Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 201 Business
On the sea shrouded in thick fog, the four ghost ships that had been chasing the Valkyrie and Thorn for several days were successively annihilated. The cores of these four ships were also drained of all their blood by the clam called Nightmare.

"Is this the end?"

On the Valkyrie, after catching the giant scythe that flew back to him, Shenba asked, somewhat unsatisfied.

At this moment, the ghost ship, whose waterline had been pierced by the Valkyrie's ram, had completely stopped jumping because the blood in its core had been drained by the Nightmare. The undead sailors on board, and even the captain whose soul had been cut into pieces by the Great Scythe of the Demon King, had all become still.

“It seems we have grasped the key to restraining the ghost ship,” Yun Ji said on the deck of the Valkyrie, watching the ghost ship begin to sink.

"Go and ask Yafso yourself."

As Cheng Lang retrieved the Abyss Nightmare, he said, "Ask her about her method for cultivating those spores, and also ask if she's willing to share that method publicly."

"Give it to the pirate city?" Yun Ji asked with great interest.

"That's right"

After confirming the other party's guess, Cheng Lang paused for a moment, then asked with interest, "Would you be interested in running a shop using your family's hotel?"

"Running a shop? What do you mean?"

Yun Ji had only uttered the question that had been nagging at her before she had already found the answer herself: "Selling bacterial strains?"

"What do you think about cooperating with Lord Panini?" Cheng Lang asked with a smile.

“This business will be very profitable, and it will also ease the tension between us and the pirate city.” Yun Ji immediately guessed Cheng Lang’s plan.

"I think one gold coin per strain would be a good price."

Cheng Lang said with a smile, "The nutrient solution mixing technology costs 10 gold coins per serving, and you need to swear on your heart that it will not be leaked. All profits will go 70% to Lord Panini, 10% to the Brotherhood fleet responsible for transporting the bacteria, and 20% to Yafuso."

That's all I can think of. You and Princess Yunlan should discuss a more reasonable plan. If there are no problems, give it to Mr. Senfa after we meet up, and let him go to the pirate city to negotiate with Lord Panini.

"Lord Panini is willing to cooperate with us?" Yun Ji asked, sounding somewhat uncertain.

“If he really wants to take Yavso away, then he will be willing to cooperate with us.”

Cheng Lang said, "If those grass carp bastards in the wandering circus can cooperate with Lord Panini, why can't we?"

“Captain, your language is too vulgar,” Yun Ji frowned and reminded him. “It’s practically no different from that of a pirate.”

“We’re not pirates,” Cheng Lang retorted, “so I’ll be careful what I say.”

"Aren't we pirates?" Shenba asked blankly.

"Of course we don't count."

Yun Ji said confidently, "Have we ever actively plundered merchant ships?"

"It seems not," Shenba replied, scratching the back of his head. "It seems that we mainly plunder pirates."

"Can someone who plunders pirates still be a pirate?" Cheng Lang pressed.

"It seems... that doesn't count," Shenba said with a sudden realization.

"We are sailors"

Cheng Lang snapped his fingers. "We can be treasure hunters, but we can't be pirates."

"Why?" Shenba asked blankly, his tone even somewhat disappointed.

"All pirates shall be under Lord Panini's jurisdiction."

Yun Ji explained, "But we're not pirates, so we're not subordinate to Panini, right?"

"That's about it," Cheng said.
As Lang spoke, the Valkyrie had already sailed up to the ghost ship that the Thorn had planted with mushrooms.

Before the Silver Queen could bring the Valkyrie to a complete stop, the invisible whip had already swept the Nightmare into the interior of the ship, and guided by the Magic Mirror, it successfully found the ship's core, which was also covered with mushrooms.

When the Nightmare once again drained the ship's lifeblood, the mushrooms that grew all over the ghost ship withered in a very short time, and the ship even began to sink.

"Do you think there's any loot worth taking from the ghost ship?" Shenba suddenly asked. "Let's look around later."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already retrieved the Abyss Nightmare. At the same time, the Silver Queen also maneuvered the Valkyrie to head towards the last ghost ship, where it joined the Thorn, which was parked to the side.

While Cheng Lang was throwing out the Abyss Nightmare to devour the core of the ghost ship, Yun Ji also let the invisible whip ropes throw her onto the Thorn Ship.

"Let me guess, is it for Yafuso's mushroom spores?" Yun Lan asked with a smile as she caught Yun Ji on the thorny bridge.

“That’s right,” Yun Ji nodded readily, “We need to provide a plan.”

Let's go to the conference room.

As she spoke, Yun Lan lifted her skirt and led Yun Ji and the bewildered Ya Fu Suo into the ship's conference room.

Just as the three women began plotting to sell the mushrooms for a good price, the Nightmare had already drained all the blood from the last ship's core.

Before the ship had completely sunk, Shenba and the gorillas eagerly jumped into the sea to salvage any possible spoils.

Before long, the spoils of war were sent out of the sea, and after being appraised by the magic mirror, they were either placed on the open deck or thrown back into the sea.

Before the ship's loot was fully salvaged, Yun Ji and her two companions crossed the thorny floating bridge and arrived at the Valkyrie.

"Have you reached a decision?"

On the open deck, Cheng Lang, who was sitting on a wooden barrel and intently selecting his spoils, asked without looking up.

"The management is entrusted to Lord Panini."

Yun Lan lifted her skirt and sat on the oak barrel opposite Cheng Lang. "The price is set by Lord Panini. We only take 20%, 10% to Yafuso and the other 10% to the Brotherhood fleet, but we will provide the bacteria regularly."

“Those strains can only be cultured on the Thorn,” Yavso said, “but they are actually quite easy to cultivate.”

"In that case, we need a good fight next."

Cheng Lang said, "Notify Senfa, notify the Brotherhood fleet, and tell them to send Xinweng over immediately."

We'll wait where we are and see if we can deal with those slow ghost ships behind us.

"Yafso, in the meantime, you must cultivate enough spores to deliver back to the Brotherhood fleet's messenger."

"I'm confident!" Yafso clenched her little fist and made her promise.

“In that case, send the message.” Cheng Lang said, tossing a golden wine glass back into the oak barrel.

"Any interesting discoveries?"

Yun Lan changed the subject and asked a question. At the same time, the two first mates, Yun Ji and Ya Fu Suo, also began sending messages.

"Magic Mirror, you speak," Cheng Lang instructed.

“It’s strange, at least this ship is strange.”

The magic mirror said, "The spoils on the ship are mainly gold coins and gold products. There are no armors, no armor plates or Poseidon's blood, but there is this one thing."

As he spoke, the magic mirror took out a bronze conch shell covered in green rust and placed it on an oak barrel.

“There are whispers of elves and the dead in here,” Cheng Lang said.

"So I suspect this is most likely a product of the dwarves," the Magic Mirror added.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Yun Lan said, frowning.

"I've never seen it either," the Magic Mirror said apologetically.

Just as Cheng Lang was about to say something, a tiny sprite, no bigger than a fist, emerged from inside the conch shell!

A silver-haired, pointy-eared elf—the undead.

(End of this chapter)