Despite every effort to conceal the theft of Kunpeng Island's Origin, the news still grew legs and spread.
Some well-informed people had already learned that the Former Island Lord, Lan FengCheng, had worked with the pirate organization Sea Spirit Hall to steal the Origin.
For several months, Kunpeng Island had been recruiting soldiers to hunt down the pirates, but the results had been far from ideal. Sea Spirit Hall and Kunpeng Island were evenly matched, and neither side had gained the upper hand.
After learning of this, Lan Shi'er and some of Kunpeng Island's young prodigies ended their exploration of the Kunpeng Secret Realm and agreed to hunt down the pirates together.
The next day, Lan Shi'er led Jiang Ping An out of the Island Lord Residence.
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw a crowd of young people under twenty standing at the entrance, roughly ten boys and girls in total.
Seeing Lan Shi'er emerge, they immediately put away their smiles, trying to look mature and composed, but they still could not conceal their youthful air.
"Greetings, Island Lord!"
The group bowed to Lan Shi'er.
Lan Shi'er smiled and waved a hand. "We're all the same age, and we're all friends. There's no need to be so formal. Come on, let's board the ship and head to the battlefield."
"Shi'er, is this man from your Lan Clan too?"
A boy wearing a golden robe embroidered with a Kunpeng motif saw Jiang Ping An following them and could not help asking.
Lan Shi'er shook her head. "Jiang Ping An isn't from our Lan Clan. When I went out to relax a while ago, I found him injured and unconscious, so I saved him. Later, I discovered that he had plenty of combat experience—even more than some Immortal Lords—so I