Yang Fan did not respond, merely listening quietly.
Gu Yuan continued, "However, your performance just now was not due to any powerful combat-related talent, but a Class C formation you had mastered to the Great Accomplishment Realm."
"Your comprehension is indeed impressive, but that alone is not enough to earn the evaluation of 'Peerless Monster.'"
His tone was calm, without any belittlement, as though he were simply stating a fact.
"Since I have already stepped in, I should mention the reward." Gu Yuan's voice remained even.
"I'll give you three choices:
First, ten million Divinity Points.
Second, I will choose an S-Rank resource-type building for you.
Third, join my Gu Family."
Without waiting for Yang Fan's answer, Gu Yuan added, "As long as you join the Gu Family, I will directly reward you with a Yellow-Rank Secret Realm for your independent use. In addition, you will receive a hundred years of usage rights to a Spirit Vein Star."
"Beyond that, future resource investments, cultivation support, and battlefield protection—you will receive the same treatment as the Gu Family's prodigies."
At this point, Gu Yuan's tone carried a trace more confidence. "By joining the Gu Family, the resources you can obtain will be a hundredfold, perhaps even a thousandfold, of the first two options."
The difference in terms is that great. It seems this senior thinks highly of me. What a pity. Yang Fan sighed inwardly.
Unlike back in Yang County, Yang Fan now had startup capital and had no desire to be bound by a great family.
Gu Yuan had no idea what Yang Fan was thinking. In his view, Yang Fan had no reason to refuse.
With an S-Rank talent like Tenfold Timeflow, which consumed resources at an extreme rate, anyone who was not a fool should know how to