Chapter 13: The Legend (Part One)

  Tang Jie closed his eyes and felt a faint breath of air slowly wandering through his blood vessels.

  Tang Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, he could clearly feel that the internal injuries within him were so severe that they were almost irreparable. If it weren't for Horn, that half-baked priest, using healing magic to stop the massive bleeding in his blood vessels, he would have definitely died on the spot.

  A previous battle had almost caused his blood vessels to rupture, and now he could feel the subtle energy within him, as gentle as a small stream, as light as a breeze.

  The vital energy of the meridians is like a candle in the wind, as if it will be extinguished at any moment.

  Tang Jie concentrated on sensing the weak Qi pulses within his body and slowly guided them to circulate throughout his entire body.

  It's a bit like sweeping the battlefield in a desolate and ruined wall, Tang Jie is trying to find a thread of "living energy" in this bleak and barren land.

  Everyone has internal energy, but martial artists have much stronger energy than ordinary people and also have much greater self-control.

  Tang Jie controlled the breath in his body, slowly wandering and growing stronger, and gradually recovering to its previous state. This was not difficult, only requiring slow nursing, and with the passage of time, he would eventually recover.

  But what's difficult is that even if his injuries are healed, it's extremely hard for him to take his combat strength to the next level.

  He had been practicing Zhao's internal family boxing since he was a child, although it was practical and fierce in combat, the internal family boxing was also known as invincible, but after all, it was only a kind of fighting technique, not a cultivation method for immortality, and it couldn't turn him from an ordinary mortal into a golden elixir immortal.

  Not to mention if he were to encounter a third-level sword fighter, whoever wins or loses, even if he recovers afterwards and engages in a duel with Captain Barbossa, the consequences would be difficult to predict.

  After all, Captain Bar's finishing move left a deep impression on Tangie. If he were to take the hit physically, there was no doubt that he would turn into a puddle of minced meat.

  Tang Jie controlled the breath in his body and walked through it several times, feeling a slight itching sensation on his skin. He knew that this was a sign that his wounds were starting to scab over and the damaged blood vessels were beginning to repair themselves.

  He opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling with a piercing gaze, his body gently swaying with the ship's motion in the waves.

  After staying on the boat for a long time, you will slowly get used to the rocking of the waves and feel as if you are in a cradle.

  Tang Jie recalled that battle, recalling the sharp fighting spirit emitted by Bal and Nia respectively, recalling the terrifying magic released by that magician several seas away, and his heart couldn't help but produce a thought.

  Can I learn magic and aura?

  If I could learn it, then how would it be?

  Thinking of this, Tang Jie couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, and he began to involuntarily imagine himself fighting with magic, the scene being magnificent.

  How cool would it be if I could learn magic and inner energy?

  After watching the internet for so many years, is it finally my turn to YY?

  Tang Jie couldn't help but smile slightly, when he heard the creak of the door being pushed open.

  Niya walked in with a wooden basin in her hand, looking at him curiously: "What are you smiling about?"

  "No, nothing... " Tang Jie's face was too thick to be embarrassed to tell her the reason, and he just changed the subject "How long have I been unconscious?"

  Nia put down the wooden basin, inside which a towel was soaking, emitting hot steam.

  She reached out to lift the towel from the wooden basin, and at the same time, she gently lifted Tang Jie's head with her hand, just like a virtuous wife taking care of her husband.

  She smiled: "Guess how long you've been unconscious?"

  Tang Jie actually just wanted to change the subject, casually asking, and upon hearing her say that, it seemed like he had been unconscious for a very long time, couldn't help but pause for a moment, and asked: "Was I unconscious for three days?"

  Nia smiled faintly, but didn't say anything.

  Tang Jie hesitantly said: "Five days?"

  Niya shook her head.

  "Then, seven days?" Tang Jie was somewhat astonished.

  Nia smiled and said: "Not too long, you've been unconscious for ten whole days!"

  Tang Jie took a cold breath: "How long have I been unconscious?"

  Nina smiled: "Of course. In the meantime, we stopped at a small town called Kruya to replenish food and water, and also recruited several sailors. These, I believe you don't know."

  Niya glanced at Tang Jie who was somewhat dazed, and couldn't help but think: If he hadn't fainted back then, if he could move freely, would he have gotten off the boat and left them?

  After all, we are just a group of pirates, a group of pirates who are constantly being hunted down...

  Niya thought of this, and her eyes couldn't help but dim slightly.

  She gently wiped Tang Jie's face, the sorrow in her eyes made Tang Jie's heart skip a beat, especially the faint fragrance emanating from her body, which filled the room with a subtle scent, making people melancholy and infatuated.

  Tang Jie looked at this gaze, feeling the gentle wiping force on his face, and his heart was unexpectedly pounding wildly. If he hadn't seen Nia's fierce and formidable appearance before, he would have thought that this was a melancholic girl who "wanted to say something but hesitated, and only sighed that autumn was a good season".

  Two people, one gently washing his face, the other silently accepting this gentle service.

  After washing his face, Tang Jie saw Nia move her body away, the unique fragrance on the woman's body gradually faded, making him unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.

  But then, Tang Jie's body suddenly tensed up, his eyes wide with shock!

  He saw Nia unbinding the bandages on his body, and then slowly wiping every inch of his injured skin that was growing new flesh. As she unbound more bandages, the places she wiped were gradually moving towards his vital parts!

  Tang Jie had been secretly cursing these tightly wrapped bandages that bound him so uncomfortably.

  But at this moment, he felt these bandages were like armor, protecting him and making him nostalgic.

