A group of people were hiding in the cabin, watching the continuous light rain and hailstones outside.
It had been raining for I don't know how long, and the storm still hadn't ended.
But it was almost over.
Xia Luo also caught sight of a ray of sunlight on the distant horizon.
This indicated that the storm was gradually subsiding.
"Phew!"
Xia Luo let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, he truly understood the weather in the New World.
It was changeable. The weather here changed as fast as turning the pages of a book.
Xia Luo had encountered storms before, but he had never experienced one as fierce as this.
Fortunately, the ship was sturdy; otherwise, it would have been blown apart by the storm long ago.
After a long while,
A ray of sunlight shone on Xia Luo's ship and also on his face.
Feeling the warm sunlight, Xia Luo finally felt at ease.
Xia Luo had no idea how long he had been in the storm. He just felt it was an extremely long time, at least seven or eight days before he saw the sunlight again.
Looking at the calm sea in front of him and the gentle breeze on the sea!
"Set sail! To Fish-Man Island!"
Xia Luo shouted.
"Yes!"
Over twenty crew members started to manipulate the sails and continued their voyage.
Watching the bustling crew, Xia Luo silently prayed that there wouldn't be any more accidents.
Fish-Man Island was the only way to reach the first half of the Grand Line.
The Red Line Archipelago split the entire world into two halves and blocked off the Grand Line, splitting it into two sections: the first half of the Grand Line and the second half of the Grand Line.
There were only two ways for Xia Luo to reach the first half of the Grand Line.
One was to use the special passage of the World Government. The other was to coat the ship and dive into the sea to enter the first half of the Grand Line through Fish-Man Island.
Taking the World Government's special passage was out of the question for Xia Luo unless he wanted to turn himself in.
He was a pirate after all!
So he could only take the route through Fish-Man Island, but this route was extremely dangerous.
Every year, 70% of the ships passing through Fish-Man Island would perish in the sea.
Without exception, they were all attacked by Sea Kings, which led to the destruction of the ships and the death of the people on board.
After all, Fish-Man Island lies ten thousand meters beneath the sea.
Once the ship was destroyed there, no one could survive.
So this route was also fraught with danger.
But Xia Luo had no choice but to take that route if he wanted to reach the first half of the Grand Line.
The ship sailed on the sea for three or four days.
During this period, they also went ashore to replenish supplies.
But it wasn't as smooth as they hoped.
Upon seeing Xia Luo's rather youthful face, almost everyone recognized him.
After seeing Xia Luo bring the ship ashore, countless people on the dock fled in all directions.
After all, Xia Luo had already sailed to the first half of the New World. There were relatively few pirates here, and it was under the protection of the Navy.
The islanders here were not as accustomed to such things as those in later generations.
But Xia Luo didn't care about them. After replenishing the supplies, he got on the ship.
This time, for convenience's sake, Xia Luo didn't hoist the pirate flag.
"Captain! We've reached Qilan Island! We can coat the ship now!"
Paul came to Xia Luo's side and reported.
"Alright! Dock the ship and get it coated."
Xia Luo nodded.
The ship slowly docked.
"Yo! A ship is coming. I hope it's here for coating!"
A bunch of idle guys sitting on the shore said as they watched the slowly docking ship.
These people were all ship coaters, sitting on the shore every day waiting for business to come.
"Coaters! Come here quickly and coat this ship!"
As soon as Paul docked, he shouted at the coaters on the shore.
"Alright!"
Hearing this, the coaters immediately got up in a rush.
"Sir! Use me! I'm cheap. It only costs one million berries for coating!"
"Sir! Use me! Use me. I only charge nine hundred thousand berries!"
"Sir! Sir! Don't believe their words. It can't be safe at such a low price. Use mine. I only charge one million and five hundred thousand berries, and I guarantee it can safely pass through Fish - Man Island!"
The ship was surrounded by coaters, each of them introducing themselves.
Xia Luo found it interesting and came to the side of the ship to watch these coaters!
But the moment the coaters saw Xia Luo, they were all stunned and didn't react for a while.
"Blood... Blood! Xia Luo, the Blood Sword Hero! It's the pirate Xia Luo!"
A coater recognized Xia Luo and immediately shouted.
But as soon as he shouted, he ran away, not even bothering about his tools.
"What? It's the pirate Xia Luo! Run away!"
Before long, all the ship coaters at the port of Qilan Island had run away, not a single one left.
"Oh no!"
Paul looked at Xia Luo speechlessly. What should they do now!
Xia Luo was also stunned for a moment! What the...
Was he really that scary?
"Let's go! Go to the island and have a look! By the way, put up a sign to look for a ship coater."
Xia Luo ordered.
Then he led the people onto the island. He really wanted to see why he had such a terrible reputation!
When they arrived at the small town on the island, this town was similar to his hometown, Kame Island, but there were no mountains. It was just an ordinary small island.
As they walked into the town, everyone was running their shops on the street in an orderly manner.
This was a consumption - oriented island.
It was obviously for the merchants coming and going.
After all, this island was right above the entrance and exit of Fish - Man Island.
There were a lot of people coming and going.
As soon as Xia Luo and his group entered the island, everyone looked towards the entrance of the town.
After all, there were quite a lot of them, more than a dozen people, and each of them was holding a weapon. They clearly looked like troublemakers.
Maybe they were pirates.
"Xia... Xia! Xia Luo! Xia Luo, the Blood Sword Hero!"
Someone among these people immediately recognized Xia Luo, the leader.
After all, it had been less than a month since he was on the most - talked - about topic. Morgans' report of his great battle with Zefa shocked everyone, especially those in the New World. As the potential threat was right in front of them, if they didn't pay attention, they might not even know when the pirates came to their door.
"Quick! Run! The pirates of the Rocks Pirates are here!"
At the shout of one person, everyone came to their senses.
They all threw away what they were holding and ran away in a flash.
"Woo - hoo!"
Amid the crowd's chaos, the children were the most unlucky. They were originally playing in the street, but suddenly everyone was gone, leaving only Xia Luo and his group at the town entrance.
Those who had fled all hid in their homes.
Xia Luo scanned the area with his Observation Haki and sneered disdainfully. If pirates really invaded, did they think hiding at home would keep them safe?
Wrong! Hiding at home was often the most dangerous.
In fact, those pirates would rush into the houses and plunder everything.
Xia Luo stepped forward alone. In front of a fruit stand, he saw a baby in a cradle wailing loudly.
Perhaps because its parents were absent, this two - to three - year - old baby was scared!
Xia Luo walked forward and gently stroked the baby.
After seeing Xia Luo, the two - to three - year - old baby stopped crying.