Chapter 312: Freedom (2/2)

Watching the two of them together, Xue Wei smiled, but in his heart, he too was hurting. He could only sigh as he looked into the sky and wished for Wang Xiaoyun to be doing well. At least they were under the same sky, but it was so far away from her that he could not help but feel slightly sad.

After Jiang Yingyue accepted her name, she felt that it was indeed a new life, and she could do what she wished. Since she was free, why not do what she had always wanted to do?

Things had finally managed to make sense to her, and she reached out her hand and grasped Tao Wu's hand in her own. She tightened her grasp and smiled at him.

”When I found you at the beach those years back, and you were injured, I helped you because I was intrigued by your race,” she suddenly began speaking, and both Tao Wu and Xue Wei listened curiously as to what she had to say.

”When I got to know you, you fascinated me. I started to see the world outside of Yan Dalu; I began understanding that there was something else than just doing one's duty.

”I understood that the lands were vast and that everyone had dreams that could be followed. I realized from the stories of your life that were my dream, to be free and unfettered on the ocean, traversing the seas and fighting with my life on the line every day.

”I knew that it was impossible for me, but the life of a pirate was the dream I often dreamt about when life got tough.

”When I was down and depressed, I would think about the high seas and the fairytale lifestyle.

”I never thought it would be possible for me to ever live like that, but Xue Wei is correct. I am no longer the King; I am Jiang Yingyue. I am no longer obliged to care about Yan Dalu. They will be just fine without me.

”I want to live life for myself now, I want to become a Pirate, but in all of this, there is one person who had supported me when life was tough. Tao Wu, you were my rock. My support. Please let me join your crew.”

Tao Wu was utterly taken by surprise as he listened to Jiang Yingyue's words. He would never have thought that he meant that much to her, he would never have expected that they were possible to be together, but indescribable happiness bubbled in his heart.

”I want you to live life with me; I want you to be mine!” he exclaimed, and Jiang Yingyue smiled as she nodded her head.

After thinking for a bit, Tao Wu's face turned somewhat ugly, ”We are different races though, so we can never give birth to children, are you sure that you still want to be with me?”

”I do,” Jiang Yingyue did not even hesitate for a moment, she smiled at Tao Wu, her restless and worried heart had finally found its own harbor and place to nestle.

Seeing the two, Xue Wei snickered. He was happy for Jiang Yingyue. She was a good friend of his, and they had known each other for years now.

He knew it was hard for her to make such a decision, but now she was liberated from her chains, now she was finally free.

Like this, everything aboard the ship turned enjoyable. Every sailor and delegation member went to congratulate Tao Wu and Jiang Yingyue; even Luoluo congratulated them in her own way.

”Big sis, this uncle is scary, he has horns,” she said when she saw them coming towards her, ”but as long as big sis likes him, I will accept him as my uncle!”

Jiang Yingyue felt very guilty towards Luoluo. It was because of her and the other members of the Yan Dalu community that she had been forced into a toddler stage, but she never saw any discomfort on Luoluo's face, in fact, she was delighted with having a big sister like Jiang Yingyue.

Like this, a couple of days went by. Tao Wu took Jiang Yingyue to his own ship to introduce her to the crew, and those who previously had been unhappy with her did their very best to hide their displeasure, they understood better than to challenge their god.

After roughly a week, they suddenly saw an island in the distance; the island was different from most of the flat islands they had passed previously. It was a mountain in the middle of the island, with a jungle shrouding it, and amid the jungle was a big harbor city that took up almost a quarter of the island.

The harbor that was clear to see the closer they got was already almost fully occupied; there were quite a few ships docked.

Many looked curiously at the blood ship and the one belonging to Tao Wu. Tao Wu's boat was well known here on Treasure Island and in Treasure City, but the blood ship was wholly new and something they had never seen before.

Was it loot that Tao Wu had taken with him? Was it a comrade? Was it the beginning of a fleet? Everyone was curious, and slowly, they found two places to dock their ships.

As they docked, an official from the Treasure City arrived and requested a fee to use their dock. They had already been aware of this as Tao Wu had warned them, and the delegation leader from the Demon Phoenix Continent took out a few precious gems that he handed over to the official who smiled and left happily.

These delegations had a lot of treasure on them, and when others saw how easily they paid the high fee, they started getting interested in their treasures, not to mention the ship was so outstanding, as it was docked in the harbor everyone could feel how it was draining the heaven and earth essence towards the ship itself.