While the mother from the prison was slaughtering people, Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun were entertaining an uncle from the island at the Dingyuan Marquis Residence. Neither of them knew this uncle.
Qi Shiyun asked in confusion, "Mr. Ai, you said you came from Divine Dragon Island?"
"Yes."
"Isn't Divine Dragon Island out on the East Sea? How do you have business dealings with my mother?"
If they were at the Prince of Donghai's Estate now, Qi Shiyun would have considered visits from Divine Dragon Island's envoys perfectly reasonable.
But the Southern Frontier and the East Sea were far too distant from each other.
Mr. Ai smiled faintly. "Miss Gong, you've never done business before, have you?"
"Indeed, I haven't."
"Business isn't about distance, but exchanging things each party needs. As for the distance between Divine Dragon Island and the Southern Frontier, have you forgotten our island's name?"
Qi Shiyun narrowed her eyes slightly. "So Divine Dragon Island really does have ties to the Dragon Clan. Could the Divine Dragon Island Master truly be half human, half dragon?"
At this point, Lianshan Xin's limited experience of the Jianghu finally began to prove useful.
He had heard of the Divine Dragon Island Master: a Great Grandmaster on the Heaven Ranking, an overseas hegemon beyond the Imperial Court's control who dealt only in maritime trade, and who therefore stood further apart from worldly affairs than many powers in the Central Plains.
Jianghu legends claimed that Divine Dragon Island had rare treasures, pools of wine and forests of meat, as well as the largest overseas auction. As long as you had money, you could supposedly buy anything on Divine Dragon Island, which was why it was also called the "Gilded Cave."
Every year, Divine Dragon Island invited many wealthy Central Plains visitors to