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Seeing Guan Hai looking at him expectantly, hoping he would take out a Spiritual Treasure to sell, Lu Yu now couldn't easily excuse himself by saying he suddenly didn't want to sell it anymore, as this would conflict with what he previously stated.

Guan Hai's firm support was largely due to Lu Yu's earlier statement. If Lu Yu were to tell him now that he wasn't selling it, it would undoubtedly cause Guan Hai to feel uneasy.

So Lu Yu searched in the mall and found a quite decent grade seven Spiritual Treasure — the Jade Pure Lotus, priced at 28 million Points. It possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities and had the effect of expelling poisons, able to repel fourth-grade poisons and even suppress fifth-grade poisons.

Seeing the Jade Pure Lotus appearing in Lu Yu's palm, Guan Hai was slightly disappointed. He wanted the Seven-Colored Glazed Tower more, but the Jade Pure Lotus was also quite rare and its functions were considered strong among Spiritual Treasures of the same grade.

"Sir, is this Jade Pure Lotus the Spiritual Treasure you want to sell?" Guan Hai asked.

"Yes." Lu Yu glanced at Guan Hai and handed the Jade Pure Lotus to him, "Do you want it?"

Guan Hai did not hesitate and immediately took the Jade Pure Lotus. It was not easy for him to obtain a grade seven Spiritual Treasure, as Artifact Refiners capable of crafting them were not easily encountered and were quite rare in the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Accumulating materials for crafting a grade seven Spiritual Treasure was also not an easy task. Many materials couldn't be found in the same region, and often, one needed to venture into various hazardous areas to collect advanced materials to craft a grade seven Spiritual Treasure.

As for purchasing materials within the Divine Weapon Pavilion, it was simply not an option for Guan Hai. Those advanced materials were often pre-ordered by Artifact Refiners before entering the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm.

Guan Hai carefully observed the Jade Pure Lotus in his hand and infused Spiritual Power to activate it.

Lu Yu stepped back a few paces, and a green lotus phantom appeared beside Guan Hai, enveloping him within. The green lotus phantom looked exceptionally sturdy.

And indeed, it was very sturdy; even ordinary Qi Blood realm experts would find it difficult to break the green lotus phantom of the Jade Pure Lotus.

Before Guan Hai's Spiritual Power was exhausted, he hardly needed to defend himself during the battle; he only needed to maintain the phantom of the Jade Pure Lotus by inputting Spiritual Power.

Guan Hai, satisfied with the phantom, looked at Lu Yu with a bit of a headache. The Jade Pure Lotus was valued at about 6 million gold, and he wasn't like He Yichao, a young master of a wealthy family who could produce a large sum of money at any time and place.

Usually, most of his savings were exchanged for various cultivation resources, making it difficult to gather 6 million gold on short notice. However, he still decided to purchase the Jade Pure Lotus because he found this Spiritual Treasure to be very useful.

With the Jade Pure Lotus, he could focus all his power on attacking his opponents without worrying about defense, greatly increasing his combat effectiveness.

"Lord Lu, I am willing to buy the Jade Pure Lotus for 5.6 million gold; I just need some time to gather the funds. I can't produce that much money at the moment."

With that, Guan Hai handed the Jade Pure Lotus back to Lu Yu, but Lu Yu did not take it, saying, "Brother Guan, just take it. Pay me when you gather the funds."

Lu Yu joked, "Could it be that Brother Guan would covet such a small Spiritual Treasure from me?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Hai retrieved the Jade Pure Lotus and smiled, saying, "Alright, since Brother Lu insists, I won't say more. I promise to pay you all the money within two days."

Lu Yu smiled and nodded in response to Guan Hai's words.

Though Guan Hai coveted the defensive Spiritual Treasure Seven-Colored Glazed Tower, Lu Yu sold him a defensive Spiritual Treasure nonetheless, and it happened to be the not-so-easy-to-come-by Jade Pure Lotus, leaving Guan Hai quite satisfied.

Helping Lu Yu this time, although it offended the He family, gaining a powerful Spiritual Treasure like the Jade Pure Lotus made Guan Hai feel it was worth it.

