The gourmet among pirates

Go through the porch and enter the temple.

In front of this towering temple, Morin, who is three meters tall, looks extremely small, like an ant.

This made Morin sigh at the grandeur of the temple.

The granite and huge natural stone pillars used to build the temple are obviously not products of the island itself.

It is unbelievable how much time, energy, manpower and material resources were required to transport so many stones and stone pillars across the ocean from other islands to this small island and build such a huge temple on the top of the mountain.

I don’t know how this temple was built in the first place.

Go inside the temple.

Morin discovered that the murals carved on the dome and walls on both sides of the temple had long lost their original appearance and become blurred under the baptism of wind and frost.

After entering the temple, Morin did not find any statues in the temple except for those blurry murals.

No one knows for which ancient god this magnificent temple was built.

"Hey, what is that?"

As he went deeper, a high platform suddenly appeared in Morin's sight.

And there seemed to be something placed on the high platform.

Seeing this, Morin quickened his pace, dodged, and rushed forward quickly.

After rushing up to the platform, Morin discovered that the location of the platform seemed to be right in the center of the temple.

And unlike other places, there is no dome blocking the view above this platform.

It’s not that the dome above the platform collapsed, but that there was no dome here in the first place.

“What a unique style...”

If Robin was here, she might be able to tell which ancient deity the temple belonged to.

But for Maureen.

Not to mention the ancient gods hidden in history and buried by time, even the gods that are more popular on the sea today, Morin can't recognize all of them.

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Walked around the platform.

Morin was somewhat surprised to find that this platform was actually made of the special rock on which the historical text was engraved.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is really a big deal!"

The rocks used to inscribe the historical texts are made of a special material that cannot be damaged even by the attacks of the admirals.

Carving words on those huge stones is an unimaginable project.

What's more, this huge stone was built into a high platform for sacrifice.

Moreover, Morin also discovered that the edges and corners of this platform were engraved with exquisite patterns.

And in the center of the platform.

There is a tribute platform that is obviously used to place tributes.

I don’t know what kind of tribute could be placed on such a tribute platform.

However, as the temple became deserted, there was nothing on the tribute platform except dust and rubble.

Um, what is this?

Just then, Mo Lin discovered that in front of the tribute platform, there was a stone sculpture in the shape of an animal. It seemed to be a little longer than the stone sculptures in the other three directions and was a little abrupt.

If it were somewhere else, this stone sculpture that is a bit taller would be nothing special.

After all, no one knows how long this temple has been abandoned. Part of the temple has collapsed and the terrain has sunk, causing some places to be uneven and bulging, which is not surprising.

However, in this solemn altar, this slightly abrupt stone sculpture is a bit of an eyesore.

This sudden change caused Morin's obsessive-compulsive disorder to act up.

Morin, who had some obsessive-compulsive disorder, reached out and subconsciously pressed on the stone sculpture, as if trying to press down the protruding part of the stone sculpture.

However, what Morin didn't expect was that when he pressed this button...

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Chapter 579: Fruit of Time

However, what Morin did not expect was that this press would trigger an incident that changed his fate.

"Crack!"

With almost no effort, Molin pressed down a large section of the slightly abrupt stone sculpture, and then, a series of gear rotation sounds were heard.

what happened?

At the moment when the mechanism turns.

Mo Lin's figure quickly retreated hundreds of meters, even retreating all the way outside the temple.

After waiting for a long time and not seeing any fatal trap in the temple being triggered, Morin carefully returned to the temple.

Although it turned out that Morin's caution was all a battle of wits and courage with the air.

But you can never go too far wrong.

Regarding the temple in this strange fog, Mo Lin believed that he could never be too cautious.

When Maureen returned to the high platform again.

It was discovered that there was an extra box made of gold on the high platform at this time.

"Was this box pushed up by a mechanism under the high platform? It seems that the slightly awkward stone sculpture just now is the button that activates the switch! This is really..."

If the temple is intact, in this solemn environment, I am afraid that even if someone finds that the stone sculpture is slightly awkward, they will not say anything, nor will they press down the stone sculpture like Mo Lin, a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Maureen estimated.

This is probably the reason why the golden treasure box inside can still be preserved after the temple was abandoned.

"To be stored solemnly on a high platform in such a magnificent temple, the items in this golden treasure box must be extraordinary. With such a small size, I wonder what is stored in this golden treasure box."

