Zhang San stood there for a moment without saying a word. Then he smiled wryly, shook his head, and sighed. “You lost it in Seazombie territory?”

“It was smashed by a Gold Core expert,” Xu Qing replied truthfully.

Zhang San studied Xu Qing’s level expression and decided that his previous assessment was incorrect. This guy was definitely just as crazy as the Captain. He, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, was so amazing that he lost his dharmaskiff to the attack of a Gold Core cultivator. Usually... a Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn’t even survive an encounter with a Gold Core cultivator.

“What about the Captain?” Zhang San asked. If Xu Qing had returned in this state, then surely the Captain must have suffered just as badly. Considering what the two of them had accomplished, it made sense that the Captain probably lost his dharmaskiff also.

“The Captain...?” Xu Qing thought back to the circumstances when he teleported to safety, and how he had sensed three Gold Core auras.

“Never mind,” Zhang San said with a sigh. “I’ll make the Captain a new coffin while I’m working on your dharmaskiff. Maybe I won’t need to use it this time, but I will...