"What a great bow!"
After taking a few test shots with the Sun-Shooting Bow, Yamon couldn't help but exclaim, "Not only is it extremely stable when shooting, but the design of the bowstring and the bow body is also quite reasonable! Arrows shot from this bow are more accurate and have a longer range than those shot from ordinary bows!"
Seeming to notice Yamon's admiration, Fang Yi hesitated for a moment and then said to her, "If teacher likes it... I'll give it to you!"
Yamon had taught him archery, and the bow in his hand was also given by Yamon. Although it was a pity, Fang Yi could still accept giving the Sun-Shooting Bow to Yamon.
Since he now had the system, there were so many excellent weapons in it. There were quite a few better than the Sun-Shooting Bow, and he was sure to obtain them in the future. So he didn't need to care too much about just one Sun-Shooting Bow.
Upon hearing Fang Yi's words, Yamon let out a soft laugh and said, "Really? Since it's your kind gesture, then I'll reluctantly accept it!"
Fang Yi twitched the corner of his mouth. The way she put it made it seem like he was forcing it on her, which was really not very pleasant.
"Hahaha... Fool, I'm a jungle warrior. My main weapon in battle isn't a bow and arrow! So it would be a waste to give this bow to me!" Yamon couldn't help but burst out laughing upon seeing this.
Fang Yi was a bit speechless. All the pirates on the ship liked to tease him. Fortunately, now Shanks and Bucky were sharing the "firepower" with him. Plus, he was performing better and better, so sometimes the pirates would subconsciously treat him like an adult.
"Then I'll return this bow to you, teacher!" Seeing that Yamon didn't accept the Sun-Shooting Bow, Fang Yi returned the original bow that Yamon had given him.
"This bow doesn't require much strength to draw, but it has a longer range and is more stable! However, you still need to practice basic archery skills. So you'd better keep my bow and use it for practice!" Yamon shook her head, didn't reach out to take the bow, and said with a gentle smile.
Fang Yi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and put away both bows.
Shortly after, Roger led everyone back to the ship. Among them, Bucky looked extremely glum.
"The captain distributed all the treasures on board to those slaves and let them leave on their own!" Shanks saw this and whispered beside Fang Yi, "Mr. Rayleigh also dug out the treasures that Bucky had hidden!"
"Ha! Bucky, you can't blame me for this! It's your own fault that you couldn't guard your treasures!" Fang Yi heard this and whispered with a sly smile to the angry Bucky beside him.
Bucky snorted and ignored Fang Yi. He even ignored Shanks and went straight into the cabin.
"This guy... Why does he like treasures so much? We're pirates. What's the point of holding on to those treasures!" Fang Yi was quite puzzled by Bucky's obsession.
Shanks shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand either.
"Captain, we've offended Demon Island this time. I'm afraid they'll come after us in the future!" On the deck, Rayleigh frowned and said to Roger beside him.
"Humph, it's just Devil's Island. We don't interfere with each other. If they dare to come out to sea, we'll wipe them all out!" Jabba, standing beside, said angrily.
He really looked down on the business of slavery.
"Devil's Island is just a minor problem! The real problem is the power behind it! We'll probably be hunted by the Navy for some time!" Roger said with a big grin.
"The Navy? Could the rumor be true? Is there really the World Government behind Devil's Island!?" Jabba asked in surprise upon hearing this.
"Yeah! It should be true!" Roger nodded and said.
"Really didn't expect that the World Government has degenerated to such an extent!" Jabba said, quite indignant.
"Well, it's nothing new. I heard that there are even slave auctions in some places, just for the pleasure of the Celestial Dragons!" Rayleigh also shook his head and sighed.
"Forget it. These things aren't our business. Let's go find those Historical Texts first!" Roger shook his head and said.
Shanks and Fang Yi, who had overheard the whole conversation, exchanged a look and saw the shock and confusion in each other's eyes.
"Don't ask!" Fang Yi grabbed Shanks, who was about to go and ask Captain Roger something, shook his head and said, "Don't forget that we're pirates now! As the captain said, those things aren't our concern!"
"But... those slaves..." Shanks gritted his teeth and whispered, "They're the World Government, supposed to protect the civilians! Why do they do such things in secret!"
"This is the corruption of power! No matter what kind of kingdom or organization it is, once it becomes hereditary, this will happen! You can guarantee that you won't be like this, but you can't guarantee that your descendants will be the same as you! As long as there's one black sheep, it's all over!" Fang Yi said with a faint smile.
Hearing this, Shanks fell silent.
Although Shanks and Bucky were in a bad mood after the incident with the slave ship, Fang Yi didn't think too much about it. His only goal now was to get stronger. The future of the sea would be wonderful, but without strength, he'd end up like one of those slaves.
If you want to gain freedom, you have to have strength.
