The merchant who was beaten looked somewhat defiant, but after receiving a glare from Gao Deng, he obediently returned to the ship cabin.
He had just been slapped hard by Chushuang, seeing stars, but most importantly, he saw a white dragon roaring in her eyes, frightening him to death.
Finally, nobody was causing trouble anymore, and Bai Ruozhu ordered the helmsman to turn the ship eastward.
The speed of the official ship was much faster than their rowboat; otherwise, they would have been unable to catch up with the opposition.
With the official ship moving for two hours, daylight began to break, indicating they had been struggling through the night.
Bai Ruozhu and her party still hadn't caught up with Jiang Yichun. Since he had fallen into the water, the signal flare clearly couldn't be used, and she didn't know how to contact him.
