Chapter 287: The Reason for the Pursuit

Waving her hand to throw Hendrik and Leijinade's corpses into the black lake with blood-colored chains, Nie Yingying pinched the edge of the captain's hat with two fingers, and the disgust on her face was almost overflowing.

"Mei Pengcheng, come here!"

'Skinny' Mei Pengcheng, who had been directing the 'Night Skeleton' pirates to clean up the corpses and move Hendrik's treasure, had been paying attention here, and now hearing Nie Yingying call him, he immediately ran over happily.

"Big Sister, you are really amazing! No need to say, more amazing than my big brother! Hehe!" Mei Pengcheng's eyes kept drifting to the captain's hat in Nie Yingying's hand. "Big Sister, if you have anything to order, I will go through fire and water without hesitation! Hehe!"

Nie Yingying immediately threw the captain's hat in her hand into Mei Pengcheng's arms, and the disgust on her face finally eased a lot.

"Alright, this is Hendrik's 【Pirate Captain】 entry and his hat, it's yours!" After speaking, she turned her head to look at 'Red Eye' Warwick, who had been standing quietly on the side after recovering, and waved her hand backward. "These were all promised to you before, but Hendrik sought his own death, so these things were given to you in advance."

Mei Pengcheng had long known that Hendrik's ability to control zombies was brought by the ghost ship 'Night Skeleton' itself, and the prop for control was the captain's hat that Hendrik had always worn on his head.

He had long coveted this captain's hat, or rather, all the pirates of the 'Night Skeleton' pirate group had long coveted this hat, and they didn't expect Nie Yingying to be so generous, really giving a ghost ship to that guy 'Skinny' just like that.

"Alright! Thanks for the reward, Big Sister! I'll go get busy!"

Mei Pengcheng didn't dislike the dirtiness and sloppiness of the captain's hat at all, put it directly on his head, and then proudly returned to the pirates, summoning four clusters of black mist with a wave of his hand under the envious, jealous, and hateful eyes of the pirates.

The black mist drifted straight onto the four corpses on the ground and merged into them. The four corpses immediately turned into four zombies and stood up staggeringly, and under the eyes of the pirates, lifted the iron box on the ground and walked toward the seaside.

"Oh my! 'Skinny', I didn't expect Miss Nie to really give 'Night Skeleton' to you, your luck is too good!" Rusty Nail stared at the captain's hat on Mei Pengcheng's head with hot eyes, reaching out to touch it.

It was just that his hand was pushed out by a short and fat body halfway through, and 'Iron Bucket' jumped up and slapped 'Rusty Nail' on the back of the head, scolding and opening his mouth.

"Roll roll roll, if you can't talk, shut up, you seaweed brain, how do you talk to the captain! Captain, I 'Iron Bucket' will be your most loyal follower from now on, if you have any orders, just mention them."

'Iron Bucket's' words immediately made the pirates react. Now with that killing god Nie Yingying covering them, the crowd couldn't get 'Night Skeleton' from 'Skinny', so it was better to please this guy and mix some benefits first—anyway, that female killing god wouldn't stay on the ship forever, there would always be opportunities later!

For a time, the pirates squeezed forward one after another, complimenting him with good words that didn't cost money, which satisfied 'Skinny' Mei Pengcheng's vanity like never before, and he became complacent.

"Hmm hmm hmm, good good good, everyone work hard, must listen to me, listen to Big Sister, I won't treat you badly." Mei Pengcheng was smug, touching the bald head of 'Iron Bucket' who was squeezed beside him. "'Iron Bucket', I see you are very smart, alright, from now on I am the captain, the lookout job can't be done anymore, that job will be yours, you must work hard!"

'Iron Bucket's' words immediately made his round face turn purple.

"Cap... Captain, I... I can't... can't go up!"

"Hahahaha!"

The pirates laughed loudly!

Ignoring 'Skinny's' smugness, Nie Yingying snatched the golden cup from Xie Yaoyao's hand and drank the fruit juice inside in one gulp under Xie Yaoyao's aggrieved eyes.

The cup was made of gold. Except for some vine reliefs on the cup wall, there were no other abnormalities, and it looked like an ordinary luxurious cup, and there were no entry prompts.

Nie Yingying retracted her gaze and looked up, her scarlet pupils looking up and down at 'Red Eye' Warwick who had returned to human form.

"Tell me! You should know that the blood clan has many ways to talk directly to the soul. I don't think you would want to face me in another form, or you can bet that I don't know soul-type magic!"

Nie Yingying's threatening words didn't make Warwick's expression change at all. He bowed to Nie Yingying with a blank face.

"Holy Grail, a treasure that flowed out of Treasure Island, can turn ordinary spring water into fine wine. It is said that only the spring water of the Fountain of Youth can be held by this Holy Grail to allow the drinker to obtain the ability of immortality."

Treasure Island!

Fountain of Youth!

Hearing the familiar entry again made Nie Yingying a bit unexpected. If this Holy Grail was so important, it was no wonder that the pirate in front of her would keep staring at 'Night Skeleton' and not let go.

"Little Annie!"

Following Nie Yingying's opening, the little red umbrella that had been hiding in Xie Yaoyao's hand because of the battle just now opened immediately, and drizzle fell in the sky again.

Nie Yingying stretched out the Holy Grail to catch some rain and drank it slowly. A faint smell of blood filled her mouth and slid into her throat.

This is...

The rain is still rain, but the taste is...

"Yao, why did you pour the eggnog into this cup to drink?"

Xie Yaoyao, who was looking up at the little red umbrella, scratched his head when he heard this.

"Delicious, sweet!"

Thoughts turned, Nie Yingying immediately understood. It was not that any ordinary spring water would turn into fine wine, but that this Holy Grail could turn ordinary water into the taste the drinker liked.

She is a blood clan now, so the taste turned into the taste of blood.

Xie Yaoyao, that guy, loves to drink sweet things. When he was at home, he always saw this guy loving to drink cola, sprite, etc., so he would be even sweeter if he poured that fruit juice called eggnog into it.

As for why there is a legend that it will turn into fine wine, whether it is pirates or ordinary sailors on the sea, almost all of them are alcoholics, so there is a legend that the Holy Grail will turn spring water into fine wine.

"Warwick, why did you determine that this Holy Grail was on the 'Night Skeleton' ship?"

Warwick had already told with a blank face: "The Holy Grail was stolen. The traitor confessed under Leijinade's means that the Holy Grail was hidden on a pirate on 'Night Skeleton'."

Nie Yingying immediately thought of what happened at White Sand Islet. At that time, Xie Yaoyao was indeed bumped by the guy who was hunted by 'Sea Wolf'.

So that's it, everything finally makes sense! ===== CHAPTER 288 =====