The reason Ace came to Alabasta was because he received information that Blackbeard was in a city called Yuba in Alabasta.
Therefore, Ace's next destination is the same as everyone else's, which is to go to Juba.
Princess Vivi went to Yuba to find the leaders of the rebels, to tell them the true purpose of the Baroque Work Society and to quell the riots.
Li Xiao knew that Blackbeard was not in that city and had already gone to a certain place in the west.
But Li Xiao didn't say it out loud, and asked Ace and his brother Luffy to stay a few more days. The next time they meet, they might be involved in a war.
If Ace had listened to Li Xiao's advice and ran away if he couldn't fight, this war might have been avoided.
"Anyway, we can all walk together for the time being." Nami said.
Usopp said: "Since he is Luffy's older brother, I will naturally give him a warm welcome."
Luffy picked up the wine glass and laughed: "Let's have fun together Ace."
Everyone picked up their wine glasses, clinked them and drank them all in one gulp.
"By the way, what I'm very concerned about is, what happened to Li Xiao's gloves?" Ace suddenly asked.
Luffy said: "Li Xiao is a treasure appraiser and can appraise many interesting items. He appraised that glove."
"Treasure appraiser?" Ace looked confused. Not only had he never heard of it, he hadn't even heard of it in the Whitebeard Pirates over the years.
"It's an incredible profession anyway, haha." Luffy laughed heartily.
"In that case, let's examine my scimitar."
Ace took out the scimitar from his waist, placed it on top of the barrel, and then looked at Li Xiao with strange eyes.
That kind of look seemed to say, you can lie to my brother, but you can't lie to me. Today we have to see if this treasure appraiser is really good at it.
Li Xiao picked up Ace's scimitar and pulled it out of the scabbard with a little force.
The craftsmanship of the small scimitar is very sophisticated, and the blade is extremely sharp. What is surprising is that there are several small leaves on the blade.
Ace said: "I just used it to chop coconuts today."
No wonder I haven't seen Ace use this small scimitar. It turned out to be used to chop fruits.
After wiping the blade clean, Li Xiao began to evaluate the small scimitar.
Ace looked at Li Xiao intently, and he would jump out to expose this old charlatan if there was even the slightest flaw.
However, Ace was disappointed.
"Ding! The identification is successful. The fine scimitar is identified as a shadow scimitar. The attack has a corrosive effect, and the effect on those with devil fruit abilities is doubled."
Ace looked at the scimitar on the barrel with a shocked expression.
After being identified, this scimitar emitted a purple-black light, and one could feel a bone-chilling chill.
He picked up the machete and lightly scratched the barrel. A large area of the barrel was corroded away.
However, putting the Shadow Scimitar back into its sheath did not cause any damage to the sheath.
"This is my first time seeing such a strange ability." Ace said.
"As well as your hat and your bead necklace, I can identify them for you." Li Xiao said.
Ace took off his red bead necklace and handed it to Li Xiao.
"If this necklace fails to be authenticated, I will go back to Windmill Town to find Dadan and get another one," Ace said.
Dadan is the female bandit in Windmill Town. Dadan also wears the same red bead necklace around her neck.
Because Dadan took care of Ace most of the time when he was a child, and Ace almost lost his life. In order to remember this kindness, Ace also wore a red bead necklace.
It is impossible to fail the appraisal. There has been no case of failed appraisal so far, as long as the appraisal does not come with attributes such as corrosion or curse.
Everyone surrounded Li Xiao, all very curious as to what interesting things they would identify next.
In order to make the appraisal more ceremonial, Li Xiao took out an incense burner and inserted three incense sticks.
Usopp prayed to the incense burner: "Gods bless me with immortality, gods bless me with immortality."
Nami punched Usopp, and Usopp calmed down.
Li Xiao took the red bead necklace in his hand, took a deep breath, and started the identification of all things.
A golden light flashed and the identification was successful.
"Ding! The red orb necklace is identified as the Yan Emperor necklace. The wearer's flame effect is doubled. He can control the beads to turn into huge fireballs to chase the enemy. Anyone who hits the enemy with the beads can restore his own vitality."
Wow, I found such a top-quality necklace, and Li Xiao even wanted it.
As soon as the appraisal was completed, Ace couldn't wait to put the necklace on himself.
"I don't know why, but I feel that the necklace after the appraisal fits me very well, and I feel like I am connected," Ace said.
Before Li Xiao could tell the effect of this necklace, Ace was already deeply attracted.
"In that case, just try and figure out how to use this necklace." Li Xiao said.
Ace closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then clasped his hands together.
Immediately afterwards, a scene that stunned everyone appeared.
Ace actually floated into the sky, and the necklace around his neck turned into dozens of huge fireballs floating behind Ace.
Ace sat cross-legged in the sky, the fireball behind him was as dazzling as the sun, it was like the arrival of Emperor Yan.
As long as it is hit by a fireball, the Meri will definitely be blown to pieces. The distance of tens of meters has already made everyone feel the powerful energy contained in the fireball.
"Pyroblast!"
Ace pointed with one hand, and a huge fireball floating behind him flew in the direction pointed.
After arriving at the destination, the fireball exploded violently, shaking the sea into turbulent waves.
It took a while before the Meri stabilized.
After the explosion, the fireball turned into a red bead and floated back to Ace's necklace.
"This is too scary!" Sanji was dumbfounded.
"The Sun God has arrived!" Usopp said.
"So handsome! I want to do the appraisal too, Li Xiao, do it for me too." Luffy looked at Li Xiao expectantly.
"I will evaluate it later and take a rest first."
Appraisal of this thing is quite labor-intensive, especially if you identify something good, you will feel particularly depressed and need to replenish your energy.
Ace fell from the sky with satisfaction, and all the huge fireballs turned back into bead necklaces, with small flames still burning on them.
"grateful!"
Ace stood in front of Li Xiao and bowed deeply to express his gratitude to Li Xiao.
"Well, can you give me this necklace? I'll identify other items for you."
Li Xiao rubbed his hands. This Yan Emperor necklace paired with his Flame Emperor gloves was also a very scary combination.
Ace took a few steps back, protecting the necklace with his hand and shook his head: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Just kidding, just don't rely too much on the necklace and devil fruit abilities." Li Xiao said lightly.
But Ace didn't care, still playing with the necklace curiously, with a happy and excited expression on his face.