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The pointed boat of the Shenlong Sect was riding the wind and waves on the sea, moving rapidly towards the south.

The rising sun shines on the bow of the boat, like a layer of gold.

Chu Zheng and Qin Ruyun stood side by side, looking at the endless blue sea in the distance.

The two set out from Chenxi Island and had been sailing on the sea for nearly two days.

Although the pointed-headed ship of the Shenlong Sect is not as big as a big ship and is not comfortable to sit up, it is because it is fast enough. Especially after Chu Zheng removed the two heavy red artillery guns, the speed was far higher than that of Zhang San's previous big ship.

"Reported to Shuai Chu and Qin Military Advisor, it should be not far from Bat Island. According to the words of Wei, it is estimated that Bat Island will be close to Noon." A man with a scar on his face stepped forward and said respectfully.

This man was named Xu Fangyuan, the former naval commander of Chenxi Island, and was from Tong Hai. Later, the Li family coalition invaded Chenxi Island. Because the warships of the Shenlong Sect were equipped with red barbarian cannons, coupled with the terrifying sea snake, the navy where he was located was almost destroyed, and a few survivors like him became prisoners.

After King Chen was massacred by the Li family, his family was also killed by Japanese pirates when the city was broken. After hearing the news, Xu Fangyuan was almost furious. He joined several old comrades in the army and took advantage of the night to kill several guards, escape from the prisoner camp, join the rebel army, and finally became the leader of a small rebel army of hundreds.

In time, Qin Ruyun and Tong Hai recruited the rebels everywhere. After seeing the letter from Uncle Qi, he took people to Qin Ruyun's command without hesitation.

This time Chu Zheng was going to go out to sea, Qin Ruyun transferred him to be the captain. Almost all the sailors on the ship were soldiers of the original naval division, as well as some old helmsmen and old sailors who had been a decades old. The only outsider was the Wei general of the former Li family naval division. He was captured alive by Chu Zheng at the West Coast Wharf. This man had visited Bat Island several times and served as a guide this time.

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain Xu."

"It is an honor to be able to serve Shuai Chu!" Xu Fangyuan did not hide his respect in his eyes, and secretly glanced at Qin Ruyun, and then bowed respectfully and retreated.

Since Chu Zheng's record of killing nearly 100 Japanese ninjas such as Keiichiro Iga in the Battle of Qixishan has spread, islanders such as Xu Fangyuan who particularly hate Japanese pirates have been full of gratitude and admiration for him, and this time he took off the boat, he was extremely respectful.

"It seems that Shuai Chu's name is really famous. All the people I brought in turned to your command in a blink of an eye." Qin Ruyun said with a smile.

She had a good rest on the boat these two days, and her face became rosy. Because there were not many people on the boat, after asking Chu Zheng, she returned to her original appearance and dress. At this time, she gently stroked her hair, and the crimson cloak was flying in the wind, and she was so beautiful that she could not even be seen.

Chu Zheng stared at her and smiled and said, "Aren't we 'friends who recommend each other'? Isn't mine yours? Is it necessary to distinguish so clearly?"

Qin Ruyun smiled and stepped forward to hold his big hand: "You all said that we are 'friends who recommend food to each other'. Yours should be Xiang'er and the others', not mine."

"I'm wondering why you always say 'Xiang'er and the others' and divide yourself from them so clearly?"

"Not only Xiang'er, don't Cheng Lingsu and Shui Sheng both like you? Can you make up your mind to abandon them? Isn't it good to be happy with them in the end?"

"...As a girl who grew up in a modern civilized society, it doesn't seem strange to say such things openly?"

"Is it strange?"

"It's very strange. Don't you girls hate men's fickleness the most?"

Chu Zheng was indeed very strange. He was born in the ancient world of hidden martial arts and it was nothing to think that he was accustomed to his three wives and four concubines. After all, the ancient marriage system at that time, but Qin Ruyun's background in modern society should have completely different attitudes towards this, right?

Qin Ruyun nodded and said, "That's right, the flirtatious scumbag is really annoying."

"Then do you often fool me and girls other than Xiang'er?"

Qin Ruyun smiled and said, "The three of them are different. Oh, right, has Dongfang Bai grown up too?"

