After Qin Ming and Luffy went out to sea on the small fishing boat, the initial excitement turned into calmness, followed by extreme boredom.
Yes, it was very boring.
For 20 days, Qin Ming stayed on the small fishing boat, facing the endless sea. Along the way, he didn't see any other ships or islands. Other than Luffy who was on the same boat as him, he didn't see anyone else.
Qin Ming was slightly better than Luffy. He had a little bit of navigation knowledge. At least, he could still tell the direction a few days before he set sail.
However, after a few days, Qin Ming still couldn't figure out which direction the fishing boat was sailing in.
At first, Qin Ming wanted to row the boat and sail, but Luffy told him that there was no need to go through so much trouble. He just had to let the boat drift along with the current. In any case, he would encounter an island sooner or later.
Qin Ming thought about it carefully and felt that Luffy's words made sense. They were indeed in a hurry this time. They didn't even have a compass, which was the most basic navigation tool. They really went out to sea with their passion.
The small fishing boat that the village chief prepared for Qin Ming and the others was similar to the fishing boat Qin Ming used in the past, but this boat was prepared with sufficient food and water.
Even though Luffy had a huge appetite, it was enough for them to last for a while.
Because of this, Qin Ming didn't need to fish and lived a leisurely life on the small fishing boat.
What surprised Qin Ming was that there was actually a big treasure chest on this small fishing boat. He had seen the things in the chest before. They were golden and shiny, so bright that it could blind people's eyes.
When Luffy saw the treasures in the treasure chest, his eyes lit up and he said that he wanted to use these things to exchange for a huge bronze statue.
Qin Ming was speechless at Luffy's foolish act of exchanging gold for copper.
Although the fishing boat was small, it was more than enough to accommodate two people. However, staying in this extremely limited activity space for a long time and having nothing to do would really drive people crazy.
Qin Ming, who had never experienced a long voyage before, now truly experienced the loneliness of sailing.
Qin Ming thought about how Luffy used to sail alone on the sea in a small boat. Qin Ming felt that it was quite unbelievable that an active person like him could endure that kind of loneliness.
After a few days, in order to find something to do, Qin Ming trained his body on the boat. He trained day and night. He was exhausted every day. He slept as soon as he lay down. When he woke up the next day, he continued to train.
It could be said that in these 16 days, apart from solving his daily needs, Qin Ming spent the rest of his time training his body.
In order to not let Luffy disturb him, Qin Ming specially found something for Luffy to do. That was to let Luffy make the boat sway as much as possible without capsizing.
The reason why he did this was because Qin Ming realized that practicing the horse stance on the shaking ship was better than standing on stable land.
"Alright, watch my fishing net go berserk!”
Luffy excitedly took the fishing net that Qin Ming gave him and scooped it into the sea. Then, he stood beside the fishing boat and spun rapidly. The fishing net in his hand also moved.
As Luffy's body spun faster and faster, the fishing net's speed in the sea also increased exponentially.
Not long after, the dozens of barrels filled with food that Luffy had thrown into the sea were caught by the fishing net in his hand.
The heavy wooden barrels were caught by the fishing net, causing the resistance of the net to increase. Luffy's body was spinning very fast, and he kept dragging the wooden barrels around the small fishing boat. After a while, he actually created a small whirlpool.
The fishing boat that was swept into the small whirlpool shook very badly. This was exactly what Qin Ming wanted. He wanted to train his body in this kind of environment.
Qin Ming, who was in a horse stance on the small fishing boat that was shaking violently, remembered that Luffy had seen him throw buckets of food into the sea and actually asked him if he was taking the food out to dry on the surface of the sea because the weather was good. He felt that it was quite funny.
When Luffy saw the wooden barrels filled with food sinking into the sea, he didn't care about anything else and wanted to jump into the sea to fish up the wooden barrels. Qin Ming was speechless.
This guy really did not care about his life for food.
Qin Ming handed the fishing net to Luffy and asked him to fish up the wooden barrels.
As Qin Ming had expected, Luffy was full of energy as he started to fish out the wooden barrels. After all, the meat in those wooden barrels was his favorite.
This was also the reason why Qin Ming would throw the wooden bucket full of food into the sea. Only then would Luffy be busy fishing for the wooden bucket and not have the time to cause trouble, which would make him unable to train in peace. It could also help him create the environment he needed for training, so why not?
Just like that, Qin Ming threw dozens of wooden barrels filled with food into the sea every day, and then let Lu Fei use the fishing net to fish them up.
What made Qin Ming speechless was that Luffy seemed to be addicted to it. On the 10th day of their voyage, this guy actually took the initiative to throw the wooden barrels filled with food into the sea. Then, he played the game of fishing the barrels with a net. He had a lot of fun and helped Qin Ming create a small whirlpool to train.
After 16 days of hard training, Qin Ming clearly felt that his body was much stronger and his strength was much stronger than before. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thrown dozens of buckets of food into the sea without even panting.
Although his muscles were sore and tired after every day of hard training, Qin Ming could still endure the fatigue and continue to train hard the next day.
