Chapter 302: Departure from Yan Dalu (2/2)

Luoluo was as excited as Xue Wei. She had never been aboard a ship before, and her eyes were glistening like the stars in the sky, her lips curved into such a large, happy grin that even her eyes had turned into small crescent moons, so narrow that you could barely see the eyes themselves.

Lin Xiao was also curiously gazing at everything around them. None of the people from Chang'an had been aboard a boat before, and all of them were very curious.

While Bai Tianyi was quite casual about it, as he had been onboard ships quite often, Hei Gou was anything but comfortable with their new means of transportation.

He was looking rather skeptically across the deck and into the sea, and every time the ship bobbed slightly, his eyes showed distress.

Everyone soon realized that he was very uncomfortable with the idea of sailing.

Xue Wei walked next to Hei Gou and placed his hand on his shoulder. ”Sorry Gou,” he said with a slight smile on his lips, ”we have no other way of getting to the Demon Phoenix Continent.”

Hei Gou said nothing but shook his head resignedly, ”I know,” he muttered through gritted teeth, unhappily.

”Is this ship sturdy?” he suddenly asked. ”I heard Tang Tao say that we would encounter storms and battles on the sea when we are traveling, will the ship be able to handle this?”

”Of course.” Xue Wei calmed him down. ”Can't you see, the ship arrived here just fine. Since it could arrive here, it can also do the return trip. After all, we are on board now, giving us even more people than before. We should be able to assist them if pirates really come, and in the case of storms, the ship is so large that, although it'll rock, it won't sink.”

Xue Wei tried his best to calm down Hei Gou. He had never before seen him so worried about anything as he was now, and while it was somewhat entertaining, they were good friends, martial brothers even, so making fun of him was not acceptable.

However, there was one person in the group who had absolutely no qualms poking fun at people, and while Xue Wei was calming down Hei Gou, a small childish voice suddenly sounded, ”Uncle Doggy, don't worry, even if the ship sinks we won't die!”

Luoluo walked towards Hei Gou with a small white rabbit teddy bear in her arms. ”Big Brother will capture a big sea creature, and we will use it as our mount!”

Big sparkling eyes looked at Xue Wei as if he was a god that could do anything in her eyes.

”But I didn't think dogs were afraid of water?” Luoluo continued, this time with a musing expression on her face. ”Are you really a dog? Even claiming to be a celestial one, you are just like a cat, afraid of water.”

Hei Gou glared daggers at Luoluo. He was a Celestial Dog, not some doggy! And he was definitely not a cat! How dare she compare him to a cat! So rude!

Seeing that Hei Gou was currently too busy being aggravated to actually realize that the ship had started moving, Xue Wei chuckled. He did not know if Luoluo had done it on purpose, but her timing was perfect.

Xue Wei went to the bow of the ship and waved at the people waiting at the dock to say their farewells.

Yuan Bailong and Gu Bing'er had arrived, and both of them stood there, hand in hand, and looked at Xue Wei with gratitude.

Gu Bing'er was an iron woman, but she could not help it; at that moment, tears started dropping from her eyes, as she held her son in her arms.

She had no idea how her life would have turned out if it were not for Xue Wei and his friends' arrival in Yan Dalu.

Not only had they saved their families from the clutches of the Baili family, but they had also been elevated to the most influential families in the continent, and not even the King was above them anymore.

Not only this, Gu Bing'er was a woman from a prominent family. She was likely to have been married off to someone as a wedding alliance, but now she had ended up together with a man she truly loved, and who truly loved her.

She felt as if she had been given a future, that she had been given a life. Everything she had now was thanks to Xue Wei, so she felt emotional when she saw him leaving.

Yuan Bailong, by her side, seemed to understand her train of thought. He did not get jealous; rather, he understood her emotions as he was sharing them. To them, Xue Wei, Hei Gou, Bai Tianyi, Lin Xiao, and Luoluo had proven to be saviors.

Even Yuan Bailong felt his eyes sting and he reached out, taking his wife and child into his arms and hugged them tightly.

Seeing the scene in the harbor, Xue Wei smiled. Although he had arrived at Yan Dalu by mistake, he did not feel that the years here had been wasted. Looking at what he had done for them, he felt accomplished, and a feeling of pride sprouted in his heart.

At the same time, he also felt slightly sour. When would he be able to hold Wang Xiaoyun the same way as Yuan Bailong held Gu Bing'er?

Thinking like this, he could not help but smile wryly. He did not even know how long it would take before he could arrive back at Chang'an, and although he did not miss the continent too much, he missed Wang Xiaoyun with all of his heart.