Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

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"Cough cough..."

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Chen Qi walked out of the bedroom on the Ghost Ship, continuously coughing up blood with a feeling that he might cough up his lungs.

After Space Jump, due to exhaustion, Chen Qi had rested for a whole night.

When the adrenaline from the battle wore off, he could then feel how much damage the Shadow of Flame Demon, along with Ember Hand. Blossom, had inflicted on his body.

And even after consuming large amounts of Healing Medicine, the soreness in his muscles hadn't improved at all.

His current physique was still too strained to handle these two forms.

"I must have overexerted myself last night, I might need a doctor to check my body..." Chen Qi knocked on his own back.

At this moment, Melanie and the others had also finished resting and were waiting for Chen Qi on the deck.

"Good morning, Black Hunter Captain..."

Melanie looked at Chen Qi with a trace of alarm and then mustered the courage to say,

"Black Hunter Captain, should we divide the spoils from the battle?"

"Good morning, but before that, I should first know, what is this place?"

Chen Qi, enduring the pain, walked to the side of the ship and gazed into the distance.

They were situated in a strange sea area, at the edge of their vision, they could see a multitude of islands; on each island, there was either a large number of forests or an abundance of flowers.

In addition, in the sky, they occasionally saw Flying Dragons, and in the sea, some small Sea Dragons.

"Dragon Flower Islands?"

Chen Qi thought of this possibility immediately.

The situation had been too urgent then, and Chen Qi didn't know the exact value of the Space Jump.

They couldn't possibly delve further into the depths of the Sea of Calamity, so there weren't many directions to choose from.

Although the Dragon Flower Islands were the domain of the Dragon Tamer King, overall, the danger level wasn't high.

Furthermore, with the abundance of Sea Beasts, rare ingredients and medicinal materials, many neutral mobile shipyards, as well as many Lake Sword, Heart Phase, and Cup Phase fractures, it was considered a rather good place.

Of course, that was provided they were lucky enough not to encounter the Black Whale Group's Flying Dragon squad.

What Chen Qi needed to improve the most now was his physique.

The numerous Lake Sword fractures in the Dragon Flower Islands could burst out a lot of materials that would enhance physique.

"Should be the Dragon Flower Islands, but where exactly are we on the Dragon Flower Islands?"

Chen Qi fell into thought.

Logically speaking, near the Dragon Flower Islands, they should see many small mobile shipyards, numerous adventurers' ships, and human constructions.

But now, the area they were in seemed like an uncharted secret territory, desolately empty.

Not even one human figure was in sight.

"Never mind that, we should be safe for the moment..."

Chen Qi clapped his hands, yawned, and then smiled at Melanie, saying,

"Alright, Captain Melanie, let's distribute the spoils."

"Okay."

Melanie waved her hand, prompting people to bring out the spoils and place them on the deck.

Soon, a large pile of spoils filled the deck, among them, fifty bottles containing Deep Blue Fire were particularly conspicuous.

Apart from the Deep Blue Fire bottles, the treasures the White Tower Hunter had brought out were mostly seized from pirates and Bonfire Hunters.

Especially when everyone's attention was on Chen Qi, they had stealthily gotten hold of quite a few valuable items.

"You guys don't hold back, do you?" Chen Qi approached and picked up a bottle containing Deep Blue Fire.

Other items weren't of much concern to him. The only thing that needed to be distributed was the Deep Blue Fire Bottle.

The Deep Blue Fire Bottle could be used to craft entirely new equipment, or to upgrade existing ones – a truly forbidden material.

Chen Qi remembered that there were quite a few Forging Masters on the Dragon Flower Islands.

If that wasn't possible, he could also find some Shadow Phase materials and have them crafted by the Shadow Weaver.

"How many do you want?"

Chen Qi sat down, propping his face with his hand, and asked with a smile.

"..."

Melanie pulled out a bottle of strong liquor, drank it, and with courage said,

"22?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Qi questioned with a puzzled 'hmm', he had thought the White Tower Hunter would ask for '25'.

In this battle, although he was the main damage dealer, the White Tower Hunter still helped a lot. Without the White Tower Hunter, it would have been very difficult for him to achieve such a harvest with his strength alone.

Hearing the 'hmm', Melanie immediately stretched out five fingers:

"Then 20, no, 19?"

"..."

After one night, Chen Qi's activation of Ember Touch in its terrifying form was still something Melanie feared.

"Let's make it 20."

Chen Qi thought for a moment and said, after all, he wasn't exactly a cutthroat merchant.

"Deal!"

Melanie clenched her fist, negotiation successful.

Immediately after, Chen Qi changed the topic and took out two pieces of paper, handing them to Melanie.

Both papers were about the Deep Blue Hunter's treasure ciphertext.

Whether it was the Lake Sword or the Deep Sea Hunter's treasure chest, there were special ciphertexts written on them.

And deciphering ciphertexts was a specialty of the White Tower Hunter.

Chen Qi copied down the ciphertexts from the Lake Sword and the small treasure chest and handed them to Melanie.

Melanie took the papers and pulled out some draft paper to calculate, then said:

"The meaning of the first one is that this thing is quite delicious, crunchy! You need to heat it under the moonlight over the sea at a high temperature of 70 degrees, and then consume it. After that, you will be the coolest dude on the sea!"

"???"

Chen Qi frowned with confusion.

What the heck? The Lake Sword is actually an edible item? What in the world is it made from, and it's crunchy?

So that means the Lake Sword is an item that can enhance the attribute panel... Chen Qi thought for a moment and decided to give it a try tonight.

"What about the other one?"

Chen Qi asked curiously.

Looking at the other piece of paper's ciphertext, Melanie furrowed her brow:

"I can only tell that by soaking the chest in Deep Sea great whale blood, it can be opened; as for the other words, they're too ancient for me to decipher. You might need to go to the Tower of Books and seek the Book Elder to break the code."

To open it, the chest had to be soaked in Deep Sea great whale blood... Chen Qi was surprised.

Although it sounded difficult, the task's difficulty wasn't that high, as Black Whale Blood was not uncommon on the Witch Sea.

Melanie, after going through the contents of the two papers, added:

"Who's the fool who wrote this ciphertext? It's not professional at all, using two different ciphertexts at once and not even following a standardized format. It seems that at some points where they didn't know how to write, they just omitted it altogether."

"..."

Cough, luckily the Deep Blue Hunter was already dead... Chen Qi took back the two pieces of paper.

Next, all he had to do was wait for nightfall and then eat the Lake Sword.

For the remaining time, it was best to first confirm the exact location.

After Chen Qi and the others had distributed the items, they headed towards the nearest island, an island full of flowers and trees.

Destination, land ashore!

As the ship drew closer, the island became clearer and clearer.

Chen Qi and the White Tower Hunter, with their telescopes in hand, couldn't help but widen their eyes on the island.

"Wait a minute..."
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Chen Qi muttered.

In front of them was not an ordinary island; all the flowers on the island were extremely rare herbs.

Furthermore, in the center of the island, there was a moss-covered Witch Statue.

Wow, it looks like we've come to a fantastic place... Melanie looked puzzled:

"Is this place, a relic?"

Putting down the telescope, Chen Qi looked at the many rare flowers on the island and the familiar Witch Statue:

"This island, why does it feel a bit like... the island where the Flower Witch ascended to legend?"