Lu Ye raised a hand to catch it, unable to hide his surprise.
From the way the other man had entered the mine cave without attempting to ambush him, openly revealed his tracks, and even offered him a reminder, Lu Ye knew that this was not someone fond of fighting. He had a decent heart and seemed not to care much about the Divine Sea Conflict.
Had it been any other cultivator determined to win the Divine Sea Conflict, why would they greet him at all? They would surely have concealed their aura and launched an ambush first, perhaps already securing a prize.
Especially since his cultivation was right there for all to see—a temptation to any cultivator who had entered the Primordial Realm.
And now, the man was actually giving him Jade-Eating Ants. That was no different from giving him Lingyu!
Naturally, he had no idea that Du Lang had already assumed he was someone like himself and thus felt a faint sense of shared hardship.
In such an environment, offering aid to someone who shared your hardship was, subconsciously, also a hope that someone would lend you a hand when you fell into trouble. Du Lang himself simply had not noticed this subtle state of mind.
Lu Ye was not one to stand on ceremony. What the other man had offered was precisely what he needed, so there was no reason to refuse. Yet he could not simply accept the favor for nothing. After some thought, he said, "Then many thanks, Dao Brother. Consider this a return gift from your little brother. Please do not refuse!"
He had several treasures he could take out. One was naturally the Void Beast's core he had obtained in the Insect Race Tree Realm, but that thing was not fit to be