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Chapter 559 - Business Nuances

Some small merchants in the mainland always think that only expensive things can make the most money. But they didn't know that, in fact, the most profitable things weren't those expensive products, it was sometimes those things that people use in their livelihood. Those things were where true money can be found.

Although Zhao Hai's liquor made from Beastmen Milk Wine tasted average, it wins in being cheap. And since its degree was very high, ordinary civilians would be afraid of it being consumed quickly when they take it back home. And since it was priced low, it would certainly be popular among the commoners.

Randolph and the others had their own business outlets, and these outlets mostly deal with people's day to day lives. If the liquors were launched, then their business would surely get better.

The most profitable businesses always involved unique products. Although the Milk WIne wasn't unique, it's definitely so to the commoners.

Average civilians would also pick their own fruits and make it into wine. But the wine that they make had very low degrees and weren't tasty at all. And most importantly, the commoners didn't have the time to improve upon this craft.

Commoners were generally busying themselves in order to survive. If they go out of town and get some fruit, it would take them at least a day to do so. They would rather use this one day to make money. And if they were to get some fruits, they can just sell them immediately. Therefore, for the civilians, making Fruit Wine just wasn't worth it.

Randolph and the others were much more experienced than Zhao Hai. When Zhao Hai wanted to cooperate with the Beastmen about their Milk Wine, they had him temporarily stall it. After all, they still needed to do market research and determine whether the Milk Wine would sell well on the Human markets.

And after undergoing strict calculations, they decided that Milk Wine did have a place in the market. Therefore, they immediately agreed to Zhao Hai's proposal.

At this time, the first batch of Milk Wine was being received in the Prairie. The Milk Wine were then sent to Iron Mountain Fort for processing. At the same time, the Hawk Race also brought forth news that for the Milk Wine, the Beastmen opted to not choose grain since they didn't lack any of it. Instead, they wanted to be compensated with living necessities.

Zhao Hai understood their decision, and he had already expected this outcome. Although he can't make living necessities, Randolph and the others can. Zhao Hai would sell the Milk Wine to Randolph and the others while having some of the payment exchanged for cheap living necessities. Then, he would trade those daily necessities to the Beastmen for cheap Milk Wine. Zhao Hai didn't do anything else other than be the middleman. But even so, he had gained huge profits in doing so.

With the advent of Zhao Hai's Milk Wine business, the human continent immediately went into a stir. A cheap but still tasty liquor was something inconceivable. Although the commoners thought that the Milk Wine tasted weird, they still found it quite fragrant. Not only did it have the taste of wine, it also had a hint of milk in it. Even if people cannot drink much of it in the beginning, they began to get used to it afterwards.

At first, Zhao Hai placed a hundred thousand jin of this Milk Wine into the market. But it didn't even take a single day for all of these to be sold out, the market's reception of the product was very good. This fact made the confidence of Randolph and the others increase.

And at the same time, when Zhao Hai used daily necessities to trade with the Milk WIne, the entire Prairie immediately seethed in excitement. These things might not be precious, but for the Beastmen, their pocket change can finally be traded for something of value.

Brewing Milk Wine was too simple for the Beastmen, almost each household would even do it. But since these Milk Wine cannot be stored for a long time, a lot of them were thrown out every year. But now, the Beastmen didn't need to worry about this anymore. As long as they sell these Milk Wine to Zhao Hai, their problem of excess would be solved. Not only would they stop wasting things, they could also trade for something that was very useful.

After this success, Zhao Hai's Milk Wine production line, logistics network, as well as sales had finally been established and was operated very well.

It wasn't only Zhao Hai who was happy, Randolph and the others were elated as well. After their shops sold the Milk Wine, it became evident that the performance of their shops had become much better than their competitors. For them, this was absolutely good news.

Zhao Hai's clan was very happy as well. The biggest earners in this Milk Wine business was them. Not only because they were the processors, but also because of having the advantage of price differences.

Although the Beastmen and the Human had signed the fair price agreement, the price disparity between them was still very large. Zhao Hai would buy the daily necessities in factory prices and exchange them for cheap Milk Wine with the Beastmen. But since these daily necessities were bought at a higher price in the Prairie, the amount of money that Zhao Hai can gain along the way was very big.

Except for the losses during the distillation process, Zhao Hai was gaining profits everywhere else. At the same time, Zhao Hai also didn't need to worry about transportation. Although he had the Hawks working with him, the Hawks were just treating it as a sideline job.

After the initial success, Zhao Hai went to the Herculean Bull Tribe and met with Wales. After all, when this matter gets done, he would be leaving for a faraway place.

When Zhao Hai came back from the Prairie, he didn't immediately go to the Rosen Empire. Instead he went to the Purcell Duchy to see how Ruyen was doing. And she was doing very good. The shop that she opened in the Duchy was now expanding outwards. At the same time, Ruyen didn't look at Zhao Hai in discomfort anymore, and was now smiling in front of him. It seems like she had found her own calling.

