Chapter 129: Voyage Interlude (Six Updates)

  The alarm continued to sound, and all the mercenaries on deck were on high alert. Suddenly, a figure jumped onto the yardarm, wearing coarse linen clothes and sporting a large beard. Li Xie recognized him - he was Bruce, the captain of the Noah's Ark sailboat.

  Bruce climbed up the mast, and the alarm stopped. Bruce shouted loudly: "Tonight, this ship will not provide dinner, everyone is self-sufficient. Of course, if you want to eat something delicious, you can also go down to sea to catch some fish, such as that group of crooked-toothed fish three miles away on our right side. They are rare treasures in the sea, and the captain doesn't mind making a short stop for everyone."

  Bruce said that the mercenaries on the deck all walked to the right, looking into the distance, and a group of ugly fish swam over the sea surface, occasionally jumping out of the water, and it was clear that they were a kind of one-foot-long, hard gray scales all over their bodies, with an inch-long tooth protruding from their mouths.

  "These are fourth-order devil fish, they're not very strong, but they gather in groups and can bite through steel with one snap of their jaws. If you fall into the sea and get surrounded by them, even a tenth-order cultivator would instantly die. However, they don't like the taste of blood, they prefer to eat wood, usually feeding on rotten wood in the sea, but when they encounter ships, they'll launch an attack and devour the ship until it's almost completely gone, often causing trouble for fishermen. But today, their luck is not good. Although devil fish are ugly, they're extremely delicious, and normally fishermen can't catch them, so except for mercenaries at sea, basically no one has ever tasted them. Hehe! Watch as sister catches two for you!"

  Lala made some explanations to Li Xie, then waved her staff and chanted: "Quiet water spirit, please listen to my call, in the silent world, show the unknown violence..."

  As she chanted, the icy blue gemstone on her staff glowed with a soft light. Lala pointed her staff at the school of razor-toothed fish that had arrived about a mile away, and the surface of the sea suddenly seemed to be stirred by an enormous force. In an instant, a whirlpool with a diameter of over 100 meters was formed, with water swirling around at incredible speeds. The razor-toothed fish were trapped inside, with only a small portion managing to leap out of the water's surface and struggle free from its restraints.

  "Sister is so cool! Haha... it's our turn now!" A certain mercenary laughed loudly, picked up a pile of wooden boards from the side of the boat and threw them into the sea. Then, he jumped into the air and dove into the water, using the falling wooden boards as a springboard to propel himself towards the struggling Sawtooth Shark.

  Other mercenaries followed suit, and a large number of wooden boards or other buoyant objects were thrown onto the sea surface about one mile away from the shark's teeth. Lala controlled the movement of the water, making those objects float on the surface without being carried away by the swirling current.

  "It's our turn!" Austere said in a low voice, leaping high into the air, his great sword in hand, and with one swing of his blade, he set off across the sea straight for the Saw-toothed Fish.

  Auster was a 9th-tier Sword Saint, with a large sword in his hand that had a faint golden glow. He inserted half of the sword into the sea and grasped the hilt with both hands, lifting it upwards. The seawater splashed forward, and a poor Sawtooth Fish was cut in two.

  The black-clothed, cold and handsome man with razor-sharp teeth was also a 9th-level Sword Saint. He wielded a two-meter-long iron sword that resembled a reed leaf in shape. His speed was even faster, his movements more agile, unlike Ouster's brutal killing method. Whenever the saw-toothed fish jumped out of the water, he would charge forward with a splash, and with just a flash of his body, no sword was seen, only a cold glow, but the saw-toothed fish that had jumped out of the water had already been cut into two pieces.

  Kite stood on the ship, laughing loudly: "Friends, throw the caught fish into the sky and let me help collect them below."

  As they spoke, Kidd also began to chant, his hands forming a sword-like shape in the air as he gestured, and visible from a distance of one mile out at sea, there were many streams of clear wind flowing on the surface of the water, like an invisible hand carrying the flying fish that had been cut down onto the boat and piling them up.

