Xinyi turned her back, seemingly recalling something.
Before long, she said softly, "I do have photographs from when I was young. I wouldn't mind giving you one. Of course, you won't receive a single Shell Credit less, either."
This time, Ling An was at a loss.
He hadn't expected Xinyi to agree outright the moment she spoke.
She was remarkably generous about this.
After thinking it over, Ling An could understand why.
She had long held a position of power. If he could eliminate Glory of Treading Light, that "blight" on Mt. Firmament, a mere photograph was nothing.
"Then it's settled." Ling An turned and headed out of the secret chamber.
Under Xinyi's hazy gaze, his figure vanished into the sunlight reflected by Spring Snow.
After leaving the chamber, Ling An quietly extended his senses.
Two familiar presences were moving away toward Knocking-Heaven Pass.
They belonged to Tide Sis and Changli.
Glory of Treading Light wasn't far away, either.
He lowered his head and glanced at the Gourd.
With the supplies he had provided, Bell-Ringing Turtle and Glacio Rider had long since recovered their strength inside the Gourd.
His trip to the Wailing Wastes had also gained him the Sorrowful Cry couple, two Rumbling Tide-Class Tacet Discords.
Setting aside the Overlord Class Tacet Discords beneath his notice, his so-called underlings now numbered one Havoc and three Overlord-Class.
Even if he didn't act himself, simply releasing his underlings would unleash a force that could not be ignored.
He was a one-man army.
As he took stock of them, he had already added Glory of Treading Light to the list of underlings he absolutely had to subdue.
Once his trip to Mt. Firmament was over, he still had to fulfill his agreement with Changli.
Since he had promised to give Thunderclap Scale