Just as Roger expected, after they destroyed the slave ship last time, the Navy's pursuit of them seemed to have become more intense.
Apart from Vice Admiral Garp, who had been chasing them all along, Vice Admiral "Black Wrist" Zephyr, also well - known around the world, had joined the hunt.
This made Roger and his crew flee helter - skelter. Fortunately, they didn't have a specific destination anyway. They just went wherever the wind blew, which allowed them to miss the Navy's best chance to catch them several times.
One year later.
"Xiaoyi (Fang Yi)... Have you copied the Historical Text?" Roger patted the square Historical Text in front of him and asked Fang Yi, who was busy beside him.
"Yes, Captain! It's done!" Fang Yi nodded and began to pack up his things.
Since they found the first historical text, they have discovered two more in the past year. With the one in front of them, this is already the fourth one they have found.
Fang Yi now had nearly 6,000 points, almost close to it.
Among them, 3,000 points were the rewards from the system after finding the historical texts. The other approximately 3,000 points were earned through battles in this year.
Moreover, he still kept all his points instead of redeeming them.
Since Shanks and Buggy joined the ship, he could get five lottery tickets every day, which fully met his need for lottery draws.
He always thought the system's roulette was against him. Whether it was a single draw or a ten - time draw, the probability of getting good items was extremely low.
Over a whole year, he got five lottery tickets a day. As a result, he had used up more than 1,800 lottery tickets. However, he only drew three combat skills, which were:
Stun (LV.1): Your attack has a 5% chance of stunning the enemy!
Lethal (LV.1): Your attack has a 1% chance of dealing lethal damage to the enemy!
And a skill that couldn't be upgraded:
Charge (Non - upgradable): Enter the charging state. You will be unable to move. According to the charging time, the power of your next attack will increase, reaching a maximum of 200% of its original power!
Apart from combat skills, he also drew three living skills, namely Sculpture (Beginner), Medicine (Beginner), and Painting (Beginner).
Moreover, he found that once a skill, whether it was a combat skill or a living skill, was drawn by him, it would no longer appear on the roulette.
As a result, there were even fewer living skills available for him to draw than combat skills, and they couldn't be upgraded.
Different from combat skills, the living skills he drew were all at the beginner level and had no proficiency, so he couldn't upgrade them at all. Although he seemed to have quite a few living skills, he only knew the basics and they weren't really useful.
In addition to skills, he used the fragments he drew to synthesize another piece of equipment this year.
"Small Quiver: It can store twenty arrows and automatically replenish one arrow every hour!"
After getting the quiver, it finally solved his problem with using arrows to some extent. Currently, his biggest expense was buying arrows.
Although Yamon had taught him how to make arrows, there weren't enough materials on the sea. So, most of his arrows were bought on small islands when they encountered them.
Although some small islands didn't sell arrows directly, materials for making arrows could be found there. In this way, during the voyage, he could use his free time to make and store some arrows.
Therefore, the appearance of the quiver saved Fang Yi a lot of effort and money.
"Mr. Rayleigh, this is the transcribed historical text!" Fang Yi handed the transcribed historical text to Rayleigh, who would keep it.
"Thanks for your hard work, mate!" Rayleigh nodded with a smile, then looked at Roger and said, "Do you feel anything?"
Every time they found a historical text, Fang Yi would make a rubbing of the inscriptions on it. Then he and Roger would try to sense the text, hoping to find a way to reach the final island from it.
"Still no good, huh? How about you, Xiao Yi?" Seeing Roger shake his head, Rayleigh looked at Fang Yi and asked.
"Same here! We really need to find someone who can decipher ancient characters!" Fang Yi also shook his head and sighed.
"It's really a pain. We've visited so many places, but still haven't found any clues about ancient characters!" Jaba beside them also sighed.
"Don't act like you've done something, okay? Every time we arrive at a place, it's Xiao Yi who goes to look for books related to ancient characters. Now his room is full of ancient books, and you've done nothing!" Yamon, holding a wine bottle, rolled his eyes at Jaba and said.
Since they started teaching Fang Yi, their relationship seemed to have become a bit closer than before. Everyone could see this, except for Jaba and Yamon themselves.
So when they saw Yamon starting to pick on Jaba again, the surrounding crew members just snickered. They were already used to it.
"Teacher Yamon, I haven't been of much help either!" Fang Yi scratched the back of his head and said somewhat sheepishly.
"I've told you, you don't need to call me teacher anymore. In archery, I have nothing more to teach you now!" Yamon shook his head with a sigh.
"Once a teacher, always a master!" Fang Yi looked at Yamon seriously and said solemnly.
It was Yamon who introduced Fang Yi to archery. So even though Fang Yi's archery skills were no longer inferior to Yamon's and Yamon had nothing more to teach him, Fang Yi still insisted on calling Yamon teacher.
Roger, Rayleigh and the others highly approved of Fang Yi's persistence.