When Zhao Hai saw Ruyen's state, he also felt relief. Ruyen already  knew about the things discussed at Iron Mountain Fort. And since she now has an inseparable relationship with him, Zhao Hai slowly accepted Ruyen into his heart.

Zhao Hai wasn't a person from the Ark Continent. People in the Ark Continent with statuses like Zhao Hai's still held a woman's chastity very seriously. But for an Earthling like Zhao Hai, he knew that the chances of finding a chaste woman at his age back on Earth was akin to the chance of winning the lottery.

Because of this, Zhao Hai really didn't care about a woman's past. Therefore, he wasn't very concerned about Ruyen's previous life. After all, past is past, everybody needs to move on.

Zhao Hai stayed with Ruyen for a day in the Purcell Duchy and learned about the business matters there. He also ate a meal with Ruyen, cultivating their relationship and then he told her that he was going to a far away place. After that, Zhao Hai returned to the Space.

Laura and the others didn't mind Zhao Hai's actions. Zhao Hai being with Ruyen was very different from Zhao Hai being with them. Laura and the others felt this difference, therefore they weren't jealous.

After Zhao Hai returned to the Space, he took an evening rest before he returned to Iron Mountain Fort. The situation at the fort was very good. The slave villages were stable, and the slaves were enthusiastic about work. In order to make the slaves working at the wineries more comfortable, Zhao Hai set them up with an undead carriage for them to use to commute to work.

For the slaves living in the villages, their current lives in the Black Wasteland was like a paradise compared to the places that they used to live in the past.

Everything in Iron Mountain Fort was working properly. The new machines for the wineries have been  figured out. And the slaves weren't stupid, it didn't take a long time for them to get started.

The machines that Zhao Hai took out this time should be very simple to operate. It was because the machines were relatively advanced. The more advanced a machine was, the easier it would be to operate. Most of the machines in the wineries only needed someone to turn them on, everything else would be processed accordingly.

What small physical work that the slaves did wasn't tiresome as well. It wasn't a difficult task for them to take barrels from one place to another.

Zhao Hai also knew that the slaves were relatively uneducated. If he were to make them carry out complicated work, they would certainly be incompetent in it.

Now that the Milk Wine business has been stabilized, Zhao Hai had Ah Tai build a tent specifically for the storage of the Space Bags. That way, Cai'er could regularly take those Space Bags and send them to Iron Mountain Fort. And then have the processed Milk Wines transported to each supply points.

Naturally, the entirety of this process, the shipping and receiving, wasn't solely done by Cai'er. Cai'er would release Blood Hawks outside Beast God City and had them go to Ah Tai and take the Space Bags. Then the Hawks would re-enter the Space when they were out of sight. Iron Mountain Fort doesnt need to be that troublesome, the bags can just be left inside s specific storehouse. But from Iron Mountain Fort towards the supply points, the Blood Hawks were needed again. All of these were deliberately done in order to mask the Space's existence as much as possible.

This kind of method wasn't something that people can easily predict. At most, people would find out that Zhao Hai had several Space Equipment in his hands. With Zhao Hai's strength, there were only a few people who would dare snatch his Bags right now. After all, Zhao Hai had already turned his Clan into something that rivalled the influence of a millennium-old family. At his current state, nobody wanted to annoy him.

The reason Great Nobles were great was their businesses, thus it was an unspoken rule that nobody would use overly shady things in order to affect a family's business. If one wanted to do shady things, then the affected Family would no doubt do their best to eliminate the person. This was the aggressiveness of Great Clans, and this was the aggressiveness of the Buda Clan as well.

After the the completing his tasks at Iron Mountain Fort, Zhao Hai returned to Golden Island. The island was now developing very well as more pirates traded here. However, don't think that the existence of Golden Island made the seas more peaceful. Instead, the island actually made the surrounding waters quite chaotic.

It was publicly know that Golden Island was somewhere that people can dump their items in, whether they be fairly acquired or not. And for the pirates, this was good news. Because of this, pirates had become much more rampant in the seas near Golden Island.

However, these pirates didn't dare cause any troubles inside the waters of the island. First, it was because the Buda Clan had already showed them what they could do. And second, it was because they didn't want to destroy their relationship with the only place that they can do business safely.

Although some of these pirates had Great Clans at their back, but as they stay on sea for a long time, they would need money to sustain and entertain themselves. In the past, they didn't have any opportunity to achieve this. But now that Golden Island appeared, it was natural that these pirates would want to behave in the island's territory as much as possible.

Chapter 560 - Meeting Pirates

Zhao Hai was currently sitting inside his ship, the Haven. The sea breeze and the sight of birds on the horizon made him feel very good. Although the environment of the Space was much better compared to outside, Zhao Hai still felt that the outside world had a type of realistic feeling in it.

