Pirates' Max Level System

Since the emergence of the Navigation Festival, the priests of the festival have always been members of the Guardian family.

On the day of the festival, family members dressed in sacrificial robes would set out from the old house in the villa area.

From what we know so far, the old house has apparently been abandoned, and whether the remaining family members will appear is still uncertain. But after all, there is still some chance, right? If this festival is truly important to the members of this family.

This is not a secret and can be found out with a little time. The Guardian Family was not isolated from the world before, but they were very low-key and mysterious. In the eyes of outsiders, they were like a family that had been running temples for generations.

It’s no wonder that a large number of forces gathered on the eve of the festival like sharks smelling blood.

Qin Luo scoffed at this kind of idle idea.

As the saying goes, an innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure. The Guardian Family possesses a unique ability that is sufficient to restrain the Undead Fleet. Before the incident, the Guardian Family might have been able to block the prying eyes of so many forces.

But now, to put it bluntly, this family is completely on the chopping block, unable to hide, so how could they take the initiative to show up? Most of the forces that were planning this will be disappointed.

The Chamber of Commerce also has the same idea, so they have even prepared backup priests.

After this, all the clues on the Chamber of Commerce's side were cut off.

It was already night when Qin Luo returned to his yard. Before he even entered the door, Qin Luo discovered that there were several more people in the small yard he rented.

Almost all the Red Hair Pirates were sitting or lying on the ground with injuries, except for the one who had been guarding the ship, including Shanks. Qin Luo's own bed was now occupied by two children.

"Can anyone tell me what happened?"

Qin Luo's sudden appearance frightened everyone and they all drew their weapons. Qin Luo dodged a shot in succession, and after two slashes, everyone realized that it was Qin Luo.

Qin Luo was innocent, why was he hacked just because he returned home?

"Master Qin Luo, I'm going to trouble you again this time."

Shanks, who was seriously injured and unable to move on the ground, said to Qin Luo.

Qin Luo also took this opportunity to learn from Red Hair that the Red Hair Pirates were first besieged by the Doomsday Cult and then attacked by the newspaper office. In the end, the Red Hair Pirates only managed to break through with the help of Hozuki Suigetsu and Hoshigaki Kisame and hid in Qin Luo's small courtyard.

"Why is it a newspaper again? Can a journalist be so active?"

Supporting gangs, raising killers, instigating the Doomsday Cult to besiege the Red Hair Pirates and then taking advantage of them, why does Qin Luo feel that everything he has encountered recently is inseparable from the newspaper.

You say that a person who writes now uses fists, swords, and bullets to solve problems. Is that reasonable?

"Then why did the newspaper attack you? Because of those two children?"

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Lord Qin Luo." Facing Qin Luo's question, Shanks said with a wry smile.

"No, no, no, I just know that you are hiding two children. I don't know anything else."

As he spoke, a red bead appeared in Qin Luo's hand. It was the bead condensed after using the devouring ability. Red light was sprinkled from the bead towards the five members of the Red Hair Pirates.

This red bead is a condensation of life force. Qin Luo referenced the condensation of the mutated life fruit. It needs to devour the enemy's flesh completely before it can form. The energy in the bead can be used to heal injuries.

The only drawback is that the formation and consumption are disproportionate. Qin Luo devoured a lot of gang members and a bunch of cultists to obtain the beads. After a little treatment of the Red Hair Pirates, the beads were reduced by more than half. It is probably impossible to rely on this to save people.

"You should know that these two children are from that family."

After seeing Qin Luo nod, Shanks continued:

"While searching for the crew, I met the father of these two children. For some reason, he eloped with his wife. When the Undead Fleet appeared in the South China Sea, my friend resolutely chose the mission of traveling with his family and returned to his tribe to fight against the Undead Fleet."

"We couldn't persuade him, and he wouldn't let us get involved. However, he entrusted the two children to us and asked us to take them to the sacred place of his tribe. To be honest, we got the token and map from that friend, but we can't solve the puzzle."

Uh, what kind of map is this? It needs to be decrypted. Qin Luo was about to ask him to show the map to him when Olivia came down from upstairs.

