Top-Tier Medicinal Ingredient, Thousand-Year Dragon Bone

Luffy picked up the Bounty Poster, looking at it from left to right, and finally raised it joyfully over his head, laughing wildly at the sea:

"Hahahaha! Did you see that! I have a bounty! Fifty million Belly! I'm a great Pirate!"

"Fifty million, huh..."

Zoro looked at the number, a wild smile curving the corner of his mouth:

"For a first bounty, that's an incredible amount. It seems headquarters has noticed us."

Ronan stood to the side, looking at the Bounty Poster, his brow slightly raised, thinking to himself.

Something's wrong.

According to the original story, Luffy's first bounty after defeating Arlong should have been thirty million Belly, so why did it become fifty million?

Ronan's mind raced, and he quickly found the reason.

That's right... the butterfly effect.

In the original plot, although Luffy defeated Arlong, he didn't completely cripple Captain Nezumi, he just beat him up.

But this time, under my suggestion, not only was Arlong's lair taken down, but that Navy branch Captain was also permanently crippled.

Attacking a Navy Captain and causing severe injury is an open provocation against justice in the eyes of Navy Headquarters. The severity is far beyond ordinary Pirate brawls.

These extra twenty million are probably the Navy's face-saving money.

Thinking of this, Ronan couldn't help but chuckle.

The storm he had stirred with his butterfly wings seemed to have arrived faster than he imagined.

"You guys..."

Looking at the smug Luffy and the indifferent Zoro, Nami felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

She reached up to her forehead, her tone serious as she warned, "You still don't understand the seriousness of this, do you? This isn't some award!"

"A fifty million Belly bounty means we'll become targets for countless Bounty Hunters and Navy elites!"

"This means they've got their sights set on your life! It looks like we can't stay leisurely in the East Blue anymore, we need to head to the Grand Line as soon as possible!"

"It's okay, it's okay!" Luffy giggled. "We were going to the Grand Line anyway! And we're all very strong!"

Just as everyone was discussing the bounty.

Zoro, who had been leaning against the ship's railing, suddenly paused.

His keen senses had picked up an unusual fluctuation coming from the sky in the distance.

He looked up, squinting towards the horizon where the sea met the sky, and asked with confusion:

"Hey, Luffy, Ronan... what is that?"

Everyone followed Zoro's gaze.

They saw that in the distant eastern sky, the originally white clouds seemed to be stirred up by something.

Immediately after, a group of massive green figures pierced through the clouds and were slowly flying towards the Merry.

As they got closer, the figures gradually became clearer.

They were enormous, with wingspans of over ten meters, resembling ancient pterosaurs, covered in thick green feathers.

But the strangest thing was their heads—they were clearly dragon heads with long whiskers, majestic and ancient!

They flew in flocks, emitting long, desolate cries like ancient calls, shaking the sea.

"Are those... dragons?!"

Usopp collapsed to the ground in fear, his finger pointing at the sky trembling: "There are really dragons! So many dragons! We're going to be eaten!"

Luffy's eyes lit up, and drool instantly flowed down his chin: "They look delicious! Is that meat? Flying meat!"

Nami quickly flipped through her navigational knowledge: "This... could these be legendary creatures? I've only seen similar ones in ancient bestiaries..."

Ronan looked at the dragon swarm flying across the sky, and a flash of inspiration struck him, a nearly forgotten memory resurfacing.

"Thousand-Year Dragons."

Ronan slowly uttered these three words, his eyes flashing with unprecedented brilliance.

These were creatures from the anime-original "Warship Island Arc"! He never expected them to actually exist in this world!

"This is a flock of Thousand-Year Dragons that migrates once every thousand years to return to their 'Dragon Lair' to lay eggs!"

Ronan's voice rose slightly with excitement.

He abruptly turned to Luffy and Zoro, his tone carrying an irresistible allure:

"Luffy, Zoro. Haven't you both been complaining about the slow progress of the second stage of your tough training?"

"I think... our opportunity has arrived."

"Opportunity?" Zoro was stunned, then looked at the dragon flock in the sky, "You mean..."

Ronan took a deep breath and quickly explained:

"In Traditional Chinese Medicine... no, in ancient Eastern medicine, tiger bone is already a top-grade medicinal material for strengthening tendons and bones."

For those who practice horizontal refinement martial arts, tiger bone is already a rare delicacy that can strengthen muscles and bones. But... if medicinal baths could be made with Dragon Bone..."

Ronan took a deep breath:

"These Dragon Bones from Thousand-Year Dragons, with their thousand-year lifespan and abundant Blood Essence, contain essences absolutely a hundred times stronger than tiger bone! They are true treasures of heaven and earth!"

"They are naturally occurring, top-tier medicinal ingredients!"

"If I can obtain Dragon Bone and combine it with my secret recipe, I'm confident we can achieve Great Accomplishment in 'Bronze Skin Iron Bones' before entering the Grand Line! Perhaps even... touch the threshold of the third stage!"

"At that time, let alone swords and spears, even cannonballs might not be able to harm you in the slightest!"

"Dragon Bone... medicinal bath..."

These words drilled into Zoro and Luffy's ears like a curse.

The fighting spirit in Zoro's eyes instantly soared to its peak. He looked at the dragons in the sky, no longer seeing them as living creatures, but as piles of flying "divine weapons."

The desire for Strength overwhelmed everything else.

"Then what are we waiting for!" Zoro drew his Wado Ichimonji, looking menacingly at the sky, "Are we going to shoot them down?"

"No, they are migrating."

Ronan analyzed calmly, "Let's follow them! They will definitely head to their nest, and that's where we'll make our move!"

"Nami! Adjust our course!"

Luffy waved his hand, stood at the bow of the ship, pointed in the direction the Thousand-Year Dragons were flying, and ordered loudly:

"Merry--Full speed ahead!!"

"Follow those dragons! We're going to eat... ah no, we're going on an adventure!!"

"Seriously... all of them are crazy."

Although Nami complained verbally, her hands moved quickly, adjusting the sails. "Hold on tight! We're about to accelerate!"

The Merry rode the wind and waves, chasing the dragon swarm in the sky, speeding towards the unknown Warship Island.

Ronan stood at the bow, stroking his cold iron spear, looking at the gradually clearer dragon silhouettes, and murmured in his heart:

"Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Refinement Minor Accomplishment... Bronze Skin Iron Bones... Diamond Body."

"I'm borrowing this favorable wind."