Besides First Squad, Spirit Kite Douluo and Ni Huang had also accompanied Ye Qifeng to the Hagen Kingdom.
Ni Huang had been specially sent by Bibi Dong. First, to protect Ye Qifeng's safety; second, to represent the Spirit Hall Pope in contacting the Hagen Kingdom and strive to secretly win it over and bind it to Spirit Hall's chariot.
The Hagen Kingdom lay on the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire. To the Heaven Dou Empire, it was a remote lawless land that received little attention.
However, the Hagen Kingdom was also a coastal kingdom with abundant marine resources.
Yet the sea was the domain of Sea Spirit Beasts, and pirates ran rampant across the waters. Coastal regions were often raided and plundered by pirates, so most of the Hagen Kingdom was chaotic lawless territory.
Investments here often went down the drain. Before anything could develop and accumulate wealth, pirates would arrive and loot everything clean.
Only a few major cities guarded by heavy troops could escape disaster and maintain stability and peace. As for the other coastal areas, they practically lived in misery.
In this era, the Heaven Dou Empire paid more attention to inland regions, especially areas near the three great wild Spirit Beast gathering grounds. Those Spirit Master resources were what they valued most.
Although the ocean also produced abundant Spirit Master resources, those resources were almost all related to Sea Spirit Masters. Land-based Spirit Masters remained the majority within the Heaven Dou Empire, while Sea Spirit Masters were ultimately few in number.
Therefore, the Heaven Dou Empire did not place much value on the Spirit Master resources in the ocean.
With that said, it was understandable why the Hagen Kingdom was not valued by the Heaven Dou Empire.
But Spirit Hall did not see it