Thinking back carefully, Chen Yue immediately remembered all the doubts he had discovered during the twenty-day flight. However, at that time, he was concentrating on the extreme training and didn't connect them together to think about them carefully.

  The Free Capital was only a few thousand kilometers away from South Asia City. According to the speed of the water puppet, even if the time spent on the extreme training was deducted, they should have arrived within seven days.

  However, in fact, the time they spent was three times that...

  Moreover, if he remembered correctly, during the flight, there was a famous mountain that looked like a gourd. Chen Yue had seen it three times. Now that he thought about it, the two of them had been going around in circles.

  Looking at Venia helplessly, Chen Yue understood that if there hadn't been many landmark mountains and rivers along the way, they would probably still be circling around the Free Capital at this time. No wonder, with the ability of the water puppet, they still had to take a ship to go to sea. Now he understood this seemingly unnecessary behavior.

  On the vast sea, there were no reference objects at all. With Venia's exaggerated sense of getting lost, which could lead to a deviation of thousands of kilometers on land, if they went to sea like this, they would never be able to come back...

  “Cough, cough.” After coughing lightly a few times to break the somewhat awkward situation, Chen Yue asked, “Mentor, shall we take a flying beast to East Sea City?”

  He deliberately emphasized the words “flying beast”, obviously having lost confidence in Venia's ability to find the way.

  “No. There is also a training base starting from South Asia City. Let's go there.” Venia, who felt that she had lost face, gritted her teeth and made up her mind. “You will conduct the next step of training there.”

  Chen Yue naturally had no objection. He thought that as long as Venia wasn't the one leading the way, they wouldn't get lost at sea.

  This time it was much more convenient. After Venia said the address, Crescent Island was one of the most popular routes. They could reach it by taking any ship.

  After confirming that it was correct, Venia immediately walked towards the largest ocean liner at the port. After pausing slightly, Chen Yue smiled, a look of understanding in his eyes, and quickly followed.

  With Venia's status and position, she probably wouldn't be willing to condescend to take those dilapidated small boats.

  When they were still dozens of meters away from the ocean ship, they were stopped.

  “What do you want to do?” The other party glared with his small eyes and said coldly.

  “We want to go to Crescent Island...”

  “Crescent Island? Humph.” The man with small eyes scanned the two of them up and down several times. After confirming that there was nothing he had missed, he immediately showed disdain. “We don't receive ordinary people.”

  Seeing that the two didn't intend to leave, the man with small eyes showed impatience. Just as he was about to beckon with his finger to call the strong crew members to drive them away, Venia said, “One hundred gold coins.”

  “Er.” His throat moved with difficulty a few times. Greed flashed in the small eyes. You should know that the fare for an ordinary ship for one trip was only two or three gold coins. Even for a luxurious ocean liner like theirs, twenty gold coins would be the maximum. Twenty gold coins, for ordinary people, could allow them to live a comfortable life for a month. But the other party offered one hundred gold coins as soon as they opened their mouth. It was impossible for him not to be tempted. Besides, they had originally planned to go to Crescent Island this trip, so it wasn't a detour.

  After hesitating for a while, the man with small eyes still put on a tough act: “This isn't a matter of more or less money...”

  “Three hundred gold coins.”

  “Puff.” The man with small eyes almost choked to death on his own breath. He looked at Venia as if she were a fool.

  Even Chen Yue felt that it was a bit too much.

  “Mentor, why don't we take another ship?”

  Shaking her head gently, Venia rejected Chen Yue's suggestion.

  However, surprisingly, even with such a high price, the other party still didn't relent and chose to refuse again.

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  After being rejected again after another offer, Venia stopped talking. However, it seemed that she didn't intend to leave.

  Chen Yue didn't mention leaving either. At this time, it was no longer a matter of money. It was about saving face.

  Smiling helplessly, Chen Yue knew what he should do.

  He took out a badge from his arms unhurriedly. As if there were some flaws on it, Chen Yue held it in front of his eyes, examined it carefully in the sunlight for a moment, blew a warm breath on it, and then gently wiped it with his fingers.

  His fingers moved slowly. Chen Yue seemed to be completely unaware of the impatient gazes around him, and his expression was extremely focused.

  It was a very strange scene. However, slowly, the look in the small-eyed man's eyes changed.

  When he caught a glimpse of the front of the badge, his expression immediately changed to that of a frog that had eaten too much, and his eyes bulged exaggeratedly.