  Lying in bed with no strength to tie a chicken, being stripped naked by a woman, this feeling, if it were any other man, would he not feel awkward and uncomfortable?

  Tang Jie only felt that his heart was racing like a space shuttle, going up and down, and would jump out of his throat at any moment. He stared blankly and stuttered: "Y-you, what are you doing?"

  Niya's ear roots were slightly flushed, the wounded on this ship had always been her responsibility to take care of, and Tang Jie's injuries had always been taken care of by her before. The clothes he wore were still the ones she helped him take off, and the bandages wrapped around his body were also tied up by her own hands. Every inch of skin, every hair on this man's body she had washed and seen, at that time did not feel shy or mysterious.

  Especially for a woman who grew up among men on a ship since she was a child, it's natural that she wouldn't blush or be shy because of a man.

  Konia couldn't understand why she felt her face burning with heat when she looked at this man's eyes and body?

  What's there to be ashamed of?

  Nia scolded herself silently.

  Her hands, which originally held the sword strongly and firmly, were now trembling slightly as she gently wiped Tang Jie's wounds with a warm towel. Some of the wounds had already scabbed over, but after being soaked in the warm water, the scabs fell off, revealing soft, bright pink flesh underneath.

  Gradually, Nia wiped Tang Jie's body clean and prepared to continue untying the bandages under him. Her hand hesitated in mid-air, with some hesitation and shyness in this silent and difficult-to-express awkwardness.

  Tang Jie smiled wryly: "I'll come myself..."

  Niya gave him a sideways glance, putting on an air of "I'm very fierce", and said with feigned disdain: "You're coming? Aren't you afraid that the wounds on your body will split open again? I've taken care of every inch of you, I've seen everything already, what's so impressive about it?"

  Tang Jie's eyes widened in shock: "Huh?"

  Niya saw his appearance, feeling both ashamed and angry, wanting to throw the towel in his face, but seeing the injuries on his body, she couldn't help but think of him rushing out for her sake, her heart softened, and she quickly removed all the bandages from Tang Jie's body.

  "You think I want to help you? Go call Bal and William, let them come in and take care of you! They can dismantle you!"

  Tang Jie forced a smile and looked at Nia's movements, his whole body feeling hot and restless: "Then, let Horen come?"

  "Nia glared at him: "What's with all the nonsense? I think I'll just leave you here to become a corpse, and that would make you happy! Horn drinks so much every day, do you want him to take care of you? Are you crazy?"

  As he spoke, Tang Jie was already refreshed and clean, stark naked.

  As the bandages were removed, Tang Jie suddenly felt a sense of relief in his body. There was an indescribable comfort, but with this blonde woman staring at him unblinkingly, he couldn't help but feel a wave of embarrassment.

  Even Tang Jie, who would whistle at pretty girls before crossing over and would boldly ask for their phone numbers, couldn't handle the scene in front of him this time.

  He only felt his lower body was hard and swollen, a pillar holding up the sky. Being stared at by this woman in front of him, Tang Jie didn't dare to look at her expression, he only felt his face burning with shame, so ashamed that he turned his head to the side, as if from now on he couldn't show his face in public.

  Damn it, from now on, don't even think about showing your face in front of this stinky woman!

  It seems that in protest of this idea, as soon as Tang Jie had this thought, he found the head below lifting even higher!

  He silently cursed himself, thinking of how he used to be so carefree and proud before crossing over, yet now he had fallen to such a state! His heart filled with sorrow and indignation, he stiffened his neck, as if bravely awaiting execution, waiting for Nia to help him wipe his body clean.

  If there were a block of tofu in front of him at this time, he would probably dash his brains out and die, with blood splashing everywhere.

  But if he had dared to look at Nia at this time, he would have found that the woman was also flushed with excitement, her high chest heaving violently, like a turbulent sea.

  Things between men and women are often the most subtle, with both sides advancing and retreating, one waxing while the other wanes. Niya's face was originally red like a burning fire, but when she saw that the man in front of her was even redder, her courage suddenly increased a lot. If Tang Jie had thickened his skin and acted as if nothing was wrong, it would have been Niya's turn to be embarrassed.

  Niya took a deep breath, her pretty face tense and expressionless as she wiped Tang Jie's body.

  One was bitter and resentful, the other brave and selfless. Outwardly calm and silent, inwardly turbulent like a stormy sea.

  Especially when Nia's warm towel wiped Tang Jie's vital part, both of them trembled all over, as if the room temperature had risen by a dozen degrees, making people extremely embarrassed.

  Tang Jie felt a slightly trembling hand, gently wiping it with a towel. He let out a long sigh in his heart, forget it, this is indeed the retribution of the present world, and it has come so quickly!

  He had previously inadvertently entered Nia's room, saw her bathing figure, and enjoyed the visual feast. However, at this time, one report was followed by another, with interest added to principal, leaving him completely clean.

  The atmosphere in the room was ambiguous and almost stagnant, with only the faint sound of water coming from the towel being washed in the wooden basin.

  This sound would be almost inaudible at ordinary times, but now it sounded like thunder in the ears of the two people.

  Tang Jie finally couldn't bear the atmosphere in the room, he cleared his throat and tried to make his voice sound normal: "Let's talk about something else..."

  As soon as he spoke, Nia let out a sigh of relief. She too couldn't bear this oppressive atmosphere, especially when she wiped the man's private parts, making her feel like she was in a furnace, and the awkwardness was not something that could be shared with others.

  Niya calmly took over Tang Jie's words: "Say something?"

  Tang Jie smiled bitterly and said: "What's going on? For example, why are we being pursued by those people?"