Ye Lingling: You're Actually the Fourth Prince? Young Chivalry Shared Life and Death, a Promise Worth a Thousand Gold!

Ye Lingling: You're Actually the Fourth Prince? Young Chivalry... Shared Life and Death, a Promise Worth a Thousand Gold!

"What do you want to ask?"

Ye Renxin sat back down in his chair, held his teacup, looked at Dai Chengfeng, and asked.

"As long as it's something I know, I can tell you."

Dai Chengfeng nodded, looked at Ye Renxin, and narrowed his eyes slightly. "Senior Ye Renxin, I don't understand. Why did you choose to have me and Ye Lingling go kill the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear?"

"With your strength as a Soul Douluo, you could injure the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear directly, then have Ye Lingling land the final blow. The chances of successfully killing it would definitely rise greatly."

"Wouldn't that be more certain?"

Hearing this, Ye Renxin gently stroked his beard. He did not answer, but unhurriedly asked in return, "Chengfeng, do you think a thousand-year Soul Beast possesses a certain degree of intelligence?"

"Of course it does."

Dai Chengfeng blurted it out at once.

After all, on this point, almost no one understood it better than he did...

Especially back then, when he had forcibly absorbed that Second Spirit Ring as high as fifteen hundred years beyond his level, he could clearly sense the unwillingness in the Emperor Blood Tiger's heart.

After answering, however, Dai Chengfeng suddenly frowned slightly.

He seemed to understand the meaning behind Ye Renxin's question.

Seeing this, the corners of Ye Renxin's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a faint smile. "You may have guessed it."

"That's right. This is the reason!"

"The Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear is a powerful, savage, prideful Soul Beast that greatly reveres strength."

"If it is killed by a powerful Soul Master, there is almost no possibility of it dropping a Soul Bone, let alone that incomparably rare External Soul Bone."

"But if the weak defeat the strong, the situation is different..."

"I speculate that this can greatly increase the odds of obtaining an External Soul Bone from the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear."

At this point, Ye Renxin paused. "I said before that the ones I found were all thousand-year-level Dark Gold Terror Claw Bears."

"Generally speaking, it takes a Soul Elder above rank thirty to deal with them."

"And considering how strong the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear itself is, how could defeating the strong as the weak be easy?"

For a moment, a hint of emotion entered his tone. "Actually, at the very beginning, I wanted to choose that boy Yu Tianheng from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"But in the end, I discovered that Yu Tianheng had no chance at all of beating a thousand-year-level Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear."

"So I had already prepared myself to take action personally, have Lingling finish it off, and end up with nothing."

"So that's how it is."

Understanding dawned in Dai Chengfeng's heart. No wonder Ye Lingling never had any so-called External Soul Bone in the Original Work. Ye Renxin's plan probably failed in the end.

Across from him.

Ye Renxin continued explaining, though there was some unwillingness in his voice.

"But I couldn't accept it!"

"Lingling's Martial Soul is extremely special. She has no offensive Soul Skills at all, and she is too innocent, too kind. She is not suited to learning poison use like I did."

"While this old man is still alive, I can still protect her. But if one day I'm no longer here... I hope she can have the power to protect herself."

"So an External Soul Bone is the best choice!"

When Ye Lingling heard her grandfather's words, her eyes reddened slightly, tears twirling in them.

"Grandpa..."

She called softly, her voice carrying a trace of choking, filled with emotion and reluctance.

Ye Renxin smiled and raised a hand, gently rubbing Ye Lingling's head. "Don't worry. This old body of mine is still hale and hearty. I can stay with you, Lingling, for at least a few more decades."

Then Ye Renxin looked at Dai Chengfeng again. "Until that day, when I saw you!"

Ye Renxin's eyes suddenly brightened, filled with stunning admiration.

"That spear strike that night, to be honest, amazed this old man beyond measure!"

"This old man considers himself to have seen quite a few Young Geniuses, but even Yu Tianheng pales far too much in comparison to you."

"So you are my final hope."

After saying this, Ye Renxin stood up, his posture straight, his gaze piercing as he asked, "Now, young friend Chengfeng, do you still have any questions?"

