Chapter 977: Staying Away From Trouble (Part 2)
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Faced with Xu Changqing's instinctive curiosity, Hermes' instinctive curiosity made him feel the urge to explore the truth regardless of everything, but rational thoughts produced the scene in his mind that day in the holy land of the Brahmin gods, especially when the last purple-gold thunder appeared, an irresistible trembling feeling also appeared on his body.
"Forget it! I don't want to know anything." Although Hermes could guess that Xu Changqing's words had many bluffing meanings, he had to consider whether he would really get involved in big trouble because he knew too much.
In a certain aspect, Hermes' personality is somewhat similar to Xu Changqing. He doesn't like to be in a dangerous place, like to make plans and then move, hates getting involved in unnecessary troubles and disputes, etc. Xu Changqing is also very clear about the other party's personality, so he uses the momentum of heaven and earth to put pressure on himself to give up asking questions.
As Xu Changqing thought, Hermes suppressed his curiosity without thinking too much, and no longer wanted to know what happened in the Brahmin Sacred Holy Land that day from Xu Changqing, and said, "Since it's so dangerous, I still don't know, I don't want to get involved in any unpredictable big trouble." However, he paused, and then asked unwillingly: "If I want to know, will you really tell me what happened in the Brahmin Sacred Holy Land that day?"
"Of course I will tell you." Xu Changqing said affirmatively.
Hermes looked at Xu Changqing as if he wanted to find some flaws from the expression on his face, but after finding nothing in the end, he couldn't help but look a little disappointed. He quickly returned to normal. He asked Xu Changqing: "What's wrong with you contacting me this time?"
Xu Changqing smiled and said, "Not long ago, the War God City customized a large number of magical tools from me."
"I know this, and many people know it too." Hermes said with a calm expression: "You tell me this, don't you want to show your attitude and stand on our side, right?"
Xu Changqing ignored Hermes' teasing inquiries, took out a scroll and placed it on the table, saying, "This is a list of forging artifacts. If I do my best, it will only take ten days to fully create it."
Hermes frowned, picked up the scroll and opened it. When he saw what was written on it, his face immediately became solemn, his expression of relaxation had been restrained, and he said seriously: "This is impossible. Even if so many magical tools start construction in all our forging factories, it is impossible to complete within ten days."
"You guys cannot, it doesn't mean I cannot." Xu Changqing smiled and turned around. He wiped it on one wall, and the divine array on the wall burst out with light. Then the situation in the forging furnace appeared, and he said, "Now these mortals are not proficient in operating this forging artifact, and the forging artifact itself still has some defects. Once all these defects are made up, do you think I can forge that batch of artifacts within ten days?"
Hermes looked at the scene in front of him, watching the rough artifacts made like flowing water under the tempering of the artifacts controlled by mortals. Just now, four rough artifacts have been forged. This is just a forging outlet. If the number of forging artifacts in the entire forging workshop is included, the number of forging artifacts that the forged can definitely amazed anyone.
Although this forging method is very shoddy in Hermes's opinion, there must be many problems and various faults will occur when used, if the forged artifact is just a consumption-based artifact, all the problems will no longer be so important. From the list Xu Changqing showed him just now, it is not difficult for him to find that most of the artifacts customized by the God of War City are those consumption-based artifacts, and the forging method of the artifacts does not have much profound and complexity. With the current power of the forging workshop, this batch of artifacts can be easily forged.
Hermes does like to do some pranks that harm others and do not benefit themselves, like to make trouble in the temple star, and like to cause trouble for any god he dislikes. But after all, he is still a pure-blooded god clan. He does not want the pure-blooded god clan to be shaken in the Holy Ruins, nor does he want to see the rise of the mixed-class god clan and the turbid beast clan. Although Xu Changqing's forging workshop is not a force in his opinion, if he joins the alliance between the God of War City and the Brahmin tribe, it will make up for the shortcomings of this alliance and make him no longer have any worries about the consumption of the artifacts.
If the previous practices were followed, Hermes would inform the Olympus tribe and other tribes of the threat, and let the Pure Blood Tribe send people to kill him. Just like when the god king Zeus solved the troll god craftsman, the destruction of a forging factory for turbid beast god will not have any impact on the situation. But now Hermes can vaguely estimate that Xu Changqing's real strength is far beyond imagination, and may even be comparable to the Supreme God. The problem is that only he himself knows Xu Changqing's strength, and others do not know that if other Pure Blood Tribes dealt with Xu Changqing, it would inevitably end in failure. In the past, one or two failed actions of the Pure Blood Tribe would not cause any major trouble, but now the situation in the Holy Ruins has become so subtle that any failure of the Pure Blood Tribe will bring serious adverse consequences.
