novelraw Chapter 313: At Your Command, Captain
Chapter 313: At Your Command, Captain
"Understood, Captain."
"So your plan is to confirm finding the merchant ship from the Goldenfinch Kingdom, then buy seeds, and cultivate medicinal herbs?"
Chen Qi asked for confirmation.
After her advancement, Fen could directly use the derivative skill of Life Affinity, 'Rapid Plant Cultivation'. It seemed the knowledge she inherited from the 'Flower Witch' was even more profound than he had imagined.
Fen nodded:
"Yes, only seeds are needed. Neither mature medicinal herbs nor fertilizer are necessary."
Not robbing merchant ships after all... Chen Qi sighed inwardly, approving Fen's plan.
He now controlled the 'Coastal Apex Predator', this 'high-speed vessel' that could move underwater, with speed surpassing most ships.
Relying on the Coastal Apex Predator and the cover of water spirits, with his current abilities, he could completely become a pirate renowned throughout the Witch Sea.
A mere merchant ship from the Goldenfinch Kingdom wasn't much of a challenge in his view.However, for Fen who possessed 'Life Affinity', buying seeds and then cultivating them was indeed a faster and more reliable method.
Speaking of farming, Fen couldn't help but proudly puff out her chest.
Fen wasn't just a food lover; she was also a witch with a farming soul!
Seeds... Chen Qi suddenly remembered Seafood Sister who had just had her hand severed by a blade, and took out her bag.
Horticulturists would purchase some 'supernatural plants' for combat. Due to their special supernatural characteristics, these plants could transform into extremely powerful professions in an extremely short time.
At the same time, their own professional tasks involved cultivating and pruning beautiful plants, so they would naturally carry some seeds with them.
Chen Qi opened the bag, which indeed contained many seeds.
One reusable 'Man-Eating Flower Seed', along with a large number of unidentifiable seeds, plus a book "Methods for Capturing Water and Fire Spirits", a booklet "Supernatural Cultivation Guide", and some extremely expensive, blue-glowing mineral fertilizers.
All things for cultivating plants. Chen Qi took out the 'Man-Eating Flower Seed' as a weapon to enhance his land combat capabilities, then handed the seed bag to Fen.
"A horticulturist's seed bag."
"Hmm?"
Fen took the seeds with a puzzled expression, blinking her eyes in confusion.
She inventoried them - these seeds were all top-tier supernatural plant seeds from the Goldenfinch Kingdom.
Unless one became a VIP of the Goldenfinch Merchant Consortium, it was simply impossible to obtain these seeds.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Qi asked quietly.
Fen hesitated for a moment:
"It feels like this is a noble's seed bag, a Goldenfinch Kingdom noble's seed bag..."
Was Nancy a noble... Chen Qi thought to himself, then continued asking:
"Do you need any other seeds?"
Fen took the seeds with a puzzled expression, blinking her eyes in confusion.
"The seeds here are sufficient. Next, we just need to till the land and plant them. This won't take much time."
This saved a lot of time... Chen Qi breathed a sigh of relief. This trip to Scorched Earth Town had yielded quite good rewards.
Action followed words. Fen took her staff and began tilling the land.
For her, only if Chen Qi could advance to legendary status and they cooperated could they truly possess the ability to recover the Witch relics!
Seeing this, Burry made some simple farming tools.
Then, Chen Qi whistled, summoning all six water spirits.
At the whistle, the water spirits gathered together.
The water spirits took hoes specially made by Burry and began tilling the land with Fen.
"Heave-ho! Heave-ho!"
Fen and the six water spirits swung their hoes, wholeheartedly throwing themselves into the tilling process.
Chen Qi discussed ship matters with Burry.
Currently, Burry wasn't being pursued. With his abilities, repairing the Ghost Ship and acquiring a new small exploration vessel within a month wasn't impossible.
Chen Qi planned to give Burry all the possible forty million Shell Coins from the 'Sea Lantern blueprint', the seven million Shell Coins from the Dragon Tamer King's backpack card, plus some useless items on his person, so he could purchase materials, repair the Ghost Ship, and build a new small exploration ship.
However, this money was far from enough. The Ghost Ship's Ghostfire engine was severely damaged. Although he had a spare Ghostfire engine, it wasn't sufficient to support the Ghost Ship's activation.
A powerful engine matching Space Leap would cost at least fifty million Shell Coins, maybe even more.
Fortunately, Burry himself wasn't short of money and didn't care about it. Although he spent most of his money on mecha forging studies and romance, he still had fifty million Shell Coins in savings.
Chen Qi thought about it - if they were short on money later, the insufficient amount would have to be 'borrowed' from the pirates of Scorched Earth Town.
Besides this, he had another important matter - picking the white sea fruits from the lamp-moon sea dragons' chests.
However, like the Ghostfire Fish's ghostfire oil, the white sea fruit was also the lamp-moon sea dragon's weapon. Once without the white sea fruit, the lamp-moon sea dragon could only stay home, not daring to go out, becoming a useless dragon waiting to die.
