Pirates' Max Level System

"Compared to this, I'd like to ask what you think of that suggestion. Do you want to move your people to my place? I can guarantee your safety there. The existence of the Four-Sided Island has been spread. Although the navigation chart disappeared with the death of Rhode and the others, I can't guarantee whether a route will be discovered."

Qin Luo was not exaggerating. There were still many forces interested in the Guardian Family.

The store manager answered rather straightforwardly and directly agreed to Qin Luo's proposal.

From the interactions with the Guardian family over the past few days, the store manager discovered that it is not easy to trace one's family back to their roots.

The same situation of spilled water being difficult to undo applies to families. The branches of the family that have been separated are different from the main family in all aspects.

Instead of living under someone else's roof on Sifang Island, it would be better to move the whole family to Qin Luo's territory.

The ancestor and second elder of the Guardian family gave a negative answer.

"Lord Qin Luo's suggestion is very good. The family really has reasons why it cannot give up Sifang Island." As for what the specific unspeakable secret was, the second elder hesitated and could not explain clearly.

"Forget it, let me explain it myself. Everyone, just follow me." Seeing that the second elder was getting more and more confused, the ancestor of the Guardian family sighed and took the initiative to help the second elder 953 out of the predicament.

A faint white light dragged the ancestor's body ahead of everyone, and they retraced the path to the shelter. The correct way to open the door saved everyone from having to experience the trap-filled cave again.

In the basement of the island in the center of the sanctuary, a chained door opened. This was a forbidden area for the Guardian Family, and even Olivia, who had been studying in the sanctuary for several days, had never entered.

"All the family's secrets are behind this door."

The old ancestor said slowly, and as the heavy door slowly opened, Qin Luo and others were finally able to see the whole picture inside. What kind of existence would be made a family secret by the ancestor?

This is a bright room, and the entire room is filled with crystal white light.

The room was similar in size to an ordinary training room, twelve meters long, wide, and four meters high. The biggest difference in this room was that every corner was tightly covered with countless talismans.

Looking at the talisman, it is exactly the same as the talisman on the second elder’s weapon.

There is a jade platform in the middle of the room, and there is no other furniture in the room.

Looking at the appearance in the room, Qin Luo was thoughtful. He could probably guess what the reason was.

Chapter 601: Family Secret

After entering the room, the second elder and the ancestor both looked haggard.

A faint white light carried the old ancestor over, and she knocked on the platform with the scepter in her hand in a certain rhythm.

With a click, the top of the platform cracked in the middle, gradually forming a square depression that grew about thirty centimeters longer. The last wooden box was lifted up.

This box looks quite familiar.

That special wooden structure has strange symbols and patterns on it. Qin Luo has a similar one in his hand.

"The most important things of our clan were once kept here." As if recalling something, the old ancestor stroked the wooden box as if he was caressing a loved one, and traced the patterns on it bit by bit with his hand.

"But now, it's just an empty box with nothing in it."

The melancholy tone of the voice suddenly changed, and the ancestor said: "The secret techniques of our clan are different from the cultivation methods of the outside world. I think Miss Olivia has also discovered this through her research during this period of time."

Olivia didn't expect that her ancestor, who was about to reminisce about the past, suddenly changed the subject and mentioned her. She was stunned for several seconds before she reacted and nodded.

"The Guardian Family's secret arts seem to require extremely high talent. Often, only about half of the ten family members can master the basic use of this energy. Further breakthroughs are even more difficult. It's no exaggeration to say that only one in a hundred can achieve success."

With Olivia's explanation, the old man continued speaking.

"Unlike swordsmanship, Haki, the Six Styles of the Navy, and other skills, which can be acquired and improved through training and exploring one's own potential, it is not like a devil fruit that can grant terrifying power once consumed. The family's secret techniques require very high qualifications. Without talent, all is lost."

In order to facilitate the explanation, white light gradually emerged from the second elder's hand. The process was very slow, and the condensation of the white light was incomparable to before. The difference between the two was like the difference between the light of a grain of rice and the bright moon.

"Our clan calls this energy holy light, and this talent affinity. Do you think the power in my hands is very weak? In fact, my talent is only slightly above the passing line. Those with a passing score below 60 cannot gather this kind of power, and my affinity is around 61."

Haha, this is really a bit too high. Qin Luo's impression of the second elder as a "waste" has been deeply rooted in his heart, and he even feels that it should be so.

"I'm not hiding anything." said the second elder.

"You think too much."

"Someone like me who doesn't have much talent can't gather much of this energy even if I practice for a lifetime." The second elder's voice became a little annoyed.

"Normal operation."

"Can you please stop talking?" The second elder shouted at Qin Luo.

"Hey, did I say everything in my heart?" Qin Luo looked at Olivia with a confused look on his face, and received a very affirmative nod from her.

"Okay, I'll try not to say it." Qin Luo said to the second elder without any apology.

