Chapter 73

At this moment,

Li Xiao had already raised his head,

shifting his gaze from the wanted poster in his hand back to Hancock.

However,

when he saw Hancock's slightly flushed face,

he couldn't help but be slightly stunned!

Hey,

am I seeing things?

In the time it took to look down at a wanted poster,

why did she blush?

Seeming to sense Li Xiao's gaze,

Hancock gradually came back to her senses,

and seeing Li Xiao looking straight at her,

she was suddenly flustered,

and quickly said:

"Th-that, how did you end up here?"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao was silent for a few seconds,

then shook his head helplessly,

and said:

"You might not believe it, but I... got lost!"

"Eh? You got lost?"

"Yeah!"

Li Xiao nodded,

and continued to explain:

"I don't carry a Log Pose or Eternal Pose!"

"I originally intended to buy some Log Poses at the Sabaody Archipelago, but an unexpected incident happened, and I didn't have time to buy them!"

"After leaving the Sabaody Archipelago, I just picked a direction at random and kept going!"

"On the way, I accidentally wandered into the Calm Belt and ended up here!"

Hearing Li Xiao's explanation,

Hancock was stunned for a few seconds,

then her face turned red,

and she couldn't help but cover her face with both hands,

whispering quite shyly:

"So, Mr. Li Xiao even got lost all the way to Amazon Lily..."

"Is, is this destiny bringing me to you!"

Seeing Hancock on the ship suddenly covering her face and talking to herself in a shy manner,

Li Xiao couldn't help but tilt his head,

and a big question mark appeared above his head!

No, I just simply got lost!

What are you imagining in your head!

This is completely different from the Empress I imagined!

A moment later,

Hancock finally recovered,

and seeing her place her hands in front of her,

her slender fingers nervously twisting against each other,

she asked Li Xiao:

"Then, Mr. Li Xiao, would you like to come onto the island for a short rest?"

As soon as Hancock said this,

the members of the Kuja Pirates on the ship were all shocked,

and exclaimed one after another:

"Snake Princess, he is a man! Men are not allowed on Amazon Lily!"

Hearing this,

Hancock turned around,

and the cautious, cute, and obedient appearance she had just shown to Li Xiao instantly vanished,

replaced by the arrogant posture unique to the Empress!

Hancock scanned the crowd,

and said slowly:

"I am the current Empress of Amazon Lily; if I say it is allowed, then it is allowed!"

"Besides, whatever I do will be forgiven, because I am simply too beautiful!"

As Hancock tossed her hair,

the voices of dissent on the ship instantly vanished without a trace,

and everyone began to frantically express their worship and love for Hancock!

Seeing this,

Hancock nodded with satisfaction,

turned back to look at Li Xiao,

and returned to that nervous, maiden-like state,

continuing to ask:

"Mr. Li Xiao, is that okay?"

Facing this sudden invitation from Hancock,

Li Xiao didn't react for a moment!

After all,

when it comes down to it,

he and Hancock were strangers with no connection,

this didn't fit Hancock's style at all!

And thinking back to Hancock's shy, maiden-like state of wild imagination,

Li Xiao immediately felt even stranger!

How does this feel like entering a state of love!

But the key is,

we only just met for the first time!

For a moment,

Li Xiao's brain couldn't quite process it,

no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out!

Until he accidentally saw the wanted poster he was holding,

and suddenly realized!

Could it be,

because of the fact that he killed two Celestial Dragons in a row at the Sabaody Archipelago?

Thinking back to Hancock's special childhood experience,

the more Li Xiao thought about it, the more he felt this was very likely!

Regarding Hancock's childhood experience,

others might not know,

but Li Xiao knew it clearly!

When Hancock was 12 years old,

she and her two sisters were kidnapped by slave traders and sold to the Celestial Dragons,

and later she was forced by the Celestial Dragons to eat the Paramecia-type Devil Fruit—the Love-Love Fruit!

Until four years later,

Fisher Tiger, in order to rescue his fellow Fish-Men who were being held as slaves by the Celestial Dragons,

climbed the Red Line with his bare hands,

caused a scene in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise,

and freed countless slaves,

and Hancock was one of them!

Finally,

with the help of Lei Li and others,

Hancock was able to return to Amazon Lily!

Therefore,

for Hancock,

the Celestial Dragons were the source of fear,

and also the source of hatred and resentment!

And now,

Li Xiao had killed two Celestial Dragons at once at the Sabaody Archipelago,

and left safely after fighting two Navy Admirals alone!

Therefore,

Hancock seemed to have developed some special feelings for him!

Case closed, folks!

Thinking about it this way,

Li Xiao suddenly felt everything made sense!

Having said that,

it was only now that Li Xiao suddenly remembered,

because Hancock had never had any experience with love,

therefore,

facing this situation,

she would constantly imagine things and self-indoctrinate!

Hmm...

With Hancock's ultimate mature-woman appearance,

paired with this shy, maiden-like state of constant imagination...

Hiss!

It really is a bit of a foul!

Fortunately, I, Li, am a cultivator,

my state of mind is sufficient!

If this were those internet-surfing perverts from my previous life,

they probably wouldn't be able to type with both hands to prove their innocence by now!

For those perverts,

Li Xiao suggests they read more "Great Voyage, Don't Disturb My Cultivation,"

communicate more with the readers in the comment section,

and improve their spiritual realm!

At this moment,

seeing Li Xiao remaining silent,

a look of disappointment appeared on Hancock's face!

In her view,

Li Xiao not responding,

probably meant he was unwilling!

Just as Hancock was about to speak again,

Li Xiao nodded,

and replied with a smile:

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