Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1478 - 631: Qiu Tu’s Disaster Route—A New Path of Evolution

Qing Lan nodded, "Yes. Because... I only opened up my Divine Domain to guard these nine states for the Western Divine King and the Fog Hidden Association."

"Everything in these nine states actually still belongs to the Western Divine King and the Fog Hidden Association."

"So whether it's taxes or cataclysm materials, the Fog Hidden Association will send dedicated people to collect them."

"After collecting everything, they'll hand over 70% to the Western Divine King, keep 24% for themselves, and finally leave about 6% for me. That's my budget for development and my commission."

"But... even so, they still withhold or delay my resources from time to time." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Listening to Qing Lan, Qiu Tu couldn't help but think of a 'famous saying' in his mind: Seventy percent? Seventy percent belongs to them!

Good grief... it's not just 70%, it's 94% that's theirs!

Qing Lan worked so hard to build and protect his Divine Domain, but he only gets 6%. And that 6% still has to be used for development...

Damn... Even a born scammer like me is about to tear up hearing this... That's just way too shady.

Thinking like this, Qiu Tu suddenly remembered the 2nd Sanctuary. He looked up at Qing Lan and asked, "By the way, you just said that the 2nd Sanctuary used to be part of the Fog Hidden Association?"

"What's up with that?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qing Lan glanced at him a little strangely and then said, "You didn't know that when the two worlds fused, a piece of the world was merged into the core area?"

Qiu Tu blinked and said, "I know. I also know that a lot of humans lived on that piece of land. It was the predecessor of the 2nd Sanctuary."

Qing Lan nodded slightly, then explained, "Exactly. Your human world embedded into the Western Kingdom. And most of those regions bordered the Fog Hidden Association."

"And that batch of humans from the 2nd Sanctuary landed directly in Fog Hidden Association territory."

"Back then, seeing the situation was dire, the leader of the 2nd Sanctuary pledged allegiance to the Fog Hidden Association and gained their trust."

"A few outstanding individuals from that group were also nurtured by Fog Hidden Association."

"At that time, Fog Hidden Association planned to assimilate that batch of fellow humans first, and then, after the Separated Mountains collapsed and the two regions merged, swallow up the entire human force and grow stronger."

"In other words, make the human race a part of Fog Hidden Association."

"This is honestly the normal procedure for every faction swallowing up a new world."

Saying this, Qing Lan paused for a moment, then continued, "But... who could've known, you humans are as cunning as ever."

"After earning Old Tian Qi's trust, you developed quietly and, after reaching the eighth rank, turned around and went to see the Western Divine King. Wanting to break out on your own."

"I don't know what you did, but anyway, the Western Divine King agreed to the humans' request."

"So, you humans managed to carve out territory, snatched 20 states from Fog Hidden Association, and founded the 2nd Sanctuary."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu's eyes flickered.

This was something he'd vaguely heard about before. And he knew the real reason humans had been able to split off: nuclear weapons. (Chapter 621)

Most likely, the 2nd Sanctuary had demonstrated the power of nukes to the Divine King.

Although with the Divine King's power, nukes probably couldn't hurt him anymore. But they could harm seventh-rank Great Evil Gods and were enough to fend off other factions, certainly enough to get the Divine King's interest.

That's how the 2nd Sanctuary managed to break away from Fog Hidden Association.

With that, the 2nd Sanctuary and Fog Hidden Association fully fell out. Probably also why Fog Hidden Association kept targeting humans all these years.

Still, Qiu Tu actually didn't care about the grudge between the 2nd Sanctuary and Fog Hidden Association.

What he did care about... was something else.

Carving out territory, founding states...?

So that's the real 'promotion path' for the core area?

First, join an Evil God Organization, get yourself some turf, then earn the Divine King's approval, split off, claim territory, and become independent!

And Qiu Tu is the kind who's good at drawing inferences from one example.

If it works with Evil God Organizations, what about with the Divine King?

Pretend to cooperate with the Divine King, then once you're strong enough... for instance, if Zhao Ji becomes a Heavenly God. Split off and directly shatter the Western Kingdom, found a new nation, and have your own unique territory in the core area!

He suddenly felt like he'd found the next step for his political path to promotion!

Of course, the precondition for all this is to win the Heavenly God Trial and obtain the Heavenly God's positional frame!

Thinking this, Qiu Tu's gaze couldn't help but grow even more determined!

Just like that... time flew by, and two days passed.

Soon, it was time for the Heavenly God Trial to begin, the hundred gods descending, and Qiu Tu's return to the edge region...

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