Chapter 147 Calm Yet Dangerous
After a short rest following the injection of the healing potion by the Water-Covering Healing Butterfly, Chen Qing was fed a golden magic jade by the butterfly, which finally restored some of his senses.
Having calmed down a bit, Chen Qing quickly began to arrange the next steps.
She absolutely cannot let anyone know that she has lost all five senses and is practically a cripple.
Fortunately, Chen Qing is not usually one to socialize; she has always presented a quiet, aloof, and seemingly unapproachable image to the outside world.
Even if the mechanical creations were to take the lead in what followed, it wouldn't seem out of place.
First, there's the group of hunters from the Fire Monkeys; they're still waiting for Chen Qing's payment.
Don't be fooled by how well everyone seems to get along now; once they find out about Chen Qing's current situation...
They'll probably be the first to make a move.
As bounty hunters, they do need to maintain a good reputation, but dead people—they can't say anything about it.
They are the ones Chen Qing needs to be most wary of.
Of course, Chen Qing had already made arrangements regarding the money. She only needed to wait for the rankings to end so that she could secure first place and receive a substantial sum of money.
Did you think that Chen Qing, like Gao Yue and the others, participated in the ranking betting game?
No, no, no, Chen Qing was not a participant; she was the founder.
Since the start of the event, Chen Qing participated slightly in two of the numerous betting platforms that emerged.
One is Qingxian and her group of children. With Chen Qing's financial and military support, they've built quite a large operation.
Another one is the Sapphire Casino, which has Marzan as its backer.
Another issue is that the Barbara family's merchant fleet secretly operated a floating casino.
Chen Qing was involved in all of these.
However, Chen Qing was the one in control of Qingxian's gambling operation, and she took the lion's share.
Chen Qing participated in the casino owned by the Marzan and Barbara families through a betting arrangement.
She can only receive a certain share of the revenue if she ranks first on the leaderboard.
With all these funds combined, Chen Qing could pay off almost all of his debts and still have a large sum left over.
Chen Qing could keep all the gems she had; otherwise, in order to quickly recoup her funds, she would have to sell them off in large quantities to gem merchants at very low prices.
As of now, there are less than 24 hours left until the leaderboard event ends.
Holding the Explosive Hunter Rabbit, Chen Qing directed the remaining mechanical creations, and the entire group boarded the interior of the Wind Shadow Emerald.
Relatively speaking, staying inside the Wind Shadow Emerald in the deep sea would be safer.
Chen Qing sent a small team of mini rabbits with the Muscle Turtles, who had reunited, to Emerald Island so that the Super Vine could propel the boat out to sea.
Tell Fire Monkey and the others to meet at Sapphire Island.
Those gem hunters get quite a bit of salary and bonuses, so they'll probably be traveling with the ship.
He trusted Chen Qing to a certain extent, but he was also worried that she might run away.
Who told our predecessors to narrow the path?
The biggest problem for Chen Qing now is how to take away those damaged Wind Shadow Jadeite pieces.
Many of the Wind Shadow Emeralds were killed by the Sword Dance Mantis, and many more were killed by other sea monsters in the dispatched squads.
It would be a waste to just throw these Wind Shadow Jadeite pieces into the sea.
The parts that can be disassembled are very useful and have great research value.
Even though the Wind Shadow Jade, who died in the outing team, could still be brought back by his companions, it was much more difficult for the one at the deep-sea aquaculture farm.
Chen Qing has too few people.
For the time being, she could only pile the damaged Wind Shadow Emeralds in that deep pit to bury and disguise them.
We'll talk about it after she receives the leaderboard rewards.
After settling everything at the deep-sea aquaculture farm, Chen Qing and her mechanical creations rode the Wind Shadow Emerald towards Sapphire Island.
The ship commissioned to Yiye Shipyard should have been completed some time ago, but due to the event, Chen Qing had to postpone the delivery date.
Yiye Shipyard agreed unusually readily, but it's unclear what kind of ship the shipyard owner actually built.
With Chen Qing gone, the deep-sea aquaculture farm was left with only Shang Jia and Bai Xianyuanfei, two mortal enemies with a blood feud.
Chen Qing left from the deep sea, not from the surface, so she had no idea what the situation was like on the surface.
The Diamond Islands are surrounded by pirate ships.
Today is a beautiful day; the sky is azure, and the warm sunshine shines on the calm sea.
However... a pirate crew that came all the way from the Misty Sea ruined everything!
A series of infamous, towering, and imposing black pirate crews loomed over Diamond Island like shadows, bringing fear and despair to the ordinary civilians living in the Diamond Islands.
The black flag bearing the White Fairy pirate ship's emblem fluttered in the wind, looking menacing.
The pirates gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes gleaming with a fierce light, exuding a dangerous aura as they stared at Diamond Island with fearless arrogance.
All the weapons were aimed at the main island of the Diamond Islands, their dark muzzles like black holes, concealed and sinister.
They and the pirate ship surrounded Diamond Island, making it impossible for them to get in or out.
A rough count revealed that the White Fairy Pirate Crew had brought at least a hundred pirate ships.
The old fogies on Diamond Island couldn't understand what Diamond Island had that warranted such a large-scale operation from the White Fairy Pirates.
Isn't the White Fairy Pirate Crew currently at war with the Night Star Pirate Crew?
How do they still have the resources to send so many pirate ships here!
Fortunately, the Dragon Pirates were also here.
On the other side of the Diamond Islands, the Dragon Pirates controlled half the territory.
Just one ship was enough to deter the military forces in the Diamond Islands from making any rash moves.
Compared to the restrained nature of the White Fairy Pirate Crew's ships, the Demon Dragon Pirate Crew's pirate ships are more ferocious, wild, flamboyant, and domineering.
These pirates never knew what restraint was; with powerful backers, they were used to being arrogant.
The old immortals of the Diamond Islands were somewhat relieved to see the dragon facing off against the white immortal; thankfully, it was two pirate crews with a mortal feud.
They can barely maintain a terrifying balance on Diamond Island.
But why did they come? Did something happen to the Demon Dragon and the White Fairy?
That shouldn't be the case.
What could possibly happen to those two monsters?
While thinking this, the old immortals on Diamond Island secretly wanted to send someone down to sea to see what was going on.
However, did they think that the two pirate crews were just going to stand around and watch as they mobilized their entire forces to come to Diamond Island?
Before they even set sail, they were all killed by pirates.
These old fogies in the Diamond Islands are similar to Marzaan, but a bit stronger; they're professionals.
However, they themselves are not very capable; they rely on money, power, and weapons.
There were originally other extraordinary sea beasts, but Chen Qing and the Blood Spirit Sword Dance Mantis wiped them all out.
That's really tragic.
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