My Profession Can Be Infinitely Upgraded, Chapter 275

He was the gap-making existence among the younger generation of the Firmament Ancient Realm, the lone peak that had trampled all of Starfall Lake beneath his feet and forced every opponent to look up at him.

Mengli noticed the fleeting shift in Helan Yan's expression.

She knew this old minister all too well. He was also her teacher. Whenever he stroked his beard in silence and the dim light in his eye sockets flickered uncertainly, Mengli knew that some scheme was slowly taking shape in his heart.

Almost instantly, she guessed her teacher's intention. That was why she spoke softly, an imperceptible complexity in her tone. "Teacher Helan, you want the Divine Remnant Clans to clash with Jiang Xuan?"

"Exactly." Helan Yan nodded, a shrewd smile surfacing on his lean face. "If one is going to fight, one must fight the strongest."

"Only by crossing blades with the strongest can both sides be forced to reveal all their foundations."

"Heh, don't those Divine Remnant Clans think themselves above everyone else? Don't they see the Cultivators of this world as a pack of uncivilized barbarians? Then let them test their teeth against the hardest bone."

"If they win, we will see their hidden cards. If they lose, we will see this world's limits. No matter who wins or loses, we cannot come out worse for it."

Before his words had even faded, he stroked his beard and smiled. His tone even carried a hint of relaxed teasing. "Besides, this will likely be much easier than either of us imagined. Those 'allies from the upper realm' of ours would probably walk with their heads tilted toward the sky if they could. As long as they learn the name of this world's strongest man and where he is, they will seek him out