After chatting idly with Bai Lu for a few moments, Lu Ye explained his purpose. Bai Lu promptly took him to see the Great Elder, Yan Miao.
Lu Ye had come to the Mermaid Territory this time for no other reason: to borrow money!
He did not have much spirit jade left. Now that he was preparing to return to the Nine Provinces, he naturally needed to buy some things. To say nothing else, he definitely had to purchase a batch of star boats. Otherwise, if so many Star Constellation Realm cultivators from the Nine Provinces relied solely on their own flight, not only would the journey take much more time, it would also be unsafe.
Moreover, the star boats he wanted were not small ones, but large star boats capable of carrying many people. Such things were generally quite expensive.
Yan Miao smiled when she heard this. "How much do you need, Fellow Daoist?"
Lu Ye said, "How much can your race provide?"
Yan Miao pondered briefly. "Will fifty million be enough?"
Although the Merfolk Race occupied a massive Spirit Jade Vein as their habitat, that did not mean they could mine it however they pleased. This was the place they depended on to live, so their mining of spirit jade was planned. They only mined under the premise of ensuring that the scale of the vein would not be diminished, and the amount of spirit jade they could extract each year was limited.
Furthermore, the Merfolk Race themselves needed spirit jade for cultivation, so they had to keep some in reserve. Fifty million was all they could take out.
"Enough!" Lu Ye nodded repeatedly. He only wanted to buy some star boats, so it probably would not cost too much.
"Then please wait a moment, Fellow Daoist. I'll