Ye Lingling sat to one side, listening to Lin Xuan's explanation without the slightest doubt.
Although she had only met this captain a handful of times, Lin Xuan had always been thorough in everything he did. There was something about him that made people instinctively trust him.
She glanced at Lin Xuan, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. Perhaps this was the quality Rongrong had spoken of.
Then Ye Lingling turned to her mother, Ye Mengyao, and asked,
"Mother, do we still have any ten-thousand-year whale glue in our storeroom?"
At her words, Ye Mengyao smiled gently and said,
"What a coincidence."
"The Heaven Dou Empire lies inland, so ten-thousand-year whale glue is indeed difficult to buy in ordinary cities."
"But Heaven Dou City attracts merchants from all directions. Last year, one of the city's large trading caravans brought back a shipment of deep-sea goods from Vast Sea City, including three exceptionally fine pieces of ten-thousand-year whale glue. Our Ye Medical Hall bought all of them."
"Since you have a use for them, Lin Xuan, I'll fetch them from the storeroom right away."
Lin Xuan rose and bowed with his hands clasped.
"Sorry for the trouble, Aunt Ye."
Ye Mengyao stood, waving a hand to tell him there was no need for such courtesy.
"No need to be so polite. Now that Lingling has joined your Blue Tyrant Academy, I'll be relying on you to look after her."
With that, she walked gracefully toward the treasury behind the inner hall.
Once Ye Mengyao's figure disappeared down the corridor, Ning Rongrong immediately shifted her chair closer to Lin Xuan and asked,
"Lin Xuan, can that ten-thousand-year whale glue really strengthen the body and aid cultivation?"
"You didn't make up that whole grand explanation just to fool Aunt Ye, did you?"