Laura and the others were also standing by Zhao Hai's side. They were currently leaving Golden Island and was heading towards the Buddha Empire. Although the Lyon Empire was much closer to Rosen Empire than the Buddha Empire, Zhao Hai sill wanted to go to the Buddha Empire. Going to the Dwarf Mountains was much more important than visiting the Lyon Empire.

Actually, because of the enormity of the Dwarf Mountains, it wasn't entirely located in the Buddha Empire, a small part of it was also in the Lyon Empire. However, the Dwarves had a much better relationship with the Buddha Empire. And with the strength of the Dwarves managing to rival the Beastmen, the Lyon Empire wouldn't dare to attack them even if their empire was the second strongest nation in the continent.

But although the Lyon Empire wasn't quite close with the Dwarves. They still had something that they can count on, the Accra Mountain!

The Accra Mountain was famous in the continent. The main reason of the Mountain's fame was because it was one of the five forbidden areas of the Continent.

The Five Forbidden Lands in the continent were namely the Carrion Swamp, Accra Mountain, North Polar Icefield, Inferno Island, and the Demonic Abyss! These five places had their own special characteristics. For example, the Carrion Swamp was well known for its poisonous mist as well as its Undead creatures. It was a place that nobody can leave once they enter.

The characteristic of the North Polar Icefield was its freezing cold atmosphere. When one goes then, their metal weapons would be frozen until it gets brittle like glass. Even the strong Beastmen only dared to explore it's vicinity.

Inferno Island is the exact opposite of the North Polar Icefield. It was a world of fire. Fire spirits and beasts of Fire attributes prevailed there. Only a few would want to think about going to that island.

The Demonic Abyss was the most mysterious place in the continent. Legend says that it was the gateway to the Demon Realm. In the past, Zhao Hai didn't believe it, but after seeing Cai'er strength, he was finally convinced that Cai'er came from the Demon Realm.

But Accra Mountain was very different from the other four, it was actually the most favorite place of adventurers. It was because the Mountain is a kingdom of Magic Beasts. There were a large number of Magic Beasts living inside the Mountain and people can catch some of them in order to make money. However, they cannot go deep. Accra Mountain was, after all, still one of the forbidden lands, once one goes very deep, they wouldn't be able to come out. This rule didn't exempt 9th rank experts.

Accra Mountain was the natural border between the Rosen Empire and the Lyon Empire. But the majority of the mountain was inside the Lyon Empire, only a small part belonged to the Rosen Empire.

Because of this, the Lyon Empire held the most elite Magic Beast cavalry. This cavalry was all made up of Magic Beasts obtained in Accra Mountain. Although they had been trained by the Humans, they still had the wildness in them, making their attacks very strong. This made the empire's cavalry quite fearsome in the continent.

But Zhao Hai didn't want to go to the Magic Beast Kingdom right now. Although there were a lot of Magic Beasts there, it was just too dangerous. And even if he wasn't afraid of danger, business was much more important to him right now. He wants the Buda Clan to be stronger as soon as possible, so he didn't want to upgrade the Space yet. But with that said, although one can easily catch Magic Beasts in Accra Mountain, the high-level ones were still quite rare. So in the end, Zhao Hao chose to go to Dwarf Mountain first.

And if he went to the Dwarf Mountain, there would be a chance for him to visit the Elven Forest. Although it feels like going to the Magic Beast kingdom was a much better idea, but don't forget that Zhao Hai would meet two intelligent races instead of none. If he wanted to expand the Buda Clan's business, this was definitely a good idea.

After Zhao Hai thought about these matters for quite some time, Laura suddenly said, "Brother Hai, do you expect our visit to the Dwarves to be smooth?"

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "It should be smooth. After all, the Dwarves and the Humans had more contact compared to the beastmen. Moreover, conflicts rarely happen between the two, so there shouldn't be any big problems."

Laura nodded and said, "The Dwarves are famous metalworkers in the continent. If we can get some of their products and trade it with the Beastmen, we would certainly be able to get some good things. The Beastmen crave iron the most."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I also heard that the temper of the Dwarves are much worse than the Beastmen. And they also love to drink. I think our wine would be able to impress them."

Laura nodded and said, "I hope so. I also think that we would have problems this time. At our current strength, there would be nobody who would pose a danger to us. Even the pirates wouldn't offend us."

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Pirates wouldn't even think about robbing us when they see a Buda Clan ship. And with the addition of the Markey Family, even the Aksu Empire wouldn't be able to move against us. And as for the Radiant Church, they are now too busy protecting themselves, so they wouldn't have any time to think about us. I think that besides the mysterious Engraved Ark, nobody can deal with us."

Megan smiled and said, "That would be best. I just want to play well. To be honest, the Space is good, but after a long time, it becomes stale. It's good to relax outside from time to time."

Laura said, "But there isn't a lot to look at in the sea. It wouldn't be a long time before you get bored of it. The scenery just remains unchanged."

