Avoiding the attack on Lu Yu, He Yichao hurriedly said, "Steward Guan, these sea tribes have invaded Yunhai City, invaded the Divine Weapon Pavilion's dormitory, let's deal with the sea tribes first."

Guan Hai glanced at He Yichao meaningfully, waved his large hand, and instructed, "Kill the sea tribes invading Yunhai City, leave a few alive, and ask them what they are here for?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance a few more times at Hai Wei in Lu Yu's arms. Actually, without interrogating the sea tribe, he could roughly guess the reason for their daring entry into Yunhai City.

A human holding a mermaid child was truly eye-catching. From the moment Guan Hai arrived here, he noticed this combination of Lu Yu and Hai Wei.

He Yichao breathed a sigh of relief, and when he turned to look at the sea tribes, he found that only a dozen scattered sea tribes were left in sight, with most having quietly retreated.

The figure of the Blade Fish leader was even more missing. The three Qi Sea Realm warriors who had been fighting the Blade Fish leader quickly returned to He Yichao's side after the leader retreated.

The sea tribes that didn't escape in time were soon surrounded and killed, leaving three severely injured captives. Despite several interrogations by Guan Hai, they couldn't uncover the purpose of this sea tribe attack on the Divine Weapon Pavilion's dormitory.

The three sea creatures, understanding their doom after being severely injured, refused to speak and even attempted self-destruction.

However, under absolute power suppression, they didn't even have the chance to self-destruct and were killed when the interrogation yielded no results.

Killing a few sea creatures was of no consequence to anyone—conflicts between Yunhai City and the sea tribes were never rare. Countless sea creatures died at the hands of Yunhai City Martial Cultivators every year, and the number of humans killed by sea tribes was just as countless.

These included Martial Cultivators and ordinary people, with the majority being Martial Cultivators.

After all, in Yunhai City, the number of ordinary people was not large. Even going out to sea to fish required a certain level of strength; without being a Martial Cultivator, without strength, going to sea recklessly was courting death.

Most ordinary people lived on the opposite shore, but despite the harsh living conditions in Yunhai City, some ordinary people were unwilling to leave.

Because they understood that if they left Yunhai City, they might never have the opportunity to set foot on Yunhai City again in their lifetime.

Their descendants could only continue as ordinary fishermen, fishing at the coast's edge and collecting seafood, leading a life barely capable of staving off hunger and constantly threatened by potential life-threatening dangers.

Even at the coastal edge, many creatures capable of killing ordinary people existed—dangerous marine creatures, highly toxic sea creatures, newly sentient monsters...

This world was very unfriendly to ordinary people.

Under the protection of the Great Zhou Dynasty, ordinary people could thrive and provide more offspring with cultivation potential, offering a chance to change their fates because of their descendants.

But in general, ordinary people always lived amidst danger, hence the saying of the mortal realm and mortal beings.

Without becoming Martial Cultivators, they were ultimately just mortals, doomed to die when encountered by even weak monsters.

During the demon disaster in Beifeng City, countless mortals died at the hands of demons. The mortals living within Beifeng City were relatively safe, but those in towns and villages were often completely wiped out by demons.

Mortals could only rely on Martial Cultivators' protection or pray that their region would not encounter disasters during their lifetime.

Yunhai City did not completely ignore the safety of mortals living on the opposite shore. Tasks were frequently posted for weaker Martial Cultivators to clear the monsters on the coastal edge.

The first task received by players born in Yunhai City was generally to clear small monsters on the coastal edge. Higher-level tasks involved entering near seas to kill sea tribes, even higher tasks involved venturing into shallow seas to hunt sea tribes, and the highest-level tasks were to explore underwater ruins.

These were the usual tasks, and random tasks depended on events in Yunhai City.

Lu Yu often saw on public channels that people invited others to team up for task runs, and from the task areas, one could gauge the players' strength.

Those clearing small monsters on the coastal edge were generally new players who had just entered the game, with strength at the Body Refinement Realm.

Those entering near seas to kill sea tribes were mainly Qi Cultivation Realm players.

Those hunting sea tribes in shallow seas were mostly Air Manipulation Realm players.

