Sunrise on the ocean has always been very moving. The sun rose from the horizon and dyed the sky a fiery red. As the color gradually lightened, it created a beautiful scenery.
Yet, Ling Qingyu was full of resentment. Anyone who was sleeping like a dead pig, lifted onto a cliff and slapped on the face until she was awake could not be moved by the picturesque scenery.
“What if I kill one hundred people for you without charge. Don’t look at me like that,” Yan San said with good humor. “Instead, think about how we can get rid of those four-legged beasts and get my revenge!”
Yan San awakened in the darkest time before dawn. When he woke, he found himself sleeping on the original beach. The others were sleeping in the bushes. Of course, what he paid attention to was not where people slept, but that the huge beasts actually tricked him! A raging fire appeared in this heart. However, since he had no knowledge of the beasts, he didn’t even think before sneaking to Ling Qingyu’s side, picking her up, and carefully carrying her over the others. He ran to the top of the small cliff and looked at the bay as he began to grind his teeth. Then, he lightly patted Ling Qingyu awake.
Ling Qingyu was speechless. In order to save this highly skilled, though unreliable, martial artist, they had to endure through a lot of trouble. But, such a skilled person was necessary for survival in the wild. That guy, Shi Fang, gave him a lot of snake blood. He was full of energy. His eyes also shined with green light.
The giant lizards weren’t combative beasts. But, they had large bodies and could run fast. Their breath also carried poison. Yet, you had to go provoke them. It’s possible that as long as they see anything with two legs, they would attack. Aren’t you the number one assassin in the world? In a situation like this, you should be able to kill all these lizards. Why should I go!
Ling Qingyu’s gaze was contemptuous as Yan San kept shaking his head. “It’s not hard to kill them. But, these beautiful little guys may be the only ones in existence. It may be possible to tame them and have them watch your yard. It could be quite good.”
Only you would use Komodo dragons to watch a yard!
Ling Qingyu yawned. “I can’t help you. You should wait until Zheng Xi and the others wake up, then go catch the lizards together.” Thinking a moment, she continued, “With so many big men, why are you asking me, a little girl?”
Yan San leaned sideways and thought about this. Then, he said seriously, “Tell me the truth, are you really not a man? When we were on the ship, there was a ship-full of shirtless men. Yet, you didn’t even blush. You also went to watch a spring palace scene with live players in the middle of the night. When fighting for food, you were more savage than wolves. Of course, you were also calm when saving everyone. But, not a single one of these things is what a sheltered little girl can do!”
Yan San’s gaze swept across Ling Qingyu’s plump body and thought: anyone who considers you as a woman is a pig.
Ling Qingyu clenched her teeth as she started to calculate. If she slapped him, or pushed him down, or used some tricks on his lower body, he might respond without restraint.
Ling Qingyu breathed in to relax. I’ll just pretend everything he said is air!
Ling Qingyu’s deep breath woke the little cloud leopard in her bosom. The little cloud leopard crawled up with confused eyes and didn’t pay attention to the two humans. Under the gorgeous sun, he immediately saw lizards crawling out from the bottom of the giant cliff. Then, without hesitation, he jumped down from Ling Qingyu’s arms and ran down with his short little legs.
“Ah! Xiao Bai!” Ling Qingyu called as the little cloud leopard sprinted away. She didn’t see the lizards coming out of the caves and only thought about losing the little cloud leopard before chasing after him.
“What is that? So ugly!” exclaimed Yan San with disdain. Then he realized that Ling Qingyu had already gone down the cliff after the ugly thing. He secretly felt pleased. Even though she said she didn’t want to go, she still went. I, Yan San, really have quite the influence on both men and women.
After eating the snake gall, Ling Qingyu’s body was more agile. Her running speed also multiplied. But, even then, she still couldn’t catch up to Xiao Bai’s short limbs. Ling Qingyu felt frustrated as she chased after him.
Before her frustration had lasted a minute, it turned into shock as she saw a crowd of huge lizards. With the speed she was running at while chasing after Xiao Bai, she was charging right into the lizards.
“Ah!” Ling Qingyu half-screamed before Yan San stopped her. Yan San jumped toward the side behind a large rock, holding her collar with one hand and her mouth with the other.
The two of them peaked out carefully from the back of the rock.
“Wu, wu, wu.”
“Heng, heng, heng.”
“Wu, wu, wu, wu, wu, wu.”
“Heng, heng, heng, heng, heng, heng.”
Xiao Bai crouched in front of the lizards. In front of the crowd of humongous lizards, his little body was like an ant. But, he still held his head high. With his proud voice, one could see that he had the upper hand. The two sides conversed. Then, the large lizards actually lowered themselves to the ground. One of them crawled in front of Xiao Bai, lowered its head and let Xiao Bai bite his body. After violently drinking for a while, Xiao Bai made a satisfied sound. The lizard retreated and another lizard started licking the first lizard’s wounds.
