Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

"Two beauties, what's the point of following a pretty boy? I'm the captain of the Torik pirate group. If you follow me, you will have a good life and a better future than following this pretty boy." Torik, along with a dozen drunken sailors, blocked the path that Li Xuan and his two companions had to pass.

Li Xuan always thought that the plot in TV dramas where the villains become less intelligent and then get slapped in the face by the protagonist would never happen to him, but now it seems that is not entirely true. Alcohol makes cowards brave.

The three of them walked all the way here, and any pirates with some sense would not come to provoke them, but they could not stand the pirates whose brains were damaged by drinking cheap wine.

There were more than a dozen ordinary people, and the Torik who claimed to be the captain was only slightly stronger than ordinary people. The shadow of the Sun God Fire flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and the next second, flames rose from the bodies of more than a dozen people.

In less than three seconds, more than a dozen living people turned into a group of black ashes on the ground and merged into the night.

Only Torik did not catch fire, but he was also frightened by this horrifying scene and broke out in a cold sweat, and the alcohol in his body was instantly drained.

Many pirates who were waiting to watch the show were instantly awakened from their drunken eyes. They didn't know what had happened to Torik and the others, but it was a fact that Torik had turned into ashes.

He quickly restrained his men, and many people in the tavern also wisely put up the door bars.

"Ghost, ghost, there is a ghost!" The frightened Torik turned and ran, and he didn't even have time to care about the iron hook in his hand falling off.

Li Xuan and the other two were also distracted from their shopping by this incident, so they left Magro City, returned to the dock, and boarded the yacht.

Erza and Irene were going back to their room to take a shower, and Li Xuan turned around and looked at Sakuya Izayoi behind him.

"Sakuya, go and destroy the Torik pirate group. My mark will lead you to his location," Li Xuan said lightly, as if he was stepping on an ant. After he finished speaking, he pulled the little maid's hand, and a golden sun pattern appeared.

The maids promoted by Li Xuan are about the same strength as Asuna and the others, and they are difficult to stop in the human world.

"Yes, Master, Sakuya understands," Sakuya Izayoi bowed in response, turned around and walked out of the yacht. Her internal energy flowed, and the sun pattern on her hand gave rise to perception. Sakuya Izayoi could clearly see the constantly moving target in her spiritual perception.

After a few jumps, Izayoi Sakuya accelerated in the air at an abnormal speed and disappeared into the night. The power of time accelerated.

After a few minutes, Sakuya Izayoi found Torik, who was running, looking back from time to time with a panicked expression on his face.

The dagger in Sakuya Izayoi's hand did not fly out immediately. There was only one person in Torik now, and the master was talking about the Torik Pirate Group.

After following Torik for more than ten minutes, she saw Torik staggering onto a pirate ship with a black skull hanging on it. A cruel smile appeared on Izayoi Sakuya's cold and pretty face. Then she jumped up and landed lightly on the mast of Torik's pirate group, looking at Torik who was frantically commanding the sailors to set sail below.

"Time-Stagnation", Sakuya Izayoi's internal energy talent is the same as Tokisaki Kurumi's, which is time. With the help of Li Xuan, it is not difficult for Sakuya Izayoi to stop the time within the range of a ship.

The internal energy of Izayoi Sakuya flowed in her slender hands, and dozens of daggers condensed and flew out, stopping in front of the throats of everyone on the ship.

"Time-flow", as Sakuya Izayoi's attack was about to end, she also restored the flow of time in this area.

The expressions on the faces of the Torik pirates were still the same as in the previous second, but in the next second they were all replaced by fear and panic.

"Puff", for some unknown reason, the throat was pierced by a silver-white dagger. The lack of oxygen supply and the continuous flow of blood began to paint on the pirate ship.

"Plop, plop", the people on the pirate ship fell down one after another and lost their breath of life. Until their death, they didn't know why their throats were pierced by a dagger. They returned to the sea with a variety of complex expressions of fear, confusion, and panic.

And Sakuya Izayoi confirmed that all the people on the Torik pirate ship were dead. She took a step, landed from the mast on the deck, and walked into the cabin. With the blessing of time, Sakuya Izayoi's walking at this time was like teleportation in space. She would suddenly appear in the distance, but in the eyes of ordinary people, she only took one step.

Arriving at the treasure room of the pirate ship, Sakuya Izayoi pushed open the wooden door and saw three boxes, about the same size as a medium-sized safe. Sakuya Izayoi touched the exquisite necklace hanging around her neck. Several rare gems guarded the center of the necklace, which was a silver teardrop stone engraved with Sakuya's name.

