Yue Shen had already begun to sense that something was off. The odds of Yan Fei agreeing were almost nonexistent, but... what if?
She didn't dare gamble on that "what if."
Forget it, forget it. To avoid "losing" to that woman, this little... sacrifice wasn't impossible to accept.
Still, just imagining the scene made her so embarrassed her toes curled.
Zhao Linchuan felt her body relax and give its tacit consent. The corner of his mouth couldn't help curling into a triumphant smile, but he quickly suppressed it.
He lowered his head and gently pressed a kiss to her smooth forehead. Then, as if remembering something more important, he paused.
With a thought, he flipped his hand over, and an object appeared out of thin air in his palm.
It was a crystal roughly the size of a fist, utterly pure and flawless, transparent throughout and shaped like a perfect rhombus.
It rested quietly in Zhao Linchuan's palm. It gave off no astonishing energy fluctuations or dazzling radiance; instead, it possessed a tranquil quality, as though it had returned to its simplest state.
But anyone with keen senses who looked closely would discover that it seemed to contain the power to destroy the world. Countless patterns of laws flowed through it, appearing and vanishing, though a higher level of power kept them perfectly restrained.
"Take it." Zhao Linchuan held the transparent crystal out to Yue Shen.
Yue Shen's gaze was instantly drawn to it. With her current cultivation and knowledge, she could naturally sense that this "crystal" was extraordinary.
Her pupils contracted slightly, and she asked hesitantly, "Is this... a deity's... Divine Core?"
"That's right." Zhao Linchuan nodded. "And it's no ordinary Divine Core. It's a... God-King Grade, attribute-less Divine Core."
"God-King Grade?! An attribute-less Divine Core?!" Yue Shen drew