Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 197 Dragon and Fox Clash, Wang Cheng in Crisis!
The four protective artifacts on the flagships of both allies are top-quality, and once activated, their sailing speed far exceeds that of ordinary warships.

Wang Cheng first saw off the civilian officials he had rescued one by one, leaving behind incense sticks with the wish-fulfilling power of heaven for each of them, and promising to keep in touch in the future.

Not long after dawn, Zheng Shiniang and her eldest brother, who were responsible for raiding the homes of those closer to them at Tukeng Port, arrived first.

The third senior brother, Zheng Qian, was also captured overnight by the Zheng family, who were still in shock. They thanked Wang Cheng profusely and said they would first introduce Zheng Qian to a well-bred young lady so that he could marry and have children to continue the family line before releasing him.

If I died then, it wouldn't hurt so much.

Therefore, in the end, only Wang Cheng greeted Zhang Quan.

"Senior Brother, how did the operation go?"

Wang Cheng possessed a "brain eye" that didn't rely on sight. His gaze swept over the delicate teeth marks wrapped in white cloth on Zhang Quan's arm and landed on the "Straight Years Old" badge hanging at his waist.

Zhang Quan jumped off the warship, put his arm around his junior brother's shoulder, and beamed with joy:

"Don't you know my abilities?"

I wiped out all the debtors in the Liu family, while my senior brother and I emerged unscathed.

When they were looting the silver vault, they found dozens of "helpless" coins, each weighing a thousand catties.

A rough inventory of the goods revealed that the hard currency alone, which didn't require direct liquidation, amounted to several hundred thousand taels. Divided among the three, I would still receive at least ten to twenty thousand taels.

To prevent their money from being stolen, many wealthy families had silver cast into large silver balls weighing thousands of pounds, which they called "helpless".

It can only stop ordinary thieves, but it can't stop those divine officials who carry high-grade Qiankun bags.

Since everyone's gone, the money is meaningless to the Liu family now.

When it came to the issue of accumulating wealth for the advancement of the ritual instrument to "embracing all rivers," Zhang Quan raised his arm, which had been deeply bitten by Zheng Shiniang.

His face beamed with a bright smile, radiating the hope that hard work would lead to prosperity.

"Fourth brother, we're different from the third brother. In order to eat well and drink well tomorrow and be powerful and influential, we brothers have to endure more hardship now."

See? All that hardship wasn't for nothing!

Then he proactively suggested that Wang Cheng learn the "Tian Shi Jun Ping Method" and some tips he had summarized for enduring hardship without feeling pain.

Wang Chengxin said:

“The hardships of our Wang family have already been endured by five generations of our ancestors. This thing doesn’t look appetizing, and I really can’t eat it.”

Instead of casually changing the subject, she curiously asked her senior brother:

"So, once you've accumulated enough merit for the first stage, what kind of wish do you want to make?"

Zhang Quan rubbed his hands together, revealing an expression that every man would understand.

"Hehehehe."

Wang Cheng immediately understood.

This desire is most likely inseparable from the advanced experience of Marquis Changxin, a prominent example of someone who relied on marrying a rich woman, such as the "Paulownia Wood Wheel".

This guy can be considered the patriarch of this field, and how many people don't envy him?
If someone tells a man that he has kidney deficiency, his first reaction will definitely be: "Slander! He's slandering me! You old scoundrel, you're going to die!"

If that person then claims he can cure it and actually strengthen it tenfold, he will definitely clasp his hands, kneel down, and call him godfather.

If one possesses the ability to seduce the Empress Dowager, even being torn apart by chariots in the end wouldn't seem like a bad deal.

Wang Cheng then suddenly reminded him with a serious expression:
"Senior Brother, if your hard work is only enough to enhance one part by ten times, that's fine. But if there's still enough to enhance other parts, you must pay attention."

Zhang Quan subconsciously pricked up his ears, only to hear Wang Cheng continue in a low voice:

"First strengthen the kidneys and sacs, then strengthen the brain and sacs, which are crucial for spiritual cultivation. The order is absolutely important."

Otherwise, I'm afraid that once your brain is strengthened and your primordial spirit grows stronger, that smarter brain won't let you strengthen your kidneys anymore, hahaha."

After saying that, he burst out laughing.

Zhang Quan didn't take it as a joke; instead, he nodded vigorously, finding it very reasonable.

"Junior brother is right."

The key point is that he dares to swear to God that this is not for enjoyment, but to have the capital to endure hardship better in the future!

At this moment, Zhang Quan noticed that Wang Cheng suddenly froze, his body stiffening. He turned around and saw that Lin Daoqian's warship was also slowly approaching the dock.

"Junior brother, what's wrong?"

Wang Cheng said in a hoarse voice:
"My troubles are here. Senior brother, prepare the medicine; I'll need it later."

He has feelings for both Yan Yunxiao and Shen Yueye. If he had to choose between these two beautiful women, each with their own unique charm and intelligence, he would be in a very difficult situation.

His answer was only one:
"My palace is big enough to house an entire battalion!"

He also knew that unless he kept the two of them separate, with the yang body and the yin body each taking care of one, the day they met would come sooner or later.

Besides, it wouldn't be right to hide each other's existence, so now we can only leave it to fate.

Then, gritting my teeth, I went to meet them.

Unexpectedly, before he could even board Lin Daoqian's flagship, he saw two beautiful women, one in a red dress and the other in a white dress, walking down hand in hand, chatting and laughing.

Wang Cheng was greatly surprised.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Lin siblings, I first arranged for them to go to the ruins of Qingque Temple to frame Huan Tong Xian.

He then turned around and led the two women to his captain's cabin, where they sat down, and cautiously asked:

"Sister A-Xiao, Senior Sister, could it be that you two have known each other for a long time?" Upon hearing this, Shen Yueye gave him a charming sidelong glance:
"How novel! Are there many female officials around my age and with some ability in Yuegang and Jiulongjiang?"

I know Guiling and Fushou too. The fox pelts I used to cultivate the [Crossing the Ocean Star-Tracking Technique] were all caught by my sisters.

Wang Cheng had already seen and eaten the Turtle Spirit Goddess.

Fu Shou should be the same Fu Shou who Yun Xiao said she would introduce to him as a wife last time. She is said to be a Fu Shou girl who has many children and good fortune.

Shen Yueye and A Xiao lived the closest to each other and had the best relationship; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them best friends.

She was unaware that she was the reincarnation of the Dragon Girl [Madam Yan] until she learned about it from her father after the Nine Dragons Spitting Pearls incident.

As for why they clearly have a very good relationship, yet they tacitly never mention each other's beauty in front of Wang Cheng, that's a matter of opinion.

Yan Yunxiao, who was holding hands with Shen Yueye beside her, narrowed her beautiful heterochromatic eyes as she looked at the two siblings, thinking to herself:

'Something seems off between Ruyi and Xiaochengzi!'

As we all know, the human body has various types of qi, such as defensive qi, nutritive qi, ancestral qi, and primordial qi.

Among them, Wei Qi is specifically responsible for blocking external evils. Sometimes, when strangers are too close, people will naturally feel uncomfortable because of Wei Qi.

However, close friends, relatives, and lovers do not have this sense of distance. They unconsciously cross the safe distance between ordinary people without realizing it.

Just by looking at their positions and the closeness between them, one can keenly sense that their relationship is not simple.

According to the standards of the [Zhang Heng Examination Paper], both girls are considered top geniuses and rare intelligent people. With perfect harmony between heaven and man, many small details could not be hidden from them.

'It seems like Ah Xiao and her junior brother are having an affair!'

Shen Yueye, who was standing next to her, also noticed something was wrong. While talking to Wang Cheng, she secretly observed her best friend A Xiao.

The pearl diver she knew, Ah Xiao, was always aloof and cold, seemingly unaffected by anything.

But these days are different.

In the short time she had been talking to her junior brother, she had exchanged glances with him four or five times, answering Wang Cheng's question with her eyes even without speaking.

Moreover, he would consciously turn his body towards his junior brother, and when disembarking, he would subconsciously smooth his hair. In the eyes of an assassin, these are all body language messages that conceal specific information.

'They're so familiar with each other that they can understand each other with just a glance, and they even have their own unique body language and unspoken understanding. This is bad!'

If it were an ordinary woman approaching Wang Cheng, they probably wouldn't feel anything.

They were confident in their own beauty and even more confident in Wang Cheng's aesthetic sense. Ordinary beauties in the eyes of normal people could not pose any threat to the two of them.

But the key issue is:
"Ah Xiao/Ruyi's beauty is no less than mine!"

A slight sense of crisis arose in everyone's hearts.

Shen Yueye is an outgoing person and had already decided to take the initiative to make a move on her junior brother.

In order not to ruin their unbreakable sisterhood over a mere man, she decided to test the waters a little and see if her best friend would give the man to her.

Turning to her best friend with a beaming smile, she said:
“My junior brother is still young. I’m so grateful to you, Ah Xiao, for taking care of him while I was away from Yuegang.”

Perhaps influenced by you, my junior brother has improved a lot these days and has become more caring.

Look, last night he and I joined forces to kill our formidable enemy, Wang Bengu. He even gave me this secret military treatise by the sage Yangming, "Cultivating the Mind Without Moving," otherwise taking down that old scoundrel wouldn't have been so easy.

As he spoke, he took out a military treatise and waved it in front of his sisters.

Yunxiao is aloof and a typical Buddhist-style beautiful girl. The words "taking the initiative" have never been in her dictionary.

Even when encountering some foolish enemies, they mostly resort to "using their lifespan to defeat them".

Just tolerate him, let him be, avoid him, let him do as he pleases, and ignore him. In a few decades, you'll see what becomes of him.

The enemy has become nothing but bones in a grave, yet she remains in the prime of her life!
This time was different. Although Yunxiao couldn't understand the hidden meaning in her best friend's words at all, she realized through a strong spiritual warning that if she continued to take a passive and complacent approach, she might regret it.

With a faint glance at Wang Cheng, his heterochromatic eyes said:

"Oh, last night when I was playing the game with him against the Rejuvenating Immortal, Xiao Chengzi said that he also had a treasure to give me."

Shen Yueye opened her fox-like eyes wide with suspicion:

"Give your baby too?"

Yun Xiao had already urged Wang Cheng:

"Little Chengzi, quickly take out the 'immortal technique' you got from that child-rejuvenating fairy and let your older sister and Ruyi see it."

We're all sisters, so even if it's some kind of magical technique from outside the walls, I wouldn't mind sharing it with Ruyi.

His voice was cool and aloof, but his attitude left no room for doubt.

"Huh? So it depends on the Rejuvenating Immortal's 'immortal magic'? And it requires three people to go together?"

Upon hearing this, a bloody "danger" immediately appeared above Wang Cheng's head.

'Bad food, I'm going to die! I'm going to die!'

Yun Xiao and Shen Yueye didn't know the true nature of the so-called immortal techniques, so how could he not know?

I was already just a nobody, and I never expected that my two older sisters would so cleverly direct the battle precisely to this big bomb.

I felt my collar tighten and my neck get cold, as if I could already see the brutal scene of the match going from individual singles to mixed doubles.

He swallowed hard, then cautiously suggested:
"Sisters, is it really necessary?"
"Speaking of which, this 'immortal technique' is quite profound and rather special. How about the three of us find a secluded place another day to study it carefully?"

(End of this chapter)