Chapter 1171: Chapter 1171: Hong Yan’s Confidant

Lin Shen couldn’t be bothered to argue with her, holding Yue Hongyan close and closing his eyes, hoping to quickly fall asleep and obtain the Fire Seed; he had no interest in worrying about what Yue Hongyan thought.

This was just a transaction; he had paid so much, not to consider Yue Hongyan’s feelings.

If Yue Hongyan dared to break the contract now, Lin Shen would not hesitate to suppress her, forcing her to surrender the Fire Seed.

Because of the precedent set by Ouyang Yudu, Lin Shen had a theory.

The Heaven Defying Bone Fire Seed might not be born for a specific person; otherwise, if the one carrying it died, then the Heaven Defying Bone would never be complete.

The cosmos is so vast, disasters and man-made calamities happen every day, and it’s normal for a carrier of the Heaven Defying Bone to die.

The fact that the Heaven Defying Bone Fire Seed remains complete only proves that the Fire Seed is indestructible–even if the original vessel dies, it will transfer or attach itself to a new vessel.

Lin Shen speculates that Ouyang Yudu possesses the Heaven Defying Bone because the previous vessel died, selecting him as the new one.

Yue Hongyan was extremely nervous; she found Lin Shen’s strength far exceeded her expectations, and if Lin Shen intended to do something to her, she wasn’t sure she could stop him.

Anxious, time passed, and Yue Hongyan noticed Lin Shen made no other moves, merely holding her quietly.

Unable to let her guard down, more time passed, and Yue Hongyan realized Lin Shen seemed to have genuinely fallen asleep.

“Trying to trick me into relaxing?” Yue Hongyan still felt uneasy, her mind filled with various speculations.

All night long, Yue Hongyan remained vigilant, not daring to close her eyes, fearing Lin Shen might take advantage of her.

A man with so many connections, Yue Hongyan couldn’t trust him at all.

Lin Shen, who had been still, suddenly moved, startling Yue Hongyan.

“What do you want to do?” Yue Hongyan asked warily.

“Do what? It’s time; I’m leaving.” Lin Shen rose, sat up, put on his shoes, and headed out.

Before Yue Hongyan could react, Lin Shen had already opened the door and left.

Yue Hongyan couldn’t believe it; Lin Shen had just left. But when she got up and walked out of the cabin, there was indeed no one outside.

“Really gone?” To this moment, Yue Hongyan still found it hard to believe that Lin Shen had done nothing but sleep beside her for a night.

Lin Shen’s feelings were mixed; he had acquired the Fire Seed from Yue Hongyan, which was a joyful thing, yet it wasn’t the Heaven Defying Bone.

[The Imperfect Super-Base Evolutionary Fire Seed–Soulmate: Easier to obtain a red temptress than a soulmate; having both is like divine assistance.]

The imperfect Fire Seed, though not the Heaven Defying Bone, was still precious. Lin Shen carefully studied it; the soulmate seed seemed to imply that having a soulmate nearby granted him a power boost, enabling him to unleash more power than usual.

However, the definition of a soulmate was peculiar.

Lin Shen’s understanding of a soulmate should be a close female friend, a woman who understood him.

But when he was with Yue Hongyan just now, she unexpectedly granted him the soulmate effect.

The effect was too obvious; in his eyes, a strange fluctuation emanated from Yue Hongyan, resonating with his body, unlocking a switch within his cells, filling him with explosive power.

Lin Shen couldn’t understand why Yue Hongyan triggered the soulmate Fire Seed; they weren’t familiar enough, not to mention understanding each other.

Yue Hongyan was not his soulmate, and she might even hate him.

“Why is it so strange? What exactly triggers a soulmate?” After leaving Yue Hongyan, Lin Shen no longer felt the potential explosion in his body, suggesting that the soulmate effect had a distance limitation.

Now, Lin Shen wasn’t interested in studying the soulmate concept; he was still pondering the Heaven Defying Bone.

He didn’t expect that Yue Hongyan, who seemed most likely to be connected to the Heaven Defying Bone, wasn’t actually it.

With now only the woman in the video left as a clue, Lin Shen had no idea how to get her out, unable to even sleep.

Upon returning to the Crystal Charm Star, Lin Shen found that Ouyang Yudu emitted the same fluctuation as Yue Hongyan, immediately energizing every cell in his body.

“Damn… Could this work… Isn’t a soulmate supposed to be female? Could Wei and Di Esi give me a boost too?” Lin Shen deliberately deactivated the soulmate Fire Seed; otherwise, with Ouyang Yudu nearby, staying in a hyped state was uncomfortable.

This state was excellent in battle, but remaining so excited all the time was not good.

Lin Shen decided to gather Wei and Di Esi to test the effects of multiple activations of the soulmate Fire Seed.

But when he gathered them, only Ouyang Yudu could trigger the soulmate Fire Seed, while Wei and Di Esi couldn’t.

“It seems the activation of this soulmate Fire Seed doesn’t depend on understanding but rather the presence of a Fire Seed. Does it mean only those with a Fire Seed can trigger it?” Lin Shen speculated.

Originally thinking it wouldn’t be so easy to acquire the Fire Seed from Yue Hongyan, he hadn’t expected to get it so swiftly.

With nothing else to do lately, Lin Shen decided to explore the Realm King Planet ahead of schedule.

Though he promised Yue Hongyan to visit the Love God Temple, Yue Hongyan’s lack of cooperation dissuaded him from going. After all, he promised to retrieve the item but didn’t specify when, so he’d wait until he felt like it.

Wei Wufu and Di Esi, hearing about the Realm King Planet trip, agreed to visit it soon.

They had been hunting deformed species on their own planets, gathering some resources, but still far from advancing to the Middle Tier, they needed a considerable amount of resources to condense their Divine Souls quickly.

Communicating with a Ghost God relies on insight and talent, and so does condensing a Divine Soul, but resources are essential.

The four of them quickly agreed; Lin Shen took out his mechanical watch, activated the teleportation function, attempting to transport everyone to the Realm King Planet together.

The previous broken watch could perform multi-teleportation; the intact watch should be no worse.

As the countdown on the watch ended, all four were teleported away.