Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 190 Confession Bureau
Cheng Lang naturally wouldn't kill the suddenly appearing Yun Hai, so before the other party's hand could even touch his neck, he stopped this small "teasing" that contained a hidden warning.

Just then, the digging beetle's cross-shaped horns also drilled through the tree trunk, and then, carrying its metal body and the people inside, it burrowed into the trunk of the verdant sacred tree.

Almost as soon as the petrified foam blocked the hole behind them, two of the blessed dark elves, who were standing in the middle, noticed a necklace hanging from their heads—a firefly necklace.

This was naturally a gift from Cheng Lang. Thanks to the abilities bestowed by the Verdant Sacred Tree, he could make this matter sufficiently discreet.

However, he didn't intend to tell Yun Hai about this small favor for the time being. At this moment, the burrowing beetle, whose entire body had burrowed into the trunk of the sacred tree, began to spiral upwards towards the sky.

"Captain! Lend me your ship's bottle!"

Yafso, however, shouted, "Your Highness! Can you please open your elytra!"

"What are you doing?" Shenba quickly warned, "We're going to fall!"

"Verdant tree sap!"

"This is a rare opportunity! With these..." Yavso shouted.

"Look at me!"

Before Yafso could finish speaking, Yun Lan had already pushed the control lever. In an instant, the burrowing beetle, which had been drilling straight up, began to spiral upward and unfolded its metal elytra.

Not much slower than her, Cheng Lang had already taken out the boat bottle and handed it to the other person.

Taking the bottle from the boat, Yavso immediately poured out the little remaining fresh water inside, and then her hands emitted a green glow.

Lured by the emerald green light, drops of golden sap gathered from the outside, passed through Yafso's glowing hands, and finally formed a thin stream that flowed into the emptied boat bottle.

"Why don't we talk?"

At this moment, Yun Hai pulled a blood-red comb from his pocket and slowly combed his long, loose black hair while asking, "How did you end up here?"

Seeing Cheng Lang nod at her, Yun Ji replied, "In order to gain the approval and blessing of the Verdant Sacred Tree."

"In that case, I'll generously tell you a little secret."

Yun Hai smiled and said in a cute, sweet baby voice, "Now that you have gained the approval of the Verdant Sacred Tree, you can go and gain the approval of the Heart of the Ship after you leave here alive."

"You mean making them captains?" Cheng Lang asked. "What are the benefits?"

"No, no, no, I just meant that they need to gain the approval of the ship's heart; whether they become captains or not is not important."

Yun Hai corrected, "They could easily get the Valkyrie's ship's core to recognize them; that's a privilege of dark elves who have gained the approval of the Azure Sacred Tree."

"privilege?"

"That's right"

Yun Hai said, "The old world, or the old continent, or the continent of despair, whatever you call it."

In short, when that continent collapsed, the lifeboats that escaped it were forged from the verdant sacred tree.

After a brief pause, Yun Hai looked around and seemed quite satisfied with everyone's surprised expressions. "In short, the Dark Elves were sailors of the Ship of Life back then, so they were able to gain the ship's heart's approval, even if they weren't captains, but as sailors."

At this point, Yun Hai shook her fair fingers, "This is the first secret. The second secret is that if all the sailors on the ship are dark elves, they will gain the right to pass through the mist at the edge of the Sea of ​​Despair."

But this is only one of the requirements, and it's also the reason why dwarves hunt elves and dark elves.

"What's behind the fog?" Cheng Lang asked.

"The old world, perhaps."

Yun Hai shrugged. “I don’t know either, but I can guarantee that you will only have the ability to fight Poseidon after receiving the double blessing of the Verdant Sacred Tree and the Heart of the Ship.”

"Like you? Or our captain?"

Yun Ji's words were full of doubt. Putting Cheng Lang aside for the moment, she didn't see how powerful Yun Hai's combat strength was.

"I'm not good at fighting."

Yun Hai said casually, while taking out several feather pendants from her hair and distributing them to Cheng Lang, Shen Ba, and Ya Fu Suo.

"The Night Raven Messenger pendant?" Yun Ji asked in surprise, "Where did you get it from?"

"Several hundred years ago"

Yun Hai explained without any secrecy, "The stinky octopus Panini trained some dark elves to form an assassination organization, attempting to control the Frost Duchy by having them disguise themselves as elves, but they failed."

