110: Blue Fish Pirate

Night once again enveloped the sea as the zi hour arrived.

In his cabin, Qin Feng received the new intelligence on time.

[Ding! The zi hour has arrived! Daily intelligence has refreshed!]

[Today's Intelligence:]

[White Intelligence: Because you have concealed your merchant house's insignia, you have caught the attention of the largest pirate gang in the nearby waters, the 'Green Fish Bandits'. Currently, two scout ships disguised as fishing boats are tailing and probing you from your flank and rear.]

[Green Intelligence: Approximately thirty nautical miles to the right of your course lies a nameless deserted island. The island contains a small amount of 'Blue Crystal Ore' (a Profound Rank Artifact Refining material) and grows 'Cleansing Heart Grass' which can be used to refine Detoxification Pills. A small number of uncivilized Barbaric Natives reside on the island, their highest strength is approximately Martial Master Peak.]

[Black Intelligence: In the deep sea about thirty thousand zhang below the waters you are currently sailing, sleeps a powerful being from the sea-dwelling 'Giant Shark Tribe', its strength is approximately Advanced Martial Emperor. Do not conduct large-scale deep-sea energy explosions or prolonged, high-frequency violent energy fluctuations, otherwise there is a certain probability of awakening it. The consequences would be unimaginable.]

"Black intelligence! Again!" Qin Feng's heart jolted, and he felt a wave of fear. An Advanced Martial Emperor sea-dweller! On this vast sea, if such an existence were awakened, everyone on their ship probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between its teeth!

"This world is indeed full of dangers everywhere, and the deep seas even more so hide dragons and crouch tigers." He warned himself inwardly that he must be even more cautious.

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside the cabin door, followed by Steward Liu's slightly tense voice: "Young Master Qin, Captain Zhang requests your presence in the command cabin. There's a situation!"

Qin Feng immediately rose, pushed the door open, and walked quickly with Steward Liu towards the command cabin.

Inside the cabin, Captain Zhang Yuan was pointing through a porthole at two faint points of lamplight on the distant sea: "Young Master Qin, look. Those two fishing boats have been following us at a distance since this afternoon. They just suddenly signaled with flags, saying their boats are broken and asking us to help them, to let them come alongside or take their people aboard."

Steward Liu frowned deeply and said in a low voice, "Young Master Qin, on the open sea like this, fishing boats suddenly appearing and asking for help... I fear... it's a trick."

"Hmph, it's not 'I fear', it's definitely a trick." Qin Feng snorted coldly. His Divine Sense, bolstered by the System's intelligence, was far more acute than others of his Realm. He had long since sensed the aura hidden on those two fishing boats. Although deliberately suppressed, that murderous aura couldn't fool him. "Two small fry, daring to come and test us."

He pushed open the side door of the command cabin and walked out to the ship's railing. The night wind howled, whipping his robes.

The two fishing boats, seemingly seeing that the 'ten thousand seas' gave no response, began slowly approaching again.

A cold light flashed in Qin Feng's eyes. He pointed his fingers together like a sword. The pure Internal Energy within his body surged, instantly condensing into an extremely refined, pale cyan Sword Qi at his fingertips. With a sharp, piercing sound, it shot through the air towards one of the fishing boats!

Finger Sword Among Flowers!

"Boom!"

The Sword Qi accurately struck the midsection of the fishing boat. Wood splinters flew everywhere. The small fishing boat couldn't withstand such force at all. It was directly blasted open with a large hole. Seawater rushed in madly, and the hull began to tilt and sink at a visible speed!

Panicked shouts and splashing sounds immediately erupted from the fishing boat.

Qin Feng channeled his Internal Energy, his voice like ice, clearly carrying across the nearby waters: "Scram! Tell your leader not to provoke those they shouldn't! Otherwise, next time, it won't be the boat that's shattered!"

The bandits on the other fishing boat were scared out of their wits. How dare they linger? They hurriedly turned their boat around, rowed desperately, didn't even care about their companions, and fled in panic into the darkness. Those bandits who had fallen into the water also frantically swam into the distance...

Several dozen nautical miles away, on a Pirate Ship slightly smaller than the 'ten thousand seas' but faster, with a fierce Green Fish head carved on its prow.

Inside the brightly lit cabin, a woman with an extremely hot figure, wearing leather gear that revealed a section of her taut waist, sat with her legs crossed on a tiger-skin chair. She appeared to be around thirty, her face bearing a wild beauty, with fiery Red Hair cascading loosely. Her aura had clearly reached the Half-Step Martial King Realm!

She was precisely the leader of the Green Fish Bandits, known as 'Red Hair' Mace.

"Report, Leader!" A drenched, terrified bandit scrambled into the cabin on his hands and knees, kneeling on the floor. "Th-that cargo ship... has a tough customer! With a single finger pointed through the air, he blasted Old Sixth's boat to pieces! At least... at least a Grand Martial Master or higher expert! Possibly more than one!"

Mace frowned, put down the wine bowl in her hand, and cursed, "Damn it! Such a big cargo ship, looks so fat. I haven't had a good haul in ages!"

She irritably grabbed her fiery Red Hair: "Lately, those damned Wokou have snatched quite a few of our fat sheep and killed many of our brothers! Those hateful things!"

An older, more experienced pirate beside her whispered, "Leader, the Wokou usually kill everyone and leave no witnesses, rarely seize goods or take hostages for ransom. Not like us... Sigh, it's all because of that old emperor years ago enforcing that 'Maritime Trade Ban', saying it was to prevent Wokou and crack down on smuggling.

Only allowing official fleets to sail, forcing us merchants who used to trade, leaving us with no livelihood, so we had no choice but to become outlaws. Now that the New Emperor has ascended, just as the sea ban was finally lifted, those damned Wokou have become active again, and they're even more ruthless than us!"

Mace snorted coldly: "What's the use of saying all that! The fat meat is right before our eyes. Are we just going to let it go?"

She stood up, her fiery figure fully displayed, a flash of ruthlessness and greed in her eyes: "Goods escorted by a Grand Martial Master must be extraordinary! Pass the order, keep following them closely! I'll go see for myself what their background is! If it's a tough nut to crack... we'll see!"

She refused to believe that in these waters, a ship without insignia could make her break a tooth.