King of Creation

Compared to Heavenly Wing Island, Yin Yang Island, and even Ancient Demon Island, Shuili Island is considered small.

From a bird's-eye view, you can almost take in the entire island at a glance.

Of course, relative to Ye Zhen's vision, Shuili Island is just a relatively small island among those Ye Zhen has seen in the Outer Domain Dead Sea, rather than a small island!

It is an irregular elliptical shape, about thirty thousand miles at its longest and about five thousand miles at its narrowest. If placed in the Black Dragon Domain or True Spirit Domain, it would be considered a national territory.

The entire island is covered in lush green, and in several places on the island, the skies are covered with Spirit Light, which should be the medicine fields carefully planted by Shuili Island.

Ye Zhen and the Sea-Breaking Great Saint had just landed at Shuili Island's port when the air from the island hit them, filled with a rich scent of medicine, invigorating their senses.

The Sea-Breaking Great Saint frowned, "Everything on Shuili Island is good, except the smell is too unpleasant!"

"Unpleasant?"

Ye Zhen found himself speechless; indeed, his third brother's way of doing things is quite different from ordinary people.

Ye Zhen and the Sea-Breaking Great Saint descended, and a silver-haired old servant in blue had already come to greet them, smiling and bowing to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, "So this year it has come to Sea-Breaking Great Saint, my respects."

"Old thing, still not dead!"

The Sea-Breaking Great Saint laughed and cursed, then casually tossed a jade bottle, "Here, the Silver Sand Crystal you asked my big brother to watch for, he personally went into the sea a few years ago to collect three taels and asked me to bring it to you, you old thing!"

Despite being cursed by the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, this silver-haired old servant was still smiling, seemingly an old acquaintance.

The only thing that struck Ye Zhen as odd was the name of this silver-haired old servant—Chen Pi!

A very common medicinal ingredient; it seems he should be the old servant following the Shuili Dan King.

"This young talent, if I guessed correctly, should be the Heavenly Wing Fourth Saint Sea Suppression Great Saint announced by Heavenly Wing Island recently?"

"My respects to Sea Suppression Great Saint!" Not waiting for Ye Zhen to answer, Chen Pi bowed deeply towards Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen quickly helped him up, "I wonder about Mr. Chen......"

"Mr. Chen, those four words he doesn't deserve. Fourth brother, call him 'Old Thing' like I do!" Sea-Breaking Great Saint said.

"This....." Chen Pi's head of silver hair made it difficult for Ye Zhen to call him 'Old Thing,' even though Ye Zhen understood this was not just a term of endearment between Sea-Breaking Great Saint and Chen Pi.

"Great Saint, it seems you are more generous than the Sea-Breaking Great Saint! Sea-Breaking Great Saint, Mr. Chen, those are words I don't deserve. If 'Old Thing' is inconvenient, Great Saint can call me Old Chen instead!"

After speaking, silver-haired old servant Chen Pi had two jade blocks, crisp and fresh in his hand, and he refined them with a burst of flame from his palm before handing them to Ye Zhen and the Sea-Breaking Great Saint.

"Invitations from Heavenly Wing Island need not be checked; these are the Identity Jade Tokens for the two Great Saints. Please carry them with you while on the island, and wearing them will naturally prevent anyone from disturbing you.

Additionally, the jade tokens contain various decrees from Shuili Island. Please take time to review them! Moreover, accommodations have already been arranged for the esteemed guests, which can be accessed using these identity jade tokens, although the space might be a bit small, please forgive us." Chen Pi said.

"We don't know the decrees, like prohibitions on killing and fighting outside designated areas, etc. This year, are there any new changes?" Sea-Breaking Great Saint impatiently asked.

"In response to the Great Saint, apart from two newly added medicine fields being designated as forbidden areas, there are no other changes, similar to previous sessions!" Chen Pi replied.

"That's good; fourth brother, we're off!" Sea-Breaking Great Saint eagerly left, as if he had some urgent matter.

"Two Great Saints, go well. When things are less busy, I will naturally come to visit the two Great Saints." Chen Pi smiled and cupped his hands to see Ye Zhen and the Sea-Breaking Great Saint off, his gaze shifting to the sea, ready to meet the next guest at any time.

After taking just a few steps, Ye Zhen had mostly reviewed the decrees within the identity jade token. Just as he was about to ask about his doubts, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint spoke again.

"Fourth brother, actually, these decrees boil down to a few key points. First, don't enter forbidden areas; if found, you'll be immediately expelled, and severe cases will be executed.

Second is damage compensation. This Shuili Dan King is a refined person; every tree and blade of grass on the island was painstakingly transplanted by him, especially within a thousand-mile radius around Shuili Residence, where nearly all buildings were personally designed and constructed by the Shuili Dan King.

Anyone who damages them must compensate in full, and the price, heh heh!" Sea-Breaking Great Saint chuckled with ill intent.

