Regarding the costs of the rescue, True Venerable Ke Lin flatly refused to keep discussing them, saying that even if they were asked to scrape together more, they could not produce anything else.
So the related costs would have to be counted against the five missing True Venerables.
And those costs could not possibly be settled outright. No one knew how difficult or risky the rescue would be, so they could only set a framework.
True Venerable Ke Lin said that when the time came, he could help do the persuasion work and have the other side put up goods, wealth, or what they had gained in the Maiden Star Region.
That was roughly the content of the negotiations.
The cultivators of Wanwu felt the price they were paying was exorbitant, but the Houde Cultivators pointed out: We have not even held it against you that you secretly infiltrated!
Now we are still willing to step in and save them. Is asking you for a little compensation really so excessive?
Arguing was arguing. After all, the compensation involved was enough to make even True Venerables jealous. But once the matter had been settled, they had to get to work.
Qu Jianlei first displayed the warships he possessed—it was still very necessary to lay some cards on the table.
Then he chose only a single Battalion-Class Ship as their conveyance, and he stated the reason very clearly as well: good steel had to be used on the blade.
The many True Venerables all expressed understanding, and the cultivators from Wanwu Realm did not have much objection either.
Although they had paid the cost, it was common sense that one could not abuse trump cards during an expedition.
The proper point was that True Venerable Qu was actually this cautious, which made