"Panini? The mastermind behind this is actually Lord Panini?!" Yun Ji asked in surprise.

"Otherwise, why do you think the Pirate City would protect the Dark Elves?" Yun Hai casually revealed the truth.

"So what are you planning to do with this?" Cheng Lang asked, looking at the pendant lying in his palm.

"If we do find Poseidon's heart, these things could at least help suck some of his blood."

Yun Hai said, "There aren't many ways to kill Poseidon's heart, but draining its blood is definitely an option. By the way, how did you kill the first heart?"

"Why don't we start by talking about why Lord Panini has issued a warrant for our arrest?" Cheng Lang changed the subject.

“I already said that,” Yun Hai said, shrugging.

"How to kill Poseidon's heart?" Yun Lan asked.

“That’s right,” Yun Hai nodded.

"Let's go with your method for now."

Yun Ji said, "Don't you have any other way? Just these broken feathers?"

"of course not"

As Yun Hai spoke, she pulled out another thing from her hair, something that Cheng Lang was extremely familiar with.

This is a metal contraption shaped like a syringe. He once took one of these things off Poseidon's arm back in the Water Forge.

"What is this?" Yun Ji asked the question Cheng Lang wanted to ask.

"The dwarves' invention is called the blood pump."

Yun Hai explained, "The stinky octopus told me that this was made by the dwarves on the orders of the Valkyrie Lo."

All of Poseidon's blood is extracted from Poseidon's heart through this substance and then consumed throughout the world.

Seemingly guessing what everyone wanted to ask, Yun Hai said, "Of course, it is also a good storage device that can store a large amount of Poseidon's blood."

Furthermore, it can be injected into any living being that requires Poseidon's blood.

"For example, Mr. Panini?" Yun Hai, who was in charge of controlling the digging beetle, asked without turning his head.

"That's right"

Yun Hai really had no intention of keeping it a secret at all. "This one is said to have been given to Panini by the Valkyrie herself. When she gave it to me, she just pulled it out of her body."

“It seems that Lady Valkyrie and Lady Panini have reached some kind of agreement,” Yun Lan said.

"It's just because Panini is the most obedient pet in Lady Valkyrie's fish tank," Yun Hai said, using a particularly offensive description.

"So there's more?" Yun Ji pressed.

Panini said, "I will meet some friends before I see the heart."

Yun Hai shrugged. "He said that as long as I give out gifts, these friends will help me kill Poseidon's heart. Oh! And one more thing! I almost forgot."

Yun Hai snapped his fingers at this point and said in a low voice, with utmost seriousness and mystery, "It is said that killing this heart hidden in the canopy of the verdant sacred tree will bring a reward."

"What reward?" Cheng Lang pressed for details.

"I do not know"

Yun Hai shrugged. "Alright, I've said everything I know. Friends, it's your turn."

"I have this too."

Cheng Lang thought for a moment, then pulled out the "blood pump" he had found on Poseidon's arm from his pocket and shook it. "How much of Poseidon's blood can this thing store?"

"Do you know how many cups of Poseidon's Blood there are in the entire Star Sea?" Yun Hai countered. "It's said there are a full..."

"That's right"

Yun Hai nodded before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, “Each blood pump can store enough Poseidon’s blood to consume one batch.”

"How much?" Cheng Lang's eyes widened.

"At least that's what Panini told me."

Yun Hai held out her hand. "May I take a look at this one of yours?"

"certainly"

Although Cheng Lang handed it to the other party without hesitation, his generosity was not due to trust but to confidence. He was confident that Yun Hai could not escape.

After taking the blood pump and glancing at it, Yun Hai breathed a sigh of relief. "The blood of Poseidon inside is almost depleted. This is good news, as it means we can extract more blood."

"Is there any other good news?" Cheng Lang asked, taking the blood pump that the other party handed back to him.

Let me think about it.

As Yun Hai braided her long hair into a thick braid, she asked with almost certainty, "Is the Coffin of Eternity in your hands?"

"That's right"

Cheng Lang nodded again. Since the other party was so certain, then this matter could not be kept secret. In that case, it was better to admit it openly.

"There is also such a blood pump inside the eternal coffin."

Yun Hai said, "If the blood of Poseidon inside is exhausted, the Eternal Coffin will no longer be eternal."

"The Coffin of Eternity is not."

"Poseidon isn't the only sea god."

Yun Hai waved the blood pump in his hand nonchalantly, "This kind of thing is not an original creation of the dwarves. They copied it based on a sample provided by the Valkyrie."

At this point in the conversation, Yun Lan asked, "Miss Yun Hai, can you tell me why you put me in the Eternal Coffin and then threw me into the belly of the half-blood sea monster?"

"It's a deal between Panini and the Duchy of Mefita."

Yun Hai seemed to have anticipated this question. "Panini told me that this deal would not only get him what he needs, but also allow you to survive."

"Otherwise, the wandering circus would have no choice but to kill me?" Yun Lan asked.

"That's right"

Yun Hai nodded. "As for the details of the transaction, I'm sorry, I don't know."

That's enough.

Yun Lan said, speeding up slightly, "Captain, please tie up my first mate, thank you."

"I'm happy to serve you"

As Cheng Lang spoke in a pretentious manner, he casually waved his hand. Instantly, an invisible whip wrapped around Yafso's slender waist and the back of her seat, while also binding the elven-style boat bottle.

"You can't just prepare one blood pump, can you?" Yun Hai pressed, "especially since you seemed to have no idea what it was just now."

“We had no idea that Poseidon’s heart was in the tree canopy.”

Yun Ji said, "Our goal is simply to gain the approval of the Verdant Sacred Tree."

"Speaking of which..."

“I don’t know where the seeds of the Verdant Sacred Tree are either,” Yun Hai said before Shen Ba could speak.

"How did you know I was going to ask that?" Shenba asked helplessly, having not gotten a chance to speak all along.

"Because you're smart!" Yun Hai said with a beaming smile in her cute, sweet baby voice.

"Sister, someone else said I'm smart!"

Shenba's happy boasting only resulted in Yunji slapping her forehead with her own hand once again.

"Let's change the question then."

Cheng Lang asked, "Do you know where the other Poseidon's hearts are located?"

"I do not know"

Yun Hai shook his head. "Even this heart, which we haven't seen yet, was a clue we obtained through a prophetic poem not long ago."

"It's another one of those."

"Boom!"

Just then, a violent impact came from the side, and everyone in the carriage gasped in surprise.

"Is Yafso alright?"

Cheng Lang immediately turned his head to look. Fortunately, the green light in Yafso's hand dissipated, but she and the boat bottle were still firmly bound to the chair by the invisible whip.

"It's the Bug Catcher!"

Yun Hai immediately shouted a warning, "Be careful! The bug catchers are all dwarves, and the burrowing beetles they control are incredibly fast!"

"You should have said so sooner!"

As Yun Hai spoke, he suddenly pulled up a control lever, and instantly, the burrowing beetle, which had been hovering, began to move straight up and down again.

"What's with the insect-catching team?!"

As Cheng Lang asked loudly, he didn't forget to fasten an invisible seatbelt for everyone.

"The era of the Ark of Life existed!"

Yun Hai shouted back, "Just get out of here as soon as possible!"

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

Before Yun Hai could finish speaking, Cheng Lang loudly suggested, "I think we need to change boats!"

"Boarding battle, Captain?!" Shenba asked eagerly.

"That's right!"

Cheng Lang snapped his fingers. "Helmsman! Stop the ship!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Before Yun Lan finished speaking, she had already pushed the control stick to flatten the beetle's horns, and then began to circle around to expand the combat space.

At the same time, the money-grubbing Yafso had already made his hands emit a rich green light again. Instantly, the increasingly golden tree sap around him gathered again, forming a thin stream that flowed back into the boat bottle.

"We've disembarked."

Cheng Lang called out, "We'll surrender later. By the way, shouldn't we raise a white flag?"

"Just drop the weapons."

Yun Ji said, having already drawn her two daggers.

"Good method"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he also pulled out several flintlock pistols from his body.

As the metal elytra fully unfolded, everyone, including Yun Hai, stepped out of the burrowing beetle. Cheng Lang even put the burrowing beetle away and then threw the firefly pendant and even the weapon on the ground.

"Do you think they will accept surrender?" Yun Hai asked with a smile.

"It doesn't matter," Cheng Lang and the others said in unison.

(End of this chapter)