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Chapter 505 Hidden Dragon Abyss, The Thirteen Pirate Gangs of the South China Sea

"My lord, what should we do?"

Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie and asked in a low voice. Upon hearing this, Chen Jie whispered, "Follow them and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian immediately nodded, and Chen Jie and Zhang Dingbian also stood up. Meanwhile, Garuno, who was completely controlled by the other party's curse, followed behind like a walking corpse.

Seeing Garuno's appearance, Zhang Dingbian said to Chen Jie, "This curse is really powerful."

Chen Jie said, "Well, although Siamese sorcery is not in accordance with the great principles, it still has effects. Otherwise, Siam could not have become a dominant power among the countries of the South China Sea."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the hotel owner turned his head and looked over, his eyes full of doubt. He didn't know why, but he always felt that Garuno's Vega Pirate Crew was a bit strange!

Thinking this way, he couldn't find the problem for the time being, and could only wonder to himself.

Chen Jie had already followed the group out of the house and walked into the darkness with the five men in black robes in front of him. The group was lined up and looked somewhat like the zombies of the Xiangxi corpse drivers.

However, these people's eyes were very bright and filled with fear. That's right, this terrifying control spell only controls people's bodies, not their minds. People will stare wide-eyed as they do what others ask of them.

It's like being a puppet on strings, the feeling of being manipulated is a million times more terrifying than being controlled and manipulated after your mind has been taken over.

That was an indescribable terror.

And so, Chen Jie and his group followed the man in black robes to the coast. At this time, no one in Zhangke Port came out to do anything about it. You see, there are many strange things in the pirate world. They have a principle: as long as it doesn't involve them, they will never meddle in other people's business.

And so the group arrived at the port, where a huge slave ship was already moored.

On the dark harbor, it looked like a monster ready to devour its prey, breathing in the clouds and mist of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the man in black robes stood on the harbor, and the boat immediately lowered its ramp. The man in black robes then pointed to the slave ship and said, "Board the ship."

The next moment, these people who had been cursed walked step by step toward the cargo ship without any resistance.

Afterwards, under the guidance of many men in black robes, they were taken to the deck and then assigned to cabins.

These people were truly pitiful. Unable to move, they were led directly into the dark hold of the ship by these men in black robes, where they stood in neat rows like terracotta warriors, their positions arranged to the maximum extent possible.

Thus, this cargo ship, carrying six or seven hundred people, left Zhangke Port.

Click!

The hatch was closed directly. Chen Jie and Zhang Dingbian stood in the crowd, stretched their bodies, and then looked at each other.

Zhang Dingbian asked Chen Jie, "My lord, when shall we make our move?"

Chen Jie said, "No rush, let's see what they're up to."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian said, "Okay."

So Chen Jie led Zhang Dingbian around the slave ship a few times, and then came to the outside of the cabin, where they saw the group of men in black robes gathered together talking about something.

Chen Jie followed Zhang Dingbian closer, hiding in the darkness to listen to the group of men in black robes talking.

At this moment, the leader of the black-robed men lifted the black hood on his head, and the other black-robed men also lifted the black hoods on their bodies.

They revealed the pure white robes they were wearing, and these people in black robes were all women.

At this moment, a man in black robes said to the woman in the lead, "Lord Zhaoyin, with these sacrificial offerings, we can fulfill our master's arrangements for us."

Upon hearing this, the woman in the lead, Lady Zhaoyin, said, "Yes, as long as we make this one more trip, we can complete the mission and fulfill our master's mission. Thank you all for your hard work this time."

"It's not hard to do things for your master."

At this moment, everyone present quickly spoke up, appearing quite devout.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie became curious about who these people's master was.

At this moment, Lord Zhao Yin said, "Next, we will travel to Qianlong Abyss, which will take five days. You will all have to work hard during these five days. Keep a close eye on the slaves in the cabin and make sure they have no problems. Understand?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately responded in unison, "Yes, we understand."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yin said, "Very good. If you complete this mission well and allow the master to obtain that treasure, you will all be heroes of the Holy Sect and will receive rewards from the master."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Everyone looked extremely grateful, and then the leader said, "Alright, Sami, you'll take the helm now..."

Zhao Yin began assigning tasks to everyone, and soon everyone was busy. Seeing everyone working so hard, Chen Jie said to Zhang Dingbian, "Let's go. There are still five days of travel left. It's going to be long and boring."

Zhang Dingbian said, "There's nothing we can do about it. These people all seem to be small fry. We just don't know who's controlling everything behind the scenes."

"And what exactly is this treasure they're talking about?"

Chen Jie said, "It should be related to that dragon."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian asked, "A dragon? Are there really mythical creatures like that in this world?"

