The chefs of the Fang Family are quite skilled indeed, and the other resources on the island are also fairly abundant.
The dishes they prepare are varied in style, enticing in color, and fragrant to the nose, enough to make one's mouth water just by looking at them.
However, Fang Yun only ate a little to satisfy his cravings, and then he did not continue to eat.
Although these foods are delicious, they are after all only ordinary mortal provisions.
Eating too much of them would bring no particular benefit to him.
After sharing a meal with the clan elders of the family and watching opera for a while,
Fang Yun followed Fang Lin to the place where the pirates were settled.
To accommodate these pirates, Fang Lin had enclosed an area outside the town, haphazardly erected some thatched shelters, and then gave them some simple food, which solved the problem.
Although the conditions were rather crude, the area was guarded by the security team, and there was no worry that the pirates would cause any trouble.
Upon arrival at the pirates' settlement, Fang Yun went inside.
The previously noisy pirates instantly quieted down.
They had seen Fang Yun employ the Fireball Technique to bombard those Innate Martial Artists and the scene where he killed Daoist Qingmu.
The terrifying power still instilled fear in these pirates when they thought about it.
Fang Yun paid no attention to the fearful gazes of these pirates. After briefly checking that they were still in relative good health, such that his field reclamation plan wouldn't be affected, he went on his way.
Turning to Fang Lin beside him, he asked, "Clan Leader, where are those pirates of the Innate Realm being held?"
"Clan Leader, those individuals have been deliberately detained in the town.
After all, they are different from the common pirates here; they still possess some strength.
If they decided to cause trouble, our security team wouldn't be able to contain them.
Does the Clan Leader need them for something?"
Fang Yun shook his head: "Not really, but didn't I mention last time that I wanted these pirates to help me inspect the surrounding wastelands?
Those few in the Innate Realm are of no use being locked up. It would be better to release them to supervise the work.
With these pirate leaders in charge, the other pirates will work even harder!"
Hearing this, Fang Lin hesitated, "Clan Leader, what if they run away?"
Fang Yun thought for a moment. Fang Lin's point was not without merit. After all, outside of the Black Widow's poison, he had no other means of controlling these Innate Realm pirates.
As for the Black Widow, there was truly no way to control her on their side; it was only based on the deterrence of Fang Yun.
In that case, if they did escape, the Fang Family would indeed be helpless against them.
"So, Clan Leader, do you have any suggestions? We can't keep them locked up indefinitely; then it would have been better to just kill them from the start.
It would save us the food!"
Fang Lin thought for a moment but could only shake his head, not having a better idea.
That was why he initially wanted to kill or sell these people.
Seeing Fang Lin had no suggestions either, Fang Yun pondered for a while and eventually said, "If there are no ideas, then let them out for now. Let them supervise the other pirates to swiftly reclaim those wastelands."
The reason he insisted on letting those Innate Martial Artists go was that they, as pirate leaders, were more familiar with the pirates' temperaments and thus more suitable to direct them.
It was also possible to have people from the Fang Family supervise the work, but it would be more laborious, and the pirates might not commit themselves to the task wholeheartedly.
As for the possibility that these Innate Martial Artists might escape, Fang Yun didn't want to waste too much time considering it.
If they managed to escape, that would just be their good fortune.
The main task now was to organize the pirates to rapidly reclaim the land on the plains south of Jiangnan, far from Big River.
Fang Yun next planned to plant soybeans there.
To collect Life Essence Qi as soon as possible.
As for other minor details, it wasn't necessary to be too concerned.
Fang Lin nodded. Since the Clan Leader had said this, there was no need for him to continue opposing.
He then turned and headed toward the town.
Fang Yun also left the pirates' gathering place.
As the two of them departed, the pirates' settlement became lively once again.
Moreover, the conversation they had just shared without discretion had already spread among the pirates.
Upon learning of their future work, the pirates finally let go of their worries.
It's not that they naturally wanted to rush to help Fang Yun with the land reclamation.
Rather, without any tasks assigned, the pirates were concerned that the Fang Family might sell them off to some black market in another location.
Their fate would then be much more miserable than it currently was.
At best, they would be sent to labor in some places.
Should they be unlucky enough to fall into the hands of Evil Cultivators practicing Evil Skills, they'd become merely cultivation resources for those Evil Cultivators.
Compared to this, working to reclaim land for the Fang Family, though still hard labor, was relatively much better.
Fang Yun stood not far from the pirate gathering field, waiting for a while.
Fang Lin then brought over the five pirates of the Innate Realm.
The five came before Fang Yun, knelt down respectfully, and paid their respects: "Your humble servants greet Immortal Master!"
Fang Yun nodded slightly: "Rise."
Once the five apprehensively stood up, Fang Yun then said, "This time, I've called you here to organize the other pirates and fully reclaim the southern plains, the remaining wastelands that have yet to be planted with rice."
"As long as you complete the task, you can get rid of your captive status, and if you perform well, I don't mind giving you some rewards!
Of course, if you try to use this opportunity to escape Spirit Water Island, that's not impossible.
But I hope you won't be discovered by me, otherwise, I need not say what consequences await you!"
When Fang Yun said this, he mainly focused on the Black Widow.
As the leader of the other four, and considering the other four had been poisoned by the Black Widow,
This meant that the lives of those four were in the hands of the Black Widow.
Thus, as long as Black Widow didn't have other intentions, it wouldn't be easy for the others to escape even if they wanted to.
The Black Widow, as a woman who managed to rally a powerful group of pirates at sea, was certainly no simple character.
She noticed that Fang Yun was staring at her while speaking these words,
So she knew these words were meant for her.
Then, she nodded firmly, "Immortal Master, rest assured, since I've been captured, I certainly will listen to your orders obediently.
I dare not entertain any thoughts of fleeing."
Fang Yun looked deeply at Black Widow, neither confirming nor denying her words.