Chapter 19

Although he had the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda for protection,

no matter who he faced,

Li Xiao could almost remain invincible!

But as Li Xiao said before,

external force is ultimately external force,

only the cultivation base that truly belongs to himself

would make Li Xiao feel truly at ease!

And,

then again,

Li Xiao was under the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

although the defense was indeed maxed out,

he couldn't always just stand there and take a beating!

What kind of thing is that!

What's more,

what if the opponent saw through his flaws,

and just surrounded him without attacking,

they could wear him out alive!

In short,

if his cultivation base didn't improve,

he would sooner or later become a fish on the chopping block, waiting to be slaughtered,

at most, he would just be wearing a layer of steel fish scales!

There are many ways to slaughter,

and there is always one that can be made into sashimi!

Therefore,

after several considerations,

Li Xiao finally decided to stay in Windmill Village,

and take this opportunity to improve his cultivation base!

Finally,

Li Xiao turned his attention to the last reward obtained from this check-in,

which was a brand new elixir other than the Spirit-Gathering Pill—the One Yang Pill!

Compared to the two whole bottles of Spirit-Gathering Pills,

although there were only ten One Yang Pills,

their value was not inferior,

and even made Li Xiao feel more pleasantly surprised!

The Spirit-Gathering Pill increases cultivation speed after consumption,

while the One Yang Pill directly increases cultivation base!

One One Yang Pill could increase Li Xiao's cultivation base by one year for a normal person,

and ten pills would be a whole ten years!

The only drawback was that the cultivation base increased after consumption needed to be refined by himself,

but the difficulty of refining was not high,

and the time consumed was not much!

Compared to its efficacy,

this small drawback could be completely ignored,

and it didn't even count as a drawback!

Ten One Yang Pills,

plus two hundred Spirit-Gathering Pills,

were enough to make Li Xiao's cultivation base take a qualitative leap in a short time!

Thinking of this,

Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a little excited,

and without further hesitation,

he immediately consumed a One Yang Pill and began to cultivate,

even casting aside the Sword Control Technique he had been thinking about!

In the next period of time,

Li Xiao completely entered a state of cultivation,

and every day he was either taking pills to cultivate or practicing the Sword Control Technique!

He was truly addicted to cultivation and couldn't extricate himself!

………………

A few days later,

Navy Headquarters, Marineford,

in that familiar office,

Sengoku sat in front of the desk,

his brows slightly furrowed,

and asked Garp on the side:

"You mean to say that his strange golden light curtain couldn't even be broken by you?"

Garp stuffed a few rice crackers into his mouth,

and nodded:

"Yes, that kid also had a pagoda-shaped thing floating above his head, and that layer of golden light seemed to be emitted from that thing."

"According to my observation, the consumption of that layer of golden light curtain on him seemed to be very small, he could even sit inside and leisurely peel an orange to eat!"

Speaking of this,

even Garp couldn't help but feel a little depressed!

"I've lived for so many years, and I've never seen such an outrageous situation!"

"He is the first one to leisurely eat an orange in front of my fist!"

"What's more excessive is that he even handed me a slice!"

"Oh, right, Sengoku, don't say, that orange was really sweet, I forgot to ask him where he bought it!"

As he spoke,

Garp couldn't help but smack his lips,

seemingly a bit nostalgic for the taste of that orange slice.

Seeing this,

Sengoku's face immediately darkened,

and he roared at Garp:

"Garp! Can you not just know how to eat, eat, eat all day long! Also, put down the rice crackers I bought!"

"Oh, oh,"

Garp scratched his head and laughed:

"Ahahaha! Sengoku, don't be so serious! I think that kid, most likely, won't become a pirate!"

Hearing this,

Sengoku immediately looked at him strangely,

and asked:

"Why can you be so sure?"

Garp stuffed another rice cracker into his mouth,

waved his hand, and said:

"That kid calls himself a cultivator and seeks immortality!"

"I invited him to join the Navy twice, and he firmly refused both times!"

"I can clearly feel that in his eyes, there is no difference between pirates and the Navy, he looks down on both!"

"Although I don't know what the so-called cultivator he talks about is, in my view, he will definitely not become a pirate!"

