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Chapter 204 Xia Fa's Cultivation Journey!
Chapter 204 Xia Fa's Cultivation Journey!
The waves crashed and pounded against the shore, and sunlight shone through the splashing water, casting rainbow-like rays on the rocks.
A pair of sturdy leather boots stepped onto the rocks.
The owner of the boots was a rather muscular Western cowboy, standing at 1.8 meters tall, with a rugged beard. Just one glance was enough to convey his tough-guy reliability.
It was Xia Fa who had disguised his appearance and identity.
Since he had already disguised his identity, he definitely needed to give himself a new name. After thinking hard for a long time, Xia Fa decided to call himself "Caesar," mainly to make it easier for readers to remember. Xia Fa felt that he was quite thoughtful.
In this world, although there are architectural styles reminiscent of ancient Rome and ancient Greece, such a history does not exist.
Therefore, it's not strange that he calls himself "Caesar," and no one will associate him with Julius Caesar, because there was never a Julius Caesar in the history of this world.
"Chainsaw Pirates"
It cost a full 30,100 gold pounds—no, 30,200 gold pounds including drinks—to finally acquire the information. While Xia Fa felt a pang of regret, he also secretly hoped for it.
As long as I can find Captain Hook, I'm pretty confident I can kill him. Then, I'll most likely be able to finish my understanding of the Stargate and sign the "Mysterious Singularity" agreement!
Once the Mystic Singularity, a supreme-level secret contract, is signed, the Wolf-level transcendent will become the first person in history to simultaneously sign three supreme-level secret contracts...
Finally, I will be able to protect myself on the sea, which is full of both danger and opportunity!
Even when facing a Crimson Agent, they can manage to exchange a few blows and avoid being constantly on the defensive.
Fungus, insect, eagle, wolf, elephant, whale, demigod, angel, and overlord—wolf-level fighting overlord, just thinking about it is exciting.
The key now is to find a way to infiltrate the "Chainsaw Pirates" and head to the Sun Volcano in Princess Shark's territory!
I wonder if the Chainsaw Pirates will be easy to infiltrate. This is a port outside the City of Ten Thousand Stars in the Worm Islands. In the pirate-ruled territory, the pirate ships naturally don't need to find a remote bay to dock like they do in Rum City; they can just dock at the port.
However, this also resulted in the port outside the City of Ten Thousand Stars being almost entirely filled with pirate ships. The two largest pirate ships, naturally, were the Starship and the Sharkship.
Both ships are simply magnificent; the Shark is like a mobile megacity on the sea, while the Star is like a ship carrying a small planet.
The difference is that on the deck of the Shark, many pirates are already happily busy preparing to set sail.
On the Hengxing, a group of men wearing wooden ghost masks and black suits were enforcing martial law with sniper rifles equipped with scopes.
"It seems the Crimson Agents have already taken over the Starship—"
Xia Fa withdrew his gaze. Now was not the time to concern himself with this matter. He would wait until he had killed Captain Hook and signed the Mysterious Singularity, a supreme-level secret contract, before returning to properly plan how to proceed.
Turning his gaze to the port, Xia Fa saw hundreds of pirate ships of all sizes, even mixed with black market merchant ships, with various flags fluttering in the wind. The flags bore the symbols of many different pirate groups, which made Xia Fa's scalp tingle. Finding the Chainsaw Pirates among hundreds of ships seemed a bit difficult.
"We're hiring! We're hiring! Let's cause some trouble at the Solar Volcano!"
Suddenly, Xia Fa spotted a young man wearing a sleeveless denim jacket and a baseball cap, holding a sign and struggling to squeeze through the dense crowd at the port, shouting enthusiastically to see what was going on.
A thought struck him, and upon closer inspection, he saw lines of job postings on the sign.
The Chainsaw Pirates cordially invite you to join them on a grand mission!
Our pirate crew primarily engages in capturing supernatural creatures, and secondarily in exploring ruins, ancient sites, and eerie realms. We welcome mercenaries and can also help transport black market goods. We are currently recruiting throughout the Baron Ocean!
[Requirements: At least three years of pirate experience. No experience is necessary, as long as you don't betray your fellow pirates!]
[Detailed Benefits and Compensation]
[Fungus-level Pirate: Monthly salary of 100 gold pounds, three pieces of supernatural creature jerky, and two bottles of sanity-stabilizing potions provided monthly]
[Insect-level Pirate: Monthly salary of 500 gold pounds, 10 pieces of supernatural creature jerky provided monthly, 5 bottles of sanity stabilizing potion, after serving for 6 months, a regular secret contract will be provided free of charge]
[Eagle-class pirate: Monthly salary of one thousand gold pounds, twenty pieces of supernatural creature jerky, and ten bottles of sanity-stabilizing potions. After serving for six months, the captain can contribute half of the cost to help purchase a high-level secret contract.]
