"What did you want to discuss?" After weighing it over several times, the Insect Mother's voice came from within Insect Emperor Star.
"I wanted to borrow a batch of Dao Artifacts from you!" Lu Ye stated his purpose.
Borrow?
The Insect Mother knew this was probably no loan at all, but outright robbery. Yet there was nothing it could do about it.
"How many Dao Artifacts did you wish to borrow?" the Insect Mother slowly asked.
"Three thousand Dao Artifacts!"
"Impossible!" The Insect Mother flatly refused. Three thousand Dao Artifacts—this Human Race cultivator truly dared to ask. Although the Insect and Blood Races could also forge Dao Artifacts, they were far inferior to the Human Race in artifact refinement. Thus, over all these years, they had accumulated far fewer Dao Artifacts than the Human Race.
The Human Race could draw out three thousand Dao Artifacts without greatly affecting the overall situation. But if the Insect and Blood Races drew out three thousand, the consequences would definitely be far more severe.
The Insect Mother knew resistance was impossible, so its first thought was to bargain.
"I'll come again in three days. For every artifact short, one Merging Dao life will fill the gap!" Lu Ye could not be bothered to waste words with it. He had not come to discuss anything with the Insect and Blood Races this time, only to deliver a notice.
It was also a fitting chance to let the two races know who the true master of this Variegated realm was.
With that, Lu Ye swept away.
A group of Merging Dao powerhouses watched him leave, yet not one dared make a rash move.
Only after Lu Ye vanished from sight did a Merging Dao Peak cultivator roar in humiliation and rage, "This Human Race... has gone