Zhu Tian started by deceiving his father-in-law from the perspective of pirates.

"I just find this ability to have good luck very useful; I have no intention of recruiting you as my subordinate," Rhodes said with a smile.

I only care about her Devil Fruit ability, not the girl herself. If she's willing to come with me, Kaido of the Beasts will teach her a lesson.

“Let’s go, Mr. Rod. Let me introduce you to Mr. Queen, the VIP of the Beasts Pirates. He’s a top-notch scientist and is very interested in the green stone you developed.” De Solo smiled, gestured for them to proceed, and said.

"Here you are, Mr. Desolo. This is the payment we agreed on. In addition to the healing stone, I also prepared several special potions, one of which is called the invisibility potion. Drinking it will make you invisible." Rhodes handed a small bundle to Desolo.

Chapter 9 Meeting Quinn, I am the Master Sorcerer

The package contained a set of potions that Rhode had prepared in advance, potions that Rhode himself could concoct.

While training under his warlock mentor in Stormwind, Rhodes also learned several secondary professions, including herbalism, alchemy, and first aid. In the real world of Azeroth, as long as you have enough energy, you can learn almost any secondary profession.

However, Rhodes had limited time in the early stages and only learned these few professions, so now he can also concoct some potions himself.

For example, there are energizing potions that can restore energy, mild healing potions, underwater breathing potions, and invisibility potions.

"Your potion is truly amazing. Scientists like you can invent incredible things. Come on, let me introduce you to the Beast Pirates' chief inspector. He's also a very talented scientist." De Solo put away the small backpack Rhodes handed him and said with a smile.

In this world, potions that grant invisibility, rapid stamina recovery, and even wound healing are essentially equivalent to having an extra life.

When two equally skilled fighters clash, you can heal your own injuries while your opponent cannot, and you can enter stealth mode while your opponent cannot. This, to a certain extent, determines the outcome of the battle.

While Tesoro's strength in the pirate world is still considerably less than that of some top-tier powerhouses, he has developed the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit exceptionally well. On the Grand Tesoro, he fears no opponent and is confident in his ability to fight against some of the top fighters from the Four Emperors' groups.

Unless the Four Emperors themselves come, he is not really afraid of anything. But if Tesoro is elsewhere, his strength will be insufficient. Although the Gold-Gold Fruit has been awakened, his strength is actually not very strong.

Rhodes provided some medicine, which to some extent made up for his shortcomings, allowing him to fight a protracted battle with some masters of Armament Haki.

After all, his Armament Haki was extremely poor, and his Observation Haki was the same. As for Conqueror's Haki, well, he didn't have that at all.

Even against some experts, he would still suffer a great loss. His only reliance is his Devil Fruit ability. With these potions, his fighting range can be greatly expanded, at least enough to hold a lot of gold in his inventory.

“Please lead the way, Mr. De Solo,” Rhodes said with a smile.

Led by De Solo, the two soon arrived at a magnificent hall, where a terrifyingly fat man, nearly 6 meters tall, was sitting.

"Yo ho! Is this the top scientist? Did you develop that green stone?" A fat, huge giant pressed himself directly against Rhodes's forehead.

Standing at approximately 6 meters tall, his body has become so fat that he resembles a round ball. This person is none other than Queen, one of the major characters of the Beasts Pirates, possessing the Ancient Zoan type of Dragon-Dragon Fruit and the Brachiosaurus form.

However, unlike other Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, this guy, in addition to his Devil Fruit ability, is also a special cyborg, capable of even detaching his head from his body.

“Yes, Mr. Queen, the Plague, the magnum opus of the Beasts Pirates, I do have quite a few good things I want to offer to Kaido of the Beasts,” Rod said with a smile.

"This thing is amazing. I doubt even Vegapunk could develop such a good healing item!"

"Boss Kaido is very interested in it. We originally planned to secretly search for the manufacturer, but you actually came to us on your own initiative. You want to join our Beasts Pirates, right? That's an extremely wise choice." Queen patted Rod with his giant hand and said.

Rhodes looked at the mountain of flesh in front of him speechlessly. A 6-meter-tall man slapping a human who was over 1.8 meters tall did look rather incongruous. Luckily, he had a magic armor spell on him, otherwise he probably would have been knocked down by the slap.

The eternal pain of both mages and warlocks is their extremely poor physical abilities. Even though their physical abilities are much stronger than those of ordinary warlocks, they are still considered weaklings in the world of One Piece.

