"Alright, be careful."
Hearing this, Articuno nodded. She naturally knew what Shui Wuhen was worried about.
Although Articuno felt that with their current strength, there shouldn't be many opponents in this world anymore, being careful was never a bad thing.
After all, if they really fell into a trap, that would truly be embarrassing.
Seeing this, Shui Wuhen stood up. The ice wings behind him trembled slightly as he flew toward the iron ship.
"Heh, this sea trip has been quite rewarding."
On the deck of the huge iron ship, a group of men dressed as pirates were drinking and chatting.
Not far from them, a woman in purple clothes with long purple hair, appearing to be in her early twenties, was lying on a chair, sunbathing.
Around her, many people would occasionally glance at her, their eyes filled with admiration, desire, and some complicated emotions.
She naturally noticed those gazes, but her expression remained unchanged. However, inside, she disdainfully thought: "A bunch of filthy men. You can't even beat me, yet you still think you can do anything to me? Wishful thinking."
However, at that moment, an abrupt voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.
"Excuse me, may I ask where this place is?"
This sudden unfamiliar voice made the purple-haired woman's pupils shrink violently, even her heart seemed to stop for a moment.
Swoosh~
After her mind froze for a few seconds, the purple-haired woman immediately activated her martial soul possession, five spirit rings appearing around her as her body rapidly retreated.
Only after she reached what she believed was a safe distance did she look at Shui Wuhen with extreme vigilance and say, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
At her words, the others on the ship also reacted. With a series of clattering sounds, they all released their spirit rings and stood behind the woman, staring warily at Shui Wuhen.
The strongest is only a Soul King?
Seeing this, Shui Wuhen slightly relaxed.
From the current situation, there shouldn't be anyone on this ship who could threaten him.
Immediately, Shui Wuhen smiled faintly and said calmly, "Don't be nervous, everyone. I'm just a lost traveler. May I ask if you have a map? I can purchase it with Gold Soul Coins."
As he spoke, Shui Wuhen took out a bag of Gold Soul Coins from his spatial soul tool storage device and tossed it to them.
Although he wasn't sure whether Gold Soul Coins used on the continent would be usable here, as precious metal, gold should retain value anywhere unless there were things like spirit stones.
And he still had plenty of Gold Soul Coins.
Seeing that the suddenly appeared man was not targeting them, the purple-haired woman and her subordinates secretly sighed in relief. If possible, they did not want to become enemies with someone of unknown depth.
After all, once a fight broke out, even if they could win, they would likely suffer heavy casualties. Without clear benefits, they would not take that risk.
However, the purple-haired woman still signaled to a middle-aged man beside her.
The middle-aged man sighed inwardly but still stepped forward and picked up the bag Shui Wuhen had thrown.
After checking for a moment, he excitedly nodded toward the purple-haired woman: "Boss, it really is Gold Soul Coins. He wasn't lying."
Hearing this, the purple-haired woman immediately stepped forward with a smile, cupped her fists, and said, "I am Purple Pearl, the captain of this ship. May I ask how I should address you, sir?"
"Feng Xiaotian."
Shui Wuhen replied without hesitation.
When traveling, who would use their real name anyway.
Purple Pearl didn't care whether the name was real or fake and quickly continued, "Sir Xiaotian, you're joking. Since you only want a map, how could I accept your money? Here is the sea chart of this area. I'll give it to you as a gift—consider it making a friend."
As she spoke, Purple Pearl took out a sea chart from her spatial soul tool storage device and used her soul power to send it toward Shui Wuhen.
Shui Wuhen caught it and looked at Purple Pearl deeply. Originally, he had been thinking that if these pirates could not be persuaded by money, he might have to use a bit of force. But it seemed unnecessary now.
After opening the sea chart and confirming it was real, he put it away.
Then Shui Wuhen said to Purple Pearl, "I won't take advantage of you. Here are 10,000 Gold Soul Coins. It should be more than enough to buy this map."
The next moment, a golden card was thrown out by Shui Wuhen, while he flapped his ice wings and slowly left the place.
After Shui Wuhen left, Purple Pearl narrowed her eyes. A subordinate beside her asked in confusion, "Boss, this guy can casually take out 10,000 Gold Soul Coins. His wealth is definitely far beyond that. And he's alone. Why don't we—"
While speaking, the underling made a throat-slitting gesture.
Hearing this, Purple Pearl immediately rolled her eyes and slapped the man on the head.
"Are you an idiot? Didn't you notice how dangerous he is? I didn't even sense when he appeared. That means he's at least a Soul Sage or above. If you provoke him, are you tired of living and want our Purple Pearl Pirate Group destroyed?"
Purple Pearl was speechless. It was precisely because her subordinates were like this that her pirate group had never grown much.
If she ever had the chance, she really needed to pick smarter underlings. Otherwise, they might get themselves killed without even knowing why.
"Ah? That young man is actually that strong?"
Hearing this, the underling was shocked. After all, Shui Wuhen looked to be at most in his early twenties. How could he be so powerful?
The others also looked disbelieving.
Seeing this, Purple Pearl felt exhausted internally. What kind of subordinates did she even have?
On the other side, Shui Wuhen reunited with Articuno and began studying the sea chart.
"According to this sea chart, our current location is quite far from the mainland. It will take some time to return."
Shui Wuhen said while examining the map, deep in thought.
They were currently far from the mainland, and reaching it would require passing through several dangerous sea zones.
Although he could fly and did not need to face underwater risks, the weather over the sea was unpredictable, and groups of spirit beasts could even trigger sudden climate changes. The risk was still considerable.
Shui Wuhen felt somewhat fortunate that he had ice attributes and could condense ice into water, so freshwater supply was not a problem. Otherwise, he might not have been able to last this long.
Articuno said, "It's fine. As long as we know the direction, everything else is easy.
With my speed, we can return to the mainland in at most one week."
Articuno's current speed was extremely fast, even surpassing some Title Douluo-level experts. According to Shui Wuhen's estimation, at full power she could easily reach supersonic speed.