NOVEL NEXT Chapter 146: Witch Tribe Ritual (4000 Words)
"Brother Fang Yu, Brother Fang Yu!"
As the day of the sea voyage gradually arrived, a voice sounded outside the ship early in the morning, waking up the sleeping Fang Yu.
Fang Yu struggled to open his eyes, feeling his head dizzy and still very sleepy.
But a day's rest had helped him recover from the situation of falling asleep immediately.
Fang Yu got up, washed up simply, and then pushed open the door of the captain's cabin. Immediately, he saw a few figures already standing below his ship, shouting loudly at it.
It was Shi Jun and the others.
Fang Yu quickly waved his hand: "I'm here!"
Seeing Fang Yu, Shi Jun visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "I sent you so many messages, and seeing that you didn't reply, I thought something happened to you, so I came over to check."
"I'm fine, just a bit tired, had a nap. Are we leaving?"
Fang Yu yawned and then asked Shi Jun.
"Yeah, we're leaving. Get ready, I'll sail in front, just follow along!"
Shi Jun nodded at Fang Yu, speaking in an odd tone.
Their expressions were indeed a bit odd.
In their view, Fang Yu, who had been full of energy and robust aura just two days ago, was yawning constantly today.
What on earth did Fang Yu experience in these two days...
But evidently, Fang Yu didn't want to talk about it. He waved with a smile, saying, "Alright, you go ahead, we're ready and can keep up."
Shi Jun looked Fang Yu up and down again, nodded without saying anything, and then returned to his ship.
The other people also returned to their ships one after another.
Then...
"Buzz!"
The foremost ship of Shi Jun emitted a blaring whistle, sailing out of the port towards the sea first.
"We're setting sail!"
Seeing this, Fang Yu also waved his hand grandly, steering the Salted Fish to follow behind Shi Jun's ship, sailing forward.
Then...
"Everyone, I'm going to sleep a bit more... too sleepy!"
"Just keep up with Shi Jun's ship. There won't be any danger along this route."
Fang Yu waved and told his crew.
Hearing Fang Yu's words, all the crew: ???
Still sleeping?
...
Yes, still sleeping...
This time, Fang Yu underestimated.
He didn't expect that a part of the Soul Transformation process was to cut off a portion of his own soul and fuse it into the ship as its soul "base."
At that time, he approached the mysterious tribe and almost faced a closed door at the beginning; the tribe was far more isolated than he had imagined.
In the entire village, seeing him, a foreigner, was like seeing an invading enemy, everyone was full of hostility.
Even the Law Enforcers stationed at the outskirts of the tribe by the Ocean Court, meant to protect the tribe, couldn't bear it and urged Fang Yu to leave.
However, when Fang Yu presented the Intermediate Radiant Star Stone, all the problems were solved.
The tribe's fondness for Intermediate Radiant Star Stones exceeded Fang Yu's expectations, barely any bargaining, and these people agreed to perform the Soul Transformation for Fang Yu's ship.
Intermediate Radiant Star Stone Quantity: 3→2
The process after that went very smoothly.
The tribe used their ancient heritage talismans to smear various ancient and mysterious patterns on the ship.
Immediately, Fang Yu, as the captain, participated in the Soul Transformation process.
During the process, a powerful tribe elder took out a small knife from who knows where.
The blade of the knife was etched with special deity-like patterns, full of primitive and mysterious color.
The elder then took the knife and made a cut on Fang Yu without causing any harm, and an overwhelming sense of sleepiness rushed over him.
According to the tribal elder, the ship only becomes truly a part of Fang Yu himself, never betraying him, when his soul is its base.
Otherwise, if the souls are not unified, the ship will gradually develop other thoughts and retaliate against the captain.
Alright then...
This explanation successfully persuaded Fang Yu to allow a part of his soul to be cut away by the small knife.
"Don't worry, just like the body heals, so does the soul. Go back and sleep a few times, and you will recover!"
Under the elder's reassurance, Fang Yu gradually witnessed...
A soul of the same origin as Fang Yu began to emerge within the ship...
...
The following events were what the crew witnessed with Fang Yu looking like that.
Exhausted like a dog!
Fang Yu was directly snoring on the ship.
During this time, Shi Jun and the others warmly wanted to invite Fang Yu to their ship for a drink together.
But when they arrived on the Salted Fish, they saw Fang Yu sleeping soundly in the captain's cabin, showing a bizarre look on their faces.
First day... Fang Yu was sleeping.
Second day...
"Captain Fang Yu... still sleeping?!"
Shi Jun and the others were dumbfounded.
This is ridiculous...
What kind of sailing style is the Salted Fish?
Captain Sleeping Style?
"Guys... when you were doing tasks before, was the captain always like this..."
Shi Jun couldn't hold back, muttering, as he looked toward Luo Kuan and the others.
Luo Kuan and the others: ...
You might not believe it, but this is the first time we've seen this too...
It's quite hard to explain.
Everyone covered their faces. Luo Kuan, in particular, was initially planning to stroll over to Guan Xinxue's ship, to have a chat or something.