Today's first update: Chapter 2749! 1/4!
"My identity? I come from the Wildlands. I am the Lord of the Great Wilds, the Lord of the Wild Race. That is my identity," Xu Kun answered seriously.
But that answer was no different from not answering at all.
"What is the Wild Race?" Icefire Demon Lord pressed on unwillingly.
What was the Wild Race?
"From barren wasteland to flourishing prosperity—that is the Wild Race." Xu Kun gave the definition he had used when naming the Wild Race.
In truth, the name had two origins. On one hand, the Wild Race had been established upon the Wildlands Battlefield, formed from the former Kirin Race battlefield. On the other, A Li and the other foundations of the race had come from the Plague Realm Ruins, a place of primordial desolation.
The meaning of wild was an image of plants growing madly and covering the land. Xu Kun hoped that the Wild Race would likewise display such untamed growth.
And combined with the concept of the Dao: "Wild indeed, boundless and unending"—a description of the Dao's vast infinity, carrying an admiration for nature in its uncivilized, unrestrained essence. This corresponded to the various forms of Totemic Power wielded by the Wild Race's core members.
Naturally, outsiders found such an empty, idealistic explanation difficult to understand.
What the Rat Race wanted was a material answer: where had the Wild Race come from, what was its foundation? None among the myriad races had ever heard the name Wild. This lay beyond both cognition and reality.
Naturally, Xu Kun could not explain the origin of the Wild Race. Was he really supposed to tell them that he was Xu Kun?
So in the end, this question had no answer.
Icefire Demon Lord naturally caught the evasive meaning