98: Chapter 98 The Secret to LongevityAfter saying his last words, Wang Lufei quickly disappeared into the cave, but on his way in, he turned his head and winked at Weiwei in a teasing manner.
Embarrassed and annoyed, Weiwei stomped her feet in anger, then quickly chased after Wang Lufei, wanting to get revenge.The two of them then met up with the quack doctor and the others inside the house amidst their playful bickering.
Seeing this harmonious scene, Hiluluk couldn't help but laugh and say, "Hahaha, young people are really energetic.Please sit down first, I'll go to the forest to get some ingredients, and I'll treat you to wild game tonight."
Upon hearing this, Pekin stopped him, pointing to the backpack on her back and saying, "Don't worry about the ingredients, we've prepared them ourselves."
"Here you go, all the specialty ingredients of Alabasta are here.Leave the cooking to us; you're still recovering from a serious illness, so it's best not to move around too much."
Hiluluk craned his neck to look at the large backpack on Pekin's back, and found that it was indeed full of ingredients.He smacked his lips a few times, scratched his head, and said:
"I feel so bad.You've treated my illness, visited my home, and now even the ingredients are yours.Does that mean I'm just eating for free?"
Seeing this, Wang Lufei couldn't help but advise, "How about this, since we're new here and it's not easy for us to find a place to stay?"
If possible, could you arrange accommodation for us?The treatment we just received and the food we've prepared will cover the accommodation cost.Is that alright with you?
Upon hearing this, Hiluluk glanced at the expectant Chopper and nodded, saying, "In that case, I have no choice but to comply.Just don't mind my dilapidated house.There's actually a storage room in this cliffside cave; I'll go tidy it up later."
Seeing that everything was settled, everyone carried the food from their backpacks to the kitchen to help, and finally they prepared a very sumptuous dinner.The group ate happily and then checked into the rooms arranged by Hiluluk.
However, the room arrangement seems a bit off.Law, Peggy, and the other two are staying in the guest room without any problem.Chopper and Bepo sharing a room is also fine.
The problem is that Hiruluk arranged for Luffy and Vivi to stay in the master bedroom, while he himself went to live in the storage room.
As expected of royalty, Weiwei, though somewhat willful, was still very polite.Upon seeing the room layout, she immediately led Wang Luffy to Hiluluk's storage room and said:
"Doctor, are you looking down on us?Who lets guests go to the master bedroom while they stay in the storage room?You go upstairs right now, we'll stay here."
These words, setting aside everything else, exuded a kingly aura.In his bewilderment, Hiluluk seemed to see the demeanor of a queen in the small figure, her imposing presence leaving him speechless and unable to refuse.
Left with no other choice, Hiluluk could only bow and bid farewell to Vivi and Luffy before heading to the master bedroom to sleep, in accordance with the Queen's wishes.
Weiwei was quite puzzled to see Hiluluk leave so easily.She immediately lost her composure, tilted her head, and looked at Wang Lufei, saying, "Am I that scary?Why did the doctor look at me with such awe just now?"
"Terrible?It should be cute, it's like it grew up eating cuteness." Wang Luffy replied with a smile.At the same time, he thought to himself that he had just had a slight premonition of awakening Conqueror's Haki.
Although not fully awakened, it still manages to intimidate some people.However, I didn't see even a hint of Conqueror's Haki in the original work; could it be that I trained it?
Then Wang Luffy continued, "Your aura must have intimidated him just now.Although he hasn't fully awakened it, I'm sure that aura was Conqueror's Haki."
Tilting her head slightly and scratching her chin, she said in a very cute way, "Conqueror's Haki, what is that?Is it related to Armament Haki and Observation Haki that you told me about before?"
Wang Lufei then laughed and explained to her what Conqueror's Haki was, and continued, "It's probably because the Nefertari bloodline flowing in your veins is somewhat regressed, and with my training, there are signs of awakening."
She chuckled slightly and replied, "In that case, I should thank you, Luffy-sensei~ In that case, let me repay you, Luffy-sensei!"
Then Weiwei closed the back door, skillfully took off her own clothes and Wang Lufei's clothes, and began to do unspeakable things.
(My astute readers should already know what it is, so I won't go into details.All I can say is that there was no bloodshed.)
The group then spent a few uneventful days at Hiruluk's house.While the others were indeed quite relaxed, Luffy was anything but idle.
During the day, he would pretend to go to ordinary people's homes to collect information about Wapol's deeds, and at night he would exercise with Vivi, so his appetite increased day by day.
They also met Dr.Kureha, an ageless female doctor.Luo was very interested in her oft-repeated catchphrase, "Do you want to know the secret to my agelessness?"
So he would visit her from time to time, and under the guise of discussing medical techniques, he would subtly try to find out why she was ageless and had lived for so long.
The reason Luo wanted to know was that she had gained this ability through an immortality surgery.If so, he wanted to ask her how the immortality surgery was performed.
Because Luo's medical skills and fruit development are far from reaching the stage where he can perform immortality surgery, he wants to learn through examples.
Although Luffy once said he didn't want to undergo the immortality surgery, Law had sworn that he would give everything to whoever could avenge him.So even if Luffy didn't need it, Law would still prepare it for him in case of emergency.
However, Dr.Kureha disappointed Law.Her secret to longevity, besides her medical skills and health maintenance, was simply the addition of some powdered thousand-year-old dragon bones.
When she was young, she encountered an injured dragon.Believing herself to be a skilled healer, she healed the dragon.To thank her, the dragon gave her some powdered bone from its own exoskeleton, saying that stewing it in soup would grant her longevity.
This method can indeed extend lifespan, but it cannot grant immortality; it is expected to double human lifespan.Luo was somewhat frustrated after receiving the accurate answer.
But Dr.Kureha, through Hiruluk's description and some of Law's actions, understood that he wanted to study the art of immortality, which she was also very interested in.So she said to Law:
"Kid, don't be disappointed by my secret to longevity; it also requires luck.But I understand your thoughts to some extent.You want to study the art of immortality, right?"
Although I don't know who you want to do this for, my centuries-old medical skills weren't acquired by chance.Feel free to ask me anything you don't understand.
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