However, I have at least fulfilled the ultimate dream of a warlock and mage: to wear plate armor. Now my physical condition is not much worse than some warriors.

“It is my honor. I have something very special in my possession, and I believe that Lord Kaido, the Grand Admiral of the Beasts Pirates, will like it very much,” Rod said.

My pet baby Kai-sensei, you must succeed this time! You must subdue your mount and henchman Kaido.

"Really? Hahaha! That's wonderful. I've already drunk it. Boss Kaido called, and he's very curious about you and looking forward to your arrival. Without further ado, let's set off now. I'll take you to Wano Country," Queen said.

If it weren't for waiting for someone, he would have left days ago. Now that the person he's waiting for has arrived, there's no need to waste time here; he should leave as soon as possible.

Moreover, on the way back, he wanted to have a good chat with this person about scientific research! After all, he was very interested in the ability to create such amazing things.

“It is my pleasure, Mr. Quinn.”

"If I may ask, Mr. Rhodes, if you have any valuable items, and if you have any extras, our Grand Tesoro would very much like to purchase them. The price is negotiable; whether it's Devil Fruits, Berries, or other rare race slaves, I can provide them all," Tesoro said.

He's also very curious about anything that interests Kaido of the Beasts! Since Rhodes is so confident, he must have some skills.

“Alright, the Beasts Pirates can naturally provide what he needs. Tesoro, you did a good job this time. In the future, we can entrust you with some of the weapons from the Beasts Pirates for export,” Queen said.

"Don't worry, Mr. De Solo, we'll have the chance to meet again in the future, and we'll even do business together again," Rod said with a smile.

"I am personally very much looking forward to it."

"Goodbye then, Mr. Tesoro and Ms. Baccarat." After exchanging a few polite words with the two, Queen eagerly led Rod onto their pirate ship. Then they left the Grand Tesoro and sailed towards the distant Wano Country.

"Your name is Rod, right? Could you demonstrate how to make this healing stone for me?" Quinn asked.

“Of course, no problem, but we’ll need some consumables,” Rhodes said.

"What kind of consumables?" Quinn asked.

“It’s very easy to find. Mr. Quinn is everywhere. As long as he’s alive, animals or humans will do,” Rhodes said.

Chapter 10 Healing Stones and Soul Stones

Healing stones made from fragments of the souls of intelligent beings are the most effective, but fragments of the souls of some ordinary animals can also be used.

The Plague Queen was a little dumbfounded when he heard this!

This green stone that heals life is made by consuming the lives of other life forms, such as humans or other animals! Are you kidding me? This is too bizarre!

He initially thought it was some new technology. But he never expected it to consume his life force.

"It's bizarre that it requires the consumption of other life forms to make it!" Quinn said.

“There’s no other way. Healing injuries consumes life force. What has life force? Only life force of the same kind,” Rhodes said.

Unfortunately, with Rhodes' current level, he's only equivalent to someone who has just graduated from a warlock apprenticeship and been promoted to a full-fledged warlock.

His current magical power and control over fel energy are not yet at the level where he can directly create a Soul Forge using fel energy, and then have everyone consume energy to create healing stones.

If one can advance to the rank of High Warlock, then one can use powerful fel energy to summon a Soul Forge, and then let the players consume energy to create a Healing Stone.

Of course, this healing stone is temporary and can only last for 24 hours. If it is not used within 24 hours, it will dissipate automatically.

However, the healing stones you create yourself using soul fragments can be kept permanently.

Warlocks also have the skill of crafting Soul Stones, which is a combat resurrection skill in World of Warcraft and is very useful.

However, in the real Azeroth, the Soul Stone cannot resurrect a living being, but it does bind to the target living being, taking the brunt of a fatal attack in the target's place.

More advanced soul stones can even directly repair and resurrect the souls of beings who have not been dead for too long and whose bodies have not been severely damaged.

Rhodes naturally couldn't make such a high-level soul stone, since he had only just obtained the method for making soul stones.

“You’re right. I’ve been studying these green stones for the past few days and discovered that they contain a kind of life energy, as well as a very peculiar energy that I’ve never seen before. I’ve only come to the conclusion that this energy is extremely corrosive,” Quinn said.

"Hehe! This power is called fel energy, and it's an extremely powerful force," Rhodes said with a smile.

