Lao Bai played the flute for everyone, while slowly tasting the wine, no matter how Qianhai asked him to drink more, he just smiled faintly, saying that he was willing to play another song to help everyone drink. Until, Sister Nuan got up and toasted him......

Qianhai has always felt that wine is a good thing in many cases, it can make the dusty heart willing to open up again, but also let the pent-up emotions be vented, and it can make people let down their guard and treat each other honestly and sincerely.

That night, Sister Yu smiled very happily, Lao Bai silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, An Xiu vomited unconscious, and Qianhai felt that everything was so beautiful.

A few days later, Sister Wan drove the boat back to course. The sea life of several people is also back on track, Qianhai is responsible for cooking for everyone every day, An Xiu is responsible for cleaning the deck, and Lao Bai takes the initiative to be responsible for capturing ingredients.

Since entering the Inland Sea, most of the sea areas they have passed through are only bronze-level sea beasts, and occasionally they encounter silver-level sea beasts and they all appear alone. In their eyes, the sea beasts of the Inland Sea are just ingredients.

Therefore, Qianhai is also relieved to let the newly recovered Lao Bai go to the sea alone to capture the ingredients. Even if Lao Bai accidentally encounters any trouble in the sea because of blindness, they can save Lao Bai back at any time, and it should be a chance for Lao Bai to practice for many years.

"Lao Bai, are you saying that you can now directly absorb the energy in the plant to improve yourself?" Qian Hai quickly fished out the scalded fish fillets from the hot pot and asked Lao Bai opposite.

Lao Bai looked at Qianhai with a tall posture, "That's right, I noticed in my self-cultivation these days that the sapling in my body has undergone a new change. ”

"New changes?" An Xiu next to him stopped the fork in his hand and looked at Lao Bai curiously.

"I don't want to deceive everyone," Lao Bai said in a deep voice with some hesitation: "I think that I may have changed from symbiosis with the sapling in my body to some kind of fusion." Maybe...... I can no longer be called 'human'. ”

Sister Yao, who was sitting on the other side, continued to eat and asked lightly, "In other words, you have also become a monster, right?" ”

"Also...... Turning into a monster? Lao Bai turned his head to 'look' at Sister Jiao, a little bit didn't understand what she meant.

"Haha, monster, it's normal! On our ship," Qian Hai swept over Sister Wan and Lao Bai with a smile, and his eyes finally fell on An Xiu, "Only An Xiu is a 'human'." ”

"What?!" Lao Bai couldn't believe his ears.

Sister Yu pointed to Qianhai and said to Lao Bai: "Needless to say, this monster can also feel that he has no energy fluctuations, but he can restrain all forms of energy, and he can also change his appearance, instantly recover fatal injuries, and so on." In short, it's a monster of monsters. ”

"As for me," Sister Yu lowered her head and put a bowl of fish soup in her head, and said flatly: "As a demon clan, I was fused with the blood of beasts by alchemists, so I can be regarded as a monster." ”

"So, Lao Bai," Qian Hai smiled lightly: "In our place, it's strange that it's not a monster~"

"This ......" Lao Bai looked at An Xiu with a little fog, "Is this true?" ”

An Xiu put down the tableware in his hand, directly summoned the Book of Records, and said very unconvinced: "Although I am still a 'person' in the real sense, our recorders are also very special, not worse than them. ”

Lao Bai was completely blinded by An Xiu, 'Others are afraid of becoming a special case in the eyes of others, they are even more special than anyone, are these people's thinking so strange?' ’

"Okay, Lao Bai, it's not a 'person', isn't it good, it means that you can become stronger." Qian Hai took out 22 bottles of plant essence from Humphrey from the space ring and handed it to Lao Bai, "It's just right, we can't use these things, let's give them to you~"

"Yes, this blank space ring is also given to you." An Xiu picked out the best one from the space ring he had collected before and put it in front of Lao Bai.

"This, this, I can't ask for this!" Lao Bai sternly refused: "I didn't repay the great grace of recreation, and I didn't make any effort to join everyone, I am not qualified to accept these things!" ”

"Huh~ Look, you're polite again, aren't you?" Qian Hai took a sip of wine and said casually: "These are all small money, don't take it too seriously." ”

"How is that possible?!" Lao Bai said very seriously: "Probably because you rarely come into contact with plant materials, you don't know much about the value of these plant essences. Actually—"

"Lao Bai," Sister Yu interrupted Lao Bai, pointed to Qianhai and said, "Actually, you don't know how rich he is. An Xiu and I also owe him a lot, something we can't afford to pay back now. So, take these plant essences too. It's just the captain's pay in advance. ”

"But this ......"

"Don't do this, old white." Qian Hai patted his chest and said: "Where is this, when you get to the starting place, I will change you all into the best equipment!" ”

Suddenly, Sister Jian stood up and looked into the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Qianhai." ”

"Well," Qian Hai also got up, opened his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw a fleet of about four or five ships heading towards them.

Seeing this, Lao Bai no longer hesitated, took the space ring and put away all the plant essences, got up and asked, "I don't feel hostility, can I see the flag on their ship?" ”

'At such a distance, Lao Bai can actually feel whether the other party is hostile?! Qian Hai looked at the merchant ship that came alone and said, "It looks like it should be a merchant ship, but I don't understand what they are going to do?" ”

"Maybe they want to invite us to come with them." Lao Bai guessed.

"Invite peers??" Qian Hai was puzzled: "Why? Everyone doesn't know each other, so why trust each other? ”

Lao Bai explained: "Many small merchant ships do not have enough money to hire sea mercenaries, and often join forces with other small merchant ships to pay for hiring. This ensures both safety and cost savings. This is common in the waters around the place of origin. ”

"The strongest in the inland sea is the silver-rank sea beast, and you still need to hire sea mercenaries??"

"With our strength, we naturally don't care about the threat of sea beasts, but they are all merchants, and we have to protect the goods." Lao Bai said: "Moreover, sea mercenaries are mainly used to defend against pirates, and most pirates will only ask for some gold coins and leave if they encounter a fleet protected by sea mercenaries. ”

"Well," Qian Hai nodded, "it means that joining their fleet will save you a lot of trouble." ”

At this time, the merchant ship on the opposite side had slowly approached less than 30 meters, and a middle-aged merchant on board shouted: "Hello, we are a fleet going to the starting place, do you want to join us?" ”

"Hello," Qian Hai responded, "How is the fee calculated?" ”