Chen Lin truly could not tell Gelisi's gender.
They had a tiny body and a unique charm, but they did not look female.
He needed to clear this up, lest it lead to awkwardness later.
"We of the Yangguang Clan are a tribe of the gods. We have no mortal gender. Master, you may regard me as male or female, whichever you like."
"No gender?"
Chen Lin looked at them skeptically.
"Then how does your race reproduce?"
"When we wish to have offspring, we pray to a divine being, who will naturally sow a divine seed."
Gelisi answered as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
Chen Lin's heart, however, gave a jolt.
This method of reproduction felt strangely familiar.
Back when he had been on the Tianyuan Continent in the Lower Realm, the Primeval Demon God had used precisely this method to create Divine Children.
This was definitely not the behavior of an upright divine being.
"Since your entire clan consists of a divine being's offspring, won't that divine being blame you for taking me as your master?"
As a cultivator, Chen Lin naturally did not believe such talk of divine beings. But any entity that could make a race as powerful as the Yangguang Clan bow down in worship was certainly no ordinary existence, and he could not help feeling wary.
"Didn't you say earlier that you were also a divine being, Master? Since you're both divine beings, there shouldn't be a problem."
"I only said that offhand."
Chen Lin was speechless.
These members of the Yangguang Clan did not seem particularly sharp.
Gelisi, however, shook their head earnestly.
"That can't be. If you weren't a divine being, Master, my pledge of allegiance could not have succeeded."
"You mean only a divine being can become