"No matter how difficult it is, you have to look for it. If you don't look for it, you will never find it. If you take action, at least there is hope of finding it."
Regarding the pessimistic and negative attitude of the one-eyed old man in searching for Forbidden Fruit Island, Wang Zhifan responded immediately, showing his very firm attitude.
"And I won't let you work in vain. During the period of searching for the island, I will cover all the expenses for food, drink and entertainment. I guarantee that I won't make your life miserable haha."
Wang Zhifan then launched a financial offensive to give them a taste of the sweetness. Otherwise, if they were suppressed by strength alone, it would be difficult for this cooperation to proceed smoothly.
"You are not deceiving me, old man, are you? Although you have killed a lot of people on our ship just now, including those in the cabin, there are more than two hundred people in total. This fee is not a small amount."
When the one-eyed old man saw Wang Zhifan boasting about Haikou, he immediately narrowed his eyes and expressed some doubts.
His eyes swept over Wang Zhifan's extraordinary equipment under the light of the oil lamp, as well as the four rings on his hands. He judged that this young man with amazing strength was definitely not from an ordinary background, but it was hard to say whether he could afford a pirate ship.
"Don't worry, money is not an issue."
Wang Zhifan didn't say much at this time. He pretended to dig into his pants pocket under the table with one hand, took out a large handful of heavy Golden Orchid Coins, and threw it all on the table.
"You two should divide these gold coins first. Think of it as an advance payment for me hiring you to find Forbidden Fruit Island. If everything goes well, I will give you more gold coins. But let me make it clear first. You have to work honestly when you work for me. If anyone has other ideas, or simply takes the money and wants to run away, then don't blame me for being rude. My ability to track people is not a boast. If you don't want to live, just give it a try."
After showing some of his financial resources, Wang Zhifan then threatened that the reason why he spent so much time on these two guys was because he really valued them and hoped that they could cooperate with him smoothly. After all, one of them had searched for Forbidden Fruit Island before and was considered an experienced person, and the other was a resident of the Storm Sea and was naturally very familiar with the place.
When he said these words, the giant Crocodile Man man listened to him more honestly, but the one-eyed old man was a little different. He was looking at Wang Zhifan while reaching out and grabbing several gold coins on the table. Then he put them in his mouth without hesitation and started biting them with his teeth. He couldn't wait to verify their quality.
"Ah... What a beautiful little guy. I haven't seen such a beautiful Jin Lan in many years... It seems that you are definitely from a noble family."
As soon as the old guy found out that the quality of the gold coins Wang Zhifan took out was top-notch, he couldn't help but admire it, and at the same time guessed that Wang Zhifan's identity must be very unusual.
"Come on, old man, stop wondering about my identity and quickly think about how to start looking for that Forbidden Fruit Island. Don't you have experience in this area? Come up with a plan for me."
Wang Zhifan then straightened his face and said to the one-eyed old guy, given the sweetness, the pressure cannot be lacking.
"And you, big guy, you must be very familiar with the Storm Sea. In our next operations, you will be mainly responsible for serving as a guide."
Wang Zhifan then looked at the giant crocodile-man armored man next to him. This guy currently seemed to have a typical personality of a big man and didn't talk too much.
"Sir, Storm Sea is very big. I am only familiar with my hometown, and I don't know much about other places. I can only confirm that there must be no Forbidden Fruit Island in my hometown, because our Crocodile Man islands are very barren. None of them can grow fruit trees. Even if fruit trees can grow, they will be destroyed by the storm..."
Crocodile Man The giant man replied in his deep voice, emphasizing that there was no possibility of the island Wang Zhifan wanted to find in his hometown.
"What about below the sea surface? Have your family ever explored it carefully? Maybe the island I am looking for is actually hidden in the sea water, so it is difficult to find it."
Wang Zhifan then replied that he remembered that at the beginning of this dungeon, some players suggested that the target of this dungeon might not be on the sea. He felt that this possibility was not low.
"It's even less likely that there's something under the sea."
Unexpectedly, Brother Crocodile Man immediately shook its unusually thick neck.
