Special Chapter 80: Black Market and Wrathion

Most Pandaren living on the Pandaria Continent were peaceful, mild-mannered folk who kept to themselves.

They were equally content to stay where they were, living quiet, comfortable lives on familiar land.

A life spent rushing about in anxiety and uncertainty was still a life, and a life spent in comfort, peace, and happiness was also a life. So why insist on making a name for oneself?

Still, a small number of Pandaren differed from their kin. They had restless hearts.

For example, the adventurers and wanderers living on the back of Shenzhenzi the turtle, on Misty Isle. They yearned for the world beyond and were filled with curiosity and a spirit of exploration.

The Pandaren of the Shaohao Dynasty had always disapproved of these unruly compatriots.

And not long ago, the Pandaren of Misty Isle had chosen to join either the Alliance or the Horde according to their own inclinations, which made the Shaohao Dynasty Pandaren scorn them even more.

These adventurers who had forgotten their roots had abandoned their identities as subjects of the Shaohao Dynasty. It was simply incomprehensible.

Moreover, many younger Pandaren on Misty Isle had been born there and had never even seen what the Pandaria Continent looked like. They had no sense of identification or belonging toward the Shaohao Dynasty.

Thus, compared to the Shaohao Dynasty, these younger Pandaren felt closer to the Alliance or Horde they had chosen.

And so, when the Alliance and Horde expeditionary forces arrived on the Pandaria Continent, these "returnee" Pandaren came along as well to explore this new land.

To the Pandaren of the Shaohao Dynasty, they were merely foreigners wearing Pandaren skins.

Their way of life, habits of thought, and racial traditions were at most limited to the portion preserved on Misty Isle. In many respects, communicating with