"In that case, I'll graciously accept."
Qin Yi never had any resistance to good things, so he feigned gratitude for a moment and then walked towards the small golden platform.
Arriving at the first Jade Box, Qin Yi glanced at the Array Emperor on the throne, whose face still bore that ever so smug smile. Does he think he's looking handsome? Ugly as hell.
Qin Yi flashed his teeth with a smile, see, how handsome my smile is?
"Then I'll take it."
"Surprised, super surprised, I'll surprise your grandma's leg." Qin Yi cursed, damn Array Emperor, what a lunatic, would any normal person do this?
"Huh?" Qin Yi suddenly raised his eyebrows, then stared intently at the Array Emperor on the throne, his gaze flickering.
For a long while, Qin Yi burst out a curse.
This Array Emperor was fake, just another Puppetry Technique.
Bam!
Qin Yi lifted his foot and stomped on the stone slab beneath him, sending a fist-sized rock flying towards the Array Emperor.
Whoosh!
The rock passed straight through, piercing the Array Emperor's body and his throne.
Qin Yi was embarrassed and angry, damn fake, he had been fooled.
The Array Emperor's Puppetry Technique was truly astonishing. If he hadn't noticed something off about his expression, he might have been deceived.
"Who the hell are you? Playing these tricks." Qin Yi frowned.
Of course, the Array Emperor still had that detestable expression, not answering Qin Yi.
Qin Yi rolled his eyes and, while preparing to leave, casually opened the third Jade Box.
"Huh?"
Qin Yi was surprised. The third Jade Box actually contained something, a secret book with three ancient characters: Petrification Technique.
Qin Yi took out the Petrification Technique, feeling its soft texture, as if it was made from the hide of some Fierce Beast.
Petrification Technique?
Qin Yi became interested and opened the first page. It contained two lines of text left by the Array Emperor: I, the Emperor, never lie. This is a fortune bestowed upon you. No need to be too excited; I have plenty of such Divine Skills to wipe my ass. Just kowtow three times to thank me.
Qin Yi's mouth twitched violently, damn lunatic.
This Array Emperor is definitely not right in the head, speaking so plainly, and yet it's quite infuriating.
Qin Yi turned to the Array Emperor on the throne, disdainfully saying, "You think you've got plenty of Divine Skills? I've got quite a few myself, but wouldn't waste them wiping my ass, too rough. What Petrification Technique? Does young master care? You want me to thank you kneeling? I'll break your leg."
Of course, what he said and what he did were different. Qin Yi flipped through the Petrification Technique, his eyes shining.
This Petrification Technique was quite intricate, not just being able to petrify people, but could petrify the world and all things. Not inferior to the Divine Skills he knew.
Interesting.
Qin Yi simply sat down and began to study this Petrification Technique seriously.
Who knows how much time passed when a crunching sound broke the silence. Qin Yi looked up instinctively and was dumbfounded. The little creature had somehow jumped onto the gold platform and was munching on the Jade Box, biting piece by piece like chewing candy.
"Spit it out, can you eat that?" Qin Yi was startled, quickly picking up the little creature, checking it thoroughly, pressing on its little belly, opening its mouth, "Are you okay?"
The little creature stuck out its pink tongue at the edge of its mouth, looking quite satisfied.
Qin Yi was bewildered, gaping in astonishment, only after a long while recovering, exclaiming, "Little creature, what exactly are you?"
This little creature was extraordinary, able to bite through the iron chain he couldn't, snap the weapons and armor of armored men, eating a Spirit Fruit without any reaction, and now gnawing on jade, which was pretty terrifying.
Unfortunately, the little creature's answer was only two words: "Awoo~"
Qin Yi: "..."
This little creature was definitely unusual; he was now more certain it wasn't just a Fierce Beast cub, but perhaps a Divine Beast cub.
The little creature was uncomfortable being held by Qin Yi, so it struggled a bit before snuggling into Qin Yi's arms. Qin Yi could only hold it, as the little creature found a comfortable position and started dozing off with little grunts.
Qin Yi looked exasperated. But seeing the little creature was fine, he was relieved.
He looked up at the Array Emperor on the throne, disdainfully saying, "And you call this broken Petrification Technique a fortune? Not worthy of young master's time, watch this.
Qin Yi conjured a strand of Purple Flames from his palm, burning the Petrification Technique to ashes.
"This junk trying to fool me, bah." Qin Yi expressed disdain.
Actually, he had already memorized the Petrification Technique.
"These three Jade Boxes are better than any broken Petrification Technique, I'll take them."
Qin Yi stored the Jade Boxes into his Storage Ring.
Boom...!
As Qin Yi took the last Jade Box, the grand hall suddenly trembled violently, dust falling from all around, as if the entire hall were about to collapse.
But the tremors passed quickly, and soon everything calmed down.
"Scared me to death, thought the hall was going to collapse." Qin Yi muttered, turning back to look at the Array Emperor on the throne, only to be taken aback.
The golden platform where the Array Emperor sat, along with the large throne, vanished, replaced by two statues over ten meters tall.
These two statues were lifelike, practically alive.
Qin Yi quickly recognized one of them as the Array Emperor.
But the other left Qin Yi a bit confused because of the attire, this person was dressed in modern clothing, seemingly a trench coat.
Qin Yi approached, inspecting closely, the sculpture was truly exquisite, detailed down to the finest point. This person's eyebrows were like paintings, eyes like lightning, exceptionally handsome, with an imposing aura that seemed to challenge the heavens. Qin Yi felt like he was facing a massive mountain, himself as insignificant as dust.
Such terrifying aura, just a statue, yet it gave him such overwhelming pressure, compelling him to bow in worship.
"Huh?"
Qin Yi suddenly frowned, this person looked a bit familiar, where had he seen him before?