"Niece Shen... now that the Three Mountains Association has been destroyed, where do you intend to go next?"
Having finished considering his own affairs, Aaron looked toward Shen Qingchen.
This female cultivator indeed wore a troubled expression. "Now that the Three Mountains Association has fallen, the Azure Cauldron Sect will not spare elders like us... Your niece plans to leave the Forest Kingdom, the Martial Kingdom... I heard that the Vast Righteous Sect has already entered an alliance with the Azure Cauldron Sect. As long as they are given the Martial Kingdom's territory, the two sides will become allies and jointly resist foreign enemies... Therefore, the Martial Kingdom is no place to go either."
"Allies? More likely, the Martial Kingdom alone will take time to digest, and they may not have any strength left to spare. That is why the Forest Kingdom can enjoy a temporary peace, isn't it?"
Aaron sneered, somehow feeling that the Azure Cauldron Sect and Patriarch Azure Pill would regret this in the future.
But there was nothing to be done about it. Patriarch Azure Pill had likely seen the future as well, yet adhering to the notion that one must settle internal affairs before resisting external threats, he still wanted to take advantage of this window of opportunity to unify the Forest Kingdom first, slowly amass strength, and discuss everything else afterward.
"Yes, so your niece intends to first travel through the nations of the Far Western Lands in search of opportunities... If that truly fails, I can only try to cross the boundless desert and head to the Great Qian cultivation world... Otherwise, forming a core will surely be hopeless."
Shen Qingchen let out a sigh.
Aaron could not help staring straight at Shen Qingchen. This was the first time he realized that his