Compared with the strategic supplies mentioned earlier, the Everflow Merchants' Association and the Heavenly Dragon Gate were far more accommodating when it came to ordinary low- and mid-grade spirit materials, cultivation manuals, and even mundane supplies.
They generously put together the enormous sum of forty million. Even when Li Chen took the opportunity to make demands that seemed like taking a mile after being given an inch, such as relocating the mountain folk and withdrawing the Flying Boat, they agreed.
By now, neither the Heavenly Dragon Gate nor the Everflow Merchants' Association had much interest in the Shaman Tribe Remnants in the forests. Having suffered such devastating losses, the Heavenly Dragon Gate would inevitably shift the burden onto the local natives and ruthlessly squeeze the Shaman Folk Kingdom dry. They truly had no attention to spare for those mountain folk.
The Flying Boat was likewise neutral and could not appropriately take part in the fighting directly. It had remained here this time only to intimidate Li Chen.
If Young Miss Mei was successfully ransomed, they would not mind withdrawing the Flying Boat to avoid further trouble.
Aside from that, there was one more matter of utmost importance: drafting a Spell Contract and signing the agreement.
Their transaction could not be established through empty verbal promises. It had to be confirmed through a Spell Contract with karmic effects.
Helm Master Lin and the others were no fools either. To prevent Li Chen from poisoning Young Miss Mei or using other means to coerce or restrain her, they had to sign a Spell Contract to ensure nothing went wrong.
Li Chen smiled at that. "Rest assured. I will return your Young Miss Mei to you completely intact."
Helm Master Lin and the others had come prepared. They immediately produced a Spell Contract