Before leaving, Guan Hai glanced at Hai Wei in Lu Yu's arms and said, "Brother Lu, regarding the Sea Tribe, you should still make some plans. The Mermaid Tribe is the royal family among the Sea Tribe. With her here, the Sea Tribe will definitely not let it slide."

"If the Sea Tribe really invades on her behalf, the high-ups of Yunhai City might hand her over in exchange for peace. The upper echelons of Yunhai City and the Huang family are unwilling to go to war with the Sea Tribe, so you should prepare in advance."

"Moreover, the Sea Tribe isn't suited for long-term residence on land. The relationship between the Human race and the Monster race isn't as bad as you think, but it's not as good as you think either. Relationships between humans and monsters aren't viewed favorably."

Guan Hai hinted at Lu Yu, leaving him a bit speechless since his relationship with Hai Wei wasn't what he assumed.

Hai Wei had told Lu Yu that she hoped he could protect her until her people came to take her back.

Lu Yu knew that Hai Wei's people would come to rescue her. Seeing that she looked exactly like Little Tail, he agreed to help Hai Wei for a while.

After Guan Hai left, he arranged for a steward to arrange a new room for Lu Yu and hurried back to gather funds.

By selling some resources he wouldn't need in the near future and adding his own savings, he'd be able to gather 5.6 million gold.

For the Jade Pure Lotus, Guan Hai was truly going all out.

As for robbing Lu Yu of his Spiritual Treasure and running away with it, Guan Hai hadn't even considered such a thing; doing that would be courting death, as the Divine Weapon Pavilion would absolutely not spare him.

Any power would use the harshest methods against traitors.

Besides arranging a new residence for Lu Yu, Guan Hai also had people set up a warning array near the training grounds close to the sea to guard against the Sea Tribe's possible return.

Lu Yu placed Hai Wei into a new large water bucket. Hai Wei looked up into Lu Yu's eyes and quietly asked, "Will you abandon me?"

Seeing the timidity in Hai Wei's eyes, Lu Yu grinned, ruffled her light purple hair, and said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't abandon you before your people appear."

"Hmm." Hai Wei nodded vigorously, and the worry on her face faded away; she could feel that Lu Yu was sincere.

Hai Wei lifted her garment and painfully plucked a colorful scale from beneath her fish tail. Blood oozed from where the scale had been, and a red thread appeared in the water bucket.

Lu Yu was taken aback and hurriedly said, "What are you doing?"

Hai Wei smiled as she handed the scale to Lu Yu, saying, "As long as you have my scale, you can find me."

Lu Yu didn't look at the colorful scale in her hand, lifted her up and placed her on the bed. Noticing the still bleeding spot, he took out the Black Jade Healing Ointment and applied it to her.

Watching Hai Wei silly smile, Lu Yu remarked irritably: "Just lie quietly on the bed! Before your wounds heal, don't even think about going back in the water."

"For you." Hai Wei handed the colorful scale to Lu Yu again.

Lu Yu took the colorful scale and found it emitted a weak force pointing toward Hai Wei.

Moreover, he noticed something special—Hai Wei's blood was pure red, unlike the blue or blue-tinted red blood of sea beings.

He wondered whether all mermaids had red blood, or if Hai Wei was particularly unique.

"Don't worry, I will never abandon you!" Lu Yu said earnestly.

Hai Wei nodded, feeling a bit uncomfortable lying on the bed, she twisted her body slightly.

Whether today's experience was too intense, or due to pulling out a scale, Hai Wei felt drowsy, her eyelids drooping, she slowly closed them and fell asleep.

Lu Yu tucked her in carefully and left the room.

Standing outside the door, he looked at the colorful scale pointing towards Hai Wei, pondering: "The scales point to Hai Wei, then her people are likely collecting her scales, meaning they could easily find her."

Touching the colorful scale in his hand, it transmitted a smooth warmth like jade, without the fishy smell of fish scales, nor any slick mucus, resembling more a jade-shaped scale.

Besides, just pulling out and selling Hai Wei's colorful scales as jade, many would likely buy them for collection due to the colorful warm jade stones' significant value.

The value of all Hai Wei's scales could very well exceed 53 million.

