Chapter 327: Convergence

Taking a step forward, the monster's pig hooves made a gesture of invitation very comically:

"Since I became a chef on the ship, the highest record I've encountered so far is that a witch drank 7 bowls of soup here, figured out everything, and successfully left. I see, you also have such hope."

This kind of temptation was useless to Xia De, but he did feel that he could continue to drink. Although he was very hungry now, this hunger could be completely tolerated. Drinking the third bowl was just to increase his hunger and let more spirit be consumed. The price was worth it in exchange for a Five-Ringed Shushi who was familiar with this ship.

Thinking of this, he reached out to take the bowl thrown out by the pig's hooves, reached out again to process the liquid with 【Gluttonous Food】, drank it slowly, and then threw the empty bowl back into the room.

Xia De could now clearly feel his stomach and intestines wriggling. This terrifying feeling of hunger had never been experienced in his two lives:

"A red-haired girl whose hair was dyed golden with potion, with ruby earrings on her right ear, and also a Ringed Shushi. The one who meets these conditions is my companion."

After taking the empty bowl, the monster in the room hummed, and seeing that Xia De could still maintain his sanity and speak, it came to the wall and slapped the wall board with its pig hooves fiercely.

This sound wasn't loud amidst the sound of the storm coming from the outside, but after the knocking ended, the fungus blanket on the ship's cabin corridor wall beside Xia De suddenly burst open. While Xia De was hurriedly dodging those dirty mucus, Miss Princess, whose hair had turned mostly red, bumped out from behind the fungus blanket.

"Hmm?"

Both sides were very surprised, but neither was happy because of it:

"Prove your identity."

The female sorceress shouted vigilantly.

"The souvenir last time was a fish. Prove your identity."

"You have two Luo De Cards of the Founding series. Oh, how did you, how did I..."

She hadn't figured out the situation yet. It looked like she had just experienced a battle, and her breathing was clearly unstable. Not only that, Miss Princess didn't have Xia De's peculiar characteristics, so due to the assimilation of this ship, her mental state was very bad, and her originally rosy cheeks now showed a pale appearance as if she hadn't slept for several days.

Time was running out. Xia De explained the situation briefly, and the female sorceress looked at the monster in the room in surprise. After seeing the monster, she let out a muffled groan and almost fell on Xia De immediately:

"Xia De, you... even for me, you dare to drink this kind of thing? This is the inside of a Sage-level relic! Don't you have any common sense? Oh, you indeed don't have common sense, you've only been a Ringed Shushi for a month..."

"There will definitely be a battle next, I need you."

Xia De interrupted her words and added a sentence quickly:

"I'm just a weak Second-Ringed Shushi, I don't have that kind of power you have."

Miss Princess heard this and looked at Xia De in surprise, as if she couldn't understand what Xia De had just said:

"You? Weak?"

But Xia De had already drunk the third bowl of soup, time couldn't be reversed, and they could only accept such a result.

"I now know that I have to go to the next layer of the ship's cabin to see the captain, but I still don't know how to let the captain let us go. Do you know?"

Xia De asked Miss Princess, who grabbed Xia De's arm and shook her head slightly, her face looking very bad:

"When I was writing my course paper, I studied fairy tales related to pirates, so I was able to know about 【Fish Bone Pirate Ship】. But just like 【Mermaid's Song】, there are very few records of this relic, and it only appeared at the beginning of this era, so I only know that I can't jump into the sea, and the hope of leaving is in the deepest part of the ship's cabin."

Clang~

The ship's body swayed, and the bowl containing the transparent liquid appeared at the doorway for the fourth time.

"What do you mean?"

Xia De looked at the room vigilantly while clutching his stomach.

"I know how to deal with the captain. As long as you drink this bowl of soup, I'll give you the answer."

The hooves waved the soup spoon, and the expression on the human face was still eerie.

"I'll do it!"

The blonde girl bent down and wanted to pick up the bowl, but was pulled by Xia De. He looked at those emerald green eyes, and the firmness in his eyes when they met made the female sorceress feel a bit scared for no reason.

"Your current mental state, drinking a bowl will probably cause trouble. I don't want to fight a Five-Ringed Shushi who wants to swallow me alive in a narrow space."

Although the feeling of hunger made Xia De feel like his stomach was about to be pierced, compared to the powerlessness and pain when facing the gods, the feeling at this moment could still be tolerated:

"Lady, please don't underestimate me."

Saying this, he bent down to pick up the bowl, and after using sorcery, he drank the fourth bowl of soup slowly. That pungent fishy smell would probably make Xia De not want to eat any fish for a long time.

"Oh~"

He threw the empty bowl back into the room, staggered back a few steps, and while his soul felt a satisfying expansion, the physical hunger had reached an unprecedented level. He had never missed the feeling of being full so much.

The dislocation between the soul and the body at this moment actually made Xia De feel a slight separation between his consciousness and his body. Fortunately, this was just an illusion for now.

Miss Princess hurriedly supported him, and Xia De groaned softly; he had never missed the feeling of being full so much.

It narrowed its eyes and looked at Xia De, as if expecting him to suddenly bite his companion.

"Answer my question quickly, how to deal with the captain?"

The voice came from Xia De's mouth. He even wanted to rely on breathing air deeply to fill his stomach.

"Very good, you are the thirteenth person to drink to the fourth bowl in the three thousand years since I boarded the ship. Dealing with the captain is actually very simple.

The great one lets us drive this ship to hunt on the ocean, but we also have to follow the rules. We can't kill you directly; this is the basic principle engraved when this ship was formed. Breaking the principle will attract the attention of the True Gods (Note). Find the captain, and the captain will let the sailors duel

"The Great One lets us sail this ship to hunt in the ocean, but we must also follow the rules and cannot kill you directly. This is a basic principle carved into the ship when it was formed; breaking the principle will attract the gaze of the True Gods (Note). Find the captain, and the captain will have a sailor duel you. If you can survive, you will gain the opportunity to gamble a round with the captain. If you can also win the gamble, you will be able to leave."

"That simple?"

"Simple?"

That human face lowered slightly, hidden in the shadows:

"How many people do you think can find the captain, and how many can defeat those undead sailors, win against the captain, and avoid the traps of greed? If it were really that easy, would I be appearing here?"

Only then did Xia De remember that the other party had also been captured onto the ship and then remained here forever.

"I only have these questions."

Xia De backed away slowly. Now, the immense hunger was making him almost unable to bear it; he could not continue to drink that soup.

"Wait!"

"What is it?"

Xia De asked vigilantly.

"Give the bowl back to me!"

"Oh, sorry."

Xia De glanced at the bowl he was holding, which contained Whispering elements, and then tossed it into the room without hesitation. The monster with the human face, fish body, and pig hooves snorted again:

"Very good, you have already understood the price of greed on this ship. However, I still look forward to you staying here. Mortal, what is wrong with becoming a servant of a god? Don't you think the form of a fish-man is beautiful? If you are worried about worldly desires, I can tell you that fish-men can also..."

It did not receive an answer from Xia De, because Xia De and Miss Princess had already left.

The monster laughed with a snort, threw the bowl onto the ground, and in the ghostly green firelight, continued to stir the liquid in the pot with that copper ladle, just as it had been doing for thousands of years.