To obtain the lamp-moon sea dragon's white sea fruit, some techniques were needed. For example, while feeding them bait and petting them, when they were immersed in pleasure, snatch away the white sea fruit in one move and immediately refine it into medicine!
Overall, Fen and water spirits farm, Burry handles ships, I need to cultivate the Coastal Apex Predator, find a way to deal with the arrogant lamp-moon sea dragons, and collect intelligence about the Fog Sea... Chen Qi simply planned the preparations needed before departure.
Then, he raised his head and looked toward the distant sea.
The Dragon Tamer King had left an oath of 'definitely returning', hunters were tracking him, the Blackfin Crew's monstrous Blood Hunter hadn't made a move yet... Chen Qi gazed toward the distant sea. His body and spiritual energy perception were already strong enough; he had to complete his legendary advancement as soon as possible.
Thinking this, Chen Qi mustered all his energy and drank the potion Fen gave him in one gulp.
"So bitter..."
Chen Qi felt the sour bitterness in his throat.
After handling all these matters, he could set off for the Fog Sea to find that legendary profession card buried by the Deep Sea Hunters.
......
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
"Heave-ho! Heave-ho!"
Water spirits wearing farmer hats held small sickles, putting freshly picked medicinal herbs into small baskets, bouncing step by step to Fen.
"Heave-ho! Heave-ho! (For you!)"
"Thank you."
Fen wiped sweat from her forehead, took the medicinal herbs, then scattered them into the magic potion cauldron before her.
Gurgle! Gurgle!
Above the boiling magic potion cauldron, green magic energy rose like screaming human faces.
Amid terrifying infant-like screeches, various medicinal herbs fused together, transforming into viscous green liquid.
Then, she took the viscous potion from the magic cauldron and filled glass tubes with it.
"After Qi drinks this, he'll definitely feel pleasure..."
Fen curled up a witch's smile.
This smile only lasted a moment. A light breeze blew past, and across the entire island, only her sigh could be heard.
To obtain the lamp-moon sea dragon's white sea fruit, some techniques were needed. For example, while feeding them bait and petting them, when they were immersed in pleasure, snatch away the white sea fruit in one move and immediately refine it into medicine!
Fen sighed.
Overall, Fen and water spirits farm, Burry handles ships, I need to cultivate the Coastal Apex Predator, find a way to deal with the arrogant lamp-moon sea dragons, and collect intelligence about the Fog Sea... Chen Qi simply planned the preparations needed before departure.
Now, through the joint efforts of Fen and the water spirits, this desolate, weed-filled small island was already covered with medicinal herbs and flowers.
However, she hadn't seen Chen Qi and Burry for a long time.
Burry had bid them farewell. Following Chen Qi's instructions, he wholeheartedly repaired ships while searching for new energy engines.
To gather more clues about the Fog Sea and prepare for departure, Chen Qi piloted the Coastal Apex Predator to other sea areas.
Now, Fen had been on this small island for a full two weeks.
During this time, she had even woven herself a deep green witch hat. Paired with her witch dress, she now had standard witch attire.
"Why aren't they back yet?"
Fen looked at the terrifying aura-emitting potion in her hand, complaining to herself with some resentment.
However, suddenly, Water Spirit No.1 holding a sickle had excited light in its eyes as it looked toward the shore.
Boom! Boom!
Fen curiously turned around.
Under the dazzling sunlight, a brand new Ghost Ship was advancing at full speed, breaking through the waves.
This new Ghost Ship had been completely transformed, equipped with a new layer of pitch-black steel armor. Simultaneously, the bow had become sharper, rather resembling the naval ship-breaker style.
At the bow, wearing engineer gray uniform covered in mining oil residue, Burry waved to her:
"Long time no see! Miss Witch!"
"So Burry repaired the ship..."
Fen forced a smile.
Under normal circumstances, Captain Chen Qi should be standing at the bow.
Could it be Chen Qi hadn't finished investigating? Or had he really been caught by hunters? Fen couldn't help thinking of some bad possibilities.
Suddenly, the calm sea surface was torn apart by an invisible force, a majestic energy surging up from underwater, creating huge waves.
Amid these turbulent waves, a massive black figure gradually revealed itself. It wasn't comparable to ordinary marine life but possessed pitch-black scales like the night sky, shimmering with faint dark light, with billowing red energy emerging from between the scales.
Simultaneously, its dragon head held high, eyes like bloody stars in the abyss, two layers of fangs covered with prey's blood, constantly exhaling scorching thick breath!
The 'ship lantern' on its head had also changed, like a blood gem embedded in this dragon head, emitting a murderous aura.
Appearing here was the Coastal Apex Predator that had digested the Dragon Tamer King's resources. With massive resource support, the Coastal Apex Predator had now completed its evolution!
Its size had grown from the original twenty meters to an astonishing forty meters during this month. Its black scales had become harder, its bite more powerful, and its speed in the sea even more terrifying.
Simultaneously, it had mastered 'Dragon Cannon', possessing a destructive move.
"......"
Fen slowly raised her head. On the ferocious dragon head of the Coastal Apex Predator stood Chen Qi, completely drenched.
