I'm not just human!

Of everyone present, only Shafa, Prince Justinian, and the captain of the Red Pufferfish himself heard the gist of it.

Everyone else, including Dagney, didn't even have time to hear what He said before He finished.

However, due to Avalon's angelic status and overlord identity, they dared not ask again, nor did they dare to ask Him to slow down.

The captain of the Red Pufferfish looked at Avalon with more admiration, and even a sense of finding a kindred spirit. However, Avalon didn't even glance at him.

[Brief Reality] While hunting down an Outer God, he casually shattered a Dominator-level Ghost Domain?

Xia Fa clicked his tongue in amazement. Recalling how everyone had been trapped in a time loop realm equivalent to an angel's and had no other choice, he felt that his understanding of the strength of the nine righteous gods had become clearer.

He suddenly remembered something, looked up and asked:

"On our planet Kaligi, don't we have the earthly divine kingdoms of the two righteous gods, the [Silver Universe] and the [Nature Monarch]? Why don't these two righteous gods take action to clear away that Pale Tide Sea?"

Just as the captain of the Red Pufferfish was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Avalon slightly opening its mouth out of the corner of his eye. He immediately stopped talking, looking at this angelic overlord with admiration and respect, and let Him speak.

The surrounding pirates were at their wits' end. In this situation, it would be better to let the captain speak; Avalon spoke too fast for them to understand.

But Avalon still spoke up, seemingly oblivious to everyone else:

"The reason is actually very simple. Leaving such a sea area on our planet Caligi, especially on the Baron Ocean which can produce traveling whales, is definitely more beneficial than harmful. That's why the two gods didn't take action."

"After all, as you know, in the entire planet Calig, and even in the entire universe, only our Baron Ocean produces traveling whales."

"This is also one of the reasons why many other young overlords from other continents are willing to come and join in the fun every year. In the past 30,000 years, even young overlords from other planets have come to join in the fun."

"As for the benefits, the Pale Tide Sea is home to groups of the most precious and valuable traveling whales, which yield the best goods. That's the primary benefit."

"They live comfortably in this forbidden land that no one dares to set foot in, freely roaming between the real world and the Protoss Realm, devouring all sorts of extraordinary items, and multiplying and expanding their race,"

"Not only that, even the traveling whales that can be occasionally caught in the vicinity of the Pale Tide Sea yield far better quality fish than those from other seas."

"In a sense, the Pale Tide Sea is the best habitat for migratory whales."

“Any traveling whale pulled out from the Pale Tide Sea starts at hundreds of thousands of gold pounds, and the most expensive can even sell for millions of gold pounds.”

"Of course, on the other hand, when the Pale Tide Sea fell into the Baron Ocean, many marine creatures in that sea absorbed the essence and flesh fragments from the Outer God's remains, resulting in almost the highest degree of mutation."

"After more than 30,000 years of evolution, countless extremely special supernatural creatures and extraordinary plants were born in the Pale Tide Sea. The value of these creatures is self-evident."

"I've heard that even the nine great gods have been to the Pale Tide Sea in search of what they need."

Whether the pirates heard it clearly or not is unknown, but Xia Fa heard it all without missing a single word.

He was quite surprised, but also felt a strong curiosity about the Pale Tide Sea.

Having absorbed the essence and fragments of the Outer God... they evolved over 30,000 years of supernatural creatures and extraordinary plants...

He even visited the nine great gods...

Since he had the strange electric current at his spine and the various escape and survival abilities of the Gate of Stars, Xia Fa really wanted to find an opportunity to go and take a look.

I imagine that must be a very strange place.

On the other hand, he finally understood why even angelic overlords like Prince Justinian and Avalon couldn't remain calm when faced with a traveling whale.

The most expensive traveling whales can cost millions of gold pounds each!

For ordinary people who haven't signed any secret agreements, gold pounds are money, wealth, happiness, or the most important thing that can buy happiness.

Many people toil their whole lives just for a little bit of gold, such as poor fishermen and refugees fleeing famine.

In fact, many refugees starved to death because they couldn't even find a single pound of gold on them to buy the sweet bread from the bakery just a few meters away.

The importance of the gold pound to ordinary people is self-evident.

However, for extraordinary individuals, the gold pound is equally important.

Because in the extraordinary world, the gold pound is the only universally accepted and universally recognized "general equivalent."

Legend has it that the gold pound possesses the power of the Supreme Law, one of the nine great gods, which anchors its value.

Any extraordinary person can verify the authenticity of a pile of gold pounds or a large bank draft in person through a simple ritual array passed down from the "Supreme Church".

In this situation, everyone would naturally be very happy to use gold pounds for transactions, because gold pounds can buy almost everything and can also make good items in their possessions sell for a good price.

Therefore, even a supreme monarch as powerful as Dictator occasionally needed gold pounds, though it was primarily for the use of his subordinates.

In this context, it's not hard to imagine just how expensive a traveling whale worth millions of gold pounds would be.

It's simply... a top-tier luxury item in the extraordinary world!

Millions of gold pounds are equivalent to countless secret treasures, or extremely high-level sealed artifacts, or even—half a hegemon-level secret contract!

“No wonder. So even with Prince Justinian’s vast wealth and resources, he couldn’t easily afford to buy the top-quality whales from their habitats to practice on, right? In that case, he would naturally have to start with the most common whales…”

As for Avalon, needless to say, although he is the greatest mechanical genius in the Kingdom of Augu in the last hundred years, he is not a prince after all, and therefore cannot afford a top-tier traveling whale worth millions of gold pounds.

"They are mainly supernatural beings with demigod-level or higher status, which are almost extinct in the real world. They can only be encountered so frequently in the Mist God Hunting Grounds. Otherwise, with their status and power as angel-level overlords, making money shouldn't be difficult for them..."