Zhao Hai smiled, "But you can see other people here, other ships. In the Space, there are no other people besides us. And also maybe some flocks of animals."

After he said that, the sounds of Magic Cannons being fired was suddenly heard. Zhao Hai and the others gawked, they knew that there was fight nearby. Zhao Hai immediately opened the monitor to see what was going on. What he saw was a pirate ship and another ship, naturally a robbery was going on. But it was not Zhao Hai's ship that was being robbed, but a five-masted ship instead.

Zhao Hai looked at the ship's flag and wasn't able to recognize it. So he turned his head to Laura and said, "Do you know who that flag belongs to?"

Laura stared at it for a moment before she nodded and said, "I do, it belongs to the Buddha Empire's Hurricane Family. That Family's status in the Buddha Empire is very high. In the past, they were also being suppressed by the Radiant Church because they weren't firm believers in the religion. The family had a peculiar characteristic, it doesn't matter if they were man or woman, as long as one had any blood relation to the family, they would have a huge probability to have the affinity to the Wind Element. No matter it be Battle Qi or Magic, their attributes would be Wind. They are very famous in the continent because of this affinity. And because of this characteristic, they only worship the WInd God. In the Buddha Empire, they are also classified to be a millennium-old Family, quite similar to the status of Megan's family. But why did the pirates dare attack them?"

Zhao Hai looked at the ships and smiled faintly, "I have to say, these pirates are indeed rich. Who would've thought that five-masted ships would be part of a pirate fleet. This is the really the first time that I've seen such a thing. If all the Pirates had these kinds of ships, then I'm afraid that our Buda Clan's restriction would be put to trash."

Laura and the others also noticed what Zhao Hai was referring to. The ships of the pirates that were attacking the Hurricane Family turned out to be Advanced ships of the continent. Not to mention pirates, but even Great Nobles cannot just casually have those kinds of ships.

Lizzy's eyes turned sharp, "Is someone trying to kill them? Big Sister, who are the enemies of the Hurricane Family?"

The Big Sister that Lizzy meant was Laura. Although Meg was the one who spent the longest time with Zhao Hai, it was Laura who had helped him the most. And adding on to the fact that Laura was the oldest one of them, it was acceptable for the women to call her Big Sister.

Laura shook her head and said, "Although the Hurricane Family has formidable strength, their temper is very good, and they don't like to offend people. Most importantly, they really don't strive for power and money. In addition to them being very loyal to their faith, the family members are very good-hearted people. So how could these possibly offend someone? Besides the Radiant Church, the Hurricane Family is friends with everyone. When the Radiant Church suppressed them, a lot of people went out of their way just to provide help. I can dare to say that the most friendly people in the continent would be their family."

While Zhao Hai was listening to Laura, he had felt confused, "Laura, how did you get this information? Why was it so detailed?"

Laura smiled and said, "Brother Hai, you don't know? Our Markey Family has collected information regarding the various families in the continent. The history and emblems of the families were written in great detail. At the same time, we also have the Robert Family's archives that had more or less the same content."

Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and said, "I really didn't know which family was who, their emblems and so on. Remembering these things gives me headache. It's nice that you remembered them. Right, do we have a good relationship with the Hurricane Family?"

Laura shook her head and said, "Most likely not. The Hurricane Family rarely does business. They basically get what they need from their territory. Because of this, business with them was very rare, so we don't have much contact with them."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Then this is the right time, let's go draw them in to be our friends. Right, Laura, can you recognize where the ships came from?" Naturally Zhao Hai wasn't referring to the Hurricane Family's ships, but instead to the Pirate ships.

Although the ships in the continent looked very much the same, a fairly discerning person would be able to see some slight differences on these ships. Each country had their own flair when it came to their shipbuilding that experienced people could distinguish.

Laura carefully looked at the several Pirate ships, and after some time she opened her mouth and said, "From the shape of the ship, it's probably from the Buddha Empire. But its color very much belongs to the Ocean Waves Dynasty. I really cannot be sure."

Zhao Hai's eyes flashed, "Ocean Waves Dynasty? Them again?"

Chapter 561 - Kristen?

Laura asked, "Brother Hai? When did the Ocean Waves Dynasty offend us? How come I can't remember?"

Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, "Did you forget? When we chased Grand Duke Lionheart, wasn't the ship that was supposed to save him came from the Ocean Waves Dynasty? The ship may have been snatched by the Church or maybe borrowed. But still, the matter wasn't that simple."

When Lizzy heard Zhao Hai, her face sank down as she said, "So it's the Radiant Church. Is there a collusion between the Church and Ocean Waves Dynasty?"

