"Heng'er, where would you like to go and play?"
Liu Ling'er paid no attention to Lin Changqing and the others.
"To... to the Devil-Sealing Well!"
Lin Heng thought for a moment before answering.
"All right! Mother will take you there now!"
Holding Lin Heng, Liu Ling'er went around the others, with Hong San and Duanmu Lan following behind.
"Lady Goddess, I put the Devil God Black Dragon's corpse away for the time being, but I don't know what to do with it."
Duanmu Lan asked respectfully.
Liu Ling'er had killed the Devil God Black Dragon, so Duanmu Lan did not dare dispose of his corpse as he pleased.
"Do whatever you like with it. I don't care about it."
Liu Ling'er answered absentmindedly.
"Understood, understood!"
Duanmu Lan was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.
Even a battered divine body was extraordinarily valuable to an older God Realm expert like him.
Lin Changqing and the others were both depressed and conflicted.
Should they get up?
Liu Ling'er had not told them to get up, but she had not told them to keep kneeling either.
It was as if she had not seen them at all!
They had better keep kneeling!
They had already been kneeling for three days anyway, so a little longer made no difference.
Before long, Liu Ling'er carried Lin Heng out of the palace and arrived beside the Devil-Sealing Well.
The area around the Devil-Sealing Well was, naturally, under tight lockdown.
The previous hall had been destroyed, and for now, a ring of tall walls had been built in its place.
"Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in at the Devil-Sealing Well in Chishui Royal City. The system rewards you with the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body!" "Would the host like to activate the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body immediately?"
The system's notification sounded in his mind.
Lin Heng first looked at the system's description of the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body.
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body was an exceptionally powerful special physique of the Devil Race, one that could contend with the Human Race's Supreme Divine Physique!
Rewards like these special physiques could not be taken out and given to someone else. Once activated, they would take effect on the host.
Lin Heng was no longer a fetus in the womb. This Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body could only belong to him; he could not pass its benefits on to anyone else.
But!
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body was, after all, a special physique of the Devil Race. Although humans and devils were not all that different in physical structure, they were still not the same race!
Even if Lin Heng attained the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body with the system's help, he would still need to cultivate a powerful Devil Race technique to bring out its full might.
"I won't activate it yet."
Lin Heng hesitated, feeling that he should wait and see.
He wanted to see whether he could obtain another badass physique, and whether he could obtain a really powerful Devil Race technique.
"Ancestor Duanmu, the Devil-Sealing Well needs repairs, and the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation in Chishui Royal City needs its supply of crystal stones replenished. I hope you can stay a while longer."
"The Devil God Black Dragon's corpse can serve as your payment," Liu Ling'er said.
"Rest assured, Lady Goddess. Duanmu Lan will do his utmost!"
Duanmu Lan agreed at once.
With payment offered, there was no question of refusal; even without it, he would not have dared to refuse.
"Heng'er, there's nothing fun here!"
"Mm, Mother, let's go back!"
Lin Heng added, "Take me to the Ancestral God Temple for a look!"
"All right."
Liu Ling'er carried Lin Heng back to the Chishui Royal Palace and entered the Ancestral God Temple.
"Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in at the Ancestral God Temple in the Chishui Royal Palace for the second time. The system rewards you with the Heavenly Art of Creation!" "Would the host like to activate the Heavenly Art of Creation technique inheritance?"
This time, Lin Heng did not hesitate and chose to activate it immediately.
His own mother was holding him anyway, so it would not matter if he behaved a little strangely.
Besides, accepting a technique inheritance would not cause much of a disturbance.
A surge of special energy erupted within Lin Heng's body, rushed into his head, and broke into his sea of consciousness.
Lin Heng felt as though his head were splitting apart, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.
Before long, the entire Heavenly Art of Creation had been implanted deep within Lin Heng's soul.
"Lady Goddess, someone from the Great Xia Imperial Clan has arrived!"
Standing outside the gates of the Ancestral God Temple, Xi Zhaoqu called out softly.
"Mm, understood."