Taking a deep breath, the Second Elder frantically told himself to calm down, then continued, "Only those with a talent above 90 can further cultivate the family's secret techniques. Truly advanced secret techniques require an extremely high amount of Holy Light."

"Ever since the battle with the Undead Fleet, there haven't been any children with such talent in the family. That's why we place great value on the young patriarch's two children. Our ancestors can sense that these two children are the hope of the clan in the future."

At this time, Olivia interrupted the Second Elder: "I have a question. Is it my illusion? During the previous battle, the speed and effect of the Second Elder's condensation of this holy light were not like this."

"Yes, it's like constipation." It would have been better if Qin Luo didn't say it. As he said this, Olivia and the old ancestor frowned. This was a meaningful reply.

"This involves another secret of the family's esoteric arts. Miss Olivia has some guesses about it."

As he spoke, the Second Elder tore off a talisman from the wall. This time, as the Second Elder activated the secret technique, a large amount of white light emerged from the talisman and condensed into a boxing glove in his hand.

"The talisman contains holy light." Olivia exclaimed instantly. With such a strong contrast between the before and after, the importance of the talisman was immediately highlighted.

"Yes. The family's secret arts require not only talent, but also guidance and stimulation. Holy Light is not innate. Talented members of the family must first undergo the baptism of the awakening of Holy Light, and only then can they slowly accumulate it. Those who lack talent can only use some props that store Holy Light to fight."

The prop for storing holy light is naturally this kind of talisman.

"Then this talisman is a consumable item." Qin Luo suddenly thought of it.

"That's right." It was the old ancestor who answered Qin Luo. She continued, "In the past, we could still use the family's sacred objects to obtain new talismans, but now that the sacred objects have disappeared, the awakening baptism of the clan members has become a problem. This house is the place with the most concentrated holy light energy that can be found now, so we can't abandon it."

Taking this opportunity, the ancestor directly pointed out the reason why they could not agree to Qin Luo's proposal. It was not that they were unwilling, but that the Guardian Family could not leave this room.

Until a new source of Holy Light is found, the Guardian clan will continue to suffer. The entire clan relies on the talismans in the room for battle, and using one less spell is one less.

Qin Luo and Olivia looked at each other. They seemed to have the trump card to control the Guardian Family, and a sly smile appeared at the corners of their mouths.

"Is the relic important?"

"Yes, it's the foundation of the family."

"If we can find your family's sacred object, we can take your people away from this place."

Facing Qin Luo's question, the old ancestor thought he was just unwilling, and said: "Don't even mention asking the tribe to leave here. As long as you hold the holy object, you can order the tribe to do anything. But the family's holy object was taken away by the Undead Fleet. Even if you are strong, don't do stupid things."

The old ancestor didn’t know that after she finished speaking, Qin Luo and Olivia showed malicious expressions.

"Olivia, do you remember when we found something in the West Sea? The box of that thing is quite similar to this one."

"Remember, remember, is there a piece of jade inside? The white kind."

"Yes, yes, and sometimes it emits some dazzling white light?"

Qin Luo and Olivia sang in unison, making the old ancestor and the second elder a little confused.

Is it...

Chapter 602: The lion opens its mouth wide?

There are four guardian families, and each family has a sealing talisman in their hands and is responsible for guarding the seal of an undead fleet.

The above is basically common sense among Guardian families. For such families, promoting the glory of their ancestors and the mission they shoulder is a major part of their ideological work.

Unfortunately, the history that all the Guardian family books can trace back to is the birth of the four Guardian families, and there is no relevant record before that. This makes Olivia feel very regretful.

The world has changed dramatically, and the connection between the four guardian families was severed hundreds of years ago. As the longest-lived person in the family, the ancestor did not know the current situation of the guardian families in the West Sea.

Before, two undead fleets broke free from the seal one after another without any information related to the guardians. The ancestors even thought that only their branch in the South China Sea was still alive among the four guardian families.

However, the ancestor was sure that Qin Luo and Olivia must have something to say. Perhaps they had seen the Guardian Family in the West Sea, or perhaps there really was a sacred object in their hands.

Otherwise, how could Qin Luo and Olivia know the appearance of the holy object, with its jade talisman and dazzling white light? The ancestors never mentioned the appearance of the holy object at all, so even if they guessed, they couldn't guess it so accurately.

The old ancestor and the second elder blinked and stared at Qin Luo and Olivia, as if to say, "Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us what you picked up."

"Want to know?" Qin Luo put his hands behind his back in a mysterious manner.

"Hmmmm..." The two people who were looking forward to it nodded frantically.

"Since you asked sincerely, I will mercifully tell you. Do you want a silver box or a gold box?" Qin Luo promised that he would just be joking.

As Qin Luo finished speaking, he took out a silver box with his left hand and a gold box with his right hand. The two boxes were exactly the same as the one on the jade platform in terms of size and pattern.

