He finally got the idea.
Qin Xiao laughed inwardly, but his face remained perfectly calm.
Du Busi grew anxious. "Say something, kid. I'm not boasting, but aside from the stars and moon in the sky, which I can't pluck down for you, there isn't a treasure on the Douluo Continent that I can't get my hands on."
As he spoke, he raised the God-Sealing Platform in his hand as though showing it off.
It was as if he were saying, Even a dragon's pool and tiger's den like Virtue Hall couldn't stop me from coming and going as I pleased, could it?
And didn't I snatch the fruit of Jing Hongchen's labor, too?
Qin Xiao suddenly fixed his gaze on the tray in Du Busi's hand.
"If I wanted that tray you're holding, would you give it to me?"
"What? You want this?" Du Busi was stunned.
He had imagined Qin Xiao might ask for all sorts of precious, rare treasures, perhaps even treasures the Body Sect didn't possess.
He had already resolved to do everything in his power to satisfy Qin Xiao. Even if the Body Sect didn't have a particular treasure, he would seize it for Qin Xiao if he had to.
But he had never imagined Qin Xiao would actually want the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. A person could be unreasonable, but surely not this unreasonable?
I'm laying my heart bare, and you're opening a lion's maw to demand the world?
Du Busi instinctively wanted to refuse.
Then he reconsidered. That wouldn't do either.
I just boasted to the heavens. If I refuse outright now, won't it look like... I can't play along?
An idea struck Du Busi, and he came up with an explanation that would serve both purposes.
"Kid, this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo is