At the auction, Lu Ye sold a total of ten thousand array discs, but he still had some in stock. Lu Ye wasn't sure how useful the array discs would be in the All Phenomena Ocean environment, but it was worth a try.

Of course, the prerequisite was that the Merfolk Race could protect their array discs from being corroded by seawater.

As for how to solve this problem, it wasn't something Lu Ye needed to consider.

"What is this?" Bai Lu curiously looked at the array discs. Because they had lived under the sea for so long, restricted by the environment and their own abilities, the Merfolk Race had made no progress on the Path of Artifact Refining. Their weapons were crudely made items without much sign of Artifact Refining, so they naturally had never seen an array disc.

"Take it to your companions and try it out." Lu Ye said as he took out a blank jade slip, his Mental Consciousness swirling as he inscribed some information into it, "Take this too."

What he inscribed was the intricacies of the Black Tortoise Array. If the Merfolk could indeed use the array discs to enhance the strength of their race, they would need an array. In a race war, the Black Tortoise Array was undoubtedly very practical. Of course, it would be even better if the Merfolk had their own array.

Bai Lu took it and returned to her tribesmen with a puzzled look.

A female merfolk came over, glancing at Lu Ye while saying something to Bai Lu. Bai Lu shook her head and motioned to the array disc in her hand.

Following Lu Ye's instructions, Bai Lu attempted to channel power into the array disc. Instantly, a Mysterious Power surged, and all the merfolk within the array disc's coverage area showed extremely astonished expressions, especially the male merfolk, whose eyes almost bulged, looking extremely comical.

After experiencing the marvel of the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc, all the merfolks' attention was drawn to it. Bai Lu's face showed immense joy, clearly realizing the enormous value of the array disc.

The merfolk tinkered with it over there. Although it was their first time using an array disc, they all belonged to the Constellation Realm, and they quickly became proficient.

It wasn't long before Lu Ye saw them set up the Black Tortoise Array.

The most challenging part of setting up an array was connecting the energy of the array cultivators. Once that problem was solved, everything else was much simpler.

So even if they had just come into contact with the Black Tortoise Array, with the help of the array disc, the merfolk could easily form it.

Bai Lu had undoubtedly realized the enormous value of the array disc. She returned to Lu Ye excitedly, with a hint of plea in her voice: "Li Taibai, could I have some more of these things?" She likely realized it was inappropriate to outright ask for items, so she added, "I can trade spirit crystals with you, although I didn't bring many this time. I'll bring more next time!"

Lu Ye had been waiting for her to say that and nodded immediately: "No problem! How many do you need?"

Lu Ye's straightforwardness clearly surprised Bai Lu, but she looked conflicted again because she realized these items were valuable, so she couldn't ask for too many. But if she asked for too few, it wouldn't be enough to solve her tribe's crisis.

After contemplating for a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "Ten pieces!"

Lu Ye looked at her: "I'll give you fifty pieces!"

Bai Lu exclaimed in joy: "Thank you so much! If my tribe can successfully overcome this crisis, you'll be our tribe's most important friend!"

Whether or not they became friends, Lu Ye didn't really care. The key was that spirit crystals were hard to come by. Despite having a hundred million spirit jades, he didn't have a single spirit crystal. In the future, when his cultivation reached Moon Jade, whether purchasing magic treasures needed for Moon Jade or his own cultivation, would require spirit crystals.

Therefore, although the hard currency for transactions in stellar space was primarily spirit jade, the higher a cultivator's level, the greater their thirst for spirit crystals. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Lu Ye naturally wanted to accumulate as many spirit crystals as possible for future use.

He took out fifty array discs, and Bai Lu's gaze was immediately glued to them. But she soon faced a dilemma because there were so many array discs, how was she going to take them back?

Taking them directly definitely wouldn't work. Once outside the Divine Temple's door, these items would undoubtedly be corroded by seawater and rendered useless. Importantly, the Merfolk Race didn't have storage rings.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Lu turned her head and gave a command to her companions.

Many merfolks came over riding their seahorses, each seahorse lowering its head to hold an array disc in its mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Ye immediately understood that the problem of using array discs in the All Phenomena Ocean had been solved. The Merfolk Race didn't need to hold them in hand; the seahorses could simply wrap their mouths around the array discs. Conveniently, the seahorses' mouths were large enough, allowing them to prevent the array discs from being corroded by seawater. Moreover, the seahorses themselves were Constellation Realm star beasts endowed with spiritual intelligence, fully capable of activating the power of the array discs.

However, there were only about a dozen seahorses, each holding one piece, with over thirty discs left.

Bai Lu said: "Let these things be stored here for now. I'll come back for them later."

Lu Ye thought for a moment, then took out a set of tools from his storage ring and instructed Bai Lu: "Hold out your hand!"

