Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

"Old Huang, it's been a long time."

Old Huang was a dark-skinned, wrinkled old man wearing a tattered leather jacket that was so dirty it shone, and it was hard to tell how long it had been since he had washed it.

Even though Old Huang was unremarkable in appearance and seemed ordinary, Team Leader Xu dared not underestimate him in the slightest.

This is because Old Huang is the most experienced navigator in the surrounding waters.

As long as it's in this sea area, there's no place Lao Huang doesn't know, and nothing he doesn't know.

"Team Leader Xu. Haha, it really has been a long time."

Old Huang downed the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Upon seeing this, Team Leader Xu immediately instructed the waiter to bring two cups of wine from his horse.

Old Huang smiled and said, "Team Leader Xu, thank you very much."

Team leader Xu waved his hand and asked, "Has there been any noteworthy developments in this area recently?"

"have!"

Old Huang nodded and continued, "I heard that a new group of pirates has recently appeared in the area, and they're quite rampant."

"Many caravans were robbed by them."

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Xu immediately became interested.

That's exactly what he wanted to ask, so he quickly replied:

"Indeed, when I came here this time, I saw a pile of wreckage, which I guess was recently looted."

"What?"

Old Huang was also shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that they would run into the same thing.

"You guys are really lucky. I heard that the pirates are extremely ruthless."

"I heard they'll take people away alive, and you can imagine what will happen to them."

After hearing this, Team Leader Xu wasn't too worried. He was quite confident in how many experts were in their caravan, so he wasn't afraid.

However, Leader Xu did not want his caravan to suddenly reveal its strength, which is why he wanted to avoid the pirates as much as possible.

"If that's the case, is there any way to deal with it? Isn't there any force willing to take action against that group of pirates?"

"How could there not be?"

"The people on this island once spontaneously organized a group of people with considerable strength, and there were even two Nascent Soul cultivators in charge."

"This power was even stronger than some small sects, and guess what happened?"

"The entire army was wiped out! Not a single survivor returned. This shows just how powerful that pirate gang was."

Team leader Xu couldn't help but frown after hearing this.

"Where did this powerful group of pirates suddenly appear out of nowhere? And there's not a single trace of them!"

Old Huang had no idea about such things and could only sigh, "Who can understand this? I can only say that we should try to stay on this island for the time being."

"In any case, the island's defenses are quite good; that group of pirates shouldn't dare to attack here."

At this moment, the waiter brought over two glasses of wine.

"Please enjoy your meal, both of you."

Old Xu picked up the wine cup, drank the wine in one gulp, then left behind a few broken spirit stones and departed.

The crew had basically completed the purchase of living supplies for the second half of the month, and the person in charge handed the compiled list to Team Leader Xu.

"Team leader, this purchase has cost significantly more spirit stones. The prices of these supplies have also increased considerably recently, seemingly due to the presence of pirates in the surrounding area."

After glancing at the contents of the form, Team Leader Xu shook his head and said:

"No, this is not enough. We need to buy more."

"This voyage is unlikely to be peaceful; it might take even longer. There's nowhere to resupply us along the way."

"Buy at least one month's worth of everything that can be preserved."

"As for the others, we'll buy as many as possible; money isn't an issue."

"Yes."

The person in charge nodded and immediately continued to prepare more supplies.

Back on the ship, Team Leader Xu relayed all the information he had gathered to Yu Changsheng.

"Sir, shall we continue?"

After a brief consideration, Yu Changsheng decided to continue.

After all, there were only half a month left of the journey, and even if they did encounter pirates, the ship's strength was sufficient to deal with them.

The only thing to be careful about is that the pirates must be wiped out completely, with no survivors.

Otherwise, the ship's forces might be exposed.

This might be the only thing that needs attention.

Since that's the case, the best course of action is to leave as soon as possible to avoid getting involved in any further trouble.

Seeing that Yu Changsheng had made up his mind, Team Leader Xu also planned to leave as soon as possible the next morning.