Zhao Hai sneered and said, "That is not impossible. The Radiant Church had just suffered a huge loss and had to let go of their grasp of the Aksu Empire. And naturally, they wouldn't show all of the cards that they had. I think that the Ocean Waves Empire have already been colluding with them from the start. If the Radiant Church's plan in the Aksu Empire succeeded, then the church would be controlling the northernmost and southernmost nations in the Human domain. If they gain enough strength, they would launch a war against all of the nations in the middle, attacking them from two fronts. With that method, it would be possible for them to unity the entire Human territory."

Lizzy and the others couldn't help but stare in confusion, Laura looked at Zhao Hai and said, "How could they have such a huge courage? And how could that be possible? Not to say the Rosen Empire, but the Buddha Empire and the Lyon Empire aren't very easy to deal with either."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sneer, "Not easy to deal with? Remember, where was the first place that I had an initial clash with Lionheart? It was in the boundary between the Rosen Empire and Aksu Empire. The garrison guarding the fort there are all people of Grand Duke Lionheart. If all of their plans went by smoothly, when the Aksu Empire launches its attack, those defenders would not only refrain from fighting, they might even surrender at the very first sight of the enemy. This would make the Rosen Empire's strongest barrier vanish. I think that the Radiant Church also had the same arrangement in Lyon Empire and the Buddha Empire. The ambition of those people are too big."

Laura and the others thought about it and couldn't help but get what Zhao Hai was saying. If what Zhao Hai said was true, then the ambition of the Radiant Church was truly too great.

Laura looked at Zhao Hai, puzzled, and then asked, "Brother Hai, how did you think of these?"

Zhao Hai chuckled and said, "I just thought about this since I've always felt that the Radiant Church aren't careless people. But their recent approach in Aksu Empire was simply too simple and crude. But now that I had seen these ships, everything connected in my mind."

Laura then turned his gaze towards the monitor and said, "Then why are they dealing with the Hurricane Family? Isn't this act too unreasonable?"

Zhao Hai laughed out loud, "Why? The Radiant Church is now being suppressed by everyone. But if they already have some relationship with the Ocean Waves Dynasty, then they can utilize that nation's strength. Moreover, they are now working in the dark, making it much more difficult to deal with them. And it seems like they had changed their approach. Instead of enticing Nobles into their religion, they were now going after the Nobles that were in opposition to their belief, Nobles who they have enmity with. Now think about this, compared to the Buda Clan and the Calci Family, isn't the Hurricane Family much easier to eliminate?"

Laura and the others nodded to Zhao Hai's words. They think that what Zhao Hai said was right. Although the Hurricane Family was also a millennium-old clan, their reputation wasn't very widespread because of the temperament. If one based it on influence, they can't compare to the Buda Clan and the Calci Family.

Moreover, the Calci Family and the Buda Clan's fighting with the Radiant Church was already quite known to the Continent. If the Radiant Church deals with either the Buda Clan or the Calci Family at this time, then the people of the continent would surely know that it was the church who had done it.

But if they deal with the Hurricane Family, nobody would be certain that it was them. The fight between the Radiant Church and the Hurricane Family was very muted to the other people in the continent. Therefore, if the Radiant Church were to move against the Hurricane Family, it wouldn't bring too much attention to the continent. And since the Church would make sure that nobody survives, nobody would know that it was done by them. These must be the thoughts of the people in the Church.

Naturally, all of these were just Zhao Hai's guesses, they still needed to be confirmed. Therefore, Zhao Hai had the Haven approach the battlefield as soon as possible. They must save the people of the Hurricane Family. At the same time, they would deal with the attackers from the Ocean Waves Dynasty and turn them into undead, haring the truth from their very mouths.

The Haven has now been very well modified, it's speed has become quicker while its defensive strength had increased. After all, this was Zhao Hai's flagship, and he was the Buda Clan's patriarch, his status was much more different from before. So if he uses any ordinary battleship, he would become a laughing stock among the people.

In a few short minutes, Zhao Hai was finally close to the battle. There were a total of seven ships present. Six five-master battleships and one ironclad freighter. For six battleships to attack a single freighter, it seems like they aren't giving the freighter any chance to survive.

The six battleships were surrounding the freighter and was blasting if continuously with Magic Cannons. There seems to be Mages on the ships, and from time to time, they would send some spells towards the other ship. The colorful magical attacks made the scene look like a huge fireworks event, very beautiful. However, this beauty represented death! The seven ships weren't close to each other. It seems like the six assailants weren't willing confront the freighter in close combat. They wanted to use magic to completely destroy the ship. This tactic was also the best way to eliminate a target at sea.

Zhao Hai didn't think about it too much as he made the Haven go straight to the battleships. When the six battlefields became aware of Zhao Hai's presence, two of them detached from the group and approached him.

The three ships were quickly getting close with each other. And when they were near, a voice was suddenly heard, "The ship over there, listen. We are the Hurricane Family's pirate group. If you don't go the other way, then we would be forced to be impolite."