[Wolf-level Pirate: Monthly Salary of 3,000 Gold Coins]
[Elephant-level Pirate—]
【Whale-level】
[Demigod-level Pirate: You'll be the first mate if you join us, salary negotiable!]
[Angel-level Pirate: Once you're here, you're the captain! Our Captain Chainsaw Baker will be your first mate!]
[Dominator-level Pirate: Haha, just kidding! Surely no Dominator would actually want to join our pirate crew? If so, we'd all be happy to be your underlings!]
Xia Fa glanced through the entire text and found it quite interesting. Pirates had all sorts of ways of recruiting, but very few of them wrote down the compensation and benefits so clearly.
Could it be that Captain Chainsaw Baker ran a company before he became a pirate?
Without hesitation, Xia Fa walked straight over.
Upon seeing this, the rather burly young man wearing a baseball cap immediately stepped forward and came to greet him.
"Hey bro, wanna join our chainsaw pirate crew? The benefits are all listed, check it out, you'll be satisfied!"
Before arriving at the port, Xia Fa had already canceled the ability of the suit treasure to conceal his rank and aura, so as to prevent anyone from discovering his identity through this.
After all, if he, as Xia Fa, and as Caesar, could both conceal their rank and aura, it would be hard not to guarantee that they wouldn't be contacted by someone with ulterior motives and discover something.
As the saying goes, "better safe than sorry," and after experiencing the Wanxing Pirate Crew's pirate conference, Xia Fa has come to understand the meaning of this saying even more deeply.
"What are you going to do at the Solar Volcano? If it's to go on an adventure inside, then forget it."
Xia Fa spoke, his voice sounding quite steady and strong.
It's a pity I didn't have a cigar on hand, otherwise, it would have been even more stylish to have one in my mouth.
The young man in the baseball cap smiled and said:
"Of course we can't go into the Sun Volcano. To put it bluntly, is that something pirates below the level of demigods like us can enter? The reason we're going to the vicinity of the Sun Volcano this time is to—"
He suddenly leaned closer and whispered in Xia Fa's ear, nuzzling against it and breathing hot air into it.
"—Catch the weird."
Xia Fa looked quite surprised, raising an eyebrow:
"Why are you grabbing this thing?"
Although he was asking a question in return, he did not mention a single word related to "weird".
Seeing this, the young man in the baseball cap nodded secretly, acknowledging Xia Fa's caution and composure, and smiled:
"I don't know what we'll do with it, but it'll be very valuable. Don't worry, we have special treasures, so there won't be any problems. As long as we handle it well, we're especially not afraid of it getting out of control."
As he spoke, he looked Xia Fa up and down, his tone carrying a hint of seduction:
"Hey bro, wanna come? I bet you're already Eagle-class, that's enough to make a living at sea."
Xia Fa pretended to consider it for a moment:
"Are you sure there are no problems?"
The young man in the baseball cap said rather boldly:
"You can board the ship first, and if you feel something is wrong, you can disembark at any time. Our captain will even provide you with a small wooden boat, provided that you pay a breach of contract fee, which is equivalent to one month's salary."
Xia Fa then pretended to be relieved:
"Alright, where's our ship?"
The young man in the baseball cap was overjoyed to see him agree. He held up the sign with one hand, flipped the other hand over, took out a brooch, and handed it to Xia Fa.
Immediately, he pointed to the three o'clock position of the port.
"See that black flag with the yellow and black chainsaw pattern? Wear this brooch and go over there."
After the young man in the baseball cap finished speaking, he patted Xia Fa on the shoulder:
"Good luck! If you pull off this job, you can at least live a carefree life for a year or two! By the way, my name is Asherma, what's yours?"
"Caesar".
Xia Fa threw out the name without saying anything more, then turned and walked towards the chainsaw pirate ship.
Strangely enough, he had been looking around the harbor but couldn't find the ship anywhere, but the young man in the baseball cap named Asher pointed at it and spotted it immediately.
Upon reaching the shore, Xia Fa first put on the brooch around her neck. It was a chainsaw-shaped brooch with alternating yellow and black stripes, quite exquisite.
As soon as Xia Fa put on the brooch, he saw that the chainsaw pirate ship immediately sailed towards him.
Before the pirate ship even docked, Xia Fa leaped across the deck, using only his physical strength to traverse dozens of meters.
There were more than thirty pirates on the deck, of all shapes and sizes. When they saw Xia Fa show off his skills, some of them turned serious, while others were quite disdainful.
Just then, from among the pirates, a rather short and stout middle-aged man carrying a chainsaw stepped forward and walked up to Xia Fa.
"Wow, impressive skills, bro! Welcome to our Chainsaw Pirate Crew!"
The man was bald but had a black beard, short and thick limbs, and a muscular build. The chainsaw on his back was also striped with yellow and black stripes, and he exuded the aura of a demigod. It was clear at a glance that he was "Chainsaw Baker," the captain of the Chainsaw Pirates.
