Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 276 Pirate Attack

Sure enough, after several training sessions, everyone gradually adapted to the rough seas and stopped getting seasick and vomiting.

The group spent five days adapting to life at sea, learning not only how to fight in the water but also gaining a basic understanding of sea navigation, making it a very fruitful experience.

Ye Liangchen arrived early this time and did not see the Sea Demon from the original story at the port. The other captains were too afraid to go to Poseidon Island, so they had to teach everyone how to sail.

"This trip was really worthwhile. I not only learned how to fight spirits in the water, but I also learned how to drive a boat."

"Yes...yes! Now we can finally survive at sea."

Back in Hanhai City, Ye Liangchen and his group gathered at the hotel, reflecting on the past few days of maritime survival training, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.

Two days later, Bishop Lawrence had prepared fresh water and food for the two ships, enough for everyone to eat and drink for more than a month. He also gave Ye Liangchen a nautical chart, which marked the routes to Purple Pearl Island and Sea God Island.

Ye Liangchen put one of the large ships into his game inventory as a backup, so that if the ship was damaged by a soul beast attack at sea, it wouldn't be adrift at sea.

"Your soul tool has such a large space, why don't you just put us all inside and then you can just fly over there?"

Shui Yue'er watched as a large ship, 80 meters long and 30 meters wide, vanished into thin air, and realized that Ye Liangchen's spatial soul tool could also hold living people.

"Moon, Little Chen does have a soul tool that can hold a living person. Why don't we put you in it and see?"

Dugu Yan remembered that her grandfather had once given Ye Liangchen a soul tool called the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, which could hold living things.

"That soul tool is what I use to store herbs; it ensures the medicinal effects aren't lost. Who among you wants to go in? I can put you all in, but it can only hold about ten people at most."

Ye Liangchen's Ruyi Baibao Nang soul tool can hold living creatures, and it should also be able to hold them in the game's inventory space. However, he's worried that these guys will turn into corpses after they go in. The pet space is fine, but once these guys go in, they will all turn into his pets, just like the Blue Silver Emperor before.

"We don't want to be put into soul tools!"

"Exactly! We've worked so hard learning to sail for so many days, all for the sake of experiencing the joy of sailing, right?"

Everyone shook their heads. They weren't objects; how could they possibly want to stay inside a soul tool?

That morning, just as dawn broke, Ye Liangchen led everyone on their way.

"This journey is fraught with danger, everyone must be extremely careful!"

Bishop Lawrence escorted Ye Liangchen and his party to the dock, instructing them to be careful.

"Don't worry, Senior Luo! We're lucky, we won't die."

Ye Liangchen and his group waved goodbye to Lowes, then set sail and headed into the deep sea.

"I hope these little devils all return safely!"

Watching the large ship gradually sail into the deep sea, Lowes could only pray in his heart. He then returned to the Spirit Hall in Hanhai City and sent someone back to Spirit City to inform Pope Bibi Dong about Ye Liangchen's plan to build an ocean-going fleet.

"Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, Yan, Huo Wushuang, brothers of all ages, Sister Yan, Sister Xuewu, haven't you eaten yet? Row harder, the big ship is too slow."

On the high seas, Jin Ling'er held the helm, controlling the direction of the large ship. Finding the ship too slow, she called out to Feng Xiaotian and his group.

"Grandma, our hands are almost cut off, please spare us!"

"That's right! Ling'er, you're strong, why don't you row and I'll steer?"

Since there was no wind, the sailboat couldn't get any leverage. Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, Xue Wu, and the others were paddling hard, and they couldn't help but laugh and cry at the sight of Jin Ling'er's funny antics.

"Hehe...! I'm the first mate. Have you ever seen a captain row a boat himself?" Jin Ling'er smiled playfully, indicating that rowing was not her job.

"Ling'er, you're only the first mate, not even as good as me, the first mate!" Shui Bing'er teased Jin Ling'er while observing the front.

"The first mate is still a captain!" Jin Ling'er pouted and revealed a playful smile.

"Everyone, just ignore this girl, she just likes to be silly."

Ye Liangchen shook his head helplessly. As soon as Jin Ling'er saw that he was the captain, she immediately appointed herself as the first mate.

"Hahaha…!"

Everyone was amused by Jin Ling'er's smug appearance, and for a moment, the scene was very cheerful.

"Xiangxiang, Qingming, you two fly a few miles ahead and scout the situation. If there is anything unusual, return immediately."

Ye Liangchen opened the nautical chart and instructed Bai Chenxiang and Qingming to scout ahead.

"Yes, Master."

"Chirp chirp..."

The two immediately summoned their martial spirits, transforming into two bird-men who flew forward.

To steer this 80-meter-long ship, Ye Liangchen and Shui Bing'er took on the roles of captain and first mate, respectively, overseeing all the work on board. Everyone else also performed their duties and were busy with their own tasks.

However, everyone worked very hard. Being able to control a large ship that is 80 meters long and 30 meters wide to sail on the sea is quite an accomplishment.

Jin Ling'er named this ship Hailong and the other spare ship Feilong.

"Huff huff..."

Just then, a tailwind picked up on the sea, which suddenly increased the speed of the large ship.

"Haha...! A breeze is blowing."

"You can rest now, my hands are almost cut off."

Seeing the wind coming, Feng Xiaotian and his group stopped rowing and began to manipulate the sails, using the wind to make the large ship sail quickly.