"Don't worry, I've solved the mystery."

The map should be in Olivia's hand. She looked at the map and read the words written on it as she explained.

"On the day of God's birthday, the hymns that have echoed for a thousand years dispel the fog before our eyes, and the ark takes away God's believers."

"This sentence refers to tomorrow's Maritime Festival. I've looked it up, and every year the final part of the Maritime Festival is sailing out to sea, and the priests also board the ship at that time. I'm sure the fog refers to the Lost Sea, but is the Ark a ship? Even the manuscript doesn't record this."

……

During this period, Olivia studied the manuscript thoroughly and learned many secrets about the Guardian family. Therefore, when she got the map from Shanks, she quickly solved some puzzles.

According to the map, traveling to the Guardian Family's holy land requires three things: the Lost Sea, the Lighthouse, and the Maritime Festival.

Similarly, this also means that the nautical festival that Qin Luo had not been looking forward to actually turned out to be something special.

Qin Luo timely shared the information he had obtained from the Chamber of Commerce about the Navigation Festival, and even the slow-witted Red Hair Pirates showed a look of sudden enlightenment. Whether or not they could find the Guardian Family's sacred place would depend on tomorrow's Navigation Festival.

With the help of Qin Luo's life beads, the injuries of the five members of the Red Hair Pirates recovered quickly. After Qin Luo promised to help them find the holy land of the Guardian Family, several members of the Red Hair Pirates would obey Qin Luo's arrangements.

According to the plan, they will be divided into two groups tomorrow. The first group, consisting of the five members of the Red Hair Pirates plus Hozuki Suigetsu and Hoshigaki Kisame, will sneak into the festival first.

The second group, consisting of Qin Luo, Taotu, Olivia, and female reporter Nai, would take the two children to the home of the manager of the flower shop and cafe. Olivia also had some things to confirm with the manager.

Feeling the upcoming battle tomorrow, after arranging their tasks, the five members of the Red Hair Pirates were ready to go.

Chapter 554: A Family Split in Two

Decorations representing the celebration were hung all over the streets. Fireworks, ribbons, and balloons were all chosen in the most festive colors and shapes. Preparations for these items began several days in advance, and by the day of the festival, they were all finally completed.

The closure of a large number of shops did not affect the lively atmosphere at all. Temporary stalls and tents replaced the usual shops and became the main force of the festival.

There are also various kinds of music and performances scattered throughout South Hill Raff. Artists and performers have long been invited by the Chamber of Commerce to come here from afar to celebrate.

People walked through the streets and alleys, dressing themselves in their best makeup. For the people of South Hilllove, the Maritime Festival was the most important day of the year.

Thanks to the friendly residents of South Hillraf, the five members of the Red Hair Pirates were able to blend in with the crowd of festivalgoers with a little disguise, making them quite difficult to spot. As for Hozuki and Kisame, as ninjas, they didn't need to worry about their ability to hide.

Qin Luo, Taotu, Olivia and Miss Nai took their two children to the home of the manager of the flower shop and cafe, a villa that was even older and more noble than Drake's mansion.

Moreover, the fact that the two children were descendants of the Guardian family had been exposed, and the Doomsday Cult and the newspapers who knew the target were searching for the two children. Qin Luo was really a little worried that the two children were not brought with him.

Not only Qin Luo thought so, Miss Xinai also didn't want to leave the two children. The reason why Miss Xinai was looking for the Guardian Family, which she had been hiding for a long time, was also revealed last night.

The girl among the two children looked somewhat similar to Miss Yukina, and after further questioning, it was discovered that Miss Yukina was actually the children's aunt. The mother of the two children was Miss Yukina's biological sister, who had lived together for a long time.

However, after the couple eloped, one of them didn't want the family, and the other didn't want the sister. The abandoned sister relied on some traces to track them down.

When Qin Luo and others arrived at the old house of the flower shop and coffee shop manager, the manager was still getting dressed. The usually kind manager looked extremely expensive after putting on the festive dress.

Qin Luo and his companions were taken on a tour by the servants in the house. When the time was almost up, they returned to the center of the maritime festival - the port.

