Volume 1 Chapter 1 The Ghost Knife That Can Fill a Room with Fragrance Suddenly Appears

  The sun beats down like a raging fire, the wild rice and millet in the fields are half withered and scorched.

  In mid-July, within the borders of Jiang's country. The scorching sun hangs in the sky. The red sun is like a parasol. On the surface of the sea, hot water vapor is rising. This kind of salty, humid and hot air makes people feel stifling every time they take a breath!

  Under the shade of a tree sat one woman and two men. The woman was sitting with her back against the tree, making it impossible to see her face clearly. However, the man was very tall and handsome, and upon closer inspection, he looked about 80% similar! The coconuts on top of the coconut tree were so enticing that the man took out a knife with a soft chain from his body. With unerring accuracy, he threw it at the top of the coconut tree!

  Coconut, having received this strange weapon, unwillingly fell! Reached out to catch the coconut and rushed towards the nearby tree shade. Cut off a piece of the green coconut with a sharp knife.

  She took out a thin bamboo tube from her waist and handed it to the woman.

  The girl was elegantly sucking the water from a coconut. The beads of sweat on her forehead, however, continued to drip down one by one!

  A few small boats came ashore, and a dozen or so boatmen disembarked. Seeing them resting there, they shouted out, "Why don't we also sit here and take a rest, shall we?"

  The leader spat and said loudly, "This damn weather! It's going to rain heavily tonight! Go! Pick a few coconuts down and quench our thirst!"

  As soon as he spoke, the people around him immediately responded and went to pick coconuts for him!

  They all sat down under another tree, and after a while the boatman who had gone to pick coconuts came back with a lot of them. They took out their knives and cut open some of the coconuts, drinking from the opening. "This business trip has been really smooth! I was worried we'd run into people from Evil Dragon Island and they'd rob us!"

  "General Angry Thunder said the other day that he would find out where Evil Dragon Island is and destroy them! With this strong man gone, we common people will have food to eat!" He carefully scooped out the coconut meat with his knife.

  "It's just that Mei girl from Evil Dragon Island, she's really something, using her wits to drown General Nu Lei's army of 50,000! It made the Crown Prince so angry. He says he wants to personally destroy Evil Dragon Island! I heard that Mei girl is exceptional in appearance, strategy and martial arts, truly the most famous woman in Ze Country!" The leader let out a couple of impressed whistles.

  "You're talking about Mei girl? Earlier, the young master of Luoyan Island proposed to her and they had already agreed to get married. But in the blink of an eye, she was snatched away by Zi girl! Today is actually the day that Zi girl and the young master of Luoyan Island are getting married! To be honest, Mei girl isn't even the old island owner's biological daughter, and she doesn't look particularly beautiful either. I've heard that her face is always covered with a veil, who knows if there's something ugly about it? If I were him, I would choose the beautiful Zi girl too! Marrying such an intelligent woman would be nerve-wracking!" He patted his chest and made a fearful expression.

  "After this, I reckon Miss Mei will no longer be able to stay on this Evil Dragon Island! With one less formidable warrior on the island, Your Highness, taking down the island will be as easy as turning over your hand! Once that's done, the sea pirates will be gone and it'll be easier for us merchants who sail the seas to make a living!" He said with a grin.

  "This Plum Maiden has already become a powerful and respected figure, Wine Master, it's an opportunity to eliminate her, it should be done!" The young man sighed as he lit his pipe.

  The girl's hand slowly pressed onto the hilt of the sword. Her body slightly trembled, but she never moved.

  "Look! It's the pleasure boat from Luoyan Island! They've come to fetch Zigu Niang!" The lead boatman stood up and pointed into the distance, out at the sea.

  People under the tree shade stood up and looked far away at a dozen or so large sailboats where the sea meets the sky.

  The girl looked at the fleet, her hand grasping and releasing the hilt of her sword repeatedly. Finally, she let out a long sigh, stood up, and said in a cold voice, "Let's go!"

  She said, and led the way to her own small boat! It wasn't until then that those dozen or so boatmen saw clearly that the girl, under the scorching sun, had a wheat-colored complexion and a healthy figure, which was incredibly beautiful! For a moment, they were stunned into inaction!

  The man beside the girl stood up and followed her, one on the left and one on the right. Each of them had a long knife with an iron chain at their waist!

  The people who were cooling off were stunned and stared at their backs, saying, "This soldier! Could it be the legendary Ghost Knife?"

  The man in the lead laughed and said, "Ghost Blade? How can it be Ghost Blade? The man with a ghost blade at his waist is Mei's personal bodyguard! They should still be on Evil Dragon Island right now! How could they possibly appear on this nameless little island? Besides, just now when we were saying that Mei was ugly, she didn't get angry. If it really was Mei, she would definitely slaughter all of us to feel relieved. How could it possibly be Mei?"

  Those boatmen laughed and said, "If Mei Niang is so beautiful, why would the young master still marry Zi Niang? This girl must not be Mei Niang!"