The home has been invaded, which is undoubtedly a sorrowful event, but it has nothing to do with Lu Ye, and he has no intention to intervene. He came here this time to weed out the Constellation Palace, and the conflicts under the All Phenomena Ocean are beyond his capacity to meddle in.

The merfolk's injuries have not healed, and it's clearly unsuitable for her to join any fights, but this is her own choice. Lu Ye does not wish to dissuade her. If the Nine Provinces were to face a crisis, even if he had a shred of power left, he would never abandon the resistance.

He could only say, "Then may your martial fortune prosper!"

The merfolk spoke, "May I ask, what's your name?"

"Li Taibai!"

The merfolk nodded, "I am Bai Lu!"

The merfolk Bai Lu rode away on her seahorse, and Lu Ye didn't know whether she would be able to return alive. As for any compensation... it was just something she mentioned, and he just listened, so it was nothing.

After resting, continue with the weeding!

The process was tedious and boring. During the first few days, Lu Ye hadn't encountered any danger, but as time passed, star beasts from the All Phenomena Ocean occasionally emerged, making him terribly annoyed.

Most of these star beasts are not very powerful. If it weren't underwater, Lu Ye could easily handle them. However, the deep sea greatly restricted Lu Ye's ability to unleash his power, especially as he dared not casually use the Boulder Mountain Saber.

The Crimson Dragon Saber, after several battles, had been thoroughly eroded by the seawater of the All Phenomena Ocean, rendering it completely useless. This was a supreme-grade spirit treasure worth thousands of spirit jade.

On this day, Lu Ye was attacked again while weeding, and an octopus-shaped star beast came, its eight tentacles moving back and forth like whips, very difficult to deal with. After fighting with it for a while, Lu Ye realized that he truly wasn't its match and could only retreat temporarily into the Constellation Palace to rest.

Unexpectedly, the creature followed him inside. It evidently felt the rules inside the Constellation Palace, so it just followed Lu Ye without bothering him.

This was very annoying!

After pondering for a while, Lu Ye suddenly dashed out of the Constellation Palace. The octopus followed closely, probably intending to finish Lu Ye off completely. However, it didn't expect that just as it exited the great hall, it was met with several sword flashes coming straight at it.

The octopus star beast didn't even have time to react before those unmatched Sword Qi pierced several bloody holes into it, even going straight through its head, killing it instantly.

Lu Ye leisurely swam back, holding the sword gourd in his hand.

The Sword Qi was naturally unleashed by the sword gourd. He finally found the perfect tool to deal with star beasts in the All Phenomena Ocean.

Ordinary treasures are not suitable for deployment in the All Phenomena Ocean, but the sword gourd is different. This thing is an affiliated treasure of the stellar space supreme treasure, and Lu Ye felt no signs of it being eroded.

In other words, it can resist the seawater erosion from the All Phenomena Ocean, probably the only treasure he has that can withstand the erosion.

Moreover, the sword gourd previously devoured many spirit treasures, and the Sword Qi it now releases can't be compared to what Lu Ye used before. Coupled with Lu Ye's own growth in strength, the current sword gourd possesses considerable lethality.

Grabbing one of the octopus star beast's tentacles, he dragged it into the Constellation Palace.

He built a fire, chopped off a tentacle, cut it into small pieces, and grilled them over the fire...

The rules inside the Constellation Palace do not allow for conflict, but grilling meat should be no problem, and Lu Ye wanted to find out whether the star beasts in the All Phenomena Ocean have any culinary value.

If not, then he could clear out some space in his storage ring. He had previously collected quite a few star beast corpses.

In no time, Lu Ye grabbed a sizzling piece of grilled octopus meat and took a big bite. To his surprise, it was incredibly delicious, and he could distinctly feel the meat was rich in abundant energy.

This thing indeed has substantial culinary value, definitely comparable to the White Spirit, perhaps even surpassing it. Selling it would surely fetch a good price, and the loss of the Crimson Dragon Saber could be easily recovered.

As he was eating with his mouth full of oil, Lu Ye suddenly looked up to see a large group of figures rushing into the great hall. Leading them was none other than the merfolk, Bai Lu, whom he saw previously.

She was still riding her seahorse, holding that spear.

Apart from her, there were seven or eight other merfolk, all mounted on seahorses, holding various crude weapons.

Most of them were injured, and as soon as they rushed in, they turned around, seemingly on guard for something.

At the doorway, the seawater parted as a hideously terrifying head shot in, landing right in front of the group of merfolk.

Lu Ye looked closely and found that it was indeed the shark star beast he frequently encountered. After it came in, it opened its big bloody mouth and lunged at the nearest merfolk, attempting to bite down.

Another shark star beast followed, then a third, and a fourth...

In a blink, there were over ten shark star beasts in the great hall.

These star beasts were clearly pursuing the merfolk.