"Yes, why did you mention Dongfang Bai again?"

"Dongfangbai is now in a special pet state, but if he is not invisible, he is no different from a normal girl, right?"

"Yes, she will be injured, hungry and sleepy..."

"I'm not talking about this. Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain. Please count her." Qin Ruyun raised four slender fingers: "Xiang'er, Cheng Lingsu, Shui Sheng, Dongfang Bai, I can accept you when you are with them, and I don't think you are a fickle scumbag."

Can you stop pulling this little girl Dongfang Bai?

Chu Zheng was speechless, he stroked his forehead and said, "It's not fickle to be with four girls? Can you give me a reason?"

"Can I like the four of them? As a 'friend who recommends food to each other', I should have the right to decide who you can and who you can't be with. Apart from the four of them, you can't be with other girls. If you like other girls, I will be very angry. Unless... I can only get approved by me."

"...You are confused and I can't understand at all. 'Pleasant'... Do you remember that you don't like Cheng Lingsu very much? You are not very close to Shui Sheng. You are just good to Xiang'er and Dongfang Bai."

Qin Ruyun ignored his words and said, "Oh, is there another Li Wenxiu you like? But I have never seen Li Wenxiu. You can't be with her until I have confirmed it."

“…”

"Why, Shuai Chu, are you not satisfied with allowing you to open a big harem?" Qin Ruyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm sure that Xiang'er will help you in the future, and she will agree."

Chu Zheng sighed, too lazy to discuss this strange topic with her again.

He really couldn't understand and accept Miss Qin Er's words just now.

That's right, during the dark period of his mentality in the Hidden Martial Arts World, he was even more unscrupulous about dealing with women. There were only 800 beauties with him.

But it may be because he was once in a state of trouble. After dating Guo Xiang, he felt that he cherished this relationship very much. He just wanted to be kind to Guo Xiang wholeheartedly. After making a promise to propose marriage, he deliberately kept a distance from other women. The only exception may be Cheng Lingsu.

As for the girl in front of me, her situation is even more special than Cheng Lingsu.

Chu Zheng was with her without any guilt about Guo Xiang, and even felt inexplicably justified and taken for granted. Whenever he remembered what Guo Xianglin said when he parted, "Don't be flirted with Sister Qin", this strange feeling was even more obvious.

You should know that at that time he was quite distant from Miss Qin Er. He rarely chatted except for the topics related to the mission. It was a bit reluctant to call him an "ordinary friend". At that time, Guo Xiang suddenly said this sentence and surprised Chu Zheng. The meaning of the words seemed to think that he would definitely be with Qin Ruyun. Moreover, Guo Xiang's tone at that time was obviously acting coquettish, not a "warning", as if the subtext was "You must spoil me more, and you can't just talk about love with Sister Qin."

I also thought of the strange conversation between the two girls when Guo Xiang first met Qin Ruyun... Chu Zheng always felt that his subconscious seemed to have captured some key information, but he was separated by a layer of fog and could not touch the truth.

However, judging from Miss Qin Er’s meaning, if Xiang Er is in this world, she will never become a lover with him. At most, she will only maintain the current "friend who recommends food to each other" relationship with ambiguous and intimate relationship. There is no need to consider Miss Qin Er’s problem for the time being.

As the two were talking, Xu Fangyuan suddenly ran over and said from a distance: "Ship Chu, there is a report on important matters."

"Xu Xiaowei came over and said."

"Yes." Xu Fangyuan then approached and said solemnly: "Supervisor Chu, Military Advisor Qin, the guy named Wei just now provided another undetermined information."

"What information?"

"There may be a sea dragon from the Dragon Sect near Bat Island."

The sea dragon? It should be the sea snake.

Chu Zheng's eyebrows locked up.

When they left Chenxi Island, they saw the rumored sea snake. I don’t know what signal it sent before the Shenlong Sect was captured alive, or for other reasons, the sea snake originally entrenched on the east side of the island suddenly approached the West Coast Wharf.

Chu Zheng and the others could see its half-discovered body on the sea from afar, at least thirty or forty feet long, and the exposed head was even bigger than a water tank. Its pair of narrow lantern eyes, black scales shining with golden light, short horns on its head and two long whiskers. It looked very similar to the legendary dragon, but it seemed to have no claws. Overall, it should belong to a sea snake, or a dragon.