At night, the crew members carried various purchased supplies onto the ship one after another.

Yu Changsheng frowned as he watched the people coming and going.

So they immediately called over Team Leader Xu and asked, "What kind of people come and go on this island?"

Team leader Xu said, "Naturally, it's a mixed bag."

"Many of them are merchants coming and going, some are sect disciples on missions, and of course, a small number are pirates from the surrounding area who come here in disguise to buy supplies."

"However, in most cases, there will be no trouble. After all, this place is an extremely important transit point for sea voyages, and even pirates are no exception."

Yu Changsheng breathed a slight sigh of relief after hearing this, because he saw that the behavior of many people in this group was not like that of ordinary merchant ship crew members and sect disciples.

They looked more like pirates.

When the team leader, Xu, said that some pirates would also appear in this area, he realized that he had been worrying for nothing.

"Don't the people here care?"

Team Leader Xu chuckled and said, "Heh, manage? Who's in charge? There's never been a truly powerful force here. It's just a coalition of various factions that set up this vocational school site."

Therefore, naturally no one would specifically send someone to manage this place.

"Most of the time, there is a person jointly nominated by the major chambers of commerce to be in charge of the allocation of supplies here."

"In places like this, whoever controls the allocation of resources naturally has the final say."

"Therefore, the representative of that chamber of commerce is the one with the highest public status here."

"Even so, there isn't much management here; it's mostly quite spacious."

"They will only step in when faced with a crisis or an extremely vicious fight."

Seeing this, Yu Changsheng didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, the ship would be leaving early the next morning, so he didn't care what happened here.

late at night.

Yu Changsheng was still meditating with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard footsteps at the door.

A short while later, the door opened, and Ding Xuan rushed in, saying, "Sir, something seems wrong outside."

Yu Changsheng immediately stood up and asked, "What happened?"

Ding Xuan said, "It seems like something's happened outside. Should we go check it out?"

Yu Changsheng immediately went outside and saw that there seemed to be a significant conflict on the island, with shouts coming from all directions.

Many of them even held weapons in their hands, constantly swinging them around.

Yu Changsheng asked, "Do you know exactly what happened?"

Ding Xuan shook her head and said, "I'm not sure yet, I'll go take a look."

Yu Changsheng didn't stop her, and Ding Xuan immediately got off the boat and went to check out the crowd.

They then noticed that the number of people gathering on the island was increasing.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

Ding Xuan approached one of them and asked, "Brother, what happened here?"

The man said, "It looks like someone's been murdered. Two groups are facing off right now. Hehe, this is going to be interesting."

Upon seeing this, Ding Xuan pushed her way forward and indeed saw a corpse on the ground, covered in blood, which looked like it had just died.

Both sides in the standoff seem to have a considerable number of personnel.

One of the groups appears to be dressed in uniform attire, suggesting they belong to a particular sect.

Moreover, the leader appeared to be an upright man, an old man with white hair and beard, holding a precious sword in his arms.

It was only then that Ding Xuan noticed that the clothes of the corpse on the ground were similar in style to those of the old man. It seemed that the old man must have been an elder of the deceased's sect.

Many of the people around him, dressed similarly to the old man, were also agitated and seemed ready to start a fight.

Those who confronted these people appeared relatively more relaxed.

Many of the people had a motley collection of weapons, all sorts of types, and their faces were all grinning, showing no regard for the life lost.

In Ding Xuan's opinion, these people could not possibly be disciples of a sect or members of a merchant caravan; they were more like a group of pirates.

Ding Xuan had met pirates before, and had even fought against some small pirate groups with other members of the Xie family, so she had seen how despicable these guys were.

The people in front of her looked exactly like the pirates Ding Xuan had seen before.

"Hmph! You actually dare to kill someone in the street? Do you not take our Tianyun Sect seriously?"

Among the group of pirates opposite, a man with a thick beard burst into laughter.

