Chapter 67: Frost Moon Village of the East Blue

The East Blue Sea.

After bidding farewell to Big Sis Roppo, Saint Saint Saiwen transformed into thunder from Karp's hometown, flashing at extreme speed across the horizon above the sea.

Even now, he still cannot figure out why Karp left that book—recording his lifetime of cultivation insights—in the wooden box.

Entrusting an orphan?

Karp is only fifty-six years old, still at the tail end of his peak, and with a good son named Dragon in his thirties, he wouldn't entrust an orphan to Saint Saint Saiwen.

Strengthening the enemy?

Is he unable to stand the World Government and the Celestial Dragons' actions, hoping to use Saint Saint Saiwen's hand to overthrow the World Government?

In the world of pirates, most Marines cling to the so-called justice, yet under the system established by the World Government, they become the Celestial Dragons' lackeys.

The Marines daring to ignore the Celestial Dragons' orders seem to be only a handful.

Those daring to resist the World Government are even fewer.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed before Saint Saint Saiwen's eyes.

"Could it be that he saw the possibility of defeating Imu in me? Placing his hope on me to defeat Imu?"

Imu's existence is like a great mountain, pressing down on the six experts who participated in the God Valley battle back then, preventing them from completely tearing up their relationship with the World Government.

Rocks' fall at God Valley indirectly caused Giant King Harald to lead the Giant Kingdom of Elbaf to become a member state of the World Government.

From Harald's perspective—

The World Government is freaking terrifying. Even a good brother like Rocks, leading a group of experts to God Valley, ended with Rocks' death and his pirate crew disbanded.

The World Government's oppression... maxed out.

Therefore, Saint Saint Saiwen feels that Karp saw the possibility of defeating Imu in him.

As for whether Imu would think so?

One hundred percent no.

Having ruled the world for eight hundred years, Imu has seen every kind of storm and wave; figures as brilliant and talented as Rocks, Imu has harvested countless times.

No one has been able to overthrow the World Government in eight hundred years; Imu's pride must be sky-high.

Even if news of Saint Saint Saiwen reached him, he would most likely treat him as just a slightly stronger bug.

Furthermore, the Five Elders would, with high probability, not report news of Saint Saint Saiwen to Imu.

Saint Saint Saiwen has neither attacked the Holy Land of Mary Geoise nor publicly executed a Celestial Dragon, and he is not of the D. family; perhaps in the eyes of the Five Elders, Saint Saint Saiwen is still a potential ally worth wooing.

But then again.

Although not of the D. family, due to purchasing the Lunarian bloodline, Saint Saint Saiwen gained the talent to generate and control fire.

Whether he is Lunarian or not no longer matters; in the eyes of the World Government, Saint Saint Saiwen is an unforgivable criminal—the Lunarian.

However, as long as the World Government does not discover him, there will be no problem for the short term.

In any case, since Saint Saint Saiwen accepted that book recording insights on Armament Haki cultivation, as well as techniques like Wuxian Wuxian Quan Gu Gu Impact, Sea Floor Drop, and Infinite Wuxian Wuxian Quan Gu Gu—

He has already accepted Karp's favor.

The cultivation experiences recorded in the book instantly saved Saint Saint Saiwen tens of thousands of points.

Currently, among Saint Saint Saiwen's three types of Haki, Conqueror's Haki stands alone in dominance, while Observation Haki, amplified by the radio waves, achieves an effect similar to radar sensing.

Focusing on ultra-long-range sensing.

Only Armament Haki is extremely mismatched with his combat power; previously, his physique could not keep up, preventing him from cultivating Armament Haki, but now his physique is heaven-defying; even without Armament Haki, his defense remains astonishing.

Armament Haki is not only a boost to defense; the external projection known as Ryuo and internal destruction, also known as Armament Haki, similarly boost attacks.

It's just that the amplification effect is inferior to Conqueror's Coating.