The golden treasure box is not very big, about the size of a 40-square jewelry box.

Obviously, a box of this size cannot hold anything too big.

At least you don't have to think about things like famous swords.

Using the power of a sound wave, he knocked the golden treasure box off the platform. After making sure that there were no other mechanisms around the altar, Morin used Gui Che to open the lid of the golden treasure box.

“Tsk~~~”

The moment the treasure box was opened, a stream of icy cold air surged out of the box. After coming into contact with the outside air, it instantly turned into a white cold mist that rose up.

“Is this air conditioning??”

After waving his hand to dispel the cold mist coming out of the golden treasure box, Morin's expression looked a little strange.

I don’t know how many years have passed, but there is still cold air in this golden treasure box.

This craft is really...

Or maybe the treasure box contains some extremely cold treasure that created the cold air.

With a bit of expectation and some speculation.

After the white cold mist gradually dissipates.

The "treasure" lying quietly in the golden treasure box also caught Morin's eyes.

"Is this... a devil fruit?"

What appeared in front of Morin was a strange orange devil fruit with circles of clock patterns engraved on its skin.

Almost at the same time when Morin saw clearly the treasure in the golden box, a strange fragrance passed through Morin's nose. It was the unique fragrance of the devil fruit.

The moment he smelled this scent, Morin's endless stomach suddenly spasmed violently.

An unprecedented feeling of hunger rushed into Morin's mind frantically.

Hungry······

So hungry...

Eat...eat it...

The strong physical instinct constantly stimulated Morin's brain, prompting him to eat the devil fruit in front of him.

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While resisting the hunger that was trying to control him, Morin stared at the devil fruit with wide eyes, trying to think.

This feeling of hunger is so strong!

Even when the devil fruits he had exchanged from the Navy Headquarters were placed in front of him, the hunger he felt was far less intense than it is now.

It can even be said that these two feelings of hunger are not at the same level at all.

If Morin's will had not been as strong as iron, he would have lost his mind under the impact of hunger and would have swallowed the devil fruit in the golden box impatiently.

"Heart Sword·Cut!"

Seeing that Morin had not swallowed the devil fruit in front of him for a long time, the hunger coming from his endless stomach became stronger and stronger, like an endless wave, trying to break Morin's will.

However, this seemed to stimulate Morin a little. He concentrated his mind on the sword and swung it to cut off the endless hunger.

The Realm of the Sword Saint.

Wherever the heart desires, nothing will be left uncut.

Even the illusory feeling of hunger was cut off by Morin's heart sword.

Cut it down with one sword.

The strong feeling of hunger in Morin's heart receded as quickly as the tide, allowing Morin's mind to become clear again.

"After all these years, can I finally resist this hunger?"

Feeling the clarity of mind without the troubles of hunger, a relieved smile appeared on Morin's lips.

Although the Heart Sword could only temporarily reduce his hunger, for Morin, it was a big step forward from nothing to something.

In addition to relying on his tenacious will to hold on, Morin for the first time mastered the means to fight the hunger emanating from his endless stomach.

After temporarily eliminating the feeling of hunger.

Morin stepped forward and picked up the devil fruit from the golden treasure box.

"It can arouse such a strong desire to eat in the endless stomach. The ability of this devil fruit seems to be very powerful!"

Today it is today.

As Morin tasted more and more good things, his endless stomach also became more "picky" along with Morin.

Things like sea king barbecue, although they can stimulate the endless stomach to a certain extent, they definitely cannot stimulate too much hunger.

Even now that his endless stomach has become "picky", it can still arouse Morin's strong hunger.

Even though there was no record of the strange devil fruit in Morin's hand in the devil fruit encyclopedia that Morin had seen, Morin could clearly discern that the power contained in this devil fruit was absolutely extremely powerful.

After thinking for a few seconds, Morin bit the devil fruit directly.

Using the sword of the heart to cut off the hunger in his mind just means that Morin doesn't want to be controlled by that hunger.

It’s not that Morin wasn’t tempted by this devil fruit that was solemnly enshrined in the temple.

On the sea, users with Devil Fruit abilities are not uncommon.

However, uneaten devil fruits are not common.

There are even fewer powerful devil fruits.

Even if they don't use it themselves, this powerful devil fruit will be secretly collected by the big forces and will not be given to outsiders.

Therefore, Morin collected for several years but failed to collect a powerful devil fruit that made him excited.