Chaotic World Book
Chapter 553 - 537: The Rarely Serious San Niang

Chapter 553: Chapter 537: The Rarely Serious San Niang

In the backyard, Hua Zhenming was pacing back and forth, feeling anxious. "San Niang has been in there for so long, why is everything still so calm?"

Someone was trying to console him, "Leader Hua, don’t worry. With San Niang’s strength, when she just came back that day and fought throughout the group, she stunned everyone. Those brothers who were dissatisfied with the suddenly emerged San Niang became submissive overnight. That’s not something ordinary people can do... Zhao Shouyi, no matter how strong, probably can’t be a match for San Niang..."

"But why hasn’t she fought after going in..."

"This calmness, maybe it’s not a fight. Perhaps they are negotiating, or maybe she is drugging the other party..."

Everyone exchanged glances, and a scene emerged in their minds:

The enchanting San Niang gracefully sitting in someone’s arms, lifting a wine cup and coquettishly saying, "Dear customer, if you drink this, I will be yours tonight..."

I can’t take it, the nosebleeds are coming.

However, the pirates seemed to think such a scenario was quite normal. Hua Zhenming, on the other hand, didn’t care and nodded, "If that’s the case, we’ll see San Niang dragging this person out soon. Let’s not relax our guard. Stay here and be ready to help San Niang immediately if something goes wrong."

The pirates were tense, yet the scene inside the room was completely different from what people imagined.

San Niang, who typically appeared flamboyant and lazy in the eyes of others, was looking very serious and earnest, wiping her hands from eating crabs, intently staring at Zhao Changhe as if his role as Room Fire Pig was particularly important in this matter.

Due to her previous underestimation of "Zhao Shouyi," she hadn’t bothered to play the part of a hostess. She came from the Pirate Group without changing her attire, wearing neither the supposed silk clothes of a brothel madam nor the enchanting outfits from Yellow Sand Market. Instead, she wore something very heroic and capable, with a strong flavor of Worldly Society, like horse bandits or pirates, which reminded Zhao Changhe of Yue Hongling, and felt even more untamed.

Now that she was serious, Zhao Changhe felt a dissonance in time and space, as if the lazy, giggling Guigui faded away, replaced by the Four Symbols Sect’s Xuanwu Venerable.

Once the unfamiliar dissonance passed, Zhao Changhe started to feel that this version of San Niang aligned more closely with his own mental image of Xuanwu. He raised the wine pot and poured a cup for San Niang, "Yes, I am the Room Fire Pig under Xuanwu. I have wine, does the Venerable have a story?"

San Niang said lightly, "Do you want the story of this seat, the Pirate Group’s story, or the story about why we advised to turn back and expel the fishermen and merchants this time?"

Zhao Changhe said, "Can’t you tell them all?"

San Niang asked, "Do you want me to tell the truth?"

"I don’t think there should be anything we can’t talk about..."

"The truth is, we aren’t as familiar with each other as you think."

"..."

San Niang smiled slightly, reclining in her chair to drink, "There’s something interesting about you that can alleviate the boredom I’ve long faced, whether looking at the sea or the desert sands. Other than that, besides a cooperation at Yellow Sand Market, do we have any special connection? Obtaining the Ancient Sword Dragon Emperor?"

"Is that not so?" Zhao Changhe remembered the slight flirtation in Beimang, knowing there wasn’t much to it, yet still subconsciously felt like they were very close...

"That sword is still with you, and I never intended to ask for it back. You, being as clever as you are, should have realized that I didn’t want to owe you a favor... You copied the Rejuvenation Technique for me, although no one in the Four Symbols Sect has fully mastered it yet. The Dragon Emperor should be yours. By lending you the sword, I was actually giving it to you."

"Wow, I can’t believe you would be so roundabout; I thought you were lethargic."

Actually, you’re quite right; I really don’t want to use my brain... San Niang smiled slightly, "Did you think you understood me so well?"

Zhao Changhe thought for a moment, laughing, "If the Venerable says so, then essentially, the Venerable does not consider me as Room Fire Pig. Instead, it’s me who sees myself as part of the Four Symbols Sect, feeling a special closeness to the Venerable, thinking that we can trust each other."

"Perhaps the first half is correct, not just I, but doesn’t Vermilion Bird have doubts too?" San Niang chuckled, "The second half, not necessarily. With your mouth that could charm Qing’er, who could really trust you?"

Zhao Changhe said helplessly, "I am sincere with her."

"Really?" San Niang’s eyes sparkled with amusement, seemingly eager to stir more trouble but she restrained herself, saying lightly, "Let’s first talk about the situation here."

Zhao Changhe filled her cup with wine, "I’m all ears."

San Niang said, "Since ancient times, the sea has been feared for its storms. You can imagine, from the time fishermen have sailed, they have worshipped various beings like the Sea God or the Dragon King to protect them from storms and ensure a safe return."

Zhao Changhe nodded, "This is natural."

"However, these divine beings don’t really exist—maybe they did in a previous epoch, but not in this world, so there’s no true divine intervention, just superstition, or a form of solace." San Niang continued, "But starting from the past two years, someone has become efficacious."

Zhao Changhe immediately understood, "Sea Emperor."

