When choosing an island market to set up shop and establish a lasting foothold, two factors had to be considered.
One was geographical location, and the other was security.
First, there was location. For martial artists, a difference of several hundred thousand miles more or less did not matter much.
What mattered was whether the island market's relative position was suitable for development.
The rise of a new island market would inevitably affect the development of the surrounding island markets.
Suppose a brand-new island market sprang up near Chaotic Void Island, stealing away much of Chaotic Void Island's business and customers while showing tremendous momentum.
Then there was no need to say more. Chaotic Void Island's owner would definitely swing an iron fist and beat the hell out of it without hesitation.
After commercial tactics and other conventional methods had been exhausted, force would inevitably be used. Whoever had the bigger fist had the greater reason. This was an unshakable truth among martial artists.
Therefore, the island market Ye Zhen chose for long-term development had to be far from Chaotic Void Island—far, far away. A distance of one or two million miles was simply not enough.
It had to be at least three million miles away from Chaotic Void Island.
That settled the relative location. Once an island market was established, it would inevitably draw the covetous gazes of forces from all directions. Only with the power to protect the island market could one establish a market.
At present, Ye Zhen's strongest force in the North Sea was Manifestation Water Mansion.
The strength of his three elder brothers—Sea Pacifier, Sea Overturner, and Sea Breaker—had already broken through to the Spirit-Connecting Realm or would soon do so. As their bloodline powers rose, they could already deal with ordinary Mystic Palace Realm