Gu Yuanqing looked at the two men and suddenly laughed.
He lifted his teacup and took a gentle sip before saying leisurely, "There's no need to be so nervous, Daoist Friend Jiang. I was merely asking in passing."
Jiang Yunchuan relaxed slightly at those words.
The look in Dang Shuo's eyes, however, gradually chilled.
The reason he had sat down and said so much was that he hoped to persuade Gu Yuanqing.
Some spell arts and divine abilities could only be performed with the recipient's consent.
Moreover, the Way of Creation was extremely important to the Guixu Alliance. Naturally, he hoped Gu Yuanqing would join them willingly and wholeheartedly.
Otherwise, even if he took Gu Yuanqing back, what followed would be troublesome.
The Way of Creation at the true god level could not accomplish what the Guixu Alliance needed.
And even if they brought back Gu Yuanqing's Divine Spark and had someone else cultivate it anew, who could say whether that person would go any further?
No matter how he looked at it, Gu Yuanqing's willingness to cooperate with the Guixu Alliance was the best outcome. Everything else was merely a second-best option.
That was why, after seeing that Jiang Yunchuan of the Divine Court had already arrived, he had been willing to spend so much time explaining the stakes to Gu Yuanqing and wasting so many words arguing with Jiang Yunchuan.
At the same time, this would leave some room to ease relations between Gu Yuanqing and the Guixu Alliance, should they eventually have to take him away by force, rather than letting things become utterly irreconcilable.
Gu Yuanqing swept his gaze over the two men before finally settling it on Dang Shuo. He chuckled. "You see, I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. If I agree