Chen Jie said, "I don't know, but even if it exists, it should only resemble it in appearance. I feel it shouldn't be a real dragon."

In Chinese mythology, the dragon possesses unparalleled power, and it is generally believed that the dragon evolved from the dragon, representing an intermediate evolutionary form.

It is said that a snake becomes a python after 500 years, a python after another 500 years, a dragon after another 500 years, a chi dragon after another 500 years, a qiu dragon after another 500 years, an ying dragon after another 500 years, and finally transforms into a true divine dragon.

It can be said that every step was fraught with difficulties and obstacles.

The story of the dragon in the Hidden Dragon Abyss was passed down by Bodhidharma more than a thousand years ago. If it were truly a dragon, then after a thousand years, if it hadn't died from the tribulation, it would no longer be a dragon, but rather a serpentine dragon.

In Chinese mythology, the dragon has two feet on its head and can ride the clouds, making it almost indistinguishable from the common dragon species in our minds.

Such a terrifying being is perhaps even more powerful than a terrestrial deity.

How could they remain unknown at sea?

The fact that Chen Jie and his group dared to openly fish for a dragon clearly meant that the dragon wasn't powerful enough to be a terrestrial deity. Therefore, Chen Jie felt that this dragon was likely just a very powerful sea serpent or some other kind of monster.

Based on Chen Jieting's description of Zhao Facai, and the fact that he was easily suppressed by Bodhidharma, his strength is probably only at the first or second level of the Fusion God Realm, not as strong as imagined.

Of course, this monster is also incredibly powerful.

Therefore, Chen Jie was also very curious about it.

Chen Jie analyzed the situation, while Zhang Dingbian, standing to the side, idly observed the situation inside the cabin, especially the food.

The voyage ahead would likely last five or six days, and without food, it would be unbearable. Therefore, he needed to get a sense of the situation.

However, just as he was about to steal the food, Chen Jie stopped him. Chen Jie took out dried meat and spare rations from his storage ring and said to him with a surprised look, "This is a sorcerer's ship. Be careful and don't eat anything indiscriminately."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian expressed his agreement.

The voyage was quite tedious. For the next five days, Chen Jie and his companion wandered around the ship. The most powerful person on the entire ship was the leader, a woman named Zhao Yin, whose strength was only around the Dragon Realm, not very strong.

However, Chen Jie and his group had heard quite a bit of gossip these past few days. For example, the leader called Zhao Yin—her real name wasn't Zhao Yin, but rather a title. "Zhao" meant the so-called master's concubine, and all the women in white were Zhao.
The so-called Zhao Yin means the leader of these concubines.

Having figured all this out, Chen Jie began to envy the so-called leader; he had so many women and such good health.

Five days passed in this way, and they arrived at an unfamiliar sea area. It looked calm and peaceful, but the entire ship was in a state of high tension.

Zhao Yin had already reached the bow of the boat, found several water jars on the boat, and then smashed them. Several huge water snakes immediately appeared inside.

They threw the water snakes directly into the water, then watched the snakes swim along their path, and the boat followed.

Looking through the cabin, Chen Jie spotted many densely packed reefs. Judging from the tense expressions on the group's faces, Chen Jie concluded that there must be hidden reefs underground.

The ship sailed carefully and soon arrived at the center of this sea area.

Not far from the ship, Chen Jie even saw a pirate ship that had run aground and was sinking.

After passing through this reef area, the group discovered that many pirate ships had suddenly appeared, each flying its own unique flag.

These pirate flags fluttered in the wind.

The slave ship quickly entered the center of the pirate ships, and another pirate ship followed closely behind, flying a monkey flag that fluttered in the wind.

Looking at the ship, Chen Jie thought to himself, "I've heard Fang Susu say that only the Iron Monkey Pirates, supported by the Baiyue Kingdom, one of the thirteen major pirate groups, use monkeys as pirate flags."

As Chen Jie was thinking, he saw the woman standing at the bow of the boat shout a few words at the other boat, and the other boat immediately responded.

After listening to their explanation, Chen Jie understood what they were saying.

It seems that many pirate crews have arrived, but a few are still missing and need to wait for others.

Having understood this, the two ships anchored at sea and stopped, while the surrounding pirate ships remained still and waited.

Chen Jie looked and saw that there were more than 30 ships in total, but some of the larger pirate groups had several ships, which could be seen from the pirate flags they were flying.

Chen Jie looked at the pirate ship outside, and Zhang Dingbian said, "There are nine pirate groups in total."

Chen Jie looked at the other person and asked, "How did you know?"

Zhang Dingbian said, "Count the pirate flags."

Chen Jie said, "It should be ten."

