“Alright.”
Lin Yun responded, then put away the weapons and took out ten million Haoyue Crystals to pay the deposit.
After the deposit was paid, Lin Yun took out his Purple Star Sword.
“Purple Star, you just follow along for the upgrade,” Lin Yun said with a smile.
“Thank you, Master,” the Purple Star Sword replied.
Lin Yun then handed the Purple Star Sword to the shop master.
With the weapon upgrade settled, Lin Yun didn’t rush to leave the Hundred Treasures Shop.
Now that he had a decent amount of funds, he planned to browse around to see if there was anything useful he could buy.
The shop master, Wang Xiang, enthusiastically guided Lin Yun through the shop.
“Sir, do you have a Soul-Protecting Pendant? If not, I recommend getting one,” the shop master said, promoting a treasure.
“What’s special about this Soul-Protecting Pendant?” Lin Yun asked curiously.
“This Soul-Protecting Pendant is a defensive treasure specifically designed to counter divine sense attacks, greatly reducing their damage,” Wang Xiang explained.
“Oh? It reduces divine sense damage?” Lin Yun’s interest was piqued.
Although Lin Yun’s divine sense was strong, as he faced enemies of higher realms in the future, their divine senses would also grow stronger.
There was also the possibility of encountering those who specialised in divine sense cultivation, with exceptionally powerful divine senses.
While such individuals were rare, it wasn’t impossible to meet one.
If an enemy’s divine sense was far superior to Lin Yun’s, a direct divine sense attack could disorient him, rendering him defenceless, or, if the gap was even larger, it could destroy his consciousness, killing him outright.
Though such cases were rare, they weren’t impossible.
“From your expression, sir, it seems you’re not very familiar with the Soul-Protecting Pendant?” Wang Xiang asked.
“Not really. Is there something particularly special about it?” Lin Yun asked, puzzled.
“There is. Since you’re not familiar, let me explain. The Soul-Protecting Pendant has an important history in the Ancestral Land, and it could even be said to have changed the landscape of the Ancestral Land to some extent,” Wang Xiang said with a smile.
“Oh?” Lin Yun grew even more curious.
What was so special about this thing that it could alter the Ancestral Land’s landscape?
“You must know about the Elf Clan, right?” Wang Xiang asked.
“I do,” Lin Yun nodded.
“The Elf Clan is naturally unable to condense inner energy or cultivate realms like we do, but their brains are structured differently, making them exceptionally suited for cultivating divine sense. Thus, their attack methods all rely on divine sense,” Wang Xiang explained.
“The Elf Clan has such abilities?” Lin Yun was astonished.
Lin Yun had known of the Elf Clan’s existence but hadn’t looked into them in detail, as they seemed too distant from his current concerns, so he hadn’t bothered to learn more.
Wang Xiang continued, “Because of this, they have a significant advantage over the Human Clan. Even high-realm human cultivators, like those in the Void Path Realm or Supreme Realm, often suffer greatly against Elf Clan experts due to their divine sense, sometimes even dying under their divine sense attacks.”
Lin Yun could fully understand this.
Even a Supreme Realm expert, if their divine sense was far inferior to an Elf Clan expert’s, would face a lethal threat from their divine sense attacks.
The same applied within the Human Clan. If a Supreme Realm expert had only a Heaven-Grade divine sense, Lin Yun could kill them with a single divine sense attack.
Of course, a Supreme Realm expert’s divine sense wouldn’t be that weak; this was just an extreme example.
“So, doesn’t that mean the Elf Clan is very powerful?” Lin Yun said, shocked.
“Yes, in the history of the Ancestral Land, the Elf Clan was once incredibly dominant, suppressing the Human Clan and causing our decline,” Wang Xiang said.
Then he changed his tone. “But after a top human expert invented the Soul-Protecting Pendant, which significantly reduces divine sense attack damage, the Elf Clan could no longer dominate the Human Clan, leading to their decline. That’s why I say the Soul-Protecting Pendant changed the Ancestral Land’s landscape.”
“I see,” Lin Yun said, enlightened.
“Even with their strong divine sense, the Elf Clan can only infuse it into their weapons for attacks. Since they can’t cultivate inner energy, they’re naturally at a disadvantage,” Wang Xiang said.
Lin Yun understood that the Soul-Protecting Pendant could block direct divine sense attacks, but when divine sense was infused into a weapon, it became a different type of attack that the pendant couldn’t counter.
It was like when Lin Yun infused divine sense into his sword, turning a magical attack into a physical one, while the Soul-Protecting Pendant could only block magical divine sense damage.
After hearing this history, Lin Yun felt quite moved.
“Sir, would you like to get a Soul-Protecting Pendant? If you ever face the Elf Clan, this is a must-have, and the higher the grade, the better. Even if you don’t face the Elf Clan, it can protect you from divine sense attacks by high-level human cultivators,” Wang Xiang said enthusiastically.
“With the Soul-Protecting Pendant, doesn’t that reduce the Human Clan’s motivation to cultivate divine sense?” Lin Yun asked.
“Of course. Divine sense cultivation is already difficult. Since the Soul-Protecting Pendant appeared, the Human Clan has placed even less emphasis on it. Even if you painstakingly cultivate your divine sense to a high level, if your opponent has a Soul-Protecting Pendant, you can only infuse divine sense into attacks, not use it directly. And by simply buying a pendant, you can avoid the trouble of divine sense attacks,” Wang Xiang said.
“I think I have one,” Lin Yun said, flipping his hand to reveal a Soul-Protecting Pendant.
It was taken from the storage rings of his spoils, though he hadn’t known what it was before.
Now that he thought about it, it explained why, over his hundred-plus years in the border mountains, his direct divine sense attacks sometimes had little effect on others; some had Soul-Protecting Pendants.
Wang Xiang took a look and said, “This pendant of yours is of a low grade. At best, it can only block Origin-Grade divine sense attacks. It wouldn’t be enough against stronger Elf Clan members.”