  It turned out that Kid was an eighth-level wind magic user, but he didn't have a corresponding Wind Magic Crystal to serve as his staff, which is why he wasn't seen carrying one.

  Dozens of mercenaries on the sailboat, most of whom were above sixth-grade, had considerable strength and were naturally at a disadvantage against the fourth-grade Sawtooth Fish.

  The school of bream fish thought they had found a delicious meal, but in fact, they had become the mercenaries' delicious meal.

  Before long, the mercenaries returned to the ship with laughter from the sea, and a pile of crocodile fish had been piled up on the deck, enough for each mercenary to eat three or four, and each crocodile fish was one foot long, enough to burst a mercenary's belly.

  Other razor-toothed fish were also driven away by Lara's water magic and would no longer pose a threat to the ship.

  The mercenaries each got a share of the fish, and after a small episode that brought them together, even unfamiliar mercenaries began to get along with each other. The captain also ordered the sailors to deliver many iron stoves and charcoal to the mercenaries for roasting.

  In the blink of an eye, dozens of mercenaries found their positions and formed ten piles of people. Li Xie's side was still with the Shenwei Mercenary Corps, sitting around the iron stove used for barbecue, igniting charcoal fire.

  Blade and Oster are in charge of slaughtering the Saw-Toothed Fish, Kidd is in charge of roasting, and Li Xie and LaLa just sit and wait to eat.

  "Little guy, scared stiff just now?" LaLa winked at Li Xie.

  Li Xie felt a bit depressed, why did he feel like he was just a little kid? Was he really that weak? Or was this little girl especially old?

  Looking at Lala's lovely appearance of around twenty years old, Li Xie muttered: "The people of the Gods' Continent are hard to distinguish in age, this little girl won't be a hundred years old, right?"

  "What?" Lala couldn't hear what Li Xie said, her eyes fixed on the fish meat that was slowly overflowing with fragrance on the iron stove's mesh.

  "Nope, hehe." Li's eyebrows twitched as he smiled and said, "How could I be afraid with Lala sister here?"

  "Hey! You're a smooth talker!" LaLa said with a seemingly happy tone: "Later, I'll give you the fish lips to eat. That's the most delicious part of the tiger tooth fish!"

  Uh...

  Just thinking of those dense and sharp teeth, Li Xie had no appetite for any fish lips.

  Kidd, who was roasting fish, laughed and said, "What's good about the fish head? Eat the fish tail!"

  "What's so delicious about the fish tail!" Lala frowned and said, "I just can't figure it out, every time you three idiots encounter a buck-toothed fish, you fight over eating the fish tail!"

  "Ha ha, look at Li Xie, his eyebrows twitched: 'Little brother, fish tail, raw and spicy, tiger-toothed fish tail, especially raw and spicy! Hehe...'"

  Li Xie's eyes lit up, and he could see the ripples in Jide's smile, following which he burst out laughing.

  La La frowned and pouted, saying fiercely: "Hmph! Then none of you are allowed to fight with me for the fish lips!"

  Li Xie's mouth corners slightly raised, looking at LaLa, nodded affirmatively: "Uh-huh, I'm sure of it, LaLa sister's first kiss is long gone, don't know if it was given to Bucktooth Fish?"

  "Ah! You little scamp! Bullying my sister!" LaLa was furious, raising her staff: "Believe it or not, I'll knock your head into a package to serve as tonight's snack!"

  "Whoa! Not good!" Li Xie pretended to be scared and hid behind, saying: "If you hit me again, I'll become stupid."

  "Hum! If you dare to bully my sister again, I'll knock you silly. See if you still dare to bully my sister in the future!"

  "No, no, LaLa is so cute, I'm just teasing her. By the way, LaLa, why don't you tell us about your first kiss? We haven't started eating yet, let's chat."

  "Hah! I've fooled my sister again! Come and get me!"

  "No, no, I mean, it was really our first kiss!"

