Elsewhere—
Ye Wen and Dugu Bo did not fly straight to Sea God Island at top speed. Instead, they traveled there on foot at a leisurely pace.
Ye Wen knew very well that once they entered Sea God Island, it would be like obtaining a death-free medallion. However, the price would be losing a certain degree of freedom. So before that, Ye Wen planned to take a look around this world. As for the cultivation he would lose during this time, he believed the rewards from the divine trials would more than make up for it.
Otherwise, how could Tang San have become a Titled Douluo and ascended to godhood in his twenties? It was all because of the cheats provided by the divine trials.
Besides, Ye Wen had also developed the urge to inspect the Medical Alliance's offline operations.
As the saying went, a thousand-mile dike could collapse because of an ant hole. The Medical Alliance's personnel had always been a complicated mix, and Ye Wen did not want the Medical Alliance he had worked so hard to establish ruined by a few black sheep.
Ye Wen also wanted to see whether, after Spirit Hall fell, he could use the Medical Alliance to replace Spirit Hall's original role of awakening Martial Souls and gathering faith.
As they made their way toward Sea God Island, Ye Wen did indeed uncover some problems among the Medical Alliance's subordinates. Some scum had secretly raised prices to line their own pockets, abused their authority, and committed other offenses.
Ye Wen had studied history, after all, so he had long prepared countermeasures for such minor issues. He sent word back and had the Medical Alliance implement two new regulations.
The first was an ideological and skills assessment, mainly aimed at physicians and certain personnel