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"Chu Nan, Chu Sheng and Chen Ting haven't come out yet!" Ji Menghan reminded him.

Chu Nan shook his head upon hearing this: "Let them stay here. Whether they live or die is up to their own fate."

If given the chance, Chu Nan would definitely not let these two people go.

"It looks like a ship is coming!" Xu Ling'er, with her sharpest eyes, suddenly pointed to a black dot on the sea and said.

Chu Nan followed her gaze and indeed saw a merchant ship sailing towards them in the distance.

"This should be the ship." Chu Nan took a deep breath.

"What about Zhao Xingyu? Should we keep him around?" Ling Hanxue's pretty face held a hint of murderous intent.

Zhao Xingyu's actions had already angered her.

"Let him live for now, we'll talk about it when we get back to land."

Whether Zhao Xingyu lives or dies is not important; what matters is whether these people can go back.

"Come on, let's get on the boat now!"

Chu Nan jumped directly into the sea, pulled out the small boat that was moored there, and then had everyone board the boat. He then rowed the small boat out to sea.

The merchant ship didn't look far away, but Chu Nan and his group still waited for more than an hour before it slowly approached.

"Shut up, don't say a word!" Ling Hanxue placed a short dagger on Zhao Xingyu's lower back.

Zhao Xingyu looked terrified and nodded repeatedly.

Just then, the small boat and the large ship slowly approached and eventually came to a complete stop.

"I'll go up first!" Chu Nan said in a low voice.

The others nodded in agreement.

As the gangway on the ship was lowered, Chu Nan slowly climbed up.

The moment Chu Nan climbed up, he saw the situation on the deck.

Besides a few sailors and some crew members, there was also a middle-aged man dressed in silk clothes who was frowning at him.

"Who are you……"

"Don't rush, the others haven't come up yet," Chu Nan waved his hand and said vaguely.

The middle-aged man frowned, but did not stop Chu Nan.

With Chu Nan's help, Ji Menghan, Lin Hanxue, and others were also pulled up.

Finally, it was Miyamoto Musashi who dragged Zhao Xingyu, who looked like a dead dog, up.

The middle-aged man in silk clothes changed his expression the moment he saw Zhao Xingyu.

"Young Master Zhao!!!" the middle-aged man blurted out.

In that instant, Chu Nan made a move.

His figure shot forward like a cannonball, directly to the middle-aged man's side. One hand gripped the middle-aged man's neck tightly.

"If you want to live, then everyone should surrender!" Chu Nan sneered, his voice filled with murderous intent.

The middle-aged man's face flushed red, and he nodded repeatedly after hearing Chu Nan's words.

Chu Nan loosened his grip slightly, and the middle-aged man began to breathe heavily.

"Have everyone on the ship come out, put their hands behind their heads, and squat down."

The middle-aged man immediately shouted in Mandarin, "Hurry up and do as he says!"

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's words, the other sailors on the ship all showed fear and crouched down in a row on the deck.

As the middle-aged man shouted, people came out of the cabin and squatted on the deck as instructed.

At a glance, there were at least a dozen people, including the middle-aged man.

"Leave the sailors and the helmsman, and lock all four of them up!" Chu Nan gathered the middle-aged man in his hands and three other men who looked slightly more elegantly dressed together. These four men were clearly the highest-ranking on the ship.

"Keep driving!" Chu Nan said.

After arranging for the ship to continue its journey, Chu Nan checked the ship thoroughly again to make sure nothing was missed before going into the cabin.

"I've asked everything, Chu Nan," Ji Menghan said first. "We'll arrive in South Korea tomorrow afternoon."

Xu Ling'er continued, "These people are all sailors and helmsmen from Guatemala. Those three are people from Guatemala who have connections with Zhao Wanzhi. The person you just captured was someone Zhao Wanzhi arranged to meet Zhao Xingyu."

Upon hearing this, Chu Nan nodded: "Then that's correct."

"It's still too far from the continent. We definitely can't go directly to the continent. We need to go to South Korea first, and then find a way to return to Da Zhou by water or land."

After determining the return route, everyone took turns resting and keeping watch.

Time flew by, and soon it was the afternoon of the next day.

"We're almost in Korea!" a sailor said to Chu Nan as he walked in.

"Alright, get ready to disembark!"

As the ship gradually approached the dock, after it stopped, the group escorted Zhao Xingyu and the four ship controllers off the ship.

There weren't many people around the dock, only a few scattered boats moored nearby.

"How do we get back to the Great Zhou from here?" Ji Menghan frowned.

Chu Nan then pulled Zhao Xingyu over: "So, tell me, how are we going to get back?"

Zhao Xingyu shuddered slightly: "We still have to wait another month..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Nan's face darkened.

Seeing Chu Nan's expression, Zhao Xingyu looked terrified: "What I said is true. This was arranged by my father. A caravan from Da Zhou will stop here in a month, and then I can return to Da Zhou with that caravan."

"A month is too long," Chu Nan shook his head.

"Then why don't we take the land route back to the Great Zhou?" Ji Menghan said, taking out a map.

This map is used for navigation on the ship, marking some basic information about the regions between Guaguo, Bangziguo, and Dazhou. Since Bangguo and Dazhou are connected by land, a slight detour is needed to avoid taking a ship.

"We'll go back by land."

Chu Nan took a deep breath: "The journey by boat takes too long. Adding the boat trip a month later, it will take at least 40 days. We can't wait that long, and neither can His Majesty."

"In South Korea, we can find some fast horses and return to the capital in just half a month."

Hearing Chu Nan's analysis, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Take the money from the ship and use it to buy horses."

Since it's a merchant ship, there must be some silver inside.

After taking a considerable amount of money from inside, Chu Nan led the group, escorting Zhao Xingyu and the other three, further inside. After walking for less than two hours, they came upon a city in South Korea.

However, this city is too small; it doesn't even look as big as a county town in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

To Chu Nan's surprise, Xu Ling'er could even speak Korean, though not as fluently as Mandarin.

With Xu Ling'er's help, Chu Nan spent almost all the money he had taken from the merchant ship.

The effect of spending money was remarkable; in addition to buying more than a dozen horses, they even acquired a horse-drawn carriage and a prison cart.

The prison cart was used to imprison Zhao Xingyu and others, while the horse-drawn carriage was used by Ji Menghan and the other girls.

With everything prepared, following the map, we set off along the road bordering South Korea towards Great Zhou.

The journey back was very boring.

Chu Nan and his group traveled during the day and rested at night.

Fortunately, I had prepared some food beforehand, so it didn't have too much of an impact.

It took them three days to reach the border between South Korea and Great Zhou.