The Hundred Beasts Merchant Alliance and Fang Yufei

The Green Toad Archipelago lay in the southern part of the Central Heaven Continent. It consisted of over ten thousand islands of varying sizes and was named for its abundant Green Toad Beasts.

Green Toad Beasts excelled at concealment. Timid as mice, they were not particularly strong attackers, yet every part of them was valuable. Their most precious material was their hide. The hide of a fourth-rank Green Toad Beast could be used to refine magical treasures that concealed one's form. The higher the Green Toad Beast's rank, the better its hide's concealment effect.

Excessive hunting had caused the number of wild Green Toad Beasts to dwindle steadily. Wild Green Toad Beasts of the fourth rank and above were especially scarce, nearly impossible to find. Artificially bred Green Toad Beasts took far too long to mature, but even so, many cultivators still flocked to the Green Toad Archipelago to hunt them.

In a certain stretch of sea, on a desolate island over a hundred li wide, inside a secluded cave.

Han Changming sat cross-legged on the ground, enveloped in a ball of yellow radiance. His complexion was ruddy, while the Amethyst Flying Scorpion and Thunder Rhino Beetle stood guard nearby.

After a while, the yellow radiance over Han Changming's body faded away. He opened his eyes and exhaled a great mouthful of turbid air.

He had recuperated for over a month before fully recovering. Fortunately, he had high-grade medicinal pills to treat his wounds; any other cultivator would not have healed so quickly.

With his injuries healed, Han Changming planned to search for Ye Xin and Ye Xue.

He rose to his feet, put away the formation, and headed outside.

As he emerged from the cave, a sea breeze carrying the tang of salt washed over him.

The blazing sun