While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

A burly man from the Bear Empire shouted in the Dragon Language, "Who are you looking for here? Perhaps we know each other."

Yang Ding was waiting for these words, and he replied loudly, "I'm looking for a guy named Yang Ding; he's my brother-in-law."

Upon hearing the name Yang Ding, the commotion that had just begun subsided once more, and hundreds of eyes turned their attention back to him.

The news that the merfolk had reappeared because of this guy had spread throughout the entire pirate community.

"What's that Yang Wei guy doing here?" the big man asked.

"To be honest, my brother-in-law is a bit narcissistic. He always feels that the appearance of the mermaid beast is related to him. He probably came here to find out the black market price of mermaid beast crystals and is preparing to find someone to cooperate with to make a lot of money."

Upon hearing this, the tavern fell into a deathly silence once again.

The commander of the Eastern Cherry Base of the White Eagle Empire, with a cigar between his fingers, stared intently at Yang Ding, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light.

He led a massive fleet and searched the East China Sea for twenty years, spending hundreds of billions of dollars, but he hadn't seen a single hair of the merfolk.

If it's genuine, the White Eagle Empire can offer 100 billion in cash.

Even Mayor Alexander Khan, who was entertaining friends in his office, couldn't help but come out.

"Why does your brother-in-law think the appearance of the mermaid beast is related to him?"

"This guy comes from a pig farming background and has never seen the world. He heard that the beast crystals of mermaids are extremely valuable, so he wanted to rise to the top in one step."

Yang Ding's words actually confirmed the truth of the matter.

Since the Wang family is also searching for the mermaid beast, if they believed this was true, they would never have come here to say it publicly.

On one hand, the Wang family didn't believe it, and on the other hand, Yang Ding and the mermaid beast appeared twice at the same time.

This completely confused the pirates.

But this is everyone's only hope, and no one wants to give up.

"Did your father, Wang Hongxiang, send you?"

Someone asked a question.

"Of course not, my father-in-law Fang Hongbo sent me. He couldn't come here in person."

Alexander Khan said to the waiter, "Give them a free meal card, and after they finish their drinks, come to my office for a chat. Also, give this little guy a cymbal hat, and no one is to give him any more trouble."

"Yes, boss."

The cymbal hat, also known as the Khan's hat, was a get-out-of-jail-free card in the pirate market. Wearing this hat was equivalent to being protected by Alexander the Khan, and no one could bully you.

Yang Ding took the hat and free meal card from the waiter, figured out their purpose, and happily put them on his head.

"What would happen if someone hit me?"

"They will face reciprocal retaliation from Alexander Khan."

"This is good, this is good!" Yang Ding said excitedly.

"Mr. Wang, Alexander Khan invites you to have a good meal and drinks, and then come to his office for a visit."

"What is he going to do?"

"It's nothing, he has the ability to help you find Mr. Yang Ding here."

"Okay, I'll definitely go."

Yang Ding looked at Ruiya, who was glaring at him fiercely, and said, "Get lost! If you look at me like that again, I'll kidnap you and make you my slave."

Riya possesses an untamed wildness in both her appearance and temperament.

"The King Serpent Empire will never yield to its enemies!"

The young women gritted their teeth, wishing they could devour Yang Ding alive.

Yang slapped her hard, making her mouth bleed.

The dozen or so burly men from the King Serpent Empire immediately stood up, their anger blazing.

Yang Ding pointed to his hat and said, "My surname is Wang, and I am the grandson of Grandmaster Wang Xuehua. You bunch of blind fools, come and try if you dare."

Mu Lan covered her beautiful face with her hand and whispered to Ye Rou and Zhou Ruoxi, "Isn't your husband a lecher? How could he bear to hit such a beautiful woman from abroad?"

Ye Rou quickly explained, "In my husband's eyes, there are only women who belong to him, and other women. His own woman must be cherished, while other women can be beaten or killed."

"Tch, does he even dare to hit me?"

"How could that be? After all, Sister Mulan is the woman who kissed him on the lips; she's the kind of woman who needs to be pampered."

Mu Lan gave Ye Rou a look of utter disdain.

The daughter of the number one master on Earth is ruined; look what Yang Ding has done to her.

The pirate leader of the King Serpent Empire was clearly a seventh-rank expert, but seeing his subordinate being slapped by Yang Ding, he didn't dare to retaliate. Instead, he walked over with a smile.

"Ruya is young and doesn't know any better, Mr. Wang, please don't be angry."

"If he's immature, take him back and teach him a lesson. I killed his brother, but so what? His brother deserved to die!"

"Yes, yes, yes, we've become friends through this misunderstanding, why don't we become friends?"

"Captain!" Riya was furious.

"Shut up!" the Kingsnake Gang captain shouted.

Yang Ding knew exactly what he wanted to do. "Making friends is fine, but you can't just talk the talk about making friends with the Wang family."

"What do you mean?" the captain of the King Snake Kingdom asked, puzzled.

"Making friends requires sincerity. Either you need a beast crystal worth millions, or..."

Yang Ding looked at Ruiya, "Give her to me as a female slave!"

"No, absolutely not!" Riya cried.

She was of noble birth in the King Serpent Empire, how could she serve the man who killed her brother?

The captain of the King Serpent Gang glanced back at his brother. Compared to the 100 million beast crystals, he was still willing to give Riya away.

But if we actually do that, it will probably be difficult to lead the team in the future.

"So what's in it for showing this sincerity?" the captain of the King Serpent Kingdom asked.

"I see that you're befriending me not because you're interested in me, Wang Gao, but because you're interested in my foolish brother-in-law. Once you become my friends, I'll give you firsthand information about Yang Ding."

A mermaid beast worth over 10 billion is still quite a bargain.

The captain of the King Serpent Gang pulled a small packet of beast crystals from his pocket. "What if we offer this as a token of our sincerity, but Mr. Wang goes back on his word?"

"Then get lost!"

The captain of the King Serpent Gang was still a little reluctant, so he took Riya back to discuss it with his brothers.

Soon, he came over and asked, "Brother, I'm giving you Riya and the Beast Crystal as a token of my sincerity, on the condition that you can't touch Riya, she's engaged in the King Serpent Empire."

This surprised Yang Ding a little, but he immediately understood that this guy wanted Ruiya to be an undercover agent.

"What's the point of giving it to me if I can't play with it?"

"Serving you with food, clothing, shelter, and transportation? You want maids, not wives. These three wives of yours are much prettier than Riya."

Before the three women could speak, Yang Ding agreed.

He snatched the beast crystals and examined them. They were all small water-type and power-type beast crystals, not even enough to fill a tooth gap for Ye Rou and Zhou Ruoxi at their current level, but they were still worth millions, so he might as well take them.

Furthermore, there is still value in using Riya.

"Okay, okay, it's settled then."

Ruiya, clearly having been instructed beforehand, walked over through gritted teeth and stood behind Yang Ding.

Ye Rou looked at the foreign woman and whispered, "Honey, are you sure? This might not be easy."

"It's alright, we can tame them slowly. Keeping them as servants won't be a loss."