  "Ah, her? Still a virgin kiss? Look at her, not even a bit ladylike. If she kisses a man, she'll definitely bite down hard, who knows, maybe even more ferocious than a piranha. You know, every time there's a piranha, the fish lips are all eaten clean by her."

  "Uncle Kidd! You you!" LaLaDa was furious, pulling Li Xie to her side, mischievously looking at Kidd and then whispering: "Let me tell you, Uncle Kidd is 98 years old this year, hmm! According to what JianYa said, he's still a virgin!"

  Ji De's face turned red with rage, and he glared at Rèn Yá with a fierce gaze. The cool guy didn't seem to care, but finally heard him speak up, only two words: "Facts!"

  Ji De's face turned red with rage, his eyes bulging: "Hmph! You're even worse than me! So introverted you're practically dead, can't even talk to girls, others don't know and think you're just cold-blooded!"

  Ou Zui's mouth twitched, and he awkwardly smiled at Li Xie: "Don't mind us, Duke Xie, we're always like this."

  "No big deal, actually they have deep feelings for each other, that's why they're not afraid to tease each other. I'm quite envious of the relationship between you two." What Li Xie said was true, although the Divine Might Mercenary Group seemed to be mutually belittling each other, in reality they were all just pretending to be angry, treating this mutual belittlement as a flavoring for life.

  Lala twitched her nose and looked at the fish on the net: "Uncle Kid, is it done? The aroma has come out."

  Ji De poked the fish meat with an iron fork a few times and smiled: "These are done, let's eat first, and roast the others slowly."

  Can't help but say, looking at the ugly grouper fish, the flesh is indeed extremely delicious. Its meat doesn't melt in your mouth like that of the snow dragonfish, but instead has a chewy texture, with a taste similar to fish balls. When you take a bite, the juices burst open, filling your mouth with freshness. Especially the part around the fish's lips, which is completely gelatinous, offering not only freshness but also a unique crunchy texture and the sweetness of fish oil. One bite and you'll be satisfied!

  Paired with the blood flame wine brought out by Li Xie, it's a sigh, how much of life is there, and it's just like this!

  After a brief encounter with the Sawfish, the Noah's Ark sailed smoothly all the way to the Divine Turtle Island.

  During this time, Li Xie also became familiar with the Shinwei Mercenary Corps. The several men of Ost were still as gentle as ever, while Lala, that little girl, was more and more fond of bossing Li Xie around, and had a very violent tendency, often wanting to hit Li Xie on the head.

  Li Xie didn't mind at all. In fact, having been lonely and dependent on no one since childhood, Li Xie yearned for this kind of sisterly care, just like being pampered, which would make his heart feel very warm.

  However, there is no banquet in the world that does not disperse. The Noah's Ark was just an interlude for Li Xiang, and the Divine Guardian Mercenary Group may also be just a small episode in his life journey. The place of farewell is on the Divine Turtle Island.

  Divine Turtle Island is aptly named, shaped like a divine turtle, and is a small island of less than ten square kilometers. The Noah docked at the pier on Divine Turtle Island, and a group of mercenaries began to disembark.

  This way, the mercenaries with ill intentions did not take action because of their fear of the Divine Guardian Mercenary Group. They were waiting, waiting for them to disembark. Because they didn't dare confirm whether the Sea Emperor was really out of his mind and treated Li Xie as a guest, this point would be revealed once they disembarked. And if Li Xie wasn't the Sea Emperor's guest, the mercenaries who had already taken Li Xie as a fat sheep might rise up and attack him together.

  "No way! You have to come with us!" Li Xie and several members of the Divine Might Mercenary Group had already disembarked, with LaLa pulling Li Xie close, while Oster and the others looked grave, waiting in formation.

  They all realized that many mercenaries on the same boat did not leave immediately, but stayed around, some even standing by, casting greedy glances at Li Xie without concealment. Moscow, who robbed Li Xie's wine, was one of them.