It doesn't matter what the lord is.

68. This shot should have been on you

Bai Feng looked at Lid and said:

"You really want to fight to the end?"

Lid pointed to his head:

"If I go back to Yunyang, I should be able to stop them. The earlier I go back, the earlier Yunyang will withdraw its troops."

Bai Feng lowered his head, thought for a moment, raised one arm, and said:

"Let our people withdraw."

There was clearly a lot of reluctance in the corners of his eyes, but at this moment he hid all his emotions in his heart. For Bai Feng, this was a rare growth, but the price of this growth was a bit too high.

Old man Hualong sighed deeply and looked at Lid and then at Bai Ye with tired eyes.

For a moment, he also wondered if he had persuaded Bai Feng to reconcile with Bai Ye, would Bai Ye be able to stay in Yunhai as a rare fighting force. However, the old man Hualong would not regret what he had done. Even if he could do it again, he would still help Bai Feng set up this killing plan, because the thing he least trusted in the world was human heart.

The skills are not as good as the people, there is nothing to say.

Tens of thousands of soldiers made way for him with grim faces. Lid walked up to Bai Feng and said with a smile:

"Then I'll have to trouble Master Feng to take us all the way back."

Bai Feng forced a smile and replied:

"fine……"

He took two steps forward, but was blocked by Lid's hand.

Lid turned around and said to him:

"Stop, you are not the Lord of the Cloud Sea yet, so according to the rules, you are not qualified to walk side by side with me."

Bai Feng clenched his fists instantly, and his blood was boiling. After suppressing his anger, he took out a handkerchief from his chest with trembling fingers and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips calmly.

The generals of Fengyi looked at this scene coldly, and they wished they could tear Lide into pieces as he walked in front of them with a swagger. The humiliation suffered by the people present was far greater than that of Baifeng, but no matter how angry they were, tens of thousands of Yunhai soldiers could only watch Lide's long sleeves fluttering in the wind, stepping on the water grass and fallen leaves on the ground and walking away.

No one dared to draw his sword and step forward.

Lid walked to Alayya's side and handed her his bloody hand. Alayya held Lid's hand and didn't know what to do for a moment. There was a big hole in Lid's hand, his bones were broken, and his meridians were mostly destroyed. In terms of injuries alone, it was more serious than Bai Ye's. Bai Ye's arm was just swollen due to blood backflow. It couldn't be used in a short time, but it could be restored to its original state with careful treatment. But Lid was different. He took the sharp stab of Narus when he was promoted to the tenth level. It seemed that this blood hole would be difficult to regenerate.

"Stop the bleeding first."

Lid spoke to Alaiya in a gentle tone.

Alayya nodded and took out the herbs she had brought with her to apply on the wound, but the blood still kept flowing. Alayya held Lid's hands with both hands, revealing a very sad expression. It can be seen that her heart was full of complexities. At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in her mind:

——"Your young master is countless times stronger than a loser like you. Does he need your protection? You have worked so hard for so many years, and it's like a farce that needs to end... There is no place for you here at all. Everything you have fought so hard for is meaningless."

Alayya raised her head, her vision blurred for a moment, and she seemed to see a person with a halo on his head standing in front of her.

But then, she blinked and saw Reed's helpless face again.

Only then did she realize that she had just held the young master's hand. She was in a daze for a long time. Alayya hurried to help Reed continue applying the medicine, but the next moment Reed grabbed her wrist.

Lid smiled and said:

"How was it? What did you think of seeing your young master take action for the first time?"

Alaia said softly:

"It's awesome."

Reed looked at her and with a sudden force, pulled Alayya in front of him.

The medicine bottle in Alayya's hand broke on the ground and shattered into many pieces.

Lid looked into her eyes and said in a cold tone:

"to be honest."

Alaiya lowered her head and said weakly:

"I'm a little confused... Actually, during these years when the young master taught me how to practice swordplay, I also thought that maybe the young master was a very powerful person, much more powerful than me. But I always lied to myself, telling myself that the young master was not actually that strong and that he needed my protection. However, when I saw the young master take action, I suddenly didn't know what to do."

Lid looked at Alaiya and said after a moment:

"Do you think your young master behaved handsomely today?"

Alayya nodded:

"Master is always the most handsome man in the world."

Lid smiled:

"But your young master doesn't think so. When he raised his hand to block the gunshot, your young master had only one thought in his mind. Do you know what it was?"

Alayya shook her head.

