The elemental power directly blocked Xuan Jiu's path upstairs.
Xuan Jiu turned around and saw Chen Yunji with his lips tightly pressed together, his usually aloof demeanor now tinged with anxiety.
"Oh my, oh my," Xuan Jiu teased with a grin. "Someone's actually in a rush now."
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Chen Yunji asked, his voice slightly heavier.
"Helping you, of course," Xuan Jiu replied with a playful smile.
Looking at Chen Yunji, Xuan Jiu shook his head, puzzled. "I really can't figure out how someone can hold back so much."
"You're silent as a stone, did you expect Xiao Jinsheng to use mind-reading on you or what?" Xuan Jiu scoffed.
In the past, when the mind-reading superpower was still usable...
Whatever Chen Yunji thought in front of him was completely transparent.
Despite Chen Yunji's surface demeanor of keeping others at bay and being indifferent...
