Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

Feeling the changes in the yacht and knowing that they were about to reach their destination, Li Xuan let go of Irene, whose body had become limp in his arms.

He stood up, put Irene down, tidied up her slightly messy uniform, gathered and tied up her long red hair, and finally nodded at the corner of Irene's mouth before turning around and leaving. Erza was still lying in bed in the room.

Irene was shy this time, mainly because Li Xuan's evil hands had never stopped. She did not follow Li Xuan, but adjusted herself and entered the cab. She wanted to confirm the route and the surrounding environment of her location.

When Argo saw Irene coming in, he bowed slightly and saluted, "Good morning, Miss Irene. We have arrived at the center of the island group. According to the navigation satellite map, there are deserted islands all around us. There is an inhabited island nearby, a fishing tribe."

"Good morning, Miss Argo, how are the pirates distributed around here?" Irene asked about the pirates.

There are many island groups in West Africa, some large and some small. Not only are ordinary people living on them, but some of them are also home to pirates. Some pirates even use these islands as their bases, forming a large-scale pirate force. The countries in West Africa have not wiped out the pirates, and the pirates entrenched in the island groups can be regarded as a feature of Northwest Africa.

"There are two pirate groups with about a hundred people, one is the Corey Pirates and the other is the Kidd Pirates. Do we need to take action first to annihilate them all?" Argo marked the locations of the two pirate groups' islands on the display screen.

"It's not necessary for now. If there are no pirates in the treasure hunting adventure, it will feel like something is missing. Erza will probably be unhappy." After Irene memorized the map, she left the cab with a smile.

When Li Xuan returned to the room, he saw Erza still sleeping soundly on the bed.

He reached out and lifted a lock of her red hair, sweeping it gently under her nose.

After more than ten seconds, Erza made a lazy nasal sound, turned her body to the side, and prepared to fall asleep again. Her cute appearance made Li Xuan smile involuntarily.

He let go of Erza's red hair and instead stretched out his index finger and thumb, gently pinching Erza's delicate little nose.

Erza, whose breathing was obstructed, opened her mouth slightly. Seeing that he couldn't wake Erza up even after this, Li Xuan immediately leaned over and lowered his head.

The strangeness of the mouth woke Erza up instantly. She opened her eyes with a little fear. After seeing that it was Li Xuan, her eyes relaxed, and then turned into a look of shame, anger, and joy that kept switching.

"Erza, it's time to get up," Li Xuan released her arrested pink lips after noticing that the girl had woken up.

"Xuanjun~, you bad guy, disturbing my sleep so early in the morning," Erza complained a little, stretched out her hand from under the quilt, and motioned Li Xuan to hug her.

Seeing this, Li Xuan smiled, put his arms around the girl's slender waist, pushed the quilt away, and picked up Erza.

Erza wrapped her arms around Li Xuan's neck, clamped her long thighs around Li Xuan's waist, and hung on Li Xuan's body like a koala, rubbing her little head against Li Xuan's chest.

After playing for a while, Li Xuan took Erza, who had finished washing and dressed in casual clothes, out of the room.

After breakfast, Erza regained her energetic state from yesterday. The three of them got off the yacht and began searching on this deserted island.

The islands are also a kind of wealth.

The settlements of the island groups provide a huge amount of marine life that migrate and live underneath. People living near here often come here to fish and obtain food. If they are lucky enough to catch rare marine life, such as the bluefin tuna that Li Xuan and Erina caught at the time, they can make a fortune.

Erza, holding a long sword, cuts through the thorns on the deserted island. Whenever there is a tree blocking the way, Erza will fly over with a small slash carrying spatial internal energy, silently engulfing the obstacle, which can be regarded as training her internal energy control.

With the speed of three people, they can see the entire situation of the deserted island clearly after just one sweep of their spiritual sense.

More than two hours passed and the three of them returned to the yacht. Erza took off her casual clothes and jumped into the yacht's swimming pool in her underwear. The water in the pool took away her sweat and the coolness around her made her make a comfortable sound.

"Woo~, so comfortable. I was covered in sweat just now, and my clothes became sticky. I felt so uncomfortable. Sakuya-chan, please bring me a set of regular clothes." Erza swam a few laps to relieve her already slight fatigue, and spoke to Sakuya Izayoi who was by the swimming pool.

"Okay, Ms. Erza, please wait a moment," said Sakuya Izayoi, then turned around and went to bring Erza's uniform.

Li Xuan and Irene also took off their regular clothes at this time and slowly entered the swimming pool. The two just followed Erza. With Li Xuan's current physique, he would not sweat a drop even if he searched the deserted island for five consecutive days and five nights. Irene directly attached the concept of temperature to her regular clothes, and her body was always at a comfortable temperature.

Only Erza was running around all the time, without thinking about using her internal energy to balance her body temperature, so her clothes were soaked with sweat.

Chapter 220 Fisherman Tribe

Li Xuan sat in the shallow water of the swimming pool, and Irene sat on his lap, her head resting on his shoulder.

