If it was the former, wouldn't that be a roundabout version of "wish fulfillment"?
And one that didn't require Sun Hang to pay any price, at that.
As for this thing's side effects, according to the memories of that gambling addict, they mainly affected a person's mind and emotions—but with Xue Yue around, that side effect was basically nonexistent.
"There's actually something this good?" Sun Hang muttered under his breath.
Sun Hang looked at Candle Dragon, sizing him up from head to toe. Only when Candle Dragon started to feel uncomfortable did he ask, "What do you want most? Think it through carefully before you tell me. Follow the truest thoughts in your heart."
"What I want most..." Candle Dragon froze slightly. "There are too many things... But if I had to rank them one by one... honestly, it'd be hard."
"Why?"
"A person's desires change with their environment and emotional state," Candle Dragon said. "For example, someone crossing a desert who is about to die of thirst probably won't have any desire in his head besides a glass of clean ice water. There's an old saying: 'When one is warm and fed, one thinks of lust.' Lust here can refer to many things—sex, status, power, fame, wealth... But no matter what kind of desire it is, it only grows from within after the basic condition of survival has been met..."
"Even at different stages of life, as one's social experience, understanding, and way of thinking change, one's desires change as well." Candle Dragon shook his head with a bitter smile. "Take an ordinary little boy as an example. When he was young, his dream might have been to become a special forces soldier, scientist, or astronaut... When he reached adolescence, he might have longed for a passionate romance or