"Brother Yi, are these the historical texts?" After coming out of the cave, Shanks followed Fang Yi and whispered.
"Yeah! It's a pity that none of us can understand them. If we could, maybe we could find a way to reach the Final Island!" Fang Yi nodded and said.
"Woof! Woof!" Seeing Fang Yi and the others coming out, Wangzai, who had been waiting at the cave entrance, immediately barked twice and rushed up.
In just one year, the little dog Wangzai had grown a lot. Even on all fours, it had reached Fang Yi's waist. So now it could no longer lie on Fang Yi's body. But the crew members were sensible enough not to mention Wangzai's real name and still called it Wangzai.
"Little guy, have you been waiting long? Let's go. We're going hunting! The captain said we'll have a feast tonight!" Fang Yi patted Wangzai on the head and then dashed into the forest.
"Brother Yi, wait for me. I'll go with you too!" Seeing this, Shanks immediately smiled and followed.
"These little guys have really made amazing progress in just one year!" Rayleigh said with a smile, looking at Fang Yi and Shanks running away.
"Yeah, sometimes when I look at them, I really feel old!" Jiba echoed.
"You're already old. Otherwise, why do you wear sunglasses all day?" Yameng, who was standing beside them, seemed to have a feud with Jiba. As long as he spoke, she would taunt him.
"I didn't do anything to you, right? Why do you always go after me?" Jiba's face darkened and he retorted.
Now they were in the prime of their youth, the most beautiful time in their lives. Both their strength and physical condition were at their peak.
"Yeah, I'm picking on you. So what? If you're mad, come at me!" Yameng immediately retorted when she saw Jiba's reaction.
The courage Jiba had finally mustered wilted as soon as he saw Yameng's toughness.
"Hahaha..." Seeing this, the surrounding crew members couldn't help laughing out loud.
Soon, Roger and the others arrived at the shore. Beside the Oro Jackson, the head chef Yoichi was directing the remaining crew members to prepare the tools for the feast. Bucky, looking listless, was also helping here.
Since it was just about searching for the historical texts, after participating once and finding it boring, Bucky decided not to take part in such things anymore. His interest lies in digging for treasures, not looking for those stones.
"Captain, Mr. Rayleigh! Where are Fang Yi and Shanks? Why didn't they come back with you?" After seeing Roger and the others, Bucky looked around and stepped forward to ask.
"Xiao Yi and Shanks have gone hunting!" Rayleigh glanced at Bucky and replied softly.
Unlike the diligent Fang Yi and the talented Shanks, Bucky was neither talented nor hard - working. Although Bucky's strength was similar to theirs a year ago, now there is already a significant gap in strength between Bucky and the other two.
"Those two guys... They're so sneaky, making up the excuse of hunting to slack off!" Not seeing Shanks and Fang Yi, Bucky immediately guessed that they didn't want to help out here and had made up the excuse of hunting.
Because he didn't want to help here himself, he came up with this kind of idea.
However, it wasn't long before Fang Yi and Shanks returned. The two were dragging a long rope made of vines, and behind it were several huge beasts, including a dead tiger.
"Haha... It seems that today's harvest is quite good! Just in time, we're running short of ingredients. You've come at the right time!" Chef Yao Yi said with a big laugh as soon as he saw the food the two were dragging.
"We were lucky today. We found a small lake where there were quite a few beasts!" Fang Yi said with a smile.
"Not bad. You've finally got a bit of my former style!" Yamon said with a satisfied smile as she looked at Fang Yi carrying the Sun-Shooting Bow.
Now, the bow Fang Yi used regularly was the Sun-Shooting Bow. The old bow and arrow, worn out from Fang Yi's use, was repaired by him and was now kept in his room as a souvenir.
"Yo! Shanks, Fang Yi! You two guys actually left me behind and went off to slack off! Come over here and help right away!" Seeing Shanks and Fang Yi return, Bucky, who had been dissatisfied for a long time, immediately jumped out and shouted loudly.
"Hehe... It was you who didn't want to go with us. Now you're saying we left you behind. Bucky... You can't be like this!" Fang Yi walked towards Bucky with a smile on his face.
Before long, the banquet began. Now, the one on the ship who loved banquets the most was Wangzai. It had grown a lot. During the banquet, not only could it eat delicious food, but it could also sing and dance with the pirates.
"Bink's Sake" was Wangzai's favorite song. Basically, as soon as the rhythm started, it would become extremely excited. It was even more like a pirate than Fang Yi.
Early the next morning, rubbing his still aching head, Fang Yi started a new day.
Ever since he graduated from Yamon's training, the pirates, on the grounds that he was now a qualified warrior, forced him to start drinking. They completely ignored the fact that he was still a child and would always get him dead drunk at every banquet.
Although Fang Yi wasn't a bad drinker, compared to these guys who were constantly soaking in the wine barrels, he was no match at all.
