Biting her lip and pondering for a moment, Shangguan Xihe spoke.
She couldn't refuse. The Ye Lin in front of her was different from other races; she had never seen a hint of greed or killing intent in his eyes.
That's why she was so bold as to approach Ye Lin with her request.
Other races, upon seeing her, would either have eyes filled with greed or killing intent, which disgusted her to no extreme.
And all of it was because the Elf Clan was too weak.
If there was a Prodigy like Ye Lin within the Elf Clan, would she still need to come here and beg Ye Lin like this? Absolutely not.
"Good, I need you to make a Heavenly Dao oath now, otherwise I won't believe you."
Seeing Shangguan Xihe agree, Ye Lin spoke again.
In this world, the only guarantee was to make a Heavenly Dao oath.
Under the witness of the Heavenly Dao, no Cultivator dared to break the agreement.
"Alright."
After Shangguan Xihe finished speaking and used her Cultivation to communicate with the Heavenly Dao, Ye Lin nodded in satisfaction after she made the Heavenly Dao oath.
Meanwhile, Shangguan Xihe felt her Divine Soul being bound by an inexplicable chain. This chain had no effect on her on a daily basis.
However, if what she said was not fulfilled as promised, this chain would mercilessly crush her Divine Soul, and she wouldn't even have a chance at Reincarnation.
This was the terrifying aspect of a Heavenly Dao oath.
"Alright, let's go."
Ye Lin finished speaking and flew off into the distance, with Shangguan Xihe obediently following behind him.
"Where are we going now?"
Shangguan Xihe turned her head and asked Ye Lin.
"To find someone."
Ye Lin said indifferently.
"To find someone?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xihe tilted her head, full of confusion. What in the world was 'finding someone'?
But for now, she just needed to obediently follow Ye Lin. After these ten-plus days passed and they left the Heavenly Palace Ruins, it would be fine.
She no longer cared about finding treasures.
Having grown up in the forest since childhood, she had not experienced the harshness of the world, but now, she knew.
Being ambushed by the Yao Race, her space ring stolen, and finally finding the Holy Sword Forbidden Ground, which also ended up being for naught.
Each and every one of these incidents told her that this world was not as beautiful as she had imagined.
She just wanted to go home now, then enter closed-door Cultivation, and never come out again.
...
"What is this place?"
Shangguan Xihe looked up at the massive palace in front of her, her face filled with confusion.
"Martial God Hall."
Ye Lin spoke.
Above the palace, the three large characters 'Martial God Hall' were clearly written.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xihe rolled her eyes at Ye Lin; she wasn't blind.
"Let's go, let's go inside and take a look."
Ye Lin stepped forward, pushed open the palace gates, and walked in, with Shangguan Xihe following closely behind him.
After a short period of recuperation, her injuries were slowly recovering.
Inside the massive palace, various weapons floated in the air.
And the Grade of each weapon was not low.
The lowest was at least Xuan Grade Low-Rank.
"So many weapons, another huge fortune."
Ye Lin took out his space ring and collected these weapons floating in the air one by one into his space ring.
Although he didn't need these weapons himself, he could sell them for a considerable sum of money.
Shangguan Xihe merely watched this scene quietly, without making any move.
These things all belonged to Ye Lin; she was very clear about her position.
After all, she was the daughter of the Elf Queen, not some idiot.
These things were not something she could covet.
"Human Race? Elf Clan Princess?"
At this moment, a voice came from behind Ye Lin. Ye Lin stopped what he was doing and turned to look.
He saw two stone figures, three to four meters tall, slowly stepping into the palace.
"Backing Mountain Clan?"
Shangguan Xihe looked at the two stone figures in front of her, subtly frowning.
"Backing Mountain Clan members, this place is mine. Please leave."
Ye Lin looked at the two stone figures, his tone cold.
The Backing Mountain Clan was also considered a major race. Their true forms were Spirit Stones.
What was being referred to here was not the common Spirit Stones, but special Spirit Stones nurtured by Heaven and Earth.
These stones were nurtured by Heaven and Earth and were basically useless, but some Spirit Stones, by chance, could develop sentience, and the members of the Backing Mountain Clan came into being this way.
These beings possessed Heaven-Defying talent, but correspondingly, their numbers were extremely scarce.
The entire Backing Mountain Clan, combined, definitely did not exceed two thousand people.
Compared to the Yao Race, which numbered in the hundreds of millions, they were pitifully few.
However, as long as these members of this race didn't fall, they could all grow into powerful beings in the future, which was why the Backing Mountain Clan had not been annihilated to this day.
Although their numbers were small, they had many powerful beings, so even the Yao Race dared not easily provoke the Backing Mountain Clan.
And no other race dared to hunt members of the Backing Mountain Clan.
Other races had many people; if you killed a Prodigy, at most you'd compensate for it.
But the Backing Mountain Clan had so few people. If you killed one, the Backing Mountain Clan's powerful beings would certainly come to talk to you.
Moreover, the members of the Backing Mountain Clan were all honest and kind, and would never provoke other races.
Their heads were filled with large stones; what kind of schemes could they come up with?
So the Backing Mountain Clan was known as the 'good old guys' of the East Continent; these big stone people were the easiest to trick.
Therefore, other races in the East Continent quite liked the Backing Mountain Clan.
"Human Race, my name is Shi Yan. Don't be nervous. These things are scrap metal to us; they're useless. We're here just to make friends with you."
One of the stone figures extended his right hand, completely made of stone, towards Ye Lin and smiled.
Don't let their stone bodies fool you. These Spirit Stones were useless for anything else, but they had one advantage: they were hard.
And they could grow. The longer the time, the harder these stones became, incredibly hard to an unreasonable degree.
It was rumored that there was such a giant stone in the Central Continent that even a Great Ascension Stage Half-Immortal could not damage it in the slightest.
Logically, these Spirit Stones should be most suitable for Artifact Refining, but these Spirit Stones were monopolized by the Backing Mountain Clan, as it was uncertain whether a clan member would pop out of them after some time.
How could they just watch you refine their own clan members?
The fundamental reason was that these things were too hard, so hard that they couldn't be melted, let alone used for Artifact Refining.
"Hello, Ye Lin."
Ye Lin extended his right hand and performed a typical handshake with Shi Yan.
"Human Race, we are here just to ask for your help. Don't worry, we won't let you help for free."
Shi Yan rubbed his neck, a little embarrassed.
"What help?"
"One of our clan members lost contact. I heard that your Human Race has myriad Dao, can you help us find him?"
Shi Yan spoke.
The Backing Mountain Clan had another fatal weakness: they had no Qi within their bodies. Their strength relied entirely on their own hardness.
The harder they were, the stronger their combat power.
They didn't know any fancy Dao; instead, they relied purely on themselves. As time passed, they would become stronger.
It was truly Heaven-Defying to the extreme.
So, it was still that saying: as long as they didn't fall, and had enough time, they could even defeat a Great Ascension Stage Half-Immortal.
They were purely a brute-force race.
"Oh? Then do you have anything related to him? Even if it's something that has been touched by his Qi."