"Manager, you are actually a descendant of the Guardian family." "Vio", also known as Olivia, who was dressed in a neat suit, said behind the manager.

The store manager, who was inserting hair accessories into her hair, paused involuntarily; her inner restlessness betrayed her.

"I didn't expect Vio to find this information so quickly." The store manager's words clearly acknowledged that he was a descendant of the Guardian family.

There was no point trying to quibble. The scholar "Vio" whom she admired must have some solid evidence to say such things.

"You are the ones who broke into our ancestors' hut, right?" The store manager stopped dressing herself. Please forgive me for not being in the mood to continue to fix her hair.

She was filled with both worry and fear. Ever since she learned a few days ago that the cabin at the Ancestral Library had been broken into, the manager had worried that her biggest secret would be exposed. But the people who had exposed her were Olivia and her group, with whom she had recently become very close. Her mood was even more uncertain, and she abandoned her half-finished hairstyle.

"Half and half. Before we entered, the ancestor's cabin had already been searched, but we were lucky enough to find the ancestor's manuscript in the secret compartment."

Because the servants had gone to accompany Qin Luo and the others, only Olivia and the store manager were in the room at this time. Olivia walked up gently and combed the store manager's long hair instead of the servants.

"Why, is Vio also seeking the power of the Guardian family?"

The store manager appeared calm, but her heart was actually in her throat. The store manager's family's identity was extremely secretive. Even the major families within the Chamber of Commerce believed the store manager's family and the Guardian family were two separate entities. This was how the store manager's family was able to maintain stability.

This involves a secret that dates back a thousand years. When the South Sea Guardian Family began guarding the seal of the Undead Fleet, South Hilllove was just a small island populated by fishermen. At that time, the South Sea Guardian Family split up, determined whether to uphold their family or their faith and mission...

On one side were the store manager family, who prioritized family over all else, and on the other were the family that would later become the guardians. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, so this split wasn't without its advantages. At least the two families pretended not to know each other, ensuring their families wouldn't be wiped out. They even maintained secret interactions.

This information and the way they communicated would only be shared with the two clan leaders. Now, the store manager was the clan leader.

Everything should have been kept secret, but Olivia found out everything by studying the manuscript.

"How could the manager think so? I'm just a scholar." When speaking, Olivia did not choose to use a fake male voice, but her own female voice.

Furthermore, the store manager saw something surprising through the mirror: Vio untied his tied hair and gently shook it out, revealing a head of translucent silver hair.

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Olivia, a scholar from O'Hara."

The best way to convince the manager to trust her was to reveal his own secret. The secrecy surrounding Olivia's identity was no less pressing than the revelation of the manager's family. After obtaining a copy of the manuscript, Olivia placed it on the manager's dressing table without a second thought.

"Can you tell me your goal 1.1?"

"The purpose is simple. I just want to further study the Undead Fleet. And the store manager should be able to contact the remaining tribesmen on the other side. I have two people here that I want to show you."

As he spoke, Qin Luo responded to the call and took the initiative to release the two children from the Shenwei space.

"These two are the children of the young patriarch from the other side who eloped more than ten years ago."

With the token in hand, the store manager quickly confirmed the identities of the two children.

"I know what to do. I will contact them right away. Every member of the clan is invaluable to the family right now."

Without caring about the hair, the store manager opened an extremely hidden safe on the wall of his bedroom, and a black Den Den Mushi was placed inside.

Chapter 555: Navigation Festival

This black Den Den Mushi uses a special frequency band that effectively prevents others from eavesdropping. Two Den Den Mushi are born together, meaning they can only communicate with each other, making it a very effective means of confidential communication.

After waiting for a while, an old lady's voice was heard from the Den Den Mushi.

"Xiao Mirewa, why did you call me suddenly?"

How old must someone be to call a store manager who is nearly 50 years old "Little Xiaomilewa"?

"Mother-in-law, this ceremony will proceed as normal. I've found the tribesmen who were stranded outside... Yes, I've confirmed the token. It's the child of the former young chief..."

