Chapter 21

On the sea,

Li Xiao stepped on the Qingshuang Sword,

turned into a stream of light and sped toward a certain direction on the sea!

The destination of his trip,

was the sea restaurant—Baratie!

As the saying goes,

living in this world,

nothing should be let down except cultivation and food!

Back when he had that proper and ordinary lunch at Nami's house,

Li Xiao had already listed Baratie as one of the places he must visit in the future!

Now,

since there was nothing urgent,

and he had just come out of seclusion,

naturally he had to reward himself properly!

And so,

Li Xiao naturally listed the sea restaurant Baratie as his next destination!

Moreover, come to think of it,

Li Xiao was also a bit curious:

Could a place like a sea restaurant become a check-in point?

If even a sea restaurant could be a check-in point,

then would the Straw Hat crew's pirate ship also count as one?

The system did not provide detailed information regarding check-in locations,

therefore,

Li Xiao would have to explore the specific restrictions and requirements himself.

The speed at which Li Xiao flew on his sword was not slow,

it was even many times faster than the speed of a normal ship!

After only three hours,

Li Xiao had already arrived at his destination,

this sea restaurant located in the East Blue—Baratie!

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and saw that it was a giant ship,

oval in its overall shape,

with fish-shaped figureheads at both ends of the ship,

and huge semi-circular decks on both sides.

The main body was a full three stories high,

and had been fashioned into the appearance of a restaurant.

It is worth mentioning that,

in Li Xiao's memory,

this ship could seemingly also switch into a combat mode,

which was a rather interesting design.

As the most famous restaurant in the East Blue,

there was no shortage of people coming here by reputation every day,

and both pirates and the Navy would patronize this place.

At this moment,

coupled with the fact that it was nearly mealtime,

there were already quite a few ships anchored around Baratie,

both large and small.

Looking through the restaurant windows,

one could see that there were quite a few people dining inside,

and although it wasn't packed to the rafters,

it could be said to be quite lively!

Li Xiao did not land directly on the Baratie restaurant,

but instead chose an inconspicuous corner,

landing on an unremarkable pirate ship,

then stored the Qing Shuang Sword into his body,

and stepped onto the deck of Baratie from the bow.

At the same time,

Li Xiao silently chose to check in in his heart!

"Ding, congratulations to the host for a successful check-in!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the reward: [One Yang Pill] *1"

Listening to the prompt in his mind,

the corners of Li Xiao's mouth couldn't help but lift slightly!

To think that one could actually check in here!

You have to know,

Baratie was essentially just a ship,

yet it could also be checked in successfully!

Wouldn't that mean,

that one could also check in on other ships?

However, regarding this point,

Li Xiao was only guessing!

After all, compared to other ships,

Baratie was still quite special,

and the specific situation would require further experimentation!

In any case,

having successfully checked in here and obtained a One Yang Pill,

Li Xiao was still very happy!

Subsequently,

Li Xiao withdrew his thoughts,

walked up the stairs,

and entered the restaurant on the first floor.

As soon as Li Xiao entered the restaurant,

a chef immediately came up to greet him!

Here at Baratie,

there didn't seem to be the concept of waiters,

as everyone was a chef,

responsible for both cooking and taking orders!

Under his guidance,

Li Xiao found a seat in the back by the window and sat down,

picked up the menu and flipped through it,

and then immediately ordered every dish on the menu that looked appetizing!

Seeing this,

the chef beside him hurriedly asked:

"Sir, are you dining alone?"

Seeing Li Xiao nod,

he continued to remind him:

"If you are alone, can you finish all of this? Our restaurant does not allow food to be wasted!"

Li Xiao waved his hand and said:

"Don't worry, since I ordered it, I can naturally finish it."

Seeing this,

the chef tried to persuade him a few more times,

but seeing that Li Xiao remained insistent,

he didn't say anything more,

and took the menu and turned to leave.

Not long after,

the dishes Li Xiao ordered were brought out one after another,

most of which were seafood,

as Baratie was a sea restaurant after all.

Since it was located on the sea,

seafood was naturally the easiest ingredient to obtain,

especially various types of fish!

Li Xiao tasted a few dishes roughly,

and found that the taste was indeed superb!

Even compared to his previous life,

the seafood Li Xiao had eaten by the seaside was no less inferior,

and was even a cut above!

Many of the dishes here had a unique flavor,

and he didn't know if it was due to the special nature of the ingredients themselves,

or the chef's superb culinary skills,

or perhaps both!

In short,

this restaurant, known as the most famous in the East Blue,

did not disappoint Li Xiao!

Next,

Li Xiao began to bury his head in his meal!

As for the matter of not being able to finish it,

that naturally did not exist!

As a cultivator,

no matter how much he ate,

it could be broken down and converted,

and any excess impurities would be directly refined away within his body.

A moment later,

as Li Xiao was eating,

suddenly,

the corner of his eye caught a familiar object!

That seemed to be...

a straw hat!

Li Xiao subconsciously looked toward the straw hat,

and after seeing the face of the straw hat's owner clearly,

he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow,

for the person was none other than Luffy!

Oh, what a coincidence!

When he had previously followed Garp to Windmill Village,

Luffy had just set sail,

and now that he had arrived at the sea restaurant,

he had coincidentally run into Luffy after he had set sail!

Looking at it this way,

he and the boy were quite fated!

At this time,

Li Xiao seemed to suddenly remember something,

and looked around from Luffy's position.

A moment later,

he found that familiar figure with orange hair,

who was none other than the Cat Burglar Nami!

Normally speaking,

the Arlong Pirates had already been packed up by him and handed over to the Navy for imprisonment,

and not only that,

Li Xiao had even killed Colonel Nezumi along the way!

Therefore,

Nami naturally no longer needed to raise that 100 million Beli ransom!

By all rights,

she shouldn't have had any intersection with the Straw Hat crew!

Yet, Nami just happened to appear here at this very moment,

and still ended up having an intersection with the Straw Hat crew!

Although he didn't know if she had joined the Straw Hat Pirates yet,

he figured there was a high probability she would eventually join them!

Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a bit emotional,

so,

was this the world's self-correcting ability?

But just how strong was this correction ability?

And where was the upper limit of what it could correct?

For example,

what would happen if he were to kill Luffy on the spot right now?

Was he truly unable to kill him no matter what?

Or would the world automatically correct itself,

and give birth to the next "Luffy"?

Regarding this,

Li Xiao had no way of knowing,

and he wouldn't be idle enough to do such a boring thing!

As for the world's correction ability,

it was just a bit of speculation during his spare time,

as long as it didn't interfere with his cultivation for longevity,

he couldn't care less about whether it corrected or not,

Li Xiao was completely too lazy to bother!

Although Li Xiao had already noticed Nami at this time,

because Li Xiao's position was relatively secluded,

therefore,

Nami had not yet noticed Li Xiao, who was eating in the restaurant behind her.

And Li Xiao was in no hurry to greet her,

but silently continued to eat.

Subsequently,

Li Xiao cast his gaze toward Sanji nearby.