What was at Black Dragon Ridge?
According to what Wang Quan knew, Black Dragon Ridge had to hold a fortress far more imposing than Purple Gold Pass.
In fact, the entire ridge might have been turned into a fortress.
It was one of the Great Shang Empire's mightiest fortresses.
Yet he opened his mouth and could not get a single word out.
At that moment, without waiting for Wang Quan to answer, the Grotto Heaven Cultivator continued on his own. "Black Dragon Ridge is a barren wasteland. There's nothing there."
"There's nothing but poor mountains, treacherous waters, and a pack of Spirit Monsters starved to skin and bones."
"It isn't even a strategic location for the Great Shang Empire."
Wang Quan frowned at those words.
Not a strategic location? Then why had a major battle taken place there in history?
He said instinctively, "If it isn't a strategic location, why would war eventually break out there?"
"That's right. The Purple-Robed Marquis and the others went there. Before him, other cultivators must have gone there too."
"They wanted to practice the Present World's spells. They wanted to use those spells to suppress [Liu Yong]."
"But anyone who practices the Present World's spells will be branded a monster by the natives."
"When a nation is about to fall, monsters are sure to appear."
"They're Great Shang's greatest monsters."
"To defeat Great Shang, and to do so with a legitimate cause, the Great Qian Empire had to go to Black Dragon Ridge to deal with the Purple-Robed Marquis and the others."
At this point, a flicker of panic and unease crossed Wang Quan's eyes. "If the Purple-Robed Marquis and the others didn't go to Black Dragon Ridge and didn't practice the Fundamental Method, then... would the Great Qian Empire's army attack Black Dragon