Taking advantage of the time when he put his hands behind his back, Qin Luo spent 20 points to exchange two gold and silver boxes from the system.

If a system that can be mistaken for a real thing can be imitated, then making two simple fake things should be easy.

Many people have heard the story of the three axes. The ancestor and the second elder felt that they were being teased by Qin Luo again. After defeating the World Government, the Navy, and those big pirates, Qin Luo became more and more cynical.

In the world of pirates, he could no longer find an enemy that required him to fight with all his might, so he indulged himself in a way that was like playing with the world. In the previous second, Qin Luo could be a god with thunder and wrath, and in the next moment, he could transform into a shrimp warrior.

"Neither. Hurry and take out the wooden box. It's made of burnt sycamore wood, rarer than the branches of the precious Adam tree, and worth ten times the same proportion of gemstones. Don't try to fool us with such a cheap thing."

Qin Luo: ""

He was still confused until Qin Luo took out the wooden box containing the seal talisman. Director, you got the wrong script.

Qin Luo hadn't expected that the wood, whose origins were unknown, would have such a profound history. Burnt sycamore wood, wasn't that a tree once inhabited by a phoenix? How could there be such things as phoenixes and fire phoenixes in the world of pirates? (Marco represents the black question mark.)

On the other side, after carefully taking the wooden box from Qin Luo's hand, they swallowed their saliva and placed it on the jade table to replace the original wooden box.

The jade platform and the room were both designed by the Guardian Family. As the wooden box was opened, all the light was restrained, and the sealing talisman, which would only react when encountering evil things, emitted a dazzling white light.

The first wave of white light directly swallowed up all the other colors in the room. After a while, the light weakened, and the eyes of Qin Luo and others were no longer covered in white.

This burst of white light set the talismans in the room into motion, absorbing the pure white light bit by bit like tiny vents. The power of Holy Light must have been gradually stored within the talismans in this way.

"Master Qin Luo, can this holy object..."

The second elder was interrupted by Qin Luo before he could finish his words.

"If you want me to give it to you, you'd better give up the idea immediately." Qin Luo refused without hesitation.

"Master Qin Luo, as long as you are willing to give this item to us, our family will follow your lead." The old ancestor dispersed the faint white light that had been supporting her, and said while lying on the ground.

The second elder was somewhat surprised by the old ancestor's behavior, or felt that the price paid was too high. He just wanted to help the old ancestor up, but was glared at by the latter and pulled to kneel on the ground together.

This is an attempt to show off one's age and weakness, but unfortunately the emotional card sometimes doesn't work on Qin Luo.

Although a lot of shortcomings of the Guardian Family's secret techniques had been mentioned before, Qin Luo could still feel the extraordinary nature of this secret technique.

Perhaps it is extremely difficult for a strong person to emerge among those who practice this secret art, but what Qin Luo values ​​is its ability to strengthen a large number of intermediate combat forces by storing holy light.

Qin Luo could not forget the group of elders on the Lost Sea Island who used spell weapons to forcibly increase their strength to the level of Major General. The armor composed of holy light had a similar effect to the Armament Haki, but the plasticity of holy light was greater in both shape and application.

The Second Elder could even use holy light as a bandage to prevent heavy bleeding from wounds during battle.

As long as this secret technique is studied thoroughly, it means that Qin Luo will be able to quickly cultivate a group of combat forces ranging from major to brigadier general, and this number will only be limited by the speed of the sealing talisman in making talismans.

Such an important thing, not to mention that Qin Luo needs to study it, Qin Luo may also need it when he cleans up the Undead Fleet. Now that it has been handed over to the Guardian Family, will he have to borrow it from them later?

Qin Luo would never do such a passive thing.

Qin Luo had always had a good impression of the Guardian Family, and he was happy to take care of them. But if they kept asking for things like this, even the best impression would eventually wear off.

"I can lend it to you, but I need the loyalty of your entire family." Qin Luo put forward his conditions, his expression was unusually serious.

This seems like an extremely unfair condition to the Guardian family, but is it really so?

Without the holy relics, the guardian family would eventually become obscure. Qin Luo's willingness to lend them the relics saved the family's chance.

It all depends on what they choose next.

Chapter 603: Double Happiness

The ancestor of the Guardian family was a smart man and agreed to Qin Luo's request without any hesitation.

Living a long life requires more than just knowing how to take care of your body. Our ancestors were also very clear about making decisions.

This relocation was much more arduous than the O'Hara one.

Since there is enough time, the Guardian Family wants to move the entire Sifang Island to the Sifang Island.

But this is impossible.

Books, weapons, furniture, and all other usable items were packed up. The entire relocation and packing work would take more than two weeks.

The most time-consuming task was organizing. The Guardians had lived on Sifang Island for over a thousand years, and simply sorting out the utensils and artifacts accumulated over such a long period of time kept Olivia and the Guardians' family ancestral hall busy day and night.

However, there are still various materials and classics that are more difficult to deal with.