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The Eastern Sea, a trading hub since ancient times, has become desolate since the upheaval in the Central Plains.

This place is populated, with many fishermen living off the sea. However, due to the harsh climate, with frequent typhoons and storms, the fertile land rarely yields crops, because you never know when a tsunami will destroy everything planted.

There are very few noble families stationed here, almost none, and those who thrive here are the fearless ship merchants and the local fishermen.

After the rise of Jiangnan, trade almost entirely concentrated around the West Sea. With the same risks, wouldn’t Jiangnan be much more appealing than the Eastern Sea?

After that, the Eastern Sea became a forgotten land, and right after the Dragon Palace incident, the King of Qin casually took control of it.

"Lord Qin King...."

At this time, as the King of Qin’s ship passed by the island, countless fishermen on the boats waved and greeted enthusiastically, with visibly good attitudes.

The locals of the Eastern Sea are mostly too honest, not fond of distant sea trade, mainly due to the overly unstable weather.

Additionally, with abundant fish resources, many people live well enough just by fishing, occasionally trading with those who sail for a bit of mulberry and hemp, enough to barely get by, caught in the resource trap of local natives.

But with the revival of Spiritual Energy, life here became increasingly difficult. The surge in Spiritual Energy made the weather more unstable, and with more strange creatures in the water, fishing often turned into a life-or-death struggle. But thankfully, His Highness King Qin arrived.

His presence frightened the demons in the sea, preventing them from easily preying on the Eastern Sea’s fishermen, and he was able to deter Flood Dragons and protect the sea, blocking extreme weather from spreading to the shore.

In the eyes of the people of the Eastern Sea, he is like an Immortal.

Thus... over these four or five years, this forgotten land has been completely controlled by the King of Qin, akin to being the Emperor here.

"Good..." The King of Qin always maintained a gentle attitude, warmly responding to every greeting fisherman, not at all like an aloof ruler. This amiable demeanor earned him high praise among the common folk.

However, many of his subordinates could not understand King Qin’s attitude.

Because in their eyes, the people of the Eastern Sea..... have little value in being won over.

The people of the Eastern Sea are overly dependent on seafood, and local crafts are quite underdeveloped, relying almost entirely on overseas merchants for goods.

Moreover, the people here are very conservative and unwilling to join the army; even in the past, engaging in trade would be seen as rebellious by family, let alone joining the military.

So, King Qin’s military recruits are mostly still the navy from the Eastern Sea.

King Qin is not Chen Qing; he cannot integrate demons into the Divine Path Sect to remove their demonic nature.

The craving for human flesh still exists, as it always has.

His subordinates are strong and fierce, fond of human flesh.

You cannot completely prohibit it; you can only try to restrict it by, for example, dealing with some outside refugees, but this is not a long-term solution.

As a warlord dominated by demons, why not exhibit strong control from the start? Why bother putting on such a facade in front of these fishing-focused Eastern Sea people?

Many confidants know that King Qin... is a demon himself!

"Your Highness King Qin, Your Highness King Qin..."

Suddenly, a middle-aged fisherwoman waved at King Qin, clearly not in a saluting manner, but rather indicating something to report.

"Aunt Li?" Seeing this, King Qin gestured for the ship to approach, at which point two Yasha Generals rolled their eyes.

The Eastern Sea has over hundreds of thousands of fishermen in just this region alone, yet their leader recalls each name so clearly, they just don’t understand what he’s thinking.

"Your Highness... my husband these past few days... seems to have a problem..." Aunt Li cautiously glanced at the two Yasha by King Qin’s side, looking hesitant.

Although King Qin seemed to love the people like his children, restraining the creatures at sea, no one knew whether he stood on the side of the demons or the humans.

And her husband’s situation was likely the work of demons.

"No need to hurry, Aunt Li..." King Qin smiled and asked, "What exactly is the situation?"

"Well.... my husband..... these days has been behaving strangely, insisting on going to Penglai Island. There is no such Penglai Island around here; we just have a fishing boat, how could he sail overseas? No matter what we say, he doesn’t listen; when the old man stopped him he went mad and bit him, so we tied him up for days, but he neither eats nor drinks any water.

I had no choice but to ask for your help. "

"Oh?" Externally calm, King Qin felt a slight thrill in his heart.

Has it finally come?

Returning from the Southern Sea three days ago, those observing in the shadows should now see the situation clearly. If they don’t provide any clues now, when do they plan to?

"Alright, I’ll go take a look...."

"Your Highness?" The two Yasha Generals frowned deeply, wasting time on such lowly fishermen?

"Continue your patrols; I’ll go alone."

The two Yasha exchanged glances, hesitating to speak, but ultimately dared not resist. The Eastern Sea Dragon King was entirely under this man’s control, holding all the resources of the Eastern Sea, and no one inside could ever defeat him, especially with the so-called Four Holy Army’s arrival, leaving the East Sea Aquatic Clan with no resistance.

Under Aunt Li’s guidance, they soon arrived at the fishing village, where the villages in the Eastern Sea were mostly rudimentary, easily destroyed by extreme weather, and thus not well built.

Upon entering Aunt Li’s house, King Qin saw what he wanted.

The family inside all looked at King Qin like puppets, nowhere was the tied-up husband?

Aunt Li, on the other hand, seemed normal, cautiously not daring to step through the doorway: "Your Highness..... it’s not that I fooled you, I was..... forced, they..... asked for you..... I am..."

"Enough, Aunt Li...." King Qin still spoke gently: "Take your children far away."

Feeling relieved, Aunt Li quickly departed with her still normal children. King Qin shut the simple door behind him, enveloping the area with a barrier with a wave of his hand.

"You are King Qin, yes?"

"How should I address you?" King Qin chuckled: "Gentlemen..... Immortals?"

Hehehe....

The room filled with a screeching metallic laughter. This group, with bizarre shapes, if Wei Gongcheng were here, he would recognize them. Their stiff movements were almost identical to the puppets once created by Mister Hua Pi!

"How did you know we planted seeds within these Eastern Sea people?" A sharp female voice asked with curiosity.

King Qin chuckled and found a seat.

The Taoist Sect... also has seeds, but these do not resemble those of the Buddha’s Gate.

Buddha’s Gate awakens past lives, directly capturing the abilities of their past incarnations using dreams to seize the target’s Destiny and capabilities.

This could only be accomplished within the divine skills, where dreams became reality.

But the Taoist Sect had no such divine skill.

However, the Taoist Sect... had its own ways...

"Because these people of the Eastern Sea..." King Qin coldly smiled at everyone: "Are abnormal!"