"Are you two the descendants of the Flame Emperor?"

After the room had been quiet for quite a while, the woman parted her red lips and asked calmly.

"Yes!"

Shui Ling nodded and secretly pushed Ling Feng from behind.

Only then did Ling Feng snap out of his own world. He nodded and said, "Yes, we’re both descendants of the Flame Emperor!"

"How rare. I thought I’d never see people of the same bloodline again."

The woman said this, then slowly stood up and came closer to the two of them. "Nice to meet you."

Ling Feng only felt a faint fragrance drift over his face.

Suppressing his nervousness, he swallowed. "Hello, City Lord!"

"My name is Ye Zi. What are your names?" the woman asked.

"Ling Feng."

"Shui Ling."

Hearing their names, Ye Zi nodded. "Good names. Please, have a seat, both of you."

When she finished speaking, she didn’t seem to make any obvious movement, yet two chairs automatically slid over.

Ling Feng was slightly stunned, realizing that her ability to control objects was probably on par with Ling Yao’s.

Combined with what Zi Yi had said earlier about her opening up nearly ten kilometers of crust, this level of ability clearly wasn’t something an ordinary Superpower User could match.

However, Ling Feng didn’t comment much. After sitting down, he looked at Ye Zi. "City Lord, we came down to check out the situation, and I didn’t expect to run into our own people. What a coincidence!"

"If I’m not mistaken, you rushed over here because of what happened outside earlier, right?" Ye Zi asked.

Ling Feng nodded. "Yeah. So that means those two attacks were done by you, City Lord?"

"Mm."

Ye Zi nodded in a very straightforward way and then said, "It was me. They’re all from other races, and they look extremely ugly. Just looking at them made me uncomfortable, so I attacked them."

"..."

Ling Feng was speechless. He felt this woman was a little too simple-minded.

But it wasn’t hard to understand. She’d lived underground for so long and basically knew nothing about the outside world.

So, after chuckling, Ling Feng quickly said, "Actually, they just look different from us. They’re not bad by nature, and they’re considered my friends. I came down this time specifically to investigate what happened."

"Oh, so that’s how it is?"

Ye Zi nodded, then immediately asked, "Are you living well in the outside world?"

At that, Ling Feng couldn’t help but laugh to himself.

He was confident that once he talked about the outside world, he could spark Ye Zi’s yearning for it—and maybe even get the chance to "carry her off."

So after smiling, Ling Feng immediately started describing the outside world.

Not just the extradimensional space, but also Earth and several other planets.

He talked for quite a while, his mouth going dry, and when he saw the longing in Ye Zi’s eyes, he became even more enthusiastic.

When he finally finished, Ling Feng smiled. "That’s basically it. I heard from Zi Yi that you’ve been living here for thousands of years and have always wanted to go outside, right?"

"Mm."

Ye Zi nodded and let out a small sigh. "But from the past to now, no one among us has ever mastered the Star Control Technique. Otherwise, we’d have gone up to the surface long ago."

Ling Feng and Shui Ling were both stunned and asked at the same time, "What is the Star Control Technique?"

"The ability to control an entire planet."

Ye Zi said this, then looked at the two of them. "Isn’t that part of the Yellow Emperor’s inheritance?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Uh..."

Ling Feng gave a wry smile at that, thinking to himself that if he had that kind of ability, wouldn’t he already be dominating the whole universe?

Unfortunately, he’d never even heard of it.

Shaking his head, Ling Feng said, "Actually, the Star Control Technique isn’t that important. You’ve already opened a passage. Moving your people up to live on the surface shouldn’t be that hard now."

"No, it’s very difficult."

Ye Zi shook her head. "In our tribe, those who can fly up to the top of the cavern and reach the outside world number fewer than ten. But our tribe has seven hundred thousand people."

"That’s not hard either. I have a way," Ling Feng said immediately.

Ye Zi’s eyes lit up at his words. "Really?"

"Of course it’s true."

Ling Feng nodded and continued, "But if that many people go to the surface, they’ll need a lot of supplies for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. All that will take time to prepare."

"That’s fine. Whatever you need, you help me get it, and I’ll pay you."

Ye Zi said this and then asked, "Right, you use Spirit Stones as currency too, don’t you?"

"Uh, not really."

Ling Feng smiled and said, "I don’t need Spirit Stones right now, and you don’t have to pay me. We’re of the same lineage. Helping you is only right."

He’d thought Ye Zi would be very moved by that, but instead her expression changed and she said seriously, "No, that won’t do. We don’t like owing people. If Spirit Stones are useless to you, I can trade you the techniques I know. After all, the supplies needed for that many people won’t be a small amount."

"Trade for techniques?"

Ling Feng’s eyes lit up. "You mean the Star Control Technique?"

"I can’t give you that. It’s our tribe’s top secret. Only the City Lord can cultivate it."

Ye Zi said this, then added, "But I can give you others, like the Guidance Technique, the Passing Technique, and the Extraction Technique."

She rattled off several at once, leaving Ling Feng a bit dazed. He wanted to ask for the details, but felt there was no need to waste time here—he’d have plenty of chances to learn about them later anyway.

So after thinking it over, Ling Feng nodded. "That works too."

"Good, it’s a deal then!"

Ye Zi was delighted and raised her small hand. "Let’s seal it with a high-five?"

"Sure!"

Ling Feng grinned.

He hadn’t expected them to also have this high-five-as-an-oath kind of custom.

Their palms met with a smack, and with a crackle, a streak of lightning flashed.

Ling Feng froze for a moment, and Ye Zi hurried to explain, "That lightning is the sign that the oath has taken effect."

"So that’s what it was. I thought..."

Ling Feng didn’t finish the rest. He knew he’d overthought it.

He’d originally thought Ye Zi was like Miao Ruoruo, with an Extreme Yin Body, but it turned out that lightning was something she triggered on purpose.

After chatting for so long and agreeing to help Ye Zi and her people relocate to the surface, Ling Feng and Shui Ling stood up to take their leave.

At this moment, Ye Zi asked with a hint of expectation, "Since the outside world you live in is so colorful, could you take me to see it?"

"Of course."

Ling Feng thought, This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for—you finally asked.

He agreed without hesitation. Ye Zi smiled and then said, "Wait a moment. I need to go tell everyone and instruct them on what to do after I leave."

"Sure."

Ling Feng nodded.

Ye Zi drifted away lightly. Shui Ling turned to look at him. "Looks like you’re planning to carry her off, aren’t you?"

"This isn’t ’carrying her off.’ I appreciate her and hope she can become one of our own," Ling Feng said.

Shui Ling froze, then quickly glared at him. "I’m not one of your ’own people’!"