I'm not just human!

Xia Fa was the first to fall asleep.

This was the first time since he came into this world that he had slept so peacefully and without worry.

Because he had two cousins ​​guarding him, and it was on the Worm Islands of the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, he wasn't afraid anyone would come to harm him.

But after Xia Fa fell asleep, his already drunken cousin Locke and cousin Hercules both sobered up.

The two stood up from the coconut tree chairs, looked at Xia Fa for a while, then exchanged a glance, both shaking their heads with smiles full of affection.

"Let's send him back to Red Porcupine's ship first, otherwise Red Porcupine will be worried about being punished by you, brother, when he finds out that Cousin Xia Fa is missing."

Locke's cousin spoke, his voice tinged with amusement.

Hercules' cousin smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything more.

Immediately afterward, Hercules stepped forward and gently brushed his palm across three inches in front of Xia Fa.

As starlight began to appear, Xia Fa's body was instantly enveloped in starlight, and then he simply vanished.

……

beep--!

The sound of the steam whistle pierced the sky, and Xia Fa awoke from a very comfortable sleep.

He was somewhat surprised as soon as he opened his eyes.

I... I'm actually back in my cabin on the Red Pork Belly?

Did Hercules or Locke personally bring him back?

Bang bang bang!

Immediately following, a knock sounded on the door, and the rather rough voice of the Red Pufferfish Captain came in.

"Shafa, Shafa, the sun's high in the sky! Time to come with us to see the chief!"

Xia Fa shook his head and chuckled, then stood up and opened the door.

The captain of the Red Pufferfish was yawning, looking like he was still hungover. Clearly, the effects of the Cardan wine from yesterday were still too strong and he hadn't fully recovered yet.

"Dagnie has already gone to report to the chief. Let's hurry over there. After we meet the chief, I'll take you on a tour of the Worm Islands. There's a whale watching event today, which happens every three months!"

Although the red pufferfish on board was still somewhat drunk, its mind was quite clear, and it even remembered to remind Xia Fa about the whale watching event.

Xia Fa also cares a lot about this. Now that they have arrived at sea, it is unknown when the Eternal Certificate will appear. As for the legendary overlord-level secret contract that is about to be born, there is no news at all.

So now, besides exercising every day and advancing his understanding of the secrets of the Gate of Stars, Xia Fa plans to find more high-quality traveling whales, dissect them, and make a lot of money!

His goal is to simply accumulate five million or even ten million pounds.

That way, if someone tries to sell a top-tier secret contract that I haven't signed before, I can just take it!

"Okay, let's go then."

Xia Fa smiled and agreed, then followed Captain Red Pufferfish to the deck.

The Red Porcupine was anchored in the bay of the largest island in the Worm Islands, an island that Shafa had heard her cousin Hercules mention yesterday, called "Sandworm Island."

On the island of Sandworm, there is a colossal city called the City of Ten Thousand Stars, almost the same size as the city of Augustus.

It is a gathering place for pirates, merchants, super hunters, adventurers, bounty hunters, nobles who are out on training, and so on.

As for the master of the City of Ten Thousand Stars, he is naturally the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, one of the five pirate emperors of the sea.

"Let's go into the city first. The leader is probably handling various matters at the Palace of Stars. Today, he's also holding the quarterly pirate conference of the Myriad Stars Pirate Group. Let's go to the Palace of Stars and wait there first."

Captain Red Porcupine chuckled and led Xia Fa to the city gate of the City of Ten Thousand Stars.

To Xia Fa's surprise, the guards at the city gate were not the menacing pirates, but two knights, dressed in bright silver armor and carrying greatswords, looking quite imposing.

The two city knights clearly knew Captain Red Porcupine; they didn't even question him before letting him and Xiafa go in.

As soon as you step through the city gate, you are greeted by a sense of prosperity and bustle.

The streets, paved with a mixture of cobblestones and mud, are full of life and lined with all kinds of shops.

There are supernatural shops, bars, hotels, restaurants, dance halls, casinos... all sorts of humans and demi-humans come and go.

Besides these, there are bounty hunters with fire sashes on their waists, adventurers with compasses in their hands, and cold-faced super hunters... all sorts of people gather in this city.

In the distance, there is a continuous cluster of buildings, with a crisscrossing network of streets that resemble a spider web. Deep within the building lies a massive palace.

The palace was truly magnificent and grand, its entire body shimmering with a starry purplish-black hue, with twinkling starlight, giving one the feeling that the cosmos had descended upon this giant city and coalesced into such a grand and spectacular palace.

"That's the Palace of Stars. Like our Starship, the Starship of the Myriad Stars Pirates, it's made of Celestial Iron Gold and is an extremely powerful treasure in itself."

Captain Red Pufferfish pointed to the purplish-black palace shimmering with starlight in the distance and introduced it with great pride.

Xia Fa nodded slightly, showing great interest in this city, which was said to be the most prosperous in the Baron Ocean.

Augustus, as the capital of the Augustan Kingdom, actually had very good public security.

Even in the chaotic lower city, there are the "Prominence Nebula Squad" and "Thorn Blade Squad" of the Silver Church and the Church of Nature, along with the official police superintendent, who patrol daily.

Although there are still places where filth and corruption can lurk, generally speaking, ordinary people in Augustus can live quite well even without signing a secret pact.

But in the City of Ten Thousand Stars...

Xia Fa looked at the countless buildings forming a complex architectural ensemble, and the intricate, spiderweb-like streets.

It's unimaginable how many different organizations and forces must have taken root in this city built and ruled by pirates, and how many unexpected and strange things must have happened in secret.

