Witch, I'm really not an ancient god of the deep sea!

Chapter 59 The Four Sea Emperors
The deep-sea merchant recounted his goods one by one.

He then explained the rules of the transaction:

"Ordinary potions and maps can be bought with money, but as for skill cards or other rarer items, in addition to money, they also require black-blooded mutated fish that have been rotten for no more than three days and are affected by the tides to be purchased."

"Guest, I prefer bartering to money."

Chen Qi sat on the small boat, listening with great interest.

As special merchants operating in the darkness, the deep-sea traders sell extremely rare items.

For example, deep-sea breathing techniques, in addition to controlling regular breathing, can significantly improve a person's underwater mobility.

Storm Scroll and Undine Summoning Scroll are both extremely powerful one-time use scrolls.

The Tentacle Sword and the Serpent Blood Staff are weapons with both strong negative and positive effects.

The goods sold by deep-sea merchants are extremely expensive.

Under normal circumstances, only a third-tier powerhouse could afford the tools for deep-sea trading.

After listening, Chen Qi pondered for a moment.

He doesn't have much money right now, and he doesn't have any black-blooded mutated fish yet, so he can't afford most things.

The cheapest items are sea snake liquid and sea charts from the Ice Demon Pirates.

The Ice Demon Pirate Crew's sea chart!

Chen Qi was suddenly startled.

Deep-sea traders actually have this amazing stuff.

Among the many pirate crews in the Witch Sea, there are four renowned pirate emperors.

From strongest to weakest, they are: Black Whale Pirate Crew, Sea God Pirate Crew, Blood Blade Pirate Crew, and Ice Demon Pirate Crew.

Each of the four major pirate emperor crews had a grand purpose at the beginning of their establishment, cloaked in a magnificent guise.

The Black Whale Pirates were founded with the aim of hunting whales.

The Sea God Pirates are a group of fanatical believers who worship an ancient species from the deep sea.

The deep-sea merchant in front of us is very likely one of them.

The Bloodblade Pirates were a product of internal divisions within the Belial Navy, and had countless love-hate relationships with it.

The Ice Demon Pirates were founded to investigate the legendary Ice Witch who fought against a giant whale hundreds of years ago. Like the legendary Ice Witch, they also loved studying history and archaeology.

According to player guides, the Ice Demon Pirates have a fairly large, professional sea chart inside their ranks.

Unlike the nautical charts popular in stores, it not only marks the terrain, but also the common routes of many merchant ships and warships.

More importantly, it also shows in detail the marine conditions of the dangerous areas.

There are many dangerous sea areas in the nearshore waters where accidents are prone to occur.

The situation in these dangerous sea areas has been severely neglected, and very little information is available about what lies inside them.

For this reason, the Ice Demon Pirates have always regarded their sea charts as treasures and have never easily revealed them.

In many cases, in order to save time or in the event of a pirate attack, many ships have no choice but to enter dangerous waters.

Therefore, for players who frequently engage in trading, adventure, and causing trouble, the Ice Demon Pirates' sea map can be considered the most crucial of all.

Chen Qi swallowed a mouthful of water.

Dangerous sea areas are called dangerous sea areas not only because of marine mammals, but also because of special terrain such as whirlpools.

If he could obtain this sea chart of the Ice Demon Pirates, it would mean that his voyages would no longer be limited to ordinary sea areas, but would be able to be much bolder!

Normally, to obtain the map of the Ice Demon Pirates, one must spend a great deal of effort and be on good terms with them.

"This map is extremely important; we must get it!"

Chen Qi thought to himself, and said to the deep-sea merchant in front of him:
"How much is the Ice Demon Pirate Crew's sea chart?"

The deep-sea merchant made a creaking sound and extended a pitch-black, charred finger.

"One million shell coins?"

Chen Qi's heart skipped a beat.

The deep-sea merchant said:

"This is the market price. I don't charge too much for my first time with any customer, so let's say 800,000 shells."

This map is taboo. You can go and ask around; even the counterfeit version is valuable...

Chen Qi thought about it for a moment.

The Ice Demon Pirates' sea charts are indeed rare items. In some black markets, they can fetch up to two million, and you have to sign a strict confidentiality agreement.

After all, the Ice Demon Pirates' nautical charts also marked some secret naval bases.

Therefore, selling maps of the Ice Demon Pirates without authorization will not only result in being hunted down by the Ice Demon Pirates themselves, but also by the Navy.

