In less than three months, the once somewhat desolate Lone Dragon Island had undergone a tremendous transformation. Exquisite buildings rose one after another across the island, all manner of supporting facilities sprang up, and squads of soldiers patrolled the skies in orderly formation. It was a scene of flourishing prosperity.
Gai Jun, chief steward of Sky Wing Merchant House's Lone Dragon Island Marketplace, was now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing in circles before a Refined Chamber.
He wanted to open the chamber doors, but the little cat sprawled atop the roof and the nine heads that occasionally swayed out from the grass before the door kept him from taking a step forward.
Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao and Nine-Headed Worm did not care whether he was one of Ye Zhen's trusted aides. If he dared violate Ye Zhen's prohibition, they would absolutely swallow him in one bite.
The first phase of Lone Dragon Island's construction had already been completed, and preparations for the marketplace's opening ceremony were also finished. Following Ye Zhen's previous instructions, all invitations that needed to be sent had been sent, all necessary arrangements had been made, and even the date had been set.
But there were only two and a half days left before the opening ceremony. Manifestation Water Mansion had already sent word that a distinguished guest holding Ye Zhen's invitation had entered its waters with his fleet.
Yet Ye Zhen was still in secluded cultivation within the quiet room and had not emerged.
It was not that Gai Jun was afraid of the occasion. He had spent most of his life dealing with commerce, and there was nothing in business that he could not handle.
But the problem was that some matters could not be handled merely because