Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Having heard about Qu Yanling’s actions, Xu Xingguang racked her brains for a moment, then sincerely and subtly commented, ”Ingenious.”

Zhang Zhiyi’s looks, in the Mortal World, would only be considered slightly above average, but in the generally unattractive Divine Martial Realm, she was probably regarded as a great beauty.

The fact that she could come up with such a daring method was quite remarkable.

The key point was, she succeeded.

Upon hearing Xu Xingguang’s evaluation of Zhang Zhiyi, Elder Tan Nan grimaced as if he had swallowed a fly, ”Brilliant? You better not follow her example. Gaining fame by sleeping around is not something to do.”

Xu Xingguang admired Zhang Zhiyi for her unique ideas, but that doesn’t mean she would do the same.

”Qu Yanling has a crooked heart, so it’s not surprising for her to do such things. But I don’t understand, why would she?”

Elder Tan Nan was puzzled, ”She exchanged sleeping with men for the chance to flee to the Mortal World to evade punishment. In theory, once she reached the Mortal World, she should live honorably and peacefully for the rest of her life. Why would she do such a thing?”

Elder Tan Nan asked Xu Xingguang, ”Do you know her motive?”

Xu Xingguang gazed at Elder Tan Nan with a hint of scrutiny in her eyes.

Elder Tan Nan sensed the change in Xu Xingguang’s emotions, her old eyes squinted slightly, thoughtfully saying, ”Little fox, what are you hiding from me?”

Xu Xingguang’s reaction clearly indicated she had something to say but was worried.

What really happened in the Mortal World?

Instead of answering Elder Tan Nan’s question, Xu Xingguang asked her, ”Granny Nan, what is the Divine Martial Realm’s view on the Mortal World?”

Elder Tan Nan was slightly taken aback by this question, ”Depends on the person.”

She said, ”Our Central Yu Alliance is curious about the Mortal World, but that’s about it. However, the other two major alliances...” Elder Tan Nan frowned and objectively commented, ”Two extremes.”

Xu Xingguang nodded, humbly asking, ”Could you elaborate further?”

”It’s not a secret. You should already know, most citizens of the Divine Hidden Alliance are descendants of Ancient Xia Country, and those of the Eastern Alliance are descendants of the Ancient O Continent Alliance. In our Central Yu Alliance, most are also descendants of Ancient Xia Country, with only the nomads living in the north being the indigenous people of this land.”

Xu Xingguang was somewhat startled, ”So there are indigenous people living in the Divine Martial Realm?”

In her past life as Lin Piaopiao, she had led the Lin Family Army to the Central Yu Continent, planting the flag of Ancient Xia Country on its land. She had lived there with her subordinates for a time, yet never saw signs of indigenous people.

”Have these indigenous people always lived on the Central Yu Continent?”

Elder Tan Nan shook her head, ”They originally lived on the East Ocean Continent, separated from the Central Yu Continent by a vast ocean. Two thousand two hundred years ago, Marshal Lin conquered the Central Yu Continent, but before he could seize the East Ocean Continent, that meteorite fell. So, no one knew about the indigenous people on the East Ocean Continent.”

Elder Tan Nan felt a pang of regret, always thinking that without that cursed meteorite, and if Marshal Lin had lived longer, they could have conquered the entire Divine Martial Realm.

Then the fighting fanatics of the Eastern Alliance wouldn’t have their chance.

So that’s how it is.

”Why have these indigenous people, originally from the Eastern Alliance, settled now in the northern mountains of the Central Yu Alliance?” Connecting to the Eastern Alliance’s belligerent and cold-blooded nature, Xu Xingguang suspected the reason, ”Did the Eastern Alliance Army violently expel them?”

”Violently expel them?” Elder Tan Nan snorted, ”It wasn’t expulsion; it was a massacre.”

Elder Tan Nan’s brows tightened, and she deeply despised the Eastern Alliance for the crimes committed against the indigenous people.

”Back then, the Eastern Army nearly wiped out all the indigenous people. If not for a journalist who infiltrated the army and secretly exposed the bloody massacre of indigenous tribes by the Eastern Alliance, urging people from other continents to stand up against the Eastern Alliance’s actions, the entire indigenous tribe might have been exterminated.”

Xu Xingguang couldn’t believe the Eastern Alliance was so disgusting.

They seized the homeland of the indigenous people and then tried to annihilate them.

That’s even more shameful than robbery.

”Knowing the plight of the indigenous people, a female general named Cang Xueyang led thirty thousand Super Power Users to the East Ocean Continent to support the indigenous people, rescuing over three thousand survivors.”