Gone Fishing for a Wife

By the time they returned to Ink Abyss Island,

it was already late at night.

Su Yu had brought Huang Qing along.

She had also brought Lu Pin, Qing Ling, and Han Sichen, the three junior Beards.

The moment Lu Pin saw Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu,

he stepped forward to claim credit.

"I've found out everything about Zhen Youqian!"

"He has no real connection to Lingyue Pavilion."

"His family was so poor that Liu Jingchuan bought him off and secured him a place at Tianhuang Martial Arts... As for what he was supposed to do, Zhen Youqian said he was waiting for Liu Jingchuan to contact him."

"But even on the day he awakened his Sequence, Liu Jingchuan never got in touch. Somehow, Zhen Youqian became number one in the world and entered Tianhuang Martial Arts University..."

"And his Sequence is no joke!"

"Sequence: Smash Cup as Signal! It summons Sequence deathsworn to fight for him, so I took it upon myself to recruit him into the Bearded Pirate Crew."

"That guy is an army all by himself!"

The more Lu Pin talked, the more excited he became. "Don't worry. He's joined our crew and signed a Sequence Contract. He's long forgotten about Liu Jingchuan or whoever!"

Zhen Youqian had originally been a pawn Liu Jingchuan had placed on a whim.

But Liu Jingchuan could never have imagined

that Zhen Youqian would obtain an Abyss Fruit during the exam and awaken a powerful Sequence.

He had fought his way to the top and become number one in the world.

If Liu Jingchuan had known,

he would have recruited Zhen Youqian straight into Lingyue Pavilion.

Shi Jiu blinked. "You're saying Zhen Youqian has no money?"

"Yeah," Lu Pin said. "His family's dirt poor. Relatives and kindhearted strangers paid for his