Yun Qing chuckled softly, tapping the edge of the jade casket with a fingertip.
"No wonder the Human World's Heavenly Dao locked your Divine Soul so tightly, refusing to let me glimpse even a sliver. So it was hiding an opportunity this great."
"A Spirit-Devouring Body? Hardly."
Yun Qing lowered his eyes to the little snake in the casket.
Even in the age when countless beasts rose together and savage spirits roamed the Primordial Chaos Sea, the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Python had ranked among the very highest of exotic species.
No wonder the Human World's Heavenly Dao had wound his fate threads so tightly. Using a Chaos Heaven-Devouring Python as a whetstone for the Child of Heaven's Mandate-was it not afraid of chipping the blade?
A chill flashed through Yun Qing's eyes.
Fortunately, his Brother Huang had the keen eye to recognize a pearl. Otherwise, this jewel really would have remained buried in dust.
Heavenly Dao of the Human World, you would take an innocent young beast like this and make him a villainous fiend?
Utterly shameless.
Yun Qing's gaze made Ye Hui's scales prickle. With difficulty, he coiled himself into a small ball and covered his head with his tail tip, leaving only his purple slit pupils exposed as he watched Yun Qing warily.
After meeting his gaze for a moment, Yun Qing suddenly put away his playfulness, his expression turning solemn.
His fingertip descended lightly, stroking the vertical mark on Ye Hui's forehead that had yet to fully open.
As Yun Qing leaned down, his black sleeve blocked the lamplight, abruptly dimming the light inside the jade casket.
Heavy shadows pressed down.
"Be good."
The voice was so gentle that it made the snake's skin crawl.
Yun Qing's Double Pupils were fathomlessly deep as he gave a low, seemingly