"What Tianyun Sect? What kind of third-rate sect is this? I've never even heard of it."

"This guy was asking for it, making us do it ourselves. He deserved to die."

Those from the Tianyun Sect were even more furious upon hearing this, their faces turning red with anger.

"Uncle-Master, these guys have gone too far! Let's fight them and avenge our junior brother!"

"Exactly, let's fight them to the death. At worst, it'll be a lose-lose situation."

"We must avenge our sixth junior brother!"

The disciples were also filled with excitement.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man at the head of the group also frowned naturally.

It wasn't that he didn't want revenge, but the other side had more people and was clearly stronger than him.

If he really decides to take action, then it won't just be this one disciple who dies.

It's possible that all of the dozen or so disciples brought out by the Tianyun Sect will perish here.

Other junior disciples could act impulsively, but he couldn't.

At this moment, the middle-aged man in the lead could only try to make a big scene and attract the attention of the local chamber of commerce in order to quell the matter.

The pirates on the other side did indeed continue to taunt, seemingly intending to escalate the situation and provoke the Tianyun Sect disciples into taking action.

Each of them used every provocative tactic imaginable.

Upon seeing this, Ding Xuan immediately relayed the news from the location to Yu Changsheng.

"Sir, it seems that a group of people who appear to be pirates are deliberately provoking us. On the other side, a disciple of the Tianyun Sect has also been killed. It looks like things won't stop now."

Upon hearing this, Yu Changsheng couldn't help but frown. They had only stayed there for one night, and they never expected to encounter such a thing.

Yu Changsheng immediately invited Team Leader Xu over to inquire about the situation.

"Team Leader Xu, has this kind of thing happened frequently here before?"

Team Leader Xu nodded and said, "The people coming and going here are a mixed bag, many of them pirates and fugitives. This type of conflict is extremely common."

"In some cases, even deaths have occurred, which is not uncommon."

Yu Changsheng asked, "So how were these kinds of things handled before?"

Team leader Xu sighed, "As I said before, although there are representatives from various chambers of commerce here responsible for maintaining a certain level of order, they rarely get involved in these matters."

"Unless things escalate too much and disrupt the peace of the entire island, and only one or two people die, it's unlikely to attract the attention of the local chamber of commerce representatives."

"Most of the time, it just fizzled out, or they found their own way to get revenge. In short, the chamber of commerce representatives here don't follow any rules."

Seeing this, Yu Changsheng decided to stay out of the matter.

So he immediately told Ding Xuan, "Make sure to keep a close eye on our people and don't let anyone get involved. If anyone goes to watch the commotion, call them back as soon as possible."

"Leave this place first thing tomorrow morning."

"good!"

Ding Xuan nodded, checked the number of people on board, and then called back some of the crew members who had gone out.

At the bow of the ship, Yu Changsheng was still watching the situation on the island.

Although it's not very clear, you can still sense that the situation seems to be getting more and more intense.

"Sigh, what happened?"

"Why won't we go see it?"

"Exactly, they won't even let us get involved in such a lively event."

"They can control everything, but what right do they have to tell us what to do when we're just watching the show?"

"They're just bored out of their minds."

Many crew members were summoned, grumbling and cursing. Faced with their dissatisfaction, Yu Changsheng did not offer much explanation.

Not long after everyone had arrived, shouts and sounds of fighting could be heard.

In an instant, the entire island was in complete chaos.

Many people hurriedly flew away from the island, but under another flash of light, many of the figures in the sky fell into the sea and disappeared without a trace.

At what time did flames soar into the sky, and the air thick with the smell of blood?

Many people lost interest in watching the spectacle and scattered in all directions.

Those pirates seemed to have planned this all along; somehow, quite a few pirate ships had appeared around them.

The pirates quickly surrounded the island, many of them wielding swords and knives.

Only then did the islanders realize that such a large number of pirates had appeared on the island without them noticing. (End of Chapter)