Two of this figure's hands were holding a nocked bow, whilst another two war holding two short swords, and the final two were holding a gourd of some sort and a dagger…

All in all, this last figure was something that would strike fear in the hearts of anyone…

Min Hong was there with his eyes shut and three bloodline shadows standing behind him as he basked in the rain…

Then after a while, he smiled and vanished from the spot before reappearing on the ship…

Then after giving the remaining two a 'Minion Mark' of their own and felt their connections to him has been created, Min Hong moved over to the unconscious Pirate Chan and laughed at the thought of the pirate waking up to having a strong feeling of servitude towards him…

He made another seal and placed it on his forehead as another link was created and attached to Min Hong, who simply shut his eyes and was brought into the memories of his four new minions; He saw their cultivation technique, martial arts tactics, got some information about their personal lives, and even got the location of an inheritance ground from the Pirate Leader…

It was an inheritance ground that is set to open in about seven to eight months from now, but the pirates are relatively short staffed and needed more hands on deck which was why they had attacked Min Hong's flying ship in a bit to assimilate them into their group that would head into the inheritance ground…

'The irony of life…'

Min Hong thought to himself as he looked at the pirate leader who set out on this day to assimilate other group, only to have himself assimilated instead…

But he didn't dwell too long with them, as he bound them together and ordered them to go to sleep before he slipped back into the lower deck and headed for the Princess' room once again;

'She would have noticed I'm gone…'

Min Hong thought to himself as he got to the entrance of the princess' room and peeped into his own room, only to find Ki Ting making herself at home, sleeping like an exhausted donkey who had been hard at work for a month straight…

One of her legs was facing the planetary north pole with the other on the way to the east, whilst both of her hands were pointing towards the rest of the cardinal points leaving her looking like a human compass, or the fact that her ass was currently in the open leaving Min Hong wondering what she had done all day to get her this exhausted…

But Min Hong simply closed the door to his room and opened the door to the princess' room and truly, she had woken and was simply sitting by the bed with her eyes still sleepy;

"I had to-"

"I understand, and you don't have to explain to me if you don't want to…"

The Princess interrupted him and watched Min Hong return back to the bed and called for her…

She joined him and snuggled back into his embrace, gave him a deep kiss before going back to sleep, whilst Min Hong simply caressed her to sleep…

Min Hong didn't go back to sleep, rather, he had been thinking about the new divine ability his 'Dawn Sovereign' bloodline had just gifted him, and just from the brief understanding he had gotten from the technique, it had more to do about sound attack…

All Min Hong had to do was channel his Qi in a specific pattern across the meridian channel in his neck, throat and mouth, and then speak…

Though, he had yet to test it out, he was not overly worried because where they were heading to would provide a very perfect condition to do so…

Moreover, adding another technique to his existing arsenal would ensure that he had so many trump cards he can pull out in battle…

Then after about half an hour of reviewing the technique in his mind, Min Hong went to sleep…

The next morning, Princess Cui woke up before Min Hong and when she noticed that he was still fast asleep, she smiled to herself and took her time just to look at his face whilst her own face went redder and redder just from her thoughts alone…

But before her thoughts could stray too far, Gong Yi's voice reverberated through the lower deck;

"Everyone, please report to the upper deck, we are approaching out destination!"

The voice woke Min Hong who opened his eyes to see a beautiful jade green eyes looking back into his, and the face the eyes was on also had a blush and the person wielding these perfect attributes seemed to be so engrossed with looking at him that she didn't even flinch or move a muscle despite hearing Gong Yi's statement…

Min Hong waited for her to enjoy herself as she kept looking from one eye to the other staring at him, breathing, mute and simply shutting herself from the rest of the world and focusing on this boy in front of her…

They took an entire quarter of an hour, before the princes finally said;

"Thanks…"

Then she gave him a tight hug and a kiss before Min Hong asked;

"What was that for?"

"Showing me that I am the most important thing to you at the moment…"

The princess replied before adding; "Even if it's just for the four months of our journey, it is still more than enough for me…"

Min Hong didn't know how to feel about that statement, and seeing that she had gone into the bath, Min Hong knew what would go down in there should he follow her, so he simply escaped into his room to bath before anything untoward begins to pop into his head…

Min Hong and the princess took a total of thirty minutes before they stepped out of the lower deck as Min Hong asked Gong Yi; "So, where in the 'Land of Stones' will we be staying?" Gong Yi froze in shock as the rest of the group also looked at Min Hong I shock…

They were just discussing about their approaching destination, and they didn't have any prior information about the place until Gong Yi revealed its name today, and Min Hong wasn't present when he revealed the location, thus, they were slightly perplexed by how Min Hong came to know the name of their destination…

Though, some of them chugged it to him listening on with his Spirit Sense, but Gong Yi and the gang [Ki Ting, Rin Chen and Xiao Gui] were no weak people, and they believed that there was no way Min Hong would have been listening in without them knowing it, but little did they know that Min Hong could mask his Spirit Sense by simply merging it with his Oblivion Dao energy…

But despite all these theories, Min Hong who had used the connection between him and the pirates he had tied to the upper deck watched as all of them began to bring up so many theories about how he came to know about the name of their destination…

"We don't know yet but we were initially planning to interrogate these pirates till they tell us the best and safest inn out there…" Gong Yi revealed his intentions;

"You don't need to go through so much trouble…"

Min Hong said before looking towards the direction of the pirates as everyone blocking his view parted ways before he sent a surge of Sword Qi towards them, and just when everyone thought Min Hong was trying to slaughter them;

Clang! Chank!

Ka-Chang!

The High Grade chains binding these pirates fell to the floor as everyone's body tensed up and braced themselves for battle, until;

"Master!"

The four pirates including the one who Min Hong had just freed from his endless nightmare, all stood up and gave Min Hong a deep bow before Min Hong beckoned towards the Pirate Leader who walked through the shocked, stunned and still tensed up crowd, before stopping in front of Min Hong who asked;

"Tell us about the Land of Stones…"

Min Hong said before sitting at the table where they usually had a meeting whilst the remaining three pirates stood behind him like bodyguards, whilst Min Hong leisurely grabbed a Spirit Fruit and began to munch whilst listening to the Pirate Leader who had begun to narrate everything he knew about the Land of Stones…

The entire group still couldn't come to terms with what was going on, but they still managed to sit and listen to the Pirate Leader, whilst Ki Ting still latched onto Min Hong's left arm, whilst the Princess was simply comfortable just sitting beside him...

After all, she knew he was still going to end up in her bed tonight, except Ki Ting doesn't sleep in Min Hong's room, which was something the Princess kept praying to happen…

But with the current level of infatuation the princess had with Min Hong, it won't be surprising if she went to join Min Hong in his own room, should Ki Ting choose to sleep in hers, but all that was still tonight; at this point, she was also paying attention to the Pirate Leader…

Apparently, the Land of Stones is a very harsh region just outside the borders of the Dogon Empire, and though it had extremely few resources, it was a place with lots of areas that had a naturally formed defense system, with mountains with lots of cliffs and all…

This was a hub for crimes due to the fact that it is not under anyone's command, thus, lots of pirates, bandits, criminals and fugitives call this place home…

"Anyone can kill anyone, there, in broad daylight, and would not be challenged by anyone else because everyone present in the area would simply go on with whatever it was they were doing…" The Pirate Leader said;

"No one pokes their noses into any matter happening around them…"