Zhao Sifang patted his chest. "Don't worry, Brother Qin. I'd never try to pull that kind of scheming on you!"
Zhao Longteng drawled, "Even if you did try to outsmart him, you couldn't."
Zhao Sifang nodded firmly at that, thoroughly convinced.
Little Zhao knew all too well just how formidable Brother Qin was.
Going against Brother Qin was a dead end!
Zhao Sifang was all the more glad that he had listened to his father and Second Uncle from the outset and treated Brother Qin sincerely. Brother Qin had returned the favor and had never made things difficult for him.
Just look at that Chu fellow, then that Hu fellow. Neither had been willing to concede at first, and both had insisted on opposing Brother Qin. And how had that turned out?
Hadn't Brother Qin played them both like puppets? He'd put them through hell!
In the end, hadn't they obediently accepted Qin Siyang as their elder brother, just like he had?
He'd been the clever one, saving himself thousands of miles of needless detours!
At that thought, Zhao Sifang couldn't help grinning again.
Qin Siyang ignored Zhao Longteng's teasing and turned to the matter he'd been wanting to ask about. "That Life-Substitution Lamp looked pretty occult. What's the deal with it?"
At Qin Siyang's question, Zhao Sifang stopped grinning as well, curiosity filling his eyes.
Zhao Longteng explained the origins of the Life-Substitution Lamp.
"The Life-Substitution Lamp-that crow-shaped lamp that suddenly appeared overhead just now-is a sinister thing. As far as we know, it's a lifesaving trump card available only to cultists ranked Guardian or higher in the World-Destroying Church."
"Before using it, you need to establish a Contract with a chosen [death substitute] through some method. When you die, the Life-Substitution Lamp appears, resurrects you, and kills the