The Seven-Colored Rainbow Robe on Hai Wei, which cannot be removed nor destroyed, is even an indeterminable-grade treasure.

Of course, Lu Yu had no intention of stripping Hai Wei's scales and selling them. He put away the colorful scale in his hand and took out the Purple Flame Demon Saber to start training.

Spiritual Power poured into the Purple Flame Demon Saber, and violet-black flames rose.

The Purple Flame Demon Saber backfired on the wielder, the violet-black Purple Flame Demon Fire spread over Lu Yu's arm, gradually covering his whole body, flames penetrating deep, burning his soul.

Running Ice Fire Seven Heavens, Lu Yu continually refined the Purple Flame Demon Fire into himself, allowing a small portion to merge into his soul.

The Purple Flame Demon Fire tempered Lu Yu's body while also refining his soul.

No matter how many times he trained, the soul-burning pain from the Purple Flame Demon Fire never diminished, but as Lu Yu's soul grew more resilient, his tolerance for the burning pain improved.

[Training Ice Fire Seven Heavens, absorbing a small amount of Purple Flame Demon Fire, progress on the third level+3%, Qi Blood+12, Spiritual Power+30]

The Purple Flame Demon Fire from the Purple Flame Demon Saber was waning, Lu Yu continued training until he couldn't feel the soul-burning pain anymore, opened his eyes to find only a flicker of flame left on the saber.

Lu Yu furrowed his brows, the Purple Flame Demon Saber seemed to have reached the limit of providing Purple Flame Demon Fire.

Considering he refined the Purple Flame Demon Fire for nine consecutive days, it's quite reasonable to absorb all the Purple Flame Demon Fire within the saber. No equipment can provide unlimited Purple Flame Demon Fire, eventually, even with Spiritual Power conversion, the original core within the equipment would be depleted.

The core material used to refine the Purple Flame Demon Saber is the source of the Purple Flame Demon Fire, injecting Spiritual Power merely activates the inherent strength of that core material under spiritual weapon restriction.

Now, the core source of the Purple Flame Demon Saber was heavily drained by Lu Yu, endangering the origin, unable to produce more Purple Flame Demon Fire in a short time, possibly even lowering the saber's grade.

In normal use of a Spiritual Treasure, even if the Purple Flame Demon Saber breaks, the core origin wouldn't necessarily be damaged.

But Lu Yu never treated the Purple Flame Demon Saber as a weapon, instead as a training resource, squeezing it for about five to six hours daily for nine consecutive days.

After nine days, the Purple Flame Demon Saber couldn't endure, the core origin refused to cooperate and quit.

The best approach is letting the Purple Flame Demon Saber rest for a while. Once its core origin recovers, it can continue to be squeezed for a while longer.

However, Lu Yu didn't do that. He looked at the Purple Flame Demon Saber and grinned, his white teeth shining in the sunlight.

Fingers lightly tapped the Purple Flame Demon Saber, both hands gripping it, forcefully bending the saber.

The Purple Flame Demon Saber is a fifth-grade spiritual weapon, but still relatively special among fifth-grade spiritual weapons. Its blade was extremely tough; although it was bent by Lu Yu, it showed no tendency to snap.

Releasing his grip, the Purple Flame Demon Saber trembled continuously, the edge cutting Lu Yu's palm, leaving white marks.

Taking the Purple Flame Demon Saber in front of his eyes, he lightly bit on the blade...

By evening, the sun was setting, the battle-damaged house had been cleaned up, ready to be rebuilt tomorrow.

Lu Yu sat in the courtyard, his shadow elongated by the sun, obscuring the door. Beside him, a pile of metal fragments chewed into bits that had lost all power and turned to scraps.

Creak—the door opened, Hai Wei stood in the doorway where Lu Yu's shadow blocked the view, looking at him.

Lu Yu heard the door open, spit out the last mouthful of fragments, turned to Hai Wei and said: "You're awake."

His voice was slightly hoarse.

While chewing the Purple Flame Demon Saber, he accidentally swallowed part of the blade, scratching his throat.

He could still feel that piece of blade in his stomach, emitting Purple Flame Demon Fire while being digested, with a burning sensation in his stomach.

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