Bai Lu didn't know what he intended to do, but after several encounters, she somewhat trusted Lu Ye, so she stretched out her fair little hand toward him.

Lu Ye lifted his hand and grasped it.

Bai Lu's body trembled, almost instinctively trying to withdraw, but she restrained herself.

Behind her, a group of merfolk had expressions of anger, their eyes burning as they looked at Lu Ye, as if he had committed some heinous crime.

One male merfolk was babbling something angrily, clenching a hammer in his hand, and it seemed he was ready to crack Lu Ye's skull open if he didn't let go.

Bai Lu turned her head and scolded them, only then did the merfolk quiet down, though their expressions remained unfriendly.

Lu Ye paid no mind, picked up the tattoo needle, dipped it in beast blood, and started pricking on the back of Bai Lu's hand with lightning speed.

The merfolk's expressions became even angrier.

Bai Lu slightly frowned, as Lu Ye's actions caused some pain, though it was mild; mainly she did not know what Lu Ye was doing.

But soon, Lu Ye put away the tattoo needle and nodded slightly at Bai Lu, "It's done!"

Bai Lu retracted her hand, examining the back curiously, where except for some rapidly healing pinpricks, nothing looked unusual.

However, she clearly sensed that something had definitely been added to the back of her hand.

"What is this?" Bai Lu asked.

Lu Ye explained: "A Void Rune Tattoo, it opens up a small space on the back of your hand, allowing you to store things you don't usually use."

Bai Lu's blue eyes sparkled with interest, "A storage space?"

The Merfolk Race did not possess storage rings or storage sacks; only the queen had an artifact for storage, impervious to seawater, making it one of the most important treasures of the entire race, as many precious items were stored within it.

So hearing Lu Ye say there was now a storage space on the back of her hand, Bai Lu was extremely surprised. In the Merfolk's ingrained beliefs, storage was mystifying and magical, absolutely not a capability an individual could possess, which wasn't due to a lack of insight but their survival conditions were limiting.

Immersing her mind, Bai Lu quickly sensed the presence of the storage space on her hand, feeling more astonished. She attempted to store the array discs, and indeed faced no difficulty.

Calming her excitement, she slightly bowed, clenching her fist over her right chest, with a solemn expression: "Thank you, Li Taibai, my Merfolk Race will forever remember your kindness!"

As she performed this gesture, the merfolk behind her spontaneously restrained their expressions and bowed in unison.

Lu Ye guessed this must be a very honorable courtesy among the Merfolk Race...

He waved them off: "Go now!"

Bai Lu turned, mounted her seahorse, and with her people, swiftly departed the Constellation Palace, plunging into the vast deep sea and disappearing from sight.

Watching them leave, Lu Ye resumed roasting meat.

The Void Spirit Runes tattooed on Bai Lu's hand weren't entirely for letting her carry the array discs; Lu Ye thought more about the lack of storage space, which meant that when Bai Lu returns next time, even if she wanted to bring more spirit crystals, it would be impossible.

With storage space, it's different; at the very least, she could bring more spirit crystals over, which would benefit him.

After eating and drinking to his fill, Lu Ye glanced towards the Cumulated Points Ranking, his expression slightly helpless.

By calculating the time, it should be the moment for the ranking battle, but he was trapped here, unable to return, which meant he couldn't participate. Possibly by the time the Constellation Palace closed, his name might have even vanished from the ranking...

What a loss!

To have your name on the Cumulated Points Ranking has significant benefits; the most basic is that a cultivator gains a chance to advance to Moon Jade within the Constellation Palace!

This is the main reason why seasoned Constellation cultivators are willing to suppress their own cultivation, waiting for the Constellation Palace to open. Advancing to Moon Jade inside the palace will be safer and smoother, and the foundation stronger, as upon advancing, the path involves the refinement of qi, where the qi within cultivators below the Constellation Realm refers to spirit force, which becomes Moon Jade's mana.

If one can advance to Moon Jade inside the Constellation Palace, the mana will be purer, leading to greater strength at similar cultivation levels.

Every cultivator who leaves their name on the Cumulated Points Ranking has such an opportunity with no time limit. Whenever a cultivator needs to advance to Moon Jade, they can enter.

And this is just the basic benefit; the higher the ranking, the greater the rewards, reportedly with special prizes in the top ten, the least being a top-grade magic treasure.

But these ultimately had nothing to do with Lu Ye. He figured if he was lucky, he might still maintain a place on the Cumulated Points Ranking; as for improving his rank, there was no point in dreaming. While he was at a standstill, others were advancing rapidly, soon leaving his rank far behind.

He could only hope that after all his hard work weeding here, the Constellation Palace wouldn't treat him too harshly for his diligent labor.