The higher-ups of the Blood Shark Pirates were basically descendants of the Spirit Taming Sect's lineage.
As for the lower-ranking cultivators, the vast majority were recruited Rogue Cultivators.
Few of those Rogue Cultivators were decent people. If they took their belongings, there was an eighty-percent chance they would come back to settle the score later.
Wang Daoyuan could not be bothered with such nonsense. Once he got the Seven Stars Token, he intended to grease the soles of his feet and slip away.
There was far too much trouble around beautiful women, and Mysterious Ice Fairy also had Mysterious Ice Island as a formidable enemy.
Before Wang Daoyuan could speak, Uncle Zhong hurriedly cupped his hands. "Fellow Daoist Blood Shark, there is no need for this.
"My elder brother has a solitary temperament and does not enjoy speaking with others.
"Please forgive any offense he may have caused."
He then took out a storage bag. "There are a few Spirit Stones here, as compensation for everyone. Please accept them, Fellow Daoists."
With that, he tossed the storage bag toward the Blood Shark Pirates' flying vessel.
Wang Daoyuan and Uncle Zhong played one the stern face and the other the kind face.
Under both pressure and persuasion, the few Blood Shark Pirate cultivators yielded.
The burly man did not dare refuse. Taking the storage bag, he said with a fawning smile, "This is too kind of you. Rest assured, Senior, we will never trouble Miss Wen again."
Wang Daoyuan flew away from the Blood Shark Pirates' flying vessel, and the sword phantoms resting against the others' throats dissipated as well.
The Blood Shark Pirates no longer had any mind to continue their patrol. They fled straight toward the southeast.
When they returned to the demon-hunting team's flying vessel, everyone in the