The Fifth Elder's actions were all seen by the Great Elder, but he didn't say anything, but continued to question the Second Elder.

Just as the Great Elder knew the Second Elder, the Second Elder also knew the Great Elder's personality - he knew that there was no room for sand in the Great Elder's eyes.

In the eyes of the Great Elder, these things he did were already regarded as a great sin that could abolish the bloodline and drive out the merfolk clan, so he didn't think about continuing to hide it.

Of course, he couldn't hide it.

"Yuzu, let's go." Although Luya also wanted to know what the Second Elder was thinking, she knew that this was a scandal belonging to the mermaid clan.

And the scandal must not be publicized, although she does not mind, it does not mean that other mermaids do not mind, especially the Great Elder, he values the face of the mermaid clan, and it is absolutely impossible to allow the scandal to be known to outsiders.

He didn't react now that he was angry, but when he reacted and found that there were still humans here, and he knew everything, he would definitely be angry then.

So she wants to take Su Yu away from here to avoid other troubles in the future.

"If you're interested, I'll ask the Fifth Elder when the matter is over, and I'll tell you when the time comes." Luya leaned into Su Yu's ear and whispered.

Although Su Yu also wanted to know what was going on, she knew that it was not appropriate for her to stay, and Luya had said so, so she followed the trend and left.

As for this underground staircase......

Let's wait until the matter of the second elder is resolved, it just so happens that she also needs to go back and gather a group of people, only she, Yue and Deluo and Ning Shi, who are with Lua, are obviously not enough.

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Back at Luya's palace, Lua gives a brief overview of how they managed to capture Baji, which she hadn't told before.

"That Ba is not a good thing, just help the second elder hide it, when I and the others caught him, he was actually stealing ocean sand and cryolite!" Ocean sand and cryolite are two materials that are very versatile, and can be used as enchantment materials or to make equipment.

But among the merfolk, the main role of ocean sand and cryolite is to repair the protective shield.

Ba has stolen these two materials in fact, he is taking advantage of his position, after all, after the promotion of the second elder for a year, his position under the second elder can already be regarded as below one person and above ten thousand.

You must know that ordinary ocean sand and cryolite are not uncommon in the sea, especially ocean sand, to put it simply, it is the sand on the bottom of the sea, this thing is all over the bottom of the sea, even if you squat on the ground now and grab a handful, it is also ocean sand.

But since it can be used as a material for repairing protective covers, the ocean sand and cryolite here are certainly not so ordinary.

The ocean sand and cryolite stored in the merfolk warehouse are the highest quality materials.

Ocean sand is pure sand that has never been polluted, and cryolite is also a spar that does not contain a trace of impurities.

The simplest way to express their rarity is that both of them are purple quality materials.

That's why Lua says Ba has betrayed the merfolk.

If he was just coerced by the second elder to do things, it would be understandable, but the second elder didn't let him steal the things of the merfolk clan, this kind of behavior is no different from the traitorous clan, especially the things he stole are very important to the merfolk clan, which is even more of a crime.

"So what did Ba steal the ocean sand and cryolite for?" Su Yu couldn't help but ask.

Knowing that these two materials are so important, he still takes the risk of stealing, which only shows that he can use these two things for higher benefits.

However, the two materials of ocean sand and cryolite are of no other value to the merfolk than to repair the protective shield......

Unless......

Su Yu had a bold guess in his heart.

And Luya's next words also confirmed this speculation.

"At first, I didn't understand why he was stealing these things, but then he himself said that he was stealing these materials to sell them." It is a material that has no other meaning for the mermaids, but it is a rare treasure for humans.

Pure ocean sand and cryolite without impurities are relatively difficult for merfolk to obtain, let alone humans who can't enter the water.

Therefore, although ocean sand and cryolite are purple quality materials, they are more valuable than ordinary purple materials because of their special origin.

Even cryolite the size of a fingernail can sell for a high price of ten gold coins.

There is only a small handful of ocean sand in the palm of your hand, and the most expensive one can be sold for hundreds of gold coins!

After all, the sand is fine, and the difficulty of picking out the clean sand is about the same as mixing rice and millet and then picking them out separately.

But cryolite without impurities only needs to pay attention to the cutting angle when collecting, and do not incorporate the impurities part.

"Ba has used his position to steal the goods of the clan, and then bribed the guards of the merfolk clan to go out every once in a while, in order to bring these things to the land to sell." From Lua's words, you can also hear that there are other people besides Ba Ji who have also made mistakes.

These guards took Ba Ji's benefits and let Ba Ji leave without permission, which in itself violated the rules of the merfolk clan.

What's more, the benefits that Ba has given are all stolen from the mermaid clan, so these gatekeepers are actually equivalent to becoming accomplices unknowingly.

However, since they dare to violate the rules, they must be prepared to be punished, so these mermaids are not wronged.

"Those guys have also been locked up by me, but now that something has happened to the water prison, I can only have people lock them up in the cell of the Liuli Palace first." Glass Palace is the name of the palace where Lua lived.

In addition to the glazed palace, there are also cells in other large and small palaces in the palace, but this cell is relatively small, and it was used to imprison disobedient retinues under his subordinates in the past.

However, there are not many guards who have committed this crime, there are only three people, and the cell of the Liuli Palace can still be fitted.

"So why does Pakistan need a human currency?" Su Yu was obviously not interested in what happened to these people, and she still wanted to know why Ba had done this.

He stole things from the merfolk and sold them, which must have been for money, but human currency cannot be used in the merfolk clan, and the merfolk also have money, but that's another thing.

And because the merfolk rarely trade with other races, they basically can't use the currency of other races.

"Yuzu, you and I have the same question, and I also asked Ba to find out that he used those human currencies to buy many other treasures on the continent, and then brought them into the merfolk clan to trade with other mermaids." Although currencies are not interoperable, materials are interoperable.

Happy New Year's Day!

I wish you all a smooth sail and a prosperous new year, a blessed star, and good luck!