The guards immediately fell to their knees as if they were beholding a god, murmuring prayers under their breath.
Chen Yan's spiritual power automatically picked up and understood their thoughts.
"Greetings, Envoy."
He glanced at Lipo. This Progenitor certainly knew how to yield when necessary. They had only just met, yet he had already lowered himself so far, doing everything he could to elevate Chen Yan as this so-called "Envoy."
Then Lipo led Chen Yan onto a street in the Stone Spirit Clan's settlement.
Most of the buildings here were shaped like pyramids. Countless members of the Stone Spirit Race seemed to have been summoned, streaming out of the buildings to gaze up at him reverently.
Lipo took him on a tour, and Chen Yan almost felt like a rare animal on display.
Still, the Stone Spirit people's attitude toward him had certainly grown more and more respectful.
When they returned to the palace, Lipo addressed the gathered members of her clan. "I communicated with the Upper Realm and invited the esteemed Envoy to help our clan destroy the Gold-Eaters!"
The clanspeople knelt in devout worship once more.
Chen Yan had merely watched all of this with indifference, as though it had nothing to do with him.
But now, he suddenly sensed that a special power seemed to have appeared in his sea of consciousness!
This power resembled the feeling he got when others visualized him while cultivating the Mystic Meditation Method, but it was even purer and more direct.
"One thing's certain: this power isn't harmful."
Before long, Lipo brought Chen Yan back inside the palace.
In front of the other members of the Stone Spirit Race, Chen Yan finally asked outright, "Are you using me to establish your authority?"
Lipo looked slightly surprised. "Does the Envoy not know