I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

"Adventurer, are you still afraid of danger?"

Marco's repeated attempts to persuade him to no avail, so he could only bid farewell to the crew he had spent a year with and hold a grand banquet to send off Rydes with his blessings.

After they parted, Rydes looked up at the starry sky and sighed softly.

He is a Celestial Dragon.

They are not cosmic celestial beings, but celestial beings from Qinghai, born in the army below the god of the mountain!

From a very young age, he was fostered by an ordinary family and burdened with a mission—to enter the starry sky in the same way that the world king Gaston Figo selects adventurers!

The Celestial Dragons of the God's Army refused to believe the truth about the Celestial Dragons and needed him to investigate. He even went to the Celestial Dragon Star to "seek help" from the Celestial Dragons in the sky and overthrow the hateful rule of the Navy.

But Ryders, who grew up in an ordinary family, felt that the Navy might be the right one.

To fulfill the Celestial Dragons' mission... or to be yourself and live according to your own ideas...

"Let's go check out Tianlong Star first."

A gentle breeze blew, her red hair fluttered, and Rydes's eyes gradually hardened, casting away her confusion.

“I need to change my name.” Reeds wasn’t sure he was the only Qinghai Tianlong person like himself. After a moment’s thought, he remembered the wine he’d had last night… “Binks?”

"No... Shanks, I guess."

Chapter 186 I Love This Place

"Is this child ten years old?"

Ba Jin looked up at Naika and snorted sullenly, "Fine, ten years old it is."

Compared to ten-year-old Lingling, her height of less than two meters is not hard to accept, and she is used to it.

"What a tall little human..."

But this was the first time Ba Jin had ever seen someone so rude! Her face darkened, and she almost jumped up to kick Naika in the knee, scaring the child into taking two steps back before she waved her hand dismissively.

"follow me!"

"How fierce..." Naika followed closely behind Bajin, her long legs almost tripping over her short legs as she took a step. Then she heard Bajin ask, "I heard that you were brought back from another planet by Grandpa Figo. A barbarian? There are no barbarians in Qinghai, but we treat all races equally here."

Don't expect any special treatment, but you won't be bullied either. If anyone bullies you, come to me. Also, how's your physical fitness?

“Physical fitness…” Naika scratched his head.

Ba Jin pointed to the playground in front of him and asked, "Could you run 200 laps on a track like this?"

Naika looked out and saw dozens of children who looked to be around ten years old running laps around a wide field. They were of various races, but mostly humans, much like the mixed-race school she used to attend. However, they were all wearing the same trainee marine uniforms and looked much more organized than her previous school.

The field was very spacious, with a lap of about four or five hundred meters, but for the barbarians who were strong in body but simple in mind, running tens of thousands of meters was not a problem, so Naika nodded in agreement.

"Alright." Ba Jin clapped his hands and stepped forward, saying, "Stop for a moment, everyone. We have a new student joining you. Her name is Naika, she is ten years old, and she is a child that Grandpa Figo brought back from another planet. She will live in Qinghai for a long time and become a naval officer."

Please be considerate of her, help her get used to the morning exercises, and then take her to the cafeteria for breakfast!

"Brought back by the King of the World..."

"So tall... ten years old?"

A few quiet murmurs arose, and Ba Jin shouted, "Did you all hear that? Squad leader!"

Despite their small size, they exuded a certain imposing presence. The children in the naval training class quickly responded, "Yes, sir!"

Ba Jin turned to Naika, signaling her to join the ranks, then turned and hurried away. As soon as he stepped off the playground, his momentum collapsed, and he habitually began to question the meaning of life.

'I wanted to be a great pirate who roams the seas, so how... how did I end up as a naval instructor taking care of kids?'

Naika, somewhat reserved, joined the group of children. The children in the Marine Prep Class were between 10 and 15 years old, one year earlier than the recruit camp.

Those who can join the Navy for training at this age are all quite talented, and many are tall. Naika only ranked in the middle to lower ranks.

As Naika ran, the students around her were curiously observing her, and Naika looked back at them in return.

Beside her was a human boy with short, silver-white hair. Naika glanced at him cautiously, but when her eyes met the boy's sinister gaze, she quickly looked away... He looked so fierce.

The people here don't seem as pleasant to talk to or easy to get along with as those in Pushtown.

"Smoker, stop looking so stern, you're scaring the new students." A cute pink-haired girl stepped aside and said to Naika, "I'm Tina, the class monitor of the preparatory class. Hello, Naika."

"H-hello?"

"We can't talk while running. Let's chat after we finish our run. Tina is very curious about what other planets look like."

Tina gave her a friendly smile.

“…Hmm!” Naika was slightly relieved.

Tina was right. After running the remaining hundred-plus laps with the team, the group disbanded, and Naika immediately felt a warm welcome.

"Are you really only ten years old?"