Those willing to lead teams to explore underwater ruins were Qi Sea Realm elites.

The weak would not be invited to team up, since death in the Divine Martial World meant true death, and each player was quite cautious.

With the sea tribes retreating, Guan Hai stared at He Yichao and said, "Young Master He, you still owe me a reasonable explanation for leading people into the Divine Weapon Pavilion's dormitory to attack its disciples."

He Yichao glanced at Lu Yu and calmly said, "Lu Yu first stole something belonging to the He family. I was only retrieving what belongs to us, without any intention to attack the Divine Weapon Pavilion's disciples. My previous actions were solely to reclaim our He family's property."

The Air Manipulation Realm who acted said, "Exactly, my previous action was simply to take back the item, without any intention to harm the disciples of your esteemed pavilion. If I had truly wished to harm your pavilion's disciples, I would have used martial arts long ago, rather than just condensing a spiritual power hand."

Guan Hai's face darkened, did they really think he was clueless? That he couldn't discern whether there was intent to attack?

He Yichao questioned Guan Hai in turn, "If the Divine Weapon Pavilion's disciple steals something from my He family, is the Divine Weapon Pavilion's steward also going to protect them? Or does Steward Guan not adhere to reason?"

Guan Hai's expression changed, instantly finding himself in a dilemma. As the Divine Weapon Pavilion's steward, he had to address the matter, but if Lu Yu had indeed stolen from the He family first, intervening rashly would tarnish the Divine Weapon Pavilion's reputation.

He couldn't bear such a stigma.

Caught in this predicament, as Guan Hai hesitated on what to say, Lu Yu spoke up, "A load of nonsense! Everything belongs to your He family?"

"So, according to you, if I say you are my possession, then you would be my possession?"

"If you admit it, then as a possession, you'd better roll over obediently, fulfill the duty of being a possession, and stop biting people like a mad dog!"

"If you don't admit it, then you're not something. What you said earlier is all nonsense; there is nothing here that belongs to you. You're deliberately causing trouble, provoking the Divine Weapon Pavilion!"

"You!" He Yichao immediately turned furious, with Lu Yu blatantly calling him a mad dog, a nothing in front of everyone.

After calming down, He Yichao sneered, "Who says I have no evidence? The sea creature in your hand was an auction item at Deep Blue Auction a few days ago, with a final bid of 53 million."

"Can you, a mere Qi Cultivation Realm, afford 53 million gold? Don't be ridiculous! The 53 million auction price is the best proof that the sea creature belongs to the He family!" He Yichao shouted.

He initially wanted to claim that Lu Yu had taken the He family's treasure map, but given the situation, he had to secure the mermaid first.

He Yichao was not afraid of being exposed because Lu Yu simply couldn't produce 53 million, and those who could had already been eliminated by the He family.

So, this 53 million is He family's money!

As for Lu Yu possibly suggesting checking the Deep Blue Auction's records to see who actually bought the mermaid, He Yichao was unfazed, knowing that Deep Blue Auction conducted anonymous auctions, with the items claimable through numbered tokens only.

He could easily argue that those people were from the He family, leaving no witnesses alive to contradict it.

Guan Hai also believed that Lu Yu couldn't produce 53 million gold, making it clear who had purchased the little mermaid.

He couldn't help Lu Yu because the argument stood in favor of the He family.

Lu Yu sneered, having more or less surmised He Yichao's intention—to leave him with no evidence to counter the claim.

If he proposed investigating the Deep Blue Auction's accounts, he would have already lost since those sea creatures who had won Hai Wei had died at the hands of He family's Core Formation Realm experts.

Deep Blue Auction was anonymous, with auction items collected through numbered tokens, and after the auction, the tokens would be retrieved.

Without any documentary evidence to suggest the He family didn't purchase the little mermaid, the high auction price of 53 million gold would be the most advantageous evidence for He Yichao against Lu Yu.

In this scenario, Lu Yu couldn't logically defend himself, and lacking the Divine Weapon Pavilion's support, he was likely to be forced to surrender Hai Wei, which was an outcome Lu Yu was unwilling to face.

Therefore, he aimed to deliver a critical blow to He Yichao.

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