Trading Again

Back aboard the ship, the fish and shellfish caught earlier had already rotted and were no longer edible.

Yang Yi kept only one Cystic Spiny Puffer and returned everything else to the sea.

His food supplies were down to one loaf of black bread, three Eyeball Fruits, and 38 Vitality Coconuts.

He also had 1 L of fresh water left.

Yang Yi ate the three Eyeball Fruits and picked up a Vitality Coconut, preparing to mix a bottle of Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher to restore his energy.

[Player Su Na requests permission to board]

Yang Yi promptly agreed.

She boarded from the stern and soon entered the Nightmare's cabin.

At that moment, Yang Yi was mixing the Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher.

"You know how to make potions?" Su Na asked in surprise.

"Yes, I got a recipe on the island. It lets me mix salt and Vitality Coconuts to make Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher.

"Want to try some?"

Yang Yi handed the freshly mixed Refreshing Coconut Juice to Su Na.

She had saved his life. Giving her something was no big deal.

Su Na accepted it and examined it curiously for a while, but instead of drinking it, she put it into her Treasure Bag.

"I won't take the supplies aboard your ship, then."

Yang Yi made the suggestion as he drank another freshly mixed Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher.

Su Na did not mind either way.

There were hardly any supplies aboard the Astrologer anyway. She was flat broke.

"How about we work together again?" Yang Yi suggested.

The storm at sea was fierce. Working together would give them a much better chance.

The Astrologer could also provide a nautical chart, so they would not lose their way in the storm.

"Sure!" Su Na agreed, since that was what she had come for.

Yang Yi stepped out of the cabin. It was dark outside, and clouds covered the sky.

The wind howled, carrying seawater and rocking the ship incessantly.

He did not plan to set sail immediately, because there was still an emergency to deal with.

He had been poisoned by the serpent and needed medicine to detoxify himself. A poisoned status had already appeared on the log's attribute panel.

The sea serpent's information also showed that it was venomous.

Yang Yi walked over to the Monster Gacha Machine and tossed in the flesh of the two Sirens along with the snakeskin.

[Name: Large Sea Serpent]

[Description: A cunning giant underwater serpent, larger than an ordinary python. It enjoys torturing its prey to death. Can be placed in the Monster Gacha Machine. Mildly venomous.]

"Are you sure you don't want to exchange that Siren corpse for a capsule?"

Yang Yi suddenly turned back and asked.

There was another Siren corpse in Su Na's Treasure Bag!

"No!" Su Na shook her head like a rattle drum.

In her eyes, the corpse was highly valuable, worth far more than a capsule!

Studying the Siren's anatomy would give her the knowledge she wanted!

And knowledge was far more precious than items!

Yang Yi shrugged and did not try to persuade her further. He turned back and spun the dial on the chest of the Octopus-Head Gacha Machine, producing the sound of capsules knocking together.

Before long, it spat out three capsules.

Standing behind Yang Yi, Su Na watched his every move and took out a little notebook to record her observations in detail:

"Yang Yi lives aboard a Ghost Ship. His mental state is cause for concern!

"His gacha machine has a terrifying octopus head, but Yang Yi seems to like this octopus head very much..."

Completely unaware, Yang Yi picked up the glowing orbs on the ground.

The first was a can with a picture of a Mermaid on it.

[Name: Siren's Voice]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: Contains a special gas. After opening it and inhaling the gas, you can let out a piercing shriek that briefly paralyzes nearby creatures and lowers their Sanity.

Inhaling it causes a loss of 20 Sanity.

You have obtained a Siren's voice, but clearly, you cannot sing...]

The second item was a blue crystal pendant.

[Name: Siren's Tears]

[Type: Relic]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: Spirit -2 while worn. Grants immunity to charm effects. Any Siren's Song you hear will become a piercing, mournful wail. Occasionally causes auditory hallucinations, as though a Siren were crooning into your ear, lowering Sanity.

You may only listen to me sing. You belong to me!]

The third item was a short sword.

[Name: Sea Serpent's Fang]

[Type: Treasure]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: A short sword made from the tooth of a large sea serpent. Has a mild paralyzing effect and can inflict a small amount of damage on Otherworldly Demons.]

Yang Yi had been lucky. The three capsules had yielded two pieces of equipment, one of which was a weapon. It would neatly make up for his awkwardly low damage output while the Flintlock was on cooldown.