After returning to the ship and taking a shower, the pirates were basically ready to set sail at any time.
"Guys... Let's head towards new adventures... Forward!"
"O~~~"
With Captain Roger's order, the Oro Jackson slowly set sail, and all the pirates started to do their respective jobs.
Fang Yi began his basic archery training. This was something he always insisted on doing, just like clocking in on Roger and the others every day. As long as there were no special accidents, he never interrupted.
After working up a sweat, his whole body returned to normal. The hangover hit him hard, making his head a bit muddled and his body a bit stiff.
"Stinky guy! Go take a shower first. The chef has prepared breakfast for you. Go and eat it by yourself after taking a shower!" Seeing Fang Yi finish his workout, Wangzai ran over cheerfully but was disliked by Fang Yi.
However, Wangzai (Wangzai, a dog's name) didn't care. It jumped directly from the ship into the sea. After swimming alongside the Oro Jackson for a while, it climbed back onto the ship on its own.
Maybe it was truly a new species born in the sea. Wangzai swam faster than most of the crew members. Even the merman Sambel said that he had never seen a dog swim so fast in the sea. Its speed was no worse than that of some ordinary fish.
"Brother Yi~ Wanna have a spar?" Seeing Fang Yi finish his basic archery training, Shanks immediately approached him.
Now Bucky basically didn't look for him to spar anymore. Instead, Shanks would come to Fang Yi for a match off and on. It wasn't that he had any thoughts about the position of the leader of the trio. He simply thought that sparring with Brother Yi could teach him something and increase his combat experience.
However, today's spar ended rather quickly. Before unlucky Shanks could exchange many blows with Brother Yi, Brother Yi directly triggered his Precision LV.3 and kicked him flying with one foot.
This year, even without using any experience scrolls on Precision, Fang Yi managed to upgrade his Precision skill to LV.3 through sheer hard work. This was enough to prove how hard Fang Yi had been training.
"Brother Yi, how on earth do you do it? No matter if I dodge or block, sometimes your attacks can still hit me!" Shanks got up from the ground, saying with a gloomy face.
Brother Yi shrugged and didn't explain.
This kid was really unlucky. Although the trigger rate of Precision LV.3 had increased to 30%, the actual trigger rate in battle wasn't very high.
The trigger mechanism of Precision LV.3 wasn't about hitting three times out of ten attacks. Instead, each attack had a 30% chance of triggering the skill. This was quite a test of one's luck.
When one was lucky, the skill would trigger every time they attacked. When one was unlucky, it wasn't uncommon for the skill not to trigger even once throughout a battle.
Among his current skill levels, besides Precision which he had trained to LV.3 himself, Divine Blessing had also been forcefully upgraded to LV.2 by using experience scrolls. It now took effect twice a month instead of once.
In addition, his Dodge skill was also about to reach LV.2. The reason it hadn't reached LV.2 was that he had now used his skill experience scrolls on Lethal Strike. The trigger rates of these skills were very low, so it was difficult to gain experience points during normal training.
"Where's that little rascal Bucky? Call him to train with you when you're free! That little guy is just too lazy!" Brother Yi walked up to Shanks, patted him on the back, and said with a smile.
He hadn't checked in on Bucky today, so he had to find Bucky first.
"Don't know. Maybe he's hiding somewhere sleeping!" Shanks shook his head and replied.
However, just as the two of them were going to look for Bucky, they suddenly saw Rayleigh approaching Roger with a solemn look on his face, seemingly saying something.
Fang Yi and Shanks glanced at each other and walked over directly.
"Is Shakky's intelligence accurate?" After listening to Rayleigh's words, Roger's expression also became a bit more solemn.
"Since her pirate crew disbanded, she's been working full-time on intelligence work. I'm pretty sure of that!" Rayleigh nodded and replied.
"Captain, what happened?" Fang Yi and Shanks stepped forward and asked.
Although they were still interns at that time, after a year of getting along, everyone had come to highly approve of them. So they were allowed to get involved in many things.
Roger and Rayleigh exchanged glances, then Rayleigh spoke up, "Do you remember that we attacked a slave ship and rescued quite a few slaves a year ago?"
"Sure!" Fang Yi nodded, patting the Sun-Shooting Bow on himself. "I found this bow back then!"
"After we saved those slaves, they became pirates too! They've been searching the seas to save other slaves. Because of that, the navy has put a hefty bounty on their heads!" Rayleigh said softly.
"Huh? A pirate crew made up entirely of slaves? Could they have been targeted by some powerful bounty hunter?" Shanks guessed from the side.
"No... They've set their sights on God Valley!" Rayleigh shook his head and replied.
"God Valley?" Fang Yi's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Brother Yi, what's God Valley?" Shanks asked in surprise when he saw Fang Yi's reaction.
Rayleigh and Roger also looked at Fang Yi curiously. Could this guy have heard of God Valley? Even they didn't know the real situation of God Valley without Shakky's intelligence.