Chapter 5004 — Top-Tier Clans
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"That is an answer not only you wish to know—we too have been searching for it all along. I can only say that perhaps there is. Who knows but that the legendary ten-thousand-year clans truly exist? But even if they do, such an existence could only appear on the Eastern Continent; on the other Cloud Step Islands it should be impossible." Oda Zhou thought for a moment before speaking.
Wei Zhao nodded. A Cloud Step Island like the Central Island had limited territory, after all; if ten-thousand-year clans truly existed, these thousand-year clans would surely have discovered them long ago. But the Eastern Continent was different—vast in land and rich in resources. Perhaps in some unknown and mysterious corner, a ten-thousand-year clan dwelled in seclusion. Such a possibility was not absent.
"Ten-thousand-year clans—I doubt the possibility is great." Wei Zhao shook his head. After all, human civilization in the mortal world was only a few thousand years old. Though the Cloud Step Islands were isolated from the mortal world, to say that clans—such transcendent beings—had already emerged ten thousand years ago seemed most unlikely.
"I think so too, yet legends of this sort have always persisted. Whether true or false, no one knows. In any case, even if they are not ten-thousand-year clans, the depths of any single thousand-year clan are beyond imagining. They alone truly decide the fate of the Cloud Step Islands—only few in the world know it." Oda Zhou smiled.
"Thank you, Island Lord Oda, for telling me all this. It has truly opened my eyes. Had I not known these things, I might have blundered about in ignorance and recklessness and stirred up who knows what disaster." Wei Zhao said in heartfelt gratitude.
Ever since his return from the Eastern Continent, his self-confidence had swelled most noticeably—he had even begun to hold the Central Island in little regard. It was a very dangerous mindset; left unchecked, it would certainly lead to trouble.
True, with his present strength he could already bully everyone in the Lord's Pavilion except Oda Zhou. But once he truly set himself against the Lord's Pavilion, he would inevitably alert the Central Island Elders' Council. By then, even if Oda Zhou did not lift a hand, those top-tier clans and top-tier sects could crush him with ease. That would be truly catastrophic.
"The ignorant know no fear"—how true that saying was. Now that he had learned of these existences from Oda Zhou's mouth, Wei Zhao had at last recovered his former sense of reverence. His strength was not weak, but it was still far from the point where he could act without scruple. The road ahead was still very, very long.
"Heh, Young Hero Lin is too courteous. At your level, you would naturally come to know these things. Even if I did not tell you, others would remind you. No thanks are needed." Oda Zhou waved a hand with a smile.
"Be that as it may, I must still thank Island Lord Oda. It is always better to know such things a day earlier than a day later—otherwise, mishaps might occur." Wei Zhao smiled. In truth, what Oda Zhou said was also the case: even if he could not have learned these things on the Central Island, once he returned to the Northern Island, Shangguan Tianxia would certainly have told him. The only reason it had not been said before was simply that his level had not been sufficient.
And this incident had in fact been perilously close. Had it not been Oda Zhou serving as acting island lord, but the original legitimate island lord in office, then following the original trajectory, Wei Zhao's clash with the entire Lord's Pavilion would have been all but certain!