Great Voyage.

The sun is shining and the sky is cloudless.

The salty and damp sea breeze, accompanied by the spray of the waves, blows on people's faces, which is exceptionally cool, and from time to time seagulls pass by the side of the ship in the sound of chirping.

A long white streak stretches out behind the stern of the boat, as if there is no end to it.

At the stern of the boat, Li Xiaozheng closed his eyes, lying on a soft chair on his back, enjoying the warm sunshine and the warm sea breeze.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xiao seemed to wake up, slowly opened his eyes, yawned leisurely, got up from the soft chair, and immediately walked to the deck.

Because Luffy and his group have been on the sea for a long time, all they see are the vast blue waves, and in the long run, it is inevitable that they will feel a little boring, so there are a lot of plants planted here, lush and green, and the scenery is beautiful, which makes people can't help but be bright.

There are also orange trees specially planted by Nami, so you can eat delicious oranges even on a ship, and it is also a good way to prevent sepsis caused by long-term sailing.

"Sonorous!"

"Woohoo!"

At the same time, the sound of sword practice in the air also reached Li Xiao's ears.

Li Xiao wandered among the orange trees, through the covered vegetation, Li Xiao could see on the deck, a hair like green seaweed, Sauron, he was dressed in a strong suit, his body was thunderous, holding a sword in both hands, and he was constantly dancing in the sharp sound of breaking wind.

Zoro was tirelessly practicing swordsmanship, the beads of sweat on his forehead flowed down, past the bridge of his nose, along the well-defined chin, dripping on the deck, on the deck, it was clear that a lot of sweat had dripped down, a wet piece, from these, it was enough to see Sauron's diligence.

"Zoro is really a sword nerd."

Li Xiao muttered. After experiencing a carnival, most of everyone was a little tired and went back to their respective rooms to rest, but only Zoro, even so, is also persevering in practicing swords, if you talk about swordsmanship talent, this Zoro may not be the top of the One Piece plane, there are Hawkeye, Shanks, Reilly and others above him, but in terms of diligence, maybe few people can compare to Zoro, right?

It's just that Na Zoro practiced swordsmanship, and it seemed that he was extremely focused, even if Li Xiao was standing next to him, he didn't notice that above the deck, there was only a breeze whistling, and the roar of the sword blade was mixed together, as if it was a moving symphony.

After a long time, Sauron stopped practicing his sword, panting like an ox, and slowly put away his sword moves.

"Master, when did you get here?"

At this time, when Zoro caught a glimpse of Li Xiao's figure, he was slightly stunned, he quickly turned around and arched his hand at Li Xiao according to the etiquette of the East.

"No need to be polite, I've been here for a while, and it's all because you practice swords too seriously, so I didn't notice it." Li Xiao bowed slightly, and asked, "How is it, how is the swordsmanship practice?" ”

Zoro looked at the two long knives in his hand, and said with a slight sigh: "I have been practicing the swordsmanship of the Three Swords, but it seems to be in a strange bottleneck, no matter how hard I try, it seems that I can't reach a higher level." ”

Sauron was so authentic, and there was a hint of helplessness in his words.

"Actually, your opinion of the sword has fallen into a misunderstanding." Li Xiao glanced at Sauron and said with a little deep meaning.

"Misunderstanding, I hope the master can give advice?"

When Sauron heard this, his sharp eyes couldn't help but shine, and he owed a debt, and his demeanor was very humble and respectful.

Sauron is a man who is relentless in his pursuit of kendo, and he is also a very arrogant person, so to speak.

However, he has a very high respect for the strong swordsmanship, just like after he has competed with Li Xiao, he understands the two of them, and the gap is like a moat, and he is suddenly shocked in his heart.

Li Xiao is the strongest swordsman he has seen so far, even better than the world's number one swordsman Hawkeye today.

In the face of Hawkeye Homick, Li Xiao was still able to reluctantly accept hundreds of moves, but when facing Li Xiao, the attack he originally thought was invulnerable seemed to have become full of flaws, and the gap was self-evident, which made Zoro even more surprised and admired in his heart.

In order to be able to obtain more powerful swordsmanship, Zoro did not hesitate to let go of his self-esteem as a swordsman and bowed to Li Xiaoxing, which shows that he has the obsession and desire to become a powerful swordsman in his heart.

At this time, he heard Li Xiao's words, put away his conceit, and looked at Li Xiao with burning eyes, his eyes were full of fanaticism and longing.

How much he longed for his swordsmanship to be able to go to the next level, and even touch the threshold of the world's number one swordsman, and he had no doubt that the man in front of him must have a deeper understanding of swordsmanship than him.

"Do you think that the more swords you use, the more powerful your moves will be?"

Li Xiao said with a smile, his hands behind his back, as if he was a master of Taoism, and the whole person revealed a transcendent and profound temperament, this scene made Zoro look stunned.

"Well, the more blades, the more powerful it should be, my goal is to achieve the Nine Blades, in the elbows, in the knees, and other joints, I can also clamp the blade and show my own swordsmanship, that's what I want to do."

Listening to Li Xiao's words, Zoro almost subconsciously spoke, indeed, in his opinion, the more sword blades used, and the more complex and changeable the moves, the more powerful the power will be, and even the ability to defeat a thousand with one enemy, the reason why he is desperately cultivating multiple sword streams can be said to be because of this reason.

"However, why haven't you thought about why Homik, the world's number one swordsman today, only needs a sword, and can kill hundreds of pirates at will without leaving any piece of armor, and he can even reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship."

The next moment, Li Xiao threw out a question at the right time.

Hearing this, Sauron's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and the whole person suddenly fell silent, and then seemed to fall into a state of thought.

