Chapter 2350: Chapter 2354: Jiang Chen’s Explanation
"Have I wronged them? Why should I be afraid?"
Jiang Chen smiled gently, then his expression turned serious: "Not only am I not afraid of the Gold-devouring Rat Clan, but I also somewhat admire them. If given the chance, I would like to befriend them!"
Jiang Chen’s words caused a stir among the people on the third floor of the tavern, and everyone looked at Jiang Chen in shock, with a gaze as if they were looking at a fool.
What did this person say?
He wants to befriend the Gold-devouring Rat Clan? Is he crazy? That’s a clan that kills anyone they see when they go berserk!
Aren’t you afraid of being eaten if you befriend them?
Everyone shouted these thoughts in their hearts, but no one dared to speak out loud.
"You admire the Gold-devouring Rat Clan?"
The interest in the eyes of the gray-robed elder grew stronger, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Why do you admire the Gold-devouring Rat Clan?"
Jiang Chen carefully examined the gray-robed elder, secretly breathing a sigh of relief, realizing that his guess was correct.
"I know why people say the Gold-devouring Rat Clan is brutal and vicious. After I learned about them by chance, I inquired about their past from several seniors and read some ancient texts... I found that the Gold-devouring Rat Clan is both respectable and admirable!"
Jiang Chen spoke with determination: "Back then, when the Extraterritorial Alien Race invaded, the entire Void Nether Realm was in panic. Everyone fought while fleeing to the central region of the Origin Continent. Regardless of whether they were beasts or humans, they abandoned their homelands. Yet, only a few demonic beast races and a handful of human families did not leave their homes. Instead, they fought to the death to protect them!"
"According to records, the Gold-devouring Rat Clan had a Supreme and several Saints. Under the leadership of that Supreme Expert, the entire clan fearlessly fought the Extraterritorial Alien Race on their homeland in a bloody battle."
"In that battle, not only was the space shattered, but the homeland of the Gold-devouring Rat Clan was also devastated and turned into a chaotic space stream that remains to this day!"
In Jiang Chen’s eyes appeared a trace of excitement and regret: "In that battle, the Gold-devouring Rat Clan was defeated! Completely defeated, with less than one-tenth of the population surviving, and all that remained were a few juvenile Gold-devouring Rats!"
"However, their defeat was not in vain. It was their desperate resistance, along with a few other clans that stayed to protect their home, that attracted several Supremes of the Extraterritorial Alien Race, allowing some escaping beasts and humans to successfully flee to the central region!"
Everyone on the third floor was shocked, looking at Jiang Chen in disbelief. They only knew the Gold-devouring Rat Clan for their brutality, with few knowing about such a backstory!
Some diners turned to look at the gray-robed elder, whose eyes were now glistening, and his expression was quite emotional.
"Continue!"
The gray-robed elder, seeing Jiang Chen stopping with a sorrowful face, urged him, his voice hoarse, as if squeezed out from his throat.
"Fortunately, when the Gold-devouring Rat Clan was about to be exterminated, a Supreme Expert arrived from another space to their shattered homeland and drove away the Extraterritorial Alien Race! However, by that time, there were only a dozen or so young rats left in the Gold-devouring Rat Clan!"
Jiang Chen took a deep breath and continued: "Due to the tense war situation, after saving those young rats, the Supremes sent people to escort them to the central region, then continued to fight the Extraterritorial Alien Race. But at this time..."
Anger appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes: "Those who escaped due to the delays caused by the Gold-devouring Rat Clan began capturing the young rats since their strong members had fallen. The juvenile rats fled in panic, yet they were still trapped within a city."
The air on the third floor suddenly froze, and a piercing cold erupted from the gray-robed elder.
The people upstairs looked at the gray-robed elder in horror, but this fear was not as intense as before. Beneath this fearful look was a hint of a complex expression.
"Just as the remaining young rats of the Gold-devouring Rat Clan were about to be captured, an elderly Gold-devouring Rat appeared in that city, gravely injured."
Jiang Chen seemed unaware of the elder’s abnormality and continued: "That old Gold-devouring Rat was the Supreme Expert of the Gold-devouring Rat Clan. When he fled to the city in the central region, he was already on his last breath. He only wanted to see the surviving children of his clan!"
"But to his surprise, what he saw was the scene of the young rats being captured, and at that moment, the Supreme Expert was utterly enraged!"
Jiang Chen’s eyes showed a sense of vindication: "That Supreme chose to self-destruct, blowing everyone in the city who was either capturing the young rats or just watching indifferently into fragments."
"And that massive explosion caused the entire space where the city was located to collapse, while the young rats were thrown into a space fissure by the old Gold-devouring Rat! Since then, there has been no news of the Gold-devouring Rats on the Origin Continent!"
Jiang Chen paused for a moment, glanced at the gray-robed elder, and softly asked: "Senior, were the five forces exterminated by the Gold-devouring Rat Clan back then the ones that survived the Supreme’s self-destruction in that city?"
Before the gray-robed elder answered, an elderly voice suddenly rang out: "No, they were the five forces that had already captured the juvenile rats and left the city during the capture!"
Everyone was slightly stunned and turned to look. Beside the gray-robed elder, there was now an elderly man with white hair and beard.
The old man wore coarse linen clothes, and his build was even smaller than the gray-robed elder, only reaching Jiang Chen’s waist, with a strong scent of decaying wood, as if about to perish.
"Great Elder, why have you come out?"
The gray-robed elder’s expression changed, and he hurriedly reached out to support the linen-clad elder.
