The Effects of the Great Yin-Yang Art: A Match Made in Heaven

Early in the morning, the faint dawn light shone through the window onto the large bed in the Base 36 commander's office.

Yang Yunzhi moved the leg draped across him aside, then turned his head and saw Hina lying in his arms.

He gently stroked the mature beauty's skin, finding it firm and springy.

All he could say was, as expected of a Marine—her battle-hardened body felt amazing!

"Was I forced?" Recalling what had happened the previous night, Yang Yunzhi felt rather speechless. He had thoughts about Hina, sure, but he had not been that impatient.

Shouldn't they have developed their feelings first or something?

Unfortunately, Hina clearly had not seen it that way, and he had not dared go against a woman's wishes.

And so, they had messed around for half the night.

That was why the sun was already shining in by the time they woke up. They had simply gone to sleep too late.

"Major, Major!" He patted Hina's shoulder. "Shouldn't we get up?"

"Get up for what? Let me sleep a little longer!"

"You have troops to train!"

"You train them for me!" Hina waved a hand.

She truly had not known how strong Yang Yunzhi was before, but after last night's fierce battle, she knew.

Her little boyfriend might have been weaker than her, but not by much.

More importantly, she might have been strong, but her strength was rather specialized.

Her strength lay in her Devil Fruit ability. In terms of physical strength alone, she was merely average.

But what about her little boyfriend?

Whether it was strength, speed, or endurance, he was well-rounded. He possessed a balanced kind of strength.

Since her little boyfriend was so strong, wasn't it perfectly natural to have him help train some soldiers?

Speaking of which...

Hina suddenly remembered something and immediately grabbed Yang Yunzhi, who was about to get up and put on his clothes.

"What is it?"

"Your stamina last night wasn't normal!" Hina frowned. "But when you reported in, how could you not even finish five laps?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Yang Yunzhi asked.

"Did you?" Hina shot back.

"Fine, then I'll explain." Yang Yunzhi said, "I ran away from home to join the Marines. My family didn't approve, and I didn't bring much money when I left. Naturally, I went hungry on and off at sea. When the test came that day, I hadn't eaten for several days. It was already impressive that I could stand on the training ground!"

"So that was it." Hina nodded, accepting the explanation.

After all, this was One Piece. Going from too weak to stand to leaping up full of life and fighting was only one meal away.

Isn't that right, Gin the Demon?

Besides, she did not believe anyone could go from being trash who could not even run five laps to someone nearly as strong as her in the span of a single week.

That could only mean he had been strong from the beginning!

"Then I'm heading out for morning drills!"

"Go on, go on!" Hina waved him away. Only after watching Yang Yunzhi get dressed and leave did she cover her face, blushing furiously.

"Hina, Hina, what did you do?" Hina did not even know why she had suddenly become so bold the night before. To be fair, although she had an easygoing personality, she was quite conservative when it came to romance!

Maybe she had felt lonely for a fleeting moment last night, and then...

"Still, it's fine. My little boyfriend is pretty great!" Since it had already happened, Hina could only accept it.

Women in the One Piece World were generally faithful as well. Just look at Roger's wife and Yasopp's wife. There were plenty of women whose husbands went out to sea in pursuit of freedom while they stayed home to care for the children.

Someone like Big Mom, who married countless husbands and had a mountain of children, was a rare exception.

In Hina's eyes, Yang Yunzhi was still young, yet already quite capable. In a few days, he would even become a Devil Fruit user.

With those qualifications, he might not become an Admiral in the future, but making a run at Vice Admiral would not be a problem.

And her husband was not merely strong—he was highly educated as well, worthy of being called both scholarly and martial.

Perhaps he could become not only a Vice Admiral, but even the Marines' Chief of General Staff someday!

What could she possibly be dissatisfied with in a husband at the Chief of General Staff's level?

After that, Hina completed the transition from base commander to wife in an incredibly short time.

She did not forget about training the troops, but in her spare time, she also did not forget to cook for Yang Yunzhi and fulfill a wife's duties.

Whether it was because love had nourished her or something else, she increasingly felt brimming with energy and glowing with health over the next few days.

People of the sea endured wind and sun year-round, so their skin was generally not very good. Hina's skin was fair because she had naturally cool-toned pale skin, but since Base 36 was located by the sea and she was constantly exposed to the elements, it had still become rather rough.

Yet in the days after she began dating Yang Yunzhi, she suddenly discovered that her skin was getting better and smoother by the day.

She also felt that the hidden injuries she had accumulated during past training seemed to be healing.

And she could feel that her strength, which had stagnated for over half a year, seemed to be improving again.

She did not know the reason, but she knew these changes had only begun after she got together with Yang Yunzhi. Thus, her attitude toward him became even better. During the day, they worked together in perfect harmony; at night, they were even more harmonious, sharing bliss as a loving couple.

Of course, Hina did not know where her changes came from, but Yang Yunzhi did.

Naturally, they came from the Great Yin-Yang Art.

This cultivation technique had no grade and no known origin. Yang Yunzhi had initially assumed it was simply a dual-cultivation technique from some martial arts world, so he had not paid it much attention. But after cultivating with Hina, he realized something was wrong.

Neither of them had internal energy or true qi, and they did not even possess Armament Haki. Logically, they did not meet the requirements to cultivate this technique at all. So why could the Great Yin-Yang Art still take effect?

Could it be that he had gained not only the technique, but also its true essence?

The so-called true essence of a technique was something mysterious and profound contained within it. With it, even without the technique itself, its effects could still function.

But those were merely his guesses and did not mean much.

What mattered was that this technique truly worked wonders.

He did not feel any change in his Dao Power, but he could feel his thoughts growing clearer, his five senses becoming sharper, his energy more abundant, and his reaction speed faster.

Of course, he had also undergone the same change as Hina: his skin was getting better, and he was becoming more handsome overall.

At first glance, he did not look like a Marine from the One Piece World at all. Instead, he looked more like the male lead from some ancient fantasy romance drama!

And whenever the two stood together, the man was handsome and the woman beautiful, like a match made in heaven.

Perhaps it was because he was handsome, perhaps because Hina had not been at the base long enough to gain any die-hard admirers, or perhaps because they simply looked too perfect together. In any case, news of their relationship had begun spreading through the base, yet not a single Marine stepped forward to object—or rather, to envy Yang Yunzhi.

Quite a few people were even shipping the two of them.

The kind who would clasp their hands together, then start giggling dreamily: "Lady Hina and Lord Rick are just too perfect for each other!"

As for the background characters in the One Piece World, those who knew, knew.