"Mr. Xuan, sister, we have been searching for two hours. We have searched at least dozens of kilometers of the deserted island, but we have not found any clues to the treasure. Shall we continue after lunch?" Erza swam to the other side of Li Xuan, hugged his arm, and spoke to Li Xuan and Irene.

After hearing what her sister said, Irene pondered for a moment, and then said, "Erza, since the news of Apollo's treasure has been spread, there must be a connection. Before I set off just now, I learned from Miss Argo that there is a fishing tribe and two pirate groups in this place. If you really haven't found them, you might as well go to these places and have a look."

Li Xuan also agreed with Irene's suggestion, "Indeed, these three parties have existed in this area for a long time. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are locals. They know more than us outsiders."

After lunch, the three continued to search the dozen or so deserted islands in the surrounding area. They did not stop the exploration until the evening and returned to the yacht. They had no plans to explore the deserted islands at night.

After dinner, the three of them admired the starry sky on the deck.

"Mr. Xuan, come and see, there is a group of people diving into the sea at night. Are they fishing?" In Erza's hand was a spatial screen of about 20 centimeters. This was a method of using the internal energy in the space that she figured out by herself. It folded the distance in space so that she could see the scene in the distance. Erza named this move Clairvoyance.

Li Xuan and Irene looked over and saw dozens of fully armed fishermen carrying oxygen equipment jumping into the water one after another.

"They are from the Fisherman Tribe." Irene had seen the characteristics of the Fisherman Tribe in the information she had collected in Argo that morning.

The picture in the clairvoyance follows this group of fishermen. These fishermen catch seafood at night, such as deep-sea lobsters, which only appear at night.

After watching for half an hour, the fishermen were still catching seafood. Erza was a little bored and was about to remove her clairvoyance. Watching a group of fishermen catching seafood was very boring. Instead of spending this much time, she might as well find Li Xuan to play the kissing game.

"Wait a minute, Erza," Irene said, stopping Erza from removing her clairvoyance.

"What? Sister, what's the point of watching a group of fishermen? It would be better for us to go to the sea and catch them ourselves." Erza's face showed no interest at all.

"Idiot, pay more attention and look closer at the eight o'clock direction." Irene seemed to have discovered something and heard her sister's grumbling voice. She knocked Erza's head in annoyance.

"What? I'm just doing what you say. Why do you have to hit someone's head, Xuanjun? It hurts." Erza didn't stop her hands. Her clairvoyance moved closer in the direction Irene said. She put on a pitiful look on her face and rubbed against Li Xuan's body.

Li Xuan laughed in silence, stretched out his hand, put it on Erza's head, and gently massaged it. Erza smiled when she was comforted.

When the clairvoyance position is zoomed in, you can see several fishermen at this location searching for something, and their movements are no different from those of the other fishermen.

"Is there anything different, sister?" Erza watched for a few more minutes and found that there was nothing special about these fishermen, so she asked Irene.

Irene held her forehead with her hand. She was a little glad that this silly sister was loved by Xuanjun, otherwise she couldn't think of which family would want a fool.

"Look carefully, these fishermen haven't caught any seafood since they went into the water. Even if seafood appeared at their feet, they didn't take action. Instead, they seemed to be searching for something," Irene told Erza and Li Xuan her observation point.

After hearing Irene's words, a look of understanding flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, while Erza slapped her palm and said, "I see," and then nothing more happened.

Seeing Erza continue to look at her curiously, Irene knew that her sister still didn't know.

"These fishermen are very skilled in their search and are very familiar with the sea area here. They seem to be looking for something hidden in the sea."

As soon as Irene finished speaking, a few fishermen seemed to have found something in the picture. They gestured to their companions and pointed to the location. This was an area of ​​coral reefs mixed with underwater mountains.

Soon, several fishermen came over with tools. After they cleaned up some corals, a capital A appeared in front of them.

It can be seen that these fishermen were very excited. They danced in the water for a while, and then began a carpet search around the capital letter A.

Unfortunately, apart from this letter, they did not make any new discoveries in more than two hours. All the corals within a hundred meters had been cleared away, and there was still nothing.

The fishermen went from excitement to disappointment, and finally when their oxygen tanks were almost exhausted, they refilled them with corals and finally floated to the surface and returned to the island of the fisherman's tribe.

"Eh? It's over. It seems they didn't find anything except the letter A," Erza tilted her head and expressed her opinion.

Irene was in deep thought, and Li Xuan reached out and interrupted her thoughts.

"There's no need to think so much, we can just let the Fisherman Tribe tell us," Li Xuan said, and then said to Argo behind him, "Argo, go to the island where the Fisherman Tribe is."

"Yes, sir," Argo received the order and returned to the cockpit. The yacht quickly approached the fisherman's tribe in the dark.

The yacht stopped at a small deserted island a few hundred meters away from the fisherman's tribe island. Then Li Xuan took Irene and Erza off the yacht. Under the influence of internal energy, he held the two's slender waists and flew into the air.

