The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 48 – Screams on a Blue Peacock Ship
His name was Zhao Yunlei, he was the only nephew of elder Wang Yue who could miraculously survive the intense fire that engulfed Guanbai village. Guanbai is a village on the island of Yimin that suffered the worst fire. Survivors from Guanbai village can only be counted as fingers, and all of them suffered serious burns. Of course, except for Zhao Yunlei.
The girl had only suffered quite light injuries even though the entire area in her village was scorched by flames. Surprisingly, Zhao Yunlei is actually one of the few residents who participated in the evacuation of Shamo military burn victims. In fact, let alone to evacuate others, if reasoned again, to save himself is almost impossible.
Zhao Yunlei was a sweet girl who could make anyone want to help her because she was actually quite weak and could not. His hands will turn blue if they touch something too strong. If you lift an item that is too heavy, the skin on your hand will scuff and bleed. He really is like a beautiful ceramic jar but very fragile.
That night, when elder Wang Yue saw his nephew was helping with the evacuation of the victims near his residence, elder Wang was stifled with almost disbelief in his sight. He asked Zhao Yunlei how she survived the great fire in Guanbai, but she showed only a trembling and confused look. And indeed, Zhao Yunlei's daily attitude almost always showed nervousness and confusion.
Finally, elder Wang Yue did not question him any more. And, as his gratitude for Zhao Yunlei surviving, he decided to hasten to send his nephew to Caihong for the weak girl to immediately find a safe and comfortable home.
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That night, the sky was not very illuminating because the moon only saw a piece and the stars like they were hiding behind the clouds. Elder Wang and some residents escorted Zhao Yunlei and Zhou Fu to Maundo. Zhou Fu did not seem to say much even though Zhao Yunlei had been questioning him several times. Actually, the girl was also not wanting to talk but her uncle always signaled that he should be friendly with Zhou Fu.
“Young Master, thank you for being willing to accompany me to Caihong. We feel more indebted to you, the tiny” Zhao Yunlei seemed to be walking a little quickly to compensate for Zhou Fu's long steps. Hearing that sentence that Zhao Yunlei had thrown, Zhou Fu replied with a small smile without saying anything.
“If Young Master needs something, just tell me right away. I will strive to meet all the needs of the young master. If you feel tired or not feeling well, I have practiced giving massages, that too if the young master pleases…
Zhou Fu halted his steps, also gesturing for Zhao Yunlei to stop. He was actually thinking about so many things that he was not so interested in responding to the pleasantries of Zhao Yunlei. However, in honor of Zhao Yunlei who seemed to be deeply indebted, Zhou Fu finally invited him to pause to explain something.
Zhou Fu held onto two sides of Zhao Yunlei's shoulder which was only the height of his chest. He took a deep breath and threw a friendly smile at the girl, “nona Zhao, you don't need to feel indebted to me. You gave me a ride to Maundo, which means we're even. Well, since we're breakeven, on the ship later, you're getting enough rest. That way, miss has helped me a lot, believe me,” Zhou Fu said and removed her grip from Zhao Yunlei's shoulder.
The girl was also seen turning her face to the bottom right, because of nervousness and groggy. He was very fragile and shy at the same time. Elder Wang Yue seemed to shake his head at the habit of his nephew who was always nervous. In her heart, she was quite regretful of that because Zhao Yunlei's beauty was as tarnished with the girl's own fragility.
Luckily, Zhao Yunlei's nervousness was immediately covered as soon as one of Wang Yue's servants spoke in a quite loud voice.
“Chairman Wang, we're almost there!” the servant walked ahead of elder Wang, Zhou Fu and Zhao Yunlei to prepare the ship and some of Zhao Yunlei's supplies. Some of Wang Yue's elders' men became busy preparing everything to be taken to the Blue Peacock ship, the name of the ship belonging to elder Wang.
In the meantime, all preparations had been completed and Zhou Fu's new ship was about to set sail for Maundo with five crew members on board. Elder Wang Yue gave his farewell greetings to Zhao Yunlei and Zhou Fu. He did not stop waving his hands at Zhao Yunlei as if he felt that it was impossible to see his beautiful and fragile nephew again.
Zhou Fu did not give any response, his goal at that time was to find a room quiet enough for him to use as a place to meditate. Unfortunately, things did not seem to be very friendly for Zhou Fu. When his meditation was just half way through, the Blue Peacock boat was shaken by an uninvited guest. Looks like the guests are a gang of pirates who guerrilla at night.
Zhou Fu snorted in annoyance, he cursed inwardly before finally standing up and rushing to clear the incoming parasites. Surprisingly, Zhou Fu's ears caught the sound of the screams of several men, the voice had thrown out the sentences of pleas.
“Ampuni us... Forgive us, Miss..!”
And, after that, there was again the sound of the loudest and deepest screams, typical of the screams of people who died. Zhou Fu sped up his steps and tried as quickly as possible to arrive at the scene.
How shocked he was when he saw the bodies of the thirteen pirates lying on the deck of the ship. The bodies were killed with bulging eyes and intact bodies unharmed. In a sense, taka da external wounds are visible to the naked eye. Not far from the corpses, Miss Zhao Yunlei was shaking her two hands as if she was cleaning up the dust on her two palms.
Zhou Fu furrowed his brows for a while, his eyes trying to comb in all directions to discover the possibility of the existence of someone other than Miss Zhao Yunlei. However, Zhou Fu's eyes found no one but the fragile little girl. That girl, the look in her eyes was not as fresh as a moment ago. The expression on his face was not as bold as before. He stood with a firm posture and a firm eye.
“Nona, did they all die at the hands of Miss Zhao?” Zhou Fu asked still astonished.
Zhao Yunlei seemed to be still wagging her two palms before she finally turned her head towards Zhou Fu and threw a sweet smile.
“They are mistakenly choosing prey, haha, have it at least we can feed for fish in the ocean,” Zhao Yunlei said briefly.
“How can it???” Zhou Fu asked again, this time as he stepped closer to Zhao Yunlei to examine the girl's body.
“Don't come any closer or you'll have the same fate as them!” Zhao Yunlei glared and gestured for Zhou Fu to stop stepping. But it was not Zhou Fu's name if he obeyed the girl's words. Zhou Fu continued to move his legs and exactly one meter before he managed to touch Zhao Yunlei's body, there was a shockwave that threw Zhou Fu's body out.
The wave was so powerful it could even make ordinary humans can bounce far away and hit something. On the other hand, Zhao Yunlei glared in shock as Zhou Fu did not even look so affected by the shockwave coming from his body.
“You're not just a teenager apparently!” murmured Zhao Yunlei slowly. Hearing the muttering of the beautiful girl, Zhou Fu was like choking on something because the girl's sentence indeed sounded strange in her ears.
“Miss Zhao doesn't seem to be an ordinary woman either! For what purposes did Miss Zhao pretend to be a fragile weak girl?” Zhou Fu smiled faintly and began to put on a lookout attitude towards the little girl who had just finished off the lives of dozens of pirates on the Blue Peacock ship.