"That’s right, known as the Sea God in the seas. He truly revealed miracles, moving ships away when storms approached... The more miracles, the more faith harvested, and now, almost all the states, big or small, in the sea, even pirate groups, basically have complete faith, and it’s quite fervent."

Zhao Changhe said, "A divine being with miracles gaining fervent faith is normal... Combining with a little situation I know, the resurgence of the Sea Emperor may indeed relate to this Power of Faith. This might be why the Sea Emperor has been more active over these two years and started invading the land. The more faith, or rather, the wider his domain, the closer he is to fully reviving... Ah, there might even be a chance for a breakthrough, after all, compared to the previous era of gods competing, now he’s somewhat unrivaled, the opportunity is great."

This was why the Sea Emperor was so eager to advance onto land... The unreasonable actions of the Wang Family were fully revealed here.

But was Wang Daoning really controlled or brainwashed? He abandoned the typical thinking of the Aristocratic Family, even giving up his sister, who was the Empress, and messed around with the Sea Emperor...

San Niang leaned back in her chair, sipping her wine with a slightly comfortable expression.

It was always comfortable to converse with smart people; not only did it save her the effort of lengthy explanations, but the other party could also infer more and even turn around to provide reciprocal information for consideration.

No wonder neither Vermilion Bird nor Tang Wanju liked to use their brains when this guy was around... Who would want to tire themselves out like that...

San Niang sighed inwardly and said, "Indeed. Even though there are many islands and small countries in the sea, they are sparse, and the total population is very small compared to the Divine Continent, perhaps not even one ten-thousandth. Over the past one or two years, the Sea Emperor has begun to extend his feelers toward the fishermen and sea merchants who go out to sea. By deliberately creating storms and then rescuing people, he staged miracles and harvested the fishermen’s faith, after which he had them go back and spread the word."

Zhao Changhe said, "Is this the reason you persuaded them to return?"

San Niang replied indifferently, "As you said, it was originally just a snatch, after snatching we’d just rush back."

"I’m not thinking about that issue..."

"What is it then?"

"You usually stay at the Yellow Sand Market; you can’t remotely control the pirates here, can you?"

"Hmm. Actually, we don’t communicate much, I just came here to visit relatives..." Speaking of this, Guigui was furious, "Damn, if it weren’t for your Qing’er asking me to come out and look after your little lover, her little rival, would I have bothered to travel miles from the Yellow Sand Market to the outer East Sea? Seriously, what does your family drama have to do with me anyway..."

Since she was here, she naturally wanted to employ her old organization, but she ended up getting involved in new events.

Zhao Changhe said, "Since these pirates have been living at sea for a long time, why haven’t they been harvested for their faith by the Sea Emperor? Do they have another faith? Emperor Ye? Or... Dragon King?"

San Niang’s heart skipped a beat from his comment; this young man was truly clever...

She hesitated for a moment, not wanting to discuss too much about the pirates with Zhao Changhe, as continuing would inevitably lead to mentioning her own past, and their relationship hadn’t reached that point. After thinking for a bit, she then said, "In any case, just know that the pirates here don’t care about the Sea Emperor... Becoming a pirate has a lot to do with it. Since they are pirates that the Sea Emperor rejects, they naturally face extermination, and this is why I need your fleet; your fleet is strong..."

"Are the officials coming to exterminate them?"

"Yes, multiple forces in the sea are uniting to exterminate us. We have informants in various countries and received news in advance." San Niang sighed, "Why is my life so hard? Coming just to visit relatives and now facing an extermination..."

Zhao Changhe couldn’t help but laugh and cry; Guigui’s habitual manner was still unguarded, and she couldn’t stay serious for even a moment.

San Niang seemed to realize that she had lost her composure and abruptly slammed the wine glass on the table, glaring intensely, "Enough talk, are you giving me the ships or not?"

"Why wouldn’t the Sea Race come directly, instead making it look like an official pirate extermination?"

San Niang glared and said, "How do you know there won’t be Sea Race among those who come?"

"San Niang..."

"Call me Venerable!"

"Alright, San Niang." Zhao Changhe sighed, "Are you being foolish? You know that I was originally planning to fight the Sea Race, and we are naturally allies. Why do you keep worrying that I won’t help? How about next time you talk to Bao Qin directly?"

San Niang coldly said, "You might have misunderstood one thing... I am asking you for the fleet, not for you."

Zhao Changhe was stunned and pointed to his nose in surprise, "You don’t need my help?"

"Correct, because I don’t want any of this to get back to Tang Wanju’s pillow side. Tang family sailors are easy to manipulate, but you are not."

Zhao Changhe tilted his head and looked at her for a long while, then suddenly laughed, "It’s just the remnants of the Dragon King, what’s so great about that? I already said it, the only one who doesn’t trust Room Fire Pig is the Venerable herself." fre eweb\(n)ovel(.)co(m)

He picked up the wine pot again, but this time he didn’t pour wine for San Niang. He poured himself a cup and drank it all in one go, "The fleet can cooperate with you, but I must come along, I must be responsible for the Tang family’s fleet. Additionally..."

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"Venerable, I highly doubt that if I don’t make a move, your plans might not go so smoothly."

San Niang laughed out loud, "So full of yourself. Follow along then, but if I ever need you to lift a finger, you are my superior!"

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