In Saint Saint Saiwen's previous plan, he prioritized purchasing Conqueror's defense while focusing his energy on Observation Haki, swordsmanship, and Devil Fruit ability cultivation.

Finally, he would make up for Armament Haki.

The trip to Windmill Village unexpectedly yielded the cultivation insight book left by Karp; body technique and Armament Haki cultivation must now be added to the plan.

If one wishes to ascend to the world's strongest, every aspect must be perfected; severe specialization is unacceptable.

Following the night, Saint Saint Saiwen returned to the Donghai Dihuang moored at the Frost Moon Village dock.

Flashing instantly to the captain's cabin, Saint Saint Saiwen took out the Supreme Grade Blade Ace and listed it on the trading platform to try his luck.

【Ace: 100,000 points, one of the twelve Supreme Grade Blades, the sword of Pirate King Luo Jie. Seller's note: Extremely high collection value】

To be honest, Saint Saint Saiwen simply did not believe anyone would spend 100,000 points to buy Ace; this is not a divine artifact like Mengxiang Yixin.

The reason for listing it on the trading platform is that he hasn't yet thought of who would be suitable to wield this blade.

Saint Saint Saiwen certainly won't use it; he is a one-sword style swordsman, and Mengxiang Yixin boosts Haki by one hundred percent; only a fool would switch blades.

Mihawk possesses the Supreme Grade Blade Black Blade Yoru, and Master Tenghu possesses the Supreme Grade Blade Gambler's Fireline; naturally, they would not choose to switch blades either.

Big Bear is not a swordsman; in battle, he relies more on releasing his Devil Fruit abilities with both hands.

Jin Ni is also not a swordsman; before consuming the Door-Door Fruit, she fought more with firearms, and after consuming the Door-Door Fruit, she might become the Morning Star Pirates' sniper.

Imagine breaking the sniper's limits of distance, vision, and trajectory using spatial doors, while simultaneously avoiding the sniper's weakness in close combat.

The fired sniper rounds would, through the Door-Door Fruit ability, achieve instant arrival and one hundred percent precise hits.

Of course, these exist only in imagination; how to cultivate specifically still depends on Jin Ni herself; Saint Saint Saiwen is merely offering some suggestions.

As for Little Robin's dream, to decipher all Poneglyphs, it is not within the scope of consideration.

That is to say, this Supreme Grade Blade Ace is currently unusable by the entire Morning Star Pirates crew, which is why Saint Saint Saiwen quoted 100,000 points to try his luck.

If sold successfully, he would make a fortune.

If no one buys it, that is very reasonable.

Regarding the East Blue journey, Saint Saint Saiwen has achieved two of his three set goals—retrieving the peerless Supreme Grade Blade Ace and taking Big Bear and Jin Ni on a tour of the East Blue.

At the same time, he unexpectedly received a gift from Karp.

Only the matter of recruiting crew members has made no progress; those from the East Blue who have some fame in later eras are currently either not yet born or only a few years old.

They simply could not form an immediate combat force.

Moreover, not a single one was encountered.

As for where Usopp was, Saint Saint Saiwen did know.

Yet compared to Usopp abandoning his wife and children to chase his dreams... Saint Saint Saiwen actually admired Rocks more, for giving up his dreams for his wife and children.

In short, he and Usopp were not of the same kind.

The reason he had invited Mihawk to form a pirate crew in the first place was precisely because Saint Saint Saiwen wanted to find companions who shared his ideals, to ride the wind and break the waves to reach the destination.

For the sake of profit, a cooperative partner could be tolerated.

But a companion could not.

If it were Benn Beckman, Saint Saint Saiwen would certainly not have been polite; for a type like Usopp, he should be left to that guy Shanks.

After bathing and washing up, just as Saint Saint Saiwen was preparing to rest, he suddenly sensed a figure rapidly approaching above the dock.

"A brat from Luo Jie's ship!"