Yang Yao could no longer hold herself back. Tears streamed down her face as if they cost nothing. She covered her mouth with one hand, trying her best not to cry aloud.
Xu Kun was terrified. He wanted to get up and wipe away Yang Yao's tears, but after struggling for a long while, he could not move. Without his spine, his lower body was completely numb.
The next moment, Yang Yao threw her arms around his paralyzed body.
A gentle smile immediately appeared on Xu Kun's face as he savored the warmth of her embrace.
After Yang Yao calmed down, she used Jade Pool Holy Water to wash the blood and grime from Xu Kun's body, then held him in her arms.
Only then did she reverently pick up the ring resting in Xu Kun's palm.
"Was this forged from that Five-Element Core?" Yang Yao sensed a familiar aura.
Xu Kun smiled. "Yes. It's the ring I promised to forge with my own hands, for my Yao Yao."
Yang Yao hugged him even tighter. "Does this ring have a name?"
With her discerning eye, she immediately recognized it as a Supreme Divine Artifact. Beyond her shock, her heart was filled with happiness.
Whatever slight dissatisfaction Ao Cunxin's words about Xu Kun had once stirred in her had long since vanished without a trace.
"Yes. I named it the Jade Pool Heart."
"Jade Pool Heart... I love it!" Yang Yao said, her eyes shining.
"Then put it on."
"I won't."
Xu Kun?
Yang Yao placed the ring back into Xu Kun's hand, then held out her slender jade-like hand. "I want Little Kun to put it on for me himself."
Xu Kun wore a simple, foolish smile. Naturally, he would not refuse such a small request from the woman he