Gifts, Ye Hongyu's Shock

"Congratulations, Host, on making a choice. Reward: one Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone and one Level 5 Soul Power Upgrade Card."

"I bid fifty thousand Divine Soul Coins. I'll take this Heaven-class private room."

Ye Hongyu and the other two stared at Jiang Chen in shock. Wasn't this guy way too extravagant?

Li Jiang was purely shocked, while the innkeeper was delighted to have encountered such a wealthy customer who did not care about etiquette. Ye Hongyu, meanwhile, was sizing Jiang Chen up. Anyone who could casually produce fifty thousand Divine Soul Coins definitely had an extraordinary background.

"Innkeeper, fifty thousand Divine Soul Coins. I'll take it. I wonder whether this young lady wishes to raise the bid?"

Jiang Chen looked at Ye Hongyu as he spoke.

To complete the system's choice mission, even if you raise it to a million, I'll keep following!

Jiang Chen had understood the system's mechanics long ago. Whenever he made a choice, the system would issue the reward first. If he failed to complete it, the system would not trigger another choice for an entire year.

"Hongyu is not as lavish as you, Young Master. I'll yield this Heaven-class private room to you."

Just as Ye Hongyu turned to leave, Jiang Chen hurriedly said, "We searched all the way here, but the inns in Clear Moon City no longer have any vacant rooms. I don't think it's safe for Miss Hongyu to be outside alone. The Heaven-class private room is fairly spacious. Pay ten thousand Divine Soul Coins, and I'll give you one of the beds. How about it?"

Jiang Chen: If you leave, what am I supposed to do, girl?

After thinking briefly, Ye Hongyu declined. "Thank you for your kindness, Young Master, but I won't trouble you. Hongyu will take her leave."

Damn it, why was Ye Hongyu so impossible to persuade?!

"If Miss Hongyu does not believe me, then I, Jiang, will wait here for Miss Hongyu to return."

"Thank you, Young Master Jiang. If Hongyu cannot find anywhere else to stay, I will return to trouble you then."

Jiang Chen watched Ye Hongyu's graceful figure disappear, feeling strangely forlorn.

Seeing Jiang Chen like this, Li Jiang stepped forward and patted his shoulder in consolation. "Brother Jiang Chen, the hardest thing in this world to force is love. What cannot be obtained will ultimately remain unobtainable. There are countless women in the world, so why be obsessed with one..."

Jiang Chen looked at Li Jiang with a strange expression...

Listen to yourself. What made you think I liked her?

Jiang Chen and Li Jiang returned to their private room and settled in. After dinner, Jiang Chen waited quietly.

Knock, knock—

Jiang Chen opened the wooden door of the private room and saw a delicate, lovely woman standing outside.

"Young Master Jiang, forgive the disturbance."

"Miss Hongyu, come in and speak."

"See? I told you, all the inns in Clear Moon City are already full, but you wouldn't believe me."

Ye Hongyu said shamefully, "Hongyu judged a gentleman's heart with a petty mind. I hope you will not blame me, Young Master."

"You people are just too rigid. At every turn, there's a whole pile of etiquette. It's such a bother."

"Young Master is right."

Inside the spacious private room, Jiang Chen assigned the area on the right to Ye Hongyu. A gauze screen stood in the middle. Even if Ye Hongyu took off her clothes to sleep, Li Jiang would not be able to see the slightest thing. Jiang Chen, however, was another matter.

Jiang Chen suddenly thought of the Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone in his system space and asked Li Jiang, "Brother Li, how many Soul Bones have you fused?"

Li Jiang smiled proudly upon hearing this. "To be honest, Brother Jiang Chen, I've already refined a full set of Soul Bones. One of them is a Million-Year Soul Bone. My family's ancestor obtained it after killing a soul beast that had become a god."

Jiang Chen thought to himself, Brother, I gave you an opportunity, but you were no good enough to take it!

"Miss Hongyu, how many Soul Bones have you refined?"

Ye Hongyu struggled for a moment before slowly speaking. "I have refined four Soul Bones, all of them Million-Year Soul Bones."

"Four Million-Year Soul Bones?!"

Li Jiang was utterly shocked. The Million-Year Soul Bone he possessed had been obtained by his family ancestor and was the only one in his sect, yet Ye Hongyu alone had four. He finally understood the difference between a first-rate faction and a top-tier faction!

"Miss Hongyu, have you refined an External Soul Bone?"

"Young Master Jiang is joking. External Soul Bones are something one may encounter but cannot seek. Let alone a Million-Year External Soul Bone."

Jiang Chen took the Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone from his system space and smiled faintly. "Miss Hongyu, I happen to have a Ten-Million-Year External Soul Bone here. I'll give it to you."

Feeling the pressure emitted by the Soul Bone in Jiang Chen's hand, Ye Hongyu was stunned. Ripples appeared in her autumn-water eyes, and her beautiful lips parted slightly, revealing the tip of her pink tongue.

A Ten-Million-Year External Soul Bone was a treasure that could provoke the twelve God Kings into a bloody struggle if placed in the God Realm, yet Jiang Chen was simply giving it to her. This... this was far too precious!

Not even all twelve God Kings of the God Realm necessarily possessed a Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone, yet Jiang Chen was giving one to her just like that. Could this be... a betrothal gift?!

This... this was too fast, wasn't it? They had known each other for less than a day.

Ye Hongyu's thoughts ran wild, her cheeks flushing crimson. She looked like a maiden newly awakened to love, shy before meeting her beloved.

Watching this scene, Li Jiang felt as though his heart were being cut apart. If he had not refined a Hundred-Thousand-Year External Soul Bone, then this Soul Bone would have been his.

The twelve God Kings of the God Realm had established the twelve top-tier factions, and those factions were ranked as well. This was because the twelve God Kings differed in strength, depending on their soul rings and Soul Bones.

"Young Master Jiang, this Soul Bone is too precious. I cannot accept it."

Jiang Chen spoke impatiently. "I already have a full set of Ten-Million-Year Soul Bones. If I tell you to take it, then take it. Why are you being so fussy, like a woman... Oh, no, you are a woman."

"Y-Young Master Jiang has already refined six Ten-Million-Year Soul Bones? In that case, Hongyu will accept it. If there is ever anything you need Hongyu to do in the future, Hongyu will never refuse."

The enhancement brought by a Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone could make one invincible among those of the same rank beneath a God King. Only five God Kings in the God Realm possessed a Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone.

This was of tremendous significance to Ye Hongyu.

"Then we'll talk about it... later."

Jiang Chen said slowly.

Ye Hongyu and Li Jiang became even more curious about Jiang Chen's identity. He treated fifty thousand Divine Soul Coins as nothing and casually took out a Ten-Million-Year Soul Bone to give away. Could he be a peerless genius from one of those reclusive, world-shaking sects, now traveling the world?

"Young Master Jiang, might you be from a reclusive sect? Since you have come out to travel the world, could it be that another great calamity is about to descend upon the God Realm?"

Ye Hongyu asked cautiously, while Li Jiang waited seriously for Jiang Chen's answer.

"I am not from a reclusive sect. I came from the lower realm."

Jiang Chen shook his head in reply.

"The lower realm? How is that possible?!"