“Wu, wu, wu, wu.” After finishing his meal, Xiao Bai called toward Ling Qingyu, who was staring with wide eyes behind the rock.
“It’s telling me to go over?” asked Ling Qingyu with uncertainty. After seeing Xiao Bai’s contemptuous gaze, she immediately straightened her body and walked to Xiao Bai.
“Wu, wu, wu, wu, wu!” called Xiao Bai toward the lizards. The lizards lowered their heads in front of Ling Qingyu as a sign of sincerity.
“Boss! You really didn’t lie to me! You’re actually the king of beasts!” Yan San ran joyfully over from the rock. He poked his scabbard arrogantly at the lizard’s head. “So many beautiful little guys. Boss, we should take them all back. Give me one as well.”
Before he could finish his sentence, the number one assassin in the world received another face full of spit. And…. fainted.
Ling Qingyu looked at the collapsed Yan San, then turned around to look at the little cloud leopard. The king of beasts is probably this little guy. It’s a pity. I had wanted to raise him as a pet.
Xiao Bai saw Ling Qingyu in a daze. He grabbed her clothes, climbed to her chest, then burrowed inside. With a cute yawn, he went back to sleep.
“Wait, don’t sleep.” Ling Qingyu grabbed the little cloud leopard’s neck and twisted him out. She laughed and said, “Tell them to give us some space. We can co-exist and not disturb each other.”
“Wu wu wu wu wu wu wu wu, wu wu wu wu wu, wu wu wu wu wu, wu wu wu wu.” Even though the little cloud leopard was just roaring, Ling Qingyu found that she actually understood him. He basically said: they are originally the cloud leopard’s food. With him here, they won’t come close. So, they mainly move around the other side of the six hundred meter rock cliff. This is just an outer yard where the lizards play.”
Then, the little cloud leopard called toward the lizards. They quickly lined up and moved back to the caves.
After the lizards left, the little cloud leopard glared angrily at Ling Qingyu, before burrowing back into her meaty chest to continue sleeping.
Ling Qingyu breathed a long sigh of relief. There will always be a blessing after a disaster. The ancients did not deceive me. Watching the sky gradually light up, then looking down at Yan San, she decided to ignore him. The lizard’s poison should only paralyze him. He would wake up after some time. Since there weren’t anyone close by, it was perfect timing.
Ling Qingyu took her clothes off and dropped the little cloud leopard nearby. Then she went into the ocean for a bath.
The ocean floor here was different from the original beach. There were corals on the first beach that would have cut her feet if she tried walking. Yet, there was only soft sand and stones under the water here.
Stones? Ling Qingyu, who was just joyfully washing her body, suddenly stopped. Bending her waist, she grabbed a stone from the seafloor. Her eyes shined. All those who had struggled in seafaring did it for money. Seeing this top quality blood amber, her heart started beating uncontrollably.
Ling Qingyu plunged into the water and slowly extended her hand to the ocean floor. It was covered by a variety of amber.
A treasury!
Only rare goods were treasured. Even if she could, she wouldn’t bring them all back or they would be devalued.
As her excitement passed, Ling Qingyu’s head began to work. On this island, there were golden wood, rosewood, and huanghuali trees. For shipbuilding, there were gold oil sandalwood and iron wood. For fragrances, there were qinan and agarwood. If they exert some effort, they could find scattered patches of longnao trees. For medical herbs, she heard Shi Fang talk about sumu, myrrh, ginseng, and ganoderma. These precious species of plants with different origins were all gathered here. There were also ambers on the seafloor. These findings weren’t scientific. In her memories, there shouldn’t be a place like this.
Unless, Ling Qingyu made a bold assumption, this was an independent island with its own ecosystem. This place would have to be completely isolated. If anyone came, it wouldn’t be able to maintain its precious items. Since her original world didn’t have any records of this island, could it be unique to this world? If it were a zone like Bermuda, then the reason the Aeolus was able to arrive was because of the change in currents due to the volcanic eruption.
As if confirming her thoughts, a huge wave came from afar, but suddenly distorted around three kilometers away from the shore. Then, it dissipated and turned into a gentle wave, floating slowly over to her.
Ling Qingyu started having cold sweats. If this really wa an independent space, then it may be easy to come in, but how would they leave? In her shock, Ling Qingyu’s brain started to imagine a different scenario. If they lived like a group of savages on this island, then as the only female, she would be responsible for reproduction. Then, this island would be full of her own tribe.
That is too scary! Ling Qingyu quickly shook her head to clear her mind. Clenching her fist, she thought, even if I, Ling Qingyu, have to make a crack in this space myself, I would still find a way to go back! There are still enemies living a comfortable and wealthy life in the Wu County!
Ling Qingyu ran onto the cliff, put on her clothes, then began to make plans. No matter if they had a chance to leave or not, they must fix the Aeolus first. That means, there must be organization; a living area, a work area, a logging area, and a collection area.
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