Chapter 325: Let Me Play With Your Scepter

In front of the Pope Palace, the Guard Army was organizing into teams to head to their respective patrol locations.

But a single sentence from Qin Jian attracted the attention of almost everyone.

"Can I take a look at your Scepter?"

Hearing this, many people wore strange expressions.

That was the Scepter that symbolized the Pope's authority; how could it possibly be given to someone else so casually?

Bibi Dong was also slightly stunned upon hearing his request.

"You want to see my Scepter?"

She reached out and held the Scepter horizontally before his eyes: "Isn't it just like this? What is there to look at?"

She seemed not to realize how miraculous such an equal exchange appeared in the eyes of others.

This Pope, who had always been dignified, clearly could no longer maintain a high and mighty posture toward Qin Jian after the night that had just passed.

Moreover, she herself had not realized this point.

After her failed attempt to create a sense of distance this morning, she seemed to have given up entirely...

Qin Jian reached out and grabbed the Scepter in her hand, looking very curious: "The material is nice, it feels so comfortable to hold, no wonder you always keep it in your hand."

"Can I hold it for a while?" he suddenly asked, looking up.

"Of course..."

Bibi Dong was just about to agree, but suddenly froze.

She finally noticed that in front of the Pope Palace, countless people were standing like statues, their eyes filled with dull light.

"Of course not."

She wanted to take the Scepter back, but found that Qin Jian was gripping it tightly.

"Let go quickly, this is the Scepter that symbolizes the Pope's authority, I cannot give it to you," Bibi Dong said in a low voice.

"I didn't intend to keep it, I just want to play with it for a bit."

Qin Jian suddenly stretched out his other hand, looking as if he were about to snatch it from her.

"The Scepter is not for playing with... You are now the Commander of the Guard, and I am the Pope, how unsightly it would be to snatch the Scepter in front of so many subordinates... Ah..."

Before Bibi Dong could finish her sentence, she let out a soft cry and hurriedly released the Scepter in her hand.

It turned out that Qin Jian's other hand was not there to snatch her Scepter at all, but was aimed directly at her jade hand.

In public, the moment Bibi Dong's hand touched Qin Jian's, she subconsciously pulled it back, and the Scepter successfully fell into Qin Jian's hands.

"You!"

Bibi Dong's look of slight anger certainly could not scare Qin Jian.

"As expected of a peerless beauty, even when you are angry, you look so good."

A casual compliment from Qin Jian made Bibi Dong's little bit of anger vanish, replaced by a faint joy rippling in her heart.

"Give the Scepter back to me quickly," she said, reaching out with a light huff.

Who knew that Qin Jian would spin the Scepter in his hand and laugh: "You definitely don't want to snatch the Scepter from me in public, right? If you did, the dignity of the Pope would be completely lost, oh."

Seeing his shameless appearance, Bibi Dong could not help but be choked with anger: "It was clearly you who snatched my Scepter, why does it seem like I have to beg you now?"

"Then don't snatch it, letting me play with it is no big deal," Qin Jian said with a chuckle.

Encountering such a lazy fellow, the Pope expressed that she was completely helpless.

"What is so fun about a Scepter..." she said helplessly.

"Who says it's not fun? I know thirty-six ways to spin a pen, I'll demonstrate by spinning the Scepter for you."

Bibi Dong: "..."

Watching Qin Jian fiddle with the Scepter and leave side-by-side with the Pope, the crowd of statues had almost turned into stone figures.

"Sister, the Pope in your eyes, who is talented, ambitious, and wants to unify the Dalu and cover the sky with one hand, seems to be..."

Qian Qian was whispering in her sister's ear: "Encountering a chaotic-world enchantress."

Qian Yu: "..."

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense, that is our future direct superior, our promotion depends entirely on him," Qian Yu said helplessly.

Qian Qian curled her lips: "To have a Soul Emperor pressed over our heads, it's really unpleasant."

Qian Yu shook her head and smiled: "Don't you know his age? Have you ever heard of someone reaching the Soul Emperor level at this age?"

"But he is a Million-Year Soul Beast after all, so it's only natural that his talent is outstanding, right?" Qian Qian said.

Qian Yu shook her head again: "Even if the talent is outstanding, it couldn't be exaggerated to this extent. If every Transformed Soul Beast could do what he does, then how could Transformed Soul Beasts be so rare?"

"Besides..."

A strange light suddenly flickered in her eyes: "Based on my understanding of the Pope, she is definitely not someone who can be easily swayed by male beauty. Whatever she does, she generally has long-term plans and calculations, and our Commander is still a Million-Year Soul Beast..."

"I always feel that the Pope is plotting something. If we are deceived by the appearance before us, we will definitely be shocked in the future. I am very certain of this."

Qian Qian was stunned by what her sister said: "Sister, do you mean the Pope is just using him? If that's the case, isn't that too cruel to him?"

Qian Yu glanced at Qian Qian strangely: "No wonder our values don't align; you will always listen to the teacher, but I am willing to support the Pope..."

"I didn't expect you to actually sympathize with him, sympathize with someone who just poisoned you today..."

"He's not bad either, at least he appointed me as Grand Commander," Qian Qian said.

Qian Yu silently turned her head away; she really didn't want to talk to this simple-minded sister anymore, fearing her own intelligence would be passively lowered...

On the other side.

"Dong'er, where are we going next?"

Qin Jian was twirling the Scepter like a pen.

"It's daytime now, you are not allowed to call me that!" Bibi Dong frowned and said.

"Oh oh, then I'll call you that at night..."

Qin Jian nodded indifferently.

The two guards following behind had faces full of horror; they silently lowered their heads to avoid being noticed and silenced by Bibi Dong.

"Where are we going?" Qin Jian asked again.

Bibi Dong glanced at him, her tone indifferent as she said, "To send Nana and the other two into Death Canyon."

"Hm?"

Hearing the name of his current target, Hu Liena, Qin Jian's eyes involuntarily brightened.

Then he saw Bibi Dong's expressionless, pretty face appear before him: "You are very happy? Do you really like Nana?"

The two guards lowered their heads, their faces twitching.

It was not as if they had never followed the Pope before, but this time they highly doubted whether this Pope was an impostor.

Not to mention that she had not objected to being called "Dong'er" just now, just looking at this expression and tone, she was clearly jealous of her own disciple!

Where was there any trace of that high and mighty, peerless Female Pope?

"Not at all..."

Qin Jian was instantly filled with a desire to survive: "I've just heard you mention Death Canyon many times, so I'm just curious about it."

"So you're saying you really have no interest in Nana at all?" Bibi Dong pressed on.

Qin Jian was covered in cold sweat: "Haven't you already asked this question?"

Bibi Dong said indifferently: "But your previous answer was just trying to be clever; I didn't get the answer I wanted."

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