Traveler in the Pirate World

In the next half month, Rui spent his time conditioning his body and studying, which made him more grateful to old Benny. He had to say that this was his luck.

Rui actually had some basic knowledge of botany. Almost every household in Kingdom Gordon grew flowers, and his mother loved to take care of the flowers in the fiefdom.

Of course, this is not only because of the beauty and fragrance of the flowers themselves, nor is it just because of the mother's personal hobby. In the Kingdom of Gordon, flowers are more popular than ordinary crops. They are also a symbol that attracts a large number of tourists and even world nobles to visit the kingdom.

Rui learned a lot about flowers from his mother since he was a child, which was the norm for all aristocratic families at that time.

However, my father has always been different from other nobles. He has always been opposed to this false and empty prosperity. He has always believed that a powerful kingdom can only be truly prosperous if it is strong enough.

This made my father not very popular among the lower-class aristocratic circles.

Before the famine came, both Rui and his mother had always disagreed with his stubborn father.

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After half a month of recuperation, Reina's sallow skin became fairer and more rosy, and her frail body became a little plumper. The feeling of weakness from physical deficiency also gradually dissipated, and the wounds on her body were basically completely scabbed, no longer needing bandages or medicine.

Seeing that he recovered quickly, Old Benny laughed and said, "You have a good foundation. Although not as good as those guys who control the return of life, it's not bad!"

Rui didn’t know what life return was, but because he had been practicing swordsmanship with his father since he was a child, his body was indeed much stronger than those boys of the same age who could only fiddle with flowers.

The weather is sunny today, and the sunlight shines sparsely on the ground through the woods. After half a month, Rui is finally going to follow old Benny into the jungle.

Old Benny planted a lot of rare plants in the jungle, and those were all selected after careful inspection. However, unlike ordinary artificial cultivation, Old Benny would not interfere too much with it except choosing the planting environment.

Just like birds and wind, they carry the seeds of trees and plants to faraway places and let them grow freely.

The location of the cave is quite hidden. Apart from the rocks that confuse people's vision, there is a big tree at the entrance. It is covered with white flowers, like a bunch of furry embroidery balls hanging on it. It looks very beautiful, but the smell is a little disappointing.

However, this tree, called the white ball tree, was planted here specifically by old Benny many years ago because its smell is also disgusting to most animals.

In the words of Old Benny, although the white ball tree is disliked by most animals, it is a fantastic plant full of treasures for humans. It is one of the few cases that Old Benny brought back from the Grand Line and successfully transplanted when he was young.

The flower balls of the white ball tree, after simply drying and removing the odor, can be mixed with other common insect repellent plants to become excellent insect repellent items. They are usually made into sachets and pendants placed in the closet.

The fruit of the white ball tree, when it is not yet ripe, is in the shape of a green hard-shelled ball. Its texture is quite hard and it is widely used in daily life.

Or you can carve or paint exquisite patterns on its surface to make hollow decorations and toys, or split it into two halves to make cheap bowls, or you can hollow out the inside and make it into storage containers for food and water.

As the white cones slowly mature, their hard shells will gradually become thinner and brittle, and their color will gradually turn yellow-white. When they fall off naturally, they will easily explode the moment they hit the ground, and the white flocs containing the seeds inside will be blown away into the distance by the wind.

Because of the "bang bang" sound when the fruit falls to the ground and the white flocs that pop out like an explosion, the white ball tree is also called the bang bang tree.

This white floc has no edible value, but after removing the moisture and seeds mixed in it, it is an extremely useful raw material for making wool yarn and clothing, and it also sells very well in Old Benny's store.

As for the trunk of the white ball tree, it is an excellent material for building houses because it is very tough and has strong anti-corrosion and insect-proof effects.

When talking about the white ball tree, Old Benny couldn't help but sigh, "What a pity, there are countless magical plants in the Grand Line, but with my ability, there are only a few that can be successfully transplanted to the four seas. Even the white ball tree, the survival rate here is not high."

The Grand Route is a magical place where the natural environment, climate, magnetic field and even gravity environment of each island are different.

Old Benny said that there you can find all the magical plants you can imagine, flowers that burn with flames, trees that can run, fruits that laugh, vines full of cooked meat... It is a land of miracles.

When he was young, old Benny went to sea with a group of like-minded friends. They dreamed of writing the world's most complete encyclopedia of plants.

They braved the wind and waves, crossed the Upside-Down Mountain on the brink of life and death, and embarked on the journey of their dreams.

There they witnessed many magical vegetation and natural environments, saw towering trees under the thunderclouds that were struck by thunder, saw miracle flowers blooming in the lava, saw the miracle island that runs through the sea and the land, and saw a huge cannibal island the size of an island and full of food.

As Old Benny talked about his days on the Grand Line, his face sometimes beamed with joy, and sometimes he sighed softly. Especially when he talked about the Boeing Islands, his expression was obviously a little depressed.

Adventure is always accompanied by miracles and risks, and there he lost a friend - Helix!

Unlike old Benny who is committed to applying plants to life, Helix prefers to use plants for combat. They always quarrel because of this, but it does not affect their friendship.

Rui listened to old Benny's story carefully, just like a child listening to a bedtime story, his head full of fantasies and longings, and wild imagination, and everything old Benny said emerged in his mind.

But when Rui couldn't help asking Old Benny, "Why did you come back?", Old Benny was silent for a long time.

Rui will always remember that day when old Benny looked at the sky with a complex expression on his rough face, an expression that Rui could not understand at that time.

He said: "We originally relied on various new and exotic plants, fruits and flowers to support our adventures.

But one day, we had an irreconcilable conflict with the nobles of an allied country. We killed the nobles and became pirates.

Soon after setting foot in the new world, he was captured by the navy, and all the brothers were scattered!"

Old Benny didn't know what happened to the others. As he was not considered strong among the others, he was thrown into Imperial Prison and was not released until more than 20 years ago.

Since then, Old Benny has returned to the South China Sea. Even though it is also chaotic here, at least with his strength and ability, he can ensure stability.

As they walked, old Benny talked about the past, pointing to a plant from time to time and pulling Rui to observe it carefully. His knowledge always needed to be passed on, as it was the result of the joint efforts of him and his partners.