Dragon Tendon Turns to Soup, Golden Light Bursts from His Eyes, Li Xian Exposed? Gold-Seeking Traitor!

The world was vast, and wonders abounded; the seas were boundless, their treasures innumerable. Though pirates made their living through plunder, drinking wind and frost at dawn, over time they were bound to encounter one or two strange fortunes and chance upon one or two exotic treasures. Li Xian's sense of heaven and earth was keen. Though his knowledge was shallow, whenever he encountered a treasure, he always had a vague feeling in the dark.

Among the treasures, he spotted a pale-yellow wooden box, from which sandalwood fragrance drifted. Inside lay a fragmentary map. The wooden box was already covered in dust. When the Cavaliers divided the loot, they favored gleaming, luxurious, brightly colored things, so no one took the wooden box.

Li Xian took it into his hands. After removing the fragmentary map and studying it briefly, he found it was a "sea chart" depicting a route. Li Xian thought, This sea chart has neither beginning nor end. I have no idea what it means. Yet amid this mountain of treasures, this fragmentary map is rather strange. I happen to like strange and curious things. If I keep it, perhaps it will serve some purpose someday. He tucked it back into his sleeve, then went somewhere deserted and summoned Calamity Crow to swallow the wooden box and fragmentary map.

Having won their first great victory, the soldiers' morale soared. They gathered up all the valuables and released the men they had captured at the hideout, along with the women who had been abducted. They lit fires on the spot and cooked, giving everyone a bowl of hot soup and a portion of roasted meat. After eating, the men and women felt as though they had been granted new lives, as if they were dreaming. They kowtowed to Zhao Yingqiong