The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

302: Merchant Ship

The island lords lived on their own islands.
The main lord lived on the main island while the other lords lived on the smaller surrounding islands.

Of the twelve, three were from the Dabu sect, two were dual sword-magic art users, while the rest were either sword masters or master magicians.

The ship the group found was headed to Biluo, and Biluo happened to have regularly scheduled ships that sailed out to Zhongyang.
It was welcome news for the group.
Now they wouldn’t have to buy a boat or rent one out, they could just hitch a ride.

After they decided to go to Biluo, Ink and the captain finalized their agreement.
The captain decided not to charge them for the ride after finding out they were students at Zhongyang Holy academy.
Instead he asked they led a hand if the ship encountered any trouble.

Sailing on the sea was dangerous.
There were water monsters and pirates to be careful of.

Large merchant ships were often targeted by pirates.
In fact, most paid pirates a large quantity of goods every year to ensure that they wouldn’t be attacked while at sea.

Medium sized and smaller sized ships didn’t have that kind of excess resource, so they had to rely on adventurers to guard their ships while at sea.

The owner of this particular ship was named Hart.
Hart was your average business man whose family had been in the business for generations.
He was luckier than most.
Thanks to his acute business sense and hardworking ethics, he was able to move from being a small fisherman to an owner of a small ship.

Hart was a strong man in his fifties, but based on the low amount of inner power he radiated, he wasn’t a very powerful guy sword user.
Considering his age, it was obvious he didn’t have talent for training with the sword to become a sword master.

He had an easy going, open-hearted personality.
His staff were all kind people.
Aside from Hart and his staff, there was also a hired mercenary group on board.
He had hired them to protect the merchandise.

The mercenary group inevitably saw Ming Xi’s group board the ship.
They were used to it.
It was Hart’s habit to pick up passengers as long as they were headed the same direction.

Other than Ming Xi’s group, there was also a brother sister pair, and three other adventurers traveling on a mission.

Since everyone was going to Biluo and there were plenty of empty rooms on board, Hart did not refuse anyone entrance, nor did he charge a fare.
He only asked for everyone’s help should the ship encounter danger on the seas.

It was a fair enough request, so everyone agreed.

In addition to the dozen crew members and about twenty hired mercenaries, there were also the adventurers, extra passengers and Ming Xi’s group.
There were quite a few people on board.

Because Feng Wu was a girl and had a child with her, she was given a separate room.
Ming Xi and the other guys split up into two rooms.
The crew took them to their respective rooms afterwards.

Their rooms were adjacent, so that was convenient.

It didn’t take long after everyone settled in for the ship to leave port.

It wasn’t a long journey to get to Biluo island from Sanye island, just ten days.

That evening, Hart had the cook prepare a meal for everyone in the dining hall.
Naturally Hart would be the host.

“Everyone, no need to be polite.
Sit, sit.
It’s our fate to meet at sea like this so let’s all enjoy a good meal together.
Drink and dine.” Hart laughed heartily.

Everyone sat down.

The hired mercenary group’s team leader was a sword master of some repute.
He had two assistants; one was a strong sword master as well, while the other was a strong magician.
The remaining twenty odd people in the group were also strong in their own right.
Only the three leaders of the mercenary group joined in the banquet.
The other members of the mercenary group were patrolling outside.

“Thanks to Boss Hart for the invitation.”

“Thank you, Boss Hart.”

“Indeed, I’m so embarrassed to have Boss Hart treat us.”

They all exchanged a few words with Hart before entering the dining cabin.
Once inside, they sat down in their arranged seats and a maid poured the wine.

“Boss Hart is too polite.
I will toast boss first.” Ming Xi and everyone raised their glasses in a toast.

Boss Hart was a businessman so he was good at conversation.
It was a congenial atmosphere as everyone chatted.

The banquet was primarily for the three mercenary leaders, so Hart mostly chatted with them, however that didn’t mean he ignored everyone else.

A clever-looking girl around sixteen or seventeen came up to Feng Wu and whispered.
“Are you going to Biluo for the sea emperor’s tomb?”

The girl was the younger of the siblings who had boarded the ship earlier.
They were pretty good.
The girl was an intermediate magician while the boy, at twenty-five or so, was an advanced swordsman.
He was a promising talent.

They introduced themselves as nobilities from the west.
The siblings were traveling together for fun when they heard about the tomb.
It sounded interesting so they got on Hart's ship and were looking forward to being part of the exploration team.

Feng Wu was sitting next to Jier, eating a piece of chicken thigh.
Unexpectedly someone approached her and started chatting.
She swallowed the mouthful of meat in her mouth before replying.
“What sea emperor’s tomb?”

The girl was surprised and it showed in her wide eyes.
She couldn’t believe there was someone who hadn’t heard the news.

“What?! You don’t know? Then what are you doing going to Biluo?”

“To get a boat back to Zhongyang,” replied Feng Wu with her stiff expressionless face.