Marrow!

Liu Jie did not like interacting with outsiders.

After he became Lin Yuan's retainer, he did not feel the need to interact much with anyone besides the few friends he had from before.

After all, the duty of a retainer was to protect the spirit qi professional they were bound to.

Liu Jie had interacted with Bai Qinghuan because the latter had sworn her loyalty to Lin Yuan and was one of them. Otherwise, Liu Jie would not have spoken so much to her either, much less improve himself through their interactions.

"Big Brother Liu, why don't we have Bai Qinghuan follow you from now on? Both of you can discuss strategies surrounding the Startling Lines Continent together.