He did think about this question, and in the end, the reason he attributed it to the level of strength may be the accumulation and precipitation of time?

Li Xiao watched the change in the other party's expression, and said: "Actually, we have a saying in the East called the heavy sword without a blade, it is not a skill, many things should pay attention to its deeper realm, rather than superficial kung fu, just like your three knife streams, why only the number of knives can increase its power, why can't the power of a knife be brought into full play, so that it can show the power of tens of millions of knives." ”

After a pause, Li Xiao pondered for a moment and concluded: "Although the swordsmanship is already getting more and more perfect, but in addition, your inner spirit is a lack of cultivation, or in other words, your lack of sword intent does not match the superb swordsmanship, so you can't exert the strongest power." ”

"Sword intent, how can I improve my sword intent?"

The two words of sword intent made Sauron's heart inexplicably hot, listening to the meaning of Li Xiao's words, as long as he improved his sword intent, his own swordsmanship would also rise?

Sauron's spirit came.

Facing Sauron's expectant look, Li Xiao chuckled and said, "Before that, you should know what your sword intent is?" ”

"My sword intent?"

There was a hint of confusion in Zoro's eyes.

He once vowed to become the world's number one swordsman, as for why he made such an oath, maybe it was because of his dead childhood sweetheart, maybe because of the humiliation and unwillingness to lose to Hawkeye Homick, or because he wanted to collect more famous swords for his own use?

At this moment, many thoughts appeared in Sauron's heart, he nodded from time to time, frowned from time to time, or shook his head, and for a moment his face was cloudy, as if he was in a deep confusion and struggle.

He lifted the double knife in his hand, raised his head, looked at the blue sky, and couldn't help but ask himself.

"So, what do I really want to be stronger?"

At this time, Zoro suddenly realized, so he was so eager to become stronger, what was everything for, he only felt very dazed in his heart, I don't know when, he even forgot his original intention of wanting to become stronger.

"Whew, it's a nice day. Hey, Li Xiao, Zolon, what are you talking about here? ”

And at this moment, a very cute and ignorant, but slightly suspicious voice suddenly came from the side of the ship.

Hearing this voice, even if Li Xiao didn't look at it, he knew who sent it.

Naturally, he is the first cute thing on the Sunshine Miles, and the ship doctor Chopper is gone, who else but him?

At this time, Qiao Ba seemed to have just woken up after sleeping for a while, and when he saw Li Xiao and Zoro the pair of master and apprentice, both standing on the deck, they couldn't help but feel curious.

"Oh, it's Chopper."

Hearing Chopper's voice, Zoro withdrew his gaze from the endless sky, came back to his senses, and looked at Chopper.

But at this moment, suddenly, a black shadow flashed beside him, and a fierce wind swept through. And in the next moment, Li Xiao suddenly appeared behind Chopper, and when it was even more noticeable, a sneer smile was lifted at the corner of Li Xiao's mouth, and a dagger he put on Chopper's neck, the dagger flashed with a cold glow, as if it only needed a light touch to take away the latter's life in an instant.

"Master, what are you going to do?!"

Sauron's heart was full of incomprehension, he didn't expect that Li Xiao would suddenly have such a move, which was beyond his expectations.

"Li Xiao, why are you doing this, I don't seem to have offended you, please don't kill me."

And Chopper was put around his neck with an extremely sharp dagger,

His eyes were full of fear and fear. I couldn't help but tremble.

"Hehe, you really haven't offended me, but you're too long-winded."

Li Xiao's gloomy words came into Chopper's ears, making the latter shiver, even in the sunny day, Chopper felt the incomparably cold around him, as if he was in an ice cellar, this feeling was really terrible, so scared that he didn't dare to come out.

"Master, you're probably too domineering."

Hearing this sentence, Zoro twitched, although Chopper, who is full of cute pet attributes, is indeed a little noisy sometimes, but everyone is actually used to it, and who would be angry with such a cute guy, and now, Li Xiao is indiscriminately trying to kill Chopper, which makes Zolon's heart unacceptable.

Why did that gentle master suddenly turn into a demon who cares about human life, it is a little unreasonable, thinking of this, Sauron's brows couldn't help but furrow deeply.

"If you want to save your so-called companion, you have to have enough strength, and if you want to save it, you have to have the ability to take it away."

The corners of Li Xiao's mouth lifted a trace of arc, and his words were full of mockery, and at the same time, the true yuan in his body was running, and suddenly a wisp of true qi was stripped out, and then like a spiritual snake, it wrapped around Chopper's waist, as if carrying a chicken, and lifted it to the outside of the ship.

Chopper looked down, and at a distance of five or six meters under his feet, there was a surging and rolling current, and as soon as the thread of true qi that bound him was loosened, he would fall and be swallowed by the waves.

Such a scene made me very frightened just thinking about it, and Chopper almost fainted with a black eye.

"Chopper, I'm here to save you."

Zoro deserves to be a first-class swordsman, and soon, he suppressed the surprise in his heart, his shoulders shook suddenly, his swift figure urged the fastest speed, and the two knives in his hands rotated around his wrists, and when the time came, he tore through the air, like two scissors wrapped in sword waves, and attacked Li Xiao.

Seeing this, Li Xiao couldn't help but smile slightly, he stepped on his toes, and his body technique was displayed, and the whole person was like an eagle harrier turning over, rising from the ground and dodging Sauron's attack.

However, in order to save Chopper, Zoro's heart was extremely eager, and quietly, his sword moves were even more fierce and swift, like lightning coming first, his wrist flicked, and an incomparably sharp silver light slashed out in that direction when Li Xiao was about to fall.

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