"Hehe! Boss Kaido is very interested in powerful forces. Can you demonstrate to me how to make a healing stone?" Queen said.

“Of course, no problem. Then, Lord Quinn, could you please catch a few live creatures for me?” Rhodes said.

“No problem. Do you want humans or marine life?” Quinn asked.

Those who work as pirates have blood on their hands; human life is the least valuable thing to them.

“Marine life will do,” Rhodes said.

Queen nodded and quickly summoned his subordinates. Several members of the Beasts Pirates nodded, and two members of the Beasts Pirates who had never eaten a Devil Fruit jumped into the sea and quickly caught several giant sharks.

“Rhodes, show me how you used your life to create this healing stone,” Quinn said.

“Hmm!” Rhodes nodded, took out his staff, and chanted a fel energy incantation, green light appearing in his palm.

Several giant sharks thrown onto the gate immediately began to tumble, their life energy and essence being absorbed by Rhodes.

Several green dotted lines slowly flowed into Rhodes' side, while several giant sharks began to dry up in front of everyone. In less than a minute, the originally lively sharks turned into dried sharks.

Rhodes also successfully converted the sharks' soul fragments into fel energy and then created three minor healing stones.

“Sit still, Mr. Quinn. This is the Healing Stone. Unless you’re missing an arm or a leg, you can crush it to heal your injuries. Even the most severe injuries can be healed in a very short time,” Rhodes said.

Quinn nodded, grabbed one of his men, and tossed him into the air.

The arm transformed into a mechanical cannon, spewing raging flames into the sky.

The Beasts Pirates member who was thrown into the sky was immediately baptized by a violent burst of flames and landed on the ground, his entire body burning hot, with some parts even charred black.

He looked like he was on his deathbed, his mouth wide open, unable to make a sound.

"Hehe! Can I try it out? Can you save this guy? If not, then forget it," Quinn said.

Rhodes smiled, placed a healing stone on the other man's chest, and then crushed it. A burst of green light enveloped the severely burned pirate, and his body began to recover at a visible speed. The skin that had been burned back grew back, and the charred muscles also began to grow again.

In just over ten seconds, the little pirate, who had been severely burned and half-dead, recovered and sat on the ground, looking around blankly.

"Hahaha! What an excellent treatment effect! I'm quite satisfied with it! I believe Boss Kaido will also like it very much. With this thing, Boss Kaido can easily defeat Whitebeard." Queen said with a smile.

"Excuse my bluntness, Mr. Queen, but if you want to use healing stones to treat Lord Kaido, you'll need to use extremely high-quality healing stones. Ordinary healing stones won't be able to heal his injuries." Rhodes' words instantly poured cold water on Queen's hopes.

"What do you mean by that? This guy was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but you healed him, didn't you?"

"It's because his own strength is too weak. He's just an ordinary little pirate, at most a little stronger than an ordinary person. So no matter how badly he's injured, as long as he doesn't die on the spot, the healing stone can heal him."

But Mr. Kaido, and strongmen like you are different. Your physical strength is extremely powerful, and your vitality is dozens or even hundreds of times that of ordinary people.

"This healing stone can heal an ordinary human, but it might not be able to heal your injuries. If Lord Kaido were to use it, it would probably only heal some minor injuries, or even just restore some of your strength," Rhodes said.

"I'm a little disappointed, but it's good to be able to recover your strength. Alright, go back and rest! We'll arrive in Wano Country in a few days," Queen said.

Chapter 11 Kaido's Drunkenness, Lesser Sobering Potion

Rhodes nodded and returned to the cabin that the Beasts Pirates had arranged for him to rest.

After sailing for several days, the group finally arrived at their destination, Wano Country.

Wano Country stands in a very dangerous sea area. To enter Wano Country, one must find the right rising current, otherwise, the ship will be destroyed and everyone will perish.

"Kid, stay in the cabin and don't do anything unnecessary. This sea is quite dangerous; if we're not careful, our ship will sink," Quinn said.

Rhodes nodded, returned to the cabin, cast an Endless Breath spell on himself, put on a magic armor spell, held a Legion Healing Stone in his hand, and took out a bottle of Clarity Potion.

"Men, go full speed ahead and uphill! Hurry up!" Quinn roared, twisting his massive body.

"Yes, Boss Quinn, we'll get started right away."

"Everyone, give it your all and get up there quickly."