Bai Lu shouted something, and Lu Ye saw these merfolk slowly retreat while maintaining a defensive stance.

But the shark star beasts kept chasing them relentlessly. However, because they weren't in the sea, their movements were very stiff, so the merfolk were temporarily untroubled.

Lu Ye watched coldly, feeling that these shark star beasts were much more foolish than the octopus he encountered earlier. At least the octopus knew not to clash with Lu Ye after entering here, but the sharks were oblivious. This wasn't just a difference in spiritual intelligence; it was likely that the sharks were bloodthirsty.

Sure enough, only moments later, a mysterious force descended, and the ferocious shark star beasts had no time to react, exploding into blood mist.

It was evident that the rules of the Constellation Palace were at work.

Seeing the shark star beasts explode into blood mist, the merfolk breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Lu turned around and looked apologetically at Lu Ye, as if she felt the arrival of her group disturbed Lu Ye's peace.

Then she turned to remind her companions, hopped off the seahorse, and floated towards Lu Ye.

Lu Ye was still observing the other merfolk, realizing they indeed matched the descriptions in the Xiyuan Pavilion records. The looks of the Merfolk Race exhibited an extreme polarization.

The female merfolk were all stunningly beautiful, but the male merfolk were different. Each had a fish head with a human body, making them extraordinarily ugly!

However, there were also female merfolk whose lower bodies were not fish tails but human bodies. Lu Ye suddenly realized that these human-bodied female merfolk were likely married women; in other words, no longer pure, which is why their lower bodies transformed into human form with legs.

Only merfolk with a pure yin physique like Bai Lu maintained a fishtail form for their lower body.

Bai Lu approached Lu Ye and presented an object with both hands. Her Mental Consciousness surged: "Li Taibai, can I use this to exchange for some round objects with you?"

Lu Ye looked intently and found that Bai Lu was holding a large piece of pure spirit crystal!

As for the round things she mentioned, Lu Ye quickly realized what she meant and produced a bottle of healing pill and recovery elixir pill: "This?"

Bai Lu nodded quickly: "That's the one!"

Lu Ye, unsurprisingly, agreed. Spirit crystals were much more precious than spirit jade, and such a large piece was worth several tens of thousands of spirit jade at least, so exchanging it for some elixir pills was profitable for him.

Readily, he took out some elixir pills, including both healing and recovery types, primarily recovery pills, because he noticed these merfolk didn't have an urgent need for healing pills. After all, they were Constellation Realm, so minor injuries wouldn't matter much; healing pills would only expedite their recovery.

Recovery elixir pills were actually more beneficial for them. Although they could recover using spirit jade or spirit crystals, in the midst of battle, there was no leisure to do so, and even in normal circumstances, consuming elixir pills worked faster for recovery.

Bai Lu expressed sincere gratitude and accepted them.

Then she handed over another piece of spirit crystal, saying, "This is a gift of gratitude for last time."

Lu Ye looked at it and accepted it without hesitation.

Bai Lu turned back to her companions, distributing the elixir pills she obtained. The merfolk over there frequently glanced at Lu Ye, apparently curious, but Lu Ye could sense their cautious attitude towards him.

Recalling Bai Lu's words last time, Lu Ye estimated that within the Merfolk Race, the position of the human race likely wasn't favorable.

On the other hand, these merfolk were indeed wealthy. A large piece of spirit crystal like this wasn't commonly seen outside, yet Bai Lu could casually bring two pieces over, and their weapons also contained a lot of spirit crystal, indicating they weren't short of it.

Considering they lived deep in the All Phenomena Ocean, where the seawater was formed by the convergence of rich, pure stellar space energy, if some catalyst or power made the seawater more condensed, the creation of spirit jade or spirit crystal wouldn't be surprising.

A thought suddenly struck Lu Ye, and he called out, "Bai Lu!"

Bai Lu heard his call, turned to look, and pointed at herself, seemingly asking if Lu Ye was calling her.

Lu Ye nodded.

Bai Lu immediately floated over again.

Lu Ye asked, "How is the war going?"

Bai Lu shook her head: "Not well. The enemy's number is too great, so we can only fight in raids. But to protect our homeland, we will never give up."

Lu Ye nodded, "Perhaps I can offer you a little insignificant help!"

Surprised, Bai Lu looked at him, "You want to join the battle?"

Yet even so, a single human likely couldn't make much of an impact. This was an interspecies war, not something one person could sway unless they were Sun Blaze!

However, Bai Lu could sense that the Li Taibai before her had only Constellation Mid-Stage strength, seemingly weaker than herself.

Bai Lu didn't want Lu Ye to join the fight, as it might expose him to danger.

Lu Ye shook his head: "I won't join the fight, but I have a mystical artifact, unrivaled in its wonder. It might enhance your capabilities!" Saying this, Lu Ye took out the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc.