Yao Chen naturally knew exactly what he was saying, but even so, after a brief consideration, he still felt that this was what he should say.
"...You call it a minor rift?"
Upon hearing Yao Chen's choice of words, Hu Jiujiu fell into a brief silence before questioning him back. Her tone instantly turned cold.
"...Yao Chen, it's not as though you don't know why Demon Sage Valley ended up like this. And now you're telling me that all of this is nothing more than a minor rift?"
"Yes. Looking at it from the perspective of the two races, it can indeed only be considered a minor rift."
Yao Chen did not avoid the question, nor did he intend to yield. Even based on what he knew of her in the past, he was well aware that Hu Jiujiu's words were already exceptionally harsh.
But some matters were destined to be unavoidable. If they could not be resolved, they would sooner or later become the root of disaster that threatened the entire continent.
"Heaven and earth have already awakened. In the future, even the remotest edges of the continent will be able to give rise to regions as rich in resources as Zhongzhou."
"In the future, East Continent can remain secluded in one corner, and no one will come disturb your lives and prosperity again. Surely that is better than the countless hardships in this void."
"Enough!"
Hu Jiujiu abruptly cut Yao Chen off. She no longer had the patience to listen to his nonsense.
"If you came only to say these things, I would rather pretend you had never come at all. That would be better than today, when you suddenly appeared only to say such things to me."
Hu Jiujiu shook her head. "Guests should return where they