Cheng Lang naturally explained the effect of soul sand to the Straw Hat Pirates.
Ordinary soul sand does not have the shrill screams of ghosts that people hear in portals, nor does it cause people to sink and be swallowed.
But it still has a certain impact on people.
It is a strange feeling. In Cheng Lang's words, it makes one's soul unstable.
Became a little dazed.
Over time, people nearby will become listless.
Robin laughed and shook his head at this.
Cheng Lang had a desire for revenge, and his intention was to ruin the other party's business.
After all, with the soul sand there, over time, fewer and fewer people will come here to drink, and it may even become a haunted shop.
As the bartender, the soul sand is right under his feet, and he is affected the longest and most severely.
Alrita was a little confused.
But when she heard Robin's words, she was stunned, and then she figured it out. After all, she had naturally experienced the characteristics of soul sand.
After all, people are always curious, especially since Nami once described it as so terrifying, so it would be normal to wait for them to go in and find out.
For this purpose, Cheng Lang specially made some ordinary soul sand for all the Straw Hat Pirates to experience.
Those who have come into contact with the soul sand have chosen not to be curious about it anymore and not get close to it.
Especially the soul sand near the portal is an enhanced version of ordinary soul sand and can really swallow people.
At least the pigman who fell down disappeared.
Chapter 198 Buying Devil Fruit
"Although we have obtained useful information, we need to go to the so-called Mangrove Islands, but we obviously can't get there." Alrita adjusted her mentality and began to think about things related to Sky Island.
"Do you want to ask somewhere else?" Robin chose to cast a wide net.
Especially her ability, she is quite good at eavesdropping.
Babai had no other thoughts at all and just quietly acted as a bodyguard.
The final decision fell into Cheng Lang's hands.
Cheng Lang was in a daze. He was naturally looking for Blackbeard. There were too many people on the minimap who were hostile to him, or rather, these pirates were hostile to everyone, so that now his minimap was densely packed with human heads.
However, Blackbeard didn't see it.
In other words, Blackbeard will not be hostile when facing strangers.
And his small map can automatically mark a person.
But the prerequisite is that he has met.
Turn off hostile targets.
Soon some neutral people appeared, and Cheng Lang continued to search, but still couldn't find them.
Could it be that they haven't reached the island yet? Did they arrive too early or too late?
Or have unpredictable changes occurred because of my own changes?
Seeing Cheng Lang in a daze, Alrita tugged at Cheng Lang's clothes.
"Well, let's just look elsewhere and cast a wide net."
Cheng Lang took out the gold grains and gave them to Babai and Robin.
He was very confident about the two of them.
Robin looked at the gold particles in his hand and finally looked at Alrita.
He smiled and said nothing.
And Alrita seemed to have sensed Cheng Lang's hint, and followed quietly without saying a word.
To be honest, she has been feeling a little anxious these days.
Cheng Lang is busy in hell every day and has no time to accompany her.
As expected, the four people on the ship who knew about the relationship between the two were Vivi, Shirayuki, Robin, and Mi. As for Nami, Alrita didn't notice it and maybe didn't care.
After all, she came back unusually late every night in the past few days.
Robin was the type who went to bed late, so he naturally noticed it.
Bai Xue and Mi, one is Cheng Lang's creation and the other has long believed that they are a couple.
So there is no need to hide it in many cases.
The two of them left on their own and integrated into the pirate town.
Cheng Lang stopped for a while, then chose a direction and strode forward.
And Alrita followed like a little girl.
There was no conversation along the way, and the pirates around them, seeing the state of the two, naturally wanted to pick a fight with them, but when they got close, they would be frightened by the ghost energy and lose consciousness for a short time, and by the time they reacted, it was all over.
Cheng Lang did not take Alrita to the hotel, and no special relationship occurred between them.
He brought Alrita to a luxuriously decorated shop.
There is also a Doflamingo flag printed next to the shop's logo.
And the reason why Cheng Lang came here.
The reason is simple: there is a sign of treasure here, which is the devil fruit.
Cheng Lang walked in.
Although Alrita felt strange, she didn't care.
As soon as they walked in, a waiter appeared in front of them.
"Welcome"
The strange welcome made Cheng Lang wonder if the waiter in front of him was a time traveler.
"What do you need, customers? Our store has everything. Even if we don't have it, we will arrange it for you in a very short time." The waiter said this shamelessly with a very confident tone.
Cheng Lang didn't deny anything, but nodded with a smile: "I want a devil fruit, no limit on the type."
The waiter looked them both up and down.
On the pirate island, people who wear big gold chains on their heads and gold rings on their hands are symbols of wealth, and are also a basis for these waiters to judge the value of the guests.
Just looking at what Cheng Lang and the other two were wearing, although they were dressed normally, there were no decorations on them.
If we have to say which one is the best and most valuable, one is the Seven Star Sword on Cheng Lang's waist, and the other is Alrita holding Cheng Lang's arm.
But before the waiter could speak, Cheng Lang suddenly found a standard-sized gold ingot in his hand.
It immediately attracted all the attention of the waiters.
"Dear customer, please come in. I will show you the way to the VIP room."
The expression was flattering, even ingratiating.
As soon as we sat down, the waiter had already served us iced drinks.
"Please wait a moment, sir. For a large order like the Devil Fruit, our manager needs to come and discuss it with you in person." The waiter quickly left with the tray.
In the room, Alrita poked Cheng Lang.
"Did you see a devil fruit here?"
"Well, there should be one, but I don't know what it is, so I came here to take a look out of curiosity."
Alrita was also quite curious.
Cheng Lang's ability is to copy devil fruits, but unfortunately devil fruits can only be eaten by people without abilities.
"Speaking of your..."
Before Alrita could finish speaking.
There was a knock on the door
Cheng Lang held down his hand that was about to run away and said to the outside: "Come in."
A pot-bellied businessman walked in, and naturally the first thing he saw was the standard gold ingots on the table.
Eyes lit up instantly.
Just by looking at the naked eye, one can tell that this gold ingot is of very high standard, so high that it can only be seen in the vaults of certain princes and nobles.
He was looking at the two people sitting on the sofa.
The smile became even more flattering.
"Sir, I heard from the waiter that you want a devil fruit. As you know, there are many types of devil fruits, and the lowest price starts at 100 million. If it is a known fruit that can be marked in the devil fruit encyclopedia, there will be a certain premium, so..."
"Oh? So you have any Devil Fruits listed in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia? What are they?"
The merchant took out the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia from his pocket.
It's a not-too-thick atlas.
The businessman skillfully turned it to the animal column.
"What we have here is an Animal-type Bug-Bug Fruit, Mantis Form. This is a very rare and powerful fruit. As we all know, the mantis's arms can be transformed into sharp blades, which is a perfect match for a dual-blade swordsman, especially since the mantis fruit also has the ability to fly for a short period of time.
It can be said that this fruit has an excellent attack speed and is currently worth 340 million.
Of course, we have more fruits. These three pictures are worth 100 million, and these two are worth 200 million."
"Why are these two worth 200 million?"
"Because these two are most likely animal-type, at the very least, they won't have any negative effects." The merchant explained thoughtfully, "Many parahuman-type devil fruits are not only powerful, but also have terrible side effects. For example, the sticky fruit will cause the body to become uncontrollably sticky."
"So the price of animal-type is generally higher than that of superhuman-type or unknown-type."
"So, this means there are six devil fruits in your store?" Cheng Lang was quite surprised.