Douluo—Chapter 57: The Truth of Ye Renxin's Surprise, Shy Ye Lingling
Dai Chengfeng looked at Ye Renxin, who was walking slowly to his side with a serious expression and nodded with a smile. "Of course, I remember, Old Ye, what you said before leaving the city..."
"That you would give me a surprise on this trip."
"I was originally thinking..."
"Perhaps I would feel ashamed of Old Ye's surprise since it's still uncertain whether this trip would yield an external soul bone."
At this point, Dai Chengfeng gestured to the very special external soul bone next to the lavender soul ring of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, and smiled: "But now—"
"The external soul bone has been obtained, so I would be disrespectful to refuse Old Ye's gift."
Ye Renxin nodded, then looked at his granddaughter, Ye Lingling, as if seeking her opinion.
Ye Lingling's lips curled into a slight smile, and she nodded. Her beautiful gray-silver hair swayed gently in the breeze.
Seeing this, Ye Renxin let out a sigh of relief.
He turned to Dai Chengfeng, who was full of curiosity, and Zhu Fan, who was also eager to hear the news and chuckled.
"The surprise I have for Your Highness is..."
"This first external soul bone—Lingling and I have decided to give it to His Highness Chengfeng!"
"Huh?!"
Instantly, Dai Chengfeng's eyes widened with surprise. He looked at Ye Renxin in disbelief. "This external soul bone is given to me?"
Dai Chengfeng had prepared himself for many possibilities.
He thought Ye Renxin's surprise might be some powerful elixir he had refined, or perhaps a deadly poison capable of saving his life at a critical moment...
After all, Ye Renxin was a medical saint, and these were his expertise.
But what Dai Chengfeng never expected was—
Ye Renxin's surprise was that he would allow him to absorb this external soul bone.
This is an external soul bone, a treasure that can grow with the soul master, with a drop rate of less than one in a million!
If Dai Chengfeng didn't value Ye Renxin's contribution to the future development of medicine in the Star Luo Empire, what unprecedented and powerful role could it play?
It could also enable the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul owner to take root in the Star Luo Empire and become its unique martial soul.
Otherwise, when they initially discussed this, Dai Chengfeng might not have agreed to give the first external soul bone, obtained from the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, to Ye Lingling.
When Zhu Fan heard Ye Renxin's words, his eyes widened in surprise, but soon he was happy again.
"Chengfeng, why don't you thank Mr. Ye quickly?"
He hurriedly reminded Dai Chengfeng, as if worried he might delay and Ye Renxin would regret it.
After speaking,
He bowed slightly to Ye Renxin again and said very seriously: "Mr. Ye is kind and righteous. Zhu Fan admires you."
"Before, I even thought about forcibly taking this external soul bone for Chengfeng. Now I realize... I was wrong."
Ye Renxin stroked his beard, shook his head at Zhu Fan, and smiled indifferently. "Commander Zhu Fan, don't mind it."
"We both understand how precious the external soul bone is. It's only human nature to think so."
He then looked at Dai Chengfeng with admiration in his eyes.
"And Your Highness Chengfeng."
"Even though you know how precious this external soul bone is..."
"You still said something as shocking as 'jade can be broken, but its whiteness cannot be changed; bamboo can be burned, but its joints cannot be broken.'"
Ye Renxin raised his hand, bowing slightly to Dai Chengfeng. "I truly admire Your Highness!"
"I also heard that Your Highness wishes to become the spear holder."
"Since you have such lofty ambitions, I am willing to help you reach even greater heights!"
Seeing Ye Renxin's sincere gaze, unpretentious and earnest, Dai Chengfeng couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling deeply serious.
"Mr. Ye, since you've said so, I won't delay any longer."
"But I, Dai Chengfeng, promise here—"
"As long as I am alive, Lingling will never come to any harm!"
Ye Renxin nodded slightly, smiling. "What I worry about most now is my little granddaughter."
"She's naturally reserved, too simple, and her martial soul—the Nine-Heart Flowering Apple—has no attack power at all. I'm truly afraid she'll struggle to find friends she can trust and rely on in the future. That's why I want to prepare an external soul bone for her..."
"But now that Your Highness has promised, I can finally rest assured."
He gently pushed Ye Lingling forward toward Dai Chengfeng. "Lingling, you should thank the Fourth Prince quickly."
Ye Lingling nodded slightly, then bowed to Dai Chengfeng.
"Thank you..."
Dai Chengfeng helped Ye Lingling up, shook his head, and looked into her eyes.
"I should be thanking you, Lingling."
"After all, this is an external soul bone—such a precious treasure."
Ye Lingling met Dai Chengfeng's golden gaze, and her wrist, held by him, trembled slightly.
"It's okay..."
She quickly lowered her head, her white jade-like earlobe tinged with a faint blush.
Ye Renxin watched this scene, smiling with relief.
'Lingling, ah Lingling, you're too kind. Even if you have an external soul bone, it's hard to say what kind of power you could develop.'
'In that case!'
'Grandpa will find you a teammate whose future achievements won't be inferior to Tang Chen, the so-called invincible on land.'
'That way, I can be more assured of your safety...'
Thinking this, Ye Renxin looked back at Dai Chengfeng.
"Your Highness, I've spoken kindly enough. Now, you should absorb this external soul bone."
"Let me see which part it is."
Dai Chengfeng nodded, also curious.
The external soul bone dropped by the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear wasn't a hand bone, so what part of the body was it?
How powerful might it be?
Could it be stronger than the hand bone?
He approached the external soul bone, sat cross-legged, and carefully examined its appearance.
At the top, he saw it was a dark gold soul bone, but below that, several dark gold-like blood vessels and meridians connected to it. At the very bottom were five dark gold sharp blades.
"Which part of the body is this?"
Even though Dai Chengfeng considered himself knowledgeable, he had never seen an external soul bone shaped like this in any book.
"Whatever. If I can't guess, I'll find out after absorbing it..."
He hesitated no longer. With great curiosity, he slowly extended his right hand toward the mysterious external soul bone emitting dark golden light.
As soon as his fingertips touched the surface, a violent surge of force rushed into his body along his hand.
The brutality of this force made Dai Chengfeng's meridians ache faintly.
"This is worthy of being the external soul bone of the top soul beast Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear—truly powerful!"
For a moment, Dai Chengfeng looked forward to seeing how formidable this external soul bone would be!
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