One Piece: The Celestial Dragons' Self-Cultivation

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Rami was clearly not good at lying; his eyes darted around.

But now is not the time to worry about these things. Luo looked at Blake, who had followed him in.

"How many are there?"

Good morning, young master.

Blake greeted Luo first, then looked at the doctor-looking man who came out from the inner room:

"This must be Mr. Trafalgar Victor."

“I once read a paper titled ‘Study on the Metabolism of Platinum and Lead Toxicity,’ which was very well written.”

Viktor was silent for a moment:

"That paper has been banned by the World Government. You must be someone of considerable status to have been able to find it, right?"

Blake said with a smile:

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hilbert Black, you can call me Saint Black."

Viktor's pupils contracted.

Blake continued:

"I came here today to give you an opportunity; I think you might need this."

As he spoke, he patted Stella on the shoulder.

Stella understood, took a file folder from her bosom, and handed it to Victor.

Viktor opened it and was surprised to find a migration permit bearing the emblem of the World Government.

Within the information cocoon deliberately created by the World Government, everyone on Pionbino Island believed that the widespread disease in the Kingdom of Luminosa was contagious.

Therefore, the other three countries set up numerous checkpoints along the border, preventing people from the Kingdom of Luminosa from leaving.

As a doctor, Victor was one of the few people who knew the truth about platinum lead poisoning.

He was well aware of the effects that living in such an environment year-round would have on his health.

This pass was a lifesaver for their whole family.

But a Celestial Dragon himself came here...

"What's the price?"

Viktor's voice was a little hoarse.

"It's very simple."

The slave behind him took out a folding chair, Blake sat down, and pointed at Luo:

"This child has great potential."

"Even Rob Lucci, who is hailed as the most talented person in the CP organization in 800 years, may not be able to compare to him."

“I need him to undergo a period of training and then work for me.”

Luo, standing to the side, pointed incredulously at himself:

Viktor frowned and fell silent again.

As a doctor with a certain social standing, he was well aware of the Celestial Dragons' temperament.

Despite Blake's unclear statements, he was comparing himself to the geniuses in CP.

In other words, whether it's receiving training or doing tasks, the nature of the work is similar to that of a CP.

Which parent would want their child to engage in dangerous espionage work?

Before Victor could answer, Law was the first to come to his senses:

"No problem, I'm willing to do anything for you."

Victor's voice suddenly rose in pitch:

"You have no idea what this means!"

Luo's gaze remained calm as he looked at his father and said composedly:

"It can't get any worse than it is now, can it?"

"Ever since I started getting into medicine, I've gradually realized that something's wrong here."

"I wasn't very confident at first, but now..."

He glanced at Rami:

"No matter what, family is the most important thing."

Blake listened with amusement.

Wow, you're a family-oriented hero too?

Chapter 45: The Trip to Beihai Ends

Black's attitude toward Luo was completely different from that toward Hawkins, whom he had met in the Tarot Kingdom.

This is certainly not due to bias from the original work, but because Law has greater potential.

Regardless of how Ronaldo and Kidd fought against Big Mom, they won.

Whether her defenses were broken or not was irrelevant; the ultimate goal was to knock Charlotte Linlin into the lava.

Among all the supernovas, apart from the main characters, Law and Kid have the highest potential.

But Kidd wasn't the type to be subservient to anyone, so the only one Black could recruit was Law.

On the other hand, there was a saying in the past that Devil Fruits could choose their own hosts.

Whether this claim is true or false, the importance of the surgical fruit is enough to make Blake make a special trip.

From the bottom of his heart, Black did not want to use the immortality surgery of the Surgery Fruit to gain immortality.

Just like in his previous life he disliked those longevity stories about living alone.

Immortality without companionship has become a curse.

Of course, this is also based on the premise that there are other possibilities for immortality.

Blake wanted to find the lanternfish from the original story, so that it could achieve immortality through pure gold.

Judging from Olga's case, two hundred years have left almost no trace on her, not even comparable to the changes Luffy has undergone in two years of training.

This suggests that pure gold could grant a person at least ten thousand years of life.

Moreover, compared to the others, Luo's personality is more mature, and he won't make a fuss or annoy anyone after boarding the ship.

