Chapter 98: The oranges are very sweet! (First update)

After receiving Li Xiao’s affirmative answer,

Cricket was instantly overjoyed,

jumping around excitedly!

Even though he was a muscular man, he acted just like a fool!

However,

Li Xiao could understand this!

After all,

proving the existence of the Sky Island

was Cricket’s lifelong obsession!

Even if he only got an affirmative answer from Li Xiao,

it was enough to make him overjoyed!

Subsequently,

when he learned that Li Xiao was going to the Sky Island again,

Cricket agreed without hesitation to help him find the Knock-Up Stream!

But this time,

he made a request,

which was that he hoped Li Xiao would find the Golden Bell on the Sky Island,

and ring it,

to prove the existence of the Sky Island to the world!

To this,

before Li Xiao could even speak,

Luffy had already agreed wholeheartedly!

Subsequently,

Cricket began to help everyone find the specific location of the Knock-Up Stream!

Coincidentally,

according to Cricket’s calculations,

the next Knock-Up Stream would be today!

…………

A few hours later,

the Going Merry was floating quietly on the sea surface.

Everyone was on the deck,

looking around at the calm seawater,

waiting for the appearance of the Knock-Up Stream!

Just at this moment,

Nami seemed to have suddenly remembered something,

and hurriedly ran back into the cabin!

A moment later,

she was seen running back holding a wooden box,

and while handing the wooden box in her hand to Li Xiao,

she said:

“Right, last time you said you wanted to eat the oranges from Cocoyasi Village, I specially brought some for you before I left, they’re all here!”

“There’s also a small portion inside that I grew on the ship, they’re quite sweet too, you should try them!”

Li Xiao reached out and took the wooden box,

and looked down,

seeing the box was filled to the brim with oranges!

Actually, most of them were a little less than fresh,

clearly all brought by Nami all the way from Cocoyasi Village!

And the other ten or so oranges were fresher,

which must have been the oranges Nami grew on the ship!

Li Xiao scanned them roughly,

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

which was far more than the “some” Nami had mentioned!

Li Xiao held the box in one hand,

reached into the box with his other hand,

took out an orange that wasn’t very fresh,

peeled it,

and popped a slice into his mouth.

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

and after such a long time,

although it was a bit less than fresh,

it was still incredibly sweet,

so sweet that Li Xiao couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth!

From the time he transmigrated until now,

a few months had already passed!

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

leaving his footprints in many places,

and his cultivation base had improved from the early stage of Refining Essence into Qi to the peak of Refining Qi into Spirit!

Now he not only possessed the ability to protect himself,

but his strength stood at the very top of the pirate world!

Along this journey,

Li Xiao had met many people,

whether enemies or friends,

and had also caused some big commotions,

seemingly having completely integrated into this world!

However,

in reality,

as an outsider,

Li Xiao had always been more or less out of place in this world!

After all, this wasn’t his true home,

and Li Xiao riding the clouds above the sea

was like a rootless duckweed drifting everywhere,

seemingly dashing,

but actually lonely.

It was just that

Li Xiao had firmly established his goal of seeking the Dao of immortality from the very beginning,

which was why he didn’t appear lost!

However,

Li Xiao ultimately had fewer bonds with this world!

Although he had met so many people,

very few were people Li Xiao truly cared about,

and Nami was one of the most important ones!

As the first person Li Xiao met,

Nami had extraordinary significance to Li Xiao,

because that was his first real contact with this world!

In his later life,

Li Xiao had more and more contact with Nami,

and he liked this greedy little thief cat more and more.

It could be said that for Li Xiao,

Nami was a major anchor for his life in this world!

And what made him even more gratified was that,

in the heart of this little thief cat,

his weight seemed to be getting heavier and heavier!

Back when they parted at the floating restaurant Baratie in the East Blue,

Li Xiao had just mentioned it casually,

and he didn’t expect Nami to actually bring the oranges from Cocoyasi Village all the way to the Grand Line!

Because she was afraid the oranges would go bad,

she had even specially planted two orange trees on the ship!

Li Xiao looked at Nami’s face, which was full of anticipation,

couldn’t help but smile,

put the whole box of oranges into his Sumeru Ring,

and then used his freed hand to ruffle Nami’s head,

and laughed:

“The oranges are very sweet!”

Hearing this,

a brilliant smile instantly bloomed on Nami’s face,

and she laughed quite foolishly.

Just at this moment,

the sky suddenly turned gloomy,

the originally clear sky was covered by patches of dark clouds,

and gusts of wild wind began to blow on the calm sea surface!

For a moment,

it felt like a storm was coming!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao stuffed the remaining slice of orange in his hand into Nami’s mouth,

and then turned to say to everyone:

“Hold on tight, the Knock-Up Stream is coming!”

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking,

a huge current surged from the seabed,

pushing the Going Merry straight into the clouds!

Under the impact of this violent Knock-Up Stream,

the Going Merry was tottering,

and the entire ship was constantly shaking violently!

The entire hull of the ship was shaking violently and incessantly!