The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

[The Nightmare Spirit Chieftain possesses a seed of the Elven race, but to obtain it from him, one must present the corpse of an intelligent race sufficiently enticing to the tribe.]

Zeng Shen looked at the prompt panel in front of him and asked the Hidden Spirit Clan Chief, "Yin Libai, do you know about Nightmare Spirits?"

"Nightmare Spirits are a group of intelligent races on the other side of the island. They are a group of energy parasites that exist between reality and illusion. They have no fixed appearance and can continuously draw power from the dreams of intelligent races."

Yin Libai paused slightly as she spoke, then continued, "This clan has repeatedly led its people to infiltrate our clan's territory, attempting to reside in our corpses, but we have driven them away each time."

Zeng Shen nodded and said, "The elven seeds you are looking for are in the hands of their chieftain."

"What! It's in His hands?" Yin Libai exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, it’s in His hands,” Zeng Shen affirmed.

Upon hearing this, the Hidden Spirit Clan members behind Yin Libai all showed expressions of extreme anger.

"Damn it, these nightmares are nothing but thieves. They must have stolen our elite seeds."

"Chief, we must find these nightmare spirits and reclaim the seeds of our tribe's elves."

"Finding them won't be easy."

"Yes, and these nightmare spirits will definitely not return the items to us easily."

"Then what to do."

"... "

After hearing Zeng Shen's affirmative words, Yin Libai pondered for a moment and then respectfully said, "Respected human deity, if you can bring back the seeds of our race's elven seeds from the Nightmare Spirit, our race is willing to believe in you, follow you, and serve you."

"can."

Zeng Shen agreed without much thought, then turned to the lizard woman and the summoned beast behind him and said, "Let's go, let's go to the north of the island to see those nightmare spirits."

"Honorable human deity, these cave passages are spread throughout the entire island. Let my clan lead you to the passage that leads directly to the north of the island," Yin Libai said, bowing slightly.

“Take us back to the passage we came from before. Our mounts are there, and it will be easier to find them by riding them,” Zeng Shen said.

“Alright, esteemed human deity, this way.” Yin Libai floated in front of Zeng Shen and pointed to the passage to the south.

Zeng Shen immediately led his group of lizardwoman followers and summoned beasts toward the passage to the south.

As he walked, he said, "Yin Libai, I have something I'd like to ask you."

"Please speak," Yin Libai said, turning her head curiously.

Zeng Shen immediately said, "I have some elven corpses in my backpack space, but their souls have been resurrected by me and they have new bodies. If I store these elven corpses in your clan's territory, can a Hidden Spirit be born through the rules of this cave wonder?"

“Respected human deity, no, the soulless elven corpse cannot give birth to a hidden spirit from an empty shell in this Spirit Gathering Cave,” Yin Libai said.

“Uh, okay.” Zeng Shen nodded.

While listening to Zeng Shen and Yin Libai's conversation, Qiangwei suddenly spoke up: "Lord God, are the elven corpses you mentioned the same as the corpses of Longkui and the others?"

"Yes, last time I couldn't bear to watch them being torn apart by that idiot Kum's followers' scarecrows, so I put them in my backpack space."

As Zeng Shen spoke, he looked at Xueye and Huangling, two of Kumu's followers.

"Hmph..." The two women snorted at him in unison, "You silver god, you're not allowed to insult my god. I think you only took their bodies because you were interested in them."

"It seems you two have forgotten what I said just a few hours ago." Zeng Shen squinted at the two women on the Flying Locust King. "You, what do you want to do!" Upon hearing this and seeing Zeng Shen looking over, the two women subconsciously took a step back.

"What are you doing? You two are so disobedient. I'm considering whether, if I let that Nightmare Spirit Chieftain parasitize your bodies, he might just give me that elven seed directly," Zeng Shen said with a sneer, narrowing his eyes.

"Ah, what? Absolutely not! We absolutely cannot share a body with His race!" Xueye and Huangling immediately said with panicked expressions.

Seeing this, Zeng Shen chuckled to himself, after all, he was just trying to scare these two disobedient summoned beasts.

after that.

He ignored what the two women were saying and continued to learn about the members of His clan, the situation on the northern islands, and the treasures on the islands from Yin Libai.

Yin Libai was also unaware of the treasures hidden on the island, but she knew more about the situation on the north side of the island than anyone else.

"Respected human deities, besides the nomadic Nightmare Spirits to the north, there exists a terrifying, massive, fleshy beast controlled and driven by the Nightmare Spirits. This beast is an omnivorous creature..."

soon.

Zeng Shen learned about the situation on the north side of the island from Yin Libai.

ten minutes later.

Led by Yin Libai, Zeng Shen and the others walked to the exit of the passage on the south side of the island.

Yin Libai stopped and bowed slightly to Zeng Shen and the others, saying, "Our clan looks forward to becoming your kin, and we also hope that you can bring seeds of hope to our clan."

"Okay, you guys go back."

Zeng Shen waved his hand, and with one of the lizardwomen, quickly jumped onto the backs of their respective monstrous jaguar. He then said to one of his followers beside him, "Let's go, let's set off to meet those nightmare spirits and the giant meat beasts they command."

"Yes."

The lizardwomen responded and immediately followed Zeng Shen, rushing towards the north of the island.

Not long after Zeng Shen and his men fled.

Beside Yin Libai, there was a spirit with long blue hair reaching her waist, who floated in the air thanks to her passive skill, levitation. Her long, beautiful legs shimmered faintly under her snow-white, light-transparent dress. Her appearance was similar to Yin Libai's, and she looked to be a young woman of similar age.

She stepped forward, watching Zeng Shen's departing figure, and then said to Yin Libai beside her, "Chieftain, if he really brings our clan's lost elven seeds, should we really follow him, believe in him, and even serve him?"

“Shui Ling, do you know how important that elven seed is to our race?” Yin Libai turned to ask her.

Then he nodded and said, "Mother, that elven seed is the hope for the continuation of our Mistwood Elf race."

"Ah, so beautiful!"

Yin Libai looked at Yin Shuiling and continued, "Child, do you know that besides allowing the Mistwood Elf to reappear, that Elf Seed can also help us break free from the rules of the Spirit Gathering Cave when the Mistwood Elf is born, leave the island, and avoid being imprisoned on the island?"

"what!"

Upon hearing the priest's words, Yin Shuiling exclaimed in surprise. Behind her, many of the spirits who were younger than her in life also let out a gasp of surprise.

Yin Libai's voice didn't stop; instead, she looked in the direction Zeng Shen had left and slowly continued:
"Actually, the priest and I knew a long time ago that the elf seed was in the hands of those nightmare spirits, but do you know why we made him go and get it back?"

(End of this chapter)