Dealing with You Ling gave Lu Ye a headache. If she had truly been an enemy, he could have simply killed her without mercy. But in the end, You Ling was not an enemy.
It was true that she had caused him some trouble earlier. If she had not led that enemy toward the Merfolk Race's territory, Lu Ye really did not know how he could have resolved the situation.
He needed to settle this score with her.
But letting her go was impossible...
While waiting, Lu Ye began cracking the Restriction Locks on those Storage Rings. As expected of Storage Rings belonging to Moonlight Realm cultivators, the Restriction Locks were not particularly intricate, but breaking them was no easy task. Lu Ye spent a great deal of effort and even destroyed one Storage Ring before finally unlocking the rest.
Just as he had said before, he gave all the Storage Rings to Bai Lu. These were spoils of war belonging to the Merfolk Race. No matter how fine the treasures inside were, he had no reason to keep them.
With nothing else to do, he chatted idly with Bai Lu. Bai Lu loved hearing him talk about the outside world. Back when Lu Ye had been at the Star Constellation Hall, every time Bai Lu visited, she would pester him to tell her about such things. She always listened with rapt attention, filled with longing.
Unfortunately, their branch of the race was burdened with the power of curse poison and could not leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea. Otherwise, they could have gone outside and seen it for themselves.
Time passed. More than half a day went by. Lu Ye had been telling Bai Lu about the earlier battles in the Star Constellation Hall when he suddenly fell silent and