Wang Dong'er blinked her large pink-blue eyes and said, "I've already chosen one. It's also a Aromatic Silk Beauty, but it's only forty thousand years old. For some reason, when Youyou heard that she was helping me find a spirit, she became especially agreeable. I guess it was because she saw you fuse with the Imperial Jade Night Scent."
Ye Chen nodded. In his mind, the Aromatic Silk Beauty was indeed the Plant Soul Beast most suited to Wang Dong'er.
And at forty thousand years, it was also right at the limit of what Wang Dong'er could fuse with.
As for why Youyou had so readily sold out one of her own kind, Ye Chen understood as well. It was not only because the process of his fusion with Ye Xiang as a soul spirit had moved her, but also because of Wang Dong'er's identity.
As the daughter of a God King, even if Youyou wanted to keep it hidden, did she have the nerve?
"Dong'er, in that case, let's wait until we return to the academy before signing the contract," Ye Chen suggested. Fusing with a soul spirit on the road would certainly delay them.
Besides, no matter what, it was safer inside the academy than outside.
"Alright." Wang Dong'er agreed. They would be back at the academy soon enough, so she was in no hurry.
Unlike when they had set out, the two of them now traveled at full speed to save time. It took them only two days to return from Sunset Forest to Shrek Academy.
The entire trip had taken more than twenty days. They had traveled there on foot and visited everywhere they had wanted to go, so there was nothing worth lingering over. Taking a detour would only prolong their journey again.
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