Ye Ling felt a bit surprised by the white-robed elder's answer.
He had initially expected the Divine King within the Burial God Tomb to be a grand and majestic figure. He hadn't anticipated that the Divine King of what was once the strongest race in the void would be a rather timid old man.
However, Ye Ling quickly accepted this reality and smiled at the Divine King, saying, "I heard the token in my hand is called the God-Ascension Token, and it's a necessary item to see you. Is that correct?"
The Divine King stared at the token in Ye Ling's hand, sighed slightly, and replied, "Yes."
He had originally wanted to get rid of Ye Ling, this bringer of bad luck, as quickly as possible. However, there was a rule in their clan: anyone who visited with the God-Ascension Token had to be personally met and entertained by the Divine King, and their three wishes had to be granted.
Now that Ye Ling had arrived at the Burial God Tomb with the God-Ascension Token, the Divine King, despite his reluctance, had to entertain Ye Ling with due diligence.
Upon receiving the Divine King's confirmation, Ye Ling smiled slightly and asked again, "Then what is the function of this God-Ascension Token?"
The Divine King reluctantly replied, "As long as you possess this token, our Void God race will grant you three wishes."
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, "Three wishes? Any wishes?"
The Divine King said, "It used to be any three wishes, but now our Void God race has completely declined, and the power of our clansmen is far from what it once was. Your three wishes must be within our capabilities. Otherwise, even if you ask, we will be powerless."
"Is that so..."
After receiving the Divine King's answer, Ye Ling pondered for a moment, then said to the Divine King, "Can you help me destroy the alien world on the dark side of the void?"
The Divine King's mouth twitched, "We cannot."
Ye Ling: "Then can you killzun?"
The Divine King's face began to darken, "We cannot do that either."
Ye Ling: "Then can you tell me who is manipulating this ranking competition from behind the scenes?"
The Divine King was completely numb, "I... do not know."
"You can't do this, and you don't know... then what wishes can you grant? Is this so-called God-Ascension Token just a toy?"
Hearing Ye Ling's complaint, the Divine King couldn't hold back anymore and said to Ye Ling, "Didn't I tell you? Our power is not what it used to be. The wishes we can grant you must be within our capabilities... The things you mentioned, even during our clan's peak, were somewhat tricky to accomplish, let alone now."
"Kid, don't deliberately make things difficult for us!"
Seeing that the Divine King was a bit agitated, Ye Ling chuckled awkwardly and said, "It's just that I don't know your situation very well... Then tell me, how much power do you currently have, and what kind of power can you grant?"
The Divine King stopped pretending. He gave Ye Ling a cold glance, then threw a list at Ye Ling, "Choose three wishes from this list."
Ye Ling took the list of wishes provided by the Divine King and quickly scanned it.
"Immortality... Divine weapons and sharp tools... Infinite power... What is this? The wishes your race can grant are not very attractive!"
After Ye Ling finished reading the list of wishes provided by the Divine King, he was quite disappointed.
The things the Void God race could currently accomplish, Ye Ling's customized future could easily achieve, and even better than what the Void God race could do.
If the God-Ascension Token could only be exchanged for such useless things, Ye Ling felt like he had suffered a great loss. His trip to the Burial God Tomb was also a great disappointment.
The Divine King was no longer polite to Ye Ling and said coldly, "This is all our race can do. Take it or leave it."
"If you look down on our race's power, then leave quickly and don't disturb our slumber."
Seeing the Divine King giving him the order to leave again, Ye Ling looked at the Divine King meaningfully and asked, "Divine King... you seem very eager for me to leave the Burial God Tomb? Are you hiding something from me?"
The Divine King's expression changed slightly, and he then said, "We have never met before, what would I hide from you?"
Ye Ling: "That's not necessarily true... After all, as soon as I entered the Burial God Tomb, I felt that the atmosphere here was very strange. Judging by the performance of this ghost place, it doesn't even qualify as one of the four great fierce lands of the Hidden Ruins."
The Divine King: "Its reputation is all hearsay from outsiders. Most people are blocked by the ice plains outside. It's the same for anyone who enters."
"Is that really the case?"
Ye Ling smiled slightly and then said, "I've decided. My first wish is that you, Divine King, must answer my questions truthfully... How about it? This wish of mine should not exceed your race's capabilities, right?"
The Divine King did not expect Ye Ling to make such a wish, and his heart tightened. He asked Ye Ling, "What, what do you want to ask?"
Ye Ling: "First, after I entered the Burial God Tomb, why are all the strong individuals lying in the tombs pretending to be asleep?"
The Divine King did not expect Ye Ling to be so troublesome. He was silent for a moment, then replied, "I told them not to act rashly."
Ye Ling: "Why did you do that?"
The Divine King was silent for a while longer, then said, "Your master threatened us. If even a single hair on your or your companions' heads was harmed in the Burial God Tomb, he would annihilate our entire race."
"Huh?"
Ye Ling was surprised to hear this answer from the Divine King. He exclaimed, "My master? Are you referring to Shan or Ziyou?"
The Divine King: "Shan."
Ye Ling: "Why would Shan suddenly come looking for you?"
"How would I know?" The Divine King's words carried a hint of grievance. "We were lying peacefully in our graves when he suddenly broke in and dug us all out of our graves to lecture us. I wanted to ask you too... You said you were going to break into the Burial God Tomb, so why did you find your master to bully us?"
"What did we do to you?"
Seeing the Divine King on the verge of tears, Ye Ling didn't know what to say for a moment.
He had never imagined that he would pass through the Burial God Tomb so easily, and that Shan had paved the way for him behind the scenes.
After Ye Ling processed this incredible information for a while, he asked the Divine King again, "When did Shan come to find you?"
The Divine King: "It wasn't long after he left that you all entered... You have such a master, how dare I make my clansmen make things difficult for you?"
"All the way here, I was terrified, fearing that you, like your master, would dig my clansmen out of their graves and whip their corpses, so that we couldn't even die in peace!"
Ye Ling: "..."
After hearing the Divine King's words, Ye Ling fell completely silent. He had never expected the current situation to develop to the point where the Divine King was constantly complaining to him about Shan's misdeeds.
However, Ye Ling carefully calculated the time. If Shan had just left when he arrived at the Burial God Tomb, it meant that Shan had already reached the Hidden Ruins when he was fighting withzun.
Thinking of this, a warm current flowed through Ye Ling's heart.
Regardless of Shan's intentions, the kindness he showed him was real and tangible.
"It seems... I may never be able to repay this debt to my master."