NOVPUB"Elder Qi, don’t you find these attacks rather strange?" Xu Zimei said.
"I can understand pirates seizing a small island, but why would the Heaven Whale Clan join forces with them?"
"This matter has left us baffled," Mo Feihai shook his head and replied.
"Why haven’t you requested reinforcements from the family?" Xu Zimei asked, puzzled.
"It’s pointless," Mo Feihai shook his head and said, "These Heaven Whales roam freely in the Heavenly Sea.
Even a martial artist from the Divine Vein Realm might not be able to handle them.
Moreover, these pirates are even more cunning, the island is filled with countless of their spies.
Once the strong ones arrive, they definitely won’t attack the island anymore.
But the family’s people can’t stay here all the time either."
Watching several Saint Vein Realm powerhouses discussing strategies and how to prepare for tomorrow’s fight.
Xu Zimei found herself alone at the edge of the small island.
The sea breeze was cool and refreshing.
This stunning sea, at night, seemed more like a dark vortex, devouring everything.
The island’s surroundings were pockmarked and uneven, the brutality of the day’s battle still imaginable.
After walking around, Xu Zimei finally noticed something off.
On both sides of the island, a kind of pink flower was planted.
At the moment, with the evening breeze, the fragrant petals scattered in the air.
Xu Zimei bent down slightly and took a closer look at the flowers, realizing they were the long-lost Red Pomelo Flowers.
Red Sleeve Flowers are a kind of medicinal spirit flower. Due to their potent effectiveness, they had to be diluted before use.
These flowers have little effect on humans but are incredibly sensitive to Monster Beasts.
Especially for Monster Beasts like the Heaven Whale Clan, which naturally have high sensitivities.
The flowers temporarily paralyze their nerves, making them lose awareness and madly attack the location of the Red Sleeve Flowers.
It was upon realizing this that Xu Zimei finally understood.
The Heaven Whale Clan’s attacks weren’t targeting the Mo Family, but these Red Sleeve Flowers.
But such Red Sleeve Flowers had long been extinct.
For they were too oppressive against Monster Beasts, during the era when the Tyrant Emperor carried out his Destiny, he had already largely eradicated this type of flower.
So much so that now on Yuan Central Continent, it was almost impossible to see such flowers.
Xu Zimei didn’t think they grew naturally and surmised that someone must have conspired to plant them here.
"Do you know what flower this is?" Xu Zimei asked a patrolling disciple.
"This flower was planted by the second-in-command. I don’t know much about it," the disciple quickly shook his head.
"Second-in-command?" Xu Zimei frowned slightly; of course, she was aware of the five Saint Vein Realm martial artists on the island.
Apart from Mo Feihai, the other four were acting on authority as leaders.
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With the Red Sleeve Flower in hand, Xu Zimei went to find Mo Feihai overnight.
She relayed almost everything.
"How could this be," Mo Feihai found it hard to believe and replied, "Cheng Qi shouldn’t be that type of person."
"Is he also a member of the Mo Family?" Xu Zimei asked, confused.
"He is not," Mo Feihai shook his head and said, "When I was out to sea before, I was surrounded by pirates.
I nearly died in battle, but Cheng Qi suddenly appeared and rescued me.
He is a Loose Cultivator, so I persuaded him to stay on the island."
"Have you ever considered that this could be an act they concocted together?" Xu Zimei asked.
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Mo Feihai’s face immediately turned ashen.
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The next morning, as the sky was faintly lighting up, the pirates’ attack had already begun.
But what was different this time, the attack had just begun when the pirates realized something was off.
The Heaven Whale Clan, unexpectedly, did not appear.
In a rush to retreat, and with no obstruction from the Heaven Whale Clan, the Mo Family’s hundreds of ships quickly surrounded the pirates.
During the pursuit, Mo Feihai invited Xu Zimei aboard the same ship, which also made it easier to ensure Xu Zimei’s safety.
The pirates fought desperately to break through and escape toward the south.
Mo Feihai, of course, wouldn’t miss this excellent opportunity. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
He ordered the others to rest on the spot while he, along with four other Saint Vein Realm martial artists and Xu Zimei, pursued the pirates aboard a warship.
The giant waves of the Endless Heaven Sea rolled, raising tsunami-like surges, with torrents rushing by on both sides.
The sea roared, and the people on the ship howled in anger.
The wind screamed as dark clouds seemed to pile up in the sky.
The chase went on, and after a long time, when the ships disappeared upon the vast Heavenly Sea, the pirate ships ahead surprisingly began to slow down.
The pirate leader was a burly man with a scar on his face, holding a chained broadsword in his hand.
Planting his foot on the deck, he shouted loudly, "Mo Canghai, how did you discover the secret of the Red Sleeve Flower?"
Mo Canghai smiled and turned to look at Cheng Qi, saying with a smile, "You should ask our General Cheng Qi about that."
"Ask me what?" Cheng Qi’s face changed slightly, and he replied in panic.
"Weren’t those Red Sleeve Flowers planted by you?" Mo Feihai said with a smile, "If it weren’t for the little brother Xu, we might have continued to be fooled by you."
"It was just a coincidence," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Qi realized he could no longer feign innocence.
He drew his longsword, his face fierce as he said, "So it was you who ruined my plan."
His aura as a Saint Vein Realm martial artist was full-blown as he charged directly at Xu Zimei.
Xu Zimei scoffed, and with a slight side-step, he dodged Cheng Qi’s attack.
"Pfft."
A longsword suddenly stabbed from behind and, catching Xu Zimei completely off guard, pierced his back.
The blade passed right through his burning chest, and blood dripped down drop by drop.
Xu Zimei turned his head and saw Mo Canghai holding the longsword, with a smile on his face.
The surrounding people, including the pirates, all burst into raucous laughter.
"Why?" he asked with difficulty.
"The blame lies in your meddling in other matters," Mo Canghai said indifferently.
He pulled out the longsword, squinting his eyes.
"If you had just waited quietly until the teleportation array was set up to leave, there wouldn’t have been a problem,
but you had to go and reveal the matter of the Red Sleeve Flower, making it difficult for me."
"I don’t understand," Xu Zimei shook his head and said, "You are a member of the Mo Family, so why collude with pirates?"
"A member of the Mo Family? What do you think a person who bears the hollow title of Seventh Elder,
someone who has been pushed out to this godforsaken place,
where the only thing to face day after day is the sea, just the sea. This accursed place,
do I still count as a member of the Mo Family?"
Mo Feihai laughed maniacally.
"Did you know? Every attack by these pirates seizes a huge number of resources from the island.
And the family, left with no choice, needs to keep providing me with resources continuously if they still want the teleportation array.
Everything was peaceful before.
No one was willing to come to this godforsaken hellhole, and now that I’m here,
I have acquired the resources that I’ve always wanted.
Why did you have to go and disturb this balance?"
