"Yes, it's probably related to the fact that the offerings we just mentioned weren't valuable enough," Shen Heng said calmly.
"Oh, I see!"
Night Spirit breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, in Xiaoyu's mind, she looked at the humans in front of her.
"Uh, this ability to eavesdrop on thoughts is really shameless. No wonder this guy said earlier that no one wants others to know their true feelings..."
"Uh, no, I didn't think that way. Uh, no, although I did think that way, I actually didn't..."
"Ugh, ah, world, let it be destroyed..."
"..."
Silence fell over the scene.
Qin Yu glanced at the captain with some apology.
Shen Heng shook his head dismissively, then looked at Qin Yu, or more accurately, at the Dao in her mind.
"Does such a thing exist in the Ruins Realm?"
"Uh, what?" Night Spirit Liya asked.
"God, and situations where one obtains something by offering sacrifices to God," Shen Heng stated clearly.
As Qin Yu listened, her expression became even more serious as she waited.
The voice lingered in her mind for a moment, then said:
"Some Calamity Beast do like to act like gods, but under normal circumstances, only some Eighth Tier beings and all Ninth Tier beings can respond in this way."
"The others, no matter how much they want to act like gods, can't respond through this kind of thing."
"But how could those Black Rat possibly be Eighth Tier? If they were, we wouldn't be alive now!"
Shen Heng nodded slightly.
Suddenly, he paused again and looked up.
"You just said that only some Eighth Tier beings, and even some Ninth Tier beings, have the ability to respond using this kind of thing?"
"Yes!" Liya Norandil replied.
"Then the World Tree sapling in front of you was able to respond to you? That means it's already at least at the Eighth Tier?" Shen Heng asked.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu paused, then focused her attention.
"Uh..." Night Spirit Liya hesitated for a moment, then said, "It shouldn't be yet!"
"How did it look at you last time?" Shen Heng asked.
"Well... generally speaking, one does need to be at the Eighth Tier, with a deeper understanding of the path, before one can use the path to perceive and respond to the prayers of beings extremely far away!" Night Spirit Liya explained.
"But there are always exceptions, like His Nordrassil's branches!"
"Because it was originally part of His Majesty Nordrassil, with a very close relationship; and then it followed the same path."
"Therefore, we can invoke His Majesty Nordrassil's name to call upon it!"
"If even one of the dots is missing, it will be very difficult to find it!"
After speaking, Night Spirit Liya paused, then said somewhat dejectedly,
"Hmm... it's a pity, I should have added more content to the prayer!"
"Roads?" Shen Heng asked.
"Yes, breaking through to the Seventh Tier, and the cultivation after Seventh Tier, all revolve around the path!" Night Spirit Liya said.
"It's called a road, but it's really just the path you'll focus on after you reach the Seventh Tier!"
"Our Night Spirit Clan specializes in three paths: Shadow, Moon, and Wood."
" Xiaoyu followed my path of cultivating shadow!"
Shen Heng paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and said somewhat apologetically,
"I'm sorry, Captain, I haven't told you before, but my ability wasn't awakened. It was developed through training after Sister Liya appeared in my mind and taught me little by little."
"As for my abilities, I haven't actually awakened them successfully!"
"Me, cultivating?"... Shen Heng nodded slightly, not paying too much attention to what Qin Yu didn't say.
Even if it were him, he wouldn't tell!
"Don't underestimate Xiaoyu just because she didn't awaken successfully. Xiaoyu is a genius among geniuses on the path of Shadow. Right now, according to your standards, her abilities are already at least A-Class!" Night Spirit Liya said with some pride.
"Did you evolve this ability on your own?" Shen Heng asked.
"Yeah, we're not like you guys, we're not sensitive to Origin Power," Night Spirit Liya replied.
"We spend most of our time in a space rich in Origin Power, making it virtually impossible for us to awaken special abilities through Origin Power stimulation of the brain!"
Therefore, the only way to acquire special abilities is through self-cultivation!
"This is why many Calamity Beast don't actually have any special abilities."
"Unless their race inherently possesses special abilities, it will be virtually impossible for later Calamity Beast to acquire such abilities!"
"Only at the Seventh Tier, some exceptionally talented or extremely lucky Calamity Beast can awaken certain abilities through various methods!"
"However, precisely because of this, it is also a problem for many Calamity Beast within the Ruins Realm."
" Sixth Tier, that's basically their ceiling!"
"Those who can break through to the Seventh Tier are probably one in a million!"
Shen Heng remained silent, processing the new information he had received.
He paused for a moment, then asked:
"So, is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Um..."
Night Spirit Liya for a moment, and said,
"It has its pros and cons!"
"The good thing is that you can quickly acquire a batch of combat power!"
"When you want to break through to the Seventh Tier, the path that even Calamity Beast usually struggle to achieve will not be too much of a problem for you."
"You can absolutely develop based on your own abilities!"
"The downside is that those who advance to the Seventh Tier in this way have almost no experience to learn from, meaning they can't cultivate systematically."
"However, for you..."
"The most important thing now is to find a way to improve our combat capabilities."
"As for a systematic cultivation method, that takes far too long, not something that can be solved in a hundred or two hundred years. Even if you wanted it, there's no way to achieve it!"
After speaking, she paused, then smiled and said:
"Hehe, how about it? Want to come and learn the path of our Night Spirit Clan too?"
"This is a path that guarantees advancement to the Eighth Tier, and has a chance to reach the Ninth Tier!"
"Well, of course, that is, you have to have the talent!"
"If needed later," Shen Heng replied calmly.
"Huh? You really want to?!" Night Spirit Liya asked, somewhat surprised.
Qin Yu also looked at the captain with some surprise.
"If the abilities can't be evolved further, and yours are still feasible, then let's just switch them!" Shen Heng said calmly. "We're not abandoning the existing abilities; we'll just use them as supplementary abilities when the effects aren't as good!"
"Uh, okay..."
Night Spirit Liya nodded. "As expected of the captain," she thought.
"But can you just teach this to everyone?" Shen Heng asked, raising his eyes.
"Uh, below the Seventh Tier is fine, but above the Seventh Tier, it depends on the situation," Night Spirit Liya replied.
"However, above the Seventh Tier, it depends more on one's own comprehension!"
"Although there are some powerful techniques, the overall requirements for inheritance in cultivation are not too high!"
Shen Heng nodded slightly.
"Moon, shadow, and wood, right?"