Liu Ling'er handed Lin Heng to Hong San and instructed him, "Take Heng'er back to the Heartwarming Pavilion. I'll go meet the person from the Great Xia Imperial Clan."
"This old servant obeys!"
Hong San carried Lin Heng back to the Heartwarming Pavilion.
Lin Heng, meanwhile, began studying the Heavenly Art of Creation.
The Hall of Longevity.
Lin Changqing was receiving an honored guest from the Great Xia Imperial Clan.
This honored guest was the Great Xia emperor's own uncle, Dongfang Lin!
Dongfang Lin was the strongest member of the Great Xia Imperial Clan, an older God Realm expert whose strength surpassed even Duanmu Lan's!
With such an important figure arriving in person, Lin Changqing naturally could not continue kneeling outside the Heartwarming Pavilion.
Unlike Duanmu Lan, whose hair and beard were white, Dongfang Lin's hair and beard were still jet-black, giving him the appearance of a middle-aged man.
In fact, Duanmu Hong and Dongfang Lin belonged to the same generation, and their ages differed by less than ten years.
Clad in brocade robes, a jade belt, a golden crown, and golden shoes, Dongfang Lin had a distinctly regal bearing!
Lin Changqing had exchanged only a few words with Dongfang Lin when Liu Ling'er entered the Hall of Longevity, accompanied by Duanmu Lan.
"Imperial Uncle, I've been waiting here for you for quite some time!"
Duanmu Lan greeted Dongfang Lin first, his words seeming to carry a deeper meaning.
The two were old acquaintances, and could also be considered old rivals.
"Ancestor Duanmu, I never asked you to wait here for me."
Dongfang Lin glanced at Duanmu Lan, then cupped his fists and bowed slightly to Liu Ling'er. "I heard some time ago that a goddess of peerless grace had appeared in the Chishui Kingdom. I didn't quite believe it before, but to behold you today is truly an honor earned over three lifetimes!"
"You're too kind, Imperial Uncle. Let's all sit down first."
Liu Ling'er did not neglect her manners either, giving him a slight bow.
The three God Realm experts took their seats, with no distinction between host and guest, while Lin Changqing stood obediently to one side.
Ordinarily, he reigned supreme here, but now he was not even qualified to sit.
"In successfully repelling the invasion of the demons and dealing the Devil Race a heavy blow, Goddess, you rendered the greatest service. Our Divine Firmament Human Race will never forget your contribution!"
Dongfang Lin offered a polite compliment.
He did not address Liu Ling'er as Lady Goddess. After all, he was a God Realm expert of the imperial clan, and he could not bow his head to anyone!
"I am also a member of the Divine Firmament Human Race. I only did what I should have done, and I wouldn't dare claim credit."
Liu Ling'er answered perfunctorily.
"Forgive me for asking, but how did you acquire these world-beating divine abilities, Goddess?"
Only because Dongfang Lin likewise considered his own status a cut above that of ordinary God Realm experts did he dare ask such a question.
"It was only because the Ancestral Gods bestowed their divine grace upon me several times that I achieved what I have today."
Liu Ling'er replied solemnly, "Perhaps the Ancestral God forebears knew that our Human Race was about to face a calamity, so they had me act in their place."
"Er..."
Dongfang Lin frowned.
He felt that Liu Ling'er was not telling the truth.
However, the few words he had just exchanged with Lin Changqing had already informed him that Liu Ling'er had originally been nothing more than a maidservant. For some unknown reason, she had suddenly become the invincible God Realm expert she was now.
It was very strange!
Ordinary reasoning could not explain it at all!
Since ordinary reasoning could not explain it, perhaps the explanation she had just given was the truth!
But if she really was telling the truth, why had the Ancestral God forebears chosen her?
And what method had the Ancestral God forebears used to accomplish all this?
Dongfang Lin was not the only one who could not make sense of it. Duanmu Lan and Lin Changqing were equally lost in a fog, their minds full of questions.
"By the way, I heard that you recently gave birth to a little prince, Goddess. As it happens, I have a daughter who is not yet ten. If you have no objections, Goddess, our two families could arrange a marriage and become like one family from now on. What do you think, Goddess?"