Xia Fa steadied himself, pulled his wandering thoughts back, and didn't dwell on it.

Because, from the moment we boarded the ship until now, the real highlight is about to begin!

The eleven traveling whales were lined up on the deck in descending order of size.

The pirates stopped drinking and playing cards, and formed a tight circle around the eleven traveling whales, their faces beaming with excitement.

In the circle, besides Xia Fa, there are only Prince Justinian, Avalon, Captain Red Porcupine, and Dagney, a total of five people.

"Xia Fa, you saved everyone this time and made a great contribution. According to the rules at sea, one of these eleven traveling whales must be handed over to the leader, and we can divide the other ten among ourselves. How about you take seven of them?"

The captain of the Red Pufferfish chuckled and looked at Xia Fa.

Prince Justinian and Avalon had no objection to this and said nothing.

Xia Fa waved his hand and said sincerely:

“Although I saved everyone, you were the ones who steered the ship, while Prince Justinian and His Excellency Avalon were the ones who captured the traveling whales. I took seven whales for myself, so how will you divide the remaining three?”

He paused for a moment, then replied without hesitation:

"How about this: Prince Justinian will take two, His Excellency Avalon two, and I will take three. Then everyone on the ship can share three boats. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present, regardless of who they were, even someone as detached as Avalon, couldn't help but look at Xiafa with newfound respect.

They were not greedy for credit or personal gain, and the distribution was so fair and just that everyone felt genuinely comfortable...

Prince Justinian thought of his father, His Majesty Octavian.

The reason why the Emperor was willing to follow Marshal Gaius was because Marshal Gaius was just like that: magnanimous, fair and just, and always considering the interests of his confidants and subordinates first, and only considering himself last.

When his father became emperor, the same thing naturally happened.

Therefore, for six hundred years, the Emperor has been respected by everyone. Even the nobles of the Augu Kingdom, big and small, speak of the Emperor with great reverence.

Now, Prince Justinian felt that he seemed to see the qualities of a leader in Shaphat as well…

"It's a pity that he's only a bug-level being now, and the probability of him being able to sign a hegemon-level secret contract in the future is extremely small..."

"Otherwise, if we conquer the Boyue Empire or the Budai Dynasty in the future, we could appoint him as a representative of the Augustus family, to be a minor king..."

Prince Justinian felt genuinely sorry, but he also decided to pay more attention to Xiafa in the future and use his resources and connections to cultivate Xiafa as much as possible.

The Xia people were both intelligent and so loyal that Prince Justinian was extremely happy to have them as confidants or friends.

That is to say, Xia Fa's rank is too low, but he can still grow in the future, right?

Captain Red Porcupine thought of the leader, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars.

The leader was the same way; when it came to distributing the spoils, he was always fair and just, never allowing any pirate to utter a single complaint.

This is precisely why these pirates have willingly followed their leader for decades.

"Alright, that's settled then. Don't worry, Xia Fa, I will definitely report your contribution to the leader. What you will receive then will be far more than just these three traveling whales!"

Captain Red Pufferfish laughed heartily, his grizzly bear-like arms affectionately embracing Xia Fa, and pointing to a row of traveling whales of all sizes on the deck.

"Come on, brother, you choose first, then we'll choose."

Prince Justinian smiled and nodded, indicating that Xiafa should choose first.

Avalon didn't take the initiative to choose any at this point, even though he had already begun observing the traveling whales in secret.

However, when it comes to choosing a whale for a trip, Xia Fa is completely clueless.

Because there is absolutely no relevant knowledge in either "Secret Texts and Divination" or "The Mystical Exploration Records of the Fog Man"!

It seems to be in "The Chronicles of the Augustus Family", but I only recently got my hands on it and haven't turned to that part yet.

This is normal, though, as only the Baron Ocean on the planet Caligia produces traveling whales in the entire universe.

The Fog People live in the Fog Realm, so naturally they don't study the mystical knowledge related to traveling whales.

As for "Secret Texts and Divination," since divination methods cannot predict what treasures are hidden inside the traveling whale, it is naturally impossible to mention them.

Because traveling whales are mystical beings capable of traversing between the Astral Realm and the real world, their outer skin and thick layer of fat naturally create a disorder of time and space, making them inherently resistant to divination and esoteric practices.

Seeing that Xia Fa looked somewhat bewildered, the captain of the Red Pufferfish noticed it and then exchanged a knowing glance with Prince Justinian.

The two immediately took Xia Fa to one of the traveling whales.

That was one of the eleven traveling whales, of medium to small size, roughly the size of a round table. It was currently in a dozing state, its round body lying on the deck.

"To see what kind of whale you can find good stuff inside, you can start by looking at these five things: skin, folds, tail, eyes, and teeth."

Captain Red Pufferfish got really into it when he started talking about it, and the pirates listened very attentively, not finding his rambling at all.

"Skin, folds, tail, eyes, teeth?"

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised, not expecting that there were such intricacies involved in dissecting a traveling whale.

But then he thought about it again and felt relieved.

After all, these are items that start at several thousand or tens of thousands of gold pounds, and can cost up to several million gold pounds per piece. If you don't have some sense of propriety, would you just pay for them casually?

Prince Justinian then approached the traveling whale and looked at Shafa with a smile.

"Come on, touch the skin of this traveling whale first."

Sunlight streamed onto the deck; it was afternoon. At first glance, Xia Fa noticed that the traveling whale's deep blue skin was extremely smooth, with hardly any scars.

He walked over curiously and reached out to touch it.

Prince Justinian asked:

"How does it feel?"