The current Chen Qi wasn't wearing hunter clothing but more ordinary casual wear.
Chen Qi jumped down from the dragon head, smiling as he said:
"Long time no see, Fen. We're back."
"Long time no see, both of you."
Fen elegantly bowed, showing the two the medicinal garden she and the water spirits had carefully cultivated.
As sun and moon alternated, on this small island, Fen and the water spirits worked from dawn to dusk, devoting all their time to brewing magic potions.
Chen Qi said.
"Yes~"
Fen snapped her fingers!
Soon, Water Spirit No.2 with small flowers inserted on its head, all green, put on a flowery witch hat, then went to the small house, brought out a glass box containing potions, and handed it to Chen Qi.
"Heave-ho! (Former master, all are good things for nourishing the body!)"
Former master... Water Spirit No.2 had changed into a witch hat and completely become Fen's pet, no longer recognizing me... Chen Qi crouched down, taking the potion box from Water Spirit No.2.
Twenty bottles of 'Berserker Blood' potion that could directly change bone, flesh, and even heart strength, greatly enhancing constitution, recovery ability, and power in a short time, pushing physical combat capability directly to the body's limit.
Ten bottles of 'Black Fog Antidote' that could help them effectively resist attacks from the Fog Sea's black fog while resisting most poison fog attacks.
Five bottles of 'Wind Spirit's Breeze' that could make the body feel like bathing in light wind, obtaining the wind god's protection, greatly increasing speed, turning him into a wind-like man.
One bottle of "Lamp Sea Medicine", recorded in the Deep Sea Diary, a special potion made with small amounts of ghostfire oil, lamp-moon sea fruit, and sea dragon grass that could greatly enhance constitution, plus inspiration growth potion.
It couldn't take effect in a short time, but with long-term consumption, the body would undergo qualitative changes.
Thirty-six bottles total. Although 'hormone growth' had somewhat reduced the potions' quality, each bottle was still Philosopher's Stone Potion quality, extremely powerful.
Plus the special effects of 'Witch's Medicine', the potion effects were stronger, though with some additional special side effects.
Well-trained powerful third-tier Transcendents, after taking these potions, could even exchange blows with normal legendary beings.
"Woo woo woo..."
In the distance came the crying sounds of lamp-moon sea dragons. While eating feed, they pitifully looked at Chen Qi.
"Ahem, ahem..."
Chen Qi guiltily coughed twice.
To make potions, all fifteen lamp-moon sea dragons near this small island had their precious white sea fruits taken by him. Without hunting ability, they could only live on feed!
This new Ghost Ship had been completely transformed, equipped with a new layer of pitch-black steel armor. Simultaneously, the bow had become sharper, rather resembling the naval ship-breaker style.
After returning, he really needed to improve the lamp-moon sea dragons' reproduction rate and nutrition.
The three exchanged brief pleasantries.
Chen Qi took out a 'Fog Sea' sea chart from his backpack card.
This was a Fog Sea chart he obtained on the black market. Although the Fog Sea was constantly filled with fog and giant whirlpools with frequently changing terrain, having a map was still particularly important.
Chen Qi handed Fen the recently collected newspapers and the Fog Sea chart.
Fen took the newspapers.
During this month, the White Pigeon Times had war news every day, with battles between the Blackfin Crew and navy occurring daily.
Simultaneously, more and more mysterious forces appeared, beginning to compete for B-tier dimensional rift resources.
Suddenly, the calm sea surface was torn apart by an invisible force, a majestic energy surging up from underwater, creating huge waves.
Many important islands had been ruled by the Blackfin Crew. Even the Rift Sea's largest city, Blackore City, had nearly fallen under the Sea God Pirates' control.
Amid these turbulent waves, a massive black figure gradually revealed itself. It wasn't comparable to ordinary marine life but possessed pitch-black scales like the night sky, shimmering with faint dark light, with billowing red energy emerging from between the scales.
Simultaneously, its dragon head held high, eyes like bloody stars in the abyss, two layers of fangs covered with prey's blood, constantly exhaling scorching thick breath!
Fortunately, for Chen Qi who possessed the Coastal Apex Predator, these two tracking methods were useless.
On the sea, even if they discovered Chen Qi, they lacked the ability to catch up with him.
Chen Qi took a deep breath, looking at the various rising and falling waves on the sea.
His advancement speed was fast, and his strength wasn't weak.
But the various chaotic scenes on the sea and the hunter team's tracking made his anxiety grow stronger and stronger.
Simultaneously, it had mastered 'Dragon Cannon', possessing a destructive move.
Chen Qi silently whispered.
His physical fitness and inspiration had reached standards. It was time to advance to legendary status and step onto this chaotic sea stage!
However, just three people plus six water spirits going to the Fog Sea was sufficiently crazy behavior.
Normally, exploring the Fog Sea required hundred-person teams.
Chen Qi packed his things, put on his newly bought brown captain's hat, and excitedly called out loudly along the bow:
"Everyone, everything is ready. It's time for us to sail into new paths."
Amid the engine's roaring sounds, Fen adjusted her witch hat, raised her head, and smiled slightly:
"Understood, Captain."