Qin Siyang refused to respond to Zhu Thirteen.
The more Zhu Thirteen pressured him, the firmer his stance became.
It went without saying that Zhu Thirteen's proposed deal had a nasty trap buried in it.
Rather than hear him out and then refuse, offending him twice, Qin Siyang might as well refuse to listen at all and nip this so-called deal in the bud.
After a long standoff, Qin Siyang said, "Lord Zhu Thirteen, I'm just an ordinary origin sequence. I wouldn't dare make a deal with a god, nor am I worthy of calling one my brother. If you insist on forcing me, just kill me."
Qin Siyang laid out his bottom line-no deals!
Seeing such defiance from a tiny human, a cold gleam flashed across Zhu Thirteen's head armor. "You think I wouldn't dare?"
"If you could kill me, you never would have met me."
"What do you mean?"
"Because Lord Begonia Salamander would have killed me before you got the chance. He already showed his intent to kill me, but ultimately didn't act on it. So I imagine that, as an examiner for the [Succession Trial], you must be subject to certain restrictions, such as an absolute prohibition against killing anyone who passes."
"..."
With Qin Siyang having guessed the truth, Zhu Thirteen could no longer threaten him that way. Instead, he said, "Perhaps I can't kill you. But I can still kill that balding middle-aged man sitting in your artifact outside!"
"No, you can't catch our Capsule Pod."
"That's because I wasn't using my full strength. Surely you don't think what I showed during our fight was the full extent of my power?"
"Of course not. Your strength far exceeds my imagination. After I passed the trial, you sucked me into your mouth before I could