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How could he get the information he wanted so easily?

Since the bartender has this information, why don’t the people on the island believe that Sky Island exists?

Cheng Lang turned his head to look at the tavern guests who were looking at him curiously.

The moment their eyes met Cheng Lang's, these people silently looked away.

Chapter 197 The Magical Uses of Ordinary Soul Sand

Soon Cheng Lang's gaze fell on a person who was not hostile.

Is a drunkard.

At this moment, he also cast a curious look at them, but he was more curious about the box in his hand than they were.

He was more curious about Cheng Lang and the other three.

Seeing this, Cheng Lang directly threw a gold grain to the other party.

"Any news?"

The drunk looked at the gold grains in his hand in surprise and immediately took a big gulp of wine.

"Little brother, you have good vision. I certainly have information about Sky Island, but I suggest you give up."

"How to say?"

The drunk smiled and tossed the gold nugget, then checked its weight and finally bit it with his teeth. Confirming it was real, he smiled even more happily: "Every day, many people come to Sky Island to buy information, but in the end, without exception, they all give up."

"?"

Seeing Cheng Lang's confusion, the drunk smiled and pointed at himself: "Little brother, you should know where this place is. It's full of pirates or wanted people. It's impossible to get there through the bartender's intelligence channel. It's controlled by the World Government. It's called the High-Speed Skyway. It's the Grand Route, a place that allows fast travel to the four seas.

Naturally, it's easy to get to the Sky Island, and there's even a dedicated place to exchange currency, as well as some additional information on precautions."

The drunk talked freely.

The drinkers around were all surprised.

After all, they obviously had never heard of this information.

The drunk man continued talking without caring at all.

"So I suggest you stay on Gaya Island for a few days, starving... about three or four days. Once the magnetic record is full, you can still continue sailing. There's no need to go to some empty island."

The drunk smiled unconsciously and shook his head at this: "Many pirates who arrived here spent their time like this."

Cheng Lang was thoughtful about this.

If that's the case, it makes sense.

Sky Island is not a secret to some wealthy people or those who go through formal channels, and it is not called Sky Island, it is more of a name.

On the other hand, pirates have no information and no power, so how can they go through formal channels?

Going there would be a death.

And people with ability can get up there through other means.

For example, Kaido, fly up.

Pirates like Big Mom's level can also fly.

The ones hanging around here now are all low-level pirates.

He has no strength, no power, and is also an illegal resident.

Since Sky Island cannot be reached, people can only choose to accept the status quo and deceive themselves, and then spread the rumor that Sky Island is false propaganda.

The last word spreads to a hundred, and a hundred to a thousand, and lies and self-deception become the norm, or even the truth.

After all, how many of those who go out to sea as pirates are cultured people?

After roughly understanding the current situation, he looked at the bartender, who still smiled very kindly: "Sir, the first four are for the drinks, and the last four are for your intelligence fee and the price of the record pointer."

“And we don’t have a refund service.”

The bartender smiled and remained professional.

"We didn't order any wine."

"The customers you scared away didn't even pay for their drinks. We are also a small business." As he said this, he deliberately pointed to the pirate flag hanging on the wall, which was the flag of Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Cheng Lang is not an unreasonable person in this regard.

It is true that he scared people away, and the money he gave was reasonable.

However, he was very disgusted when the information was not given to him completely.

"Really? But you didn't tell me everything, so what do you do?"

"Guest, you just need information about Sky Island. We will provide it. The price for more information will be different."

"Is it."

Cheng Lang tapped the table, as if he was thinking.

But then he smiled carefreely: "In that case, let's go."

Cheng Lang stood up and left, as if admitting defeat.

This surprised the other three people, and the other customers who were drinking were also confused, but they also felt it was very reasonable. After all, the merchants on the entire island were protected by Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and he had connections in both the black and white worlds.

In the underground world, there are men called JOKER.

That is the joker, the biggest card in playing cards.

Under normal circumstances, no normal person would choose to go against such a man.

The drunkard was a little surprised that Cheng Lang left so readily.

But I didn't pay much attention to it and continued drinking.

For them, this was just a small episode.

The tavern soon became crowded.

After all, the majority of people in Mogu Town are pirates who have nothing to do.

The bartender also continued to maintain his identity, but for some reason, he always felt a subtle feeling of being about to fly, but at the same time he had the illusion of falling.

He shook his head.

He chose to refresh himself and went to the back door to smoke a cigarette, and the feeling subsided a lot.

As Alrita walked out of the door, she frowned and asked in confusion, "Just leaving like that?"

Cheng Lang spread his hands and said, "What else?"

"Then I'll go back and smash the store." Alrita was a little angry.

The information given by the bartender is wrong, why should he charge money?

It was obvious that Alrita felt uncomfortable with the feeling of being a sucker.

After all, she was once a pirate captain and had been fooled by such half-true news.

So she couldn't bear it.

And Cheng Lang grabbed the other person.

"It's just not done openly. Just wait, no one in this tavern will be able to function normally."

"?"

Alrita was puzzled.

Robin, on the other hand, used his ability to look around the hotel out of curiosity.

As a result, she suddenly felt a familiar breath, the feeling that her soul was about to be torn away.

"?!"

"Is this, soul sand?"

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.