The Heavenly Crippled Four Brothers left, and Lin Bai stood shoulder to shoulder with Hu Qi.
Hu Qi said, "Brother Lin Bai, as we agreed before, we'll each take thirty thousand of the offerings from this place."
"Good."
Lin Bai nodded slightly and swept forward, storing the offerings one by one in his Storage Bag. Lin Bai and Hu Qi each took thirty thousand. Once Lin Bai had taken enough offerings, he stopped.
After the two of them put away the offerings, Lin Bai asked with a smile, "Brother Qi, what are you planning to do next? Will you stay on the sixth level and hunt puppets for a while, or go straight to the seventh level?"
Hu Qi chuckled. "I don't plan to stay on the sixth level any longer. Now that I have enough offerings, I plan to go to the seventh level—or perhaps straight to the ninth level."
"What about you, Brother Lin Bai?"
Hu Qi asked with a smile.
Lin Bai shook his head. "Thirty thousand offerings should be enough to get me to the ninth level. I'll go straight up. I don't want to keep hunting these puppets."
The seventh level required seven thousand offerings.
The eighth level required eight thousand offerings.
The ninth level required nine thousand offerings.
Together, those three levels required only twenty-one thousand offerings. Lin Bai now had thirty thousand on him, so getting all the way to the ninth level would be more than enough.
Hu Qi chuckled. "Brother Lin Bai, although you and I can now easily reach the ninth level, don't forget that once you arrive there and bow before the Primal Ancestor Statue, you'll need to offer up more offerings."
"The more offerings you present, the better the Primal Ancestor Statue's blessing will be."
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