Zhao Yuan hadn't originally planned to give the Storage Rings to the Ying Family so soon. He wanted to avoid them thinking that creating Storage Rings was easy and feeling they hadn't gotten their money's worth.
But then again, Ying Ji had already come looking for him, so it would be a bad move not to hand them over. Besides, from the look on her face, she seemed to have misunderstood the earlier Wind and Thunder Move, believing it was caused by him creating the Storage Rings for the Ying Family.
That being the case, he no longer had to worry about the Ying Family feeling they hadn't gotten their money's worth.
So he played along and told a small lie. "Of course. I borrowed Old Hao's Lingyun Pavilion today specifically to create the Storage Rings for you."
