Capítulo 1321: Chapter 19: Sea Robbery—For Wealth or for Beauty? (Double Chapter)_3

Presently wielding the sword, he utilized the Heavenly Secrets Technique to calculate twice, but couldn’t determine the location of Penglai Island.

Wang Anfeng thought about it, changed the calculation target from Penglai Island to a small island nearest to it. This time, the Heavenly Secrets was not unexpectedly disrupted and yielded a clear divination. He then stepped on the plank, the Qi Mechanism guiding him leisurely onwards.

The Qi Mechanism was chaotic over the East Sea, often housing naturally occurring Qi storms, making airborne travel difficult. Wang Anfeng merely walked over the water surface. After several days, he gradually neared the coastline. On the day when he had finished drinking the water taken from the Shaolin Temple, Wang Anfeng intended to go fetch more water when he spotted a large ship faintly in the distance.

His thoughts stirred, planning to borrow water from the ship and hoping for a place to rest if possible.

Though for him, walking on water was not slow at all, the perpetual rise and fall of the waves on the sea made him quite uncomfortable, always reminding him of the dizzying memories of riding strong horses in his youth, his stomach churning slightly.

Gathering the water sack, he lightly tapped on the plank with his toes and headed towards the large ship.

As he drew closer, the people aboard seemed to notice Wang Anfeng, changed direction, and cut through the waves towards him. Unlike the previous gigantic ship of forty-four yards in length, this ship was notably smaller.

It only had two levels, three sails, and at most a hundred crew members.

Wang Anfeng halted the plank, a gentle smile appearing on his face, loudly saying:

“I lost my vessel. I ask for your assistance.”

“There will be generous thanks.”

A somewhat lean man heard the voice, climbed up the ship’s edge to look outside, his eyes filled with joy, then loudly shouted:

“Big sister, we found a stranded scholar…”

Wang Anfeng faintly sensed something was wrong, his smile slightly froze.

A moment later, a somewhat skillful martial artist grasped the thick hemp rope hanging down, stepping on the ship’s side to climb down, quickly grabbed Wang Anfeng’s shoulder and went upwards.

Wang Anfeng did not reveal his own martial arts, truly his stomach had turned sour watching the sea waves these past few days, and besides, there were thoughts weighing on his mind.

He ultimately didn’t wish for the Dongfang Clan to know he had come here.

Back then, when his parents were forsaken in Jianghu, one of the four great noble clans, they still hadn’t appeared in the end.

His mother died below Great Liang Mount.

Wang Anfeng was lifted onto the ship’s deck and then put down.

The man who pulled him up was barefoot, with a knife tied around his waist using hemp rope, stepping back to the side.

In front stood a delicate-looking woman in a light green long dress. Her features were quite striking, though her complexion was tanned into a bronze hue from prolonged exposure, and a scar on her cheek shattered any remaining softness, leaving nothing behind.

The woman seemed to be contemplating something initially, but upon seeing the scholar brought up, her eyes brightened.

Making a living at sea meant mostly encountering dark-skinned and weary souls, rarely seeing someone with such distinguished demeanor and appearance. Among the crew, he was like a pearl tossed onto a pile of black sand, incredibly conspicuous.

She cast aside the thoughts in her mind and approached, examining him up and down, left and right, walking in circles and marveling repeatedly, while nearby crew members acted casually, laughing without restraint.

Wang Anfeng was surprised, slightly amused.

This was clearly a woman with gentle features, yet at this moment she exhibited the air of a lord with money visiting a brothel to pick girls, her gaze without the slightest shyness, her demeanor almost a perfect match to Divine Martial Mansion’s Yuchi’s descendant.

Miao Zhiquiao’s eyes sparkled.

She originally hailed from a Jianghu sect, but after the sect was wiped out by East Sea Guards, she was left stranded here.

Years ago, she dealt with and reorganized some sea robbers intent on plundering wealth and lechery, fishing during leisure, occasionally taking down the flag to play pirates, seizing some fish hauls, yet never resorting to murder, instead expelling those who acted with true brutality.

Though not well-versed in reasoning, she could still distinguish the difference between a single meal and steady meals.

But currently, her mind was no longer on meticulously calculating small gains, rather on devouring a filling meal; turning around twice, she stood in front of Wang Anfeng, satisfied at last, a smile akin to Yuchi Jie appearing on her face, clapping her hands, loudly declaring:

“You’re quite decent, from now on you’ll be my brother-in-law!”

PS: Here’s today’s update…