Aside from that, the reason Huo Yuhao decided to gain Gu Yuena's trust through a contract was... Gu Yuena is truly easy to fool.
She appeared to be the Co-lord of Soul Beasts, possessing the strength of a First-rank God, yet she was unexpectedly... simple?
Well... at least that's what Huo Yuhao thought.
Whether it was the emotions sensed through the Seed of Emotion or their interactions over the past month, what Huo Yuhao felt from Gu Yuena was basically curiosity, joy, and excitement—all positive emotions.
There wasn't a single shred of malice... Er, she would occasionally get angry and harbor quite a bit of resentment when he didn't make her grilled fish, but she never forced him to do anything.
From this perspective, at the very least, Gu Yuena's personality wasn't that of an unreasonable person.
However, there was a reason for all of this: at the very beginning, Huo Yuhao was simply too weak—so weak that he had no power to resist Gu Yuena.
But what about the current Huo Yuhao?
He possessed a first Soul Ring that was essentially at the million-year level, which also carried a Soul Core that usually only a Titled Douluo would possess.
Plus, there was Skydream, who had signed a contract with him.
Huo Yuhao knew that for Gu Yuena, he was already spinning out of control; he now possessed a slight possibility of going down in a desperate fight against her.
It was precisely because of this—to avoid a potential fallout and the necessity of bringing her to his side—that Huo Yuhao chose the Fate Contract.
That was Huo Yuhao's plan.
Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yuena, and Gu Yuena looked back at Huo Yuhao. Her amethyst-like eyes stared at Huo Yuhao, seemingly trying to see something within his gaze.
However, after a long time, she felt nothing but that bright, smiling intent.
Her heart... began to grow restless.
The girl unconsciously turned her head away, avoiding Huo Yuhao's gaze, then stood up and took a small step back, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
Her hand instinctively tightened over her chest as her heart rate gradually quickened. Although nothing showed on the surface, Gu Yuena knew her heart was in turmoil.
She still didn't understand why Huo Yuhao trusted her so much, especially since it had only been a month... And as for herself... What exactly was going on?
After a long silence, under the boy's expectant gaze, the breathtakingly beautiful girl suddenly summoned a silver-white long spear, pointing the tip directly at the boy's forehead.
At this moment, the girl's face was no longer calm but incredibly serious. She looked at the boy with a solemn and grand expression:
"I, the Silver Dragon King, in my capacity as the Co-lord of Soul Beasts, swear that if Huo Yuhao does nothing to harm the Soul Beast race, the Soul Beast race will protect him forever until the end of his life."
At that moment, the Silver Dragon Spear, which carried the faith of all Soul Beasts in the Co-lord of Soul Beasts, made a promise to a human youth.
Life is unpredictable—like "large intestines wrapped in small intestines."
Huo Yuhao felt complicated, very complicated.
Originally, he just wanted to use the Fate Contract to gain Gu Yuena's trust so she could act as his bodyguard while he "sheared" her emotions to assist his cultivation.
As it turned out, did he just completely hoodwink her?
Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought. After a long while, he decided to set the matter aside.
By the time he and Gu Yuena returned home, it was morning. After having breakfast with his mother, Huo Yuhao went to the basement.
The basement hadn't been renovated yet and was somewhat empty, but it was enough for experiments.
Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, and his Soul Ring manifested.
In an instant, a silver-glow Soul Ring abruptly appeared beside Huo Yuhao. In its center, an ethereal Soul Core radiating spiritual energy was slowly rotating, absorbing Soul Power.
With a thought, Huo Yuhao prepared to summon Skydream to ask her how she felt.
The silver-glow Soul Ring flickered slightly. The next moment, a young girl wearing a loose, white one-piece pajama appeared out of thin air... and then fell straight down.
Huo Yuhao instinctively reached out to catch her, then looked at the blond girl in his arms who still looked a bit dazed. He spoke hesitantly: "Skydream-sister?"
The girl blinked her brown eyes, which had a ring of golden light, looking like she hadn't fully woken up yet.
She stared blankly at Huo Yuhao for a good while before finally seeming to react. She spoke: "Yu... Yuhao?"
"It's me... Skydream-sister..."
The main reason Huo Yuhao could recognize Skydream immediately was that in this life, Skydream-sister didn't look much different from the Skydream-brother of his previous life.
The only differences were that her facial features were softer and her hair had grown much longer; other than that, she was basically the same.
The materialized Skydream-sister felt soft to hold and smelled like a very pure, clean Ice Element aura... if... Wait.
Huo Yuhao suddenly snapped out of it, hurriedly composed his mind, and prepared to set Skydream down.
However, Skydream, still in his arms, reached out and cupped Huo Yuhao's cheeks, then rubbed them with an expression of pleasant surprise.
"It's... actually a physical body... I can feel warmth..."
Huo Yuhao's body went stiff. He was about to speak, but in the next second, Skydream's eyes lit up. She hooked her arms around Huo Yuhao's neck, leaned in close, buried her face in his neck, and took a deep breath.
Huo Yuhao's body went stiff again.
The next moment, Skydream hugged Huo Yuhao with delight: "Yuhao! I can actually smell things! This body is actually physical!!! This is amazing! And you smell so good too!"
Huo Yuhao's expression became strange, but Skydream had already begun to shamelessly touch him everywhere, pinching his cheeks one moment and leaning in to sniff him the next. She was in a state of total excitement, completely ignoring Huo Yuhao's words.
"Sky—dream—sister! Stop touching me randomly!!!"
A moment later, Huo Yuhao offered up a grilled fish, finally getting Skydream to settle down.
Regarding Skydream's excitement, Huo Yuhao could understand it a bit. After all, in his previous life, Skydream had complained to him about sleeping in the Sea of Consciousness all day; besides recovering, it was just too boring.
Even after the Soul Spirit Contract appeared later, Skydream, as an energy body, only had touch and sight at most—no sense of smell or taste, naturally.
But now, appearing in physical form, Skydream was naturally curious about everything.
However... "Skydream-sister, why did you appear in this form?"
Huo Yuhao asked awkwardly. Skydream, who was holding the grilled fish and taking small bites, blinked and spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world:
"Oh, this..." Skydream swallowed the fish and winked at Huo Yuhao. "Looks good, right? This is the appearance that was naturally born based on my own Soul Beast form after I signed the Soul Spirit Contract with you!"
The girl flashed a smile, her lazy aura vanishing. Though her delicate, fair face was slightly stained with oil, it couldn't hide the sunny disposition radiating from her.
"Hmph hmph hmph, although it's not as good-looking as my original body, it's at least one-tenth as good! So, have you already been deeply captivated by this Big Sister's figure?"