seeing Qiu Yu get killed, Gu Yunxuan's emotions were a mess.
Shock, fear, guilt, all mixed together.
Gu Yunxuan had grown up under her parents' protection. This was the first time she had seen someone get killed right in front of her.
If it had happened before, she definitely would have been scared out of her mind and run from the murderer.
But today, one of the people involved was her real brother, and the other was her fiance.
That meant there was enough reason, necessity, and justification for the killing.
Even so, she still could not process it. She lowered her head without speaking, her body shaking slightly.
Zhao Sifang noticed that something was wrong with his fiancee's condition and signaled Qin Siyang to take her out of the hall first.
But Wen Shu got there before him and helped Gu Yunxuan up, "Since there's nothing else going on at the guesthouse, I'll head back to United Government Academy with Xuanxuan first. We still have class this afternoon."
Wen Shu smiled at Zhao Sifang, "We're both girls, and we're classmates too. It's more convenient for me to take care of her than you. Don't worry, I'll look after Xuanxuan." [T/N: Girl, he is her fiance.]
Zhao Sifang nodded again and again, "Thank you, Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law, you're way too nice."
For a moment, everyone in the hall froze.
Wen Shu was also stunned for a second, then politely smiled to smooth things over, "Student Zhao, don't call me that randomly. I'm leaving first."
After speaking, she left the hall with Gu Yunxuan.
Zhao Sifang still acted his usual way and followed them into the corridor to see them off, "Take care, Sister-in-law! Xuanxuan, if anything happens, don't forget to call me."
After the two walked away, Zhao Sifang returned to the hall and bowed to Qin Siyang.
"Brother Qin, don't blame me either. Xuanxuan told me to help keep an eye on your private life. If there's any problem, I have to report it to her."
Qin Siyang had been full of anger toward Zhao Sifang.
But after hearing how he addressed Wen Shu, more than half of that anger disappeared.
"Forget it. This isn't the first day I've seen you abandon your friends for a girl. Whatever."
"Thank you, Brother Qin! Brother Qin is so generous! Brother Qin, what class are you planning to attend this afternoon?"
"None. I'm staying in my room to rest."
After speaking, he prepared to head back to his room.
Seeing this, Hu Chan ignored everyone around him and quickly moved beside Qin Siyang, showing a flattering smile, "Boss Qin, how about taking me outside the safe zone with you this afternoon? I want to hunt gods."
"Hunt gods? Then go hunt them yourself. Why drag me along?"
"Boss Qin, it'll just be more convenient with you there."
"There are classes tomorrow."
"I guarantee we'll go and come back quickly! I also want to attend Professor Lister's 'Basic Analysis of Sequence Abilities' on Tuesday. I definitely won't miss it."
Qin Siyang looked at the suddenly humble Holy Son, "Weren't you busy fighting with the Trinity Church? Why do you suddenly have the mood to go outside and hunt gods?"
Hu Chan first glanced around, then decided there was nothing to avoid and answered directly, "It's because I need to fight the Trinity Church that I have to hunt gods. I'm still only Sequence Level Five. I already can't keep up with my enemies' strength anymore. I want to gather the sacrifices as soon as possible and open the Path of the Believer."
After hearing Hu Chan's words, Chu Baxing, who rarely spoke, suddenly opened his mouth, "You're opening the Path of the Believer too?"
Hu Chan looked at Chu Baxing. The flattering attitude he had toward Qin Siyang disappeared, and he became cold again, "The situation forced me into it. Got a problem with that?"
Chu Baxing did not answer and lowered his head to think.
Qin Siyang continued, "Holy Son Hu, if you want my help collecting sacrifices, there should at least be some benefit for me. Don't forget you still owe me a mountain of debt."
"Boss Qin, I only need to hunt small gods for the secondary sacrifices. When we go out, the small gods are mine. If you can still fight after that, then the medium gods are yours. How about it? Killing a few medium gods is still better than staying alone in your room spacing out, right?"
"You already settled your main sacrifice?"
"Yeah, settled it. Compared to the level requirements, it's decent enough, I guess. But it definitely can't compare to Boss Qin's."
"You don't even know what I used as my main sacrifice, and you're already saying it can't compare?"
"I don't know, but Boss Qin only chooses the best even for secondary sacrifices. There's no way your main sacrifice would be bad."
The two went back and forth, and Chu Baxing and the others nearby roughly understood what was going on.
During the previous period, Qin Siyang and Hu Chan had often disappeared and reappeared together. They had been hunting gods together.
And Hu Chan had even helped gather the sacrifices Qin Siyang needed to open the Path of the Believer.
After hearing Hu Chan's plan, Qin Siyang thought it sounded acceptable.
Anyway, killing ordinary medium gods did not require much thinking. He could use the time outside the safe zone to carefully think over what Zhang Kuang had discussed with him today.
"Alright. Let's go."
"Great! Thanks, Boss Qin!"
"That…", At this moment, Chu Baxing behind them spoke again,"Can you take me too?"
"Take you?", Hu Chan curled his lip, "I'm killing small gods, Boss Qin is killing medium gods. The work's already divided up. What are you going to do if you come along? Don't tell me you're going to kill large gods?"
Chu Baxing said, "I just want to know how you manage to go deep outside the safe zone, hunt gods, and return within only half a day."
Hu Chan asked back, "Who said we're going deep outside the safe zone?"
"Because there's no way you would choose ordinary secondary sacrifices. You'd probably choose Blood Moon Tarantula or Abyss Hounds. Those two kinds of gods have almost disappeared within ten kilometers outside the safe zone."
Hu Chan still refused, "No chance. Bringing you along is too troublesome. If you want to go out with us, you need to offer some benefits first."
Chu Baxing nodded, "Naturally. What do you want? We can discuss conditions."
Hu Chan's eyes lit up immediately, "I want your Chu Legion to help—"
Qin Siyang lightly pushed Hu Chan's shoulder, "Hey, hey, you really started negotiating conditions? What, are you the one taking him out? Then I should just stay in my room resting today?"
"Uh… my mistake. Boss Qin, please."
Qin Siyang pointed toward a corner of the hall and said to Chu Baxing, "Let's talk alone."
"Alright."
Under Hu Chan's resentful stare, the two activated conversation blocking.
"You're the crown prince of the Chu Legion. You should have the authority to move troops, right?"
"I do, but not much."
"Can you move engineering soldiers?"
"Engineering soldiers? You want to build military barracks?"
"A Sequence Regiment can't just sleep out in the open, can they?"
"Building barracks for a thousand people? That's not a small project. I'll need to discuss it with my father."
"What thousand-person barracks? I want to build barracks for ten thousand people. Your side pays the cost."
"Ten thousand?", Chu Baxing stared at him, "Why are you building something that big? You don't even have that many troop slots!"
"Not now. That might not be true later," Qin Siyang smiled, "Alright. You can't make the decision on this anyway. Hurry and find a place to discuss it with Commander Chu. I'll wait for your reply."
Chu Baxing looked at Qin Siyang with some confusion, then left the hall.
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