After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

"But I..." the boy hesitated to speak.

Lin Yan bluntly asked, "Can't you come up with that many spirit stones?"

"Hmm..." he whispered, his face flushed.

"It's not that I can't buy on credit."

The boy looked up with delight upon hearing this: "Really?"

"But you have to swear a blood oath." She gave a distant smile.

She's not stupid; why would she give him the chance to make empty promises?

He swore a blood oath that he would be punished by heaven if he went back on his word; he could judge the difference between what was more serious and what was less serious.

Upon hearing this, the boy's eyes reddened, and all the joy on his face vanished. "Sister doesn't trust me?"

He smiled bitterly, looking as if the sky had fallen, as if he had truly suffered a major blow.

Lin Yan clicked her tongue twice, watching his performance with a leisurely air.

It's such a waste to have such acting skills. In the world before she transmigrated, she would have been a movie star.

Seeing that no one was moved, he bit his lip and agreed to swear a blood oath.

Just as he was about to bite his finger to make a blood oath, Lin Yan stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute."

A look of surprise flashed across his face, thinking that she was just observing his attitude. But then she waved her hand, and a piece of paper fell into his hand.

"What is this?" He unfolded it and saw the words he had sworn a blood oath to say.

"Please read it aloud as above."

He clenched his hands tightly, as if deeply humiliated, his lips almost bleeding from being bitten.

"What? You don't want to?" Lin Yan raised an eyebrow at him, taking in his expression.

The blood oath she wrote was very reasonable, and the time and conditions for returning the spirit stones were all clearly stated, so be careful that he doesn't drag things out indefinitely.

In the end, he could only swear a blood oath according to what was written on the paper, looking humiliated, and even forgot to pretend to be pitiful.

When he's not pretending to be pitiful, he looks cold and indifferent. It's really hard for him to play the victim in order to gain sympathy and trust.

He swore a blood oath, crumpling the paper into a ball. "Is it okay now?"

"That's fine," she said with a forced smile.

The boy took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Let's just pretend that kind fairy sister no longer exists; the person in front of him is not worth his lingering thoughts.

……

She stopped at the door and glanced at the boy.

"Sister, I don't know how to open this either." He fiddled with his fingers helplessly.

Has he gotten used to pretending? Even though his true colors have been exposed, he can still play the role of a clueless teenager.

Without saying a word, she raised her hand and he flew forward, bracing himself against the door with both hands.

A melodious harp tune drifted over, and the gate slowly opened, revealing countless stone figures holding tridents.

As soon as the gate opened, their eyes, which had been motionless, began to glow red.

"Who dares to trespass on the Sea God's Temple and disturb the Sea God's peace!"

With a flick of her sleeve, Lin Yan pulled the boy away with her spiritual power and threw him down the steps. If he hadn't managed to steady himself in time, he would have fallen flat on his face.

She quickly made a hand seal, and the water ball hurled itself at them, exploding as vine seeds fluttered down.

The vines quickly broke through the stone platform and took root, climbing onto the stone figures to draw nutrients and binding them tightly.

"Let's go," Lin Yan said to the boy below the steps. "Hurry up, my vines won't hold them for long."

After speaking, he took the lead and entered the gate, circling around the stone figures to enter the palace.

The boy quickly followed and arrived at the front of the hall.

A stone axe came swinging down, but she immediately kicked the boy to the ground to avoid the attack. She then leaped up and scattered vine seeds, which penetrated everywhere and immediately entangled the stone man.

Taking a weak person into battle is troublesome; you also have to protect him. If it weren't for the spirit stones, I'd just let him fend for himself.

She unleashed her spiritual power, lifting the person up and throwing them onto the roof, while spirit stones followed to set up a defensive array.

Before them stood two colossal stone figures, wielding axes and glaring angrily. Their entire bodies were petrified, except for their eyes.

As they broke free of the vines, she leaped away, summoned her divine bow, and fired several arrows at their eyes.

—Click!
With its eyes shattered, the stone figure also lost its life.

Lin Yan lowered the person off the eaves, took out a spirit stone, turned it into two small stones, and threw them into the hall.

She can see what's in the main hall through the stone golem's perspective.

The main hall enshrines a monster with a blue face, fangs, a human head, and a fish tail.

It held a trident and had an eerie appearance.

The fruits and pastries offered on the altar looked intact, and the incense and candles seemed to burn endlessly.

She described the features of the stone statue, and the boy replied that it was the sea god.

Good heavens, the sea god actually looks like this, he looks like a monster.

"Sister, let's go inside and take a look," the boy suggested.

"What's the rush? Let's check for any other dangers first."

Using the little stone man's perspective, they looked left and right, tapping here and there, and discovered the mechanism.

Once the mechanism is triggered, the stone statue opens, revealing a passageway inside.

The moment the passage opened, many flying swords shot out from within, piercing through the stone golem.

"Okay, let's go in."

She said she was going in, but actually used her spiritual power to push the person in first, forcing him to walk in front of her.

“Sister…” The boy clenched his fists, not expecting that the other party would use him as a stepping stone.

"Don't shout. If you're walking ahead and there's any danger, I can react in time and save you. If something happens to me, there's no one to protect you."

What she said makes a lot of sense.

If she can handle the danger, she can definitely save the person immediately; if she can't handle the danger, she can still react in time and drag the person away.

There were no other strange things in the main hall, and the passage above the stone statues was also very dark.

The boy was scared, so he said, "Why don't we go look at other places first and not explore inside?"

"Your suggestion is a good one."

Lin Yan accepted the suggestion and turned to leave.

The boy quickly tugged at her sleeve, "Shall we go inside and take a look?"

Tsk, he clearly wanted to go in and take a look, but he insisted on saying he wanted to go somewhere else first. When others accepted his suggestion, he was unhappy and immediately changed his mind.

This is the secret realm of the sea people's heritage, and as a member of the sea people, he must be able to sense something.

I just don't know what the purpose of his awkward behavior is.

He wanted to go into the secret passage, but she refused, saying, "Let's look at other places first."

"Well... sister, there's not much to see elsewhere, is there?"

"Of course there are! Look here, there are many scrolls, maybe they are some kind of martial arts manuals?"

She pointed to a room by the side door of the main hall, where rows of bookshelves were filled with scrolls and bamboo slips.

She made a hand seal to release the spell, and the bamboo slips and scrolls opened automatically. The words inside looked like scribbles, and she couldn't understand a single one.

He took out one of the scrolls and placed it in the boy's hand. "This is your sea tribe's script, isn't it? What's written on it?"

"It's nothing much, just some stories about the sea god." The boy glanced at it and lost interest.

The vast ancestral hall contained not a single item of value. (End of Chapter)