With Li Xuan's strength, he covered the distance of several hundred meters in just a few breaths. After landing, he swept his mind over, and soon, the entire island layout of the fisherman tribe appeared in Li Xuan's mind.

Taking Irene and Erza to the center, Irene plucked a blue grass from the roadside. With the addition of attributes, all the fishermen on guard fell into a deep sleep.

Without any hindrance, the three of them arrived at the center of the fisherman's tribe.

There are a few scattered stone houses, and the rest are all wooden houses, which look like buildings from the last century.

Pushing aside the most imposing building in the Fisherman’s Tribe, although it is still a stone building, at least it uses reinforced concrete structure.

This should be the place where the tribal leader lives. It is equipped with a desk, bookshelf and other facilities. At this moment, an old man in his sixties is lying on the desk.

Li Xuan waved his hand, and the old man and the chair left the desk and came not far in front of Li Xuan.

Chapter 221 Trial Altar

Li Xuan’s divine consciousness invaded.

The old man opened his eyes quickly, but his eyes were now empty.

"What's your name and what is your identity here?" Li Xuan's voice reached the old man's ears.

The old man responded mechanically, "My name is Aduro, I'm the vice-captain of Kidd's Pirates, and I'm the one who replaced the chief of the Fisherman Tribe."

Aduro's words conveyed a lot of information.

"Where is the chief of the Fisherman Tribe?" Li Xuan continued to ask.

Aduro responded immediately, "I killed him after gaining his trust. I explained his death as an exploration for the treasure of the Flame Horse. People in the tribe didn't suspect anything because I entered the tribe five years ago."

"The treasure of the Fiery Horse? Tell me what it is, and what is your purpose in coming to this tribe?"

"I don't know. I have been looking for information about the treasure of the Flame Horse. There are only sporadic records in the books in the tribe. I came to this tribe under the instructions of Captain Kidd. My purpose is to find the inherited treasure of the Fisherman Tribe, the Fruit of the Sea."

"Fruit of the sea?"

"Yes, Captain Kidd said that there is a secret treasure in the Fisherman Tribe that can give people superpowers if they eat it. But I didn't find it on the Fisherman Chief. I interrogated him, but he committed suicide."

Waving her hand, she put aside Aduro, who could no longer provide any information. Irene was now looking through the documents on the bookshelf, while Erza was searching for any hidden secret passages.

Li Xuan came to the desk and looked at the letters and books on the table. Many of them were information summarized by Aduro after comparison.

There are two rumors in the Fisherman Tribe.

One is Aduro's target, the fruit of the sea, which he learned from his captain Kidd, and the other is the treasure of the Fiery Horse, which Aduro discovered after he came to the fisherman's tribe.

After flipping through the letter, Li Xuan soon found out the reason for the strange behavior of the fishermen just now. It was given by Aduro. These fishermen were looking for the treasure of the Flame Horse, and the capital A was one of them.

Not long after Li Xuan found this information, Irene also found related information.

"The Fisherman Tribe has a history of several hundred years. Their ancient books record that their ancestors prepared the power for them to resist foreign enemies. As long as they pass the trial ground, they will receive the blessing of the ocean."

"Then there is the record of the treasure of the Flaming Horse, which is somewhat similar to the treasure of Apollo. At sunrise, the Flaming Horse flies out of Toric's territory, leaving behind inexhaustible treasures, and the ocean will escort the fishermen to obtain the treasure."

Two records about these two rumors were summarized by Irene after reading the ancient books on the bookshelf.

Erza didn't find anything here. After she found no hidden secret passages, the air in the space was dispersed. If it was a hidden space, it would be exposed by this trick. Unfortunately, there was no hidden place in this room.

Li Xuan waved his hand again to call Aduro over, "Where is the trial place?"

"I don't know. Even the people in the Fisherman Tribe don't know. The Trial Ground is just a rumored place. I haven't seen it in the five years I've been here. It's just that every year everyone worships their ancestors at the altar in the square. If there really is a Trial Ground, then the altar in the square should have clues. But I've studied it for so long and still found nothing," explained Aduro's hollow mechanical voice.

Waving his hand to throw Aduro back, Li Xuan took Irene and Erza out of the house and then came to the square.

At this time, the lights from the bulbs on several pillars around the center of the square illuminated the square. In the center of the square there was a stone altar about three or four meters high and more than ten meters long. Many marine creatures and many strange species were carved on the stone walls. When you came to the top of the altar, an altar appeared. On the altar was a round stone bowl with a stone candlestick on each side.

"Here is a description of the sacrificial text." Irene saw some ancient texts of the fishing tribe behind the altar, took out a blank notebook that she had brought with her from the room just now, attached the translation feature, and the text began to convert.

"Offer the purple blood and blue blood to the sea demon, the stone bowl is filled with the essence of the ocean, and the road to trial is now open."