The island was divided into three districts.
The residential district, the commercial district, and the dock district.
The Xuanmiao Sect's mountain gate stood upon the central volcano, separate from all three districts.
Wei Mansion was located in the residential district. To return to the mountain, one had to climb the volcano.
As he climbed higher, Wei He looked down from above and took in the island's general situation below.
Elderly people and children usually came and went through the residential district for walks. But now, there were far fewer of them.
There were fewer people wandering through the commercial district as well. Some shops had even shut their doors.
The dock district, however, had more ships coming and going than usual. Floating checkpoints had been added on the water, inspecting every vessel entering and leaving.
Martial arts experts from the outer mountain continually flew across the sea, skimming over the water as they moved between the ships being inspected.
Before long, Wei He entered the mountain gate and returned to the inner mountain. In the underground palace of Mysterious View, he found his senior sister Yao Wan, who was eating.
Besides the usual trading stalls, the underground palace also had a few small shops serving dishes made from True Beasts.
True Beasts were existences ordinary people could not even touch. Without Ming Gan, one could not see or feel them, much less process them into ingredients and cook them.
The chefs working in these little shops were clearly bound to be True Persons.
For a True Person to come and cook personally—if that happened outside, it would truly be earth-shaking and world-shocking.
But here, it was nothing remarkable. Ming Gan practitioners had long lifespans. Many True Persons who had come to extend their lives eventually ended up doing all manner