The gem pit was not as closed as someone had imagined. At least, for the outsiders, although they did not show fiery enthusiasm, they still welcomed the two mages into the palace very politely and treated them with courtesy. It was completely different from someone's original expectation that they would be given the cold shoulder.
There was such a difference, of course, because someone did not realize the difference in status between the two sides. For any Elemental Lord, an outsider meant that the other party had benefits that could be exchanged. Even if such a person was not treated as a guest of honor and was warmly received, at least they would not push him out.
In fact, if he changed the concept and compared it to the example of Earth, Lin understood. Whether it was foreign tourists or foreign investors who came with money, unless these people had bad intentions, no country's leaders would drive these people away before confirming their harm. Earning money from foreigners was not good, but was foreign exchange not good?
And how could people who could cross realms and come to the Earth Elemental Universe from other planes or worlds be easy to deal with? How stupid would one have to be to risk making an enemy out of such a person?
Those who could achieve the position of Elemental Lord did not rely on bloodlines and family to get to the position. They must have fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of bones with their own true abilities. Such a person might be selfish, tyrannical, or have all kinds of flaws in his character, but it was impossible for him to be an idiot.
Therefore, the two visiting Mages were quickly led to the largest and most luxurious ruby palace in the middle of the gemstone pit palace complex. It was expected that the current Elemental Lord of the gem pit, the ruby man Pejunsbo, would receive them personally.
On the way from the entrance of the gem pit palace group to the ruby palace, of course, Lin tried his best to observe the spirit of the top forces in this land of mystery. It was easiest to see the actual situation of the people in an area from the appearance of the people at the grassroots level. That was why so many backward countries spent time and effort to do some face projects.
However, the gem pit was indeed the top force in the land of mystery. No matter what form the elemental creatures were in, whether they were humanoid or animal-shaped, they all had their heads up and chests out, walking with their heads held high, looking extremely arrogant.
This kind of self-confidence was not without reason. The unconcealable sense of oppression on their bodies shook the will of others. From afar, it was clear that these elemental creatures were not to be trifled with.
Apart from the walking elemental creatures, the beautiful palace buildings were also very different from what Lin had seen in other elemental creatures' gathering places.
As seen in other places, the form of the buildings was quite primitive, crude, and even nonexistent. Perhaps a tent-like shelter or a naturally formed cave would suffice. Of course, most of them were man-made mines. Apart from mining special ores, they also served as residences for elemental creatures.
However, the palaces in the Gem Pit were aesthetically pleasing, not to mention the magical effects attached to them. They were definitely not poorly constructed. There were all kinds of richly ornamented rafters and painted rafters, high eaves and high walls, which had a strong style of the Mystical Elven Kingdom. It was as if the group of long-lived species with pointy ears had personally come here to supervise the construction.
In fact, before this, everything Lin had seen about the Earth Mystic Lands. His evaluation in his heart was that this was a barbaric world that only focused on individual growth and had no culture to speak of. However, the palaces and buildings in front of him changed his view of the world, including the organizational structure of this world.
In the past, he thought that the entire Earth Mystic Lands should be treated as a whole. Every settlement was like a village, big and small. But in any case, the customs and cultural heritage of the entire Earth Mystic Lands were the same. After all, there was a Spirit of the Earth Mother that controlled the inherited knowledge of all elemental creatures, so the differences between individuals should not be too great.
But now, it seemed that this place was like Earth or the Mystic Lands. There were large and small city-states, with their own way of speaking, cultural habits, and even historical heritage. Not to mention anything else, Lin believed that there should not be many elemental creatures that could smoothly communicate with the Snake King Odessa and the small elemental creatures that parasitized it.
The elemental creatures in the Earth Mystic Lands were similar, but they all came from the consciousness of the Earth Mother, and that was it.
Entering the Ruby Palace, with its high roof and wide door, even a giant dragon could easily enter. Of course, creatures of the size of the Snake King Odessa were an exception.
The guards of this palace were all gemstone people.
It must be known that even the richest magicians in the Mystic Lands did not dare to make gemstone magic puppets as guards or fighters. In addition to the difficulty of obtaining the materials, the more important reason was that they were limited by the technology of making the magic puppets, so they could not display the value of the magic puppets.
A gemstone magic puppet that was made with a large amount of money would lose to a magic puppet that was made with the same amount of money and different combinations of materials. This kind of thankless and stupid thing that was purely showing off was not something that the magicians would bother to do, but this did not mean that the gemstone people among the earth elemental creatures were not strong enough. Legendary creatures that were on par with giant dragons, their majesty was not to be offended.
But such legendary creatures could be seen everywhere in the Gem Pit, and they were also responsible for the work of guards. They didn't wear armor like humans, but no one doubted the toughness of their bodies and the destructive power they could unleash. The peak of the earth elemental creatures, their prestige was known throughout the Abyss and the Mystic Lands.
What was interesting was that these gemstone people had a complicated etiquette that was not inferior to that of the human countries. Fortunately, there was no eunuch here to teach him what kind of attitude and etiquette to use when greeting the emperor later. For outsiders, as long as they had the most basic respect, these elemental creatures were quite generous.
But Lin noticed a very special place, which was that in this gemstone palace, some of the elemental creatures were actually wearing clothes! This was the first time he had seen them since coming to the Mystic Lands.
But the elemental creatures that could wear clothes were all humanoid. And the purpose of wearing clothes was not to cover the body like humans, but to simply use clothes as a kind of decoration. Some of them only wore shirts, some only wore pants, and some only wore sleeves and vests. Very few of them wore a full set.
And in Lin's observation, the fact that they wore clothes or all kinds of non-gemstone ornaments meant that the strength of these gemstone people was also outstanding. Was this some kind of class privilege?
Looking at the form of the palace again, Lin could not help but have an arrogant idea of humanism. Perhaps these elemental creatures did not have the cultural level shown here at all, and they were just imitating. Of course, the objects of imitation were those who had crossed realms and came to this universe.
It was like monkeys learning how to wear clothes and hats. But no matter how much they learned, monkeys were still monkeys and could not become humans.
However, whether the elemental creatures in the Gem Pit were humans or monkeys depended on their next performance to determine their status in Lin's mind.
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