"We, the Crocodile Man clan, spend most of our time on the seabed looking for food every day. In the sea area we occupy, there is no seabed that we have not explored. I am very familiar with it myself. If there is an area full of fruits on the seabed, I cannot possibly not know about it."
Crocodile Man continued to explain.
"Hmm... So Forbidden Fruit Island should not be in your clan's territory."
Wang Zhifan could sense that the big man was not lying, so he nodded slightly.
Then he looked at an old man next to him who was still stroking a few Golden Orchid Coinss with a face full of intoxication. The old man's perception was quite keen. He noticed the Wang Zhifans as soon as he glanced at him. Then the money-obsessed look on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye. He turned his one eye and replied to him:
"Your Excellency, according to the various rumors I collected back then, Forbidden Fruit Island should be in the Storm Sea, but the location should be quite secretive, which makes it difficult to find. So if we want to find it, we really have to set off to the Storm Sea... But the edge of the Storm Sea is a month's sea journey away from here. The food on our ship Food and fresh water cannot last that long, and we need to go to the shore to replenish it... At the same time, we have to find a shipyard to repair the hull of this ship. Although it has some Sea God blessings and is not afraid of ordinary wind and waves, Storm Sea is really terrible. If we don't prepare everything, we may sink to the bottom of the sea before we find Forbidden Fruit Island..."
After the old man told it, the meaning was quite clear, that is, this pirate ship cannot go directly to the Storm Sea yet, and has to dock to make various preparations.
"Well, everything can be done once everything is ready. How about going to Princess Port?"
Wang Zhifan was not very familiar with the situation in this dungeon world, so he asked casually.
"Princess Port? There will definitely be no problem in replenishing supplies and repairing the ship there. It's also a convenient way to go to the Storm Sea. However, I heard that the navy has recently stepped up its supervision there. It might be a bit troublesome to sneak in."
The old man was a little hesitant about Wang Zhifan's suggestion.
"Do you pirates never go to regular seaports on weekdays? It should be common for you to disguise yourself and sneak in, right?"
Wang Zhifan Although I have just arrived here, if I think about it, I know that the pirates cannot be that honest. They usually disguise themselves as merchant ships and passenger ships and sneak into the harbor. They should be familiar with the way, so I feel that this will not be a big problem.
"This is often the case, but recently Princess Port has a new governor and a lot of manpower changes. The previous method is no longer easy to use."
The old man immediately explained.
"Then do you have any better suggestions?"
Wang Zhifan then continued to ask.
"I think it's better to find a dark harbor for pirates. Although it's not as convenient as a big port, at least there won't be any suspicious naval surveillance."
The old man thought for a while and said, an inexplicable light flashed in his one eye.
"Haha... I'm afraid you don't have any good intentions, you old boy."
Wang Zhifan couldn't help but smile after hearing this. He felt that the old guy might be trying to cause trouble, or wanted to test him further.
"Forget it, I don't have time to deal with this with you. Let's go to Princess Port together in the next few days. I will come up with a solution from the Navy Supervision. You just have to disguise yourself."
He directly took a picture of the board and determined the latest itinerary.
"Okay, everything depends on you."
The old man's wrinkled face moved after hearing this, with a nonchalant expression.
Wang Zhifan Seeing this, he wanted to beat this old bone again, but at this time there was a noise outside the captain's room. It seemed that many people were shouting something, and some fierce conflicts were about to occur.
"Go out and clean up."
Upon seeing this, Wang Zhifan immediately stood up from the captain's chair and picked up the kerosene lamp placed on the table. The two pirate backbones also quickly cleaned up Golden Orchid Coins on the table and followed him out.
A few seconds later, he came to the deck outside with a lantern and became the brightest presence in this place. Behind him were two followers, one tall and one short.
He then saw that at this place, the captain wearing a captain's hat from Sea Parrot had come with other crew members. They probably had just woken up from the previous coma and were confronting a group of pirates.
Originally, the two parties should have fought when they met, but it was already dark now. The people on the Sea Parrot side could vaguely see corpses everywhere on the deck, as well as a large piece of strange, finely chopped flesh and blood. They were a little confused about what was going on. The thieves were even more timid after the previous killings by Wang Zhifan, fearing that a certain killer would pop out and kill them all with a knife as soon as they made a move, so the two sides were currently facing off in the dark, and there was no real fight yet.