The probability of buying counterfeit goods is also very high.

Chen Qi glanced at his backpack card; he only had 400,000 shell coins on hand.

We can only barter now.

Chen Qi picked up the iron bucket filled with ghost fire oil.

"How about half a bucket of ghost fire oil?"

This half-bucket of ghost fire oil, sold to a weapons dealer, would fetch about 400,000 shell coins, much cheaper than the price quoted by the deep-sea merchants.

But deep-sea traders prefer to trade goods rather than currency.

"Ghost Fire Oil..." The tentacles on the Deep Sea Merchant's head suddenly twitched.

With so much will-o'-the-wisp oil, the other party is very likely a merchant who specializes in collecting will-o'-the-wisp oil.

These things cannot be done without professional techniques.

"Can……"

The deep-sea merchant replied that this would allow him to expand his shop.

The two men each took out their goods, argued for five minutes, and then threw the goods onto each other's boats.

Hopefully it's not a fake... Chen Qi took the meter-long nautical chart and scanned it from left to right.

The map details the various terrain features of the dangerous sea areas, the routes of many merchant ships, and the bases of some well-known pirate groups.

It matches the nautical chart in his memory.

It's the real thing!
Chen Qi accepted the nautical chart.

At this moment, the deep-sea merchant glanced into the distance:
"Sir... is there anything else you'd like to buy?"

"Gone."

Chen Qi replied.

The deep-sea merchant picked up the black oar:

"Sir, if you don't have anything to buy, I'll be leaving now. After all, the night is still long..."

The other person became much more polite... Chen Qi thought for a moment and asked:
Where can I find you?

The deep-sea merchant was stunned for a moment. In all his years as a monster in the ocean, this was the first time he had ever seen a first-tier transcendent being not run away, but instead wanting to find him.

An interesting guest… The deep-sea merchant paused for a moment, then replied:
"Near the sea, there is Ocean Flower Island."

"Oh."

Chen Qi nodded.

He did not have the intention of actively seeking out deep-sea merchants.

With his current strength, going to the other side's territory would undoubtedly be like walking into a trap.

Knowing more information is never a bad thing.

Click, click, click!

The deep-sea merchant picked up his charred lantern, looked up at the bright lights of the small houseboat, hesitated for a long time, and finally left the place amidst the mist.

"call……"

"Are they gone...?" Chen Qi let out a long sigh.

He had just completed a deal with a Black Skull whose strength far surpassed his own.

This black skull shrouded in mist has claimed countless lives.

In the darkness, even the Black Rabbit Gang executives with second-tier strength didn't survive a single second.

If he hadn't seen far more ferocious monsters and hadn't had enough knowledge of deep-sea trading, he probably would have shown fear as well.

Moreover, having obtained the sea chart of the Ice Demon Pirates, this voyage can be described as a fruitful return!
Chen Qi walked into the boathouse, unfolded the nautical chart he had just seen, and took out a pen to write the four characters "Deep Sea Merchant" on Ocean Flower Island.

He then placed his pen on the location of Moonstone City.

He traveled southeast from Moonstone City for about an hour.

"It should be around this location..."

Chen Qi placed his pen where he was at that moment.

At this location, there are signs for will-o'-the-wisp fish and bullet squid.

In addition to the shipping routes, the map also depicted the activity areas of various sea creatures... Chen Qi was delighted; the nautical chart was even more detailed than he had imagined.

The sea area surrounding his location was outlined with bright red lines.

Within the red line lies a highly dangerous sea area, which is off-limits to ordinary vessels.

He was already on the edge of a dangerous sea area.

Chen Qi's pen traced the direction of the dangerous sea area.

Not far from where he is now, there is a pattern of white coral.

At the same time, a black sea dragon is drawn next to the coral pattern.

A near-shore hegemon?

Chen Qi looked at this dangerous sea area.

Among them, numerous dangerous sea creatures were marked.

It seems that the reason this area is marked as a dangerous sea area has nothing to do with whirlpools or cracks, but is simply because of sea monsters.

Chen Qi paused his pen on the coral reef.

Judging from the distribution of marine mammals, this place is very likely a habitat for marine mammals.

Chen Qi got up, took out his compass, and looked out the window.

Beneath the dim seawater, the school of ghost fire fish, having finished their extraordinary bait, is now swimming towards the dangerous waters.

A surge of passion ignited within me at the start of the morning.

The night is still long; perhaps he can take a trip to that dangerous sea area.

(End of this chapter)