The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 263: The Small Lonely Island

Small Lonely Island

"Damn it! That old man was really troublesome. Even after his death, he still managed to take down one of my deputies. This time, we’ve suffered a huge loss."

The bald man kicked an old corpse on the ground, cursing with an ugly expression on his face.

At this moment, the courtyard was littered with corpses. Blood flowed everywhere, the buildings were shattered, walls were stained with blood, and the air was thick with the stench of death.

On the ground, even the corpses of infants, children, and pregnant women could be seen, all with expressions of terror frozen on their faces before death.

Those still standing in the courtyard were all brawny men dressed in black. Some had tattoos, while others bore scars on their bodies.

Some of them were finishing off the already dead bodies with their weapons, while others were kicking down doors, searching for any remaining survivors. Laughing loudly, they were also looting valuables from every room.

"How much did we lose this time?"

Captain Black Dragon, sitting on a chair inside one of the rooms, asked the bald man in a deep voice.

"Many of our brothers who hadn't yet reached the level of Gu King have died. Everyone is still busy, and we haven’t had time to count how many have fallen."

"However, three Gu Kings died, and one of them was the captain of the 5th squad. He was one of our top ten fighters, and his loss is a significant blow to us."

"This Small Lonely Island turned out to be a tough nut to crack, causing us such heavy losses."

"The Big Lonely Island is much stronger than this small one. If we launch a direct assault on the Big Lonely Island, our losses will be even greater. We might even lose another squad captain." The bald man hesitated as he spoke.

"No matter how tough this bone is to chew, we must take it by force. We have no choice."

"The Big Lonely is too powerful, and it's right behind us, just less than a day's journey away."

"If we leave too few men on the small Island, we won’t be able to defend against a surprise attack from the Big Lonely Island. But if we leave too many people behind, we won’t have enough men to handle the dangers of the Death Sea."

"The Big Lonely Island puts too many constraints on us. If we don’t completely eliminate this threat, we’ll be held back no matter what we do."

"Deaths are inevitable. The lost manpower can always be replenished. This world is full of scoundrels, so you don’t need to worry about the losses."

"The 5th squad captain is dead, so just let his son take his place. We have plenty of people."

Suddenly, Black Dragon seemed to remember something and turned his head, asking, "Have you found the group that wiped out the 19th squad?"

The bald man’s eyes flashed with a fierce light as he shook his head in disappointment, saying, "No, they don’t seem to be on the Island. There's no trace of them at all."

Black Dragon nodded, speculating, "If they’re not on the small Island, then they must be on the Big Island."

"When the Heavenly Wind arrives, they only have two islands to go to, and there’s not enough time for them to reach any other islands. If we can’t find them on the Big Island, then they must have perished under the Heavenly Wind."

So, posing as a third-grade alchemist was foolproof, while pretending to be a fourth-grade alchemist would have been much riskier. Out of caution, he decided to lower his rank to something that couldn’t be exposed. After all, even a third-grade alchemist is not someone a Gu King would casually provoke.

At this moment, even the sailors following behind Long Xuan were feeling emboldened by their association with him, enjoying a taste of what it felt like to be above others.

“No need to search. The fierce wind has filled this place with people, and we didn’t arrive early. The inns here must already be full,” Nie Qingcheng suddenly said after a short walk.

Long Xuan looked at the hundred or so people following him and thought that even if they were lucky enough to find a few vacant rooms, it would be impossible to accommodate so many people. Thick-skinned, he turned to Leng Yan and said:

“Aren’t you related to the Leng Clan, one of the five great clans on this island? Maybe your relatives can host our hundred people. Whether we sleep on the street or not depends on you now. Don’t disappoint us.”

Leng Yan was speechless. Taking a hundred people to her relatives' home? That was truly a difficult request. She was amazed he could even say such a thing without feeling embarrassed. He might not care about losing face, but she certainly did!

How was she supposed to ask her relatives for such a favor? She feared that if she opened her mouth, she’d end up being thrown out of her own relatives’ house, which would be beyond embarrassing.

But seeing all the sailors looking at her expectantly, Leng Yan was at her wit's end and reluctantly said:

“I can only promise to try and get ten rooms. A hundred rooms would be impossible unless we kicked some of the Leng Clan members out. Don’t get your hopes up too high.”

“You all are tough enough to survive sleeping on the streets, so don’t hold it against me if I can’t get a hundred rooms!” she added.

“No, no, we definitely won’t! If you can secure just ten rooms, that’s already enough for us. We’ll be satisfied with just that,” Long Xuan quickly replied.

Despite his seemingly considerate demeanor, his true thoughts were entirely different. In his mind, if there were ten rooms, one of them would certainly be his as the captain. As long as he had a place to stay, he couldn’t care less about the rest. Let the hundred sailors sleep on the streets—after all, it wasn’t him doing the sleeping.

If the sailors could hear his thoughts, they’d probably cough up blood in anger.

Leng Yan, unaware of Long Xuan’s scheming, still thought he was genuinely concerned for her.

“Alright! I’ll bite the bullet and ask. In the meantime, you all should explore the city and try to sell off any useless items you got from the sea. Free up some space in your storage bags and prepare for the next stop.”

With that, Leng Yan headed off toward the Leng Clan, while the others followed her advice and dispersed to various parts of the city to sell the unwanted treasures from their storage bags.

During their time at sea, each person had accumulated so much that their storage bags were nearly overflowing. It was time to get rid of the useless items and make room.

They couldn’t forget that their next destination was Heaven Island, where they were sure to acquire more treasures. It would be a disaster to run out of storage space and miss out on valuable items.

Following Leng Yan’s suggestion, the sailors quickly scattered. In no time, Long Xuan was left with only Di Xin by his side.

Surprised, Long Xuan glanced at her and asked, “Why didn’t you go?”

Di Xin glanced back and replied, “I don’t lack anything. I honestly don’t know what I would exchange for. I don’t need to clear out any useless items because my space is large enough to hold everything, no matter how much I acquire.”

Hearing this, Long Xuan’s expression froze. He was completely floored by this subtle display of arrogance.

But, Di Xin really did have the means to say such a thing.