Back to 2010

Chapter 764: Back to 2010

After this incident, Gao Yao and Wang Yue took turns cautiously checking the weather at the bow. They both knew that Xu Fu had never returned after going out to sea. There were rumors that he had fled because he was afraid of being killed.

But judging from the situation now, there weren't three thousand boys and girls for Xu Fu to use to establish a country. So there was only one possibility: something had happened to Xu Fu's ship at sea.

The two of them cautiously watched the distant waves and wind, looking so apprehensive that the soldiers grew tense too. But they didn't encounter any problems along the way. They even reached an inhabited island without running into danger, leaving the two of them looking at each other in confusion. Could they have misunderstood things again?

After their false alarm, the two awkwardly let their guard down for the time being. They traveled north along the coast with Cui Wenzi, searching as they went and putting down many defiant locals, but they found no clues about the deep-sea Luminous Pearl.

Through his interactions with Wang Yue over the past few days, Cui Wenzi had realized that even though Wang Yue had once been an emperor, he had no airs about him at all. He ate and lived alongside the soldiers without the slightest complaint about the dirt or discomfort, which left Cui Wenzi feeling somewhat guilty toward him.

That day, Cui Wenzi saw Wang Yue frowning and looking dejected. Unable to bear it, he smiled and suggested, "Finding that thing depends on fate. If you can't find it, then the time isn't right. How about we go climb a mountain instead? The mountain ahead looks lovely, with beautiful flowering trees all over it."