Saine had, in a roundabout way, become a kept man.
Yet Pure World White Lotus remained exceptionally indifferent to Saine's thanks.
She looked at Saine and said naturally, "Given our relationship now, there's no need to be so polite."
That was indeed true.
Over the years, although Saine occasionally conducted some rule-level Dissection Experiments on Pure World White Lotus,
during the time Pure World White Lotus had followed Saine, her personal strength had steadily increased.
Not only that, Pure World White Lotus had also obtained quite a few exceedingly rare Rule Materials while following Saine these past years.
Many of those materials were not things she ordinarily needed.
It was simply because the two had been together year-round. Whenever Saine discovered something valuable while exploring all manner of Rule Nodes, he would always unconsciously give Pure World White Lotus a share. As a result, Pure World White Lotus had profited considerably alongside him.
Furthermore, Saine Himself had played a pivotal role in successfully nurturing Pure World White Lotus's lotus seeds into White Lotus flowers imbued with spirituality.
On that debt of gratitude alone, no amount of compensation Pure World White Lotus gave Saine would be enough to repay it.
Yet Saine himself had never wanted to settle such accounts with her so clearly.
Seeing Pure World White Lotus repeatedly take out bargaining chips on her own initiative, Saine merely nodded gently at her and did not continue being overly polite.
As they continued exploring this small trading ground, Saine and Pure World White Lotus gradually encountered quite a few old acquaintances and familiar faces.
For example, Ice Coffin Divine Venerable and Divine Venerable Miao Bo of the Water Mirror Civilization had also appeared at this trade fair.
Those acquaintances from the Green Vine Civilization and the Silver Moon Civilization were