Chapter 403 - Inhumane (1/2)

Eh? The little lass could actually speak underwater? Zhu Junyang was even more surprised and his eyes opened wide. This was truly unbelievable! His little lass was too awesome. She not only could speak normally and breathe underwater but he also gained the same skills when he was by her side...perhaps Xiaocao was the reincarnation of the ocean’s Dragon King’s daughter? Although it seemed a bit far fetched, he couldn’t help but think along those lines in the face of the impossible.

Yu Xiaocao pulled Zhu Junyang onto a shallow reef as if she was dragging a dead dog. The Wokou pirates in the water had long been left behind by her. On the dark and silent reef they watched as the ships, which were not far from them, slowly sank into the sea. The ship that they had damaged first had already sunk down and its masts almost weren’t visible.

Since Zhu Junyang had lost quite a bit of blood, his head felt very dizzy and heavy. He leaned against a rock and a smile appeared on his ghastly white face, “Although it was dangerous, we still managed to complete our mission perfectly!”

Yu Xiaocao didn’t give him a happy look and instead scrunched up her face, “Perfect? Just what was perfect about any of this? It was so perfect that you almost lost your life and became shark feed!”

The smile on his face became even more enchanting and there was a hint of trying to obtain favor in it, “I owe a lot to you for today, Xiaocao. Otherwise my life really would have been lost in this section of seawater. Tell me, how can I thank you properly?”

“Hmph! Who was the one who said that I don’t know martial arts and would only slow the group down so you didn’t want to bring me along?” Yu Xiaocao trembled as she began to settle her previous grievances.

“It was my bad! I apologize to you for looking down on you!” Zhu Junyang followed her lead and the look he had in his eyes as he gazed at her had become extremely gentle. The little lass absolutely had some kind of secret. If she didn’t want to talk about it, then he was just going to pretend he didn’t notice it. He was willing to bury her secret deep within his heart and not say a peep.

Yu Xiaocao slanted a look at him and began to make her request, “Then...in the future if something else like this comes up, will you still refuse to let me come along?”

“Uhh...that really depends on the situation. If it’s too dangerous, then it’s better if only men like me go. As a lass, all you need to do is hide behind me…” Zhu Junyang immediately refused the request. No matter what, he didn’t want his little lass to get her hands stained with blood and he was even more reluctant to have her be put into dangerous situations.

Yu Xiaocao glared angrily at him, “Before we came, that’s what you said but look what happened, ah? If there wasn’t a little lass like me along, wouldn’t all of you men be an easy banquet for these Wokou pirates?!”

“Ahem ahem...how could I become an easy banquet? It’s not as though those Wokou pirates are completely savage and are willing to eat raw meat…” Zhu Junyang had lost all of his face so he hemmed and hawed. It took quite a bit of effort for him to sit up on the reef and move his arms and legs. When he was in the water, his wounds had ached furiously and he thought that he had been seriously injured. However, now he discovered that these were all superficial wounds. Although the injured areas were all a bit white from being in the water, none of them were serious.

Zhu Junyang felt quite puzzled by this discovery. He was pretty sure he remembered that there were a few serious injuries. In fact, one of the pirates had hurt him near his heart. How come there weren't any problems there right now? He felt his chest. It ached a little but other than that minor pain, he didn't have any other feelings.

The little divine stone, which was on Yu Xiaocao’s wrist, felt quite proud. It arrogantly boasted to its master, [This divine stone saved your man, how are you going to thank this stone?]

[What are you being so arrogant for, speaking like the prince? Where did you learn this from? Saving a person’s life is more meritorious than building a seven-level pagoda. This is also something that will help you regain your cultivation and spiritual powers. This is a mutually beneficial act for you to do. That being said, that fellow is absolutely not my man!] Yu Xiaocao was not going to fall for its act. This stone must have some sort of crazy request on mind so she needed to prevent it from acting up.

[Hmph! This divine stone is generous and open-minded so I won’t bother to quibble with you!] However, she didn’t expect the little divine stone to let it go so easily. Yu Xiaocao didn’t know that this fellow was currently smugly thinking, ‘Apparently saving the young royal prince is as helpful in increasing my cultivation as saving my master herself. My master is still in denial, hmph hmph! In the future, we’ll see what happens to you.’ The little divine stone didn’t say anything else and went back into the multi-colored stone to continue cultivating.

All of the more serious injuries on Zhu Junyang’s body had been healed by the little divine stone while Yu Xiaocao swam through the water with him. The remaining injuries were mostly some superficial wounds that would heal after resting a bit. The only other issue was that he had lost too much blood, but that was easily fixed. When they got back, Xiaocao just had to make him some medicinal cuisine to nurse his body back to full health.

“Oi! At this time, all of the Wokou pirates who were on the ships should be grouping up on land to start looking for us! If we leave now, we will probably be caught by them. What do you think we should do now?” Yu Xiaocao used her foot to lightly kick at Zhu Junyang’s leg as she asked.

Zhu Junyang thought for a bit and proposed, “It’s probably better if we circle around to the neighboring village. Although there are probably Wokou pirates there, most of them should be sleeping. If we’re careful, there should be no problems!”

Yu Xiaocao considered his plan and then nodded, “Okay! Then we’ll just circle around to the neighboring village...I don’t know if Zhuang Xiaomo was able to escape or not.”

Before the pirates arrived, they had already made a plan with Zhuang Xiaomo that they would wait an hour for him to meet up with them. When everything happened, they still hadn’t seen that youth appear. Xiaolian had already mentioned him several times. That little lass was only twelve yet there was spring love in the air already? It was clearly puppy love ah! Sigh, the ancient people definitely matured too early!

Zhu Junyang felt a burst of sourness rise up in his heart and his face darkened. He grumbled peevishly, “My injuries are so serious yet you don’t seem to be worried about me for one bit. In fact, you seem to be more worried about that other fellow who has nothing to do with you!”