Gu Shaoqiu shuddered all over. He could not even choose how to die?
"Can't you use your astral energy to remove it for me?"
Chuan Ge shook his head. "I can't do it."
"Can't do it, or don't want to, or don't dare?" Gu Shaoqiu sneered bitterly. "Looks like you're afraid of him. You want to leave."
Chuan Ge's expression did not ripple in the slightest. "Since you used the talisman mark, I've fulfilled my promise. Where I go now is my own business, none of yours. But it's also true that I can't remove it. My mind arts are rubbish, after all. I can't guarantee I can erase the Demon Seed before he kills you."
"Besides, as long as the Demon Seed remains, every word we say, including your intentions and thoughts, will be known to him. There's no chance." Chuan Ge looked at Gu Shaoqiu amid the filth, both disdainful and unable to keep a trace of pity from arising. "Let me give you one last piece of advice: why not change your way of thinking?"
"Look at it from another angle. As long as you can keep up with the monthly payments, he won't kill you. And if you go over to his side and show your value—even if it's as bait—you'll at least have someone to rely on."
Gu Shaoqiu's face was bleak. "No. In the world of Asura Seeds, it must be you die or I live. Even if I were one second away from leaving the Destiny Battlefield, he would still kill me and take my fortune."
"Then do as you please. I'm leaving." Chuan Ge shook his head and turned away.
Watching Chuan Ge's departing back, Gu Shaoqiu closed his eyes, his heart heavy beyond measure. While Chuan Ge had been there, he