After Yuan Qingming and Baili Xi exchanged a glance, they turned to Lin Baichuan. "Brother Lin... the Hall Master knows that you wish to collect all the Lotus Spirit Roots. Our Mountain River Hall has seventy-three in total, and the Hall Master intends to give them to you..."
"That's right, Brother Lin... If you can truly gather all the Lotus Spirit Roots and fuse them into a Ninth Rank Azure Lotus, it would be a great blessing for our human race as well."
Baili Xi smiled faintly and raised a hand. Dozens of gleams immediately flickered into view.
The next moment, the Lotus Spirit Roots flew out and landed before Lin Baichuan—exactly seventy-three of them.
Lin Baichuan was stunned. He truly had not expected Baili Xi and Yuan Qingming to come all this way just to deliver Lotus Spirit Roots to him.
In truth, Lin Baichuan had never intended to seize Mountain River Hall's Lotus Spirit Roots.
At least, he had no such intention for now.
However, he was also well aware that if he wanted to gather every Lotus Spirit Root and fuse them into a Ninth Rank Azure Lotus, he would have to obtain the Lotus Spirit Roots held by Mountain River Hall.
Lin Baichuan had planned to seek out Baili Xi and purchase Mountain River Hall's Lotus Spirit Roots only after acquiring all the others. Yet he never imagined that Baili Xi would take the initiative to bring them over.
That caught Lin Baichuan somewhat off guard, and for a moment, he did not know how to respond.
He did not accept the Lotus Spirit Roots. Instead, he looked meaningfully at Baili Xi and Yuan Qingming and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your kindness, both of you. To be honest, I do need these