Chapter 455
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Chapter 455: You’re Given the Opportunity but You’re Useless
The Four Seas Group consists of the East, South, West, and North.
The East Sea Dragon Clan aligns closely with the Ming Country, sharing similar ideologies and cultural habits.
The South Sea Dragon Clan, located south of Ming Country, is known for their passionate, lively nature. Their personalities are warm, open-minded, and forgetful. To put it bluntly, they are gullible and naïve.
However, few can deceive the South Sea Dragon Clan. While you might fool yourself into gaining wealth or power, there is always a price to pay. The South Sea Dragon Clan will entrap you, binding you until death, and in the worst case, trapping you even in your next life.
For some, this is more than just excitement; they see it as an incredible opportunity. But for the Sea King desiring multiple wives and concubines, encountering the South Sea Dragon Clan is a disaster. The South Sea Dragon maiden adores men who are ‘open-minded’ and passionate, quickly sending the Sea King into marriage oblivion. The South Sea dragon children are even more daring, their defenses stretching far beyond humans and beyond even the opposite sex.
This is why the South Sea Dragon Clan has the most stories.
The Western Sea Dragon Clan mostly resides near the border waters of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. Their control of unique shipping routes keeps them largely unnoticed, like a quiet child in a kindergarten who refuses to speak.
The Northern Sea Dragon Clan, in the cold northern seas with limited resources, primarily depends on fish. These fish are rich in protein and fat, growing larger and faster than their freshwater counterparts, and having fewer parasites.
The Northern Sea Dragon Clan consists of black dragons, as most Azure Dragons come from the East Sea. Black dragons have an abstract appearance with sharp claws and distinct edges. They exude ferocity and bloodlust, not elegance or dignity.
The black dragons are the most battle-driven of the dragon clans, their bloodlust insatiable. This makes the Northern Sea Dragon Clan the largest of the four clans, constantly exploring new seas and battling sea monsters. Most aquatic creatures under their command are elite fighters.
However, black dragons are not without intellect. They are skilled in business, not in simple logistics, but in banking. The black dragons were crucial in establishing Dragon Coin as the fundamental currency across various countries. The banking system for Dragon Coin transactions was their creation. Now, the currency economy of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is in tatters, with only Ming Country currency and Dragon Coin circulating widely.
Bai Wei overheard Xue Hanlei’s review of the North Sea, describing it as “quite terrible.”
The black dragons, in their bid to expand power, have caused repeated economic upheavals, even instigating civil wars in small nations and triggering food crises. They profited from the chaos, selling food and disrupting markets, thus controlling agricultural trade. Through this method, the North Sea Dragon Palace built granaries around the world, much like Winterland and Amelia’s influence.
As the North Sea’s influence spread, aquatic creatures ventured onto land, infiltrating and disrupting foreign nations. Though ineffective against major powers, the Kingdom of Da Ming and the allied Ba Kingdom welcomed these spies, eager for results.
The Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, on the brink of collapse, could do nothing to resist the North Sea Dragon Palace’s infiltration. In Liu State, where lawlessness prevails, people are willing to set traps to acquire treasures, even if it costs over a hundred lives from three ships.
Bai Wei marveled at the reckless behavior of the North Sea and the chaotic situation within the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. At the same time, he wondered what made this treasure so irresistible.
He had been an observer, but now the fire was at his heels. He could no longer sit idle.
The helpers and sailors couldn’t die. If they did, there would be no one to sail the ship. A small boat could be considered, but Bai Wei spotted a nearby drifting raft and had a thought. In fast-moving waters, a raft might be faster than a large ship, though less stable and prone to capsizing.
While pondering, Bai Wei heard the sound of a fish-scale blade. Several accomplices on the first floor had been taken care of, and only one bloody-handed survivor ran up to the second floor. Just as he was about to speak, a fish-scale blade stabbed him in the back, causing blood to spurt out and pool at Bai Wei’s feet. The corpse rolled down the stairs, stopped by a foot, and the fish-scale blade was pulled out. Stepping on the body, the stranger continued upwards.
At that moment, Chao Lu, who had been on the second floor, did not hide herself, and Yan Yubing whispered to her.
The stranger squinted his eyes, sensing something and shifting his attention from Chao Lu to the little snake girl.
Men and women are different, and beautiful women are always in demand. As for dragons, their nature is inherently lustful, with great needs in all areas.
