Zhan Yan was shocked. "Wait! Just give me a chance! I want to compete with him for my life.0

"You can't go back on your word. Since we’re playing a game, there should be rules that need to be followed."0

Lu Yin nodded. "I don’t care about wasting a little bit of time. Fine."0

As he spoke, a lit stick of incense appeared in front of Zhan Yan.0

Seeing the thin stream of smoke slowly waft up, Zhan Yan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of safety. Before, the sight of this smoke had felt like her life burning away, but this time, it was saving her.0

"That old monster Yuan Qi must have guessed all that he told you, as I never mentioned anything about it since coming to this megaverse. He must have inferred that I have the key by analyzing the political situation in the Spirit Nidus and guessing at my Zhan family’s plans. That wasn’t too hard, but this is my secret, not his."0

Lu Yin found it odd that he had just given Yuan Qi the exact same argument.0

He considered himself rather shameless, but Zhan Yan was even worse than him. Despite that, her argument somehow made a bit of sense.0

"The key is with me, and I was even planning to tell you about it. You broke the rules of the game. You should have asked me first, not him. If I had revealed his secret before he said anything, wouldn’t that have doomed him instead?" Zhan...0