However, as time passed, the roots of that lotus kept spreading underground, gradually shrinking the living space of the Purification Ones, as they called themselves among the Two-Faced People.
Compared to a thousand years ago, their numbers have shrunk to less than one-tenth.
"According to what you said, you risked coming to the surface just to extract the essence of these roots to suppress the erosion of the divine statue's power?"
Tai Yin fiddled with a rather coarse glazed fine vase in his right hand, the dark red liquid within emitting a strange fluorescent hue.
"Yes, although we took part of the divine statue and hid underground.
But the divine statue is the world's foundation, and that snow lotus' erosion of the world intensifies.
Even after hiding underground, the divine statue is slowly mutating.
Eventually, by chance, we discovered the essence of these roots could suppress the statue's erosion, so we braved returning to the surface," Deng Ling explained.
