Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 256 Sky Island
"It's the guy we met in the middle of the island. I didn't expect they would go out to sea." Whitebeard had helped Vanir and Kuma so he was impressed by them.

Lu Chen said jokingly, "This captain and I are friends. I didn't expect him to be so popular recently. He's a very difficult person to deal with. You can't catch him with this kind of bounty."

Whitebeard said with emotion: "You guys know each other too? He must have been the one who took Rocks' ship away in the Valley of the Gods."

Otherwise he wouldn't have come to board Roger's ship, but he had no ill will towards Vanir. Pirates could do anything to people who were not their companions.

Captain John and Charlotte Lingling, who had fled earlier, had also acted unethically. This made the moralistic Whitebeard feel that these two deserters were inappropriate. To him, companions should be like family.

Lu Chen was not surprised by anything Vanir did: "This is very much like what he would do. He is not a man who keeps to himself."

"If I meet him in the new world, I will definitely give him a taste of his own medicine."

Lu Chen remembered that he didn't seem to know the way to Sky Island, so he asked, "I don't think he cares about these things. By the way, do you have an eternal compass to Sky Island? I can buy it with money."

Whitebeard shook his head and said, "I don't have such a thing, but I can ask Bajin for you. She is going to contact Umit. As long as there is money, he will definitely sell you something like this that doesn't need to be hidden at all."

"Then trouble you."

Roger, standing nearby, squeezed over with a glass of wine in hand and interjected, "Sky Island, I've been there before. I remember there was a huge golden bell there. There were words written on the stone slab next to it that I couldn't understand at all. But I don't have a compass right now, so please join me for a drink."

After saying that, Roger stuffed a glass of wine into Lu Chen and Whitebeard's hands.

Lu Chen remembered that Roger left some words on Sky Island, so would he go to Sky Island again later?

Whitebeard took the glass readily and said, "Roger, are you still planning on looking for Raftel?"

Roger first sipped the liquid from his cup and said, "The final island definitely exists, and I will definitely find it."

"I believe you will find Raftel, and there you will find everything you want." Lu Chen, knowing the ending, confirmed Roger's thoughts. Although Roger left early, he would usher in a new era.

"Hahaha, I can feel that what you said is true, so do you want to follow me to find Raftel?" Roger made another invitation.

"I'm not interested in finding the final island. There's nothing I need there." Lu Chen shook his head repeatedly. Joining this group was not in his plan.

Rayleigh came up and patted Lu Chen on the shoulder and said, "Don't look at our captain's behavior. He is very reliable at critical moments. You are from the Valley of Gods, right? Now that you are on the wanted list, the navy and bounty hunters will definitely chase you madly. Join us and all these will no longer be a problem." As Roger's deputy, Rayleigh would of course find a way to achieve his captain's goal.

Lu Chen continued to refuse: "Ordinary bounty hunters don't have the courage to capture a bounty-bearing pirate like me. As for the navy, aren't they also chasing you? The sea will always accommodate all of us. No matter what we are pursuing, we will always find everything we want here."

"That's true. Nothing can stop a man from running towards the sea." Reilly also nodded. He felt that Lu Chen's words touched his heart.

After all, Lu Chen said these words thinking about Rayleigh's character, so he continued: "So I'm going to find the sea that belongs to me, and I won't participate in your adventure. I hope you enjoy your journey." Roger came up and put his arm around Lu Chen's shoulders and said, "Hahaha, that's well said. I hope to see you again in the New World. A man like you will not be captured by the navy. I will keep an eye on your bounty."

"Thank you very much. You will definitely find Raftel. I hope you will find what you are looking for there."

"Before he died, Rocks told me that I wouldn't be able to find what I wanted there, and I could feel that he was telling the truth." Roger answered without any emotion, as if he also agreed with what Rocks said.

"If you know you can't get what you want, why bother looking for Raftel?"

"Hahaha, if there's nothing I want, I won't go? Freedom is the most precious thing on the sea. I must go and see for myself what Raftel has. And even if there's nothing, I've gained companions and a journey." Roger answered Lu Chen's question with an open mind.

Lu Chen raised his glass and said, "Let's toast to the journey."

"To freedom!" Roger replied, shaking his glass.

Kaido, who had a bad drinking habit, was about to cause trouble but was pinned to the ground by Whitebeard.

The banquet ended in a noisy manner.

A few days later, Lu Chen obtained an Eternal Compass to Sky Island from the Shipping King. For someone who controlled a portion of the underworld, an Eternal Compass to Sky Island wasn't worth much. However, the friendship of a pirate with a bounty exceeding one billion was extremely rare.

So when the Shipping King sent someone to pick up Whitebeard, he also brought such an eternal compass to Lu Chen. He originally wanted to send someone to send Lu Chen to Sky Island, but Lu Chen refused his kindness.

Lu Chen thought that since he could fly, getting to the Sky Island would be easy. However, using the monster currents would have a very low success rate even for someone like the Shipping King.

After getting the compass, Lu Chen said goodbye to Roger, Kaido, Whitebeard and others, and then started his own journey.

Lu Chen rode the Flying Curse Spirit over the Upside-Down Mountain. Below, other pirates were also trying to cross the Upside-Down Mountain to enter the Grand Line. However, this group of people did not seem to have good luck, as their ship collapsed into pieces along the way.

At the top of the mountain, the four seas converged. Then, a wide seaway led to the Grand Line. Upon landing, the route branched off into several different routes until reaching the Sabaody Archipelago. However, if Lu Chen flew in the opposite direction, he could reach the New World directly.

Huge cliffs block those who try to climb over them, and the only way to reach the Grand Line is by water.

However, Lu Chen did not rely on water to advance, so there was no need to advance in the usual way. Golden Lion Shiki and Big Mom might have already reached the New World by now. This is the noble flying ability.

Lu Chen plans to go to Sky Island first, and then consider which direction to go to the new world.

(End of this chapter)