Zhang Dingbian was taken aback and said, "Our ship has no known destination, so it shouldn't count."

Chen Jie said, "I think this ship shouldn't belong to these pirate groups, otherwise the Iron Monkey Pirate Group from Baiyue Kingdom wouldn't have come to inquire about the situation." Thinking this, Zhang Dingbian said, "That makes sense."

They waited all night, and the next day, another pirate crew arrived, bringing the astonishing number of ships to thirty-five.

Chen Jie said, "The only thing missing is the Giant Elephant Pirates."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian said, "Look, it seems like they're coming from over there."

Sure enough, when Chen Jie looked up, he saw a group of five warships sailing in a triangular formation on the beach not far away.

A huge elephant-head flag was hanging above the bow of the ship; yes, it belonged to the Siamese Elephant Pirates.

Just then, the Giant Elephant Pirates came speeding towards them. On the flagship at the head of the group stood a man holding a long-handled battle sword, his eyes filled with an aura of dominance.

Seeing this, Zhang Dingbian said, "That guy looks pretty arrogant."

Chen Jie squinted and said, "He has the right to be arrogant. Among these thirteen pirate groups, he's probably the strongest, except for Third Brother."

"The God of Melting Transformation!"

Just then, Chen Jie heard Zhao Yin's voice outside the cabin: "Get ready, King Wuping is here!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie's gaze narrowed slightly. King Wuping, could this be the King Wuping of Siam whom he was looking for?

"That should be it," Chen Jie said, taking out a pill from his pocket and handing it to Zhang Dingbian, "feed it to Garuno and tell him to come over."

Without further ado, Zhang Dingbian went straight to the cabin and quickly found Garuno, who was like a walking corpse, and fed him a pill.

As soon as the pill entered his mouth, Garuno's originally upright body began to tremble violently. Then, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of black blood and fell to the ground with a thud.

Tears streaming down my face.

"Wow... why did it take you so long to save me? I thought I was going to die, waaaaah..."

Garuno knelt on the ground, sobbing.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dingbian immediately grabbed him and said, "Shut up, kid. If you make another sound and attract attention, I'll throw you into the sea."

Garuno immediately shut up, but he was sobbing with grievance. You have no idea how he spent the past five days. Chen Jie and Zhang Dingbian felt bored, but for him, each day felt like an eternity!

You have no idea how envious he was of Chen Jie and the other man as they strolled around.

Then he finally came back to life.

He was quickly carried by Zhang Dingbian to Chen Jie's side, and Garuno then hugged Chen Jie tightly, saying, "My God, I've finally met you, my great sir!"

"Please, please don't abandon this poor wretch again, please."

Chen Jie asked, "You want to live?"

Garuno said, "Only a fool would want to die."

Chen Jie said, "It's easy to live. Just listen to me, and you'll live."

"Very well, I am now your humble servant. Please give me your orders, master."

Garuno was definitely someone who knew how to survive. After Chen Jie finished speaking, he immediately realized his place and that he was now the most humble servant.

Chen Jie then looked at him and said, "Look, isn't that King Wu Ping of Siam standing at the bow of the Giant Elephant Pirates' ship?"

Upon hearing this, Garuno immediately craned his neck to look outside, and with just one glance, said, "That's right, it's him."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Very good, it's good that it's him."

"Go back and pretend to be a puppet."

Chen Jie said to Garuno, who immediately burst into tears, saying, "My God, merciful master, you can't do this! I've had enough of being a piece of rotten meat."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "If you don't go, I can hardly guarantee your survival."

Upon hearing this, Garuno said in a tearful voice, "Master, you can't do this to me."

Chen Jie then smiled cruelly and said, "So, your choice?"

Garuno said, "Master, you have a good eye for people. I am perfect to be a piece of rotten meat. I will never ruin your plans."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "You are very smart."

Garuno gave a wry smile and said, "Thank you for your compliment."

Garuno then turned around and muttered in his native language, "Damn it, I shouldn't have listened to that damn Venetian merchant's nonsense and come to the East to seek my fortune."

Chen Jie ignored Garuno, and then he heard Zhao Yin outside say, "Sami, go and check on the offerings, then come with me to see the Lord."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yin immediately buttoned up his black robe.

At this moment, Sami slowly entered the cabin to check the situation. Chen Jie's eyes narrowed, and an idea came to him. He said to Zhang Dingbian, "Dingbian, you stay here and watch the ship. In a little while, I'll go out with them to see who the master is. Also, we need to know some things about the outside world."

Zhang Dingbian nodded upon hearing this, and at that moment Sami slowly walked down and began to inspect the controlled slaves inside the cabin.

She walked back and forth, and soon arrived at Chen Jie's place. She looked up at Chen Jie, and was just about to check on the next moment.

