"My lord, I can already hear the voices of merchants spread throughout and around Five Immortal Island Marketplace. We're at most thirty thousand li away from Five Immortal Island. At Big Brother Little Cat's speed, we'll be there in an hour." Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao glided soundlessly through the clouds as Big Ear Nie Ting, seated cross-legged on his back, spoke while twitching his ears.
"All right. Keep listening. Five Immortal Island isn't like Chaotic Void Island—it's far more chaotic," Ye Zhen said.
"Yes, my lord!"
By the time Ye Zhen headed for Five Immortal Island and appeared near it, three months had already passed since Lone Dragon Island Marketplace had opened.
That day, after Ye Zhen, Instructor Liao Feibai, and Hua Changjun had spoken at length, Hua Changjun gave Ye Zhen some directions: all manner of perilous forbidden lands rarely visited by people, as well as entirely new Small Worlds or Small Worlds that had only recently been discovered.
Finding a completely new Small World was nearly impossible, but locating one discovered within the past ten thousand years was not overly difficult.
Hua Changjun pointed Ye Zhen toward a clear path—the other great marketplace of the North Sea, Five Immortal Island.
Only after Hua Changjun's explanation did Ye Zhen gain a thorough understanding of the North Sea's two great marketplaces, Five Immortal Island and Chaotic Void Island.
Five Immortal Island and Chaotic Void Island were both among the North Sea's two great marketplaces, with countless merchants coming and going, yet there was an essential difference in their business focus.
Chaotic Void Island was, in essence, a super-sized commodity distribution center. It primarily dealt in bulk goods. As long as something was purchased in quantity, one could basically find it on Chaotic Void Island, regardless of whether its