Chen Lin and Shang Xuelian waited quietly a short distance from Shen Jinyuan's body.
Before long, Shen Jinyuan slowly opened his eyes.
"How did it go?"
Seeing him wake, Chen Lin felt most of his worries ease. Of the two boxes originally in Shen Jinyuan's hands, only one remained, so he had clearly delivered the item.
That gave him even more confidence.
Despite his weakened body, Shen Jinyuan immediately climbed off the bed and said respectfully, "Reporting to you, my lord, the Fish-Headed Monster accepted the black object. He seemed very shocked, and very excited, but he did not want the Origin Orb."
Then he placed the box containing the Origin Orb before Chen Lin and opened his other, tightly clenched hand.
A crumpled strand of straw unfurled with it.
At the sight of that strand, Chen Lin's eyes flashed brilliantly, and he immediately took it.
"Did Xiaoyuer give you this? Did he say anything?"
After straightening the straw and confirming that it was the kind Niuniu used to weave scarecrows, he immediately questioned him.
Shen Jinyuan shook his head. "It wasn't given to me by the Fish-Headed Monster. He told me to fish in the pond again, and when I finished, he gave me a fish. But the fish didn't come out with me. It turned into this instead."
Chen Lin looked thoughtful after hearing this.
It seemed Niuniu and the others really had encountered some unforeseen trouble. They were being cautious even when sending him something, and had given him only a strand of straw rather than a talisman. It was quite possible that Niuniu could no longer weave talismans.
But judging by how Xiaoyuer had accepted the black object while refusing the Origin Orb, the black object was still useful.
Perhaps that black object had allowed Niuniu