Suddenly, Chen Jie's eyes snapped open.

Sami was startled and was about to scream when Chen Jie knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

With a snap, Chen Jie caught it, then smiled slightly and said to Zhang Dingbian, "I'm leaving this to you."

Then Chen Jie used his Bone Shrinking Technique to shrink his body to the size of Sami, and then took out a human skin for disguise from his storage ring.

Soon, Chen Jie transformed into Sami's appearance.

Garuno, who was watching from the side, widened his eyes and said, "My God, what kind of ability is this? Is it magic?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie smiled without saying a word, and then said, "This is Eastern magic."

Then Chen Jie changed into Sami's clothes, put on a black cloak and hood to cover his face, and walked out of the cabin.

At this moment, Zhao Yin spoke up, "Hurry up."

Soon the group boarded a small boat and headed straight for the Giant Elephant Pirates.

They soon boarded the Giant Elephant Pirates, who lowered a ladder onto the deck.

There were many people on the deck, all watching the group. Soon they arrived in front of Prince Wuping.

King Wuping did not turn around to look at them, but asked, "Are the offerings all prepared?"

Zhao Yin said, "It's ready, my lord, please rest assured."

King Wuping said, "That's good. This dragon fishing is related to the fate of our Siam. We cannot allow any accidents to happen. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

At this moment, King Wuping said, "Come with me to meet the leaders of the various pirate groups."

As they spoke, Wu Pingwang's flagship sailed directly forward, while the other eleven pirate groups also began to send their flagships to converge on the center.

Soon, numerous flagships arrived at the very center. At this time, many ships deployed planks to connect with each other, and then the twelve pirate captains gathered together.

Chen Jie then mingled behind the retinue of King Wuping and gradually made his way to the center of the pirate group.

At this moment, the twelve pirate captains gathered together.

Chen Jie finally saw the overall appearance of these twelve pirate crews, and he had to admit that these twelve pirate crews were quite powerful.

There were actually four experts at the Fusion God Realm.

They were King Wuping, who had reached the first level of the Fusion God realm, followed by an old man from the Baiyue Kingdom who was also at the Fusion God realm, but had not yet reached the first level, only at the zeroth level.

There are two others: the Grand Preceptor of Luzon, who is also a Zero-Transformation Molten God.

There is also a one-eyed powerhouse, the resilient national advisor of Zhenla and the leader of the Zhenla Fierce Tiger Pirate Gang, who is also a first-stage fusion cultivator.

It has to be said that these pirate groups from the Southeast Asian countries really don't tolerate idlers.

With two first-stage Molten Gods, two zero-stage Molten Gods, and their third brother Fang Guozhen, a third-stage Molten God, the strength of the Thirteen Pirates of the South China Sea is not to be underestimated. Even if they went to the Central Plains, they would definitely be a major force.

Chen Jie followed in the crowd, concealing his aura so that he was not noticed. King Wuping spoke first: "I'm sure you all know why I've gathered you here today. This is a great opportunity. If we can successfully hunt the dragon and obtain the Dragon Source, it will be enough for us to take another step forward on our martial arts path."

"Therefore, I hope that everyone will follow my instructions in the following actions, so that we can seize this great opportunity together."

King Wuping spoke, and he spoke in Chinese. This was an essential skill for pirates in the South China Sea, and even for sailors, because the languages ​​of the various countries in the South China Sea were mixed and they could not understand each other. Later, after Fang Guozhen became the leader of the Thirteen Pirate Gangs of the South China Sea, he unified the use of Chinese within the next twenty years.

After twenty years of training, the pirate groups in the South Seas had all gotten used to speaking in Chinese.

When King Wuping arrived, he was ready to assume the role of overlord, ordering everyone to obey his commands. After defeating the dragon, everyone would share the dragon's essence and grow stronger together.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Zhenla Grand Preceptor, who had undergone the first transformation of the Melting God, glared at him and said, "Naxuan, Boss Fang isn't here, so what kind of boss are you acting like? You're trying to order us around. We only listen to Boss Fang. Who do you think you are?"

The Zhenla National Preceptor showed no respect whatsoever to King Wuping Naxuan. The leader of the Thirteen Pirate Gangs of the South China Sea was the Dragon King of the Sea. Who did he think he was?

Upon hearing this, the other two guardians of the small country who had reached the zero-turn of the Melting God also fell silent. They were not very convinced of King Wuping's authority either, since Fang Guozhen had always been in charge of the South China Sea, and Zhenla's one-eyed tiger Li Bona was Fang Guozhen's staunch protector.

Seeing that Prince Wuping was so arrogant, he naturally wouldn't tolerate it and directly confronted him!
(End of this chapter)