Lin Yun understood the reasoning behind Zi Tong’s words. An apex expert was equivalent to a supreme powerhouse among humans. Such beings were the most vital combat strength of the elf race. The elves would never cripple one of their own at this level just for the sake of a human.
That was probably also why Cang Chen had dared to plot against him so boldly.
“It does not matter. The fact that you stopped him is already enough,” Lin Yun said with a faint smile.
He did not expect Zi Tong to deal with Cang Chen on his behalf. As long as she could help rescue An Yun, he would be completely satisfied. Everything else was unimportant.
“By the way, since I am human, will bringing me into Heavenly Sacred City cause you any trouble? Your fourth uncle will not use this as an excuse to make things difficult, will he?” Lin Yun asked.
“Do not worry about that. I have my ways,” Zi Tong replied, giving him a confident smile.
As they spoke, they arrived at the gates of Heavenly Sacred City.
“Hm?”
The moment they reached the city, a jolt ran through Lin Yun’s heart.
He discovered that the Tree of Origin inside his body had suddenly emitted a faint ripple.
“This… it has sensed an Origin Heart?” Shock surged within Lin Yun.
He could be certain that the Tree of Origin had indeed detected an Origin Heart, and the direction it pointed towards was straight ahead, inside Heavenly Sacred City!
In other words, there was definitely an Origin Heart within the city!
This discovery sent waves crashing through Lin Yun’s mind. He had come to the elf territory to rescue An Yun, yet by pure chance he had stumbled upon the whereabouts of an Origin Heart.
It was an unexpected windfall.
However, the ripple from the Tree of Origin was still rather weak, which meant the Origin Heart was still a considerable distance away from the city gate.
After all, the entire area of Heavenly Sacred City was enormous.
After landing at the eastern gate, Zi Tong led Lin Yun down to the ground.
This eastern gate was a dedicated passage, normally used only by members of the royal family and high-ranking elven generals.
During the earlier battle, Lin Yun had already reverted to his human appearance and had remained that way ever since.
Because of his human identity, the captain of the city guard immediately began questioning him, but with Zi Tong present, they were eventually allowed to enter Heavenly Sacred City without further issue.
Without Zi Tong, entering the city alone would have been a huge problem for Lin Yun.
Once inside, Zi Tong took Lin Yun into the air again, flying through the skies of Heavenly Sacred City straight towards the imperial palace at its very centre.
She told him that An Yun was imprisoned in the dungeon beneath the palace.
As the royal capital, Heavenly Sacred City had strict flight restrictions, but Zi Tong possessed the privilege to fly.
Travelling this way, they rapidly approached the elven imperial palace.
On the way, Lin Yun noticed that the Tree of Origin’s response to the Origin Heart was growing steadily stronger, and the direction it indicated was exactly the same as the route they were now taking.
“Could it be… the Origin Heart is actually inside the elven imperial palace?” Lin Yun wondered silently, stunned.
After twenty minutes of high-speed flight through the city, they finally arrived outside the elven imperial palace.
Lin Yun looked out and saw that the entire palace was built on a majestic, grandiose scale, resplendent and magnificent.
The palace formed a perfect square, and at each of its four corners stood a watchtower several hundred metres tall, uniquely and beautifully designed.
Flight restrictions inside the palace grounds were naturally even stricter. No one could fly casually within the palace, so Zi Tong brought Lin Yun down at the main entrance.
Yes, right here inside the elven imperial palace!
Standing in this spot, Lin Yun could now clearly sense that the Origin Heart was indeed located within the palace.
This shocked him deeply. The elven royal family actually possessed an Origin Heart.
While part of him was overjoyed at the discovery, most of what he felt was helplessness.
If that was the case, obtaining this Origin Heart from the hands of the elven royal family would probably be harder than ascending to the heavens.
At that moment, they were completely stopped.
The reason was simple. Even with Zi Tong escorting him, a human like Lin Yun could not possibly be allowed to enter the imperial palace casually.
The captain of the palace guard stated that they would only let a human like Lin Yun pass with the personal permission of the clan patriarch.
The current patriarch of the elf race was Zi Tong’s grandfather.
“Lin Yun, without Grandfather’s permission, I cannot bring you inside. Wait here. I will go in and report to him,” Zi Tong said to Lin Yun.