The necklace was given by the Xia family to several maids including Sakuya Izayoi. In addition to being beautiful, the exclusive stone in the center is also the crystallization of space storage technology. It can hold items in a space of ten square meters. When they go out, they will usually bring some of Li Xuan's favorite items.

The most valuable things in this treasure room are these three boxes, so Sakuya Izayoi put the three boxes directly into the necklace, checked to make sure that nothing else of value was hidden, then turned back to the deck, smashed the oil lamp on the ship and threw it on the wooden hull, activating her internal energy.

Tonight was destined to be an exciting night. The pirates were bragging as usual, and suddenly someone shouted, "Torric's ship is on fire."

Upon hearing the news, all the pirates, except the drunk and vigilant ones, ran out in a rush, heading towards the distant place in the night sky where flames were rising into the sky.

By the time they arrived, the ship was about half burned. The pirates didn't know why the ship of the Torik Pirates, which was well-known in Magro City, caught fire, and they were now putting out the fire.

It's not because they want to save people, they want to inherit Torik's wealth.

Because it was just an ordinary fire, with the help of the pirates who arrived behind to put out the fire, about half of the ships of the Torik Pirates were preserved.

"Torrik is dead." Someone saw the charred remains of Torrik on the charred Class A.

Suddenly, the pirates ran frantically towards the cabin that was still emitting black smoke.

"Get out of my way! I'm Cube Two, the captain of the Cube Pirates."

"What are you pretending to be? I am the captain of the Knight Pirates, Knight J."

Later, a large number of pirates boarded the charred wooden ship, drew their scimitars and weapons and started fighting.

Why are pirates called pirates by many people? Because they are barbaric, cruel and like to plunder things.

The fighting in the middle of the night, the sound of weapons clashing under the firelight, the sight of sweat and blood being spilt.

And Sakuya Izayoi, who lit the fuse, had already left here and returned to the yacht.

Chapter 218 Clues to the Islands

Li Xuan was sitting on the sofa in the hall, with Erza and Irene sitting next to him after taking a shower on his left and right. They were a little curious about the three boxes that Sakuya Izayoi brought back.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sakuya. Are you okay?" Li Xuan believed in the ability of his little maid, but he was not afraid to show too much concern.

After hearing Li Xuan's caring words, Sakuya Izayoi's cold little face showed a smile, "Thank you for your concern, young master. Sakuya is not injured, and the targets have been completely wiped out. Sakuya just used long-range attacks. I found these three boxes in the treasure room of the Torik Pirates."

Pirates don't actually store large amounts of gold and silver on their ships. They just find a safe and secret place and take important information with them.

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Well, as expected of Sakuya, I feel relieved."

Izayoi Sakuya walked behind Li Xuan, stretched out her slender white hands, placed them on both sides of Li Xuan's temples, and gently massaged Li Xuan.

"Eh? Why are there only so few things? This pirate group is too poor." Erza's strong curiosity prompted her to open the three boxes and see what was inside.

Among the three boxes, only one contains treasure, and the other two contain some documents and the like.

Erza wasn't very interested in looking at documents, so she pulled over the box containing the treasure and began to admire it.

Irene looked at her sister unhappily, and then at Li Xuan's signal, began to look at the contents of the other two boxes.

Because Torik was not a famous pirate in northwest Africa, his collection was destined not to be that good. Erza only spent two or three minutes looking at all the treasures and concluded that they were too tacky and had no characteristics. Any piece of jewelry that Li Xuan customized for her was better than all these treasures combined.

Erza, who was losing interest, pushed the box aside and sat back down next to Li Xuan.

"This Torik's aesthetic taste is really problematic. None of the treasures can be called exquisite," Erza commented, leaning on Li Xuan.

Irene had almost finished reading the documents and some miscellaneous antiques in the other two boxes. She took out the two most important ones and threw the rest back into the boxes.

Torik's backer is a small country in West Africa, which is a mercenary pirate. As mentioned before, people in West Africa are not very interested in the proper transformation of wealth, and are influenced by pirate culture, so they privately raise a number of pirate groups like Torik, provide the weak addresses of hostile countries, and then the pirate groups go to plunder and destroy.

"The two boxes contain all of Torik's assets on land. Behind him is a small country called the Great Wall Country. As for these two, they are the anecdotes that Torik has recorded over the years, including the record about Apollo's treasure."

After hearing what Irene said, Erza showed a curious expression again, took the slightly old parchment from Irene's hand and began to read it.

"Thanks, Irene," Li Xuan lowered his head slightly and rewarded Irene for her work.

Irene leaned on Li Xuan, responded to the thank-you gift from her beloved man, and shook her head gently, "Mr. Xuan, Torik also heard about Apollo's treasure from hearsay. Although some related objects were indeed found later, he searched for nearly five years and made no new discoveries."