Hearing this, Dai Chengfeng slowly shook his head. "None."

"I can agree to it!"

"I have a question!"

Just as Dai Chengfeng finished speaking, Zhu Fan suddenly interrupted.

Dai Chengfeng turned his head and looked at his uncle. Zhu Fan smiled, then said to Ye Renxin, "Old Ye, that's an External Soul Bone! An incomparably precious existence!"

"You chose two strangers. Aren't you afraid that when the time comes, even if an External Soul Bone really drops, you won't be able to keep it?"

As he spoke, he gave a slight shrug and spread his hands.

Hearing this, Ye Renxin's face showed a confident smile. "Zhu Fan, don't assume that just because this old man's spirit is the Nine Heart Begonia, it truly has no killing power at all."

"Do you know? Medicine and poison have always been of the same family!"

"This old man dares say that in all the world, aside from Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, no one is better at using poison than I am."

As he spoke, Ye Renxin looked toward Dai Chengfeng again. "Besides!"

"This old man still approves of Dai Chengfeng, Fourth Prince of Star Luo Empire, and his character."

"The whole world says the Fourth Prince is willful and reckless..."

"For the sake of a mere few thousand soldiers' lives, he actually ignored Spirit Hall's prohibition and privately led troops to attack Wu Ping City, damaging diplomatic relations between Heaven Dou and Star Luo. Utterly foolish!"

"But what this old man saw was a man's hot-blooded spirit!"

"A young hero's chivalry, befriending the bold men of the five capitals; hearts laid bare, hair bristling, in a single conversation, life and death shared, one promise worth a thousand pieces of gold!"

"The Fourth Prince who could say those words is worthy of this old man's trust!"

"One promise worth a thousand pieces of gold!"

With that said.

Ye Renxin looked at Zhu Fan. "Is that reason enough?"

A somewhat proud look appeared at the corners of Zhu Fan's mouth as he looked toward Dai Chengfeng. "Your Highness, I didn't expect even the Medical Saint of Heaven Dou Empire to have heard of your great name."

Dai Chengfeng smiled.

He had considered that Ye Renxin might recognize him. After all, on the day he practiced with the spear, his White Tiger Spirit had appeared before, even if only for a fleeting instant.

Ye Lingling was too weak and could not see it clearly.

But Ye Renxin, a Soul Douluo, would not have missed it.

Thus, he was not at all surprised that Ye Renxin had called out his name.

He simply had not expected that Ye Renxin would still remember something he had once said.

Thinking of this, Dai Chengfeng cupped his hands slightly toward Ye Renxin. "Since Old Ye trusts me so much, I, Dai Chengfeng, will certainly not betray your trust. I'll congratulate us both in advance on successfully obtaining External Soul Bones."

Only then did Ye Lingling belatedly react.

She covered her mouth in surprise, unable to believe it. "Y-you-you... You're actually Star Luo Empire's Fourth Prince, Dai Chengfeng?!"

"Do you know? At our Heaven Dou Academy, you're already a famous figure!"

"Those words of yours... so many people admire them!"

"Miss Ye, you called him Chengfeng the whole way, yet you actually didn't know my prince's identity?"

Hearing this, Zhu Fan smiled and teased Ye Lingling.

"I thought... I thought Cheng was his surname and Feng was his given name... Who would've known..."

At this point, a flicker of excitement flashed through Ye Lingling's eyes.

Dai Chengfeng merely smiled and did not pay it much mind.

He then looked toward Ye Renxin. "Senior Ye, when do we set out?"

Hearing this, Ye Renxin turned his gaze toward the window. The sun on the horizon was still dazzling.

After a brief pause for thought, he said, "How about this: we set out in three days. That will be the most suitable time."

"After all, you've only just arrived in Heaven Dou City. These next few days will give you time to adjust your condition and prepare the necessary items."

Dai Chengfeng nodded in agreement, already starting to calculate in his heart how he could improve his combat ability as much as possible within these three days.

"What I lack most right now is a weapon..."

"I'll go to that blacksmith's shop on the street in a while and see if I can find a good spear!"