  “Blood, Blood Thorn...” After stammering out these words, the small-eyed man's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn. Not only did he no longer mention the issue of gold coins, but he also led the two of them onto the luxurious ocean liner extremely attentively and personally arranged for them to stay in the first-class guest rooms.

  Blood Thorn was a big family in the Free Capital. It couldn't be compared to the wealthy merchants in an ordinary city like South Asia City. Moreover, looking at the purple gold inlaid around the badge, that was the highest treatment given by a family to its guest ministers. In terms of status, it was definitely no worse than the core members of the family and was definitely not someone his master could afford to offend.

  Thinking of this, the small-eyed man wished he could slap himself a few times. These two people obviously had noble auras and were definitely not ordinary people. How could he have been so blind and failed to see this and instead forced them to reveal their identities? He could only hope to make up for it as much as possible in the following days.

  Somewhat unexpectedly, Chen Yue shook his head. He didn't expect that the badge given by Venia had such great power. Originally, he was still planning to take out his apostle badge to wipe it. Unexpectedly, he took the wrong one by mistake...

  If he had really taken out his apostle badge, he didn't know what exaggerated reaction that guy would have had. However, his speculation was correct. This family was indeed not simple.

  “There are several training bases in the open sea. Basically, each deacon controls one. The training base outside South Asia City isn't my territory. So, either we don't go, or we can't lose face.” While thinking, Venia suddenly explained.

  Chen Yue suddenly understood. He finally understood why Venia had been so competitive. The Apostle Association in the Tianye Empire was presided over by the three bigwigs. For such a large association with great power, it was impossible to say that there were no conflicts of interest, entanglements, or contradictions among them. So Venia refused to lose face and insisted on taking the most luxurious ocean liner to go to sea.

  At the beginning, after realizing that they had gone to the wrong place, Venia was a bit reluctant. But at this time, she couldn't back down.

  “Mentor, I think it's better to go to East Sea City. The training base on Crescent Island may not be suitable for me.” Chen Yue said sincerely. Along the way, Venia had been very kind to him and had spared no effort in guiding him. He didn't want her to have a conflict with other deacons because of him.

  “Forget it. It's not a big deal. We have to face it eventually.” Waving her hand, Venia sent Chen Yue away.

  Not long after the two boarded the ship, a large group of people rushed towards the harbor from the city. After a commotion, the city guards quickly cleared a passage.

  The city lord of South Asia City personally accompanied several young people over.

  The young man standing in the middle, with a gentle smile like the moon surrounded by stars, gave people a sense of dignity that kept others at a distance. The people around him kept a few steps away from him, highlighting his noble status.

  On his chest was a badge engraved with two colorful diamonds.

  A second-order apostle.

  Beside him were two first-order apostles. However, compared with the difficulty of an apostle's promotion, the difference between them was like heaven and earth. Most people's eyes were also focused on the gentle young man.

  If Chen Yue were still here, he would be able to recognize three of the remaining young people. They were exactly the flying trio who had a dispute with Chen Yue and were taught a lesson by him on the way from Qiya City to the Free Capital.

  At this time, the arrogance of these three people was gone. The woman named Lily Dan was even following the gentle young man humbly. The admiration and love in her eyes were obvious to anyone.

  “Thunder War Eagle” Will and his blond companion followed closely behind, only occasionally casting jealous and resentful looks at Lily Dan and the gentle man.

  “This ocean liner will set sail for Crescent Island immediately. It's on the way for several adults.” The city lord of South Asia City said attentively.

  “Thank you for your hard work, City Lord.” The gentle young man said indifferently, but it made the city lord beam with joy.

  “No hard work, no hard work. I'll personally lead several adults there.”

  Immediately, under the personal leadership of the city lord, a group of people boarded the luxurious ocean liner.

  “Blood Thorn?” After seeing off the honored guests, the city lord, who finally had some free time, received a report from his subordinates. His two eyebrows immediately furrowed tightly. After weighing it for a while and considering the status of the apostles he had just received, he felt relieved and waved his hand casually: “Forget it. Although Blood Thorn is a big family in the Free Capital, it's not to the extent that anyone who comes can make this city lord receive them in person... What? It's a guest minister, and the most honorable one at that.”

  It was as if something had been stuffed into his wide-open mouth. The city lord stood there with his mouth wide open, unable to say a word. He quickly turned around to look, but the luxurious ocean liner had already gone farther and farther away.