"This is what you needed."
Above the East Sea, Ye Lin took out the Seven-Colored Lotus and handed it to Ao Guang before him, speaking calmly.
"I truly did not misjudge you. I searched for the Seven-Colored Lotus for thousands of years without finding the slightest trace, yet you found it in a mere two years."
Ao Guang accepted the Seven-Colored Lotus and looked at Ye Lin with open admiration.
"Now there are no more ties between you and me. However..."
Halfway through his words, Ye Lin looked at the Seven-Colored Lotus in Ao Guang's hand, radiant with multicolored light.
"However what?"
Ao Guang weighed the Seven-Colored Lotus in his hand and looked at Ye Lin in confusion.
Could it be that this man needed the Seven-Colored Lotus as well?
"The Seven-Colored Lotus has already developed intelligence. If possible, I hope you can spare her life. For such a supreme treasure to take human form is no easy matter."
In the end, Ye Lin still spoke.
The moment he came into contact with the Seven-Colored Lotus, he had known.
This Seven-Colored Lotus was Yun Xi from before.
Yun Xi herself had taken form from the Seven-Colored Lotus.
After all, Yun Xi had previously brought that supreme treasure to him. Now, if necessary, he wanted to spare her life as well.
"I wondered what it was. The Seven-Colored Lotus has potent medicinal properties; naturally, I only need to take a small portion. There's so much of it—I couldn't possibly use it all."
"Still, since you've said so, I'll keep it in mind."
"Taking a little to refine pills will not affect her in the slightest. Once I'm done, I'll release her back into the Crimson Wasteland."
"As for whether she can survive afterward, that will depend on her fate."
Hearing Ye