CHAPTER 664: CHAPTER 121: VANDY LIGHTHOUSE

When Man San threw it, he used some Dark Power, evidently intending to test Yue Jinghua’s skills.

Among mercenaries, one way to exchange names and identities is to hand over the Mercenary Manual.

Yue Jinghua was well aware, and with a slight flick of her wrist, she neutralized Man San’s Dark Power and took back the Mercenary Manual, confirming Man San’s identity after inspecting his Mercenary Manual.

Seeing this, Man San showed a face full of apologies, "This fishing boat isn’t ordinary; it belongs to Bruce Blue Commerce, the largest business association at Fandi Port. We three brothers are tasked with escorting the fishing boat out to sea to catch South Sea Cod Fish. According to the rules of Bruce Blue, aside from the association’s personnel and local fishermen, no outsiders are allowed on board. Little Captain Yue, being a mercenary, should know that we must obey the employer’s orders."

Adding a diminutive prefix to Yue Jinghua’s title, Man San saw that she was quite young.

After hearing him out, Yue Jinghua realized that she couldn’t forcefully insist.

"Thank you for the reminder, Big Brother Man San. However, we are new here, and this area is a vast sea without local fishermen to guide us, we might lose our way," Yue Jinghua, though never having lived by the sea,

knew that the waters around the Empire were not peaceful, just relying on the Lake King Dragon to roam recklessly was not safe.

"You don’t need to worry about that. Every night at Fandi Port, the port’s lighthouse lights up bright until dawn. Just follow the lighthouse, and you’ll find Fandi Port," Man San said, and after speaking a few more words with Yue Jinghua, he led the fishing boat towards the open sea.

"If that’s the case, we’ll wait until the lighthouse lights up at night and then head to the port," having got clear information, Yue Jinghua instructed Long Rui to wait on the spot.

Ji Yun and Long Rui were astonished; they hadn’t expected that at this time, the status of a mercenary would be more effective than the Southern Expedition Army.

The group then sat in meditation on the back of the Lake King Dragon.

Ji Yun, after swallowing a Detoxification Elixir, rode the Flying Dragon, staying alert all around.

Meanwhile, as Yue Jinghua and others were temporarily stranded in the Southern Fandi Sea, chaos erupted in Miss River Valley Village.

Yue Minzhi, after confirming his sister’s whereabouts were unknown due to the teleportation mishap, immediately had a conflict with Long Jiuzun, suspecting that the malfunction of the teleportation array in Dawo Village was related to the Sixth-level Dark Pill used by Long Jiuzun.

"How could the Transmission Array malfunction at the last moment? Clearly, someone tampered with your Sixth-level Dark Pill!" Normally calm, Yue Minzhi now reddened his neck in anger, his body enveloped in swirling Dark Energy, his Dark Power releasing a tormenting dragon’s breath.

"Ruru was also among those teleported; do you think I would joke with my own sister’s life?" Long Jiuzun was also deeply frustrated, blaming himself for a lapse that left Ruru isolated.

He was well aware of the dangers of a teleport mishap; if the Transmission Array collapsed, it could potentially scatter everyone inside into pieces with uncontrolled Dark Energy.

"Enough, stop arguing. What’s urgent is to ascertain everyone’s whereabouts," Cheng Ying’s eyes were frosty and piercing like daggers as she stared at Long Jiuzun.

"Ascertain? How to ascertain? Dawo Village and Mississippi River Valley are thousands of miles apart, filled with perilous roads and hazardous locations," Long Jiuzun felt uneasy under her intense gaze.

"Search everywhere. We’ll dispatch all Dragon Knights to search along the way, and you remain here with the rest. I will go back to Dawo Village with Duke Yue to verify once again," In a critical moment, the typically delicate-looking Cheng Ying showed tremendous determination.

Yue Minzhi and Long Jiuzun, both stubborn as bulls, suddenly calmed down under her seemingly gentle but decisive words.

"That’s the only way then. Long Jiuzun, if anything irreversible happens to Hua, I won’t let you off," Yue Minzhi said, and immediately returned to Dawo Village with Cheng Ying.

Long Jiuzun snorted and also ordered people to search along the way.

Night falls, and the originally uniform ocean of the Southern Fandi Sea also changes from its initial azure blue to two colors.

The dark is the night sky, the ink blue is the sea water.

Just as Man San mentioned earlier, after it gets dark, one can only hear the faint sound of horns coming from the other side of the sea, resembling the sound of ships returning to port.

When the last ray of sunlight disappears into the ink-blue sea, a ray of light more brilliant than the sunlight shoots directly from the other side of the sea.

"Look, the lighthouse," Shalman, who was sitting in meditation using his energy, jumped up.

To the west of the sea, in the direction that was once an expanse of vast blue waves, suddenly rises a colorful orb of light.

That orb is the lighthouse tower, its colorful Dark Light like a mother’s tender hand, protecting all the ships lost at sea around the Southern Fandi Sea.

Upon seeing such a scene, both the Lake King Dragon and the Bat Dragon emit excited dragon roars.

And those who have long traveled by land are all a face of excitement.

In the Southern Fandi Sea, there’s a common saying, the Heavenly God gave the Canglong Continent the sun that rises in the east, and also gave Fandi Port the lighthouse that rises in the west.

The people of Fandi Port, having two suns, are the happiest in the Empire.

The lighthouse’s light will shine throughout the night, and the Lake King Dragon only needs to travel overnight to reach Fandi Port around dawn.

"Let’s set out, the sooner we reach the port, the sooner we can find the local stationed troops and connect with the Southern Expedition Army from Miss River Valley," Yue Jinghua images how anxious her elder brother Yue Minzhi must be after losing contact with her.

The graceful figure of the Lake King Dragon heads towards the soft light of the lighthouse.

Just as they prepare to leave, suddenly from behind them towards the direction of the outer sea, a signal fire like fireworks soars up, streaking a bright spark across the dark night sky.

"What is that?" Ji Yun, riding on the back of a Bat Dragon, curiously asks.

"It’s a rescue flare," Chi Xi, having the most experience as a mercenary among them, couldn’t help but exclaim, "It’s a rescue signal specifically used by mercenaries, there must be a ship or people calling for help ahead."

At night in the Southern Fandi Port, all is pitch black, and that bright rescue flare flashes past in the darkness.

Looking at the direction of the signal, it is exactly the outer sea, the direction where the Manduo Brothers’ fishing boat had gone, also the direction of the signal.

Could it be that they encountered some danger while fishing for cod at night?

Yue Jinghua hesitates.

"We should ignore them, they didn’t let us on their boat, why should we trouble ourselves when there’s no need," Qing Zizhu believes it’s unwise to act rashly in the deep sea at night, and shakes his head at his mother Chi Xi.

Chi Xi looks at her son, her gentle face taking on a resolute expression, she says decisively: "Captain, the first rule of the Mercenary Manual."