Upon hearing this statement, Zhao Hai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Funny, this is too funny. It's the first time I've heard such a joke. For a Hurricane Family pirate group to attack a Hurricane family freighter, Hahahaha, this must be the most hilarious thing that has happened in the continent. Listen, know your limitations and get the hell out of this place. Otherwise, I would be the one who will be impolite."

The other party wasn't expecting Zhao Hai to be aware of the Hurricane Family's identity. They were now in a disadvantage, keeping up this facade had now become much more difficult.

While the two people exchanged words, their ships were still getting closer with each other. And as Zhao Hai's ship was about to be attacked by the other ships' cannons, Zhao Hai immediately released a lot of undead on board those ships.

The people on the battleships didn't expect Zhao Hai to be able to release undead at such a distance, and they were completely caught unprepared. Additionally, Zhao Hai's undead were very strong. Because of this, what happened in the battleships after can only be described as a massacre. Before the people on the two ships were able to react, they were already slain by the undead.

The people on the other four battleships weren't aware of this. In their minds, although the three ships were not far from each other, close combat would still be impossible. At this distance, the only suitable way for engagement would be long distance attacks.

After eliminating the people from the two ships, Zhao Hai immediately turned them into undead. After that, the immediately had the two ships open fire towards the Haven.

Naturally, this attack was under the control of Zhao Hai. He wanted to have the others think that they were still fighting. This would deceive the other four battleships into thinking that the two ships were still on their side, naively allowing Zhao Hai's new feet to enter their encirclement

As the three ships slowly approached the battlefield, the other four battleships didn't feel anything wrong. And after Zhao Hai entered their circle, he immediately released massive amounts of undead onboard the other four battleships.

The fate of the four ships couldn't compare to the first two ships. They didn't even expect Zhao Hai's attacks. A lot of them wasn't even aware that they were already dead.

Immediately, the four ships stopped firing. This made the people on the Hurricane Family freighter feel somewhat strange. And while they were confused, they suddenly heard a voice from the ship that just arrived, "Friends from the Hurricane Family, hello. No need to fear, I've already taken care of the enemy. May I come on board?"

The people of the Hurricane Family stared, although they didn't know the other party, they were still confident about their combat effectiveness. Therefore, their leader said, "i don't know who friend is, but we shall welcome you to our ship."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and then had the Haven slowly approach. Then he had a springboard extended to reach the Hurricane Family's ship. After that, Zhao Hai led Laura and the others to board the ship.

The Hurricane Family's ship was very damaged. There were also a lot of injured crew onboard, waiting to be treated. Zhao Hai smiled and then waved his hand as a bunch of Light Magic flew out and landed on the wounded, effectively curing their wounds at an observable rate.

At this time, the party that was preparing to welcome him stopped. Their face turned ugly as they looked at Zhao Hai and said, "I Mister from the Radiant Church?"

Zhao Hai turned his head to the one who spoke, this person was quite beautiful, she had brown hair and light green eyes, a fairly sharp face and snow white teeth. Although she might not be very beautiful, one could feel a very attracting aura while looking at her.

But when Zhao Hai looked closely at this person, he couldn't help but be surprised. He was very familiar with this face, this face belonged to none other than Kristen Stewart, an actress quite known for her role in a movie called "Twilight".[1]

One must say, that among the actresses, Kristen wasn't the most beautiful one. She just has a very attractive aura in her. Quiet? Smart? Elegant? These words might not fit someone like her.

Because Zhao Hai quite liked the movie, he was able to recognize her face at a single glance. This girl looked very much like Kirsten.

Zhao Hai couldn't help but deeply sigh, his luck was truly fantastic. First was Taylor, then Megan, then Keeley, and now there was Kristen. The heavens were really looking after him. Being able to meet these people back on earth wasn't an easy thing.

However, Zhao Hai had detected some vigilance in the woman's expression, so he immediately answered, "Sister might have misunderstood, but I'm not a person from the Radiant Church. Hasn't sister seen my ship's flag?"

The she heard Zhao Hai, she couldn't help but turn her head towards the Haven's main mast and seeing the Wild Dragon Flag fluttering freely above the blood soaked sea.

When she noticed the flag, she couldn't help but gawk. Her brain seemed to stop for a short moment. She seem to have seen this flag before, but she just couldn't remember when, or even where.

At this time, she overheard a person's voice exclaiming, "Heavens, is that the Buda Clan's WIld Dragon Flag? Are you from the Buda Clan?"

Upon hearing the person, the girl couldn't help but look at Zhao Hai in confusion as she asked, "You're from the Buda Clan? But how can you use Light Magic?"

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Who says my Buda Clan can't use Light Magic? Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhao Hai Buda, the current Patriarch of the Buda Clan."

The girl stared at Zhao Hai, seemingly forgetting her courtesy. This wasn't surprising since Zhao Hai was a well-know Dark Mage in the continent. Seeing a Dark Mage using Light Magic was even more surprising than seeing a tree planting itself.

