Chapter 35: Post-War Growth

Even though Roger was angry, he could do nothing. He couldn't beat Rocks and could only endure it in frustration.

  "Captain, please don't have any bad thoughts, otherwise our voyage will end here."

  Seeing his captain's angry look, Rayleigh kindly reminded him.

  He was really afraid that Roger would go crazy and lead their Roger Pirates to fight the Rocks Pirates.

  If that were to happen, their Roger Pirates might be completely wiped out, and the voyage of the entire pirate group would come to an end.

  "Hahahaha, Rayleigh, don't worry. I won't do anything stupid unless I'm sure I can defeat Rocks."

  Roger laughed.

  Although Roger is sometimes stupid and stubborn, he is not a brainless person.

  Knowing that you cannot defeat the opponent, you still charge forward head-on. Such fools will not survive long in this cruel world.

  "That's good, that's good. The truth is that your expression just now was a little too dangerous."

  Rayleigh breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Roger was still sane, he felt much more at ease.

  "Hey, there's a new face in the Rocks Pirates. What a young monster, he became a cadre at the age of sixteen. His future is limitless. It would be great if he could be recruited to our pirate group."

  Roger said in surprise after looking at the bounty order for a cadre of the Rocks Pirates.

  "Farewell, the Rocks Pirates are much stronger than ours, there's no way they would be poached by you, can you be more realistic?"

  Rayleigh said, holding his forehead.

  "Rayleigh, you are trying to show off. What's wrong with our pirate group? We are the freest pirate group in the world."

  Roger said loudly.

  "Yes, yes, right now the pirate group is almost out of money to hold the banquet. As the captain, shouldn't you think about how to increase the income of our pirate group? Otherwise, in half a month, we will all be left with nothing."

  Rayleigh said helplessly.

  "Hahaha, Rayleigh, you are the vice-captain in charge of our pirate group's finances. You should be the one to figure out a solution to this kind of thing. Let's hold a banquet to celebrate the new young cadres joining the Rocks Pirates."

  Roger turned his head away from Rayleigh and laughed.

  On Steller Island, a prosperous island close to the Red Earth Continent, Li Yuan's master Louis lived an ordinary life in hiding.

  "Li Yuan, it seems that you are a lot closer to your goal!"

  Louis looked at the newspaper in his hand, which had a photo of Li Yuan on it.

  Standing around Li Yuan were other cadres of the Rocks Pirates and Rocks himself. The headline of the newspaper was "Li Yuan, the new cadre of the Rocks Pirates!"

  Beehive Island

  After the banquet, most of the pirates on the island were drunk. Even Whitebeard, who had been drinking with Li Yuan before, lay on the ground and fell asleep.

  The entire Beehive Island, which was originally bustling with noise during the banquet, suddenly became quiet.

  After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yuan got up and left, returning to his boat. He didn't have the habit of sleeping on the floor.

  "Big Brother, you're back!!!" Even though it was already early in the morning, many of the younger brothers and Lazili were still awake and waiting for Li Yuan to come back.

  Now that they saw Li Yuan coming back, they were happy and put their worries aside.

  "I have joined the Rocks Pirates and have become a cadre of the Rocks Pirates. From now on on Beehive Island, if you encounter someone looking for trouble and you can't beat them, just tell me my name!"

  Looking at these junior brothers, although they are weak, he will not despise them, nor will he give up on them.

  After all, in this world, these junior brothers are the ones who grew up with him, and Li Yuan has different feelings towards them.

  He also hopes that in the future when he reaches the pinnacle of kendo and the top of the world, there will be someone to share that joy with him and overlook the scenery of the entire world with him.

  "A cadre of the Rocks Pirates? That's great, big brother!!"

  "Long live the eldest brother!!"

  "Big Brother is so awesome!!"

  "."

  Since Li Yuan had asked them all to stay on the boat before, they didn't know that Li Yuan had become a cadre of the Rocks Pirates, so they were so happy after hearing this news.

  "Okay, let's all go and rest."

  Li Yuan waved his hand and asked them to go and rest. Even if they were not tired, Li Yuan was very tired.

  After fighting John with all his might for a whole day, he had reached his limit. Although his injuries and physical strength had recovered now, he was still mentally exhausted.

  Seeing that Li Yuan was going to rest, La Zili followed him in considerately. She wanted to serve Li Yuan well so that Li Yuan could rest better.

  The next morning, Li Yuan was woken up by his biological clock on time. After getting up, he covered Lazili, who was still sleeping, with a quilt and then walked out of the room.

  "This is the first time I have tried my best to fight someone stronger than me. After just one battle, I feel that I have become much stronger, and my Armament Haki has become thicker, harder and more solid than before."

  "No wonder others say that fighting with strong people is the fastest way to improve your strength."

  Seeing his own progress clearly, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

  No wonder Luffy improved so quickly in the original work, as he was beaten half to death by the enemy every time.

  Then after recovering, he became much stronger than before and defeated the enemy.

  After defeating the enemy, he fell into the vicinity of death, and then was rescued again, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds again.

  This experience of fighting, dying, recovering, becoming much stronger, defeating the enemy, dying, recovering again, becoming much stronger.

  Those who don't know might think that Luffy has the physique of a Saiyan, and that his combat power increases every time he recovers from an injury.

  "However, this kind of battle doesn't happen every time. This time it was an accident."

  In reality, there is not much chance to improve your strength in this way.

  Reality is not a novel, and Li Yuan himself would not gamble his life on the fact that those who are stronger than himself cannot kill him.