Li Xuan took the parchment that Erza had finished reading and looked at it, finally stopping at the rumors about the gate to Apollo's treasure.

"At sunrise, the flaming horse will fly out from Lulaux's territory. Those who are loved by the gods will be guided by the flaming horse to the gate. The temptation of the giants, the subjugation of Hydra, and the glory of Apollo will come again."

"It seems that this Apollo treasure seems to be related to some myths and legends in West Africa," Li Xuan thought about the contents recorded on the parchment.

Lulaux is the name of the sea god on the West African continent.

Another piece of parchment recorded a map of Torik's search on the West African continent. In the end, he confirmed a group of islands several hundred kilometers in size, which were all scattered islands.

After comparing the treasure map, the scope was reduced by nearly half.

"We'll go take a look at the islands tomorrow. Now, it's time to rest," Li Xuan made a plan, then pulled up Erza who was still studying, and returned to the largest room on the yacht with Irene.

Behind him, Sakuya Izayoi placed two pieces of parchment in order and put the others into the utility room.

...

The night retreated.

"Master, ladies, good morning. Breakfast is ready. Please wash up and come out to enjoy it." Sakuya Izayoi came in and woke up Li Xuan, while Irene and Erza were slacking off. They had another round of competition in the second half last night and were defeated miserably. Now both of them were recovering.

Li Xuan gently moved the two people away from himself and tapped their faces, "Rest for a while."

He got out of bed, went into the bathroom, washed up, put on his regular clothes with the help of the maid, reached out to hug the maid, and kissed her good morning.

"Good morning, Sakuya, let Irene and Erza rest for a while, and call them when we reach the islands." Li Xuan let go of the little maid who was a little weak, turned and left the room. Sakuya Izayoi nodded, left the room slowly and closed the door.

Argo was waiting in the hall. When he saw Li Xuan coming out, he said good morning and then went back to the kitchen to serve breakfast.

"Good morning, Argo. Please heat up Irene and Erza's breakfast first. They still need to sleep for a while."

"Yes, Master"

After breakfast, Li Xuan came to the deck. The yacht was still docked in the harbor. The rising sun looked like it was rushing out of the sea.

Argo came behind Li Xuan and said, "Young Master, shall we set off now? The destination is one hour away."

"Wait a moment longer," Li Xuan sat down on a chair on the deck, while Argo stood beside him.

Li Xuan's spiritual thoughts were hovering over the Maria Welfare Home. Below, the pomegranate tree was full of vitality again today, which made the children around it show happy expressions on their faces, because the director had just told them that the pomegranate tree would soon bear fruit.

For mountain spirits and tree monsters, apart from normal cultivation of nature, the easiest way to grow is to feed on humans. Daxia calls this kind of thing a demon. Li Xuan didn't want to wake up and find a tree demon. Fortunately, the pomegranate tree had obediently fallen into a normal dormant state.

As for the future, it has nothing to do with Li Xuan. Everything in the world is connected by cause and effect.

Chapter 219 Searching the Island

After watching for a while, Li Xuan withdrew his mind.

"Argo, sail, target: islands"

"Yes, young master," Argo received Li Xuan's order and returned to the control room. The yacht left the dock of Magro City and headed towards the island group.

Li Xuan, who had been flying in the sea breeze for half an hour, resisted the urge to use his Golden Crow Fist on the dolphins circling and playing around his bait in the sea, because Irene's white arms stretched out from behind him, and Li Xuan's head fell into silence.

"Good morning, Xuanjun," Irene was full of energy. She put her arms around Li Xuan's neck, greeted him with a smile, and lowered her head to let Li Xuan taste the lipstick she had chosen today.

"Good morning, Irene." Li Xuan put the fishing rod on the fishing platform, hugged Irene from behind and let her sit on his lap. The two snuggled together, looking at the rising sun in the distance and the islands passing by from time to time.

"Don't you want to take a rest? You've consumed quite a lot of energy last night," Li Xuan joked as he looked at the red-haired girl who was snuggling up to him in front of him.

When Irene heard what Li Xuan said, a blush rose on her face. She thought of the scene last night when the two of them fought against Li Xuan alone and lost both rounds. She had a clear understanding of the pony that Asuna and Erina were talking about.

However, Irene did not seem shy. Instead, she giggled a few times, moved in Li Xuan's arms, making their bodies fit more closely, and then responded, "No, I'm not like the stupid Erza, and besides, Xuanjun's arms are more comfortable than the quilt."

"Eileen"

"Xuanjun"

Red hair is entangled with black hair, and a yacht is speeding forward in the sea breeze.

After a long time, the speed of the yacht began to slow down.