At the sight of Lin Yi pushing open the door and walking in, Qian Hao's voice abruptly cut off. A trace of unnatural stiffness flashed across his cold, stern face.
"All right, you may leave!" Qian Hao helplessly waved Yuanhai away.
Yuanhai bowed without a change in expression, then vanished from the room.
"Ahem!" Qian Hao gave two awkward coughs. "I knew you would come, brat. Have a seat first!"
"Looks like you've got everything ready!" Lin Yi smiled calmly, then turned and sat in a nearby chair.
"No!" Qian Hao said outright.
"What do you mean? Trying to welsh on your debt?" Lin Yi eyed Qian Hao suspiciously, raising his brows.
"That's not it. You aren't willing to join our Great Qian Dynasty, and the resources you consume are certainly different from those of ordinary cultivators. I have no way to calculate just how many resources you'll use to reach the Nirvana Realm."
"How about this? If you're willing, I'll give you the resources an ordinary cultivator would consume to reach the Nirvana Realm, and I'll owe you a favor. How does that sound?" Qian Hao spoke carefully, his voice a little lower than usual.
"No problem. Let's do that!" Lin Yi felt that was fair. There really was no way to calculate just how many resources he would consume.
Besides, a favor could sometimes be as small or as large as one pleased, with no upper limit.
"Here!" Qian Hao tossed Lin Yi a Storage Pouch.
Lin Yi put the Storage Pouch away without examining it closely. With things having been discussed to this point, Qian Hao naturally wouldn't shortchange him on the resources.
"Then I'll accept it. Farewell," Lin Yi said after putting the Storage Pouch away.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave! What are