Little Eight nodded and recounted every detail of the miserable time he'd been through. Lu Yin listened for a while, then raised a hand to stop him. "How do you know they came from the west?"
Before Little Eight could answer, another pirate hurriedly spoke up. "Because some of them were from the Ghost Shadow Sword Sect."
Lu Yin's expression changed.
Little Eight turned and glared fiercely at the pirate, then turned back to Lu Yin with a fawning smile. "Boss, we pirates have a pretty good eye for these things. Some of our brothers have traveled far and wide and seen all kinds of people. There were experts from the Ghost Shadow Sword Sect among those hunting us. The Ghost Shadow Sword Sect is from the Saint Asia Territory—that's in the west. Boss, you have to stand up for us! The west is coming after us now. What would that do to your reputation? Back in the day, you were a force to be reckoned with in the pirate world."
"Shut up," Lu Yin snapped. He stared at Little Eight. "Are you sure that group were pirates?"
Little Eight nodded. "Absolutely. Some of them had even met a few of our brothers at Sheep Head Port."
The Ghost Shadow Sword Sect. Lu Yin fell into thought. The sect made him think of Wei Rong. He'd been wondering how Wei Rong would make his move against him. Could the guy really be planning to use pirates? Come to think of it, it wasn't impossible.
Pirates might be crude and seem useless, but they could sometimes be quite effective. They also had access to information and their own methods of communication. If Wei Rong planned to infiltrate the Eastern Frontier Alliance with pirates, the Alliance might not even notice.
Of course,