Xu Yuan sat quietly on the black market ship, holding a glass of bright red wine, then glanced at Fang Yu sideways:

"It’s you again, kid. Speak up, what do you want me to do this time?"

Fang Yu smiled, putting away the small wooden tablet he had just used, and stepped forward.

This small wooden tablet was specially made for Fang Yu by Xu Yuan as a "summoning tablet." Once activated, the black market ship could descend and appear before Fang Yu.

With the summoning tablet, there was no need to waste a Scroll summoning a black market ship.

At this moment, Fang Yu stepped forward, and after reaching Xu Yuan, he didn’t immediately reply. Instead, he glanced left and right, then mumbled, "So ancient... this ship..."

"What exactly do you want to do, kid?"

Hearing Fang Yu’s obscure words, Xu Yuan frowned and snorted softly.

"Chongyuan is dead!"

At this moment, Fang Yu spoke softly: "Before he died, he asked me to find you. He said you have a way to help me find a time anchoring object and also avoid the Fisherman’s surveillance."

Hearing Fang Yu’s words, Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback: "Avoid the Fisherman’s surveillance?"

After saying this, he suddenly moved, stepping onto Fang Yu’s ship in an instant.

At this moment, Xu Yuan suddenly made a soft sound, staring fixedly at the dragon scales of the ship before him.

After a while, Xu Yuan exhaled deeply and shook his head, saying: "Kid, you actually advanced the Dragon Ship by relying on the power of the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone. This is big trouble."

"I know, but I have no choice. He had been targeting me for a long time, even without the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone. There are other traps waiting for me. It’s better to take this opportunity to benefit from him and also put risks out in the open."

Fang Yu said casually.

When Chongyuan saw the dragon scale patterns on Fang Yu’s ship from the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone, he was very shocked and couldn’t understand why Fang Yu chose to fuse the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone.

This was equivalent to making a wedding dress for the Fisherman.

But neither Chongyuan nor Xu Yuan knew that actually, it was the Fisherman who first targeted Fang Yu, and then Fang Yu actively sought out the Fisherman to request the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone for an upgrade.

By actively seeking and demanding, not only could he gain benefits, but he could also bring the threat to light.

At least now, Fang Yu knew that if the Fisherman wanted to seize his ship, he would definitely do so through the homogenous power of the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone.

As long as the power of the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone could be guarded against, it could be said that the Fisherman’s plan would be more than half resolved.

However... at this moment, Yuanqi was saved by the Fisherman, and the two are now together. Yuanqi has probably already told the Fisherman about his ability to deny destiny.

Originally, I planned to surprise attack the Fisherman during the ship capture, but now it seems it might not work.

A trump card known is no longer a trump card.

At that time, when the Fisherman truly seizes the ship, he will surely negate it.

So I must accumulate absolute positive power at the level of the Legendary Ship.

This is the best way to deal with the Fisherman and others.

At this moment, Fang Yu looked at Xu Yuan in front of him, his face extremely serious, and said in a low voice:

"Xu Yuan, since you already know that the Fisherman is targeting me, you should understand what level of adversaries I have to face. I now need a time anchoring object with at least five thousand years of sediment. Can your ship provide it?"

Fang Yu looked around at Xu Yuan’s ship.

On Xu Yuan’s ship, there was indeed a strong sense of decay and timelessness.

But strangely enough, Xu Yuan was clearly a person from the Sea Ship Era, which means that the oldest his ship could be should be no more than three hundred years old.

Three hundred years for a master of this level, how could the ship exude such decay?

It’s really strange.

Upon hearing Fang Yu’s words, Xu Yuan hesitated slightly, then sighed softly: "How would I have treasures over five thousand years? What level of treasure would it take to endure five thousand years without decaying..."

Fang Yu was stunned: "You don’t have it?"

"How could I have something like that?" Xu Yuan glared at Fang Yu angrily: "I’m just a lousy vendor. How could I have that level of treasure? If I really had it, why would I still be running this black market ship?"

"However..."

Xu Yuan gave Fang Yu a deep look and then said in a low voice: "That Zhongyuan sure knows a lot of secrets... he even knew to send you to me."

"What do you mean?" Fang Yu’s eyes lit up, and hope suddenly emerged in his heart again.

"Kid, do you know why my ship is so decayed?"

Xu Yuan pointed to his ship, which was filled with a breath of death and decay, not at all like the ship of a top powerhouse.

Fang Yu looked at the decayed walls, then asked curiously: "It’s certainly strange, even if your ship was ruined by someone, it shouldn’t have decayed like this, right?"

Upon hearing Fang Yu’s words, Xu Yuan sneered and said in a low voice: "That’s because they ruined my ship by throwing it into the Time River, using the power of the Time River to make it decay and break down."

"As the ship decays, my power also ages and loses vitality, cutting off the opportunity for me to rise again."

Xu Yuan’s eyes were filled with complex emotions, including unwillingness, resignation, regret, and resentment.

Hearing Xu Yuan’s words, Fang Yu was surprised: "Speaking of which, Xu Yuan, what exactly did you experience back then? I heard Chongyuan mention some of your stories, but what exactly happened, how did you end up in such a state?"

Xu Yuan looked at Fang Yu calmly and shook his head: "Your power is insufficient. Knowing this will do you no good. When you advance to the heavens, then the events of that time will naturally come to light."

"For now... Chongyuan asked you to find me before his death. He likely wanted me to take you to the Time River to refine your ship, allowing your ship to naturally have the sediment of time."

Upon hearing Xu Yuan’s words, Fang Yu was invigorated: "The Time River?"

"Yes!"

"The so-called Time River is actually a distortion of the Time Law. Once you fall into it, while only a minute passes outside, many years, even decades or centuries, might pass within. It is an extremely dangerous place."

"Back then, my body remained in the Ocean World, but my ship was thrown into the Time River. Although I salvaged it immediately, it had already decayed over thirty thousand years and completely lost its life."

Upon hearing Xu Yuan’s words, Fang Yu’s expression changed, and he hesitated: "Then what if my ship also decays and loses its life because of this?"

Xu Yuan glanced at Fang Yu, then looked at the patterns of the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone and the Sea God on Fang Yu’s ship.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yuan frowned and said: "The time a ship can withstand actually varies from ship to ship."

"For instance, although my ship has a deep foundation, compared to yours, which possesses two divine heritages, it is evidently much inferior."

"My ship has a time endurance limit of about twenty thousand years; beyond that, it would decay and die."

"As for your ship, I estimate the time endurance limit should reach... at least sixty thousand years!"

"That’s a conservative estimate, considering the Ancient Holy Dragon Stone has withstood unknown ages without decay, indicating its upper limit is significant."

Xu Yuan shook his head, then looked at Fang Yu and said softly: "Kid, this matter is risky. It’s up to you if you want to take the gamble."

"If you succeed, your ship’s time sediment might surpass ten thousand years."

"If luck is bad and you’re sent to the most time-distorted place, possibly, in an instant, a hundred thousand years could pass, and your ship might..."

Xu Yuan shook his head and said: "To gamble or not? It’s your decision."