Lu Yu sat on the rock, cultivating spiritual power. Below the cliff, the little mermaid played freely in the sea. Only after losing freedom did she realize its value. Although she played in the sea, she dared not stray too far from Lu Yu.

Originally, Hai Wei would only stay in a room, but after spending a few days in a barrel, she requested Lu Yu to take her out; she wanted to go to the sea.

Considering the training ground in the backyard was right next to the sea, Lu Yu saw Hai Wei's increasingly troubled little face day by day and agreed to take her out.

For some reason, Lu Yu hadn't seen Lin Tao's figure these days; he seemed not planning on practicing martial arts at the backyard cliff anymore, and it was unknown where he went.

Lu Yu glanced at the sun; it had risen right overhead—it was noon and time for lunch.

When not busy, Lu Yu still had regular meals. Eating was also to replenish energy and substance; his source of qi blood was the food consumed daily.

The more he ate, the more energy stored, enhancing his combat power.

Putting away the Purple Flame Demon Saber, Lu Yu stood up and called towards Hai Wei below: "Time to eat lunch."

The dragon-binding rope in his hand extended continuously, draping down the cliff to the sea surface. Upon hearing Lu Yu's voice, Hai Wei quickly surfaced from the sea, accompanied by a group of colorful sea fish.

Hai Wei grabbed the end of the dragon-binding rope, and Lu Yu pulled her up. The sea fish that had surfaced with her dispersed as she disappeared.

The dragon-binding rope looped around Hai Wei's waist. Lu Yu walked towards the courtyard with Hai Wei floating in mid-air. Since the backyard was empty, he did this; otherwise, Hai Wei would have to hide her fish tail.

After placing Hai Wei into the barrel, she turned and grabbed the sea salt on the table by the barrel, sprinkling some in.

Seeing her pour salt into the barrel, Lu Yu was a bit speechless; salt had just been added recently, and now it's added again. He couldn't help but say, "Are you trying to turn yourself into a salted fish?"

"What is a salted fish?" Hai Wei looked at Lu Yu, asking curiously.

"A fish that has been salted."

"There's another saying too: someone with a casual attitude towards life without pursuits, just idly lying around, doing nothing."

Hai Wei raised her sea salt, excitedly declaring, "Then I want to be a salted fish."

Lu Yu held his forehead; if more salt is added, she'd really become a salted fish. Lu Yu bought a piece of fish demon spirit meat from the mall and threw it in her food bowl, "Eat that! A dignified princess with no ideals, only wanting to be a salted fish."

He almost knew Hai Wei's identity, understanding she was a rare member of the mermaid tribe from the deep sea, indeed the princess of the mermaid tribe.

The princess's identity was told by Hai Wei herself. Information about the mermaid tribe was found by Lu Yu. Since he decided to protect Hai Wei, he naturally needed to be clear about her race and identity; otherwise, facing unknown enemies would be problematic.

Lu Yu also learned of the He family's bounty on Hai Wei. What he worried about now was Lin Tao. Only Lin Tao knew of Hai Wei's whereabouts, but he hadn't seen Lin Tao these few days, easing his mind.

If Lin Tao wanted to capture Hai Wei for bounty money, he should have acted long ago. Acting before Lu Yu knew about the bounty order would undoubtedly have the greatest chance of success.

But Lin Tao hadn't acted nor appeared in so many days; likely he gave up on the three million gold bounty.

As for Lu Yu, he hadn't thought about exchanging Hai Wei for bounty at all.

Three million gold wasn't very tempting to him; he had just negotiated with Lin Feng a transaction worth 18 billion Points.

Three million gold converted into Points is merely 30 million Points. Lu Yu had already secured an 18 billion deal, and this amount didn't interest him.

Due to limitations of his own capital, Lu Yu chose to deliver in batches with Lin Feng, which Lin Feng also agreed to. After all, 18 billion is too much; with national support behind, mobilizing it is troublesome.

Meanwhile, the opinion from Hua Country's upper echelon was clear: if Lu Yu could indeed obtain sufficient resources, subsequent investments would flow continuously.

The real-life arms race has shifted to the Divine Martial World now. A powerful martial cultivator possesses deterrence akin to nuclear weapons.

Unlike nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons' deterrence cannot be wielded; activating them leads to global crisis. The deterrence of powerful martial cultivators is substantial and can be used.

On Earth, the strongest martial cultivator's power has surpassed the heavens. Apart from nuclear weapons that can annihilate such level of power, missiles are severely ineffective.

To acquire more deterrents second only to nuclear weapon level, Hua Country has invested ample resources, manpower, and material into the Divine Martial World, establishing a dedicated base to train these talents.

Currently, Hua Country's development in the Divine Martial World is restricted mainly by its resources, whether for cultivation or equipment, posing a big gap.

Even having the advantage for players to grow rapidly, in terms of foundation, it still pales compared to the families and sects within the Divine Martial World.

Thus, their strategy focuses on corps, maximizing experience and battle merits through combat, creating sufficient deterrence to ensure safety.

Subsequently expanding other aspects, currently, Hua Country's top players are concentrated in corps, not limited to Black Dragon Corps, but also those guarding borderlines and expeditionary corps, where player activity can be seen.

However, the Black Dragon Corps was the first to contact; hence, high level powerhouses are within this corps.

Players are placed into other corps.

Ultimately, Lu Yu is a crucial point, they highly value him and might investigate his financial flow subsequently.

Yet this point.

Money recharged into the system store disappears through regular channels.

If no issues are found during investigations and significant Divine Martial World resources are obtained from Lu Yu, they wouldn't act rashly against him, perhaps even recruiting Lu Yu.

But all these depend on subsequent developments.

Lu Yu instructed Hai Wei to stay in the room and not wander around; he needed to leave for a while. The room had been arranged with the Golden Armor Spirit Array by him; outsiders would need considerable time to break in.

Furthermore, this was within the disciple accommodation zone of the Divine Weapon Pavilion; any slight commotion would bring guards and stewards of the Pavilion, offering substantial safety.

Utilizing Heaven-Breaking City within the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm as a transit station, Lu Yu arrived at the agreed transaction place with Lin Feng—Panshan City, the Black Dragon Corps garrison within Tianfeng Province.

Lu Yu and Lin Feng stood in a rented warehouse within Panshan City. Lu Yu waved his hand, and neat rows of identical spiritual treasures appeared on the floor.

"This is the first batch of lifesaving spiritual treasures, totaling 100 pieces."

"Wu Hua Golden Bell, a fifth-grade spiritual treasure, can withstand two full-strength attacks at the Peak Qi Gathering Stage, or a single attack at the Initial Sea Realm." Lu Yu said.

Lin Feng picked one up, examining and testing it, realizing the spiritual treasure matched Lu Yu's description, "Alright, I'll transfer the money to your account in a while."

Not long after Lu Yu left, several aquatic creatures quietly appeared in the sea behind the training ground, stealthily climbing the cliff.

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