After estimating the final gains and losses, Hermes suddenly discovered that the best way to solve Xu Changqing's big problem is to win him over to the side of the pure blood gods. But let alone whether the pure blood gods would believe that a turbid beast god craftsman with an important position would really stand on their side. Even if he believed that the powerful and extraordinary turbid beast god craftsman in front of him would not be willing to slave the pure blood god craftsman. Since he could not win him over to the pure blood god craftsman, he would have to use a second-rate method to completely eliminate his influence. This method is to let him leave the sacred beast god craftsman during the civil strife of the Holy Ruins, wait until the matter calms down and gets a result, and then let him come back.
Thinking of this, Hermes understood the reason why Xu Changqing contacted him and confirmed: "You contacted me to help you leave the Holy Ruins temporarily so as not to get involved in this dispute and civil strife?"
"No," Xu Changqing nodded and admitted.
When Hermes heard this, he seemed to feel that he had gained the upper hand and became a little relaxed, saying, "What are the benefits of me helping you?"
Xu Changqing stared at Hermes for a moment, without saying a word, then took out a box and placed it in front of Hermes, and said, "Is this good enough?"
The moment Xu Changqing took out the box, Hermes's eyes kept falling on the box, his eyes wide open, without any intention of moving. This box was the box used by Xu Changqing to hold the ball keys made by the troll craftsman.
Since seeing the ball, Hermes has been very curious about the structure and purpose of the ball. This curiosity is almost the same as his curiosity about the things in the Brahmin Gods Holy Land. Now this ball that made him extremely curious is in front of him. As long as he agrees to help Xu Changqing avoid the internal strife of the Holy Ruins and temporarily leave the holy Ruins, he will be able to obtain the ball. This is simply a small task for him. It is precisely because the process of obtaining the ball is too simple and easy, and he has to doubt Xu Changqing's intentions by nature. So he neither agrees nor opposes, but just looks at Xu Changqing with a suspicious face, which means he will not give up until he sees it through.
"What is your purpose?" Hermes asked in a deep voice.
Xu Changqing asked back and said, "What do you think I'm aiming for?"
Hermes fell silent again. Obviously, this seemingly easy decision was a bit embarrassing for him. He really didn't know what Xu Changqing's purpose was to do this. Although it seemed simple on the surface, it was to use this ball key to exchange the opportunity to leave the Holy Ruins as soon as possible to avoid being involved in the civil strife of the Holy Ruins, but the efforts and gains were really unequal, and no one with a little wise mind would do such a transaction.
What's more, Xu Changqing didn't need to agree to such a transaction, because no matter how you look at it, Xu Changqing had the upper hand. Whether he left or not had a big impact on him, but it was related to the advantage of the pure blood gods when dealing with the other two major gods. Hermes would not let him leave, and he didn't need to pay any trading items at all.
What puzzled Hermes the most was that Xu Changqing didn't need to ask him for help if he wanted to leave the Holy Ruins. He could go to Neodal. Although Neodal's reputation in the Holy Ruins was incomparable, from the list of subordinates secretly recruited by Neodal before, it can be seen that Neodal's power in the Holy Ruins is definitely not worse than any of the main gods of the Olympus tribe. It is not difficult to ask him to help him gain control of the Fusion Land in advance and to serve the God Order.
Just when Hermes was full of doubts because of Xu Changqing's actions, Xu Changqing, who had a calm face, had already smiled in his heart. Hermes' reaction was already within his expectations, and this was also one of his original goals.
In the holy land of the Brahmin gods, the dragon beast clone suffered such severe injuries, and the original plan was completely disrupted, and the future of the holy ruins also went in an unpredictable direction. All of this can be said to be Xu Changqing causing trouble and self-inflicted, but it is undeniable that Hermes's calculations were also included. Xu Changqing, who felt a little depressed, would naturally not get angry with him, so Hermes became the best target of anger. In his opinion, since Hermes was plotting against himself with open conspiracy, he also used his own way to plot against him, and this ball key was
Chapter completed!