Zhao Hai didn't comment of the girl's expression, instead, he beckoned towards Laura and the others and said, "These are my wives, Laura, Meg, Megan, Lizzy, and Ni'er."

Seeing Laura and the others giving her a salute, the girl finally responded, with her face red in embarrassment she performed her own salute and said, "Kristen Hurricane has seen Patriarch Zhao Hai as well as the madames."

After both sides exchanged greetings, Kristen then turned his head to Zhao Hai and said, "Patriarch Zhao Hai, I must express my greatest gratitude to you. If not for you, then we might have fallen to the other party's attack. These pirates are really too hateful."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Sister Kristen doesn't need to mind it too much. I just gave a small helping hand. Now that those battleships are under my control, Sister doesn't need to worry about it anymore."

Although Kristen didn't know how Zhao Hai was able to control those battleships, she didn't dare to ask him how. She knew that if Zhao Hai wanted it to be known, then he would tell her eventually.

Kristen then gave Zhao Hai a salute and said, "No matter what, I'd like to thank Mister. Mister, please come sit with me in the cabin." She said that as she gestured her arm as an invitation.

Zhao Hai didn't become polite, he accepted the invitation and led Laura and the others to walk with Kristen towards the cabin.

The ship's cabin wasn't very big, only about the size of a normal living room. After the group had sat, the room immediately became quite crowded.

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Chapter 562 - Confirmation

A servant came in and served them something to drink. Because the battle didn't take too long, and since the other party were using long-ranged weapons, the damage on the Hurricane Family's freighter wasn't very serious.

The group sat down as Kristen dictated the events before the attack. Although the Hurricane Family was constantly low-key and rarely did business, it was inevitable that they would have to trade some goods with the others. However, their trades weren't on the scale as large as that of the other Great Clans.

For Great Clans to maintain their strength, they needed to have some form of sustaining that strength. Even if the Hurricane Family didn't like to do business, it was unavoidable if they wanted to have their territory run normally. But because their family weren't very good in it, they would just trade the minimum amount to maintain the normal operation of their territory.

This time, Kristen's mission was to trade in Rosen Empire and then go back home. In Rosen Empire, they didn't trade in Golden Island, but preferred Rising Water City instead. Their previous transactions were always done in Rising Water City. Even if Golden Island was on the Rise, the Hurricane Family didn't seem to get attracted to it. They still continued their trade with Rising Water City all the same.

But when they were heading back, six five-masted battleships bearing pirate flags suddenly surrounded them. Although they had the means to fight back, their firepower just cannot compare to the other party. And adding on to the fact the the enemies had battleships while they only had a freighter, if Zhao Hai didn't come, then they would surely be finished.

After Kristen finished talking, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "We wanted to go visit the Buddha Empire, but we didn't expect to encounter such a thing. But does sister Kristen feel strange? How could pirates get their hands on six five-masted battleships?"

Kristen's personality was the same as that of the Hurricane Family, as long as you don't offend her, then she would treat you kindly. But this didn't mean that the Hurricane Family were fools, on the contrary, they were quite smart people. They just placed this intellect in improving their magic and other things, but not for ambition. This was the general impression of the Continent towards the Hurricane Family.

When Kristen heard what Zhao Hai said, her eyes turned sharp for a moment before she looked at Zhao Hai and said, "What does mister want to say? Please speak."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I suspect that the assailants weren't pirates. Sister Kristen should know, most pirate groups in the seas have Great Clans supporting them. But with the Hurricane Family's background, I believe that no pirate would want to attack you, moreover, pirates with great strength, am I right?"

Kristen nodded and said ,"That's right. It's just like mister said, our Hurricane Family has a lot of friends in the continent, and very few enemies."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said ,"What sister said is true. But even if you say there are few, that means that the Hurricane Family still had enemies. And did sister forget that you have one big enemy?'

Kristen stared, then she looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Is mister thinking about the Radiant Church?"

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "That's very possible. How about this, I'll go call some of those undead on the battleships and ask them. What do you think?"

Kristen seemed to not understand, then she looked at Zhao Hai and said, "You mean, you have turned everyone on those ships into undead? Patriarch Zhao Hai, isn't that bad?"

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Why would it be bad? I've turned hundreds of thousands of people in the Aksu Empire into undead. Why would I care about these few people?" He then stood up and walked outside.

Kristen looked at Zhao Hai's back with eyes that showed loathing. The Hurricane Family were famously good-hearted people, therefore, they aren't used to seeing Zhao Hai's vicious and merciless actions.

However, she still followed Zhao Hai out of the cabin. This matter can affect the Hurricane Family's future, she couldn't just ignore it.

Zhao Hai didn't care about it too much, he didn't want to get in Kristen's good graces anyway. The reason why he helped the Hurricane Family was because he wants the Radiant Church to have a harder time.

Outside the ship, Zhao Hai recited a few incantations before he waved his staff. Black gas started to appear from the staff and surrounded one battleship. When the gas disappeared, Kristen discovered that there were people standing on top of the ship's deck.

