Today's third update: Chapter 1724! 3/4!
After thinking it over, Yan still asked, "Aren't you afraid that I... might keep this Haotian Decree for myself?"
"Would you?" Xu Kun asked in return.
Yan froze. She had wanted to say she would not, but the greed that had arisen in her heart just moments ago was real. She could not bring herself to lie against her conscience and claim otherwise.
Reason overcame her desire.
The treasure was valuable, but if she forcibly kept it for herself, it would not bring benefits. Instead, it might turn the Angel Race into the enemy of all races!
It was not as if possessing the Haotian Decree meant one could build a massive Primordial-Grade Main City like the Kun Race!
If one's own race lacked sufficient strength, then leaving aside the resources needed to build the city, other races could still attack during construction and even after its completion.
Without legitimate authority, one could not speak with conviction.
The responsibility of guarding the land on Haotian's behalf had been exceptionally granted by the Haotian Pagoda to Xu Kun once again, not to the Angel Race.
If the Angel Race obtained this Haotian Decree through Yan's greed, what awaited them in the future would be wave after wave of trouble.
To say nothing else, Xu Kun alone would have cause to wipe out every Angel above the Tenth Floor.
And the Kun Race would not stand by and watch another Primordial-Grade Main City be completed. The Dragon Race would try to seize the Haotian Decree, while the proud Phoenix Race would never allow anyone to rise above them.
Keeping the Haotian Decree for herself would be easy. The price, however, might be the Angel Race's decline from that day onward.
In an instant, Yan thought