"Quiet, everyone!"
Wang Zhifan, who came out with a lantern, naturally became the focus of everyone. With a cold look on his face and a glance, he silenced the people on both sides who were cursing each other, especially the pirates who were lucky enough not to be killed by him. They were so frightened when they found out that he had come out that they wanted to jump into the sea and escape. However, they still did not have the courage and chose to wait in silence for their fate. After all, this place was already some distance from the land, and going into the sea in this dark night was not much different from committing suicide.
"Your Excellency is still alive?!"
The captain of Sea Parrot couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing the appearance of Wang Zhifan. He was actually mentally prepared to bring people over when everyone woke up. He thought that someone who had bravely charged for them had died in the siege of the pirate masters, but now he saw that he was not only unscathed, but also seemed to be mixed up with two pirate masters? "Old man, big man, you go and tell them what I mean clearly. I'll be right back."
After interrupting everyone's quarrel, Wang Zhifan then asked the two people behind him to do some unifying work among the frightened pirates. He himself walked towards Sea Parrot's group and briefly explained the situation to them.
"Your Excellency actually killed the captain of Big Horn Shark Pirate Ship? You also destroyed the sea monster Great Horned Shark? Your Excellency is so powerful that I can't imagine..."
The captain of Sea Parrot was so shocked that he couldn't believe what Wang Zhifan said, but in the light of the kerosene lamp, he could see various corpses on the deck of the pirate ship. All of this proved that what Wang Zhifan said was not false, not to mention the meaning of the two backbone pirates who stood behind him just now like followers.
"Yes, I have eliminated all the die-hard pirates among these pirates. The remaining ones are all those who are willing to spend the rest of their lives atone for their sins. I keep them for some purpose. I hope you can understand, Captain."
Wang Zhifan blinked at the captain. He had already seen that this guy was not the kind of honest passenger ship captain and must have had a different past, so he decided to test him to see if he could reach some cooperation. If the other party was very stubborn, he would have to use some necessary means.
"Oh! So that's it! Your Excellency is not only powerful, but also a kind person. I feel happy from the bottom of my heart for these pirates who are willing to repent!"
Within a few words, the captain connected to the same channel as Wang Zhifan, and then asked his crew to either return to Sea Parrot or guard Great Horned Shark's key positions, such as the rudder, sails, etc., while he himself was taken into the captain's room by Wang Zhifan for a more secret discussion.
When he came out with Wang Zhifan again, he was already holding a beautiful small box in his hand, which contained the gold bars originally hidden by Captain Big Horn Shark Pirate Ship.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency, even if you don't have these gold bars, you are still our savior Sea Parrot. I will definitely complete what you ask."
Captain Sea Parrot looked excited at this time, and his eyes almost narrowed because of his smile. He repeatedly made assurances to Wang Zhifan beside him, not daring to show any airs as a captain.
"Okay, the crew I want, as well as Princess Port, rely on the captain for your help, as well as the captain's men. Don't say anything they shouldn't say when they arrive at the port."
Although Wang Zhifan took the things belonging to Captain Great Horned Shark to deal with this person, Captain Great Horned Shark has been killed by him, and everything about him can be said to be his trophies. Therefore, he is currently giving some blood to Captain Sea Parrot, so he has to supervise the other party on what they should do after receiving the benefits.
"Please rest assured, my good brothers are not people who like to talk nonsense. I will ensure that your ship can smoothly enter Princess Port and then leave for the Storm Sea. I will arrange the most experienced navigator for you..."
The captain continued speaking, revealing in his words that Wang Zhifan himself did not trust those pirates very much. He had entrusted the other party to recommend a group of veterans who could sail the ship to the Storm Sea, including navigators, sailors, and captains. For this reason, he will specially place these people in key positions of Big Horn Shark Pirate Ship, which has changed hands, to prevent the pirates from colluding to deceive him, a novice at sea. After all, he has never seen the sea a few times in his previous two lives, and he can't understand it clearly even with a chart.