"We are willing to go with you, but we hope you can guarantee our safety," Qing Shuang calmly said.
The Elder nodded and motioned for the cultivators behind him to clear a path.
Luo Chen and Qing Shuang tightly clutching the spirit crystal, followed the Elder into the depths of the tribe in the desert.
Within the tribe, the ancient buildings stood in an orderly array, and cultivators moved among them in an organized manner.
Luo Chen and Qing Shuang were brought into a magnificent hall, where the Elder invited them to sit by a stone table.
"The spirit crystal in your hands is the holy artifact that our tribe has been guarding for generations. It contains powerful forces but is also full of danger," the Elder slowly stated.
Luo Chen and Qing Shuang were stunned. They hadn't anticipated the spirit crystal's closely-knit connection with this tribe.
They started to realize that perhaps their previous research methods weren't entirely correct.