The stranger, an ordinary North Sea aquatic being sent as a spy, was already a disposable pawn. His survival depended on his ambition to rise in the ranks. With fewer than ten of his peers remaining out of seventy to eighty, Liu State consumed both humans and monsters.
His life had been about extreme caution and seizing one opportunity to make it big. He believed his luck had finally turned, especially with a treasure and now a snake girl in his grasp.
His face lit up with excitement. He hurried to the second floor, dragging the fish-scale blade. If he were smarter, he would have realized that this “gift” from destiny was already marked with a price he could never afford.
“Stop for a moment.”
Just as he reached the second floor, the man in the bronze mask spoke.
“Want to buy your life?” the guest asked, clearly in a good mood. “Hand her over, and I’ll buy you a coffin to bury you together, guaranteeing your return home.”
Upon hearing this, Chao Lu was initially angry, thinking, “Am I not attractive?” But after hearing the next two sentences, her mood shifted.
She praised, “This thief leader really has good taste.”
Even in death, they would be buried together. Ah… cursed romance.
Bai Wei simply said, “If you go upstairs, there will be no way for you to leave the living world. Bring your boss here; I want to have a talk with him.”
The guest laughed loudly, bending over and shedding tears. He rubbed his eyes and retorted, “Are you even worthy?”
Bai Wei laughed along, “Well, why don’t you go upstairs and give it a try? It’s just one step away… I guarantee you’ll die quickly.”
Bai Wei had hoped to strike a business deal with the Black Dragon, considering their extensive resources. He was on good terms with the Eastern Sea Dragon Tribe, and perhaps they could trade.
But despite Bai Wei’s repeated warnings, greed overcame the guest’s common sense, and he sought his own demise.
The nobleman, full of arrogance, didn’t realize that the word “death” had already been written on his head in the book of life and death by the Night God Moon.
He went upstairs, pretending to be surprised, saying, “Just a moment ago, you were shouting for me to die quickly. Why aren’t you attacking now? I’ve already come up—oh no, I’m going back down. How about this? I came up again, went back down again, and now I’m up again! Kill me, idiot?”
He felt confident, having been in this game for so long. He could easily sense who was strong and who was weak. Bai Wei appeared weak, like a dying man. Even if there were tricks, the master would ensure he didn’t die. This overconfidence led him to provoke Bai Wei further.
And he died.
The fish-scale blade slipped from his hand, landing with a loud clang. Something had pierced his chest, tearing it open.
The nobleman widened his eyes, feeling his strength drain away. He had hoped to watch Bai Wei fight, but never imagined he would die so quickly.
When had they killed me?
He lowered his head and found something inside his chest. Through intense pain, he pulled it out.
“Fish… fishbone?”
Bai Wei corrected him, “That is your own fishbone.”
Unable to hold on, the guest collapsed, kneeling to the ground, his eyes unable to close in death.
Bai Wei reached out and tapped his forehead. The head flew off, and the body tumbled down the second floor, landing beside the corpse it had killed. Bai Wei glanced at the guest’s true form, “Still a big yellow fish.”
The little snake girl licked her lips at the mention of “big yellow fish.”
Chao Lu tapped her head, saying, “Are you a hungry demon reborn? Why do you want to eat everything?”
Bai Wei stood on the second floor. With the guest now dead, the sudden disappearance of his aura would surely attract attention.
The mysterious fisherman removed his hat, revealing a sinister dark red vertical pupil.
“You dare to kill my fish?”
With overwhelming force, the air shifted. Like a black dragon lurking at the bow of a ship, the demonic power spread, sinking the ship deeper into the water.
“I gave him a chance, but he was useless,” Bai Wei shrugged innocently.
“No matter who you are, I’ll give you a chance to end it yourself.”
“…Do none of the dragons in the North Sea understand human language? That’s too arrogant,” Bai Wei sighed. “I actually wanted to do business, but it was your fault for letting the fish bite.”
“Everyone here today will die. There’s no business to discuss,” the black dragon of the North Sea declared, its neck covered in black scales. “No matter who you are.”
Bai Wei frowned, sensing something strange. What kind of treasure could make a dragon capitalist give up business, discarding all rules for a return higher than 300%?
Realizing there was no way to resolve this peacefully, he sighed helplessly, “This is something you brought upon yourself… But a black dragon is not bad either. It’s worth sharpening my blade. If I were to say I’m just one step away from the Martial Saint realm, would you leave?”
The bronze mask cracked open, revealing the burning face of Zhurong in silence.
“Can you escape?”
