Chapter 244 Fire
Chapter 244 Fire

Hu Weiyong was so angry that he said, "You ignorant boy, since you are seeking death yourself, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless!"

After Hu Weiyong finished speaking, he took a step back and waved his right hand forward. Dozens of his men on the deck immediately rushed towards Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan protected Zhu Huan and retreated to the corner step by step, and reminded him: "Your Highness, don't be afraid. I will protect you."

Zhu Huan nodded and looked at Ye Xuan with a determined look.

Following a strange cry from a Japanese samurai, the sound of swords being drawn echoed throughout the deck.

Ye Xuan was not afraid at all, and instead rushed forward with a dagger in his hand.

After a flash of swords and sabers, Ye Xuan stood at the bow covered in blood, blood dripping onto the deck along with the dagger that had cut countless holes in it.

The deck was littered with mutilated corpses. In just a moment, this ocean-going ship was like a hell.

Hu Weiyong looked at Ye Xuan with horror in his eyes. After a long while, Tomato pointed at Ye Xuan and murmured, "No, this is impossible. Are you a demon?"

Ye Xuan shook off the blood beads on the dagger and wanted to put it away, but found that the dagger was full of gaps and seemed to be useless.

Ye Xuan simply threw the dagger into the sea. Anyway, except for the crew members, all other threats on the ship were probably killed by him, so there was no threat on the ship anymore.

"Hu Weiyong, you lose!" Ye Xuan wiped the blood off his face, walked towards Hu Weiyong step by step, and said, "Follow me and let the crew return to the ship."

Every time Ye Xuan got closer, Hu Weiyong took a step back, but even so, Hu Weiyong still gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go back with you, forget it!"

"I have nothing to say about who wins and who loses, but if you want me to surrender like a drowned dog, forget it!"

With a "bang", Hu Weiyong turned to the cabin door behind him and had nowhere to retreat.

Hu Weiyong looked at the lantern hanging above the hatch, and suddenly Cao Yexuan showed a sinister smile, "Yexuan, I ask you again, are you willing to be Zhu Yuanzhang's running dog, or to join me and share the glory and wealth in the future?"

Ye Xuan looked sarcastic and sneered, "It's already this time, are you still dreaming of your Spring and Autumn Dream?"

"Well, since you won't let me live, let's die together!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Furong grabbed the lantern above the cabin and flashed into the cabin.

Ye Xuan's expression changed and he thought something was wrong, then he rushed into the cabin.

However, even though Ye Xuan had a tenfold bonus to his physical fitness, there was still a certain distance between him and Hu Weiyong. When he rushed into the cabin, Hu Weiyong was already standing next to a pile of wooden barrels.

At this time, the lid of a wooden barrel had been opened, and the barrel was filled with a black, oily, semi-solidified liquid that gave off a pungent smell.

Ye Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Fierce oil!"

Hu Weiyong laughed loudly upon hearing this, with a smug and cruel grin on his face, "I didn't expect Captain Ye to be so knowledgeable that he even knows about this rare piece of fierce fire oil! Unfortunately, it's too late now!"

The so-called fierce fire oil, also known as stone candle, is actually unrefined petroleum. Because it will burn when it encounters fire, and the fire is fierce and difficult to extinguish, it is named fierce fire oil. The lantern shade that Hu Weiyong originally held in his hand had been removed, and a thick candle was dancing with flames, just a few feet away from the opened barrel of fierce fire oil.

Ye Xuan's brain was working rapidly, constantly calculating the distance between the two, thinking of various possible solutions.

However, after thinking it over, no matter what Ye Xuan did, once Hu Weiyong was determined to die together, he would not be able to stop Hu Weiyong from igniting the flaming oil.

There are at least twenty or thirty similar wooden barrels in this cabin. Once they are ignited, the wooden structure of the ship will be reduced to ashes.

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan had to lower his voice and make his voice sound as calm as possible. "You can't escape even if you light the flaming oil, so why bother?"

Hu Weiyong sneered and said sarcastically, "That's better than being caught by you and seeking credit from Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead of being cut into pieces or even dying, it's better for Lao Fu to be burned to death on this ship!"

"What's more, there is not only Captain Ye on this ship, but also the emperor's eldest daughter, Princess Zhu Huan. It will be worthwhile for me to live in this world if you two are buried with me!" After saying this, Hu Weiyong burst into crazy laughter.

Ye Xuan was unable to persuade him, so he took advantage of Hu Weiyong's wild laughter and pounced on him. However, the distance between them was as insurmountable as a chasm.

Ye Xuan was discovered by Hu Weiyong almost the moment he moved. Hu Weiyong loosened his hand holding the candle, and the flame immediately fell towards the kerosene.

Ye Xuan watched the flames burning with his own eyes, and heard the crazy roar of Hu Weiyong, who had turned into a burning man, in his ears: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I, Hu Weiyong, will not accept it!"

Zhu Huan carefully avoided the corpses on the deck and walked step by step towards the hatch where Ye Xuan and Hu Weiyong disappeared. However, as soon as he reached the hatch, he saw Ye Xuan rushing out like a whirlwind.

Before Zhu Huan could open his mouth to ask anything, he felt someone grabbing his wrist and his body running away from the cabin door.

"Run, the ship is on fire!" Ye Xuan said.

The two men ran forward a few steps and suddenly realized that they were now in the vast ocean and where could they run to?
The ocean-going ships at that time were not like those in later generations, which were generally equipped with small escape boats. Even lifebuoys had not been invented yet. It was truly like having no way to get to the sky or the earth.

Zhu Huan turned his head and looked behind him, just in time to see raging flames spewing out from the hatch through which Ye Xuan escaped, like a fire-breathing beast that was eager to reduce everything it saw to ashes.

"I'm sorry Ye Xuan, I've caused you trouble!"

Seeing that his death was approaching, Zhu Huan no longer concealed his emotions and hugged Ye Xuan's waist tightly with regret.

Ye Xuan looked towards the coast. Because there was a favorable wind when he set sail, it didn't take long for the Quanzhou Port in the distance to become a small black dot.

Wanting to jump off the boat and swim back is undoubtedly a pipe dream, not to mention that there is Zhu Huan next to him, and he doesn't know if she can swim.

Is this the only way he can go? Ye Xuan felt depressed for a moment, but the next moment he thought of Nian Wei, Qiu Ye, Chun Feng, Xia Yu, and even the Chang sisters, who were all waiting for him to return!

What would they do if they died at sea?
"Good things will come to us. We will be fine!" Ye Xuan patted Zhu Huan's hair. Although he was a little confused, he still did not forget to comfort Zhu Huan.

"Besides, hunting down Hu Weiyong is my duty. It has nothing to do with you. You don't need to blame yourself!"

(End of this chapter)