I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

He had heard old fishermen talk about mermaids who would bewitch humans with their enchanting songs, but the girl in front of him, dressed in white and red trousers, seemed like the purest woman, her clear voice driving the pirates to their deaths.

Fifteen minutes later, as the last pirate ripped his own throat open, blood and foam flowing everywhere, he jumped off the ship, and all the pirates perished at sea.

Leopard licked his lips, as if he had just enjoyed a feast.

Chapter 808 Midsummer! Island! Grand Adventure!

Fear and despair, pain and sorrow are the leopard's favorite foods.

According to general theory, she wouldn't starve even without these emotions.

Just as people won't die without watching movies, these emotions are simply a form of entertainment for her.

As children, many people can conjure up a magnificent story of civilization by looking at a puddle, but will also miss their chance to step into it after losing interest. Leopard's attitude towards this kind of entertainment is the same.

If she finds her toys enjoyable, she will take them seriously and care for them carefully; but if she loses interest, simply leaving them lying around is the best outcome.

Seeing the pirates descend into madness and ultimately turn on each other, the sailors and Captain Nagamasa on the ship looked at each other in bewilderment.

If Sia's magic is wondrous and powerful, then what this girl in white robes and crimson hakama did just now can be described as cruel and bizarre.

The ability to make others give their lives with just words is even more terrifying than witchcraft.

It even makes one wonder if they have been bewitched by the other party and unknowingly fallen into some kind of illusion.

In Changzheng's mind, these passengers were guests who sponsored his treasure hunt, but he never expected that they were far more capable than him.

Nagamasa even began to suspect that they might be after his ship.

With this suspicion in mind, Nagamasa glanced again at the girl in white robes and scarlet hakama.

The girl gave him a sweet smile.

"Madam, I'm willing to do anything for you, to fulfill all your requests!"

Nagamasa's knees, which were rather uncooperative, had a close encounter with the deck.

"Let's go to the pirates' stronghold."

Leopard was very satisfied with the captain's behavior and gave the order.

Captain Nagamasa immediately organized the sailors to go to the two remaining pirate ships, disguised as pirates, and sailed towards the map markers given by Lu Ban.

Although these pirate ships were not suitable for long voyages, they were incredibly fast. Without some control, they quickly put a distance between themselves and the ship Lu Ban and his group were on.

"Midsummer! Island! Great Adventure!"

Leopard stood at the bow, cheering on the sailboat and trying to overtake the pirate ship next to it, muttering words that seemed to have come from somewhere while surfing.

Fortunately, Leopard hasn't learned too many abstract words yet, and his speech isn't outrageous enough to be ridiculous. As for being a meme kid, Lu Ban doesn't mind.

As long as Leopard is happy.

"Hoohoo!"

Leopard blew hard, as if trying to make the boat go faster, and like a curious child, she carefully examined the seawater.

"The seawater here is very clear, completely different from He Island later."

Lu Ban said something.

After being polluted by filth, the seawater around the island was no longer clear. Shadows shrouded the seabed, and strange monsters occupied the ocean, devouring all living things. Even on sunny days, the seawater appeared murky and dirty. Only the fire of purification could burn away all sins and return the whole world to its original purity.

"This seawater..."

Leopard leaned closer and looked at the seawater at the bow of the ship.

"Like the last ray of light released when a star is annihilated, it is dazzling."

She said it seriously.

"Isn't your analogy a bit too far-fetched?"

Lu Ban rarely made a complaint. He looked ahead and could see a different color on the horizon. It was a small island, probably smaller than the neighborhood where Lu Ban lived. It was the kind of island you could see all the way to the end.

The island's mountains were covered in green trees. In this era, human development of nature was far from reaching the level it would later become, and the pirates' abilities and technology were insufficient to support them in building a true paradise in this desolate place.

If pirates really had these abilities, they probably wouldn't have needed to become outlaws.

After all, judging from what Lu Ban had seen before, the rule of He Island was quite lax. Each island's magistrate basically governed itself. As long as taxes were paid to the He Island Grand Shrine on time, there were no problems. Compared to the layers of exploitation in the ruined capital, this place could be considered a paradise on earth.

Therefore, pirates probably didn't have any other skills.

Just now, when Lu Ban was peering into the other party's memories and searching for the island's coordinates, he mostly found thoughts like "I'm full and warm, so I'm thinking about other things" or "I ate two rice balls yesterday, so I'm going to eat three rice balls today to get revenge"—these kinds of trivial thoughts that don't even qualify as childish bickering.

While I wouldn't say I had a multitude of thoughts, my mind was at least completely blank.

Lu Ban had previously seen that some prisons would arrange for inmates to learn some traditional crafts, and even some traditions that were on the verge of extinction due to a lack of apprentices would be taught to inmates. After all, there was nothing to do in prison except work and study, which was the best way to calm down and appreciate the beauty of the classics.

