Watching Sage skillfully use his body to strike the Poneglyph, Lily's eyes moved, and she said, "Are you just relying on the sword to cut?"
A sword, if it encounters something as hard as its material, will also break. If it breaks, it needs to be repaired in time. Otherwise, once it reaches a certain level of damage, it will be completely unusable, even if it's a famed sword.
Back in the Royal Palace, there was always someone to repair this sword promptly. After escaping, there were no such hard objects it couldn't cut through.
But after entering the Grand Line, the challenges increased. Last time, attacking three warships, her sword got damaged, and it still hasn't been repaired until now.
She just learned Haki and thought she could add some hardness in the future, but then Sage asked not to use Haki...
"You don't have to go as hard as I do; your focus is different."
Sage said while hammering at the stone, "Lily, you're good at speed, so improve in that area. What you're training in front of this rock is your 'Iron Cutting' realm."
Feeling the 'breath' of all things, turning into a state where you can cut through everything, yet nothing at all, in Sage's eyes, is not much different from the Secret Hole of the North Star Divine Fist.
The North Star Divine Fist is an external skill only he knows, but giving advice is absolutely no problem.
The Breath of All Things and 'Iron Cutting' is a power different from Haki.
Lily is a normal woman, so if she trains through normal methods, she'll never match those top powerhouses.
After all, not everyone is Charlotte Linlin...
Her speed is indeed very fast, but ultimately there is a limit because the body can't keep up, and sooner or later, there will be a difference compared to men.
But the concept of realms can be achieved by both men and women, regardless of gender.
As long as the Breath of All Things is continuously improved to the point that anything can be cut, that is also an advantage.
"Marika, you can do it like me, do you want to try?" Sage asked.
"Oh my, after a long training, even cooking carries a battle aura." Marika said with a smile.
Sage nodded and didn't say much more.
It's not that he doesn't care, it's purely because she indeed did a good job, mastered the Six Styles, learned what she needed, and focused more on cooking, with Life Return for other aspects.
Sage himself didn't want to taste iron-blooded cooking; currently, her culinary skills are still quite good.
"What about me? What about me?" Renedia saw Sage engrossed in training and raised her hand to call out.
"What about you? Wait until you grow up first." Sage said.
"Yes, you need to grow up first, Reini."
Marika smiled gently: "You're still too young."
Renedia is still young, so focusing on developing her fruit abilities is enough for now.
"Hmph!"
She pouted, finished her breakfast in large bites, and continued drawing the blueprints for her motorcycle.
Until noon, after about enough training, Sage went to the shower to take a bath, changed into a white sailor's open-front shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, wore his accessories, and donned a cloak to go downstairs.
In the storm, holding a banquet in the banquet hall can be considered a shelter from wind and rain.
And in the first-floor lobby, the money they looted has been sorted, and the subordinates gathered in the hall, waiting for the loot distribution.
"Captain Sage."
Gin saw Sage sit on the throne in the banquet hall and said, "The Belly looted from Rain Land amounts to four hundred and thirteen million and..."
"No need to report anything below ten million; don't bother me with those scraps in the future, distribute them among yourselves."
Sage waved his hand, thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Old Sand didn't fool me, consider it five hundred million for me, it can't be much off."
Because apart from the Belly, there were also looted gold and jewels, probably sold by those gamblers, worth some tens of millions of Belly.
"Two hundred million for me, take out 10% of the rest as public funds, and you guys distribute the rest."
The officers now have their share reduced to 3%, each getting over five million, while Pearl gets nearly two million Belly.
The rest, over four hundred people in the crew, who didn't participate in the looting, get half a share, about two hundred fifty thousand Belly each.
The fifty people who went to Albana for looting but didn't get loot and were recuperating on the ship due to impacts get one share, about five hundred thousand Belly.
The fifty people who went to Rain Land for looting get two shares, over a million Belly.
The remaining roughly one hundred sixty million Belly was completely divided.
Everyone had an excited expression, laughing heartily with their share of the Belly.
That's the thing about looting, fewer people means more shares, but higher risk.
More people mean fewer shares, but no risk.
Now, at the start of the business, it's still feasible to distribute like this. As the numbers grow, this loot distribution system will have to change.
But that's for the future. For now, Sage doesn't care about this.
No matter what, his share cannot be less!
"As for these treasures..."
Sage propped his chin with his hand, glancing at the heap of gold and jewels in the hall, shaking his head, "Pick some with good quality, send them to my Treasure Vault, and the rest you all just... hmm?"
He suddenly paused, a red glow appeared in his eyes as he looked at a corner of the pile of treasures, "Gin, bring me those gold coins."
"Yes."
Gin, who was waiting by the side, grabbed a handful of gold coins, walked under the throne, and after Sage scanned through, picked out a particular gold coin.
This item is somewhat different from regular gold coins. A normal gold coin has standardized quality and design, but this one is stained with some black lines, looking like a rusty black feel.
At first glance, it seemed like a fake.
But upon touching it...
"Patterns?"
Sage examined it closely; the gold coin has a skull engraved on both front and back, with black lines threading through the skull. Staring at it long enough, the empty eyes of the skull seem to possess a peculiar allure, drawing one into obsession.
"Worth collecting." Sage toyed with the gold coin, smiling: "There is indeed some good stuff."
Just as some people's Observation can sense the aura of a famed sword.
Be it from staying in the Treasure Vault for too long or having the leisure to play with the collection, Sage's Observation is now quite sensitive to treasures worth collecting.
The items he senses definitely belong in the captain's collection cabinet.
After pocketing the gold coin, Sage waved at the others, laughing: "Alright! Loot distribution complete! Lads, let's start the long-awaited sea banquet! Hohohoho!"
"Oh!!" the subordinates all shouted with enthusiasm.
The culinary team cheerfully presented wines and dishes to the pirates, while Marika handled the food exclusive to Sage, laying out a table full of a hundred-person portion for him to feast on.
Yet, he always felt something was missing...
Sage bit through a piece of meat on a bone and called out: "I must find a troupe and get a group of people to serve me while eating!"
Even that near-dead old Whitebeard had beauties specifically for care, so as a prime Great Pirate, could his grandeur be any less than that of an old man?