Qin Jishi felt his scalp prickle under Chen Xi's gaze and instinctively shifted his eyes away.
"Your Majesty, I..."
"No need to explain!"
Chen Xi raised a hand and cut him off. "Qin Jishi, I know what you are thinking. After all, something like the Chaos Bead is a secret to you."
"Rest assured! Even if the Chaos Bead has already acknowledged you as its master, and even if it were an ownerless object, I would not set my sights on it in the slightest."
"..."
Chen Xi spoke with utmost calm, without the slightest ripple in her expression.
Qin Jishi: "..."
The Chaos Bead was a Chaos Spirit Treasure, yet Chen Xi felt no temptation whatsoever?
Something was wrong!!
In Qin Jishi's view, there were only two possibilities.
Either she was truly free of worldly desires, untouched by anything in this world.
Or!!
She possessed something even more precious than the Chaos Bead.
Between the latter and the former, Qin Jishi would rather believe the former.
What a joke!!
In the entire Primordial Heaven and Earth, there were only nine Chaos Spirit Treasures.
And!
His Chaos Bead could even devour all things for its own use.
Put it this way!!
If Chen Xi obtained such a divine object, she would ascend to an entirely new height.
In that case!!
If she were not free of worldly desires, how could she have no interest in the Chaos Bead at all?
Naturally, Chen Xi knew nothing of what Qin Jishi was imagining.
Of course!!
Even if she did know, her expression would not change in the slightest.
After all, not only would Qin Jishi think this way—even anyone else would likely have the same thought.
"Qin Jishi!"
After a moment of silence, Chen Xi broke the stillness. "Listen to me. With