After exchanging secrets with each other, the store manager did not avoid suspicion and communicated directly in front of Qin Luo and Olivia.

While waiting, Qin Luo sent the two children back into the Shenwei space. Until they reached their destination, it was not appropriate for the two children to appear in everyone's sight, otherwise it would only cause more trouble.

After the preparations were completed, under the leadership of the store manager, Olivia and the other two went directly to the central port area of ​​the Navigation Festival.

The Sailing Festival is naturally related to sailing, and the festival concludes with numerous ships setting sail. This custom later evolved into a large-scale circumnavigation of the city. Among the sailing fleet, in addition to the majority of merchant ships, there are also some cruise ships catering to tourists attending the festival.

The South Hill Raff, as a ship named after a city, is naturally the most luxurious and distinguished of these cruise ships. Tourists who can board this cruise ship are either rich or noble.

As a member of the old Nanhillraf family, the store manager enjoyed free boarding all year round, commonly known as a VIP customer. Thanks to the store manager's influence, she was able to bring three of the four people aboard.

So the matter was happily decided, Qin Luo became the one excluded, and no rebuttal was accepted.

The reason is that with Qin Luo's ability, he can easily sneak in and there is no need to compete with three "weak women" for such a spot.

The unlucky Qin Luo had no choice but to watch the four people go up first, and he strolled around the port. There were not many people on the South Hill Raff now, and Qin Luo didn't want to be caught as soon as he tried to smuggle himself in. He couldn't afford to lose face.

The parade float carrying the priests had already set off from the original island of South Hillraf. Qin Luo could hear the cheers of the crowd from a long distance away.

Qin Luo was boredly watching the parade floats when he suddenly felt someone approaching him quickly. Without making a sound, Qin Luo set up an invisible repulsive shield behind him.

It would be fine if the person coming here didn't have any other ideas, but if he planned to launch a sneak attack on him at close range, he would definitely be knocked unconscious by this invisible repulsive shield.

What Qin Luo imagined did not happen. The person stopped half a meter behind him.

"With this method, it seems that you are the legendary Qin Luo."

From the words of the visitor, it can be seen that he has the ability to see the repulsion shield, which makes Qin Luo a little surprised.

"I was wondering who it was. Isn't this Big News Morgans, the president of the World Economic News? My apologies."

After rolling his eyes, Qin Luo could see Morgans wearing a hat and a windbreaker behind him without turning around. His bird beak was too obvious.

What? Morgans hadn't expected to be exposed so easily. It wasn't easy for him to recognize Qin Luo. If Qin Luo's alias "Mr. Luo" hadn't repeatedly appeared in various events and aroused his suspicion, he still wouldn't have known such a person had come to Nanshierlaf.

Suppressing his inner surprise, Morgans kept a poker face and continued, "I wonder why Mr. Qin Luo appeared in South Hill Raff this time?"

"With the president's ability, can't you guess my purpose?" Qin Luo easily took the ball back.

"Well, no matter what, the newspaper is determined to obtain the Guardian family's secret technique this time, and we don't want to do anything that will hurt Mr. Qin Luo."

This is a threat, that's for sure. What do you mean by hurting me? I'm standing here, so you hurt me and see.

Qin Luo's identity has really been inactive for too long. Even the newspaper dared to come out and threaten him. You are so brave. Qin Luo turned around and was about to grab Morgans' collar, but he grabbed nothing.

After finishing speaking, Morgans disappeared into the crowd in an instant without waiting for Qin Luo to react.

"It's so fast."

Qin Luo cursed inwardly. If he sensed correctly, Morgans disappeared through the shadow of the person next to him. This was the only person Qin Luo had seen who could move through shadows after Moonlight Moriah.

Is it a special ability, or some kind of mythical beast-type devil fruit? Thinking of the other party's bird beak, Qin Luo tends to the latter.

The minor incident did not cause any ripples, and the parade floats had already arrived at the harbor. On the altar, the priests began to worship the sea god.

The dance and music with the unique color of the festival seem to have a special magic. After noon, the sea becomes extremely calm and even slightly larger waves cannot be seen.