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Crack! Crack!
Inside the small boat cabin, the sound of a knife chopping meat grew faster and faster.
"Boss, your ship..."
Palu, sensing the ill-fated aura of the Floral Appearance, asked softly.
Chen Qi did not answer and continued to grill skewers, trying to stay as calm as possible.
Fortunately, the person who discovered them was Captain Palu.
If old Bai Ou was the friendliest of the navy, then Palu was definitely the most amiable captain among the four great pirate crews.
The father of the Black Whale Pirate Group, the Lady of the Blood Blade Pirate Group, and the Sea God of the Sea God Pirate Group were all madmen.
Palu of the Ice Witch Pirate Group was Chen Qi's favorite captain in the Witch Sea.
The reason why the Ice Witch Pirate Group could become one of the four great pirate crews was mainly that they held many secrets of the Witch Sea.
Moreover, as a pirate group that worships the Ice Witch, Palu naturally had a favorable impression of witches themselves.
Chen Qi remembered that in the original plot, the Flower Witch had a cooperative relationship with both the Ice Witch Pirate Group and the Blood Blade Pirate Group.
Right now, at Sea Demon Island, the navy had achieved a complete victory, with navy personnel everywhere.
In a nearby attic was also old Bai Ou, a Fourth Rank Legend of the navy.
Palu would never casually display his power and expose his identity.
They were all fugitives on the run.
Overall, it was safe... Chen Qi quietly grilled skewers.
At that moment, Palu, with a puzzled face, gently flicked his index finger upwards.
Suddenly, Chen Qi felt an itch in his ears.
The Whispering Technique, a minor spell used for communication.
"Brother, if you've been kidnapped, blink,"
"????"
I've been kidnapped? Chen Qi was momentarily baffled and tried to clear his thoughts.
The Flower Witch was a simpleton, but that was only from Chen Qi's personal perspective!
In the eyes of others, the Flower Witch was a crazed and dangerous forbidden existence, making potions out of people, bloody yet elegant!
Moreover, not long ago, the Flower Witch, along with the tentacle monster, synonymous with danger, robbed the Devil Fish.
This event deepened the public's entrenched view of the Flower Witch as a danger.
In Palu's perspective, it never occurred to him that a second-tier, hardworking chef who cooked delicious food was actually the mastermind behind the Devil Fish's operation!
Therefore, Palu looked at him with a sympathetic gaze.
Palu must have thought this poor chef was unluckily targeted by the witch on the way back and then became a toy the witch used to disguise her identity.
If he hadn't noticed this today, perhaps by tomorrow morning at Sea Demon Island, there would be a new corpse floating, covered in flowers.
Poor chef, played like a puppet...
Palu said nothing more and shook his head.
Although with his Fourth Rank Legend status, he could overturn the entire Sea Demon Island, any rash actions came with a price.
The two tacitly stopped talking.
Chen Qi put away the nervousness in his heart; as long as he didn't show the Residual Fire Touch in front of others, his identity wouldn't be easily exposed.
The sea breeze blew gently, night descended, and the beachside open-air barbecue stall gradually lost the bustle of the daytime, bringing an end to the day.
Chen Qi and the Water Elf packed up the stall. The charcoal on the grill still retained some warmth, and the occasional spark jumping seemed to recount the liveliness of the scene that had just taken place.
This barbecue session even sold some transcendent vegetables from Black Beard Land for the first time.
Sea Demon Island was a high-consumption area, where the price of a skewer was ten times that of a regular one, and the price of transcendent vegetables was more than a thousand times that of a regular skewer!
Despite the high prices, the transcendent veggies, enhanced by Soul Seasoning, were snapped up fiercely by the Transcendents.
One session of selling skewers unexpectedly earned them two hundred thousand Shell Coins!
Transcendent ingredients are the key to big profits... Chen Qi clapped his hands, planning to change his business strategy from the original low prices to a Transcendent dining boat.
But now, the source of transcendent ingredients was solely Black Beard Land.
Late into the night, the lights on the small boat were still on, while the navy men had returned to their ships.
Only one person had not yet left.
Palu stood up, adjusted his clothes, and looked as though he was a nervous employee about to meet company leadership:
"Boss, please convey that I mean no harm. I'm just a small crew member of the Ice Witch Pirate Group, with some questions I'd like to ask the respected Witch."
