“Altie…Altie…Altie…” Chrome repeatedly called out her name as he buried his face in her neck. He held her in his arms as he lay on the bed.

Altyria pawed his face feeling baffled by his behavior.

[What’s going on?]

She was able to feel his feelings even more clearly than before.

“Do you feel it? The soul bond changed!” Chrome couldn’t suppress the happiness that surged from the bottom of his heart.

Altyria checked the soul bond, and just as he had said, the soul bond turned gold and was more firm compared to before. She could clearly feel his joyful emotions and felt that their souls had truly become one.

[This…] Altyria knew these changes were a good thing, but she didn’t know how it became like this.

[How did it become like this? I thought that the soul bond cannot be influenced by external factors?] Altyria looked at Chrome waiting for an explanation.

Chrome gently kissed her a few times before he was satisfied.

“Soul bonding has two levels. The soul bond that you saw before was just the first level. When the soul bond turns gold, it means that it promoted the second level. It also indicates that both soulmates truly accepted one another in their hearts and cannot live without one another.”

Chrome paused as he gazed into her crystal blue eyes with his dark golden eyes.

“Soul bonders on the first level may feel like they have accepted each other, but they do not fully entrust their life to the other. I guess, in simpler terms, they do not love each other as lovers do. Most Lylin pairs were at the first level of soul bonding. That is why you don’t see that intimacy between them.”

As Altyria processed Chrome’s explanation, she blushed and wished she could hide in a hole. The soul bond turning gold was equivalent to confessing her love to him. Well, it was the same the other way around, him confessing to her, but she was already aware of his feelings since he had been so straightforward from the beginning.

Chrome watched her changing expressions with a soft smile. He suddenly felt that being in human form was not a good idea. He abruptly changed into beast form and curled up with Altyria. He felt more comfortable this way because their body size were more similar.

Altyria was caught by surprise. [Hey, what are you doing?]

[Hugging you.] Chrome rested his head on her head. [Let’s sleep early tonight. I'll take you to a jade gambling den tomorrow. Those jade would be helpful for your cultivation and can be used for your spiritual arrays.] Chrome lightly patted her back with his tail before wrapping his tail with hers.

Jade gambling den? Would they contain aura? Altyria closed her eyes. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes. [I almost forgot! Chrome, where are my materials that I brought with me from the forest?]

Chrome blinked his eyes and the materials appeared on the bed.

[Are you setting up a spiritual array?]

[Mhmm, my spiritual power is really weak right now. I must take the time to increase it while I have the chance.] Altyria replied as she quickly set up a large spiritual array that was big enough to cover the whole apartment.

Since she now had spiritual power, she did not need to use a lot of materials like how she did previously when she lived in the forest. All she needed to do was place some materials in each area of the apartment and run her spiritual power through them. These materials would act as a link and connect with each other.

One by one, Altyria went to each place in the apartment. Chrome had followed along in his Lylin form since Dylan and Yilan were out.

[Done!] After the array was set, Altyria could feel the aura gathering in this apartment. Altyria flicked her ears in satisfaction and returned to bed.

Chrome once again wrapped around her and they quickly fell asleep.

An hour past, it was almost 10PM at night. Dylan and Yilan finally came back from buying what they needed.

“Don’t forget the carcasses!” Yilan shouted at her brother.

“I already grabbed it. Let’s go.” Dylan replied as he walked into the apartment complex.

As soon as they entered the 8th floor, they felt a refreshing atmosphere that was not there before. The two of them looked at each other.

“Did Boss do something while we were gone?” Dylan asked as he put down the things in his hands and scratched his head.

“You ask me, but who do I ask?” Yilan snorted. “Whatever it is, it does not have any negative effect on us, so there is no need to worry.”

Dylan grunted. He put the carcasses in the storage room and quickly walked to the bathroom in the hall to shower. He planned to sleep early since he was exhausted after his ‘mad workout’ in the afternoon. Yilan brought the bags of snacks with her to the living room and turned on the TV. She did not plan on sleeping until midnight.

Ten minutes later, Dylan stepped out of the bathroom looking refreshed.

"Yilan, the bathroom is open now!" He called out to his sister.

"Got it!" Yilan replied while stuffing some ships into her mouth as her eyes stared at the TV.

Dylan saw that his sister did not move an inch and shook his head. He slowly made his way into one of the bedrooms and laid down in bed. 

Whether she cleans herself up or not has nothing to do with me.