Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 541: Immortal Island?

The docking of the fleet was not met with cheers, but with silence.

Because swollen corpses were being carried off the ship, appearing to have died in a maritime disaster.

"Don’t look, don’t look, what’s there to see."

"Everyone move aside."

The guards of the Nangong Family began to disperse the onlookers at the port.

Nangong Jin’s face turned somber, as there were at least hundreds of these corpses being carried down.

At this moment, Nangong Jin saw Zhang Feng disembark from the ship and quickly approached to inquire, "What exactly happened? How could this many people have died?"

One must know that ever since the Nangong Family assimilated the pirates from the River Sea and beyond, they have visited over a dozen countries and regions overseas, and opened over twenty major sea routes, having long passed the "pioneering" stage.

Although casualties still occurred with each voyage, they were never more than fifty each time. Upon seeing this massive fleet, pirates on the sea route fled out of fear, not daring to approach.

What concerned Nangong Jin was that some overseas country might have struck while the fleet was docked for trade.

"Brother-in-law, it’s a long story, we’ll talk when we get back." Zhang Feng glanced at the onlookers and said in a low voice.

Nangong Jin nodded.

...

A banquet had already been prepared to welcome them home.

Nangong Jin’s wife, from the Zhang Clan, was already waiting in the living room.

At this time, a maid joyfully ran in and said, "Madam, the master and the second master have returned."

Ever since Zhang Feng was detained by Chen Mo in Qingzhou after returning to the River Sea’s navy, he had used Chen Mo’s banner to recruit a new and massive navy of nearly twenty thousand people in the River Sea.

Previously, they had to consider the Court, and Nangong Jin had to recruit people discreetly and coordinate with others. But this time, there was no need to worry at all.

Once the navy was established, Zhang Feng took charge of the overseas trade of the Nangong Family.

He became known as the second master of the Nangong Family.

"Come, come with me to welcome them." The lady of the Zhang Clan was delighted and walked outside, accompanied by a group of maids.

As they arrived outside, they met Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng alighting from the carriage, with Zhang Feng carrying a wooden box.

"Master, Brother Feng..." The smile on the face of the lady from the Zhang Clan vanished instantly, and she said in a somber voice, "What happened? Didn’t you leave in good spirits?"

"Sister, something happened." Zhang Feng responded with a wry smile.

The face of the lady from the Zhang Clan hardened.

"We’ll talk inside." Nangong Jin, with his hands behind his back, walked into the residence.

In the living room.

Nangong Jin dismissed all the servants, leaving only himself, the lady from the Zhang Clan, and Zhang Feng.

Once seated, Nangong Jin impatiently asked, "Tell me, what on earth happened?"

"Everything was caused by this object." Zhang Feng placed the wooden box on the table and slowly opened it.

Instantly, a wave of heat was released from the box.

Inside the box lay a fruit the size of an adult’s fist, fiery red in color, with an irregular shape and tendrils resembling leaves.

"What is this?" Nangong Jin was taken aback.

"An Immortal Fruit, that’s what the people from the Ancient Luo Kingdom called it," Zhang Feng replied. "Brother-in-law, look, this fruit had been detached from soil for a long time, yet it still hasn’t shown any signs of decay. Instead, it remains plump and emits heat. Whether it is an Immortal Fruit is uncertain, but it’s definitely an Innate Spiritual Object."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Jin cautiously touched it. Although the fruit emitted heat, it wasn’t hot at all. He gently prodded it and found its surface soft.

"How do you eat this fruit?" Based on his knowledge, Nangong Jin thought this fruit might need to be peeled.

"I don’t know either."

"???"

"Brother-in-law, I really don’t know," Zhang Feng said with a wry smile.

"What do those corpses have to do with this fruit?" Nangong Jin asked.

Zhang Feng began to explain slowly.

It turns out, when the fleet docked at the Ancient Luo Kingdom, someone there sold this fruit to Zhang Feng.

Although Zhang Feng didn’t know what this fruit exactly was, he was aware it wasn’t an ordinary fruit, so he curiously asked where it came from.

The person from the Ancient Luo Kingdom told him it was obtained from the Immortal Island.

Zhang Feng then asked him to explain in detail.

The person from the Ancient Luo Kingdom said that a few days ago, while he was out fishing at sea in the afternoon under the scorching sun, a fog suddenly arose on the sea.

He was trapped in this fog and quickly lost his bearings.

When the fog cleared, an island appeared before him.

Upon landing on the island, he felt that everything there was unlike the mortal world, as beautiful as the Immortal Realm.

And this fruit was something he picked from the island.

Since he had to return before dark, he didn’t stay long on the island and left.

But he couldn’t find his way back, and it suddenly started raining heavily, with strong winds whipping up waves, capsizing his boat.

Just when he thought he was going to die in the storm, a Fairy appeared.

The Fairy could fly and directly saved him and his boat.

Coincidentally, the storm stopped, and the Fairy guided him back.

"A flying Fairy?" Nangong Jin raised an eyebrow, not particularly surprised, saying, "A First-Grade Martial Artist can mobilize their Innate Spiritual Qi to fly briefly. So you believed him and went looking for what he described as the Immortal Island?"

Zhang Feng nodded and continued, "Strangely, it was clearly a sunny day with calm seas when our fleet approached the area he mentioned. Suddenly, a rainstorm and hurricane hit. The ships ahead were swept into the hurricane and vanished without a trace.

I was so terrified that I immediately ordered a retreat, yet some ships were still affected, leading to shipwrecks and deaths."

The lady from the Zhang Clan noticed something wrong from Zhang Feng’s story and said, "The person from the Ancient Luo Kingdom said there was a fog before entering the Immortal Island, and a storm after leaving. But you never went into the Immortal Island, yet encountered storms immediately.

Also, since he landed on the island and picked an Immortal Fruit, it’s unlikely he picked just one. Didn’t he eat any? And when he sold it to you, didn’t he tell you how to eat it?"

"Sister, I asked, and he said he only picked one. He knew it was precious and considered it a waste for his life to eat it. It was better to sell it for money, especially as we had just docked, so he sold it to us," Zhang Feng explained.

The fleet of the Nangong Family had been to the Ancient Luo Kingdom many times, always engaging in trade when they docked, and spending lavishly. The people of the Ancient Luo Kingdom loved doing business with the fleet.

Nangong Jin furrowed his brows and asked, "What was the total casualty of this journey?"

"Including those missing, the total was two thousand one hundred and twenty-eight people."