Chapter 816 – The Great Western Continents Ambitions (1/2)

Chapter 816 – The Great Western Continent's Ambitions

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The blue-clothed stranger was surprised that Wang Po had seen through their origins at a glance. After silently pondering this, they replied, ”I did not expect that the experts of the continent were already at such a high level. When Guan Xingke visited us, he was far inferior to you, and Tie Shu is also inferior to you. Could it be that your side is more suitable for cultivation?”

The stranger spoke of Guan Xingke and Tie Shu, both experts with very deep connections to the Great Western Continent, Tie Shu even being born there.

”You were on good terms with Tie Shu?” Wang Po asked.

The blue-clothed stranger replied, ”He truly was an old acquaintance.”

Wang Po calmly looked at the stranger and asked, ”You want to take revenge for him?”

The stranger began to laugh, their voice still hoarse and raspy.

”Revenge? I once chased Tie Shu into the sea, where he was ultimately saved by Guan Xingke. He would not think that I would take vengeance for him, right?”

In their battle in the capital three years ago, Tie Shu had died under the strike that Wang Po used to break through, but no one could deny Tie Shu's power. When Tie Shu still lived on the Great Western Continent and had still not broken through that threshold, he was still an extremely talented expert, yet he had been pushed into such desperate straits by this person. From this, one could presume that this person had an extremely high status and lofty reputation in the Great Western Continent.

Wang Po thought of this person's rueful comment and explained, ”It's not that the Central Continent is more suitable for cultivation, but that we have more cultivators here, so the competition is more intense.”

The blue-clothed stranger muttered for a while before finally saying, ”That is reasonable. Then in your view, with my current level of strength, where would I rank in the Central Continent?”

Wang Po replied, ”Probably in the top ten.”

The continent was vast and contained countless experts. That Wang Po, a great expert of the blade, would personally say that this stranger would rank in the top ten meant that this person was truly extraordinary.

Yet all he received in exchange from the stranger was a sigh.

”Only top ten?”

The blue-clothed stranger sorrowfully said, ”In the end, remaining content in one's small corner in peace and joy is not the proper path of the cultivator. Falling behind is a given.”

Wang Po replied, ”Peace and joy is also desirable.”

The stranger looked into Wang Po's eyes and said, ”Falling behind will result in being attacked, sealing oneself off will end in decay. In the end, we should still return.”

Wang Po fell silent for a very long time before saying, ”I have no opinion on this matter.”

If the humans living on the Great Western Continent wanted to return to the Central Continent, it would certainly be a major event that would provoke all sorts of troubles and disputes.

Even if only a small portion of experts wanted to return, they would still require territory and resources.

But from Emperor Taizong to the Tianhai Divine Empress and up to the present, this had been the irresistible trend, from the alliance with the demi-humans to the confluence of the north and south and finally to the unification of the east and west.

Because if humanity wanted to resist and ultimately exterminate the Demon race, it had to gather together its entire strength.

After all, those living on the Great Western Continent were still humans, so in the view of many human experts, they were even more trustworthy than the demi-humans of White Emperor City and it was only right that the relationship be strengthened. As for the demi-humans themselves, in the past they might have been worried that the return of the humans from the Great Western Continent might affect their status, but now that their empress was from the Great Western Continent, they would probably not be too wary.

The number of people that could decide this matter was very small: the Emperor of the Great Zhou, the Pope, the Holy Maiden, the White Emperor couple, and now one needed to add Shang Xingzhou.

An expert like Wang Po naturally had a voice in this matter as well.

In the past, Wang Po had supported it, but now, his thinking had changed.

Whether it was the fact that Mu Jiushi had almost become the next Pope or that a Divine Domain expert of the Great Western Continent had brought people in an attempt to kill Chen Changsheng, it was now plain to see that Shang Xingzhou had worked through Madam Mu to form a pact with the Great Western Continent.