"Alliance Leader Bai, if you have something to say, please speak plainly."
Lin Yi felt that Old Man Bai must have some other motive, or he would not have offered such a favorable price.
Sure enough, Old Man Bai sighed. "Honored guest, to be frank, my full name is Bai Canghai. I was an elder of the Seventh Branch at Starfall Academy thirty thousand years ago. Unfortunately, I committed a grave mistake and was expelled from the Academy. Over these tens of thousands of years, I have always wanted to return, but I had no way in. Even my old friends from the Academy have all lost contact with me..."
Hearing this, Lin Yi could not help interrupting. "Alliance Leader Bai, the Academy has its rules. Even if you came to me, I'm afraid there is nothing I can do."
Old Man Bai glanced at Zhou Quan beside him, then sent a private voice transmission to Lin Yi alone. "Naturally, I know the Academy's rules. But after spending tens of thousands of years wandering outside the Academy, Bai has not gained nothing. I wonder if you have heard of the secret art jointly created by the Seventh Branch and the Research Institute, the [Innate Spiritual Root]?"
Seeing Old Man Bai begin a private voice transmission, Zhou Quan merely snorted and drank his bitter tea by himself without interrupting.
Lin Yi frowned, thinking, Not only have I heard of this secret art, I have mastered it as well.
"Of course I know the [Innate Spiritual Root] secret art. Alliance Leader Bai, just say what you mean." Lin Yi suppressed his thoughts and replied calmly.
Old Man Bai could only continue through voice transmission. "Before I left the Academy back then, I also participated in researching this secret art. Although I later