Zhao Hai repeated the pattern and turned the people on the other battleships into Undead. Then he had the battleships approach the Hurricane Family's freighter. Then some of the undead boarded the Hurricane Family's ship.

Kristen had recognized some of these people from the time of the battle. Therefore, she didn't suspect that Zhao Hai sent his undead to pretend.

After the undead boarded the ship, Zhao Hai immediately had them report who they were. The assailants weren't pirates, but instead the navy of the Ocean Waves Dynasty. Ocean Waves Dynasty was the country most developed in the research of the Water element. Because of this, they had the most powerful Navy in continent.

However, even if these people were from the navy, they had nothing to do with the Radiant Church. They only thing that they knew was that they were ordered to attack, nothing more.

But Zhao Hai wasn't worried, he asked these undead about which one of them was the commander of the six battleships. Zhao Hai was already used to the Radiant Church's style, it was impossible for the church to not send someone over to monitor the operation.

It didn't take too long before these people named someone. So Zhao Hai immediately called the person over and interrogated him. Sure enough, he identified himself to be part of the Radiant Church. Moreover, his level wasn't low, he was a Priest. This time, he was ordered by the Radiant Church to deal with the Hurricane Family, however, he didn't know of anything else.

But this information was enough. At the very least, Zhao Hai wanted to let Kristen know that the ones who wanted to deal with the Hurricane Family were indeed the Radiant Church.

Zhao Hai had also confirmed his suspicions. The Radiant Church truly had control over the Ocean Waves Dynasty. Moreover, they had changed their methods into moving in secret.

After the interrogation, Zhao Hai made the undead return to the ships and had them leave. Then he returned to the cabin along with Kristen.

Kristen was frowning, she felt that this matter has gotten quite thorny. Although the Radiant Church has been suppressed, their foundation was still intact. Even if their presence has been reduced, there were still people who worshipped their faith. The monarch of the other countries didn't really see them as a threat. Aside from the Rosen and Aksu Empires, nobody really went full on in eliminating the church. Some Churches were even still present, with Priests preaching in them albeit the much lesser numbers.

Therefore, even if the Radiant Church was now behaving, they were still very strong. Kristen wasn't a fool, she had deduced from the testimonies of the undead that the Ocean Waves Dynasty and the Radiant Church certainly didn't have a simple relationship. It seems to be like what Zhao Hai thought, the Radiant Church had become much more formidable now that they were in the shadows.

Zhao Hai looked at Kristen and smiled faintly, "Sister Kristen, I just want to take this matter to heart. And since the matter is finished, then we would be taking our leave. We still have an urgent matter to take care of in the Buddha Empire."

Kristen gawked and immediately responded. She was lowering her head in deep thought that she wasn't able to talk to Zhao Hai, which was something very disrespectful. When she thought about this, Kristen's face couldn't help but turn red. She hastily stood up and gave a bow to Zhao Hai and said, "I've been unfair to mister. I was suddenly too absorbed in my own thoughts, so I neglected you. I ask for mister's forgiveness. But why would mister leave immediately? Mister had done a great deal of help to us, please stay behind and let us express our gratitude."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Sister is too polite. There's no need to do that, to me, this is but a small effort. Moreover, I also obtained six battleships, this can be said to be my reward. I really do have something to do in Buddha Empire, so sister shouldn't feel bad."

Kristen quickly replied, "What does mister need in the Buddha Empire? My Hurricane Family has some sort of influence there, maybe we can help mister."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "i'm travelling to Buddha Empire because I want to go to the Dwarf Mountain and see if I can do business with the Dwarven Race."

Kristen couldn't help but frown when she heard Zhao hai. The Dwarf Mountain held a special status in the Buddha Empire. The Empire needed heavy armors and weapons from the Dwarves. However, they also didn't want the Dwarves to be too strong. So just like the Beastmen, the Humans controlled the amount of trades that would be sent to the Mountain. However, the Dwarves weren't fools, as long as they notice that they had been deceived, they would surely declare war against the Buddha Empire.

So because of this, the Buddha Empire merchants didn't dare to trick the Dwarves. However, the Empire still thought of a method. They wouldn't let the merchants of other countries to contact the Dwarves, ensuring that they would have full monopoly of the Dwarven market.

Since the Empire was restricting trade, only a few merchants were able to make trade with the Dwarves for long term. Even Great Nobles didn't have the opportunity to dictate themselves. Therefore, it was natural for Kristen's expression to turn ugly upon hearing Zhao Hai's words.

When Zhao Hai saw Kristen's expression, he asked, "Sister Kristen? Is there something wrong?"

Kristen didn't hide the truth from Zhao Hai. In fact, this matter was already known by the top level powers in the continent, so there was no reason to keep it a secret.

After listening to Kristen, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "It doesn't matter. If I can't do it, then I don't really care."

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