"Fine, I admit it was my mistake. I apologize to you." The Azure Emperor's phantom looked at Wang Shouzhe's dark, unfriendly gaze and felt somewhat guilty. "I can compensate you..."
"Forget it, forget it." Wang Shouzhe sighed and waved his hand. "We've come this far. It makes no difference whether I have a system or not. Besides, Your Majesty is penniless now. What could you possibly use to compensate me?"
He had already guessed that the lost system was most likely the one on Wang Yinxuan.
That system did have some wondrous uses. If the Wang Clan had possessed its help back when he had first transmigrated, their development would indeed have gone far more smoothly. But now that the Wang Clan had developed to this point, that system was little more than a novelty...
After all, it was merely a system refined from a small fragment of the World-Controlling Token. It was absolutely impossible for it to conjure an Immortal Emperor inheritance out of thin air.
"Penniless?" The Azure Emperor's phantom was stunned. "I still have this forbidden zone, my inheritance, an eleventh-grade ancient divine vein, and..."
Yet as he continued, his voice grew softer and softer until he fell completely silent.
Because the young man before him was already his inheritor across generations. Everything here would eventually be inherited by him... Using these things to compensate him was no different from pouring from the left hand into the right.
"Come to think of it, I should still thank Your Majesty." Wang Shouzhe was, after all, a mature clan head who had weathered great storms and seen towering waves. He quickly reined in his emotions and said thoughtfully, "Your Majesty mentioned just now that, entrusted by Senior Hong, you were meant to protect my path, only to be intercepted