Deep night shrouded Snake Rat Island.
The light cast by the lighthouse guided a warship of the Saint Brilliance Empire to dock smoothly at the pier.
The bow of this warship was thick, and the bridge was located right in the middle of the deck, looking like a cube whose length, width, and height were all identical to a treasure box.
The surface of the treasure box-shaped bridge was covered with layers of magic arrays. A large number of gemstones were embedded within the magic arrays, including fist-sized sapphires, head-sized diamonds, and carriage-sized yellow topazes and so on.
It was none other than the Treasure Box.
Tan Qiu, the lord of Snake Rat Island, had long been waiting at the pier with a group of subordinates.
Waiting until Tan Mo, the captain of the Treasure Box, led a group of people off the pier, Tan Qiu hurriedly went up to welcome them.
Tan Qiu said, "Clan elder, you've arrived! Thank you for your hard work along the way, the banquet has been prepared for a long time."
Tan Qiu, the lord of Snake Rat Island, was an ordinary-looking, short, and plump middle-aged human male, while Tan Mo, the captain of the Treasure Box, had a fat body, a thick and short neck, and a shrewdness that not even the night could conceal flashed within his small eyes.
The two were members of the same clan.
Tan Mo said, "Clan younger brother, it has been three years since our last meeting, hasn't it?"
Tan Qiu laughed heartily.
Tan Mo signaled his subordinates with his gaze. "Go, unload the cargo. These are all specially transported for clan younger brother Tan Qiu."
A look of joy appeared on Tan Qiu's face. Watching the sailors begin to unload the cargo, he once again invited