"God of Trickery?"
After hearing Lin Qiye's account, Jinian's mouth fell open in shock. As if remembering something, she said, "You gave the Eternal Pill..."
Si Xiaonan nodded silently.
Jinian looked at Si Xiaonan, her expression complicated.
She knew most of Si Xiaonan's plan. She also knew that Si Xiaonan had intended from the beginning to return the Eternal Pill to Great Xia. After all, she had stolen the pill herself; given her nature, she would never have kept the Eternal Pill for herself... Something else must have happened in the meantime.
"That's fine. Someone had to take this thing eventually." Jinian tried to comfort her.
Si Xiaonan forced a bitter smile. "Right, I want to borrow something from you."
"What?"
"Gjallarhorn."
At that name, Jinian's gaze sharpened. "Xiao Nan, have you really made up your mind?"
"Yes." Si Xiaonan nodded calmly.
"The side effects of that thing aren't minor. You..." Jinian stopped halfway through, then said with a wry smile, "I almost forgot. You took the Eternal Pill... Forget I said anything."
Jinian did not try to dissuade her further. She merely turned toward the people behind her.
"Give her Gjallarhorn."
The knight carried a Black Box out from the crowd and solemnly handed it to Si Xiaonan.
Seeing Jinian hand over a "supreme" divine artifact so readily, Si Xiaonan felt warmth well up in her heart.
"Thank you," Si Xiaonan said sincerely. "Once everything is over, I'll return it to Utopia."
"No rush. I stole this thing anyway." Jinian patted Si Xiaonan's shoulder and said seriously, "No matter what, protect yourself."
"Don't worry. There's basically no one in this world who can kill me now." Si Xiaonan smiled.
Si Xiaonan slung the Black Box over her back, her gaze falling on the passage leading to the lowest level