Chapter 118: The Little Azure Dragon possessed by a lick-dog!

Regarding the situation of this island,

no one could know it better than the Little Azure Dragon!

It had lived here for hundreds of years,

and knew every blade of grass and tree on Upper Yard like the back of its hand!

Where on the island there was gold,

and exactly how much,

it knew it all by heart!

Even,

before it was given a free stomach-wash by Li Xiao,

the gold it had accidentally swallowed into its stomach was worth 300 to 400 million Berries!

Tsk,

compare that to the scene where it swatted Luffy away with a tail swing earlier,

the difference in treatment was just too big!

This was no longer a proud jiao,

it was clearly possessed by a lick-dog!

Regarding this,

Li Xiao could only say,

young man, you've walked a wide path!

In the time that followed,

the Little Azure Dragon continued to carry Nami,

wandering around the entire Upper Yard,

looking for scattered treasures!

The treasures here,

included but were not limited to gold!

The dragon and the cat were having more and more fun!

Constantly under the stimulation of gold,

Nami's eyes were almost becoming permanently golden,

those who didn't know would think she had eaten some kind of Devil Fruit!

Besides,

Li Xiao had to sigh once again,

the people of the One Piece world,

their vitality is more tenacious than the last!

In just one day,

Zoro and the others, who had been shocked by Shura one by one, woke up one after another,

although their injuries hadn't fully recovered,

they had recovered seven or eight out of ten,

and basically didn't affect their actions!

Subsequently,

the group began to explore the God's Island—Upper Yard, which had been washed up to the White-White Sea four hundred years ago!

On this island,

what everyone cared about most,

was nothing more than that lost city of gold—Shandora!

This ruin wasn't hidden,

and was soon found by the Straw Hat crew!

And,

inside this former city of gold, Shandora,

Luo Bin successfully found that Poneglyph!

And while everyone was running around on this island,

Li Xiao stayed in the cave,

burying his head in modifying the Ark Maxim!

…………

In the blink of an eye,

half a month passed in a flash.

Inside the cave,

Li Xiao stood with his arms crossed,

looking at the brand-new Ark Maxim in front of him,

and revealed a satisfied smile!

After Li Xiao's painstaking modification for half a month,

the current Ark Maxim,

had undergone earth-shaking changes from the inside out!

First of all,

the Ark Maxim's original internal gold and external wood structure had been preserved by Li Xiao,

however,

the external wooden materials had all been dismantled by Li Xiao,

and uniformly remade!

On one hand,

because Li Xiao wanted to give the Ark Maxim a thorough overhaul,

Only by first dismantling the external structure,

can one conveniently modify the internal structure!

On the other hand,

because the previous wooden exterior of the Ark Maxim was truly built too ugly,

and a portion of it was even painted with a red "God" character,

it was simply as ugly as it could possibly be,

and as tacky as it could possibly be!

Therefore,

after dismantling these wooden structures,

Li Xiao did not choose to keep them,

but instead discarded them directly!

Ever since Jaya was carried up to the White-White Sea by the Knock-Up Stream four hundred years ago,

the number of people living on the island has become fewer and fewer,

and later it even evolved into a forbidden zone,

becoming the Island of God where only a god may set foot!

Therefore,

the forests here have undergone hundreds of years of wild growth,

and any random tree is a towering ancient giant reaching into the clouds!

Li Xiao is modifying the Ark Maxim here,

and while he might lack anything else,

he certainly won't lack wood!

Moreover,

this is not Blue Star,

and as for these ancient giant trees on this island,

even if Li Xiao were to chop them all down,

no one would jump out to accuse him of indiscriminate logging!

And so,

regarding this layer of wooden structure on the exterior,

Li Xiao directly transformed into a carpenter,

tailoring it on the spot according to his own needs!

Secondly,

regarding the interior of the Ark Maxim,

Li Xiao also carried out a drastic, reconstructive modification!

In the original interior of the Ark Maxim,

there was a large amount of space that was completely unnecessary,

and now all of this has been compressed by Li Xiao one by one,

utilizing the space to the extreme!

For example, the control room that was like the size of a palace,

was directly condensed by Li Xiao into a cockpit the size of a small single room!

In this way,

the large amount of surplus space could be reallocated,

and used to realize more functions!

Overall,

if one were to say the Ark Maxim grew vertically before,

then the current Ark Maxim has grown horizontally!

It is as if a giant hammer,

had smashed down fiercely on its top,

directly smashing the overall shape flat!

However,

the force of this hammer smash was just right,

and it also made the Ark Maxim flatten to a position that was just right!

Compared to before,

the current Ark Maxim is more like an ordinary ship,

neither bloated,

nor appearing aesthetically pleasing and practical!

Inside the Ark Maxim,

Li Xiao partitioned countless spaces,

from living needs to spiritual needs,

from cultivation spaces to entertainment spaces,

it could be said that everything one could wish for is there!

However,

because materials like furniture were insufficient,

most of these spaces are currently still in a raw, unfinished state!

But the necessary basic arrays,

such as the Spirit-Gathering Array, Dust-Clearing Array, etc.,

have all been completely set up by Li Xiao!

It is worth mentioning that,

due to the arrangement of the arrays,

the gold inside the Ark Maxim,

has undergone huge changes in Li Xiao's hands,

with most of it now possessing a certain amount of spiritual energy,

somewhat similar to spirit stones!

It sounds a bit strange,

but that is the fact!

However,

the spiritual energy within this gold,

was all injected by Li Xiao using the special methods of the arrays,

and it cannot truly be used for cultivation by immortals like spirit stones!

Looking from the outside,

it seems to be just an ordinary ship!

But,

if one were to dissect it,

one would be shocked to discover,

that its interior is densely packed with a large number of arrays!

These array paths either intersect or run parallel,

ultimately forming a massive and precise machine.