A small crew member? Chen Qi frowned and knocked on the cabin door:
"Alright."
Right now, the Flower Witch must be incredibly nervous!
Chen Qi could imagine the scene of the Flower Witch rolling on the floor in anxiety.
The door crack opened slightly.
However, the Flower Witch did not speak.
Through the crack in the boat cabin's door, only a blurred figure could be seen.
At this moment, the Flower Witch was unexpectedly radiating a Fourth Rank aura!
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Chen Qi whispered in the dark, "This must be the effect of the potion."
He had not expected that the Flower Witch would have such a potion.
The mingled scents of flowers and blood added a cursed aura to the Flower Witch.
The gaze beneath those blossoms was like a razor-sharp dagger, capable of piercing the soul in an instant and instilling an indescribable fear.
Just as the Flower Witch had said—
Elegant, aloof, powerful, bloody, and yet mysterious!
It seemed that if she were the slightest bit displeased, she could turn the person before her into dust of the underworld.
Is this still her? Chen Qi was frightened too; the usually naive Flower Witch actually exuded such an aura!
The sea breeze blew gently.
Palu felt a chill at the back of his neck and spoke calmly:
"Flower Witch, I mean no harm. I am asking for a friend, does the witch Occupation Card truly change one's gender, and is it true that only females can use it?"
Palu asked tentatively, knowing the answer.
This question was just to confirm the other party's identity, just a probe.
After all, there were not a few impersonating a witch in the high seas recently.
From behind the door, an emotionless cold voice came:
"Every question has its price."
Palu frowned and boldly pulled out a stack of banknotes from his backpack card, the money he had worked hard to earn over several days:
"Four hundred thousand Shell Coins, will that do?"
Four hundred thousand Shell Coins, that was the price of a half-barrel of ghost fire oil!
A sound of a cup falling to the ground came through the crack of the door!
The Flower Witch hadn't seen so much money in a long time.
Chen Qi made the choice on behalf of the witch and took the money:
"It will suffice."
The cold voice came again, saying icily:
"It is not only females who can use it, any user will eventually become witch-like, but this witchification can be suppressed."
"I understand," replied Palu.
Palu began to ask a second question:
"Flower Witch, I want to know the location of a Fourth Rank forged Occupation Card, as well as the location of the legendary Land of Trial.
For this, I am willing to offer an important piece of information as compensation."
However, with hardly any hesitation, the Flower Witch said coldly:
"Located in the land where the Mechanical Titan fell in the Crack Sea, there exists a Fourth Rank forged Occupation Card.
As for other information, you are not yet qualified to know."
The tone of the Flower Witch was incomparably cold.
Not qualified... The Fourth Rank Legend Palu sighed deeply in his heart.
He really couldn't ask for any information of true value.
The other party was a cruel and bloody witch!
To obtain sufficient information, one had to show enough value and goodwill!
Palu answered very understandingly:
"Understood, Flower Witch, I have a very important piece of information. Near the research base in Sea Demon Gorge, a Deep Sea Titan that defies description has been found. Its massive size is like a seabed island, an embodiment of the ocean itself.
In the middle of that titan sea beast grows a sea-flower unimaginable in size, a legendary ingredient and medicine that perhaps could be of use to you."
This piece of information—Chen Qi smiled wryly in his heart.
Titan, in the New Sun World, often refers to something colossal.
The sea beast as large as an island, such a creature, was a taboo existence upon the ocean!
In terms of power, it even surpassed the Wall of Blood Eyes.
For various reasons, they were no longer considered creatures in the high seas, but rather, like storms and volcanic eruptions, they were natural disasters!
They were the spokesbeasts of calamity!
Even a ship formed by multiple Third-order Transcendents would find it difficult to approach!
To the Flower Witch, this was useless information.
No one would venture into the heart of a calamity just for a legendary medicinal flower.
Palu, with a bit of skepticism about the Flower Witch's strength, disclosed this information.
No matter how disguised, the Flower Witch was currently only a Third-order Transcendent!
Her spiritual power field surely couldn't easily escape Palu's perception.
Palu wanted to test how the legendary Flower Witch would react to this information.
Yet, contrary to his expectations.
The voice of the Flower Witch remained unchanged, still cold as ever as she mechanically stated:
"I am aware. I will send the Black Hunter to take care of this matter."