It was dark outside the tree hole, partly because of the rain and partly because it was getting late.

However, after the storm and in the woods, the air is exceptionally fresh.

Rao is Xue Zha couldn't help but take a big breath.

He didn't look back, but just found a vine and slid it down.

Xue Zha stepped on the ground, shook off his clothes, and walked towards the place where he stopped.

Not long after he left, in the hollow of the tree, the "wild man" folded his hands in front of his chest, the glowing blue light flickered, and he brushed the hair in front of him, revealing the face of a man covered in wind and frost.

He looked in the direction of Xue Zhe's departure, and his lips opened and closed to make a hoarse sound.

"Thank you...... Thank you. ”

The man's voice was as muffled as sandpaper, and if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't understand what those three words meant.

But no matter what, Xue Zha couldn't hear it anymore.

Xue Zhe returned to his resting place, first checked the mermaid that was still hanging, and after finding that there was no sign of breaking free, he reflexively returned to the campfire.

The bonfire had been extinguished, but there was still some heat left in the burned wood, Xue Zhe spread out his hand and rubbed it, and after regaining some warmth, his body leaned against the tree again.

I don't know if it's a problem with the wild fruits I ate before, Xue Zha felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

He looked at the surrounding woods, frowned, and ran in one direction.

When he searched around and found a position that was both ventilated and relatively easy to cover, he was relieved to untie his clothes and pants.

On the other side, in the tree next to the campfire, the "savage"-like man just now held the branch with one hand, his legs clasped in front of his chest, and his eyes kept staring at the mermaid hanging from the tree.

The mermaid has been hanging upside down, the blood is flowing backwards, and it has long been extremely uncomfortable, and it has never closed its eyes.

At this time, he seemed to smell a strange smell, and his body turned suddenly, and his eyes looked at the man in the tree.

"Ah......h

The mermaid's gray pupils were extremely terrifying in this dim atmosphere, and the man's body trembled in fright, and several sea beast beads rolled down his leaf robe, clinking and smashing on the stones on the ground.

The mermaid saw the man, and even more so the sea beast bead that fell to the ground, and suddenly let out a sharp cry from its mouth, and at the same time its body kept twisting, as if it saw something tempting.

The man in the tree heard the mermaid's cry and became even more panicked, but he was still reluctant to let go of the falling sea beast beads and wanted to jump under the tree, but because of the mermaid's cry, his body was constantly trembling.

Xue Zha heard the mermaid's cry from afar, although he didn't really hear it, he was a little uneasy.

It stands to reason that the mermaid has been hanging for a long time, except for the ghost screaming when it came ashore, and it has never made any sound since then, which is no different from death.

If it weren't for Xue Zhe's confirmation several times during the period and seeing that the mermaid was still open, he would have thought that the mermaid was really dead.

He knew very well that this was a protective mechanism for the merfolk, and once their lives were threatened, after the initial resistance was ineffective, they would fall into a low-energy mode, conserving their stamina, and planning to flee at the first opportunity.

"Isn't that good?"

Xue Zha hurriedly finished solving the problem, put on his clothes and pants, and hurried to the campfire.

But as soon as he came out of the woods, he saw the "wild man" who lived in the trees before.

And this "wild man" was lying on the ground, reaching out to pick up the fallen sea beast beads.

Xue Zha turned his head to look at the mermaid and found that the other party had been staring at this "wild man".

In fact, the mermaid has been looking at the sea beast bead in the wild man's hand, but Xue Zha thought it was staring at the "wild man".

"It turns out that this guy is hungry, no wonder, he was still eating human arms before, and it seems that he is treating humans as food. ”

Xue Zha was relieved, but before he could think clearly, the "wild man" on the ground hurriedly climbed to the tree, although he only picked up one sea beast bead, but because of Xue Zha's appearance, he didn't dare to pick up the remaining two.

Xue Zhe saw the "wild man" return to the tree, still staring at the ground with his head down, he swept around and smiled slightly.

"It turned out that a few sea beast beads had dropped, no wonder. ”

Xue Zha saw the remaining two sea beast beads on the ground, and he walked straight over, bending down to pick up the two.

When he was about to return the Sea Beast Bead to the "wild man", and at the same time passed by the mermaid's side, the mermaid suddenly twisted his body, stretched out an arm from the golden silk net, and grabbed it directly at Xue Zha's palm.

Although Xue Zha didn't react for a while, he subconsciously dodged back, and a fishy wind swept across his chest, directly tearing off a piece of the clothes on his chest.

"Good fellow, what a cunning!

Xue Zha stepped back a few steps, looked at the torn shirt, and then looked at the mermaid's eyes, which were already a little more ruthless.

After Xue Zha finished speaking, he also walked in the direction of the cabin, but he didn't know that Tang Long'er, who was left behind him, began to change drastically on his face.

"Although Brother Xue didn't blame me, it was true that I did something wrong, that guy Jack was insidious and cunning, it is likely that I did something unfavorable to Brother Xue because of what I just said, no, I have to find someone to keep an eye on him. ”

Tang Long'er looked at Xue Zha's back, first guilty, then his eyes moved down, he bit his lip lightly, his eyebrows frowned, his fists clenched together, and he raised his head again, with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Jack, don't think that the old lady will be afraid of you, you are in my territory now, and it is not your turn to go wild. ”

Tang Long'er has become the fierce appearance she used to be, because Xue Zha, in order to make the other party accept her, she has been changing all this time, but unconsciously, she has become no longer herself.

Captain Jack didn't know what was happening on deck, and if he knew, he probably wouldn't have taken it to heart, for him, Xue Zha was worth cooperating with him, and there was no need for anyone else.

In one of the living rooms of the cabin, three people sat around a square table, none of them speaking, only the mist rising from the teacups in front of them reflected their faces.

Captain Jack looked at Xue Zha, who squinted his eyes and folded his hands around his chest as if he were asleep.

On the other side, Tang Long'er took out the short knife at his waist and put the blade close to his fingers, as if he was cutting his nails.

Captain Jack looked at Xue Zhe and then at Tang Long'er, and saw that the two of them didn't mean to speak, so he slammed the table, and the teacup on the table was suddenly knocked over, and the tea soup slowly flowed down the edge of the table.

"Why don't you speak? Are you waiting for me to speak first? Okay, then I'll speak first. ”

Captain Jack withdrew his palm, his eyes swept to Xue Zha and Tang Long'er's faces again, and seeing that the two still didn't mean to speak, he took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Brother Xue just talked to me, and he plans to gather the power of all the elite pirates in this sea area, gather them together, and hunt the sea beasts!"

As Captain Jack's last word fell, Tang Long'er, who was trimming his nails on the side, stiffened his fingers, and unconsciously turned his head to look at Xue Zhe, who was still pretending to sleep.

Seeing that his words had an effect, Captain Jack leaned back and continued.

"Brother Xue, don't sell it, you should have a detailed plan for what to do, right? I really don't like you scholars, you still grind and chirp when you talk about something, and you can't finish it in one breath. ”

Captain Jack finally couldn't help it, he stood up and looked at Xue Zha, there is a tendency that I won't do it if you don't open your mouth.