Bai Jin'er, nestled in his arms, wore a blissful expression, her pretty face flushed red. "Great King, you're so amazing!"
Chun Xiaobai glanced at her, too tired to speak.
Bai Jin'er blinked her large eyes, gazing at Chun Xiaobai's profile, and whispered, "Great King, I knew you couldn't bear to part with me, couldn't bear to leave me behind..."
"Couldn't bear, my ass!"
Chun Xiaobai finally lost his patience and cut her off.
"Shut up!"
He was already seething with anger.
He hadn't even recovered the two billion he'd lost before, and now he'd fucking plunged headfirst into a demon's den, costing him another two hundred million spirit stones!
Had he been forgetting to wash his hands before going out lately?
Why was his luck so rotten?
A fake Li Kui running into a real Li Gui-his bad luck had truly hit rock bottom!
Fortunately, those demons hadn't dared chase after him.
Then again, it made sense. Would a whole nest of demons really dare chase him while brazenly unleashing demonic qi?
Chun Xiaobai checked behind him. Once he confirmed there were no pursuers, he changed direction and flew toward their agreed meeting point.
As he approached, he spotted Fang Yuan and Bai Yutang sitting on a large rock in the distance, their faces creased with misery as they sighed.
"Two billion spirit stones!"
"We burned through a full two billion spirit stones' worth of Swift Travel Talismans!"
The two sat there trading laments, their faces filled with anguish over the loss.
"All right, all right."
Bai Yutang sighed.
"We'll follow the Great King and pull off another couple of jobs later. That'll make it back."
"I just wonder... whether those old fellows can get out alive."
" Hiss!"
At the thought of those demon cultivators, Fang Yuan's chubby face