Looking at Garp's confident expression,

Sengoku silently said one sentence,

"You were also this confident about your grandson back then..."

As soon as the words fell,

Garp's expression management instantly went out of control,

he slammed the table and stood up,

and roared at Sengoku:

"Ahhhhh! That brat! He must have not tasted my Fist of Love for too long!"

"Sengoku, give me two more days off, I'm going to find that brat now and let him taste the Fist of Love from his grandfather!!!"

However,

Sengoku had no intention of paying attention to him at this time,

he just sat in front of the desk,

and looked down at a photo on the table,

which was clearly Li Xiao's appearance!

This was taken by a Navy petty officer who followed Garp during the chaos.

In the photo,

inside a layer of golden light curtain,

Li Xiao sat cross-legged,

eating an orange with a leisurely expression.

Sengoku rubbed his beard,

and whispered to himself:

"What kind of Devil Fruit ability is this?"

"And, why didn't he fight back?"

"Is the fruit ability only for defense?"

"Or is he unwilling to fight back?"

"…………"

After a long time,

Sengoku slowly shook his head,

and sighed softly.

Based on the limited information available,

it was not enough to judge Li Xiao's true strength,

since the comprehensive consideration was that the threat was not great,

then let's put it aside for now!

At the moment,

the situation on the sea was becoming increasingly unstable,

and neither he nor the Navy had too much energy to deal with too many things.

………………

Time passed like a white horse passing a crack,

in the blink of an eye,

a month had passed in a hurry.

In the forest behind Windmill Village,

a simple wooden house still stood among the trees,

but there was no one in the house.

Looking up,

only to see above the wooden house,

a cyan stream of light broke through the sky,

and landed on a cliff.

That stream of light,

was clearly Li Xiao!

Li Xiao pinched a sword gesture,

with a thought,

the Qingshuang Sword turned into a stream of light,

and instantly sped away,

piercing through a wild boar not far away,

and then brought it back.

Li Xiao reached out and pulled out the Qingshuang Sword,

skillfully set up a barbecue grill,

started a fire, and roasted the meat!

(Qingshuang Sword: ~QAQ~ It's over, the turnaround failed, I still can't escape the fate of killing pigs, woo woo~~)

Looking at the air in front of him that became somewhat distorted under the roasting of the fire,

Li Xiao gradually fell into deep thought.

Now,

it had been over a month since he stayed in Windmill Village to start cultivating.

The ten One Yang Pills had all been consumed,

and the two bottles of Spirit-Gathering Pills were also running low,

and the result was that Li Xiao's cultivation base had advanced by leaps and bounds,

soaring from the late stage of Refining Essence into Qi to the middle stage of Refining Qi into Spirit!

Not only that,

the Sword Control Technique had also been fully understood and mastered by Li Xiao,

whether it was holding a sword to kill the enemy from thousands of miles away,

or flying on a sword to roam above the nine heavens,

it was all in a single thought!

The Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

combined with the Sword Control Technique,

Li Xiao was now simply a super long-range ADC with an invincible BUFF!

Who wouldn't panic when they see him?

Who wouldn't be afraid when they see him?

Who wouldn't be stunned for a moment when they see him?

Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda + Sword Control Technique = Version Answer!

According to Li Xiao's estimation,

without considering the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

his current strength was roughly equivalent to the Admiral level!

Walking on this sea with this strength,

it could be said to be quite steady!

Therefore,

Li Xiao prepared to continue his journey today,

and head to the next location!

But before that,

Li Xiao still had to go and say goodbye to Makino.

Over the past month,

every day besides cultivating and practicing sword,

the place Li Xiao went to the most was Makino's tavern!

After going back and forth,

he had become familiar with Makino,

and now that he was about to leave Windmill Village,

naturally he still had to go and say hello to her!

Li Xiao collected the Qingshuang Sword into his body,

and walked along a small path he had stepped out over these days toward Windmill Village.

Tavern,

Li Xiao pushed the door and entered,

and sat skillfully in his usual seat,

before he could speak,

a glass of wine had already been delivered to him.

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[61-85] At the same time,

Makino's voice also came from his ear.

"Oh, Mr. Li Xiao, you came a bit early today!"

Li Xiao nodded with a smile,

took a sip of the wine in his hand,

and replied: