Yao Chen spent a long time digesting the information Zhao Li had sent over.
Although he belonged to the Good and Lawful Alignment, the Dou Qi Continent's belief that strength reigned supreme had long since seeped into his soul. When he saw that Zhao Li actually intended to betray his own class and spread teachings across the continent, he was utterly dumbfounded. He could not understand what Zhao Li stood to gain from this besides earning the hostility of other powerful experts.
Over the past few years traveling with Xiao Yan, his greatest feeling had been that although he had only been dead for a few decades, everything outside seemed utterly different from the world he had known. He had been constantly adapting to those changes. Yet even so, it still felt surreal to him. Since when did the strong care about the thoughts of the weak? Since when did they care about how the weak lived?
"Perhaps my realm is too low for me to understand what true big shots are thinking. Still, if the continent could really become like that, it wouldn't be bad."
After a long while, Yao Chen finally finished processing the information in his mind. His gaze toward Zhao Li was exceedingly complicated, filled with incomprehension, curiosity, respect, admiration...
He did not understand what Zhao Li sought, nor did he understand why Zhao Li would harbor such thoughts. But at the same time, he admired those who dared to defy the world's understanding in order to change it.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the thoughts constantly flashing through his mind, and promised, "Rest assured, Master. My disciple and I will certainly do our utmost to let them leave the Eastern Region and leave Great Li."
The task Zhao Li had given him was not