"What, the prices are very steep?" Ye Zhen was puzzled.

"More than steep—once, an Eighth Stage Establishment King destroyed a mile-radius plot of land with one strike and ended up not only losing his pants but also owing tens of millions of Spirit Crystals in debt!" Sea-Breaking Great Saint explained.

"The third point is that fighting is banned everywhere except Yixiao Building, let alone killing! Those who engage in combat outside Yixiao Building will be immediately expelled, and those who kill will face certain execution!"

"That's basically it, as for those other bizarre prohibitions, you can pretty much ignore them!" said the Sea-Breaking Great Saint.

Ye Zhen's eyebrows moved, "Third brother, what is Yixiao Building? Why is killing allowed there?"

"The top martial artists who come here, many have unresolved enmity with each other, some even carry deep blood feuds, and fighting is prohibited on the island.

However, for those martial artists who see red as soon as they meet, sometimes when they go berserk, no strong prohibition can stop them.

Thus, the Shuili Hermit built the Yixiao Building as a place for martial contests to resolve grudges, allowing martial artists who gather here to arrange battles and even fight to the death!

As for the name, didn't I mention it before? The Shuili Hermit is known for his elegance and hopes that these top experts can laugh and let go of their grudges.

So he named the place for resolving grudges the Yixiao Building."

After finishing, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint added, "Actually, the most fun place on the entire Shuili Island is the Yixiao Building. Fourth brother, you should take a stroll there if you have time these days!"

Before long, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint showed Ye Zhen to their arranged accommodations, casually introducing them and then hurriedly left.

"Fourth brother, I have an old acquaintance to visit, you go explore on your own. There's plenty of fun stuff on Shuili Island, just don't get scammed. If anything happens, just send me a Talisman Communication!"

With that, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint's figure flickered and disappeared into the sky.

The accommodations arranged on Shuili Island were indeed not large, only containing a bedroom, a Silent Chamber, a cleansing room, and a small pavilion, a courtyard collectively around a hundred meters in size, but the whole courtyard was very exquisitely arranged.

Every pot of green bonsai, including the arrangements and flowerpots, showed careful craftsmanship.

According to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint's introduction, there are about a hundred such hundred-meter courtyard on the entire Shuili Island, mostly reserved for prominent figures.

As for the general Establishment Realm Kings, they mostly have to stay in the concentrated ten-meter-sized Silent Chambers on the island, all closely packed together!

Still, even so, compared to the tens of thousands attending each session of the Pill Appreciation Conference, the accommodation capacity is impressive.

According to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, they didn't arrive the earliest, but not the latest either.

Thus, the trade fairs, auctions, and bounty conferences arranged by the Shuili Island hadn't started yet, but the early-arriving martial artists had already begun trading with each other on the island, acquiring what they needed!

According to the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, over the years, this Decennial Pill Appreciation Conference has become a bizarre event.

Some Establishment Realm experts who are skilled in and enjoy culinary arts even set up temporary restaurants here, offering all sorts of exotic delicacies from the mountains and seas, though the prices could easily consume several months to a year's cultivation resources for an Establishment Realm King in a single meal.

However, in this world, food lovers are never in short supply.

Not to mention all sorts of other trades, so before leaving, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint advised Ye Zhen to explore on his own.

Ye Zhen didn't rush out but first cleaned himself thoroughly in the well-equipped cleansing room, changed into a clean blue robe, and then, feeling refreshed, headed towards the Shuili Market designated area on Shuili Island.

The Shuili Market covered around a hundred square miles, concentrating all sorts of private trades and businesses of martial artists. The martial artists who came to the island also gathered and stayed around it.

Even though there were still seven days left until the official start of the Pill Appreciation Conference, the Shuili Market was already bustling with people going back and forth.

The martial artists looking to purchase sat cross-legged at the designated stalls, with jade plates in front of them carved with the items they sought, only opening their eyes when someone spoke up.

As for sellers, it was much more troublesome, as items that couldn't be displayed due to quantity or rarity were illustrated after being carved into the jade plates for exhibition.

Upon observing, the martial artists conducting transactions here were not just the Seventh or Eighth Stage Establishment Realm, but even the Fifth and Sixth Stage.

Casually looking around, there were several thousand such stalls nearby, which left Ye Zhen aghast. It was his first time seeing so many Establishment Realm Kings!

However, most martial artists sold either Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or Spiritual Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, and secret techniques, etc.

Of course, bizarre items weren't lacking either, as there was even the sale of female slaves, said to be Snow Women inherently beautiful from Snowdrift Domain.

More astonishingly, there were those selling sects outright, selling National Heroes as protectors, several selling islands, and even those selling uninhabited island maps directly.

Ye Zhen wandered through, dazzled by the sights.

Suddenly, a killing qi full of anger locked onto Ye Zhen, and a difficult stall owner ahead suddenly stood and blocked Ye Zhen's path, "Ye Zhen, I didn't expect you to dare come here?" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)