He looked at the woman he loved before him, his eyes filled with reluctance to part. Back then, he had been unable to protect her.
Now, his Curse Element cultivation was sealed. He had nearly died just coming here to find her, let alone protecting her for the rest of her life.
Zhan Kong sighed, then turned to Su Miu, his expression becoming pleading.
"Su Miu, I want to ask you a favor."
"What is it?"
Hearing this, Su Miu looked at him in puzzlement, wondering what he would ask for, while Zhan Kong fumbled around on his person.
He soon took out a wallet and handed it to Su Miu, his words sounding almost like his final wishes.
"These are all my savings. I want you to take her to the small town at the foot of the mountain."
"What about you?"
"I'll lure the nearby demon beasts away afterward so you can leave safely. Looking like this, how could I possibly face her...?"
Zhan Kong looked utterly defeated, as though he truly did not dare meet the girl inside the ice. Once, he too had been a spirited young man, but the Heresy Judgment Court had worn down that spirit, leaving only a weary shell.
Su Miu opened Zhan Kong's wallet and took a look. There were only a few bank cards, each apparently holding a few million, for total assets of around twenty million. He could not help looking disdainful.
"Seriously? Chief Instructor, you're an Advanced Mage at dual element high rank grand perfection, and you only have twenty million in savings? I already had over a hundred million when I was a beginner."
"Are you fucking kidding me? Anyway, that's all the money I have. Take it or leave it!"
At Su Miu's cutting remarks, Zhan