[Upgrading to a Level 2 Island]

At Su Yu's speed, he quickly reached the Speedboat parked at the edge of the abandoned island. Then he sprang straight onto it in one leap.

"Head back." Once he had steadied himself aboard the Speedboat, Su Yu ordered the two Goblins in a low voice.

At their master's command, the two Goblins immediately started the Speedboat and prepared to retrace their route.

As the Speedboat began to move, Su Yu slowly turned to look back at the abandoned island, which had lost its Island Heart.

The abandoned island was shaking violently now, as if it might crumble apart at any moment.

Seeing this, Su Yu ordered the two Goblins to speed up. Then he turned around, sat down aboard the Speedboat, and surveyed the surrounding waters.

Meanwhile, a stubborn Sea Monkey had just swum up near the abandoned island, which was on the verge of collapsing. But when it surfaced, it saw that the accursed prey had once again escaped aboard that strange contraption.

Good grief, that nearly made the Sea Monkey drop dead from rage.

"Are two-legged freaks really this hard to deal with these days? According to the experience passed down by our elders, these two-legged freaks are weak as twigs. If I catch one, it's as good as dead!" The Sea Monkey was clearly too thickheaded to figure things out. Enraged, it plunged back underwater and swam toward the Speedboat Su Yu was aboard.

But at the Sea Monkey's speed, it was doomed to come back empty-handed. It hadn't been able to catch up on the way here, and now it was even farther behind. There was no way it could catch up.

After the Sea Monkey left, the abandoned island whose Island Heart Su Yu had taken finally crumbled apart and disappeared completely from these waters.

As for Su Yu, while surveying the area, he noticed that the waters were still quite rich in treasure chests and resources, even after he'd left the island.

For now, though, all he could do was look at those abundant resources.

Compared to fishing, it was much safer to stay on the island. There was no way Su Yu could fish from the Speedboat, after all. The risk would be far too high.

About five or six minutes later, Su Yu's Speedboat successfully made landfall, bringing him back to his own island.

[ Ding, would you like to use the Island Heart and merge it with the island you are currently on? ]

As soon as Su Yu stepped onto the island, a somewhat mechanical prompt sounded beside his ear.

"Yes." Su Yu naturally had no hesitation. What was the point of keeping such a good thing until it grew moldy?

As Su Yu silently used the Island Heart, the one in his hand burst into a brilliant yellow light and merged with the island beneath him.

Then Su Yu witnessed the same wondrous feat of creation he'd seen when using an Island Fragment: the island grew larger out of thin air. This time, though, the sight was even more astonishing.

[ Ding, congratulations! Your island is the first in this region to reach Level 2. Island Prosperity Value +500. As a special reward, you have received an Upgrade Treasure Chest. Please claim it promptly. ]

"There's a bonus for that, too?" Su Yu had just measured the island's edge and seen how much farther it stretched when another prompt suddenly rang in his ear.

"Claim it." Su Yu wasn't about to leave a treasure chest reward unclaimed. He collected it on the spot.

[Level 2 Upgrade Treasure Chest]

Description: Contains one Grade 1 Marrow Cleansing Pill.

[Grade 1 Marrow Cleansing Pill]

Description: Refined through a secret method. When consumed by an ordinary person, it can cleanse and strengthen the body. Its precise effects depend on the individual's constitution.

Ingredients: Millennium Fleeceflower *1, Millennium Ginseng *1, Blood Essence Grass *1, Millennium Polygonatum *1, Marrow Cleansing Grass *1.

Note: The first Grade 1 Marrow Cleansing Pill has the strongest effect. The second has half the effect, and the third half of that. The fourth has no effect.

"Am I supposed to cultivate like an immortal now?" Seeing what was inside the Level 2 Upgrade Treasure Chest, Su Yu couldn't help feeling shocked.

"This is the good stuff. The ingredients are all a thousand years old. Won't eating this completely transform me?" With that thought, Su Yu immediately chose to open the Level 2 Upgrade Treasure Chest in front of him.

[ Ding, your talent Double Happiness has activated. You have obtained 2 Grade 1 Marrow Cleansing Pills. ]

After the prompt announcing his talent's activation sounded, two jade bottles appeared before Su Yu.

He picked up the jade bottles from the ground and pulled out a stopper. The moment he removed it, a peculiar medicinal fragrance wafted from the bottle.

Holding out his left palm, Su Yu slowly tilted the bottle. A pill about the size of a small longan rolled out.

"Gulp." At the scent of the medicine, Su Yu had no mind to keep examining it. He popped it into his mouth and swallowed.

As soon as the pill entered his body, Su Yu felt a warm sensation in his abdomen. A current of warmth spread from his stomach throughout his body.

But the delight on Su Yu's face hadn't lasted three seconds before he bolted toward the Simple Toilet.

Good grief, Su Yu ran so fast that even a sprinting champion would have wept to see it.

Su Yu dashed into the Simple Toilet and immediately began relieving himself with all his might.

About half an hour later, a handsome young man emerged, leaning on the wooden door, his legs trembling faintly.

"Damn, if someone with a weaker constitution couldn't withstand the effects of this Marrow Cleansing Pill, wouldn't they just drop dead on the spot?" Su Yu had finally stumbled out of the Simple Toilet and rested on the island for a while. At last, he had recovered enough to catch his breath.

Then Su Yu's nostrils twitched. After catching a whiff of himself, he covered his nose in disgust and quickly started taking off his clothes.

"Bring me a few buckets of water." As he stripped, Su Yu called out to the Goblins.

Having loyal servants really was great. He didn't have to handle trivial chores himself.

The Goblins who received Su Yu's order immediately hurried over with several buckets of seawater.

Su Yu picked up a bucket and poured it over himself from head to toe. After about twenty minutes of scrubbing and rinsing, he finally sat down in the Massage Chair, bare-chested and wearing a fresh pair of shorts.

As for the second Marrow Cleansing Pill, Su Yu planned to take it later. If he ate two of these at once, he suspected he'd die right there in the toilet.

[The small monster Sea Monkey is lurking beneath the nearby waters. Please be careful.]

Just then, as Su Yu's gaze swept across the nearby waters, he spotted the Sea Monkey again.

"This guy just won't leave me alone. Does it really want to die that badly?" Looking at the information that had appeared before him, Su Yu decided that today he'd find a way to kill the thing underwater that kept showing up in front of him.