I alone have my own laws; I start by fabricating myths and legends of mountains and seas.

"The Mountain and Sea Realm is not a place of disorder." Ying Zhao said after collecting the emotional crystals. His voice was calm and unhurried, but every word was clear. "You more than a thousand people have the opportunity to enter this realm. You must understand that opportunities must be seized with willpower, courage, and wisdom."

Its gaze swept over the faces below, some terrified, some bewildered. "Today, I will set out a trial for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yingzhao raised his front hoof and took a step forward.

hum-

The entire Jade Island, no, the entire End Island, seemed to ripple like water.

More than 3,000 people were horrified to discover that the surrounding scenery was changing rapidly! The jade-paved ground, the distant sea of ​​clouds, and even the people around them began to become blurry and distorted, like an ink painting immersed in water.

In the blink of an eye, only Jiang He, Su Fan, Chen Yang, Wang Jianguo, and Ying Zhao remained on Qingyu Island.

There were just a few hundred more screens, and the screens showed the newcomers who had come to the world of mountains and seas, including Tokugawa Koji.

"Senior Yingzhao, what... what's going on here!" Chen Yang asked casually.

"You've been to Bright Island before, so you should know that you can become a Bright Island resident by spending 50,000 Emotion Crystals. In fact, all eighty-one floating islands are like this. To become a resident, you either need to have Emotion Crystals to be eligible to be on a floating island. These guys definitely don't have any Emotion Crystals. You can think of it as me giving them a chance to become residents of Jade Island," Yingzhao explained to the group.

"Ah! According to Senior Luo, this End Island is supposed to be where newcomers settle down, and we haven't received any instructions on what we need to do to become islanders." Jiang He asked, puzzled.

"You guys who received the divine beast inheritance are naturally considered newcomers and automatically acquired the status of Qingyu Island residents. As for those guys, they didn't receive the inheritance, so they naturally have to fight for their island resident status themselves. Didn't you see that guy in your team who didn't receive the inheritance also went to fight for island resident status just like the newcomers?" Ying Zhao explained, referring to Tokugawa Koji.

The Mountain and Sea Realm is mainly a place where Su Fan collects emotional crystals; Jiang He, Wang Jianguo, and Chen Yang are already working-class.

Since the number of consciousnesses that can be drawn into the dream world by the [Shared Dream Pillow] is limited, the people who collect emotional crystals must be selected from the best of the best.

We can't just take anyone! So we can only keep one person from these three thousand-plus people, and then we'll bring in several thousand more people next time to select one more person.

"So what's this trial all about?" Wang Jianguo asked curiously, looking at the crowd on the screen.

"The trial is that one of them will pass the test and stay, while the others, who are not fortunate enough, will naturally have no chance to enter the Mountain and Sea Realm! Do you want to bet on who will be the last one to stay? The odds are 1 to 10, and if you guess correctly, you'll get ten times the emotional crystals back! If you have confidence in that little guy who was with you before, you can bet on him!" Yingzhao said.

Yingzhao's declaration of a "one to ten" betting odds stunned the four people present.

Chen Yang was the first to react, his eyes instantly gleaming as if he had seen a shortcut to overnight riches without the hassle of collecting: "A bet?! A bet on who can stay? Senior Yingzhao, are you serious? Tenfold return?!"

Chen Yang impatiently began scanning the hundreds of screens, trying to find the "chosen one," as if they were not individuals undergoing unknown trials, but rather a series of fluctuating numbers representing the crystallization of emotions.

Jiang He listened without a second thought. How could anyone bet on an obvious game like this? Even if the odds were 1 to 10, or even 1 to 1000, Jiang He wouldn't bet a single emotional crystal.

It's not that Jiang He has no gambling instincts, but only a fool would participate in a gambling game with such low odds of winning that it's practically a scam.

Don't be fooled by the allure of a 1 to 10 payout; while the potential for a tenfold return is tempting, the odds of correctly predicting the winner among thousands of people are shockingly low.

"I'm betting ten Emotion Crystals on whether that woman will stay in the end. With that physique and that ruthlessness! She'd be a talent anywhere!" Chen Yang said, taking out ten Emotion Crystals and pointing at a woman with abs who looked dashing and heroic on the screen.

Su Fan, acting as a shill, took out an Emotion Crystal, randomly pointed to one, and said, "I'll bet ten of them too. It's boring just looking at them anyway. Ten Emotion Crystals aren't many, I'll just do it for fun."

As it turns out, Wang Jianguo and Jiang He were completely unaffected by Su Fan and Chen Yang.

"Lord Yingzhao, these people have obtained the status of Qingyu Island residents. How do they collect emotional crystals? After all, if they can't collect emotional crystals, even if they have the status of island residents, it doesn't seem like they can have any special opportunities!" Chen Yang asked, seeing that Yingzhao hadn't left yet.

"Naturally, it's the same as Luo's. However, Luo's contract is more favorable because you have a legacy. As for them..." Yingzhao didn't finish his sentence, but everyone clearly understood what he meant.

Upon hearing this, Jiang He and the others felt a chill run down their spines. They had just paid off their debts and were planning to imitate Luo Jiuchuan and start a loan business, but now it seemed they had been thinking too much.

The Mountain and Sea Realm seems to have a complete system for dealing with newcomers. Their plan was essentially stillborn, dying before it even began.

"You guys take your time watching their trials! It'll probably take a while, so I won't keep you company any longer!" Yingzhao said before turning and leaving.

After all, Chen Yang, Jiang He, and Wang Jianguo were among his first employees and had made certain contributions to his experiments, so Su Fan naturally wouldn't leave them without any benefits.

But the three of them were unaware of this at the moment! Seeing Ying Zhao leave, Chen Yang, the most impatient of them all, spoke first: "Sister Jiang, Brother Su, Uncle Wang, it seems our plans are falling behind the times. The world is changing too fast; the schemes of the Mountain and Sea Realm are truly deep!"

Chen Yang said somewhat dejectedly, "We should try to remain calm, but how can we remain calm about this? We've been planning this for almost half a year."

As a result, they have now paid off their debts. The Emotion Gourd, which costs 25,000 Emotion Crystals, gives the four of them about a month and a half. With any extra Emotion Crystals, they can exchange them for an activation plan.

This is how it turned out; he really did die in the darkness before dawn.

"It's not that we have no chance at all!" Jiang He said.

"What do you mean?" Chen Yang asked, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope.

"They can only do business in the Mountain and Sea Realm. We can just exchange for the Emotion-Gathering Gourd and let people collect emotion crystals in the real world," Jiang He said. Although this situation was unexpected, Jiang He had a contingency plan, so she didn't completely lose her composure.