Chapter 1595: Chapter 597: Setting Out Again (Part 3)
Sunlight slipped through the cracks of the window into the room. Wei Ziyi let out a huge yawn, feeling that this bed last night had really been ridiculously comfortable.
She glanced down and was instantly dumbfounded.
She realized she was wrapped around Su Mo like an octopus.
What was worse, Su Mo had woken up at some unknown point and was looking at her with a half-smile.
Her shriek shattered the inn’s early-morning peace.
Xiao He had gotten up at dawn, planning to go downstairs to scout for information. When he walked past Su Mo’s door, he heard Wei Ziyi’s shriek and couldn’t help but shiver again.
The idea of gathering intel immediately died; he hurried back to his room, afraid anyone would know he had passed by here.
In his heart he sighed as well: the Supreme really was young and full of vigor. This early in the morning and things were already this lively...
He waited until it was fully light before coming out of his room as if nothing had happened.
Seeing that Su Mo and Wei Ziyi’s door was already open, he went up to pay his respects.
From their conversation he learned the matter had been resolved.
At least half of it was settled; the other half would have to be dealt with back on the ship.
Xiao He was a bit at a loss for a moment.
But whatever Su Mo said counted; there was naturally no room for him to argue.
After breakfast, the three set off, heading straight back to the large ship.
Before leaving, they didn’t even bother to collect the million taels of silver they had won at Yin Gou Gambling House.
But with the notes in hand, they could come redeem the money anytime.
Once they boarded the Ziyang Escort Agency’s large ship, Xiao He saw Su Mo and Wei Ziyi go looking for Qi Dingtian.
He had no idea what they talked about.
He only knew that when Qi Dingtian came out, he looked ready to roll up his sleeves and butcher someone alive.
In the end, it was Wei Ziyi who came out and persuaded him with kind words. Only then did he let out a long sigh, as if resigning himself to fate.
It was only later that Xiao He and the others learned that on this very day, Qi Dingtian acknowledged a marriage alliance.
The news that the Qi Family’s second young master, Qi Shengxuan, was about to be married began to spread throughout the Jianghu three days later.
As for Su Mo, from that day on, he temporarily settled down on Wangyou Island.
Yang Xiaoyun, Wei Ziyi, and Little Situ naturally stayed by his side.
The happiest of all was none other than Zhen Xiaoxiao.
Wangyou Island was full of delicacies everywhere; every day she ate from morning till night, thoroughly satisfying her appetite.
Yang Xiaoyun and the others didn’t particularly care.
Su Mo would occasionally take them elsewhere, but would very quickly return.
A month later, Su Mo and his group went to Tianqi Island to attend the grand wedding of Qi Shengxuan and Wangyou Island’s Island Master.
As the Nanhai Supreme, Su Mo was technically the junior by seniority, but in terms of status, no one dared take the upper seat before him.
In the end, they seated him and Qi Dingtian one on the left and one on the right.
The newlyweds paid their respects to them and offered a cup of tea from Qi Shengxuan and Wuyou.
Wei Ziyi watched this scene with a face full of awkwardness.
As for Qi Sheng, he could only sigh repeatedly.
Finding a secluded spot, he cursed Qi Shengxuan for having no brotherly loyalty.
Sneaking around and suddenly producing a daughter out of nowhere...
Then sneaking around again and suddenly getting married.
Qi Sheng didn’t actually care about those things.
The problem was: what are you doing going off to sit in charge of Wangyou Island for no reason?
Back when Qi Shengxuan was at home, Dao Gongzi lived quite freely, wandering the Jianghu wherever he pleased, doing whatever he wanted.
Now that Qi Shengxuan was married, he had to go preside over Wangyou Island.
The entire burden of the Qi Family fell onto Qi Sheng’s shoulders.
Qi Sheng naturally didn’t want that, but Qi Dingtian, that old man, was already up there in years and threatened him with his own life. What could Qi Sheng do?
He could only agree obediently...
Of course, he had to secretly curse his brother several times before he could swallow this.
Even more happened in the month that followed.
First, leveraging Qi Shengxuan’s grand wedding, they gathered all the famous experts of Nanhai to attend.
After that, they convened a Martial Arts Conference.
Su Mo, as the Nanhai Supreme, formally appeared before the various Nanhai experts.
He announced the unification of Nanhai.
After this, there were still occasional minor disturbances on the Nanhai, but all of them were suppressed in an instant.
Yet some people discovered a mysterious group being hunted so badly they had nowhere in heaven or earth to run.
Upon digging deeper, they found that these people were actually thieves from the Seven Killings Hall.
Naturally, no one bothered with them...
Others also noticed unusual movements from the Tianji Pavilion.
Many branches were shut down; manpower seemed to be redeployed, though no one knew where they were being sent.
Tianji Pavilion was probably one of the most mysterious organizations in this Jianghu.
A few traces here and there were impossible to figure out.
A few rumors appeared but vanished without a sound.
However, this new Nanhai Supreme seemed a bit derelict in his "proper duties."
The first thing he did after becoming Nanhai Supreme was actually planning to open an escort agency!?
This truly made everyone’s jaws drop.
No one could figure out what exactly this Nanhai Supreme was trying to do.
And with this move, the first to bear the brunt were the pirates at sea.
The Nanhai Supreme is opening an escort agency—do they dare rob it?
If they robbed it, it would really be a fight to the death... no one in all of Nanhai would be able to save them.
For a time, everyone was on edge.
This gave rise to quite a few "head birds," but under the Eight Demonic Punishment Orders, they couldn’t even begin to form a real threat.
They were easily wiped out.
The remaining pirates immediately stopped daring to act rashly, and could only let Su Mo "run wild" like this.
There were even rumors that people from the Ziyang Escort Agency in Donghuang had already come to Nanhai to teach the rules, and that this Nanhai Supreme intended to build a Nanhai Escort Alliance in Nanhai.
This naturally stirred up a lot of thoughts.
Some wanted to follow Su Mo’s lead; some wanted to oppose him...
Different thoughts led to different decisions.
For a short time, all kinds of rumors swirled throughout Nanhai, never-ending.
And just as the rumors were flying everywhere—
An utterly inconspicuous cargo ship, loaded with a hold full of rare treasures, drifted lightly out from Wangyou Island, heading toward Xizhou.
The man at the helm was none other than Song Yuanlong.
Su Mo stood by the ship’s rail, looking at the endless waves. In his eyes, however, was the system’s notification.
[Mission: Escort the goods to Baisui City and hand them over to Young Master Xing (in progress...)!]
Su Mo muttered to himself:
"So it turns out you can fleece your own family too..."
He suddenly heard someone calling from behind:
"Evil Su!!"
He turned his head immediately and saw Yang Xiaoyun, Wei Ziyi, and Little Situ coming together.
Wei Ziyi’s smile was bright:
"Who are you scheming against this time?"
...
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ps: Nanhai arc wrapped~
Also, there’s a py...
Book Title: "Great Country Academicians"
See the author’s note for details~
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