At Pier One, the core of the Whale Hunting Gang, it was the largest and most profitable pier.
Xu Hei glanced at Pier One. Although it had been attacked, the formation remained intact, the internal facilities were complete, and several merchant ships were docked at the pier. The members of the Whale Hunting Gang who hadn't pursued the attackers were mostly concentrated at Pier One, working together to maintain the formation and prevent sneak attacks.
As soon as Xu Hei heard Hei Huang's words, he knew what he was plotting.
"I didn't see anything," Xu Hei shook his head.
"I really didn't see anything."
"You want to make a big score, don't you?" Hei Huang sneered.
"No, I don't want to," Xu Hei shook his head again.
Even the Sea Beast coalition couldn't break through Pier One and were driven away, while the Whale Hunting Gang didn't stop the rogue cultivators from fighting over the treasures. All their forces were concentrated at Pier One, jointly defending it.
If Xu Hei attacked Pier One and the experts outside found out and returned early, what would happen if he got caught?
The risk was too great unless Xu Hei was out of his mind and looking for death to charge at Pier One.
"Xu Hei, don't you need resources for cultivation? Setting up a formation requires spirit stones, sailing a ship requires spirit stones, talisman crafting and pill refining all require spirit stones. How many spirit stones do you have to squander?"
"Besides, don't you need spirit stones to get married in the future? With your current poor state, no land, no money, no status or background, who would want to be with you..."
Hei Huang started a long-winded speech.
"Damn it, just tell me, how confident are you?" Xu Hei cursed.
"With you and me together, ninety percent!"
"I don't believe you. Last time you said ninety percent at the Purple Mist Sect, and we almost died."
"That was an accident."
After a heated debate, Xu Hei had nothing more to say.
He was indeed persuaded.
Having acquired the third dragon clan secret technique, Xu Hei's top-grade spirit stones were completely depleted, and he only had three hundred thousand lower-grade spirit stones left, which were the remainder from buying the cave dwelling.
Xu Hei was a big consumer of spirit stones, using the Diamond Suppression Technique, refining a puppet, and setting up formations all required a massive amount of spirit stones.
Although he had heavy oil, which could substitute for spirit stones, it was too polluting, causing large areas of land to become barren and easily attracting attention. If people knew he could ignore the pollution of heavy oil, it would definitely cause big trouble.
He indeed needed resources.
Xu Hei said, "Tell me your plan!"
"It's simple! You keep chasing me, and I'll run towards Pier One..."
"...after it's done, we'll split fifty-fifty!" Hei Huang explained the plan.
After hearing it, Xu Hei found it reasonable and said, "No time to lose, let's act now."
The two demons acted swiftly, immediately devising a detailed route, from the start to how to escape after dividing the loot, every step was meticulously planned.
Especially in terms of escape, at Xu Hei's strong insistence, Hei Huang set up three Minor Teleportation Formations specifically for escaping.
Hei Huang was helpless; one was enough, but three were demanded, which was simply wasteful! But to ensure Xu Hei's cooperation, he had no choice but to comply.
And just as Hei Huang took out the Transformation Pill, preparing to consume it.
Suddenly, on the distant horizon, a large group of figures appeared, approaching this place.
They were all members of the Whale Hunting Gang, about a dozen people, each with more or less injuries, their faces extremely tense, looking like they had just experienced a fierce battle.
"They actually came back?" Xu Hei was stunned.
"So soon?" Hei Huang was equally dumbfounded.
At the same time, Xu Hei suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of danger.
Xu Hei's scalp tingled, feeling a chill running from his spine to the top of his head, his pupils contracted, and every part of his body was sounding alarms.
Danger! Danger! Danger!
Following his intuition, he saw on the coast, at Pier One, a middle-aged man in fine clothes standing there at some point.
The man had a dignified appearance, a handsome figure, a gentle and elegant demeanor, holding a cup of tea, smiling as he looked at Xu Hei.
One in the sea, one on the shore, they exchanged glances across the distance.
The elegant cultivator raised a smile, drank the tea in his cup in one gulp.
At that moment, Xu Hei's mind buzzed with a roaring sound, and without hesitation, he activated the Ever-changing Fish and Dragon technique, transforming into a beam of light, instantly rushing towards the Minor Teleportation Formation!
"Damn! We've been discovered!"
Xu Hei instantly arrived at the teleportation formation, Hei Huang was even faster, reaching it simultaneously, and Ji Ying was the quickest, already diving into Xu Hei's dragon scales.
At this moment, as the man finished his tea, a captivating aroma spread from the pier, permeating the seawater.
In that instant, all the fish in the sea fell into a trance, and Xu Hei felt his mind go blank, a sense of blissful euphoria as if he wanted to give up resistance, abandon all struggle, his body and mind at unprecedented peace, wanting to head towards the middle-aged cultivator.
Hei Huang shouted, and Xu Hei suddenly snapped back to reality, seeing the light of teleportation already enveloping him.
"Since you're here, make yourself at home!"
The elegant cultivator on the shore chuckled softly.
The Minor Teleportation Formation beneath Xu Hei seemed to be influenced by some kind of intent, instantly exploding into nothingness.
However, the Minor Teleportation Formation here was layered three times, only one was damaged, and the other two activated simultaneously, covering Hei Huang and Xu Hei with spatial fluctuations.
In the blink of an eye, the spatial fluctuation flashed, and the two demons disappeared into the seabed, vanishing without a trace.
The elegant cultivator's expression froze, his teacup shaking slightly.
"I actually miscalculated again, there was another person just now, who was it?"
His brows furrowed in thought.
But no matter what happened, this person remained calm, like a still pond. He took out a fan and gently waved it, with the words written on it: "Tranquility leads to far-reaching, adapt to circumstances."
At this moment, outside the bay, within a hundred-mile radius.
A crack appeared in the space, and two battered demonic beast figures emerged from the seabed.
Xu Hei crawled out, glaring at the black dog beside him, cursing, "Damn it! Is this your so-called ninety percent confidence?"
Hei Huang squatted at the seabed, his dog paw propping up his chin, grinning sheepishly, "Didn't we just hit that ten percent? What's the big deal?"
Xu Hei was at a loss for words.
Fortunately, they set up three teleportation formations, and fortunately, they took their time. If they had gone up earlier and got caught at the pier, who knows what would have happened!
This old dog was too unreliable, almost got them into trouble again.
Every time it was ninety percent success, every time it was a life-and-death crisis. Last time they at least gained something, this time they got nothing, caught right at the start.
"Wait a minute, why was the green tea guy from the Sea Commerce Guild here? It seemed like he came specifically for you?"
Hei Huang stared at Xu Hei, scrutinizing him for a while, and asked suspiciously, "Did you do something to anger someone?"
"What green tea guy?" Xu Hei retorted.