"Wow, that's amazing! You were able to complete the entire morning exercise routine on the first day, and you barely even broke a sweat."

"You must be very strong..."

What does the starry sky look like?

Although Naika's academic performance was terrible, she was quite talented in cultivation. Her parents were capable of carrying mountains weighing hundreds of tons, and one of them was an SSR2 and the other a SSR3.

She quickly relaxed completely, chuckling as she introduced herself to her classmates.

"I am Binz."

"Pedro".

"Drake."

She tried hard to remember each name, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, my memory isn't very good, I might have misremembered someone, Tira."

“It’s Tina.” Tina grabbed her arm without any hesitation: “Take your time to remember. Let’s go to the cafeteria for breakfast first.”

“Okay.” Naika immediately followed happily at the mention of food, but suddenly noticed a merman classmate with a saw-nose on the outside of the crowd watching the commotion with a cold face, so she couldn’t help but look over.

Tina turned her head upon seeing this: "Oh, that's the fishman Arlong, you don't need to worry about him, Naika."

"Ah...does everyone dislike him?"

"No, it's that he doesn't like any of us. You'll find out later." Tina smiled and led the dazed Naikara away.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Naika quickly forgot about Aaron and exclaimed with wide eyes, "These... these aren't distributed in portions?"

"No, you can eat as much as you want, but you have to make sure you finish it all and don't waste any!" Tina instructed Naika as she served her food.

Because of the arduous training, even breakfast included fish and meat. Naika, with eyes gleaming, picked up a large bowl of food, drawing gasps of amazement.

"Can you eat that much? It's all meat!"

"Naka's power must be immense."

"I wonder how much Dao power it will have..."

Naika was a little embarrassed: "No, is this not okay, Tina?"

"As long as you can finish eating, that's fine." Tina gestured for Naika to sit with her. "Let's eat."

"Hmm!" Naika happily picked up her chopsticks, just about to start eating, when a voice suddenly called from afar: "Naika, your teacher is looking for you!"

"Huh?" Naika turned around. The person who called out was the silver-haired boy, I think his name was Smoker, and he had a rather scary, sullen face.

“Go, Naika,” Tina said, then smiled at Smoker, “Judging from your expression, you must have gotten caught smoking again, right?”

Smoker looked a little awkward and tried to explain himself by saying things like, "I was smoking openly and honestly, not sneaking around. What's the point of getting caught if I'm doing it openly and honestly?" before going to get his food.

Naika walked past him, exited the cafeteria, and looked around in the corridor.

There was nothing in sight.

"Teacher? Where is she? I don't know. Which teacher is looking for me?" she muttered, a sense of déjà vu washing over her.

They're trying to steal my meat again?!

Her eyes instantly reddened, and someone else's eyes were even redder: "Look down! Damn it, you look down!"

"Huh..." Naika looked down and then noticed that Bakkin was standing right next to her, holding a set of marine uniforms and jumping up and down, his face flushed with anger.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Bashi!"

"It's Ba Jin!" Ba Jin felt like he was about to have another headache, and handed the uniform to Naika with a grumpy attitude: "Eat quickly, and then have Tina take you to the dressing room to change your clothes!"

"oh oh."

Although he was fierce, Naika could sense that Bajin meant no harm this time. Relieved, she picked up her new clothes and happily walked back to the cafeteria.

Things are different now.

At her seat, her bowl of rice remained untouched. Tina even called out to her, "Are you going to change your clothes? Hurry up and eat, it'll get cold. Put your clothes here with Tina first!"

“Okay.” Naika sat down again.

Pick up your chopsticks and start eating.

The meat smells so good, it really smells so good.

While I was eating, a few drops of water suddenly fell into my rice.

Tina noticed out of the corner of her eye and looked up in surprise, asking, "Naka, are you... crying?"

"N-nothing." Naika wiped her eyes with her arm, then slowly broke into a bright smile: "Tina, I love it here!"

Tina paused for a moment, then returned a smile.

Chapter 187 Vegapunk

Just as Naika joined the Navy Reserve Class to begin a new learning journey, there was also a 'Strong Class' taking classes.

The students in the class ranged in age from twenty to over eighty. Even the weakest among them were at the level of Raul, close to the level of a lamp wick. There were nearly a hundred students in the class, and about ten of them were even kings who had already lit their lamps!

The teacher was Ana.

She not only teaches basic knowledge about the stars, but also courses on spiritual practice. Of course, she doesn't instruct these guys who have already forged their own paths on how to practice, but rather uses her abilities to assist them in their spiritual practice.

Her ability can help people forget fatigue, not only mentally but also physically, making it an excellent supplementary method.

Of course, this will deplete her energy.

She had been working for several days in a row and looked somewhat tired, having been given a full workload by Figo.

But she wasn't annoyed by it; on the contrary, she was delighted, because with each adventurer returning from the stars, Qinghai was constantly amazing her and refreshing her understanding.