He took Xia Fa's arm with one hand and patted his shoulder with the other, appearing quite warm.
"Now that we're on board, we're all brothers. If you need anything, just ask me."
Xia Fa maintained his tough-guy image and said in a deep voice:
"Alright, thank you very much, Captain Baker."
Captain Baker smiled and nodded, then pulled him aside and introduced him to the other crew members one by one.
Of these crew members, only one was whale-class, and only three were elephant-class; the rest were wolf-class or lower.
Xia Fa discovered that, on the surface, his strength was only at the middle level within the Chainsaw Pirates.
boom!
Suddenly, the deck beneath my feet shook, and the ship had docked.
Xia Fa was slightly taken aback. He had already boarded the ship, so why was the ship still docking?
But immediately, he heard the melodious voices of two girls behind him, as sweet as wind chimes.
"Here it comes! The ship has docked!"
"Sisters, let's go up quickly!"
"Hehe, finally I can experience the life of a pirate. It was so hard to escape from the palace."
"What palace? Didn't we just escape from home?"
"Oh right! Look at me, I got carried away and said the wrong thing."
Xiafa: —
Before he even turned around, he already realized something was wrong.
One of the two girls seems to be mentally challenged.
Immediately afterwards, a sweet fragrance of jasmine and cornflower wafted over, and Xia Fa turned his head, slightly startled.
And there it was—both girls were carrying cloth bags!
The Cloth Bag Man?
Although the two girls' bags were just the most common blue, it was obvious from their previous conversation that anyone with a discerning eye could tell that it was a disguise.
Among the girls of the Budai tribe, the most beautiful are no less stunning than humans, and these two boys are the best proof of that.
The two girls were quite different. One was tall and slender, while the other was petite with big, bright eyes that made her look very cute.
"Hello everyone! I'm Linglong, and this is my sister, Hyacinth!"
The big-eyed girl waved her fair, slender arms with a playful laugh, greeting everyone.
The tall girl named Hyacinth reached into the bag behind her and pulled out a handful of chocolates, chuckling softly:
"Come on, nice to meet you all, I'll treat you to some candy~"
The thirty-odd pirates on the deck cheered and rushed forward to grab the candy from Hyacinth's hand.
However, all the pirates behaved themselves and dared not touch Hyacinth's snow-white arms, or even her fair hands holding the chocolates.
The reason is simple—Hyacinth exudes a demigod aura that is faintly stronger than that of Chainsaw Baker!
As for Linglong, she was also a whale-level superhuman!
Otherwise, given the pirates' hedonistic nature, why wouldn't they seize this opportunity to get closer to the two girls?
Xia Fa maintained his tough-guy demeanor and didn't reach for the chocolate, but he was quite puzzled.
At first, when he heard what the two girls in cloth bags said, he was somewhat surprised that they dared to venture out to sea.
But now it seems that with this strength, as long as you are a little careful and don't provoke pirates with angelic rank or young overlords, it will be more than enough!
Captain Chainsaw Baker was overjoyed at the sight and trotted over on his short legs.
"Ms. Hyacinth and Ms. Linglong, welcome to the team! With you two here, our Chainsaw Pirate Crew is definitely stronger!"
He had been quite enthusiastic when facing Xia Fa before, but now, facing the two powerful girls, he was extremely enthusiastic, his face practically beaming with joy.
Hyacinth smiled slightly and said politely:
"Hello Captain, I'll be following you from now on."
Linglong chuckled and said:
"Chainsaw Baker—I've heard that name since back in the Kingdom of Cloth Bags! There are so many legends about you!"
Captain Chainsaw Baker, flattered by Linglong's words, became even more elated and waved his hands repeatedly, saying:
"Not at all, not at all. My servant is nothing special at sea, and he's not greedy. With the two of you joining us, we have nothing to fear as long as we don't encounter any angel-level pirate crews!"
Just like he had done with Shafa before, Captain Chainsaw Baker introduced the pirates on board to the two girls in sacks one by one.
The pirates were all filled with fear and trepidation, a stark contrast to their relaxed and natural demeanor when facing Xia Fa.
After all, Hyacinth is beautiful, tall, and a half-level expert, so they couldn't help but be nervous. Linglong, as a whale-level superhuman, was also not to be underestimated.
Moreover, both girls possessed the refined manners and poise of noble ladies, which made the pirates feel somewhat ashamed of themselves.
When it was Xia Fa's turn to throw, Captain Chainsaw Baker smiled and said:
"This brother is called Caesar, an Eagle-level superhuman. Like you two, he just joined our pirate crew. Get to know him."
The hyacinth glanced at Xia Fa, then smiled politely and courteously:
"Hello, Caesar, please take care of me from now on."
Linglong gave Xia Fa a wary look, seemingly unimpressed, clearly regarding him as an ordinary Eagle-level superhuman.