From the beginning, he had to do 70 push-ups, 300 frog jumps, and one and a half hours of horse prance every day. Now, the training intensity had doubled. Qin Ming only used half a month to gradually adapt to this crazy training method that was almost self-destructive.
Qin Ming was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to eat. In the end, Luffy took a lot of meat and poured it down his throat, almost choking him to death.
Luffy watched as Qin Ming trained hard every day, but he didn't say anything. Sometimes, he would see Qin Ming's head full of sweat, and his clothes were soaked in sweat. He would laugh stupidly.
It could be said that in these ten days, the amount of time Qin Ming trained was the amount of time Luffy played the game of fishing the net and the barrel.
However, it also affected the speed of the ship. Luffy's man-made small whirlpool could enhance the effect of Qin Ming's training, but the speed of the ship would be greatly affected.
However, Luffy and Qin Ming didn't control the boat and allowed the boat to drift with the wind. It could be said that every time it was night, when Qin Ming and Luffy were sleeping soundly on the boat, their boat would sail faster than during the day.
A few days after he went out to sea, Qin Ming was still wondering what kind of ability he got after eating the Demon Fruit. However, no matter how he tried, he was still confused about that unknown ability. In the end, he simply gave up thinking about it and put all his energy into cultivation.
"Alright, let's stop here for today."
Luffy saw Qin Ming slumped on the fishing boat, panting heavily. He no longer stood in the horse stance, so he shouted in high spirits, wanting to fish up the wooden barrels that were caught in the fishing net.
However, just as Luffy lifted the fishing net with dozens of wooden barrels, a big fish suddenly jumped out of the sea and swallowed the fishing net and the wooden barrel full of food.
With a splash, the big fish quickly dived into the sea after eating and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the broken fishing net in his hand, not only was Luffy dumbfounded, even Qin Ming who was sitting on the ground was stunned.
"Hey, quickly return my meat to me. I'm a man who wants to become the Pirate King. You've already made up your mind to snatch something from me, right?”
Luffy threw away the tattered fishing net in his hand and came to the side of the boat. He stepped on the boat's pole and shouted in the direction where the big fish disappeared.
Unfortunately, the big fish had already gone into the sea and was nowhere to be seen. No matter how Luffy shouted, the sea was still calm.
Qin Ming dragged his exhausted body to Luffy's side. He wanted to say a few words of advice, but when he saw Luffy's serious expression, he no longer had his usual jovial look. His eyes revealed a hint of light, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"Do you have a way to catch the big fish that robbed us of our belongings?”
Luffy stared at the surface of the sea with a solemn expression and continued,"We are pirates. How can we watch our things be taken away and do nothing? Even if the opponent is a fish, I will do my best!”
Luffy looked at Qin Ming and said excitedly,""And it ate all the meat that I liked very much. Even I couldn't bear to eat all the meat at once. I will never forgive that fish!”
Hearing Luffy's words, Qin Ming felt embarrassed. What he said at the end was the key, and the first part was just a foreshadowing.
The dozens of barrels of meat had been eaten by the big fish, and there was not much meat left on the ship. With Luffy's appetite, he estimated that he could only eat for another four to five days. Qin Ming was about to respond when he saw something fly out of the sea not far away.
Upon closer inspection, the thing that flew out of the sea was the big fish that had stolen their food not long ago. When the big fish returned to the sea, it waved its blue tail fin and laughed like a human mocking, as if it was looking down on Luffy and Qin Ming.
"Ah! It actually dared to come back and provoke us. I'm going to beat it up!”
The single-celled Luffy was soon tempted by the big fish to fight it out.
"This is a laughing fish. They can make a mocking sound similar to humans. This is the first time I've seen this kind of fish.”
Qin Ming rubbed his chin and said to Luffy.
When Qin Ming was learning some fishing techniques, he had seen a description of this laughing fish in a marine book.
When this kind of fish grew up, its entire body would be sea blue in color. It had no scales and was fifteen to twenty meters long. Its bulging gills could make a mocking sound like a human's. It loved to tease fishermen. It could be said that many fishermen had a headache over this laughing fish.
"I should be able to catch it, but it'll take some effort.”
If it was Qin Ming from twenty days ago, he wouldn't have the confidence to say such words. He had just finished training not long ago, and his clothes were as if they had been soaked in water. He shook his slightly sore arm, and there were actually quite a number of water droplets flying out from his sleeve. It could be seen how much sweat he had sweated from training.
"Then hurry up and do it. I've never eaten this kind of fish before. If its meat is delicious, then I'll forgive it. Hahaha!”
Luffy's unintentional words made Qin Ming's balls ache. You used it to fill your stomach, so what's the point of forgiving it?
"A mere fish dares to come and find trouble with us? Doesn't it know that we're on a pirate ship? Perhaps we didn't hang the pirate flag and let it mistakenly think that we're fishermen?”
Qin Ming took out two spare fishing nets from the fishing boat and laughed, thinking, I didn't expect my first opponent to be a non-human. This sea can surprise me at any time.
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