Chapter 2501: My Wife Is a Pirate 31

Bu Chang Ji led the pirates to appear suddenly, obviously making Yue Ling and the troops he brought tense up.

They were originally on a covert visit, not bringing a large force, but these pirates before them each exuded killing intent, their eyes fierce—clearly desperate outlaws who lick blood from blades year-round, their ferocity not inferior to the elite enemy troops they had faced on the battlefield.

Bu Chang Ji's icy gaze swept over Fang Yun Yao hiding behind Yue Ling again, his tone mocking, "I thought you were sincere in cooperating with me, but deep down you still can't shake the court's habit of betrayal and abandoning righteousness."

Fang Yun Yao: "……"

He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word, feeling stifled and powerless.

He also didn't know how things had step by step come to this irreparable point, on one side was the inseparable Yue Ling, on the other side……complex grudges and righteousness.

Fang Yun Yao felt caught in the middle, torn between two sides.

Jin Chen listened to their bickering, gazed far into the depths of the muddy beach entrance, and suddenly sighed softly, as if talking to himself.

"After all this fuss, it all boils down to that treasure vault."

"Since it's so troublesome, I might as well just take the stuff myself!"

"So these people won't keep going on and on."

He didn't realize that this offhand remark fell into the ears of the already sensitive and uneasy Bu Chang Ji, stirring up how much panic and distress.

Bu Chang Ji feared Jin Chen would still misunderstand that he did all this for the treasure, so he hastily extended a finger, tentatively hooking it around Jin Chen's finger hanging at his side.

Feeling that Jin Chen didn't immediately shake him off, Bu Chang Ji's heart eased a little.

He gripped back firmly, "I brought people today……to protect you."

Jin Chen glanced back at him and chuckled.

"Hmph."

Bu Chang Ji instantly resumed his fierce, cold demeanor, glaring at the imperial court's people, "What, are you insisting on coming to your own death?"

Yue Ling furrowed his brows, looking at them in incomprehension.

"Do you really intend to oppose the entire imperial court over these external possessions? Do you know this is a capital crime of confiscating property and exterminating clans?"

Bu Chang Ji snorted coldly, his tone grim, "Fine then, since that's the case, let your precious Heir Apparent Fang wait for death."

Fang Yun Yao: "Ah?!"

He shuddered in fright, not understanding why.

Yue Ling instantly tensed, pointing his sword tip at Bu Chang Ji, "What do you mean? What did you do to the Heir Apparent?!"

Bu Chang Ji gave a cold sneer, a near‑cruel indifference surfacing on his alluring, beautiful face.

He stared at Fang Yun Yao, speaking slowly and deliberately word by word: "You surely don't really think I have no defenses against you and trust you completely, do you?"

"I had planned to give you the antidote after obtaining the treasure, but……you're simply too disobedient." He curled the corner of his lips and uttered the fatal words, "You've been poisoned, Fang Yun Yao. Only I have the antidote for this slow‑acting poison."

To give him this poison, he still made him suffer.

Fang Yun Yao: "Ahhhhhhh!"

He was so frightened his legs went limp, and he collapsed stiffly onto Yue Ling.

Yue Ling turned pale with shock, immediately tightening his grip on Fang Yun Yao, his longsword trembling as it pointed at Bu Chang Ji.

"Hand over the antidote!"

Jin Chen's figure flickered, moving like a ghost to block in front of Bu Chang Ji.

Facing Yue Ling's sword thrust straight at him, he didn't dodge or evade, but blocked it barehanded.

In everyone's horrified gazes, only a metallic hum could be heard.

Yue Ling sensed an unimaginable force transmitting from the sword blade, numbing his tiger's mouth.

The longsword forged of fine steel actually bent at a visible arc, nearly snapping on the spot!

The soldiers: "!!!"

They stared, mouths agape.

The pirates sucked in a breath of cold air, hearts shocked: Indeed, he is a killing god!

Fortunately, this killing god is now on our side!

Boss, you must definitely capture this killing god, boss!

Yue Ling stood there stunned, unable to believe his nearly ruined sidearm, then lifted his head in shock to look at the calm‑faced Jin Chen.

"You……you have such skill, why not join the army and serve the court? With your talent, you will surely be ennobled and granted a generalship, achieving great things!"

"Why spend all day mingling with these pirates?"

Jin Chen looked at him as if he were an idiot, "Are you sick? My husband is the pirate chief, you want me to join the army—did a sea donkey kick your brain?"

Yue Ling: "……"

He was speechless for a long while.

Bu Chang Ji stood behind Jin Chen, hearing him so naturally call him husband, his eyes involuntarily curved, a sweet feeling welling up inside.

【Villain Heartthrob Value +6, total 84!】

After Jin Chen's terrifying move, the originally tense situation that was on the verge of breaking out instead strangely cooled down.

Both sides unconsciously restrained their killing intent, fearing that if this killing god were displeased, he would throw them all into the sea.

Yue Ling took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his shock and defeat, trying to regain the rhythm of negotiation.

"Perhaps there is still room for discussion; if you can guarantee the Heir Apparent's safety and hand over the antidote, we can talk further. But the treasure vault belongs to the court……"

Bu Chang Ji impatiently cut him off: "How would I know you won't go back on your word again? The court's credibility is worth nothing to me!"

He paused, then shifted his tone: "Moreover, even if you win now and retrieve these treasures, who will they ultimately fall into? None other than that ambitious Prince Jing!"

"You're just giving him more chips; when the time comes, how will you guarantee he won't again sacrifice Fang Yun Yao, sending him farther away for a marriage alliance to gain greater profit?"