Reed put his badly injured hand in front of her eyes and shook it, and blood mixed with herbal juice fell down.

Lid said calmly:

"It hurts. I wanted to scream out, damn it, it hurts so much."

Alayya chuckled.

Lid put down his hand and looked into her eyes. His tone was even calm and even a little cold and heartless:

"And this bullet should have been shot at you."

Alayya's body trembled violently.

Lid was silent for a while, then said:

"I've told you before that if you want to learn swordsmanship, you have to endure hardships and training that others can't endure. Otherwise, one day, someone will chop my head off in front of you and you won't be able to do anything. If you've reached the tenth level today, you can block this shot for me, so you owe me this shot."

Lid touched Alayya's head and said with a smile:

"Train well when you go back, and don't think about anything else. You are my only personal bodyguard. If you don't work hard, who will protect my safety?"

Alaiya bit her lip, smiled softly after a long while, and said to Lid:

"Yes, Master."

It was as if the devil hidden deep in her soul was suppressed, and no voice sounded in Alayya's mind anymore.

She quickly tore off a strip of cloth from her clothes and bandaged Lid to stop the bleeding. Every time she saw the bloody wound, she felt distressed. She looked at Lid's hand, then at her own hand, and recalled what Lid had just said. She felt a sense of guilt for no reason. She always thought that the young master's hands were very beautiful and precious, completely different from hers; if the bullet had been stabbed in her hand, Alaya would have felt much better.

After bandaging Lid's wound, Alayya silently pulled out a piece of the sword worn at her waist and grasped the blade.

The blood immediately flowed down her palm.

You have to remember this pain.

Alayya said to herself silently in her heart.

The pain the young master just endured is countless times greater than what you have experienced. There cannot be a next time.

69. King meets King

The carriage moved slowly and stopped frequently.

Although Bai Feng and all the people of Yunhai wanted Lide and his men to leave as soon as possible, Lide looked elegant and calm, not in a hurry. He still had to complete the negotiations with the Ocean Tribe, so it would be meaningless to go back too early. However, he sent some words to Fang Shisan in the north, asking her to temporarily slow down the invasion, set up camp on the spot, and focus on deterrence before the main force of Yunhai arrived.

To be honest, Lid was not very interested in the land and property in the northern part of Yunhai. Yunhai's prosperity was based on its commercial reputation and coastal advantages, which was equivalent to a trading port. Unless it was swallowed up completely, there would be no practical benefit in taking a few cities. Fang Shisan went all the way south, mainly to take Lid home. The momentum was fierce and the significance was great, but the harvest was average.

But it doesn’t matter. Reed will get the actual benefits back from the ocean people.

After waiting for almost a day, a middle-aged man in a cloak found Reed's hotel.

There was no one else with him, only a black and white animal that looked like a panda. The black and white bear had not recovered from its injuries yet, and it followed the middle-aged man and looked around. When it saw Lid staring at it, it acted cutely at him.

Lid took a sip of the tea in the cup and said:

"Don't worry, there are no outsiders here."

The middle-aged man took off his cloak, and his two legs turned into long fish tails. He was very tall, and even though his straight legs were replaced by a curved fish tail, his total height was still half a head taller than Lid. As for the black and white panda, it turned directly into a whale fishman sitting on the ground - Jing Luo.

Lid glanced at Jingluo who looked calm:

"Sure, I didn't expect you to be a royalist in private?"

Jing Luo replied embarrassedly:

"The situation is rather complicated..."

It stopped talking here, trying to arouse Lid's curiosity, but Lid seemed to have no interest in the trivial matters of the sea people. He looked directly at the middle-aged man in front of him and said:

"I am a human, not a marine creature. There is no need to be formal with each other. How about we just talk about what we want to say?"

The middle-aged man tapped the ground with the scepter in his hand and said:

"I want to see my daughter."

Reed looked at its long brown hair and sighed softly:

"It's better not to meet. Irene thinks so too. There is no free benefit in the world. Irene got the lost crown from a vicious woman, but she had to work under her for a year. I can't let you see Irene. Otherwise, if you can't control yourself and take her back, I won't be able to report to you."

The middle-aged man looked a little annoyed, but he did not vent his anger on Reed.

Lid guessed that it must be criticizing itself in its heart. After all, to it, this was a painful experience of a father not protecting his daughter, and it was its failure. The middle-aged man took a deep breath and continued:

"I understand. You have done a favor to Irene, so I won't make things difficult for you in this regard. But you asked Jingluo and Ulante to go to the bottom of the sea and told me that the Ocean Clan should bear the blame for this war... What do you want?"

