CH 301

301: Preparing to Leave Sanye Island

The most pig teammate of all was, obviously, Milty. She hadn’t done anything except stare at the sea waiting for her fiancé since they arrived on the island.

That left Leo and Ink with Little Bun and the nanny beast. Someone had to protect Little Bun, so they couldn’t both dive at the same time. The nanny beast was there, but with so many merchants on the island, neither Ink nor Leo felt good about leaving Little Bun alone with only the nanny beast for protection.

So one of them always stayed behind to watch over Little Bun, while the other dove to find the flowers. This was why they hadn’t completed the mission by the time Ming Xi’s group came over.

Leo blamed himself for poor leadership. He was incompetent and had failed to complete the task assigned by his senior. In order to make up for it, he worked extra hard on the dive.

The other three guys also worked hard, but despite this, the group only found two flowers. Two hours had already elapsed.

Ming Xi was still fine, but the other three weren’t doing so good. Jier was fire, so he was bad in water and had to expend a lot more magic than usual. Because of this, even though his magic was stronger than Leo or Ink, he was basically on par with them in the water. He had to go and rest on shore.

No one would actually stay in the water until they exhausted all their magic at the three-hour limit.

The sea was a dangerous place. It was wise to save some magic should the situation arise where fighting was necessary. Not doing so was just courting death. . .

The four of them came out of the water to find Feng Wu taking care of Little Bun while the nanny beast was cooking on the grill. There was a lot of variety, with different fishes, crabs and lobsters.

“Little White’s abilities keep getting better and better,” declared Jier after taking a bite of fish. He sat beside the fire and had grabbed a deliciously looking fish that was grilled to perfection.

Little White’s eyes crinkled, pleased with the compliment.

“Compared to her owner, this is indeed amazing.” Ink knew how horrific Feng Wu’s cooking was.

Feng Wu walked over holding a bunch of tri-color flowers in her hand.

“What?! Where did those come from?!” Leo was shocked. They had been searching for so long and only came up with two flowers, but here was Feng Wu with, what, seven or eight in her hand like it was nothing at all. It defied logic!

“These are from a friend.”

Just now, while Feng Wu was waiting by the shore with Little Bun in her arms, several small fish monsters showed up. They chatted for a bit and became friends.

The little fishes knew she was looking for the tri-colored flower so each one of them had brought her one.

Feng Wu solved the problem that had been plaguing them for so many days that simply.

Leo felt arrows pierce his knees. He had to bow down to Feng Wu.

After enjoying the wonderful seafood grill, they all agreed to leave the island after resting for a few days.

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Leo rushed into the caving yelling, “Bad news! Bad news! Milty took our boat!”

“What!? That woman dared?!” Jier was stunned.

Ming Xi had hired and paid for both the crew and the ship for the mission to Sanye island, but out of consideration for the crew’s safety, had taken a different boat to go to Demon Wind island. The original ship was left with Leo for his use.

The ship had everything, including all their provisions. The captain was also knowledgeable and an invaluable resource. They needed him to sail them back.

For her fiancé, Milty had driven away their only boat. It was outrageous of her.

“That damn woman! She’s no good, way too selfish!” Ink was so angry he almost saw red.

“How did you discover the boat was missing?” Ming Xi asked.

Leo shook his head in embarrassment. “I wasn’t the one who discovered it; it was an uncle in the village. He knew we hadn’t left yet. He came and reported it because he was worried someone had stolen it.

Once I found out, I went around and asked a few of the villagers if they had seen anything. That’s how I found out Milty took the boat out by herself.”

Ming Xi nodded. “It’s OK. It’s not a big deal. We’ll find another boat. She can use it if she wants to.”

“Milty and her fiancé are just plain bad news. One will do anything for a woman, even go to Demon Wind island. The other is even crazier, stupidly fearless for a man.” Jier was still amazed by the whole thing.

“Bad people.” Feng Wu nodded her head in agreement with Jier.

“Let’s rest for a bit, then tomorrow we’ll go to the trade islands and buy another ship. There should be a boat on Sanye that will go there.” Ming Xi said.

“That’s the thing, I’m not sure if there is one.” While it was true there were boats that sailed between the islands, they didn’t sail every day.

“We’ll ask the villagers tomorrow. It will be good if there is a boat tomorrow, but if not, then we’ll think about it then. We can play here for a few more days while we think of another way to get to the trade islands.”

Ink’s suggestion was unanimously approved. They all found individual spots to rest while they waited to see what tomorrow would bring.

The next morning, Ink went down to the village to ask about boats leaving for the trade islands. The answer was an unexpected five days. After asking about the schedule, Ink returned to the cave.

The cave was quiet after Ink shared the news.

“What should we do? Wait for five days or find another way off the island?” Ink threw the question to Ming Xi since he was their captain.

“How about this, we try to find a merchant ship that’s passing through that’s willing to take us onboard. If there aren’t any merchant ships, then we’ll wait the five days for the Sanye ship.”

No one disagreed. They had completed their mission, so when they returned wasn’t a big deal, as long as they got back to campus before classes resumed.

Fortunately they did find a passing merchant ship. The ship’s destination wasn’t Zhongyang or the trade islands, but a place called Biluo. It was a large and powerful archipelago composed of twelve islands. This, of course, meant there were twelve lords.