Chapter 297

He looked down,

and saw that the box was completely filled with tangerines!

In fact, most of them were slightly past their freshness,

obviously all brought by Nami from Cocoyasi Village along the way!

And the other ten or so tangerines were relatively fresh,

they must be the tangerines Nami grew on the ship!

Li Xiao glanced over roughly,

and discovered there were at least forty or fifty tangerines inside,

this was far more than the "a few" Nami had mentioned!

Li Xiao held the box in one hand,

and reached his other hand into the box,

took out a tangerine that was not very fresh,

peeled off the tangerine skin,

broke off a segment and put it into his mouth.

This tangerine had been brought by Nami from Cocoyasi Village all the way here,

after such a long time,

although it was already somewhat not fresh,

it was still incredibly sweet,

so sweet that Li Xiao couldn't help but lift the corners of his mouth!

From the moment of transmigration until now,

several months had already passed!

Li Xiao had traveled all the way from the East Blue,

leaving his footprints in many places,

his cultivation base rising from the early stage of Refining Essence into Qi all the way to the Peak Realm of Refining Qi into Spirit!

Now he not only possessed the ability to protect himself,

his strength stood at the very top of the Pirate World!

Along this journey,

Li Xiao had met many people,

some enemies, some friends,

and also caused quite a bit of commotion,

appearing to have completely integrated into this world!

However,

in reality,

as an outsider,

Li Xiao, within this world,

had always been somewhat out of place, more or less!

This was after all not his true home,

Li Xiao rode the clouds and mist above the sea,

drifting everywhere like a rootless duckweed,

appearing carefree,

but actually lonely.

It was just that,

Li Xiao had firmly set his goal of cultivating immortality and seeking the Great Dao from the very beginning,

therefore he did not appear lost!

But,

Li Xiao and this world ultimately lacked a bit of connection!

Although he had met so many people,

very few were truly cared about by Li Xiao,

and Nami was one of the most important among them!

As the first person Li Xiao had met,

Nami held extraordinary significance for Li Xiao,

because that was his first true contact with this world!

In the life that followed,

Li Xiao had come into contact with Nami more and more,

and liked this greedy little thief cat more and more!

It could be said that for Li Xiao,

Nami was a major pillar of his life in this world!

And what pleased him even more was,

in the heart of this little thief cat,

his weight seemed to be growing heavier and heavier!

When they had parted ways back at the sea restaurant Baratie on the East Sea,

Li Xiao had only mentioned it in passing,

He hadn't expected Nami to actually bring the oranges from Cocoyama Village all the way to the Grand Line!

Because she was afraid the oranges would go bad,

She had even specially planted two more orange trees on the ship!

Li Xiao looked at Nami's face before him, written all over with anticipation,

And couldn't help but smile,

Putting an entire crate of oranges into his Sumeru Ring,

Then using the hand that had been freed up to ruffle Nami's head,

He said with a smile:

"The oranges are very sweet!"

Upon hearing this,

A brilliant smile instantly bloomed across Nami's face,

And she laughed rather foolishly and happily.

Just at this moment,

The sky suddenly grew overcast,

The originally clear sky was covered patch by patch by dark clouds,

And gusts of wild wind rose over the once-calm sea!

In an instant,

One felt as though a storm were about to strike!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao stuffed the remaining segment of orange in his hand into Nami's mouth,

Then turned his head and said to everyone:

"Hold on tight, the Upstream Current is coming!"

The moment Li Xiao's words fell,

A massive ocean current surged up from the seabed,

Carrying the Going Merry straight up into the clouds!

Under the impact of this violent Upstream Current,

The Going Merry was shaking as though about to fall apart,

The entire hull was constantly and violently rocking!