In the past, there were those who attained enlightenment in Longchang. Now, there are quite a few who attain enlightenment in prison. Some have even become inheritors of intangible cultural heritage after being released from prison, carrying forward traditional arts by relying on the skills they learned.

If these pirates were lucky enough to end up in prison, Lu Ban thought he could give them some enlightenment.

From a distance, Lu Ban could see some people on the island.

They were not old, weak, sick, or disabled, but the same pirates as those on the previous ship.

As you can see, there are two ships moored in the rudimentary harbor. One of them is a two-masted sailing ship, and the other is a three-masted sailing ship, presumably used for long voyages to and from the outpost and nearby islands.

"This haul is pretty good; we actually hijacked an entire ship."

From afar, Lu Ban mimicked the words spoken by the pirates on the dock based on their lip movements.

"I wonder if there are any women around, it's been so long since I've had sex."

He repeated along with some things that were not appropriate to say in front of children.

"There's no need to translate it word for word."

Xia told Lu Ban to stop repeating those vulgar words and prepared to raise her hand to find a way to fire a shot at the pirates.

But scholar A-Xiang immediately stopped her.

"Wait, wait, Ms. Xia, we need to keep the dock open, otherwise it will be inconvenient to moor the boat."

He reminded him.

Xia thought about it and realized that made sense.

She then changed her hand gesture, like drawing a bow, gently pulling her right hand back and slightly closing her five fingers.

The next moment, the fingers loosened, and some invisible arrow was released, causing a gust of wild wind to rise around them.

In the blink of an eye, the invisible magic arrow had arrived at the dock.

The pirate, who had just been fantasizing about women, didn't even have time to react before he exploded into a cloud of blood foam.

Centered on the point of impact, the enormous force spread outwards, reducing the pirates, who resembled seals and were leisurely sunbathing on the island near the dock, to ashes.

The dock, however, remained intact and awaited the arrival of Lu Ban and his companions.

Chapter 809 Evolution

The raids on the pirate strongholds were taking longer than expected.

These pirates burned, killed, and looted; they stole all sorts of things.

To reiterate, if we could count on these pirates having some skills in organizing supplies, then we wouldn't be completely helpless.

The food and cloth were stored together, and much of it had already gone moldy. The shells were damp, and even burning them might not be enough to detonate them.

There were also more coins in sacks, rusty weapons, and so on.

The remaining pirates on the island were tied up and locked in a small wooden hut, their mouths gagged so they could only make muffled noises.

They were lucky, because Lu Ban hadn't had time to delve into their memories yet.

The sailors were sorting through the island's valuables, and watching them load things onto the ship, it was hard to tell who the real pirates were.

"Could this also be considered a treasure?"

Captain Nagamasa muttered to himself.

Compared to venturing out to sea and exploring unknown islands, robbing pirates does seem to be a faster way to make money.

Of course, under normal circumstances, their ships could at most hold their own against pirates, relying on their thick hides and tough armor to withstand the attacks. If they encountered several pirate ships, they probably would have a hard time dealing with them.

If it weren't for Xia and the others, it definitely wouldn't have been so easy to make money.

Magic is such a wonderful thing.

Captain Changzheng thought for a moment, then gave a few more instructions.

"Be gentle, these are all antiques. Search every corner, don't miss anything."

As he spoke, he saw the beach in the distance, where his friend Ah Xiang was bending down, searching for something.

Leopard and Lu Ban were following the scholar nearby.

What are you looking for?

Lu Ban asked curiously.

"I heard that there is a kind of wonderful fiddler crab on the islands in this sea area, so I wanted to see if there were any here."

Bending over, Ah Xiang said, carefully observing the beach.

At first glance, the beach before the tide comes in looks unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, you can see tiny holes, as if insects have crawled in and dug out the sand.

Ah Xiang brushed aside a clump of sand with his hand, carefully removing the impurities, and saw something wriggling in his palm.

A crab, no bigger than a fingernail, crawled out of the damp sand, trying to escape from Ah Xiang's palm.

He quickly caught it with his other hand, crossing his hands repeatedly until all the sand had fallen, leaving only the little crab. Ah Xiang carefully observed it, trying to remember all the details of the creature.

"Look, because it lives on the beach, it needs the ability to move through the sand and gravel more than to swim, so its pincers are relatively large, and the two legs at the end have gradually degenerated into claws, which allows them to stay firmly in place in the tide."

Ah Xiang said excitedly that after the observation was over, he put the little crab back on the beach. The crab crawled nimbly on the beach and quickly found a patch of soft sand. It quickly buried itself in the sand and used its two pincers to bury itself.

They're quite cute.

Lu Ban saw that Leopard also followed suit and grabbed a handful of sand.

In the blink of an eye, something was wriggling in the sand.