Chapter 1279: Dark Ocean, Rampant Pirates (1/2)

Big Leader Xu Kuang landed in front of Chu Mu’s group and glanced over them.

Chu Mu introduced the others while Lan Rao was still in shock.

She still didn’t understand why Ninth Division’s 3rd Ship Legion’s Big Leader Xu Kuang would be so cordial to Chu Mu. Indeed, Xu Kuang was a peak dominator rank expert and he didn’t need to care about a mere realm lord from a realm under the ninth rank.

Xu Kuang walked in front and brought Chu Mu and the others into the navy castle.

“I should have brought Sang Ying to come look. The navy facilities here are all excellent.” Yuan Sui’s attention was on the northern part of the castle’s features.

“Haha, but of course. You seem to be very interested in our navy. How about I take you to take a look around.” said Big Leader Xu Kuang.

“Oh, you can get one of your subordinates to take me around. King Chu still has something to discuss with you.” said Yuan Sui.

“King Chu?” Xu Kuang looked a bit confusedly at Chu Mu.

The title of king wasn’t something that could be casually thrown around. No realm lord had the qualifications to be called a king.

“Big Leader Xu, he is New Moon Land’s King. Did you not know?” said Lan Rao.

Xu Kuang knew who Lan Rao was and when he heard her, he finally understood that Chu Mu was New Moon Land’s king. It was no wonder that he was so strong.

“I really couldn’t tell that Brother Chu was already a King.” laughed Xu Kuang.

As they walked up the large stone bridge into the navy legion castle, there were rows of guards lined up that weren’t moving like statues.

When Xu Kuang walked in, these guards all saluted. They seemed both dignified and trained.

As they were about to enter the entrance, a man wearing a navy uniform walked up and stopped Xu Kuang.

“Big Leader Xu Kuang, there are thirty silver dominator rank warships stopped in the harbor. They call themselves New Moon Navy. Ocean Commander Fang, that idiot, thought they were just a small fleet so he let them pass. But from my investigation, the average strength of this navy legion is at the spirit emperor rank. Isn’t it a bit inappropriate to let this group into our Crown City without questioning them?” quickly said the man wearing a navy uniform.

“New Moon Navy?” Xu Kuang turned to look at Chu Mu.

He remembered Lan Rao had just told him Chu Mu was New Moon Land’s king. Could New Moon Navy be his ship's legion?

“Those are my ships.” said Chu Mu.

Xu Kuang was stunned. He heard not long ago that a group of ships from outside their realm not inferior to the 5th Ship Legion had entered Crown City. He handed this matter over to Tie Bing to handle. He didn’t expect these ships to belong to Chu Mu.

In order to create such a legion, the strength of one person was far from enough. Xu Kuang realized he had truly underestimated Chu Mu’s capabilities.

Xu Kuang stepped into the navy waiting room where Leader Hai Tie was already waiting. When Hai Tie saw Chu Mu and Chao Lengchuan, a smile appeared on her face, and she stepped forward to greet them.

In the room, Chu Mu cut straight to the point and said to Big Leader Xu Kuang: “We came here this time because we want to go into the depths of Wupan territory. Our navy was founded not long ago. One reason for coming was to show our friendly intentions, but the other reason was to train. We’re planning on eliminating the Dark Ocean Pirates.”

“You want to eliminate the Dark Ocean Pirates? Brother, if you can help me get rid of the pirates, this would greatly help me.” Big Leader Xu Kuang’s eyes lit up.

“You guys have so many ships and navy members. Isn’t getting rid of these pirates easy for you?” said Chu Mu.

“Hmph, I get angry when I talk about this.” Xu Kuang harrumphed and continued: “There are definitely people from our navy being bribed by the pirates. The moment we mobilize our troops, the pirates will hide without a trace. I won’t hide from you that I just dug out a high ranking navy officer called Zhuo Qing. He was actually the chieftain of the Dark Ocean Pirates, colluding from the inside and harming the citizens of Crown City his entire lifetime. My big brother expelled him from the navy, but when he caught him, Zhuo Qing managed to escape. Not long after he escaped, he slaughtered a city as a demonstration towards us.”

Xu Kuang got somewhat emotional at this point and grabbed the tea cup beside him and drank it in one gulp.

Next to him, Hai Qie saw that his emotions weren’t stable and she softly continued: “There are still a few moles inside our navy, so it doesn’t matter how we dispatch our troops, they will still be detected by those Pirates. We have no choice but to issue a bounty to suppress the pirates. However, individual soul pet trainers without any organization can only catch a small portion of the pirates. They aren’t able to touch the core of the pirates.”

Chu Mu nodded his head. These pirates definitely had an information network having been in Crown Ocean for so long. They weren’t afraid of outside enemies, only afraid of traitors.

While the navy was indeed disciplined and strict, there would still inevitably be a few moles. Especially when these moles could be of higher status, the navy would be even more handcuffed.

“I came here to collect some information on the pirates. I would presume that you have quite a bit given your interactions over the number of years.” said Chu Mu.