After all, this is a paradise for pirates, and you can also see bounty hunters, adventurers, super hunters and other professions everywhere.

Moreover, the Baron Ocean is filled with historical ruins and relics, as well as all sorts of eerie realms...

"Anyone who can make it in this place must be a ruthless character..."

Xia Fa sighed inwardly, and at the urging of Captain Red Boar, followed him all the way to the Palace of Stars.

……

More than an hour later.

The tram stopped at the entrance of the Palace of Stars. The doors opened, and Xia Fa, Captain Red Porcupine, and a large group of pirates filed out.

The "ding-ding" car is a type of small train that gets its name from the "ding-ding" sound it makes when it runs.

That's right, a railway has actually been built in the City of Ten Thousand Stars, even though the city of Augustus doesn't have one.

Of course, Xia Fa and Captain Red Porcupine couldn't travel on foot. After boarding the tram, they were propelled by a ritual array inside that could gather wind elements, making it incredibly fast.

What should have been a journey of at least ten hours was completed in just over an hour.

Now, standing at the foot of the Palace of Stars, Xia Fa truly realized just how vast and magnificent this palace was.

The towering exterior walls, reaching tens of thousands of meters high, resemble a real starry sky descending before you. Countless windows, like pure and clear mirrors, reflect all the gazes that try to enter.

The main gate of the palace was extremely tall, reaching a full thousand meters. When the two arched gates opened, Xia Fa was momentarily dazed, feeling as if he was about to enter another world.

Captain Red Porcupine was already mingling and chatting with the other captains of the Myriad Stars Pirate Crew as soon as he boarded the vehicle.

Although he introduced Xia Fa to the other captains, they were clearly not very interested in him, seeing that Xia Fa was only an Insect-level being.

Xia Fa certainly didn't care. With the Augustus family helping him keep his identity as the signatory to the Silver Throne a secret, the fewer people who knew his true strength, the better.

This would help to seize the Eternal Certificate from the mysterious emperor's forces by surprise when it appears.

Of course, on the other hand, Xia Fa will not deliberately hide his strength. He will make his move when the time is right. He also wants to meet the other young overlords who have come to the Baron Ocean this time.

I'm especially eager to witness the secret abilities of the two overlord-level secret covenants, "Primal Stomach" and "Star Spirit Mage," which I haven't seen before.

Although it is mentioned in the intercalary pages of "The Story of the Augustus Family", it is written vaguely and unclearly.

Therefore, Xia Fa could only try to meet them himself, since there was a possibility that these two hegemonic secret agreements might be signed in the future.

As for the young overlords who signed agreements with "Fairy Tale World," "Eternal Conditions," "Forge of All Things," and "Gate of Stars," Xia Fa naturally wanted to get to know them and, incidentally, observe their different development directions.

They can also use this as a reference to try to develop their own "Silver Throne," "Gate of the Stars," and the soon-to-be-signed "Mysterious Singularity"—these three overlord-level secret contracts.

Last time, following Dick Tudor's introduction, he attempted to fuse the two core secret abilities: the Rhine Silver Mercury of the "Silver Throne" and the Starry Body of the "Gate of Stars."

It can be said that his strength improved by a lot in an instant, and he gained a lot.

However, integrating secret abilities is only one direction for secret ability development; there are many other development methods.

Xia Fa plans to learn from the strengths of others before properly developing the abilities of his own several overlord-level secret contracts.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Dangdang Dangdang!

Suddenly, the sound of another tram could be heard in the distance.

Xia Fa turned his head and saw that on the tracks next to the tram he had just been riding, the wheels of the second tram were scraping against the tracks, sending countless sparks flying, and it had come to a stop.

The car door opened, and James with the golden rapier, whom they had met before, was the first to step out.

Immediately afterwards, many pirates from the Shark Pirates surged out from among them.

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised. Was the Shark Pirates preparing to attack the Star Pirates?

Of course, he was just thinking about it. If a war really broke out, the Shark Pirates probably wouldn't even be able to get into the City of Ten Thousand Stars.

“Every time our Wanxing Pirate Crew holds a pirate conference, we invite other pirate crews to attend. Of course, we usually only invite smaller pirate crews. It’s rare for us to invite Princess Shark and her crew.”

The captain of the Red Pufferfish was having a lively conversation with another captain when he saw this and turned to explain to Xia Fa.

Xia Fa understood something and nodded secretly.

It's likely that the reason the Father of Ten Thousand Stars invited Princess Shark and her pirate crew was to discuss how to deal with the Mysterious Emperor and the great changes he brought to the seas.

After all, even if the five pirate emperors combined, they might not be a match for that mysterious emperor, who would obviously not hesitate to use any means necessary to obtain the proof of eternity.

If we are not careful, the landscape of the Baron Ocean could be drastically altered because of that mysterious emperor.

In fact, in the Baron Ocean, besides the pirate crews led by the five pirate emperors, there were of course other large and small pirate crews that maintained a relationship of semi-submission and semi-detachment with the five major pirate crews. Very few dared to oppose the five major pirate crews.

In the past, when the Father of Ten Thousand Stars convened the Ten Thousand Stars Pirate Crew's conference and invited other pirate crews to participate, it was also intended to intimidate and recruit them.

Besides the "Hengxing" led by Wanxing's father, many of the other pirate ships, large and small, of the Wanxing Pirate Crew were recruited.

It is said that even the Red Porcupine was recruited by the Father of Stars only after it made a name for itself at sea.

However, that was decades ago.

More and more pirates disembarked from the two trams, and soon the area in front of the Palace of Stars became crowded.