"Jack, are you sure this is the right direction?"
Qing Mo slowly walked up beside Jack Sparrow, his expression blank as he looked at the pirate captain holding a compass.
"Yes, my lord Marquis!"
"As long as we keep heading this way, we'll reach White Wave Bay in a few days—the place where mermaids are known to appear!"
After hearing Jack Sparrow's words, Qing Mo nodded expressionlessly. He then pulled out a fresh pack of Huazi, took one for himself, and handed the rest to Jack beside him.
Having grown used to the scent of Huazi and successfully become an old chain-smoker, Jack skillfully pulled one out, then took out the lighter he had swiped from Qing Mo last time and lit it for himself.
"Mmm~! My great Marquis, it seems someone has come to relieve your boredom!"
Having just exhaled a cloud of white smoke with a look of enjoyment, Jack Sparrow raised the fingers holding his Huazi and pointed toward a tiny black dot on the horizon.
"Imperial Preceptor! Imperial Preceptor, a ship has been spotted ahead. It looks like pirates!"
Li Tiezhu, one of the guards, hurried over to Qing Mo and reported.
"No need for 'looks like.' They are pirates."
Following the direction of Jack Sparrow's finger, Qing Mo's vision—far beyond that of any ordinary person—allowed him to see clearly.
On that vessel, which was currently no more than a tiny black dot in Jack and the others' eyes, a black pirate flag bearing a skull fluttered in the wind!
And when Qing Mo saw the man standing beside the helmsman on the opposing pirate ship, wearing a tricorn pirate hat and carrying a saber at his waist—
It was none other than Blackbeard, the man who, in the original fate of the fourth Pirates of