Lid raised his index finger and said:

"I plan to discuss some business."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly:

"Business? What do you want? Pearls, corals, gems, or precious seafood?"

In its view, Lid wanted nothing more than these things, and it was also very clear that these things were very valuable in human society. Putting aside the long-famous pearls and corals, this year the king of mankind tasted a deep-sea dragon fish and praised its delicious taste, which led to a surge in the demand for dragon fish in the entire human upper class, and Yunhai naturally increased the scale of fishing.

But the problem is that these things are also very important to the Ocean Tribe. It's not that they can't give them, but the Ocean Tribe itself doesn't have enough, so talking about these things hurts feelings. It's like an old beggar holding half a hard steamed bun in the freezing cold, and suddenly a group of tall and strong bandits come, wanting nothing but the bun. The beggar has to give it, but he feels annoyed if he gives it.

The change in the middle-aged man's demeanor naturally could not be hidden from Lid, who smiled and said:

"That's not business. I think the best business is when you have something useless and I have something useless, and we exchange them, and both get something useful. I know the sea is very rich, but this richness is not limited to these precious seafood, there are still many resources to be mined."

The middle-aged man's expression eased a little, and he looked at Lid with a higher opinion.

In fact, it was risky for it to come to the human territory today. However, it was worried about Irene's safety first, and believed that humans would not act rashly. After all, it would be a happy thing for both humans and the sea tribe if it took back the lost crown. However, it still felt a little humiliated for the king to travel to the human territory. If Lid continued to ask for various materials, it would be difficult for the negotiations between the two sides to end smoothly.

Jing Luo lowered his head and secretly looked at Lid's expression. Lid's smile was gentle now. The sharpness that had dragged him and Ulan Te out and beat them up a few days ago was gone. Except for the confidence from inside and outside, he had become a harmless boy.

Jing Luo moved his legs and feet unconsciously, but he always felt a little uncomfortable.

This time, before the king of the ocean tribe could speak, Lid handed over a list and explained:

"There are many mineral resources under the sea. Coal, iron, oil, combustible ice, manganese nodules, polymetallic sludge... Most of them are useless to you, and I guess you haven't even heard of many of them. But I can teach you how to identify them, and you can mine them at will, and then transport them to me in exchange for direct benefits. I can provide you with the gold, silver, cattle, sheep, grain, vegetables, fruits, etc. that you want, and I can even allow you to buy land, settle down on land, or build a holiday villa that belongs only to the ocean people."

The king of the ocean tribe quietly read through the list in his hand. There were indeed many things in it that he had never heard of, or had heard of but paid no attention to, but he did not rush to agree.

It didn't know why Lid wanted these things, so it naturally had no way of estimating their value. As the king of the ocean tribe, it instinctively felt that it had to seek the greatest benefit for its people and couldn't sell good things at a bargain price. So at this time, it had to put on airs and adjust its attitude.

But soon, Lid smashed his plan to pieces:

"There is something I may not like to hear, but I still want to say it. If you could figure out the purpose of these things, or if someone other than me could understand the value of these things, then the Ocean Clan would not have to be so obsessed with pearls and corals. Since I am the only one in the world who understands their value, doesn't that mean... that I am the only one who is qualified to set the price?"

The king of the ocean tribe raised his head and met Reed's cold eyes, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Jing Luo behind him couldn't help but shiver, and the wounds on his body began to ache again.

It nodded thoughtfully, and this time it finally got what it wanted.

70. Goodbye is Goodbye

The king of the ocean tribe finally nodded.

On the one hand, except for coal and iron, which are relatively widely circulated in human society, the rest of the things that Reed wrote about are indeed goods that no one knows about; on the other hand, according to its memory, there is no shortage of these things under the sea, and many times they even have to be cleaned up specially for the sake of beauty. It is naturally a good thing to be able to sell the garbage at a high price.

As for what Lid wants these things for, the king of the ocean tribe does not ask. Although he does not understand the way of doing business, he understands the principle of "not being a fool or a deaf man is not a good man". Leaders cannot expect their subordinates to report everything. Turning a blind eye is the right way for the long-term development of the relationship between the two sides.

"But this looks like a deal between you and me."

The king of the ocean tribe looked at the list in his hand again and looked at Lid calmly:

"You can't sell these goods in here to anyone else."