Blake sat in the living room drinking tea, listening to the arguing and crying coming from the room not far away, his face unmoved.

To gain something, you must lose something; that's fair.

Moreover, compared to the lives of his family of four, Blake didn't actually want much.

Half an hour later, Victor came out of the room with his wife Arya and their two children.

"It looks like you've made your decision."

Victor nodded:

"Yes, Lord Black, we accept your terms."

Blake stood up:

"In that case, pack your things and leave with us."

"This awful place is really uncomfortable."

After leaving Flevans, the group did not explore any further, but went straight back to the Temple.

The border patrol soldiers naturally dared not stop the World Government delegation, and there were no disturbances on the way back.

Pionpino Island wasn't far from Upside Down, and Black had no intention of taking them back to Mary Geoise first; that was far too far.

The Temple's next stop is crossing the Doldrums.

As mentioned before, the Grand Line and the Red Line intersect perpendicularly along the meridian and the equator, respectively, dividing the world into four seas.

Therefore, by crossing the Calm Belt directly from the North Sea, one can enter the New World.

When the ship was built, the scenario of crossing the Calm Belt was taken into account, and the bottom of the ship was naturally inlaid with sea stone.

It's unknown whether Vegapunk invented seastone hulls during this period, but this wasn't a technical issue, but rather a matter of mindset.

Once you can conceive of embedding seastone in the bottom of a ship to block the senses of sea kings, it's not technically difficult to achieve.

In reality, for strong individuals, especially those with Conqueror's Haki, the Calm Belt is not a dangerous place at all.

But why would Celestial Dragons pave their own way when they travel?

After instructing Stella to take the Trafalgar family to rest, Blake returned to his long-unused recliner.

He still has a Young Hawkeye card left over from last month that he hasn't dealt with yet.

I spent a month playing on the island and then drew a minor swordsman card.

Blake decided to deal with the minor swordsman first, and then challenge Hawkeye.

Even the minor swordsman couldn't withstand Black's Conqueror's Haki imbued with demonic energy.

Although he was not unconscious, he stood there trembling and unable to move.

Blake casually chopped off his head with a single stroke.

Looking at the swordsmanship ability card in his hand, Blake hesitated for a moment.

"Never mind, let's keep it for now."

"Once I defeat Hawkeye, this level of ability card shouldn't be of much use to me anymore."

"At the end of this voyage, we should send Mandy back to the Kingdom of Wobokondin."

"Her strength can't be too weak then."

Having made up his mind, Blake put away the ability card.

The battle against the minor swordsman was hardly a warm-up; he reached out and clicked on the young Hawkeye's card.

"System! Enter battle!"

Upon entering the combat space, Blake looked around:

"Is it actually on a ship this time?"

He stood on the deck, with the boundless sea stretching before him, and the ship beneath his feet was his only place to land.

Blake looked up and saw Hawkeye standing on the leaning mast.

Black Blade Night carried it on his back like a cross, the reflected sunlight like a vertical golden line, nailing his shadow to the deck.

With a clang, the black blade was drawn, and the moment its sword energy pierced through the morning mist, the entire merchant ship was split in two from the keel.

"Are you swordsmen from the demolition office?"

Blake casually made a comment, and his Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted.

At the same time, a slightly weaker version of Conqueror's Haki also rose from Hawkeye's body.

Blake was not surprised by this.

If Hawkeye doesn't have Conqueror's Haki, why is he considered by many to be the strongest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?

The rankings of the other Seven Warlords of the Sea may be controversial, but there should be no dispute that Hawkeye is the strongest and Moria is the weakest.

Facing Hawkeye's slash, Blake neither dodged nor evaded, but simply gripped the hilt of his sword with one hand.

A terrifying aura gathered around it, instantly denting the entire sea area into a bowl-shaped crater with a diameter of 100 meters.

Blake leaped up from the broken ship's side and delivered a powerful, split-hit slash at Hawkeye.

His swordsmanship lacked any particular style, yet he always managed to precisely strike the gaps in Black Blade Night's center of gravity.

This is the result of the efforts of dozens of swordsmen from the card space.

Hawkeye silently unleashed three slashes, the sword energy cleaving through the waves and slicing the mast fragments on which Blake was standing into thin slices.