"No, I'll go alone."
"Okay, be careful."
Ace nodded, saying no more. As for Luo Yan's drunken words, he didn't take them seriously at all.
After all the people and animals returned to the ship, Xia Tali took out a sobering potion from her room to sober up Mite and Luo Ta. Just as she was about to hand the potion to Luo Yan, she realized that Luo Yan was already sober. Although the redness on his cheeks had not faded, his eyes were clear, showing no sign of drunkenness.
"Set sail!"
Luo Yan suddenly gave the order. Mite, who had just drunk the sobering potion, froze on the spot, not reacting for a moment.
"Captain, are we setting sail now? Don't we need to wait until tomorrow to say goodbye to Straw Hat and the others?"
"No need, we're leaving tonight!"
"Ah! Yes!"
Although Mite didn't understand why his Captain was in such a hurry, facing the Captain's serious demeanor, he immediately felt a certain majesty and dared not say anything more, quickly running into the cockpit.
High Sequences of the Tyrant Pathway have a strong suppressive force over low Sequences. Normally, this manifestation isn't very strong, but once Luo Yan becomes serious, he will exert mental pressure on Mite, who is on the same Pathway. This is a passive skill that even Luo Yan himself cannot control.
As Mite entered the cockpit, Luo Ta very tacitly pulled up the anchor. The Little Golden Monkey and White Sable together untied the ropes holding the sails, and as the sails unfurled, Luo Yan's ship proceeded towards its predetermined course.
After the Going Merry was far away, visible only as a small dot, Luo Yan came to the aft deck, looking with complex emotions at the gradually disappearing Going Merry.
"Captain, what are you sad about?"
Xia Tali's voice suddenly rang out behind Luo Yan. Luo Yan's body trembled as if startled, and he turned to look at Xia Tali.
"I'm not sad."
"No, you are sad. You hide it very well, barely showing it, but the color of your aura doesn't lie."
Luo Yan opened his mouth, then gave a bitter smile and shook his head.
"A Potion Master's spiritual vision is indeed stronger than a Sailor's. Anyway, we're already far away, so there's no harm in saying it. Ace is truly a good person, but it's a pity he's going to die."
"What do you mean?"
Xia Tali's expression changed slightly, but she didn't understand what Luo Yan meant by that.
Luo Yan was silent for a moment, then glanced again in the direction of the Going Merry. By this time, the Going Merry had already disappeared over the horizon.
"Ace's journey is to hunt down the Whitebeard Pirates' traitor, Marshall D. Teach. But the current Ace is no match for Teach. Ace's trip is fraught with peril."
Xia Tali's mouth was slightly open, then she suddenly thought of something, and a look of realization appeared on her face.
"So that's why you invited Ace to meet Whitebeard? You..."
"Yes, but unfortunately, he refused."
Luo Yan spread his hands, shrugging helplessly.
Xia Tali lowered her head and was silent for a while. After biting her lip, she looked up at Luo Yan again.
"Since that's the case, why didn't you explain it more directly? As long as you explained the pros and cons, Ace..."
Before Xia Tali could finish speaking, Luo Yan raised his hand to interrupt her.
"For me, this is the best outcome."
"The best outcome..."
Xia Tali repeated Luo Yan's words in a low voice, but she didn't understand what they meant. Seeing this, Luo Yan's tone suddenly relaxed as he comforted her:
"Alright, don't think too much about it. You'll understand later. It won't be long."
"Mmm."
Xia Tali nodded, no longer dwelling on the matter, and changed the subject.
"Oh, Captain, I finished digesting the Beast Tamer potion yesterday."
"Huh? What?"
Luo Yan even suspected he heard wrong. It had been less than a month since Xia Tali consumed the Beast Tamer potion. Luo Yan had never expected her to digest the Beast Tamer potion in such a short time.
Xia Tali nodded very seriously, repeating her previous words: "I finished digesting the Beast Tamer potion yesterday."
"Hiss~! What exactly did you do? Why were you so fast?"
Luo Yan couldn't help but gasp, asking very sincerely, because he was now very eager to digest his own potion.
Xia Tali tilted her head and thought for a moment, but then shook her head.
"I didn't do anything special. I just assigned tasks to Little Golden Monkey and White Sable every day, and then I found that the potion digestion speed was very fast. I even thought that the Beast Tamer potion was easier to digest."
"Heh! You really have the nerve to say that."
Luo Yan's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw the Little Golden Monkey come over with a watering can specifically for flowers, carefully watering the flower pots. The seeds in the flower pots had finally sprouted, growing green shoots about half a centimeter tall.
"Your monkey seems quite good at planting flowers and plants, doesn't it?"
Luo Yan changed the subject. Xia Tali nodded, a slight smile appearing on her face.
"Little Golden Monkey's species naturally plants flowers and plants. It was like that on that island, too. But back then, they only collected seeds and sowed them at the right time. They didn't water or weed, so whether they grew or not depended entirely on fate."
"Go call Luo Ta, Mite, and Potter. They should all know about your promotion, which is such a good thing. I'll go prepare your potion for you."
"Okay, thank you, Captain!"
Xia Tali happily entered the cabin first. Luo Yan returned to his room, first preparing a bottle of Vampire potion for Xia Tali. But he didn't just leave. Instead, he continued to prepare a bottle of Cultivator potion, then opened another box containing Beyonder characteristics and began selecting other potion ingredients from it.
The Little Golden Monkey's care for the plants made Luo Yan realize that he didn't necessarily have to find people to drink potions; he could let animals drink them, just like Potter.
Moreover, both the Little Golden Monkey and White Sable were animals tamed by a Beast Tamer, so they could receive help when taking potions and were less likely to lose control than Potter. Since Potter could endure it, and he even drank a Sequence 8 potion directly, there was no reason why those two animals couldn't endure it.
The Cultivator potion was naturally for the Little Golden Monkey, as it was already taking care of plants. Luo Yan didn't want to force the Little Golden Monkey to do other things. As for what potion to give the White Sable, he had to carefully consider what kind of Beyonder the ship currently needed.
Luo Yan spent nearly three minutes selecting from a pile of Beyonder characteristics before making a decision and preparing a bottle of Arbitrator potion.
Although he already had the Qiguang Bird, a more supportive Beyonder, Luo Yan still hoped to have another supportive Beyonder on his ship.
Compared to the Arbitrator, Luo Yan actually preferred to get a Lawyer, but he only had the potion ingredients for Sequence 8 Barbarian of that Pathway. For the Arbitrator Pathway, he had all the ingredients from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7, and he also had one main ingredient for Sequence 6, which is why he chose the Arbitrator.