"Me?"
Seeing the Clan Chief of the Demon Spirit Clan fix her gaze upon her, Wang Yuxian was quite taken aback.
After all, she had already heard from Yao Cheng about the matter of that great being coming here and waiting for someone.
But how could she possibly be the person that great being had been waiting for?
Tens of thousands of years had already passed.
She should have no connection to that great being whatsoever.
"Don't be pressured, Miss Wang. It's just that this great being showed extraordinary kindness to our Demon Spirit Clan."
"When he came to our Demon Spirit Clan back then, he said he was waiting for someone, but unfortunately, he passed away before that person ever arrived."
"However, this Talent Testing Formation was left behind by that great being, and we've always wondered whether it might be connected to the person he was waiting for."
"Over these tens of thousands of countless people within our clan have stepped onto this Talent Testing Formation, but you are the first to cause his pendant to react."
"In truth, had you not come, we wouldn't have known that his pendant could react in such a way."
"That is why I suspect the person that great being was waiting for might be you."
The Clan Chief of the Demon Spirit Clan patiently explained to Wang Yuxian.
"Senior, if I am the person that great being was waiting for, is there something I need to do?" Wang Yuxian asked.
"There is nothing. We don't know why that great being wanted to wait for someone in the first place."
"Of course, we also can't be certain whether it was truly you he was waiting for. It's simply that because your presence caused his pendant to react, we've made this speculation."
The Clan Chief continued his explanation.
"Miss Wang came to our Demon Spirit Clan, presumably for that power the great being left behind as well, correct?"
The Clan Chief asked further.
Wang Yuxian did not answer directly. Instead, she looked toward Yao Cheng.
"Just speak the truth," Yao Cheng said to her.
Seeing this, Wang Yuxian dropped all pretense and told the Clan Chief directly about the purpose of her and Chu Feng's visit.
But after hearing Wang Yuxian's account, the expressions of every Demon Spirit Clan member present turned rather unpleasant.
The Clan Chief was no exception.
The atmosphere instantly grew awkward.
This, in turn, made both Wang Yuxian and Chu Feng tense up.
After all, the Demon Spirit Clan was rather peculiar. Just how xenophobic they were, Chu Feng and Wang Yuxian had already witnessed firsthand.
The fact that they had attacked without even asking a single question the moment they laid eyes on Chu Feng spoke volumes about how deeply they despised outsiders.
Asking them to lend the puppet army to save the beings of the Nine Souls Galaxy — they were almost certainly going to refuse.
"Miss Wang, are you trying to save the Nine Souls Sacred Clan?"
"Or are you trying to save the Nine Souls Galaxy?" the Clan Chief asked after a moment of silence.
"The ones I wish to save are the beings of the Nine Souls Galaxy."
"Senior, even though your Demon Spirit Clan has secluded yourselves for tens of thousands of years, you are still part of the Nine Souls Galaxy."
"You wouldn't want the Nine Souls Galaxy to fall into the hands of outsiders, nor would you want its people to be slaughtered by those from beyond, would you?"
Wang Yuxian spoke gently, attempting to persuade the Demon Spirit Clan.
"Even if our Demon Spirit Clan does not exterminate the Nine Souls Sacred Clan, we will not help them either. Otherwise, we would be doing a disservice to our deceased ancestors."
"As for the beings of the Nine Souls Galaxy, they have long forgotten our Demon Spirit Clan. Their lives and deaths have nothing to do with us."
The moment those words left the Clan Chief's mouth, Chu Feng, Wang Yuxian, and the others all felt their hearts sink.
They had mentally prepared themselves for this, but when actually faced with the reality of it, they still found the situation thorny.
After all, if the Clan Chief refused, they wouldn't even get the chance to challenge that formation, let alone command the puppet army.
But before they could speak—