As for the other two items...

After some thought, Yang Yi decided to sell them-or rather, trade them away.

The Siren's Tears was a powerful weapon against Sirens, but Yang Yi had the Frenzy State, which came with its own immunity, so the Siren's Tears was of limited use to him.

As for charm, players with high Spirit would quickly adapt to that kind of mental attack.

The first time he was charmed, Yang Yi lost 10 Sanity, but later, he lost only 5.

The next time he encountered it, he probably would not even lose 5. It would not have much effect.

The Siren's Voice was a good item, though.

But Yang Yi urgently needed to heal his injuries, so he could only part with it reluctantly.

He immediately sent a private message to Zhou Dai, captain of the Radiant Goddess Ship.

Yang Yi: "I need two bottles of Holy Water. Do you have any in stock?"

She seemed busy. It took several minutes for a reply to arrive.

Zhou Dai: "Keep it brief. I'm busy steering the ship right now and don't have time to produce Holy Water. My remaining stock is limited!"

Yang Yi understood what she meant.

In other words, she had some, but the price would be high.

But Yang Yi had also prepared enough bargaining chips, so he replied.

"One bottle of Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher, the Siren's Tears, and the Siren's Voice. All of those for two bottles of your Holy Water."

This time, Zhou Dai replied much faster.

"You're a male player, right? You actually killed a Siren?" She found it unbelievable.

After all, quite a few male players in the chat channel had already fallen victim to Sirens.

"For that price, I can give you three bottles of Holy Water. Let's trade again in the future!"

The deal was soon completed.

Yang Yi tossed the items for trade into the Monster Gacha Machine. Before long, he had three bottles of Holy Water in his hands.

He immediately drank one, then handed another to Su Na.

"You were right. That sea serpent was venomous. Drink a bottle too, just in case. It can neutralize poison and heal injuries."

Su Na accepted the Holy Water but did not drink it immediately. Instead, she examined the bottle curiously, then moved to put it into her Treasure Bag...

"I told you to drink it, not put it away!" Yang Yi interrupted her. "If you aren't going to drink it, please give it back!"

At the same time, Yang Yi was puzzled. Su Na seemed rather odd.

The Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher, the Holy Water, even the Siren's body-why did she like stuffing everything into her Treasure Bag?

Su Na froze for a moment without responding.

But she could tell Yang Yi was serious. Eventually, she gave in, opened the bottle, and drank the Holy Water.

"Holding it in your mouth doesn't count either!"

Yang Yi's sharp eyes caught that the woman had not swallowed at all. She was holding it in her puffed-out cheeks.

Su Na frowned, seemingly displeased, but under Yang Yi's insistence, she reluctantly swallowed it in the end.

"Open your mouth and let me see!"

"Ah."

Su Na obediently opened her mouth. It looked as though she really had drunk it.

Yang Yi nodded.

Su Na was injured too, after all. This would help her recover faster.

But in secret, Su Na took out a little notebook and began recording: Yang Yi was very fierce and liked forcing others to do things!

"What are you writing?" Yang Yi walked over and asked.

"Nothing!"

Without any change in her expression, Su Na hid the notebook.

Seeing this, Yang Yi felt too awkward to ask further. It was her private business, after all.

"You've read the chat channel and the announcements, right?

"Everyone is desperately trying to escape this stretch of sea. We have to get out too!"

Yang Yi analyzed their current situation and asked Su Na about the Astrologer.

Her Astrologer was only level one, making it 10 knots slower than the level-two Nightmare.

After discussing it, they decided they could use grappling hooks to tie the two ships together.

That way, neither ship would fall behind because it could not keep up.

"Help me with one more thing before we leave." Yang Yi looked at the coconut trees. Only their crowns remained above the water, and the coconuts were almost floating on its surface.

"Come with me on a circuit around the island first and grab these coconuts. We'll take as many as we can get, but only make one pass. We won't linger!"

Su Na nodded in agreement.

Yang Yi had originally wanted to take them all, but that would take too much time.

The two ships circled the island once and gathered a total of 92 Vitality Coconuts.

That was already a considerable number. Yang Yi was very satisfied and generously gave Su Na half, leaving them with 46 each.

Including the 34 already aboard his ship, they had 126 Vitality Coconuts between them: 80 for Yang Yi and 46 for Su Na.

For a long time to come, Yang Yi would not need to worry about restoring his energy.