The Second Elder's sigh carried a trace of sorrow.
Because the Time Key is not just any ordinary little key.
It is a soul artifact possessed only by the purest bloodline of Time Mages.
The Time Key can indeed open the Time Gate at any moment, allowing one to travel through time and space at will, but it is solely for the Time Mage's personal use.
If it is given to someone else, the giver must pay an extremely heavy price—he will forever lose his love, unable to have romantic love for a lifetime, and live a lonely existence until old age.
The Second Elder himself gave the Time Key to the girl in his heart back then; now, Jing Zhichen, in the end, follows in his footsteps and makes the same choice.
Moreover, he smiled as he sent the girl away.
Just like he did back then, he would never let the girl know what he sacrificed, what profound affection and heavy price it represented, and never let the girl feel any burden in her heart.
"So be it, so be it, it really is... destiny..."
