On the sea, the sunshine was like sparkling fine gold. It was so dazzling that people could not open their eyes.

"Go! Shift the fleet into the long snake formation and protect His Majesty!"

On the main ship of Dongqing Fleet, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Min Rui ordered the ships to turn around in a row.

"Ignite the cannon!"

"Shoot—"

The shells came out, and the roaring loud bangs began. The red light broke countless straight lines in the sea.

The arrows were stretched to the full extent and shuttled back and forth like a meteor shower.

The smoke of gunpowder covered all the sky. The place where the shells fell rolled waves.

The calm sea boiled.

At sea, the sound of wails, cracks, blasts, and falls were mixed in one place. On Kunhuang Island, cries and shouts went through the sky.

Gu Di saw when Dongqing Fleet was intercepting Ji Yaoguang, Huanan Xin's tower ship quickly anchored and escaped to the south hurriedly.

In his phoenix eyes, fire burst out. Gu Di jumped down to Wangxian Rise across the sea gently and then jumped lightly to Huanan Xin's ship. Then he raised his hands to attack Huanan Xin.

Huanan Xin did not show weakness, sweeping a leg to beat back.

Gu Di stepped back and changed his gesture. The direction of his attack changed sharply and he tangled with Huanan Xin.

As it fell into chaos on the sea and the island, more than ten tower ships came at full speed from the north where the battle was intensive.

Next to the big sail, an eagle-headed rose flag hung high, which was particularly conspicuous in the wind.

With bursts of artillery, the fight between Dongqing Fleet and the female pirate on the sea rolled up row waves.

The fierce fighting at sea came to an end gradually.

Turning his head, Min Rui saw the colorful Udan flag hung high. He lifted a long sword quickly and bowed like a courtier. He was neither humble nor pushy and said,

"Min Rui pays respects to Your Highness."

Princess Anhe stood on the bow of the ship and her palace dress of Udan was gorgeous and exquisite. On both sides of the gold crown, there were beads swaying. With the strong wind, her sleeves rattled.

With a squint, An He gave a disdained smile and coldly sneered,

"Min Rui, I bark up the wrong tree. Your daughter is a woman but she's tougher than you."

Min Rui immediately flushed and said nothing.

An He ignored him and looked to the main ship of Ji Yaoguang. Her clear voice spread out the overlapping echo in the quiet sea.

"Madam Yaoguang, I understand that you want to avenge Wenren. However, this time we are dealing with the internal affairs of the royalty of Dayi. I hope you do not intervene."

Wiping away tears, Ji Yaoguang pointed at Huanan Xin's ship and shouted excitedly,

"That emperor killed Wenren Junzheng and framed the Clan of Swords for assassination in the Palace. It's everyone's responsibility to kill him!"

Princess Anhe became serious,

"It's a big deal. Even if I marry Udan far away, now I'm involved. Madame, as an outsider, why do you draw fire against yourself? Believe me. My son is a disciple of Wenren. I will certainly seek justice for him."

Ji Yaoguang looked a little surprised. Thinking for a while, she threw blunderbuss. She waved to the fierce-looking pirates on the ship and shouted,

"Retreat!"

Gu Di and Huanan Xin stopped fighting on another ship.

Seeing Princess Anhe, Gu Di was panic-stricken.

Pulling himself together, he ran to the shipboard and waved,

"Hey, Eldest Sister, it's me. I'm Huanan He. I'm alive—"

All the people on the spot burst into an uproar.

What was going on? Why did Leng Qing Tang call Princess Anhe as "Eldest Sister"?

He also called himself Huanan He. Was he Leng Qingtang, Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot?

If his surname was "Huanan", was he...

Princess Anhe turned blue with anger and her eyes lit up with scarlet rage. She reproved with disgust,

"I have sharp eyes and can recognize who you are naturally!"

Unusual noise rushed in from all directions of Kunhuang Island.

When the crowd peaked, they saw a large group of people go to the east shore. The imposing manner was extremely spectacular.

It was the Eastern Depot!

Huanan Xin saw those people mostly wearing the eighth-ranked purple general uniforms with narrow sleeves and turned serious with cold eyes.

Seeing the eagle-headed rose flag fluttering on the sea, Lu Qiange scared up and quickly rushed to the head of the team with his blade. Stepping onto a towering reef beside the east shore, he shouted,

"Mother, this time I successfully accomplished our mission and helped Uncle to find that treasure!"

Standing on the bow of the ship, An He smiled gently,

"Great! Thank you, dear."

Huanan Jiyan followed Lu Qiange to the reef and looked at Huanan Xin with a fierce expression across the sea.

"Brother, why do you deceive me? Why were you so cruel to Father and Mother?"

The girl looked mournful. Her voice was dull and rough as if rolling on hot oil.

Huanan Xin immediately was miff. He flicked his broken sleeves and shouted,

"It's nonsense! Father's imperial edict clearly writes that he voluntarily passes the throne on to me. Who had done anything cruel to him and who had cheated you? How dare you! As a princess of a country, you even escape from the Palace. Shame on you—"

"You..."

Being recriminated, Huanan Jiyan was wronged and angry.

Leng Qingtang and Gu Yunxi approached the east shore unhurriedly.

It was completely silent.

All the people on both the ships and Kunhuang Island were stunned. They fixed their eyes on the tall man who was coming in big strides.

They found that the man who walked from the squad of the Eastern Depot had the same face as the man in a black Kungfu suit on the emperor's ship.

Even if half of the face of the man on board was disfigured, the other half was intact. He had a strong body, almost the same as the man who was walking to the shore.

What happened?

Were there two Commanders-in-chief of the Eastern Depot in the world?

It was only a fleeting moment that they became scared with whispering from confusion.

On the east of the island, Leng Qingtang successfully found the entrance of the underground palace and obtained half a piece of the jade seal with his team.

Then they came out of the underground palace and saw the fierce battle between Royal Guards of Da Yi and Men of Sacrifice of Udan.

The Eastern Depot usually led to twice the result with half the effort.

The killers were eventually killed. Leng Qingtang realized that there might have been an accident at Wangxian Rise.

On the way to the east shore with his team, he met Xiaoshen and Qinger.

Thanks to Yu Xuanji, several teams of the Eastern Depot successfully got rid of the control of Gu Di's witchcraft.

Xiaoshen and Qinger were left on the island by Cheng Wanli, responsible for lurking in the dark and waiting for the opportunity to probe the news of Huanan Xin.

They reported to Leng Qingtang that the subordinates in the Eastern Depot ordered by his impersonation had been captured by Huanan Xin.

They hurried to the destination. Leng Qingtang looked around calmly and raised fist salute to the sea,

"Nice to meet you, Eldest Sister. This time you're exhausted from a long journey to deal with the past things. I really feel care-laden."

Princess Anhe smiled gently,

"You speak so seriously, Ninth Brother. Your business is mine. You're welcome."

Leng Qingtang leaned to one side. He looked at Min Rui's nervous eyes calmly,

"Duke, we said goodbye in Southern Jiang. Nice to meet you again."

Min Rui turned to see the emperor's ship for a moment and was bewildered. Then he looked back to Leng Qingtang with trembling fingers,

"You two... Which one is Master Leng?"