However, Chu Zheng and his other ships had set sail at that time and accelerated to leave Chenxi Island with the wind. The sea snake did not chase after him, but just wandered around the west coast pier, scaring the common boat workers on the shore to scream and stay away from the beach.

Chu Zheng was afraid that it would sank the ship in the dock, so he gave it a "ultrasonic impact cannon" from afar. The waves caused by the explosion were more than ten feet high. I don't know if they hit the sea snake. When the waves were calm, the sea snake was gone.

Chu Zheng estimated that even if the sea snake had a strong scale defense, it would be injured at most if it hit him, and it would not take its life. However, because he was in a hurry to rush to Bat Island, Chu Zheng did not have time to sneak into the sea to chase it. Such a powerful sea snake, with Chu Zheng's current strength, would have to pay a lot of money to kill it, and it would take at least half a day.

At this time, when he heard that there was a sea snake near Bat Island, how could Chu Zheng not frown?

He could protect Qin Ruyun's safety, but the ship and the people above were in danger. With the physique of the sea snake, as long as it swept over, the not-so-large pointed boat would fall over. If it wraps in the water, it would immediately break into two pieces, and everyone would become a delicacy in its belly.

These people are Chu Zheng's subordinates, how could Chu Zheng watch them be killed?

The only way is to find the sea snake, Chu Zheng rushed over to fight with it, spending a lot of time and energy to kill it first...

This will easily alert the snake, arousing the alertness and full alertness of Bat Island.

Chu Zheng secretly gritted his teeth. This Dragon Sect is currently strange. It can train two such sea snakes?

After Xu Fangyuan left, Chu Zheng and Qin Ruyun discussed it. If they really encountered this sea snake, the only way was to stop sailing when approaching Bat Island. Chu Zheng took Qin Ruyun to walk around the sea snake and then landed on Bat Island. If they were afraid that they would take a long way.

Qin Ruyun said softly: "Don't worry, the Bat Island trade will be held every six months, each lasting ten days. Now is the second day. Even if we take a detour, we will definitely be able to catch up."

Chu Zheng nodded, suddenly caught something from the corner of his eyes, but turned his head to look at the sea on the left.

Relying on his eyesight that was far beyond ordinary people, he saw a black dot moving, which seemed to be a big ship.

After looking at it for a while, the black spots slowly magnified. It was indeed a ship! And it was a lucky ship two or three times larger than their pointed boat!

From the perspective of the course, it seems to be consistent with their goals.

Chu Zheng immediately found Xu Fangyuan.

Xu Fangyuan personally climbed the mast lookout platform, and the sailors in charge of the lookout also discovered the big ship and talked to Xu Fangyuan.

Xu Fangyuan came down to report: "Ship Chu, this place is not a shipping route. Logically speaking, you would not see such large merchant ships." He explained that this type of lucky ship is expensive and has a deep draft that can travel far away from the sea. Generally, only large merchants can build it.

Half an hour later, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and the flag bearers above each played flag words.

Xu Fangyuan quickly explained again: "The other party is indeed a merchant ship, passing through here."

Chu Zheng did not answer, but just looked at the bow of the ship hundreds of feet away from the opposite side.

Seeing that his expression was strange, Qin Ruyun asked, "What's wrong?"

"I seemed to see A Fei and Chu Liuxiang on the bow of the boat over there."

Qin Ruyun said in surprise: "Really?"

Chu Zheng looked at it for a moment and said surely: "That's right."

He immediately ordered Xu Fangyuan to approach.

Chu Zheng nodded, suddenly caught something from the corner of his eyes, but turned his head to look at the sea on the left.

Relying on his eyesight that was far beyond ordinary people, he saw a black dot moving, which seemed to be a big ship.

After looking at it for a while, the black spots slowly magnified. It was indeed a ship! And it was a lucky ship two or three times larger than their pointed boat!

From the perspective of the course, it seems to be consistent with their goals.

Chu Zheng immediately found Xu Fangyuan.

Xu Fangyuan personally climbed the mast lookout platform, and the sailors in charge of the lookout also discovered the big ship and talked to Xu Fangyuan.
To be continued...