With ample food and fresh water on board, everyone had no problem with eating, drinking, or relieving themselves at sea. In their spare time, they could even fish on the deck, which was quite pleasant. At night, everyone would fold up the sails, drop anchor, and prevent the large ship from veering off course.

Two days later, the Sea Dragon entered the Soul Beast Zone. From time to time, groups of sea soul beasts swam past the ship. They were of varying ages, and some dolphins even became playful and accompanied the ship on its parade, having a great time.

That morning, just as dawn broke, Ye Liangchen got up as usual, flew to the top of the mast, and observed the area ahead. Suddenly, he noticed two large ships approaching a kilometer away.

"Huh! Who could it be?"

"Buzzing..."

Ye Liangchen jumped off the mast, stood on the bow, closed his eyes, and used his divine sense to observe the situation of the two large ships.

"Holy crap! They all have menacing faces, they don't look like good people at all. If I'm not mistaken, they're probably pirates."

Ye Liangchen had been sending the Hailong ship to sail towards the waters of Purple Pearl Island in order to find that pirate group, but he did not expect them to appear so quickly.

Meanwhile, a middle-aged man on the pirate ship was also observing the Sea Dragon with a simple telescope.

"Hehehe...! Their ships are so luxurious, there must be something fishy going on."

"Brothers, chase after them, rob them of all their belongings, kill all the men, and bring all the women back with you."

The man observing from the pirate ship is named Helder, a vicious pirate with a gang of thugs who commit all sorts of evil deeds.

Helder has not yet been subdued by the Purple Pearl and continues to roam this sea area, robbing merchant ships whenever he sees them. Sometimes he even sails the Sea Demon to the Vast Sea City to transport goods for some noble merchants. Once he enters the deep sea, he strikes directly.

"Knock knock..."

"Get up, everyone! The pirates are attacking!"

Ye Liangchen walked to the dormitory area and knocked on the doors of the male and female dormitories respectively, calling out to everyone.

"Pirates are attacking?"

Everyone was startled awake by Ye Liangchen's words. They got up, dressed, rushed out of the dormitory, and stood at the bow of the boat, observing the other party.

"Now we're going to have a good fight." Jin Ling'er clenched her fist, not worried about any pirates at all.

The same was true for everyone else; they were all Soul Masters, with the lowest level being Soul Sect, and they didn't panic when the pirates attacked.

"Master, shall we go take a look?"

Bai Chenxiang and Qingming flew over to check the number of pirates.

"No need, we'll just wait for them to arrive and then adapt accordingly."

Ye Liangchen felt that further investigation at this point was pointless.

"Could the other party be the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew that Xiao Chen has been searching for?"

Shui Bing'er looked at the two small black dots a kilometer away and wondered who they were.

"Haha...! They must be nobles."

"Brothers, speed up, charge!"

When the two sides were only a few hundred meters apart, the pirates saw a group of young people dressed in gorgeous clothes on the Sea Dragon ship. They were obviously noble children. This excited the pirates so much that they could see countless gold soul coins rolling over to them.

"Father, that big ship is so luxurious, and there are so many beautiful women on it. I want to snatch it and make it my wife."

Helder's son was a lecherous old man who had committed countless acts of arson, murder, robbery, rape, and kidnapping. He was especially attracted to beautiful women, like a wolf seeing a sheep.

"Son, don't rush. There are beauties all over that ship; take your pick, hehehe..."

Held said with a chuckle, "At this moment, I also plan to snatch a few beautiful women to take home as my wives."

"Captain, are we in?" The other pirates, seeing the beautiful woman, all revealed wolfish eyes.

"Why don't we go up and take a look? Hehehe..." Held laughed heartily, his heart filled with excitement.

"Hehehe...! Brothers, speed it up, charge!"

The pirates went berserk, rowing their large ship with all their might, charging towards the Sea Dragon.

"Listen up, people on the ship, you are surrounded."

Two pirate ships arrived on either side of the Sea Dragon, and more than 40 pirates rushed out, threw grappling hooks at the Sea Dragon, and then climbed up the ropes.

"Sect Master, they've climbed up. Should we attack?" Feng Xiaotian asked Ye Liangchen.

"What's the rush? Everyone, pretend to be scared and make them happy for a bit." Ye Liangchen smiled and decided to play tricks on the pirates.

"Haha...! Playing the fool to catch the tiger, I love it."

"It would be really interesting to suddenly turn the tables on those pirates when they were having a good time."

Upon hearing Ye Liangchen's method, everyone became excited and began to act out their own stories.

"These aristocratic scions were terrified."

"Hehehe..."

When the pirates climbed aboard the Sea Dragon, they saw the terrified expressions on Ye Liangchen and his group, and burst into wild laughter.

"Who...who are you people?"

"What do you want to do?...

Ye Liangchen and his group pretended to be scared and asked the pirates in a weak voice.

"Gentlemen and ladies."

"I am Heldr, a pirate of these waters. Thank you for coming. From this moment on, everything on this ship belongs to us, hehehehe..."

Just then, a middle-aged man with a fierce face walked out and looked arrogantly at Ye Liangchen and his group.

"Ladies, come here quickly, I guarantee you'll be treated to a delicious and luxurious meal."

The pirates stared at Shui Bing'er, Jin Ling'er, and the others with lustful eyes, drool dripping from their mouths, looking utterly lewd.

(End of this chapter)