Not Following the Rules? Follow Mine!
Thump!
The entire ark trembled violently again. It turned out that the pirates outside were getting impatient with the ark's lack of response.
Then the giant rays beneath the pirates flapped their wings violently, and a tremendous force struck the ark's protective shield.
Fortunately, this time Yi Xuan had Lü Huang supporting him, so he wasn't as disheveled as before.
Seeing Yi Xuan staring at the giant ray outside, Lü Huang explained, "That's a Water Butterfly Beast. It's been domesticated by the Sea Clan and used as a mount. It's very popular with the Sea Clan and is an important means of transportation for the Sea Clan at sea!"
"Water Butterfly Beast?"
"Yes, it's actually a type of siren, but this kind of siren is a relatively pure siren and cannot land. However, their speed in the Eternal Sea is among the fastest of all siren."
It took a while for the crowd on the ark to calm down from the chaos. A middle-aged man with a beard walked to the front of the ark and addressed the Sea Clan opposite, saying, "This ark belongs to our Great Qian Merchant Caravan. The toll has already been paid. Please do us a favor!"
"Toll fee?"
Yi Xuan looked at Lü Huang with some curiosity, while Lü Huang patiently explained.
It turns out that most of the pirates on the outskirts of the Eternal Sea are not actually composed of idle Sea Clan. They all come from various Sea Clan cities. In other words, these cities deliberately organized pirates to plunder Human Clan!
The goal was simple: to extract as much profit as possible from the Human Clan caravans.
Human Clan were also in a difficult situation, unable to express their grievances, since they were on the territory of the Sea Clan.
As a result, some unwritten rules naturally emerged.
These caravans can periodically pay a sum of money in exchange for their safety in the Eternal Sea.
After paying the money, the pirates sent by the Sea Clan cities would not cause any trouble.
However, the fees required are substantial, far beyond what most small businesses can afford.
Therefore, large merchant guilds would pay these tolls and then engage in some transportation business, using their arks to take smaller merchant guilds into the Eternal Sea.
In this way, since they were traveling on the arks of large merchant guilds that had paid tolls, these smaller merchant guilds could avoid being attacked by pirates, which could be considered a win-win situation.
While Lü Huang was explaining things to Yi Xuan, the communication between the head of the Great Qian Merchant Association and the pirates was not going smoothly.
The pirates didn't care about tolls at all; they just kept shouting outside, demanding that the ark let them in, or they would resort to violence.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the Ark only trembled slightly under the attack of the Water Butterfly Beast.
That's because the Water Butterfly Beast Demon Beast n't good at attacking; at most, it can only unleash the attack power of the Grain Avoidance Realm.
This wouldn't be a big deal on land.
Although it was unclear how strong the others on the deck were, Lü Huang was fully capable of handling the Water Butterfly Beast.
But this is the Eternal Sea, and even on the Ark, Lü Huang can only exert the strength of the Early Grain Avoidance at most.
But they were powerless to resist these pirates.
The pirates who had been negotiating with the head of the Great Qian Merchant Caravan for half a day were gradually becoming impatient.
Before the person in charge could finish speaking, the pirate leader slammed his palm down on the ark.
This time, the ark tremors were much stronger, and the outer shield flickered, like a light bulb about to break.
Seeing this Lü Huang, standing beside Yi Xuan, shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems there's no escaping now. I was hoping to escape by following the Great Qian Merchant Caravan's ark! It seems this group of pirates is a newly formed gang, and they don't follow the rules at all!"
The leader of the Great Qian Merchant Caravan also looked extremely grim, but he had no choice but to submit.
Judging from the attack by the Sea Clan just now, the opponent was at least a Golden Core Realm expert. To deal with him, the Human Clan would need at least a Nascent Soul stage expert.
The Great Qian Merchant Caravan, as the owners of this ark, didn't even have a Nascent Soul level cultivator in its ranks, let alone these small caravans that didn't even have an ark.
So the leader of the Great Qian Merchant Caravan could only helplessly address the other caravans behind him. "Gentlemen, I'm sorry, we've encountered this situation without any other choice. You're all seasoned veterans, you should all understand the situation. I think it's better to pay up than to suffer further!"
After speaking, without waiting for anyone else to respond, he signaled to the crew on the ark to open a gap in the protective shield.
The Sea Clan outside quickly led a dozen or so people inside and stepped onto the deck of the ark.
This was the first time Yi Xuan had observed Sea Clan up close.
They did indeed look no different from the Human Clan, except that their skin was bluish. And on both sides of their necks, you could see things that looked like fish gills, which were constantly switching on and off.
This must be why Sea Clan are able to survive in the Eternal Sea!
The leader of the Sea Clan was extremely arrogant. He pointed a trident at the head of the Great Qian Merchant Association of Commerce and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? We told you to let us in, are you deaf?"
After saying that, he slapped the other person across the face.
Lü Huang had previously told Yi Xuan that the person in charge of the Great Qian Merchant Association should be Golden Core True Person.
But under the slap of that Sea Clan, the man was actually sent flying.
After spinning a few times in the air, it landed on the deck of the ark and slowly stood up after supporting itself with its arms for a while.
Only then did everyone notice the person in charge's face, which was so swollen that it was impossible to recognize him.
But the man wasn't angry. Instead, he grinned and explained to the Sea Clan, "Senior! We've already paid the toll to North Wave City! We thought you were from North Wave City, so I thought I'd explain! I'm Liu Yusen, the head of the Great Qian Merchant Caravan. My apologies!"
Liu Yusen, who had been bowing deeply, waited for a long time. Seeing that the other party did not react, he was about to raise his head when he felt the same pain on the other side of his face as on the left side. At the same time, his whole body began to spin 360 degrees in the air once again.
When Liu Yusen stood up again, he was unrecognizable; his face was swollen like Shin-chan's.
The Sea Clan scoffed, "Ha! I have nothing to do with North Wave City! And what about the Great Qian? You think you can intimidate me with your Human Clan immortal kingdom? Let me tell you, this is the Eternal Sea. I don't care what immortal kingdom or sect you are. Once you enter the Eternal Sea, you should understand that here, the Sea Clan are the supreme rulers!"
Liu Yusen, who had stood up again, dared not speak and could only silently lower his head.
Lü Huang, standing beside Yi Xuan, also looked grim and said, "This is troublesome! These guys are completely unruly! It seems we can't just get rid of them with half a shipment this time!"
Unexpectedly, before Yi Xuan could speak, the Sea Clan turned its gaze to Lü Huang and said, "Haha, I didn't expect there to be a clever person here! But let me tell you, it's not that I'm breaking the rules, it's that the rules I set are the only rules! Now... hand over all your valuables, and I guarantee you'll live!"