A few seconds later, everyone on the small boat saw that dazzling cluster of lights tearing open the night over the bay through the rolling waves.
The outline traced by those lights was some seventy or eighty meters long. It was no small vessel, but definitely not a warship. Above the waterline were four or five tiers of lavish stepped decks, with multiple transparent glass structures between them. Colored lights and human silhouettes could vaguely be seen reflected within, perhaps even notes of music carried over by the sea breeze.
Of course, they were still too far away. The lights and sounds were blurry, impossible to make out clearly.
"The Steel Jade?" Wang Peilie could hardly believe it. They had actually run into their target in the vast ocean, as if they had stepped in dog shit.
"The Steel Jade!" Tao Ju seemed to be answering him, yet also muttering to himself.
Tang Li hooked an arm around Tao Ju's neck and shook him hard. "See? I told you that you had luck. Fishing a needle out of the sea would be one thing, but fishing up a ship isn't easy either! Even heaven is setting the stage for you. Come on, let's get aboard!"
Tao Ju was still dazed, speaking purely by instinct. "Shouldn't we... think this through?"
"Think it through? How long do you think we have? Trust me, it won't be long. Do you really think your fourth brother will let you go around whining and making snide remarks? If you let this slide, in the end you'll just be a dog in the street who could get beaten to death at any time... Oh, by then, you won't even qualify as a 'lapdog.' You'll just be a stray."
Tang Li patted Tao Ju's shoulder again and