"How much farther?"
The afternoon sun shone warmly over the boundless sea.
Cao Jinxing lay on his side on the giant whale's back, bored out of his mind.
"We should be nearly there..."
Qin Xuanji sat languidly, leaning against him, and took out a nautical chart to examine. "Gyuki pointed to Fanggan Island, near Pearl Island. Judging by the distance, we have about two and a half kilometers left. I wonder what other treasures Li Shaojun left behind. Hopefully, something that can help with your injuries..."
They were heading for Li Shaojun's cave abode.
Xu Hai had taken three pill formulas from it, but with his intelligence, he had probably only taken the treasures out in plain sight.
Since Li Shaojun had been able to hide Gyuki there, perhaps he had hidden other things too...
With nothing else to do while recovering, they might as well treat it as an outing.
Cao Jinxing looked into the distance, toward the enormous Gyuki swimming beside Little Hei, and asked hesitantly, "Are you sure we can trust it? It's an Alien Beast that's lived for over sixteen hundred years, after all. It might well have developed intelligence. What if it's deceiving us?"
"Don't worry. It'll be fine."
Still studying the chart, Qin Xuanji replied casually, "My blood has already counteracted the Fukuda Family's [Soul-Confusing Pill]. Gyuki is very clever. It knows who's good and who's bad. It won't hurt us... It was raised by Li Shaojun, after all. Even if you don't trust it, surely you trust him?"
Li Shaojun was a historical occult practitioner of the Western Han Dynasty. He claimed to know arts for worshipping gods to obtain blessings, growing grain to obtain gold, and attaining immortality, which earned him Emperor Wu of Han's favor. Historical records said he could command