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As he spoke, Ye Wen forcibly brought the two youngsters' heads together, their eyes locking onto each other.
"Look into each other's eyes and don't look away."
Ye Wen's voice was soft, almost enchanting. Gradually, the two youngsters' gazes grew hazy, and faint ripples of mental energy began to emanate from them.
Ye Wen's slender hands moved slowly in front of their eyes, weaving a special rhythm that caused their mental energies to intertwine.
Ye Wen chuckled softly. Never would he have imagined that a God King like himself would one day resort to using hypnosis—but the results were indeed impressive.
At this moment, the intertwined mental energies of the two seemed to reach a mysterious frequency. Unconsciously, their brows pressed together.
Finally, the attribute connection began.
Watching this scene, the distant fierce beasts stamped their feet in frustration. But there was nothing they could do—within this Boundless World, every move they made was restricted by Ye Wen.
Xiong Jun growled low in anger. Being bullied by Di Tian was one thing, but now being so powerless against a human was unbearable—it infuriated him!
Bi Ji remained silent, her gaze fixed deeply on Ye Wen. Though he possessed a god-level domain ability, she wasn't afraid. Her husband had once been a god as well. If this human truly harmed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Bi Ji silently vowed to make Di Tian hunt him down relentlessly, leaving him no place to hide across the nine heavens and ten earths!
As the attribute connection commenced, Ye Wen could clearly see that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's life force was being weakened as its essence was used to strengthen Huo Yuer's foundation. Its vitality was already beginning to deplete.
Seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's dazed expression and obvious discomfort, Ye Wen gently stroked the back of its neck and began channeling the life force of Living Gold into its body.
The pain gradually subsided, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's brows relaxed, as if it had fallen into a blissful dream.
Ye Wen knew—the exchange of memories had begun.
However, at this moment, Ye Wen detected a subtle fluctuation of divine power.
"Sure enough, you never change—you're always scheming underhandedly."
Douluo God Realm – Asura Shrine
After assigning Da Ming and Er Ming the task of intercepting the soul beast's fortune, Tang San had occasionally observed the Star Dou Forest, sensing changes in its fortune.
Of course, this was a violation of the rules—he wouldn't dare openly spy on such matters.
Since noticing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Emperor Auspicious Beast, Tang San had been overjoyed. Having once been a Child of Fortune himself, he knew well that whoever controlled fortune controlled the world.
Unfortunately, his plans for the human Child of Fortune in this era had fallen through, narrowly missing his beloved son. Thus, he shifted his focus to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Whether it was the fortune of humans or soul beasts, fortune was fortune—and anything connected to it was valuable.
However, after learning about the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Tang San couldn't afford to monitor it too frequently. After all, it resided in a lower-dimensional plane. Excessive interference would provoke strong resistance from the plane's consciousness, drawing unwanted attention from others in the God Realm.
This was precisely why, in the original storyline, Tang San only appeared sporadically around Huo Yuhao, delegating most interactions to his ordinary human daughter, Tang Wutong.
Still, Tang San only needed to know that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was in the Star Dou Forest. What good were the enforcers he had raised if not for this?
When Tang San sensed the shift in fortune within the Star Dou Forest, a faint smile curved his lips.
"So, it has finally begun? Thank me, my good son—I've prepared an excellent bride for you."
As an ordinary person, one wouldn't even qualify to be part of the Tang family. Tang San had his own aspirations. His wife was a soul beast—how could his son fall behind?
An Emperor Auspicious Beast, and a female one at that, was perfect!
Considering that she hadn't yet taken human form and lacked any ties with his son, Tang San decided to fabricate a connection out of thin air.
The gods of Douluo were truly overpowered—once bestowed with divine power, it seemed they could do anything.
As both the Sea God and the Asura God, Tang San's ability to alter memories and split souls was absurd.
At this moment, Tang San retrieved an artificial fragment of soul he had prepared earlier, intending to intervene. However, when he focused on the node of fortune fluctuations, he froze.
???
"What? Where is my massive Emperor Auspicious Beast Child of Fortune?"
Staring at the empty, ruined forest, Tang San was filled with confusion. Still unwilling to give up, he scoured every inch of the land, hoping to find his prospective daughter-in-law.
But after searching for a full quarter-hour, Tang San found nothing.
Even so, he couldn't continue searching. He had already faintly sensed that other parts of the God Realm were probing this area. Reluctantly, he withdrew and resolved not to observe the Douluo Continent for some time.
In the vast, empty shrine, only Tang San's frustrated voice echoed.
"Damn it! What kind of mess are those two incompetents making? What am I supposed to do with my Tang Sect and future daughter-in-law now?!"
Meanwhile, Ye Wen let out a sigh of relief. That prying gaze had finally disappeared completely.
Ye Wen knew that the only one capable of such underhanded actions, aside from the "pure-hearted" Tang San, was someone equally bored among the gods.
Or rather, the majority of the gods in the God Realm were like lazy fish—immortality, especially when confined to one place, was less a blessing and more a curse.
As for why Tang San couldn't locate Ye Wen, the reason was simple. Ye Wen's domain had long since evolved beyond its initial version, which had a visible outer shell.
Now, Ye Wen's Boundless World domain had reached the level of "a mustard seed containing a universe." If Tang San had descended in his true form, perhaps his Purple Extreme Demon Eye might have found something. But with limited time and being deep in the cosmic Douluo God Realm, detection was impossible.
At this moment, the attribute connection between Huo Yuer and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finally ended.
Huo Yuer's gaze was somewhat vacant—her mere decade or so of memories couldn't compare to the millennia of memories held by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Though much of those memories were meaningless junk, they were enough to leave Huo Yuer disoriented for a while.
As for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, its eyes also flickered with confusion before quickly clearing. It then glanced hesitantly at Ye Wen several times, leaving him puzzled.
Still, faced with such a lovely creature before him, Ye Wen couldn't resist petting it a few more times.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion emitted an adorable low growl, bringing a pleased smile to Ye Wen's face.
Nourished by the immense life force, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion didn't weaken or die from the attribute connection. On the contrary, it appeared even more radiant, and its cultivation had advanced significantly, finally allowing the nearby fierce beasts to breathe a sigh of relief.
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